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Exit polls trigger heated debate across Israeli political divide
Despite narrower exit poll figures, opposition leaders insisted the result was a defeat for the government.
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‘This is America’: US envoy scolds Cuban diplomat at UN
US envoy Mike Waltz repeatedly told Cuba’s UN team, ‘This is America’, during a heated clash at UN headquarters
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Arab parties could win 18 seats in Israeli elections, exit polls suggest
Record-breaking voter turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel hits around 80 percent, early indications show.
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Israel’s Eisenkot says country voted for change
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says millions of Israelis voted for change, tired of Netanyahu’s ‘lies’.
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Gaza’s women filmmakers turn pain into cinema as new academy launches
Gaza film festival highlights women's resilience through stories of war, loss and survival.
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President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
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No clear mandate projected in Israel election: What’s next?
President Isaac Herzog will task the candidate he deems best placed to form a government once results are in.
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Arab towns in Israel celebrate historic Knesset gains with fireworks
Celebrations erupted in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats
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A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters
Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election.
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Iran war live: Pezeshkian says Middle East can solve own issues without US
Iranian president's words came at summit for gas exporting countries in Russia.
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‘Go home, Ben-Gvir’; Arab Bloc celebrates record turnout in Israel election
Israel’s Joint Arab List party celebrated as exit polls projected as many as 18 parliamentary seats for the Arab-bloc.
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Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa
News comes one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.