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a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahus coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three—phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7th—style attack...

newly—formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics, as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then...this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challe...

hello, im anna foster. south africas governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with almost all the votes now counted from wednesdays election, the anc stands at around 40% — a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there is a clear protest from our people. our people are saying we love the anc, ...

campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re—elected. he says the money would go towards the long—term regeneration of the areas, under the governments levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasnt been able to escape is dianne abbott. theres been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re—admittance of the veteran labour mp int...

remax borussia! borussia! and borussia dortmund prepare to face iii—time champions real madrid in the champions league final in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. im lukwesa burak. we begin in south africa, where it is the end of an era. with almost all the results from this weeks election now in, the anc has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption, and failures in th...

hello. im anna foster. lets start in the middle east, where israels opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahus coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of h...

a new plan to end the war in gaza, unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahus coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. i...

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but what of the launch itself? one senior minister said today that candidates were not involved, and even relevant secretaries of state were taken by surprise. well get a response from conservative home. israel faces international criticism over an air strike on rafah that is reported to have killed 45 civilians. the white house says the pictures are heartbeaking — but will the president enforce the arms embargo he had threatened? and the nato secretary general calls for western weap...

when keir starmer was first leader, a lot of people did not in anyway think that in one term he could turn the labour party around. they were talking in terms of him doing five years, losing the next election and someone also come in and we dont know who that will be. for them, it has been a big surprise as well. they actually lost the hartlepool by—election, it was an absolute low point for labour and then things turned around. lots of people say keir starmer has been a lucky leader...