One the target at the president s campaign rally. And tunis he is president ial election heads toward a runoff there passing a law professor against a jailed the media mogul. Now a possible political setback for israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early exit polls from the countrys Election Rerun have put the longtime leaders future in doubt he was hoping to secure a 5th term centrist benny gantz may derail those plans netanyahu was forced to call the rerun when he failed to form a Coalition Government following aprils voters hes been trying to appeal to right wing voters by promising to annex parts of the occupied west bank while hes neck and neck with Opposition Leader benny gantz the channel 12 preliminary exit poll gives netanyahu still a crude party 33. 00 seats and dances blue unwise alliance at 34. 00 now both are still well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority the minority Arab Alliance the socalled joint list is set to come in 3rd with 11 seats and predicted to be
Million followers. And Regional Elections take place in germany. The far right afd party are expected to perform well at the polls. Hello and welcome to bbc news. As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazils government rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a nami
Of offensive remarks to jack dorseys four million followers. And Regional Elections take place in germany. The far right afd party are expected to perform well at the polls. Hello and welcome to bbc news. As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazils government rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest. The landscape along the road that takes us deep into the amazon bears the scars of the blazes that sparked International Outrage and are now threatening a whole way of life. This is the bau indigenous village. In the central meeting hut, the men are preparing for a naming ceremony to welcome a newborn, the latest addition t
Say that this investigation is carrying on meanwhile the British Ministry of defense has decided that it is going to fast track the deployment of another war ship the h. M. S. Duncan which has been on drills in the black sea it is now heading straight to the gulf where you may remember there was an incident over the last few days where a british warship there the h. M. S. Montrose had to intervene so the british say between 3 iranian vessels that they thought were threatening a British Oil Tanker now this boosts the British Military presence or will do when the action is duncan gets there and is a direct response of whats happened in the rising tensions in the gulf the british feel that there is a direct threats to their shipping in the gulf and they have raised security levels to level 3 for Merchant Shipping there which is the highest possible level. Still have foiled the program Syrian Government forces are on the defensive off to rebel fighters launched a furious onslaught in hama
Industry we find out if it could be game over for the likes of sony and microsoft. So as the soviet union imploded it turned its back on the african continent in the 1990 s. But now under president putin russia is making a push to engage the reason is simple western sanctions the pivot to china hasnt been a huge success and hopes of billions of dollars in investment from the middle east havent arrived in the quantities expected plus african votes count in the United Nations. Russias trade with africa rose 26 percent to 17400000000. 00 in 2017 moscow doesnt have the financial power of beijing just in 2017 trade with africa amounted to 170000000000 dollars the u. S. Is of course worried its trade with Subsaharan Africa was 39000000000. 00 in 2017 and this is what russia is doing in africa it has oil and gas deals with algeria egypt ghana nigeria and mozambique it has Nuclear Deals in place with rwanda zambia and south africa although that is in limbo while it is a big supplier of arms to