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A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls on Tuesday (October 27) for the first time since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's rightward drift. FRANCE 24's Noga Tornapolski tells us more.
Exit polls are expected soon after voting closes late on Tuesday, but a final verdict might take days.
"If this City Council had powers, I was at the head of the Municipal Police to evict the camp of Sol," says the mayor of the capital
The football player apologizes through a statement in French, English and Chinese on his social media: "I apologize to those who have been angry by my words." Javier Tebas also apologizes to the Asian country: "We deeply regret it"
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The participation rate in the Tuesday elections in Israel has reached record levels, reaching 44.9 per cent of the registered voters as announced by the Central Elections Commission, the highest participation rate since the Commission began registering these statistics in 1973. The Israelis vote Tuesday in the first general elections since the attack of 7 October 2023, in the middle of a forecast to learn the voter position of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country ' s increasing tendency towards the extreme right... Continue our direct coverage.
Israeli voters are invited to vote on Tuesday and the turnout rate was 16.68 per cent three hours after the opening of the offices, the highest since 1981. This election must decide the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and examine his assessment since the October 7 attacks. He accused his Israeli Arab opponents of trying to "fly the election", after targeting them throughout his campaign. Follow the legislative election on our direct.
A collaborative model involving citizens, municipalities, businesses, sector workers and selection and recycling plants makes cities move towards circularity
Brazilian senator and former presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, claims that the Federal Police notified him of the obligation to hand over his passports after visiting his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Investigated for alleged corruption and money laundering in two cases, he will lose his special jurisdiction in February. Meanwhile, his Liberal Party has recognized the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and has ruled out calling for the annulment of the elections, although the ultra-right party announced that it will lead the opposition and will continue its judicial actions against the re-elected president.
"We must get to truth of what happened before, during and after that awful night," the home secretary says while announcing the review.
François Picard welcomes Jean-Rémi Girard, President of the SNALC teachers’ union, who places responsibility for France’s educational difficulties not simply on demographic change or fiscal constraints, but on years of political decisions that, he argues, have weakened the public education system. Against a backdrop of student protests, budgetary uncertainty and mounting concerns over educational inequality, Girard contends that the French government faces the formidable task of addressing a crisis largely of its own making.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday renewed his attacks on Arab parties, warning after casting his ballot that "they're trying to steal the election" after reports that individuals were arrested with envelopes of cash. The deeply divided country is voting in its first national elections since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates.
François Picard welcomes Helena Ivanov, Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, a London-based foreign policy and national security think tank advocating liberal democracy, strong transatlantic alliances, robust Western defence capabilities and the international promotion of democratic institutions. Ivanov describes the election as a historic turning point in Serbian politics. After 14 years of Aleksandar Vučić's political dominance, the reported electoral victory of a student-led movement represents, more than a challenge to an entrenched political establishment.
Rhun ap Iorwerth says his country’s relationship with the United Kingdom is unequal and needs to change.
The Israelis vote Tuesday in legislative elections, the first since the attack of October 7th, 2023. The vote ends at 10 p.m. (20:00 GMT). So what happens after the ballot boxes are closed?
Polls opened Tuesday in Israel’s critical national election viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky explains that “the name of the game” after Election Day is whether the country’s fractious opposition, including an Arab-Israeli majority bloc, can come together to form a government.
Majd al-Krum's protests have forced settlers to withdraw, but fears of further provocations loom after elections.
Elections cannot stop the accelerated process of ‘recolonisation’ of 1948 Palestinian communities.
Israel sealed the West Bank, emptied parts of Hebron and tightened the squeeze on Gaza as its election campaign closed.
The Central Electoral Commission of Israel rejected a request on Tuesday from the Likud party - of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - and his allies to extend the voting hours in the country's national elections. National authorities reported a record participation in elections that constitute the first national elections in Israel since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023. Follow our live website to learn the latest updates.
