00:00Polling stations closed in Israel's key legislative election on Tuesday, with exit polls suggesting no clear victor.
00:10Jordan says it killed militants in Syria in retaliation for a church attack and acknowledged civilian casualties.
00:20Qatar urged Iran on Tuesday to show goodwill by stopping threats against countries in the region and reopening the Strait
00:28of Hamas.
00:31Polling stations closed in Israel's key legislative election on Tuesday, with exit polls suggesting no clear victory.
00:40And both right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and main rival centrist Gadi Eisenkot falling short of a majority.
00:48Meanwhile, voter turnout in the election has reached a high level of 74 percent, according to Israel's Central Elections Committee.
00:56The country's main pollster projected Eisenkotsuya Shah block to win between 52 and 54 seats, and Netanyahu's block to win
01:06around 50, although his Likud would be the largest single party in the parliament, with 24 or 25 seats.
01:13This is Israel's first election since Hamas' 7th of October 2023 attacks, and is widely seen as a referendum on
01:22Netanyahu's leadership.
01:23But it could be weeks before Israel declares its next Prime Minister.
01:31Finnish President Alexander Stoub and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas-Gard Stöter held a call on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir
01:40Putin,
01:40signalling Europe's increasing willingness to engage directly with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
01:46The two leaders urged Putin to end the full-scale invasion and engage in meaningful negotiations to reach a stable,
01:54peaceful settlement.
01:56Ending the war requires direct discussion, Stoub said in a readout.
02:00In the call, we stressed the importance of de-escalation, Stöter said.
02:04According to the Kremlin, Putin told Stoub and Stöter that achieving a just long-term peace is only possible with
02:12full and unconditional consideration of the legitimate interests of the Russian Federation,
02:17a wording that suggests maximalist demands.
02:21The call was made at the initiative of the two Nordic leaders.
02:25Afterwards, they exchanged with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
02:28The conversation was framed as a follow-up to the last round of peace talks in Oslo, which Stoub and
02:35Stöter jointly organized.
02:43A bilateral meeting between Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister and the UK's Defence Secretary took place in Warsaw
02:51on Tuesday.
02:52The three-year plan signed by the two countries is the result of the Polish-British treaty adopted a few
02:58months ago.
02:59According to Warsaw, the main areas of cooperation between Poland and the United Kingdom will include
03:05new technologies, artificial intelligence, drones, anti-drone systems, modern deterrence measures,
03:12as well as traditional exercises to build capabilities and cooperation in different conditions.
03:17The more ready we are to face against Russia, to defend every inch of NATO territory,
03:24the less likely we are to find ourselves in that scenario.
03:28And that's why today is so important.
03:31So I'm looking forward to deepening those ties of friendship, of military cooperation, of defence-industrial partnership.
03:40The ministers insisted there is full unity and coordination between their countries when it comes to supporting Ukraine.
03:47The British Defence Secretary also referred to the hybrid attacks carried out by Russia against Poland,
03:53which he explicitly described as terrorism.
03:56The politicians also discussed relations with the United States.
04:00The Polish Defence Minister said that both countries agreed on a policy of strengthening and building up Europe's own capabilities,
04:08but do not support complete independence from the United States.
04:17Two men have been charged under the UK's National Security Act following an incident near a military airbase last month,
04:25police announced on Tuesday.
04:26The pair have been named as Mohamed Ahmad Abdul Karim, 24, and Numan Esgir, also 24.
04:33Abdul Karim has been accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service, which police believe to be Iran's.
04:39Both were due to appear in court on Tuesday.
04:42It comes after five men were arrested near the Raf Fairford Airbase in southwest England in late September,
04:49after police received reports of several suspicious vehicles in the area.
04:54In July, Iran said it was aware that the base was being used by US bombers as part of Washington's
05:00military operations against Iran.
05:02Iranian authorities had warned the UK that any base used for aggression against Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for
05:11our forces.
05:18Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States after his election defeat to Luís Inácio Lula de Silva,
05:26an ally of the senator told media on Tuesday.
05:30Bolsonaro's passports had been cancelled on Tuesday as rumours had said that he had fled Brazil.
05:35Bolsonaro was ordered by the Supreme Court on Monday to hand over his passports to police within 24 hours as
05:43part of a money-laundering investigation, which he denies.
05:46Bolsonaro agreed with his legal team that he would comply with the order
05:51and that he would deliver the documents to authorities on Tuesday morning, but he failed to do so by Tuesday
05:57afternoon.
05:57Rogério Marinho, Bolsonaro's general campaign coordinator, has denied that Bolsonaro has left Brazil.
06:05On Friday, two days before the second round of the presidential elections,
06:09Bolsonaro's brother Eduardo argued that he should leave Brazil if he were defeated.
06:14Eduardo has been living in the US since 2025 after being sentenced to prison for coercion in the case involving
06:22his father,
06:23Jair Bolsonaro, and his attempts to overturn the results of the 2022 election.
06:28Bolsonaro initially refused to recognise Lula's victory,
06:32saying it was impossible to acknowledge the result and that the election should have been annulled.
06:43Jordan says it killed some 20 militants of terrorist organisations.
06:48After launching airstrikes on the southern Syria, Dara and Sueda provinces on Monday evening.
06:55But Syria's civil defence said it had only recovered the bodies of seven civilians.
07:00The attack comes in retaliation for an attack on a Christian funeral in the town of Karak last week that
07:07killed nine people,
07:09according to Jordan, which ISIS claims responsibility for.
07:12Three gunmen have been arrested, but Oman has not disclosed their affiliation.
07:18Meanwhile, Masoud Al-Saleem lost his wife, son, and three of his grandchildren in one of the strikes.
07:48Syrian officials said the operation was carried out without notifying Syrian authorities.
07:54The country's foreign ministry, in a statement, condemned the strikes,
07:58calling them an unacceptable violation and encroachment of Syrian airspace.
08:03Jordanian government spokesperson Mohamed Al-Mumani said the attacks were based on intelligence,
08:09unconfirmed threats and planned terrorist acts against Jordan,
08:13and expressed regret over the civilian casualties.
08:27Qatar is calling on Iran to stop threatening countries in the region and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
08:32Speaking here at the foreign ministry, its media director, Ibrahim Al-Hashmi,
08:37said efforts to reach a deal between Washington and Tehran are continuing.
08:41A Qatari delegation recently visited Iran as part of mediation efforts with Pakistan and other regional partners.
08:47Ibrahim Al-Hashmi said messages and ideas are still being exchanged between the parties through mediators,
09:09but he gave no details on a new proposal and did not announce a breakthrough in the talks.
09:22The Netherlands will not participate in 2027's Eurovision Song Contest after all.
09:29NPO, the umbrella organization for public broadcasters in the country,
09:33has reversed its earlier decision to return to the contest,
09:36after Dutch public broadcaster Avratos had announced in August that it would not take part because of Israel's presence in
09:45the lineup.
09:45The decision to return to the competition was met with widespread criticism,
09:50and around 400 NPO employees signed a letter urging the organization to reconsider its participation.
09:57In a statement, NPO's director, Jet Diranyits, said NPO was unable to secure a broadcaster who would send a Dutch
10:05artist.
10:06NPO will still broadcast the event.
10:09Eurovision director Martin Green said he was deeply sorry that the Netherlands would not take part,
10:15but added that we understand their decision and we respect the strength of feeling behind it.
10:23Kylian Mbappé has lost several of his biggest sponsorship deals in China after a video circulated online
10:30in which he appears to joke about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong,
10:35something that led to a backlash that he has now apologized for.
10:39Mbappé said in a statement on Tuesday,
10:41quote,
10:47Mbappé reportedly made the comment on a French talk show where he was asked about the online memes about him
10:54being a dictator
10:55and the ones which amuse him the most.
10:58He then said the one that makes him laugh most is a video of a man he thinks is a
11:03Chinese dictator.
11:04The meme is part of a running joke on social media in which Mbappé is called a dictator over his
11:11huge influence on and off the pitch.
11:14Chinese energy drink maker Dong Peng and diary group Meng Niu
11:18both ended their partnerships with the Real Madrid forward with immediate effect.
11:23Jokes about Mao, who died in 1976, are seen as disrespectful
11:27and touch on a sensitive political and national issue in China.
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