🚨🇮🇱 UPDATE: Channel 14 has updated its exit poll, projecting Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc to reach 61 seats, securing a Knesset majority
Exit Poll Results:
🔵 Netanyahu bloc: 61 seats
🔴 Change bloc: 42 seats
🟢 Arab parties: 17 seats
61 seats needed for a majority
Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu has also fallen below the electoral threshold
Exit Poll Results:
🔵 Netanyahu bloc: 61 seats
🔴 Change bloc: 42 seats
🟢 Arab parties: 17 seats
61 seats needed for a majority
Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu has also fallen below the electoral threshold
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🚨🇮🇱 NEW: Mansour Abbas, leader of Ra’am, says Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is contacting Arab parties
[translated by Jerusalem Post]
[translated by Jerusalem Post]
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🚨🇧🇷 BREAKING: The US has announced it will take in Flávio Bolsonaro and his family following President Lula’s reelection
[@EFEnoticias]
[@EFEnoticias]
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🚨🇮🇱 BREAKING: Gadi Eisenkot says the exit poll would mean a “complete victory” for his bloc
He says he will “act immediately” to replace Netanyahu’s government
He says he will “act immediately” to replace Netanyahu’s government
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🚨🇮🇱 BREAKING: Exit polls project Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have won the most seats in the 2026 election but that Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc is larger
Exit Poll Results:
🔴 Eisenkot bloc: 52 seats
🔵 Netanyahu bloc: 50 seats
🟢 Arab: 18 seats
61 seats needed for a majority
Exit Poll Results:
🔴 Eisenkot bloc: 52 seats
🔵 Netanyahu bloc: 50 seats
🟢 Arab: 18 seats
61 seats needed for a majority
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🚨🇮🇱 NEW: Polls for the 2026 Israeli election close in 10 minutes time (8pm GMT)
Follow Politics Global for the latest updates throughout the night
Follow Politics Global for the latest updates throughout the night
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🚨🇮🇱 NEW: Turnout in the Israeli election has now reached over 74% as of 8pm local time (6pm GMT)
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🚨🇧🇷 NEW: Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly left Brazil following his presidential election loss
Allies say he plans to go to Florida and request political asylum from President Trump
Allies say he plans to go to Florida and request political asylum from President Trump
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🚨🇨🇳 NEW: Kylian Mbappé has apologised for laughing at an image of his face edited onto Chairman Mao
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🚨🇮🇱 NEW: Turnout in the Israeli election has reached over 31% as of 12pm local time (10am GMT)
This is the highest turnout at this hour since 1973
This is the highest turnout at this hour since 1973
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🚨🇪🇸 UPDATE: La Liga President Javier Tebas has apologised to fans in China following Kylian Mbappé’s comments about Mao Zedong
🚨🇨🇳 NEW: Kylian Mbappé has been dropped by multiple Chinese brands following comments he allegedly made about Chairman Mao
Mbappe told a French talk show images of his face superimposed onto Mao make him “laugh the most”
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🚨🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has criticised Benjamin Netanyahu’s rumoured plan to form a unity government with Gadi Eisenkot if neither gain a majority in today’s election
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🚨🇮🇱 NEW: Turnout in the Israeli election has reached over 16% as of 10am local time (8am GMT)
Over 1.2 million people have already voted, making this highest turnout at this hour in at least 30 years
Over 1.2 million people have already voted, making this highest turnout at this hour in at least 30 years
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🚨🇳🇱 NEW: The Netherlands has withdrawn from Eurovision 2027 for a second time due to“insufficient support”
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🚨🇨🇳 NEW: Kylian Mbappé has been dropped by multiple Chinese brands following comments he allegedly made about Chairman Mao
Mbappe told a French talk show images of his face superimposed onto Mao make him “laugh the most”
Mbappe told a French talk show images of his face superimposed onto Mao make him “laugh the most”
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A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says “words and deeds that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people will naturally be met with opposition from all sectors of Chinese society”
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