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hello and welcome to bbc news. there's confusion over the fate of changes to israel's judicial system planned by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mr netanyahu had been expected to address the nation around now, following mass protests demanding he reverse the scheme. but it's reported that mr netanyahu is also under pressure not to back down from hardliners in his right—wing government. earlier, israel's president issac herzog urged a halt to the legislation saying the unity of the country was at stake. i'm joined now by our middle east correspondent anna foster in jerusalem....

Are really very few indications as to how the contest has gone. we note 70 2000 of the snp members voted but voting does not close until noon. kate forbes put out a message on social media saying she was aware some people had voted encouraging them to use their vote at the last minute for her and all the candidates will be hoping that if there are people, snp members who have not made a decision yet, they will use their vote in the remaining couple of hours before the ballot closes and the announcement will happen around about 2 pm this afternoon. happen around about 2 pm this afternoon-— af...