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 in 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. 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 deals to get good press coverage. Charges he denies, calling the whole thing a witch hunt. His challenger and a leade
The United Nations says the leaders of myanmar could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. It is estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un chief to say that it could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigatio
The United Nations says the leaders of myanmar could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. Its estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors hes witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. Hes one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees that fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. Theyre coming to kill us, says the man, theyre coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un human rights chief that the crimes commmited in myanmar could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He want
Of myanmar could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. It is estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. Hes one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un chief to say that it could amount to genocide, acts intended to destroy a group of people. Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present . He wants a criminal investigation to identify the perpetrators, and in
Great yourself. Your design channel. The palestinians are deadlocked with israel and deadlocked amongst themselves so what do they do now this week in a special edition conflict zone is coming to you from the ball in Foreign Policy forum my guest is the veteran palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat if you dream of an independent state ever came true what would it look like. South america welcome to conflict zone and see if youre a reluctant peace negotiator these days how many times have you tried to resign the post you said a few years ago eight times but its probably more now than i dont have a job since Two Thousand And Fourteen jobless since that cannot stop the negotiations so i mean busy with my country but the palestinians are closing doors as well. Well i think it was with the americans. When nobody benefits more from Opening Doors with america and you never know what it was more because of the palestinians well thats why its such why president abbas told donald trump damn y