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World Service,30 May 2019,53 mins

Israel to hold second general election within months

Newsday

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Israel is to hold an unprecedented second general election within months after the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, failed to form a coalition. High-profile US Democrats have called for impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump after the special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, made it clear he had not exonerated the President. The South African leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, has named a new cabinet, with women taking half the posts.

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