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Trump and Netanyahu discussed phasing it out over years, not months.

President Donald Trump said that he has made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the United States to stop sending $4 billion in aid annually to Israel. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports on what this means for the U.S. midterm elections.

Al Jazeera journalist Montaser Nassar was detained in raids near Hebron.

US president makes surprise election day announcement, saying country does not ‘need’ $4bn annual payment Donald Trump has said that the US will end military aid to Israel at the end of this year in a surprise election day announcement that appeared to be targeted at voters sceptical of US support for Israel and the war in Gaza . In a phone interview with Fox News as voting began on Tuesday morning, Trump said the US would cut nearly $4bn (£2.96bn) in military aid to Israel because “they don’t need it.” Continue reading...

With neither bloc near a majority, Arab and ultra-Orthodox parties hold the key to Israel’s next government..

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, November 3, said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Washington to stop providing $3.8 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent, Noga Tarnopolsky, has more.

Opposition promises to form a government quickly but remains split over whether to ally with Arab-led parties.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the United States will stop $4 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year. While speaking to Fox News' Fox and Friends, the US president added that Israel no longer needed the aid from Washington, and that some politicians were using the funding to criticise Republicans. 

The U.S. and Israel have discussed phasing out aid, but the president’s comments suggest it could occur much faster than expected.

The banned UK group, which targets Israel's war machine, has inspired activists in Europe and beyond.

Flights from London, Manchester, Copenhagen and Israel affected but no explosives found after touchdown Europe live – latest updates Four planes have landed safely after bomb threats were made across Europe, including for two flights that departed from the UK, according to reports. Polish officials said they received bomb threats on Tuesday involving two Warsaw-bound flights, but the planes landed safely and no explosives were found. Continue reading...

The bomb threats involved two passenger planes bound for Warsaw, a Ryanair flight from London to Spain, and a fourth flight traveling from Israel to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. No explosives were found.

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Democrats are hoping to seize control in the capitol and rein in the president’s power. Plus, a peacock that loves admiring itself in the mirror a little too much Good morning. Americans are heading to the polls today in US midterm elections widely seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second presidency and a chance for opponents to rein in his power. The party holding the White House typically loses congressional seats at midterm elections and Democrats are hoping the president’s nose-diving popularity can be exploited. Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice in California has charged six more people with alleged voter fraud crimes, an escalation of the administration’s campaign against election integrity. However, in a blow to Trump, the supreme court has ruled against attempts to force California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people the justice department claims are non-citizens. Where have our reporters been covering the crucial midterm races? We have a dispatch from Shrai Popat in New Hampshire , where Republicans were hoping to flip a Senate seat but now worry Trump may be dragging them down, and David Smith has been in Austin , where James Talarico is making an extraordinary bid to break the Texas Democrats’ losing streak. Lauren Gambino has been in Los Angeles, casting her eye over Xavier Becerra’s California shoo-in to be governer , while Joseph Gedeon offers this analysis from Detroit of how Israel is at the heart of Haley Stevens’s extraordinary reversal to back Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican opponent in Michigan. Where can you find the Guardian’s election coverage? This explainer has everything you need to know about how winners are called, how states count ballots and Trump’s election denialism. We also have an hour-by-hour rundown of when polls close around the US, and this valuable guide to the candidates and races that will decide the elections. We will be live blogging the election and results round-the-clock. You can join

Israel's opposition is on Tuesday due to meet for the first time since last week's closely contested election in which neither Gadi Esenkot's change bloc nor incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing alliance managed to win a majority in the Knesset. All parties in Eisenkot's camp have endorsed him to be the next prime minister, but the hot-button issue will be whether to unite with the Arab parties who made surprise gains in the vote.

As Israel grapples with an inconclusive election, Palestinians face West Bank closures and Gaza killings.

The issue runs through almost every twist and turn and has come to define the congresswoman’s political persona For Haley Stevens, the road from Democratic Senate candidate to campaigning alongside a Republican she once called a rubber stamp for Donald Trump has been remarkably short – and the issue running through almost every twist and turn has been Israel. Having failed to stop Abdul El-Sayed in the primary, Stevens chose to back Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, a candidate who she previously warned would enable Trump’s agenda – apparently because the Democrat who won refuses to share her position on Israel. Continue reading...

Knesset member Ofer Cassif argues that the ‘politics of exclusion’ keep Israel in political deadlock.

Iran said Monday it had a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with the United States, shortening a process originally expected to take seven days. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to "finish the job" first. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley has more.

Israeli forces ended their lockdown of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, but its forces continued to attack a school.

Israel's President Isaac Herzog begins the process of coalition government negotiations this week. One possibility is for the centrist opposition bloc to form a government with the Arab parties, which would oust current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Protests for and against such a coalition this weekend made it clear the Israeli public is divided over the idea.

Deals with six Green council groups that have condemned the motion are to remain in place, says Labour UK politics live – latest updates Labour is to stop cooperating with the Green party in 11 councils across England following an ultimatum for Greens in local government to disown a new policy stating that “Zionism is racism”. A statement from Labour said coalitions or other deals with Greens would stop in all local authorities where they had refused to condemn the policy motion passed at their party conference last month, which also called for a single Palestinian state in place of Israel. Continue reading...

Political wrangling is still ongoing as all blocs weigh potential paths to power.

Iran has retained significant offensive capability, but civilians and critical infrastructure remain largely exposed.

Trump called Democratic candidate a ‘jihadist’ as El-Sayed’s defeated primary opponent backs Republican Mike Rogers. Plus an Australian fish worth its weight in gold Good morning. Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, has endorsed his Republican rival in an extraordinary rebuke of her party’s nominee on the eve of the midterm elections. Tensions between El-Sayed and Stevens had already led to him asking her to stay away from his campaign events , and her endorsement of Mike Rogers comes as the US president unleashed a racist tirade against El-Sayed in Iowa . What did Stevens do? Her endorsement came in a video posted to X after she attended an event with Rogers at the predominantly Black Perfecting church in Detroit on Sunday. Stevens’s endorsement was the culmination of an escalating feud between the former primary rivals – primarily over support for Israel – that has roiled one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests of the cycle. What did Trump say? The president bashed El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, in brazenly racist terms, saying that Congress would have to “get a special metal detector for Abdul” if he were elected. “If you vote for this jihadist lunatic that wants to destroy you, you’re crazy. Mike Rodgers is apple pie. And you know what this country needs? A little apple pie. We don’t need the communists or jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood. We need apple pie.” Continue reading...

Party leaders will make competing cases to the Israeli president for either Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot to get the first chance to build a governing coalition.

The backlash against the high Palestinian turnout reveals much about the state of Israeli democracy and its future.

Yousef Jabareen says he is ready to join forces with opposition bloc to oust Benjamin Netanyahu after winning record number of seats in Knesset The leader of Israel’s main Palestinian coalition, which holds the balance of power after Tuesday’s elections, has said the country is facing a historic opportunity to change direction. Yousef Jabareen, the head of the Joint List, said he was ready to join forces with the “Change” bloc to oust Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition, and to wrest control of the Knesset. Continue reading...

Almost 5,000 people have been displaced as a result of Israel’s military siege on the city of Hebron in the West Bank.

Israel expands ties with the breakaway territory as Somalia challenges its motives and war intensifies in Yemen.

Hebron's economic losses surpass $3.8m as Israeli forces demolish West Bank homes and close hundreds of businesses.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has urged the country’s political parties to enter negotiations on forming a new government with an “open heart,” as he prepares to consult with factions on a path forward after an uncertain election result.

Israel’s siege on Hebron is on its 10th day and its attacks on Gaza continue.

President Herzog must tap candidate to form new government by November 11, with fraught negotiations likely to follow.

After losing ground in Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must draw on decades of political capital and reckon with old foes if he is to build a governing coalition.

Having won a record 19 seats in Israel’s Parliament, the two Arab-led parties say they want to work with opposition factions to take down the Netanyahu government.

From Hebron to Gaza to southern Lebanon, Israel is tearing down homes, and, with them, families' hopes of return.

In a counterprotest, Netanyahu supporters demand that Israel should not have a government with 'terrorists'.

Israel’s allegations of Qatari election interference rejected

Israel carried out several attacks in Gaza, including shelling the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Netanyahu and Eisenkot are locked in a struggle to form a governing coalition in the Knesset.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned the United States and Israel on Saturday against further strikes as fears mount over a resumption of fighting in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump and his Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu have recently threatened fresh military action on the Islamic republic.

Iran's supreme leader has threatened an immediate response to any potential attack from the U.S. or Israel

Despite genocide, regional war and isolation, Israel's election revealed little appetite for political alternatives.

Criticism of Israel's captain Adam Edelman at Winter Olympics breached discrimination rules, Swiss complaints body says.

Israel is making Palestinian existence in Palestine increasingly impossible.

France braces for another weekend of unrest as the Yellow Vests return to the streets under the rallying cry of ‘Act III – Halloween’, with 70,000 police and security forces deployed after the riots and looting of recent weeks. A cash-strapped government faces mounting grievances, a rolling protest movement and little room for manoeuvre ahead of elections, as it struggles to restore order while grappling with crippling debt.

Troops hold at least 12 Palestinians near demolished homes as nearly 5,000 remain displaced from Hebron neighbourhoods

Israel has announced its final election results, tightened its siege on Hebron, and arrested people returning to Gaza.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "did not win" this week's election in Israel but "lost dramatically", and that his rival Gadi Eisenkot should ally with Arab parties. Barak also suggested that claims of Qatari funding for an Arab party aimed to distract from an ongoing corruption scandal, and warned that Netanyahu was ready to strike Iran to stay in power.