Of a new citizenship law. And hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat election failures israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were harding with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this hour. Itll be with us here on the news hour we begin with breaking news in turkeys president recipe the one says that he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government turkey says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long defensive by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar president and also says that hell present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. From the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assista
Turkish troops to libya based on the Security Cooperation agreement once indorsed by the parliament we will be able to effectively back the legitimate government some states who support the coup general with their jet fighters tanks and militia object to this move and criticize turkey because of it well minister has more from antakya. Well for the process is drawing closer to a conclusion and the realisation of no ones plot to send troops to leave hes already passed the 1st hard on which was getting parliamentary approval for his military Cooperation Agreement with libya that passed last week and now a new legislation has to be brought to parliament on the 7th of january as he ses and debated on the 8th and passed it on the day or the following day on the 9th in which he is seeking a monday for troops to be sent to tripoli to help the government internationally recognized the government of course this is what the law stipulates he haas to do that otherwise he will not be able to deploy
Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his audi. Turkeys president typewriter one says he will be sending troops to libya after a request from the internationally recognized government to he says it wants to support the tripoli based administration which has been under a months long offensive by forces loyal to wall otani for have to offer president present a bill on the deployment to parliament when it reconvenes in january. From the beginning we have objected to the coup perpetrated by the retired general against the lawful government we provided and are still providing assistance to libyas legitimate government against the coup plotter who is receiving support from certain european states libya is a neighboring country as we share maritime border lines in the Mediterranean Sea once the Parliament Comes into session we will present the proposal for dispatching turkish troops to libya based on the Security Cooperation agreement once indorsed by the p
A day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. Also hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat elections alias israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were hard in with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this is our. Welcome to the news iraqs president says that he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters but is refusing to designate the nominee of an iranian backed Parliamentary Group now there have been protests across the country for the past 3 months demonstrators have been calling for an overhaul of iraqs political system well joining me is our correspondent dorsetshire bari from the iraqi capital also this opens a new that iraq has never really walked before potentially no Prime Minister and potentially no president. Certainly that could be a possibility but from what we
Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will defend her country. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired the ice bucket challenge who has died at the age of 34. It was a Viral Campaign that raised more than £150 million for charity. Arsenal end their longest run without a league win since 1977 as they beat west ham 3 1. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. New zealand prime Ministerjacinda Ardern has said there are questions which must be asked after the volcanic eruption on white island. There are five confirmed fatalities and eight people are missing on the island, though police say they are also likely to have died. Officers earlier announced that a criminal investigation would be opened, but later revised this, saying it was too early to comment. White island is new zealands most active volcano. Its in the bay of plenty, around 30 miles off the coast of the north island. From there, our correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports. The Prime Minister on the site of where tho