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Live: Israelis await final vote count as allegations of foreign interference emerge

Israel’s Central Elections Committee on Thursday called on the Shin Bet chief to investigate allegations of foreign interference in the elections, including suspected funding linked to Qatar. With more than 90% of the ballots counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has gained 53 seats, with the opposition at 67, including 48 for Gadi Eisenkot's centrist bloc and 19 for the Arab-majority parties. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Putin is optimistic with Trump's help

The Russian president has again shown that he has not changed his position: for him Ukraine is Russia. How can we believe he's gonna take something else?

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The tragedy turns the campaign's script upside down

The government is in 'shock' over an accident that is placed in the worst possible political scenario in the electoral arena; Sánchez is currently in trust in Puente. Feijóo adopts an institutional tone with a PP very against it, while the Broad Front calls for political responsibilities and Vox points to Sánchez

After elections without a final winner in Israel, can the opposition overturn Netanyahu?

The 27 October elections in Israel had the highest participation rate since 1999, however, no block reached the 61 seats required to form a coalition. While the Netanyahu block is ahead of that of Eisenkot, it does not reach the majority. On the other hand, the opposition bloc could form a coalition if it was to join the Arab parties, a scenario to which several of its partners are opposed. Why are Arab parties determining? Can there be change of government in Israel? We analyzed it with Efraim Davidi, Professor of History at the University of Tel Aviv, at

Report from Rio de Janeiro: Bolsonaro self-proclaimed "elected president," but then retracted

Flávio Bolsonaro was again at the centre of the controversy after publishing an open letter declaring himself "the legitimate elected president of Brazil" and denouncing an alleged electoral fraud. However, minutes later he deleted the document and released a new version in which he replaced that expression with that of "leader of Brazil." From Rio de Janeiro, our correspondent Valeria Saccone gives us the details.

Why did the Peruvian Public Prosecutor file the case of forced sterilization despite its recognition?

For decades, thousands of women, mostly indigenous and peasant, sought justice for forced sterilizations carried out during the government of Alberto Fujimori. Although the Office of the Prosecutor of Peru recognized that many interventions were carried out without free and informed consent, it decided to close the investigation. Why? María Ysabel Cedano, a lawyer for the NGO Demus, addresses the issue in France 24.

The flight from Brazil to the United States: Hunde Flávio Bolsonaro to Bolsonarianism?

After losing the presidential election and running to America. USA, Flávio Bolsonaro self-proclaimed "President-elect of Brazil" - then retracted and changed the title to "leader." His defeat against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a blow to the reputation of the Bolsonaro family, already stained by judicial investigations. But that does not necessarily mean that Bolsonism has lost its power in the political sphere of South American power.

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Live: Counting is coming to an end in Israel, still no majority in sight

With more than 90 per cent of the blank ballots, Benjamin Netanyahu's block remained 53 seats on Thursday, compared with 49 in the main opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot and 19 in the majority Arab parties. The Central Electoral Commission began in the night to strip the votes by correspondence. Follow our direct on these laws.

President of the French National Assembly Party, Jordan Bardell. Did he try to hide a fancy watch from his constituents wearing it?

A few months before the French presidential election, it appears that the President of the Frontier Right-wing National Assembly, Jordan Bardilla, is not subject to voter scrutiny only in his political positions, but even in his choice of oxidware. He recently re-elected Bardilla raised a controversy on social media sites, after he appeared in a video during the annual party conference, taking off his watch and putting it in his pocket what he thought was using an attempt to hide an hour. What's the truth about these allegations?