Hello to you. For a leaderfacing criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust it was a big test of his hold on power. But the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has retained control of the governing likud party, in an internal election, and will now lead israel into its Third National election within a year. It is due in march. Mr netanyahu has tweeted that hes achieved a huge win, and his rival, gideon saar, has admitted defeat. Rich preston reports. This was the first serious challenge to Benjamin Netanyahus leadership are ten years. But he seemed to still have the support of party loyalists, winning more than 70 of the votes. A huge win, mr netanyahu tweeted shortly after polls closed. Thank you to someone members for their love, support and trust. Confidence in israels longest serving Prime Minister had been shaken after two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing acc
We begin with breaking news. Theres been a plane crash in the Central Asian country of kazha kstan. Details are still coming in, but its understood the aircraft was carrying around 100 passengers and crew. It went down near the city of almaty, en route to nur sultan. In the past few minutes, the official death count has risen to 9. This statement from the Kazakh Aviation Authority, published in the past hour, says at 07 22 flight no. 22100, of bek airline, in the direction almaty nur sultan lost altitude during take off and broke through a concrete fence. There was a collision with a two storey building. Rescue operations and the evacuation of passengers and crew began immediately. The plane was a fokker 100 video published on social media appears to show much of its fuselage intact as search and rescue operations continue. The Kazakh Aviation Authority has now suspended all flights of this type of aircraft until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. According to preliminary
Good morning, welcome to bbc news. At least 12 people have died, after a passenger plane crashed in kazakhstan. The bek air flight had just taken off from the countrys biggest city, almaty, and was travelling to the capital, nur sultan, when it crashed into a building. 60 others were injured in the crash. 98 people were onboard the flight, including five crew. 0ur moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gave us this update. The latest that we are getting here are the extraordinary account of the people who have survived this crash. A couple of people have been telling their story to local media and even describing how they managed to walk away from the wreckage of this plane. One man, a businessman, who was flying up to the countrys capital, nur sultan for business meetings today, he was sitting in the 15th row of the plane, just over the wing. If you look at the wreckage, its the front part of the plane in front of the wing that was the most badly destroyed as the plane ploughed into tha
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And coming up in half an hour from the cricket world cup to a Game Changing summer for women s sport. We look back at the biggest sporting moments this year. Good morning, and welcome to bbc news. At least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines, which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. Wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour, tearing roofs off houses, and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. The storm has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan in 2013 the most powerful to hit the area in decades. Catherine karelli reports. A far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. Typhoon phanfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometres an hour. Terrifying local people. Screaming. And leaving a trail of destruction. Heavy rain has left many homes flooded. More than 16,000 people had to spend the night in improvised shelters and at least 100 families have been left homeless. In this majority ca