of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile, the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city , the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. the israel defense forces says close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. israel accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the lea
they had been facing a challenge from former prime minister alexis tsipras and his left wing syriza party. live now to athens, and let s speak to our europe correspondent, nick beake. what more can you tell us about his exit polls we are receiving? sometimes there are modifications or changes after exit polls but broadly it shows the ruling centre right new democracy party has done better than people were expecting. now, in normal times, people were expecting. now, in normaltimes, if people were expecting. now, in normal times, if there are no more times in greek politics, that would suggest they would form a majority government, but they have changed the system here, this is a legacy of the system here, this is a legacy of the former government, and what has happened is that it is a change whereby the party that comes type does not get this 50 seat bonus in parliament, so it s much harder to form a majority government, so the sort of figures were looking at is that democracy is set to
when we go to a general election, this going to be an economic general election. what did she mean by that? just go through why that is key. well, in normal times, just go through why that is key. well, in normaltimes, economic policy is the basis on which general elections are fought and it comes down to who the public views as being the safest pair of hands to look after the country? finances. but it is obvious to all of us about the economic strain that household finances and businesses are feeling, as well as the state of the country s finances as a whole. so it will be the number one overriding issue one of the country goes to the polls at the next general election, which is a reminder, has to be by december 2025, 2024, excuse me,
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