[BBC] The latest efforts to form a government in Belgium appear to have failed, after coalition proposals were rejected by several parties.It is more than four months since the New Flemish Alliance (NVA) won the most seats in elections in June - but it needs to form a coalition to govern.
NVA leader Bart De Wever was asked to submit his proposals by 18 October. But three French-speaking parties involved in coalition talks have rejected the plans.
Mr De Wever was given the deadline by King Albert II, who asked him to find common ground between the seven potential coalition parties.