Netanyahu one seat from the majority

Other news of the day: 72 dead in the Philippines due to the passage of a tropical storm. Nearly 90% of Taiwanese are against Xi Jinping’s recent remarks on reunification. Japan wants to buy attack missiles from the US India takes aim at Twitter after the acquisition of Elon Musk. Armenia is ready for dialogue on the border with Azerbaijan.

ISRAEL

former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu he would be one seat away from having a majority in next week’s general election, the fifth in less than four years, the latest polls reveal. According to forecasts, Likud would win 60 seats in coalition with three other parties; 53 would be for the anti-Netanyahu bloc and four for the Arab Hadash-Ta’al list.

PHILIPPINES

So far, 72 people have died in the country due to the passage of the Tropical Storm Nalgae. It especially affected the southeastern areas, with floods and landslides. Maguindanao is the province where there are more victims (67).

TAIWAN

Nearly 90% of Taiwanese reject Xi Jinping’s statement that China will never give up the use of force to take back the island. More than 79% of respondents to the survey are against the “one country, two systems” formula proposed by Beijing (and has already been used for Hong Kong and Macau).

JAPAN

Tokyo evaluates the possibility of buying Tomahawk cruise missiles to the US They would serve to strengthen the country’s ability to attack enemy bases in the event of a response to an attack (from China or North Korea). Japan’s pacifist constitution restricts the use of offensive weapons.

INDIA

As already specified by the European Union for its own legislation, the Indian government hopes that following the acquisition of Elon Musk, twitter rrespect the new national rules on web platforms. The Modi administration has already called on the well-known social network to take action against accounts that support an independent Sikh state.

RUSSIA

Russia’s chief rabbi, Berl Lazar, criticized Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexei Pavlov’s article on Argumenty i Fakty, in which he lashes out at “neo-pagan cults” in Ukraine, calling for official clarification. The list also includes the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, which “offends the majority of Jews in Russia.”

ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pašinyan confirmed his participation in the October 31 meeting in Sochi with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the invitation of Putin. Both have already met other times over the last year with the mediation of the EU. Confirmation from the Azerbaijani is awaited to try to resolve the old border problems between Yerevan and Baku.