netanyahu s likud party trailing a center left alliance in the polls. all eyes on president putin as he makes his first appearance in ten days. speculation has been swirling that he may be ill. and why elton john has called for a boycott of fashion designers, dolce and gabbana. plnk blnk. hello and thank you for joining us. military planes from australia and new zealand are flying emergency supplies into vanuatu, the south pacific state devastated by a powerful cyclone. tens of thousands of people are new living in temporary shelters, a communication blackout means that little is known about conditions beyond the capital, but the first reports from the outer islands are beginning to trickle in. they paint a picture of utter devastation. much of the housing around the capital, port vila has either been destroyed or severely damaged. our correspondent john donnison who was on the first commercial flight allowed into the country since the cyclone has sent this report from
babies breast-fed for longer become more intelligent adults. hello, welcome to the program. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu s likud party has won a surprise victory in the country s elections. with almost all of the votes counted, results give likud a clear lead over its rival zionist union. its leader yitzhak herzog has conceded victory. he nows has to build a coalition government. 120 seats in parliament known as the knesset and the majority of 61 is needed to form a government. prime minister netanyahu s likud likud s party has won 30 seats and the zionist union won 24. the joint arab list allowance of israeli dominated party came third with 14 seats. let s cross over live now to jerusalem with bbc s mark lowen is there for us. he defies all of the exit polls. how did he do it? remarkable turnaround. the opinion polls put him behinds the center left zionist union. the exit polls as you say made it into a dead heat. pretty much equal shares between the two an
people in south african township. hello and welcome to the program. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu s right wing likud party has won a surprise victory in the country s elections. with almost all of the votes counted, results give likud a clear lead over its rival the center left zionist union. whose leader yitzhak herzog has conceded victory. mr. netanyahu now has to build a coalition government. while there are 120 seats in parliament which is known as the knesset, the majority of 61 is needed to form a government. the center left zionist union which initially appeared to be a strong contender gained only 24 seats. and while prime minister netanyahu s lickkud party won 30 seats. the alliance of israeli arab dominated parties came third with 14 seats. let s cross over to jerusalem, the bbc s mark lowen has been following the election and mark he s denied not only the opinion polls but also the exit polls. . reporter: yes against all the odds there. remarkable
material, including the names of covert operatives in afghanistan, were strategy, from white house meetings. unlike many other whistleblowers, david betrays is expected to avoid jail. does the administration have a double standard on leaking classified information? we will speak to jesselyn raddack of the government accountability project. then to the mysterious death of miriam carey. why was my sister shot and killed with her one-year-old daughter in the car and she was unarmed? why? my mother deserves to know why. amy: you may remember the story in october of 2013, miriam carey drove to washington, d.c. from connecticut with her infant daughter. she made a u-turn at a white hosue checkpoint. after a short car chase, she was killed after being shot 26 times by secret service and capitol police. was the use of force justified? news accounts initially claimed she rammed white house and capitol barriers. but that turned out to be false. we will speak to her sister, the famil
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