SBS News In Depth

‘In Israel, it’s always a surprise’: Can Netanyahu, the ultimate survivor, do it again?

SBS News In Depth

Show Notes

The votes are being counted in Israel, and Ben Lewis is in Tel Aviv to pull back the curtain on what could be the country’s most consequential election ever.

The votes are being counted in Israel, and Ben Lewis is in Tel Aviv to pull back the curtain on what could be the country’s most consequential election ever. While in Brazil, Lula da Silva has won a shock fourth term, and Flavio Bolsonaro fleeing to the US. Serbia’s months-long student protest movement has peacefully ousted the country’s far-right leader Aleksandar Vucic after 12 years in power, but how the newly formed government in Belgrade will shape the country’s future remains to be seen. Plus, we take a flight to Destination Unknown as Australia’s newest airport blows travellers off course.

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