Israel election too close to call
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Israel election too close to call

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 28, 202624 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

There is no clear winner in Israel's election, with results remaining too close to call. As votes are being counted, Benjamin Netanyahu tells supporters he wants to form a right-wing government and "remove the Iranian threat once and for all." His challenger, opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, urges the prime minister to step down, saying the country has voted "for change". Arab parties are on track to record their best results ever. Also: Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, has fled to the United States amid a probe into alleged money laundering. NFL player Colin Kaepernick s...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of Wednesday 28th October these are our main stories.

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Israel's general election is too close to call after a campaign viewed as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu. Flavio Bolsonaro has arrived in the US after losing the election in Brazil and leaving the country in defiance of a court order.

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Also in this podcast, King Charles begins a Caribbean tour by acknowledging the great suffering of the past amid pressure to apologise for Britain's role in the slave trade. And we hear from Colin Kaepernick, the NFL star who took the knee to protest racism. I knew the protest could potentially cost me my career. If I had it all over to do again

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