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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, May 30th, and this is your FT news briefing.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plunges Israel into repeat elections instead of allowing his rival a

chance to form the next government. Democrats are split on whether to pursue

impeachment of US President Donald Trump after Special Council Robert Mueller

made a public statement on the investigation into Russian election interference.

And two female partners at KPMG have left the accounting firm after alleging it mishandled

bullying claims against a senior male colleague.

Plus the F.T.'s George Parker explains what the latest European elections mean for the UK

and how it might influence the upcoming Conservative Party's leadership race.

I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.

In an unprecedented move, Israel will have a second national election after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved Parliament on Wednesday. Some 40 days following the April elections, Netanyahu's Lucid Party and its allies could not secure the 61 seats

needed to form a government.

The biggest roadblock was Avigdor Lieberman, a former Netanyahu ally, who demanded the government pass a bill increasing the

conscription of ultra-Orthodox minorities into the military.

Netanyahu dissolved parliament rather than allow his political rival, Benagance, to have the chance of forming a government.

The fresh elections throw a range of Israeli political issues into disarray.

The White House was aiming for a peace plan to be

unveiled after Neten Yahoo took office. And now Neten Yahoo will have trouble

passing immunity for himself in a bid to avoid prosecution for corruption charges to be brought by the Attorney General around December.

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