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Addressing supporters after midnight, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, who leads a bloc of opposition parties, both expressed confidence that they will lead Israel’s next government. Vote counting could take days.
The president has a largely ceremonial role, except after elections when it is his responsibility to pick a candidate for prime minister.
Senator Darline Graham is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.
Officials in Argentina said Mr. Bolsonaro entered the country by land and then flew to Ecuador. Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports.
One high-speed passenger train rear-ended another one near Toledo, months after a crash involving the same carriers killed dozens and stunned the country.
To protect Mexico’s tourism-reliant economy, the Navy is fighting a massive sargassum bloom that dumps thousands of tons of seaweed onto Caribbean beaches daily.
