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The Israeli presidency announced Saturday night that it would choose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, to try to form a new government. This decision comes after a parliamentary election without a clear outcome, which did not allow either of the two men to win an absolute majority.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he will announce on Sunday, November 8, whom he will task with trying to form a new government, after the opposition's Gadi Eisenkot secured a commanding number of recommendations to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert has more.
UN Security Council rejected the competing proposals, leaving the peacekeeping mission without an approved extension.
With all the votes counted, the pro-Netanyahu bloc finished ahead of Gadi Eisenkot's anti-Netanyahu bloc. But tough coalition talks loom as neither grouping won a majority. DW has more.
The result of the legislative process in Israel remained uncertain on Wednesday morning, 28 October. Benjamin Netanyahu is slightly ahead of the general election polls. The blocks of Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu are tied, according to the polls to exit the ballot box. Gadi Eisenkot said he was ready to form a government while Benjamin Netanyahu called for the formation of a "right" and "strong" government.
Gadi Eisenkot, Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival in Israel’s upcoming election, held his final campaign rally on Sunday.
Trump advises the Republican gubernatorial candidate to keep running the controversial advertisement.
The Brazilian president accuses the tech firm of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro, which it denies.
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A number of Premier League clubs want Manchester City to be hit with both retrospective punishments and sanctions in the future.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has decided to cancel the release of its latest agentic model Astra 6.1 because it did not meet safety standards. Rival AI firm Anthropic, meanwhile, is dedicating a large majority of its IPO prospectus to laying out the risk factors associated with AI, according to Reuters. Also in this edition: Russia adds another layer of secrecy to its energy sector and NASA reboots Boeing's struggling Starliner rocket programme.
There are reports of casualties in Baidoa where forces have launched attacks, triggering fighting with federal troops.
Rival political rallies have been held in Brazil as campaigns intensify with one week to go until election day.
