Netanyahu set for record fifth term
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PM Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to secure a record fifth term after almost complete results from Israel's election suggest a new right-wing coalition.
His Likud party is expected to finish with a similar number of seats as ex-military chief Benny Gantz's centrist Blue and White alliance.
Also on the programme: Japanese authorities have partially lifted an evacuation order for a town next to the Fukushima nuclear power station; and as the first picture of a black hole is released, we discuss exactly what makes them so amazing.
(Photo: Benjamin Netanyahu, Credit: EPA)
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