or a hate affair with netanyahu. if you remove him, the person netanyahu, from the equation, we would not have the false -- the four elections. i'm not sure this is the last one this year. people cannot be in different to netanyahu. they do not talk about occupation, they do not talk about the economy, yes, some people are grateful that he brought the vaccines, but many people lost their jobs or relatives due to his problematic, i would say, regard with covid 19. some people are fed up. they will stay at home or go to the beach. it is getting very warm here, and nice outside. many young people believe that it will be business as usual. why will aforetime be different from the third, second, or first? my granddaughter is -- she just turned 19. this is the third time she is going to visit the ballot station. i have to work very hard to convince her to take the effort. >> i would like to come back to you. what is the impact of having all of these elections? >> constant instability in israel. the inability for the countr

camp and an anti netanyahu camp. find a pro netanyahu camp and an anti netanyahu camp. and what is the verdict? _ anti netanyahu camp. and what is the verdict? the _ anti netanyahu camp. and what is the verdict? the stalemate i is the verdict? the stalemate continues- — is the verdict? the stalemate continues. we _ is the verdict? the stalemate continues. we saw _ is the verdict? the stalemate continues. we saw today - is the verdict? the stalemate continues. we saw today this j is the verdict? the stalemate l continues. we saw today this is the fourth round, the fort election in two years, unprecedented in israel. the voter turnout today was lower, 67%, lower than it has been in recent elections. —— the fourth election in two years. that shows you israelis are fed up with the never—ending political crisis, they say the system is broken, and many people have essentially decided to stay home today.— essentially decided to stay home toda . ., , home today. there was always likel to home today. there was always likely to be — home today. there was always likely

for the 4th time in just 2 years boaters face a choice between longstanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the challengers seeking to him but will the outcome be another shaky coalition. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's leaders have agreed a series of measures aimed at stemming and sharp rise in corona virus infections in talks that ran into the early hours of the morning chancellor i'm going to the heads of the country 16 regional states agree to extend restrictions already in force until april 18th a strict 5 day national shutdown will also apply over the easter holiday. americal says the credit virus crisis in germany has taken a dangerous turn. we basically have a new time to make the mutation from great a person has taken over which means we have a new virus. of course of the same kind but with very different properties it is clearly more lethal more contagious and contagious for longer. spring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow told us germany is tightening restrictions in the face of what chancellor merkel is calling a new pandemic what are we

mr netanyahu's -a our beloved country. mr netanyahu's party faithful — our beloved country. mr netanyahu's party faithful turned _ our beloved country. mr netanyahu's party faithful turned out _ our beloved country. mr netanyahu's party faithful turned out to _ our beloved country. mr netanyahu's party faithful turned out to show - party faithful turned out to show their support. the mood here is upbeat, but it's most likely that after the final election results, there will be weeks of backroom coalition talks to try to agree a stable government, and if israel's politicians cannot and the long stalemate, many here worry they will be yet another election. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our israel correspondent tom bateman sent this report from tel aviv. well, this has been israel's try again election, that exactly what the voters have gone back to the polls, gone back to the polls for the time in two years. and once again, if the exit polls are to be believed, they returned the same kind of result, which is inconclusive. those forecasts are suggesting that both the block

in 3 consecutive elections benny gantz presented the strongest challenge benjamin netanyahu had faced in years. the former army chief head of the blue and white alliance helping deny netanyahu a viable coalition but failing to form one of his own his decision last year to split his alliance and break his central campaign promise by joining that in yangon government has seen his standing crumble i'm not only fast moving we into the government despite netanyahu not for netanyahu we into the government because there was a health economic and social crisis one of the biggest israel has ever seen and we are not outside is all of us the soldiers for this country now he's campaigning for perhaps half a dozen seats on the basis that they can block legislation allowing us to escape his corruption trial dancers collapse has left a fragmented field of possible alternatives to netanyahu leading the pack is yeah peed dances form a partner in blue and white a former finance minister in an earlier netanyahu government and now the number one target of netanyahu his campaign that by now he didn't star

bibi netanyahu no. opinion polls suggest that netanyahu is he could remain this strongest party what's less clear is who can build a coalition one still votes are counted. the easter holiday is just around the corner and most years it's enough for easter bunnies to just bring exact chocolate but this is no ordinary year in hungary the rabbits come bearing an extra treat vaccine the chocolate maker wants his easter bunnies to bring a ray of hope by holding a syringe the seasonal treats will not wear masks with the focus instead on hopes of reopening. you're watching the news just reminder of our top story we're following for you today german chancellor angela merkel says germany is in a new pandemic as the country raffles with an exponential rise in coronavirus cases leaders have agreed to extend the country's lockdown until mid april with shops restaurants and bars to remain closed and a strict 5 day shutdown will be enforced over the easter holidays. you're watching news from berlin we've got more news

mr netanyahu there. here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell, looking back at how the election unfolded. the first results are in, again, after israel's unprecedented fourth trip to the ballot box in under two years. it's still unclear. benjamin netanyahu appears to have a good chance of staying in office but will face a struggle to form a new government. the campaign trail for this pandemic election has been mostly on tiktok — mr netanyahu pushing the message that he got israel vaccinated... ..and made peace with new arab countries. his opponents don't agree on much, except the need to knock him out of office. amir�*s chair is rarely empty these days. he's making up for lost time since covid closed his salon for six months. what he hears from his clients points to netanyahu's survival. they're very afraid that somebody new came without experience, and they're very, very afraid of this, so they want to go with the old and the not new, you know? amy's more up for changing her hair than her l

which is that this was a referendum on netanyahu and netanyahu needed to go. he has said that netanyahu -- and he wasn't the only one to make this claim -- was putting his self-interest above the interests of the country. he criticized netanyahu for his belief that he mishandled the pandemic and said that the -- that he didn't shut down the country quickly enough, resulting in more than 6,000 people dying and a lot of people being unemployed. about a million people. so be very interesting to see what happens next. again, probably the spokesman is reluctant to speak because as predicted by polls, pollsters and analysts coming into this election, it was definitely felt that it would be a difficult path forward for him to be able to form a government and that looks to be the case again if these exit polls end up holding. it would definitely involve some pretty strategic maneuvering that might mean forming a coalition with various disparate parts of the electorate. but maybe even some on the right. but again, it's not predicted that that will be feasible. again th

the voters we've been speaking to fall into 2 camps they either support prime minister benjamin netanyahu or they oppose him and among those who oppose him we've heard concerns people saying they are worried about the course this country is on others saying they feel helpless and hopeless prime minister netanyahu is expected to garner the most votes even though more than half of israelis recently polled say they want him out and mars military has accused the country's ousted leader of accepting bribes while in office an army spokesman made the accusations against entente sochi during a televised media briefing on sense which he was detained after being deposed in a cool last month. the agency overseeing vaccine trials in the u.s. has voiced concerns over data provided by astra zeneca on is on the efficacy of it's called $900.00 vaccine on monday the pharmaceutical company said its trials showed its job was 79 percent effective. coronavirus case is a surging again in india for the 1st time in 5 months the country has recorded more than 40000 new infections in the last 24 hours in many stat

mr netanyahu you know. have to count on these smaller parties and also on the part you know if you have me know enough to tell you ben it's right wing party to actually built a coalition off a 60 run to get a parliamentary majority there. benjamin netanyahu was handing off the covert kind has been the envy of the world but at home that doesn't really appear to have helped him months at the ballot box. well that's right a lot of experts were saying you know this may be our gift and growth but we didn't really see that translated now in the results that he could actually has compared to the last election has lost a couple of it's now. very much credit him and you netanyahu and also the health care system here with the vaccination drive that is totally different from last year where there was a lot of. handling off the pub demick by the government by netanyahu but it didn't translate and. decisive victory for him also other topics you ran his campaign on like the peace agreements with our country is the next n

at its start benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life through 1000 vaccines by the time it finished the message it boiled down to one phrase 2 more seats repeatedly telling his supporters he was within touching distance of the 61 needed for a majority coalition. it's the largest gap between 2 leading parties in israel in the last dozen years there is a large majority within the people of israel and with this pejorative the knesset who believe in our principles if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer government a reach out to all. members of the cabinet believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone i expect them to do the same. bennett was styling himself as a netanyahu alternative the question now is whether his yamuna parties 7 or 8 seats will be enough to get netanyahu over the finish line there's no reason why we should go to fit election. they must come to nothing we want to be part of the government we accept the results of the. form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the oppo

and those who seek to oust him mr netanyahu is running despite the standing trial for corruption and with the opposition fragmented opinion polls suggest the vote will once again lead to a shaky coalition that if one can be formed at all. every vote counts and every detail action of support. 'd and not power to slips next to the gaza border and south in israel she's out in the streets to remind people to vote she has no doubts about who should remain prime minister binyamin netanyahu. the legalists now it's the moment of the elections i'm here to remind people who is the best to vote for him bibi netanyahu a little good that's all that call the 1st election in 2 years is once again seen as a vote for or against benyamin netanyahu the leader of that he could party run his election campaign on the much admired covert 19 vaccination drive and the reopening of the economy this time he has several challenge us all running on an anything but netanyahu ticket he led pete with his centrist yes a tea party is 2nd in the polls. actually good politician get on with new hope also aims to replace

and those who seek to oust him mr netanyahu is running despite standing trial for corruption with the opposition a fragmented opinion poll suggests the vote will once again lead to a shaky coalition that is if one can be formed at all. every vote counts and every detail action of support 2. and a half to sniffs next to the gaza border and south in israel she's out in the streets to remind people to vote she has no doubts about who should remain prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the legalists now it's the moment of the elections i'm here to remind people who is the best to vote for him bibi netanyahu a little good that's all that could be the 1st election in 2 years it's once again seen as a vote for or against benyamin netanyahu the leader of that he could party run his election campaign on the much admired covert 19 vaccination drive and the reopening of the economy this time he has several challenges all running on and anything but netanyahu ticket here with his centrist yes a tea party is 2nd in the polls. actually good politician he done so with new hope also aims to replace neta

we're still pretty difficult to be conclusive about that but benjamin netanyahu is certainly give. not impression he tweeted about an hour ago that the voters had given the israeli rights a comprehensive victory and on one level that is undeniably true that there is a large majority of right wing even far far right wing parties in the israeli knesset the parliament as a result of this election the question is do enough of them want that and yahoo to be prime minister at the moment it seems that there is a viable coalition in 2 of the exit polls giving him the slimmest of margins 61 seats to 59 in the other main exit poll it's been reversed just in the last few minutes it was tied and now it's that the other way that there is a majority in the anti netanyahu bloc but the problem with that and look is that it is an extremely ideologically diverse group of parties that would find it very difficult to piece together an actual viable coalition whereas even if it was just short of his target there is the potential for him to try and convince some disgruntled or ambitious politicians from

live from berlin deadlock in israel's 4th election in 2 years long serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory but exit polls suggest he'll fall short of a majority and will have to enter a tricky coalition talks also coming up myanmar set for more protests today amid reports that security forces shot dead a 7 year old girl we spoke to one of the activists risking her life fighting for freedom. emergency services rescue president stranded by the worst flooding in eastern australia in decades one has a dangerous debris lurking in the floodwaters. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us israel's 4th election in 2 years has again failed to produce a clear winner incumbent prime minister binyamin netanyahu is claiming victory for his right wing likud party but takes a poll suggests he will fall short of securing an outright majority and will need to enter coalition talks with rivals the final results may not be known until later the in this week. celebrations everywhere yet who has won within hours of the polls closing prime minister benjamin netanyahu claimed his. wing liku

bennett was styling himself as a netanyahu alternative the question now is whether his yamuna parties 7 or 8 seats will be enough to get netanyahu over the finish line there's no reason why we should go to fit election. they must come to nothing we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this. and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities we have ahead of us earlier election day itself had been hot and hazy a running tally of ballots cast suggesting the lowest turnout in years netanyahu crisscrossed the country to squeeze out every last vote warning his core voters that turnout was particularly bad in his likud strongholds i do. but it was in palestinian israeli areas where the floor seemed most severe the mainly arab joint list with 15 seats in the previous parliament is projected now to have as few as 8 of the splitting into the smaller group fighting to get into the parliament at all. meanwhile the far right religious zionist alliance promoted by netanyahu and featuring an advocate of removing disloyal arabs from the cou

israel's 4th election in 2 years and what is actually seen as a referendum on prime minister netanyahu just a few hours left now to the polls close. but again i'm come out santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera now after years of friction on the president donald trump the united states pleasures to revitalize its cooperation with nato. please charge a 21 year old man a 10 counts of murder after a supermarket shooting rampage in the u.s. state of colorado but they still don't have a motive and more bad news for astra zeneca is coping 19 back seen as a federal health agency in the u.s. raises concerns over possibly outdated and incomplete data. but everyone is running the back of the polls for the 4th time in 2 years deciding on whether benjamin netanyahu success in getting people vaccinated can overshadow his corruption trial and maybe give him a parliamentary majority he is the 1st sitting prime minister though to be indicted and is facing 3 trials we'll start with this report natasha going to him in west jerusalem. is really is have been going through a 2 year cy

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory even though no clear winner emerges in the nation's 4th election in 2 lives. daryn jordan this is our 0 live from doha also coming up. furious brazilians banging pots and pans to vent their anger against president jalal tomorrow as code 900 daily deaths past 3000 for the 1st. concerns about press freedoms in hong kong as a prominent journalist goes on trial for the 1st time since beijing's national security. this is not only should not be a partisan issue this is an american issue it will save lives miracle. president joe biden calls in a divided congress to act on gun control after america's 2nd mass shooting in less than a week. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is touting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in just 2 years that's despite exit polls suggesting there is no clear winner but show netanyahu likud party has won between 31 and 33 seats are a force that reports now from western. at its start benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life through 1000 vaccines. by t

is party really hot economically by the crew in a pandemic welcome addition does mr netanyahu face. well the opposition is really split there's no strong agreed to ponied and there's also no ideological or really programatic alternative on economic or social policies the main message is being anti netanyahu and that really is the weakness of the opposition because netanyahu could be challenged on many topics including the government management the housing prices for those on security issues and that does not really happen and this is also the result of that some of the changes are coming from the right and they do not really have political differences with netanyahu and they only criticize the personality cult which developed around the prime minister and his car conduct well exactly many coming to still under indictment do voters care about that at all. well i don't think it will make a difference in these elections because the voters have made up their mind in favor or against netanyahu and that the trial has opened and that netanyahu has to page face these charges and now and in

that's one of the scenarios, that neither the pro netanyahu block or the anti-netanyahu block end up being in a position to form a coalition. in israel, you have to form a coalition. it is almost impossible for one party to win in a landslide, because there is a system of strict proportional representation. so it is conceivable there could be deadlock and a fifth election. definitely has not been ruled out. as to how we got to this world, there are different interpretations of why there has been this extreme volatility in the last two years. you can't blame the political system, because it has always been difficult to form stable coalitions in israel. they did not used to have this number of elections in such a short space of time. his critics are saying the reason for this is he has been guided purely by his personal interests, pushing israelis into more elections in order to avoid having to leave office and possibly face prosecution in these different sets of corruption cases. but i think to push back against that view, which is very black and white, and i'm not saying it is comple

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory even though no clear winner emerges in the nation's 4th election in 2 years. but i'm daryn jordan this is our desire in life and also coming up. serious brazilians bang pots and pans to vent their anger against president both scenarios as coded 19 daily deaths past 3000 for the 1st time. this is not it should not be a partisan issue this is an american issue that will save lives american life president joe biden calls and i divided congress to act on gun control after america's 2nd mass shooting in less than a week. and concerns about press freedoms in hong kong a journalist on trial for exposing delayed police response to a mob attack on for testing. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is touting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in 2 years that's despite exit polls suggesting there is no clear winner that show netanyahu likud party has won between 31 and 33 seats are a force that reports now from western. at its start benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life through 10

the taliban it was styling himself as a netanyahu alternative the question now is whether his yamuna parties 7 or 8 seats will be enough to get netanyahu over the finish line there's no reason why we should go to fit election. they must come to nothing we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this. and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities we have ahead of us earlier election day itself had been hot and hazy a running tally of ballots cast suggesting the lowest turnout in years netanyahu crisscrossed the country to squeeze out every last vote warning his core voters that turnout was particularly bad in his likud strongholds i do. but it was in palestinian israeli areas where the floor seemed most severe the mainly arab joint list with 15 seats in the previous parliament is projected now to have as few as 8 after splitting into the smaller group failing to get into the parliament at all. meanwhile the far right religious zionist alliance promoted by netanyahu and featuring an advocate of removing disloyal arabs from t

standing up against netanyahu where does this leave them. this is an important question for them in the sense that do they really want to go for a 5th election and when they. ensure that they will get similar support that they've got them to start on or before clearly what we see is a trend towards the right so while they have a lot of differences among them. the right the right center right and far right and far far right parties the fascist party. are in fact again extinct and is the one obstacle today is the one of fortunate it today and that is nothing else netanyahu has said himself to be that dealmaker whether he's the only person to be able to form a coalition through buying out various potential candidates and parties and giving them all sorts of goodies from that governmental pyrite but he's also by the same token the one obstacle if he leaves the political scene today in israel and likud would be able to do a coalition with a whole number of parties including its main nemesis is your shot and be including blue and white party inclu

at least partially open not so good on sour shy young netanyahu differ the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country. his decision to leave the coup didn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began but his promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all that's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu are a force of al-jazeera west jerusalem. that is kurds have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera waters are rising across parts of the study and states of new south wales a natural disaster has been declared in some regions in the west flooding and decades nicolas cage reports from windsor northwest of sydney it's been raining for days and floodwaters continue to rise behind me is the main bridge in town and it's under water many buildings are inundated as well and people in the lying areas have been told to.

what he hears from his clients points to netanyahu's survival. they're very afraid that somebody new came without experience, and they're very, very afraid, of this, so they want to go with the old and the not new, you know? amy's more up for changing her hair than her leader. she says no one else has the global clout. and we can see in the way he's found the vaccinations for us. in many ways, this vote�*s a referendum on the prime minister — for some, on how he's handled the covid crisis. for others, it's about his trial on corruption charges, which he denies. after four elections, israel remains deeply divided. saturday saw one of the biggest protests. for a year, there have been anti—netanyahu rallies outside his house. the fact that we have a prime minister who is facing severe criminal charges, this fact on its own is becoming a threat to our democracy. and with the threat to this democracy, there is also a threat to the people of israel and to our beloved country. mr netanyahu's party faithful turned out to show their support. the moo

that he may well come back into the netanyahu fold which could take netanyahu across the line towards a proper majority in the parliament the knesset so things are by no means definite but they are lining up more in favor potentially netanyahu than they have in the previous 3 elections al-jazeera sorry for supporting live from west to roost area many thanks security forces in responding with increasing violence to anti coup protests across the country. this was the moment when police shot a man off his motorcycle in the moment city of mandalay he was laser scores of the way by officers it's unclear how badly the man was hurt or or has happened to him since the protests have continued across they are not they 2 months now after its civilian government was deposed in a bit of 3 crew people have been turning out despite the rising death toll rights groups say that they need 250 people have been killed since the demonstrations began. a child is among 7 civilians killed in northwestern syria on the ground hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in the rebel held city of. west

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory even though no clear winner emerges in the nation's 4th election in 2 years. hello i'm down jordan this is down to 0 live from doha also coming up. furious brazilians bang pots and pans to vent their anger against the president jebel tomorrow has covered 900 daily deaths past 3000 for the 1st time. concerns of a press freedoms in hong kong as a prominent journalist goes on trial for the 1st time since beijing's national security though. this is not it should not be a partisan issue this is an american issue it will save lives american. president joe biden calls and i divided congress to act on gun control after america's 2nd shooting in less than a week. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is touting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in just 2 years that's despite exit polls suggesting there's no clear winner show netanyahu likud party has won between 31 and 33 seats are a force that reports from western recent. at its start benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life throu

in 3 consecutive elections benny gantz presented the strongest challenge benjamin netanyahu had faced in years. the former army chief head of the blue and white alliance helping deny netanyahu a viable coalition but failing to form one of his own his decision last year to split his alliance and break his central campaign promise by joining that in yangon government has seen his standing crumble i'm not really fast moving we entered the government despite netanyahu not for nixon yahud we into the government because there was a health economic and social crisis one of the biggest israel has ever seen and we are not sideways all of us the soldiers for this country now he's campaigning for perhaps half a dozen seats on the basis that they can block legislation allowing us to escape his corruption trial dancers collapse has left a fragmented field of possible alternatives to netanyahu leading the pack is yeah peed dances form a partner in blue and white a former finance minister in an earlier netanyahu government and now the number one target of netanyahu his campaign that by now he didn't

get on star says that he won't work with benjamin netanyahu but nonetheless netanyahu if he gets close to the 61 seats in terms of his own votes plus those for potential allies if he gets close enough to that he has more roots to try to build a coalition or poach enough politicians from rival parties on the right to potentially get over the line that's not saying that it's going to happen it just means that if it is going to be broken this political deadlock netanyahu has more chances than his rivals as for the turnout we're seeing it is a little bit better than last year so far that could be because despite all of the exhaustion with elections there are more people actually physically in the country this time fewer people been able to get away on holidays but it will be very interesting to see how it breaks down in terms of sectors whether there is a similarly relatively high turnout in the palestinian israeli or arab sector as there was last time there have been numerous surveys suggesting that that will be lower if that happens and that would have vantage and. you know as well for a

one is the pro netanyahu. the smaller parties have already said they will be in a coalition or going into a coalition with benjamin netanyahu and those who said they are the anti-netanyahu cap. some of them left it open. -- camp. some of them left it open. all of the exit polls are suggesting a narrow government for a coalition possible for benjamin netanyahu with 61 seats. brent: that is something that has been expected, but it does not rule out the possibility that benjamin netanyahu may not be able to construct a new coalition government as has been the case this time. tania: absolutely. first of all, these are exit polls. if it is such a razor thin, actually, majority, then we really have to look now at how these figures will develop overnight. he definitely needs -- i mean, we are talking about a party that would go together with two ultraorthodox parties and a far right extremist party that could also join such a coalition, and then we are looking at one of the parties that has actually said they are the

a small palestinian israeli policy is in the spotlight as projections show both prime minister netanyahu and the opposition alliance fail to get a majority again. i'm on inside this is al jazeera live from also coming up. the european commission is considering tightening exports of covert 1000 vaccines over concerns of possible shortages at the astra zeneca jan. homeless again we were ports on the plight of tens of thousands of or him directly g.'s after fire guns their camp in bangladesh. and the game where access to a region in iraq used by iso for its recent attacks. around 90 percent of the votes have been counted in israel's 4th election in 2 years but majority is out of the reach of both prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the coalition of opposition parties opposing him a small palestinian israeli policy has on expect to gain some seats in parliament this means nessun yahoo's likud party may have to rely on it for support are a force that has the latest from them. at its start benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life through coded 1000 vacc

the polls for the 4th time in just 2 years voters face a choice longstanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu or one of several challengers seeking to what will be another shaky coalition. of terror in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo continues we have an exclusive report from d.w. team embedded with u.s. troops in the reach. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany is extending its coronavirus lockdown until april 18th as it grapples with a 3rd wave of the pandemic. the move comes after talks between chance for going to medical and regional leaders ran into the early hours of the morning leaders were longer heads over whether to ease restrictions on domestic travel over the eastern holiday season ultimately agreeing on a strict 5 day national shutdown over the period. medical says the coronavirus crisis in germany has taken a dangerous turn. we basically have a new time to make the mutation from great person has taken over which means we have a new virus. of course of the same kind but with very different properties it is clearly more lethal more contagious

is character he says that netanyahu has placed his own personal interests above those of israel and that might explain why for the 1st time netanyahu is courting the israeli i'm sorry the palestinian israeli vote in the past he has tried to boost voter turnout among the right say things like the arabs are being driven to the polls in droves he's also said that if anyone voted for a party other than likud it would mean a coalition that had arab parties now palestinian israelis may be amenable to this message to these overtures 10000 of them voted for likud in the last election the palestinian israeli vote represents 20 percent and there is a feeling that perhaps it's time to move out off the sidelines and into the political process and become more of an influential. presence in israeli politics natasha thank you very much for that natasha good name my forest say in west chose from. in other news russia has expressed support for china after weston powers impose sanctions on beijing over human rights abuses in john the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says the sanctions are unacc

this was a referendum on this in yahoo and that netanyahu needed to go. that netanyahu and he wasn't the only one to make this claim it was putting his self-interest of those of the country he criticized netanyahu for his belief that he mishandled the. pandemic and said that they didn't shut down the country quickly enough resulting in more than 6000 people dying and a lot of people being unemployed about a 1000000 people so be very interesting to see what happens next again probably the spokesman is reluctant to speak because as predicted by polls pollsters and analysts coming into this election it was definitely felt that it would be a difficult path forward for p. to be able to form a government and that looks to be the case again if these exit polls and holding it would definitely involve some pretty strategic maneuvering that might mean forming a coalition with various disparate parts of the electorate but maybe even some on the right but again it's not predicted that that will be feasible again this is based on exit polls but i do think that the par

polls have closed in israel's 4th election in 2 years prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hoping to stay in office and gain a clear majority in parliament ending the country's political gridlock but he is the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted and is facing 3 corruption trials well we're going to be hearing more from natasha good name in a moment she's intel of even the yesha t.v. party headquarters that's one of his main challengers 1st though let's go to harry for sitting in the likud party headquarters in west jerusalem when are we expecting the exit polls harry. well they're coming in right as we are talking and certainly ahead of them they were trailed by some of the pollsters as some of the most dramatic that they had seen in their careers we're not sure if it quite lives up to that billing but what we're seeing from the channel 13 poll which is have to give a caveat here they're not always accurate at this stage they can be corrected through the course of the night and even over the course of a day or 2 especially with this election given how many people are voting in

we begin in israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu is targeting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in 2 years but it's far from conclusive just yet as to who will lead the country exit polls are suggesting there's no clear winner they show netanyahu is the could party is on course to win between 31 and 33 seats leaving him needing to broker a series of deals with other parties to reach the 61 seat threshold required for a clear majority. himself well the good. it's the largest gap between 2 leading parties in israel in the last dozen years we're coming out of a covert war and israel is the champion in vaccinations there is a large majority within the people of israel and with this pejorative in the knesset who believe in our principles if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer government i reach out to all members of the knesset who believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone and i expect them to do the same harry fawcett has more from west jerusalem. netanyahu has declared a great victory but if you if you passes actually language

counting is still going on netanyahu is confident. the state needs a stable government. not a government of bits and pieces based on personal disqualifications on ambitions a stable government for the state of israel that's what the our demands that's what the challenge is in front of us demand and we must not under any circumstances drag the state of israel to a new elections to a 5th election we must form a stable government now. so. netanyahu ran for reelection despite being on trial for corruption israel successful coronavirus vaccination program has seen more than half the country already inoculated that may have boosted netanyahu standing among voters but not by enough to secure an overall victory. the much smaller yamuna party also right wing a nationalistic led by enough to leave bennett's could now hold the key to power bennett is a former ally of netanyahu who could well work with him again mustn't call for. netanyahu has been in power for 12 years making him israel's longest serving prime minister he's also the 1st to be indicted in office but denies corruptio

live from berlin deadlock in israel's 4th election in 2 years long 'd serving prime minister binyamin netanyahu claims victory but exit polls suggest he'll fall short of a majority and will have to open tricky coalition talks also coming up myanmar set for more protests today comes amid reports that security forces shot dead a 7 year old girl becoming the youngest victim of the military crackdown in the us how the fight against the current irish pandemic has opened up opportunities for indian women with skills in a high risk profession. and in australia the wild weather is easing but the evacuations continue. even. emergency services rescue residents stranded by the worst flooding in decades one has dangerous debris lurking in the floodwaters. terry martin good to have you with us israel's 4th election in 2 years has again failed to produce a clear winner incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory for his right wing likud party but exit polls suggest he will fall short of securing an outright majority and will need to enter coalition talks with rivals the final results may

who's left it open whether you would join a coalition with netanyahu we have about 3 to 4. standing divided against that then you know so if you stand together but you are divided the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form a coalition that will be able to govern and will be able to survive is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies that i know of as netanyahu was days are over he has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it we need something new a different prime minister nothing can achieve a kind of sure i think baby would be reelected because there's no one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't really treasure a little i want the same prime minister to stay because he's good for everyone look around you people are living thanks to the prime minist

a and easy prey for netanyahu he's very experienced in. a. magician in manipulating he's opponent this is of course the folks fulfill action in 2 years and if things don't go as planned promise about benjamin netanyahu and deadlock is not broken we could even see a 5th election this yet what does that tell you about the state of israeli democracy is a system broken. no you know develop a fake that a minute can you know doesn't manage to a domain name deceit curation means that they. christie is still alive and kicking and about but the electoral system ees. doesn't seek israel up to date fixed israel and when it didn't it was a study a in 1948 but he doesn't meet israel as if he's not and that is why it is so recommend that they day they. believe because of the rain i nees readies so fred meant that so you cannot get a clear result of its you and even have the lections are over they day compose ition of because nation their ruling coalition will be a a very painful in very difficult very difficult so it is a it is a if he's a. trade political

israel's 4th election in 2 years in a vote largely seen as a referendum on prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president 'd biden calls for a ban on assault weapons after police charge a 21 year old man with 10 counts of murder after a shooting spree in colorado more fallout for astra zeneca u.s. regulators says data from a trial showing the effectiveness of the vaccine may be outdated and incomplete. and in sport teams face more than just a footballing challenge to qualify for next year's world. cup in 1000 travelers strictures are causing chaos as players join up with their international side. polls have closed in israel's force election in 2 years with no clear winner in sight prime minister benjamin netanyahu was hoping to capitalize on israel's successful coronavirus vaccination campaign to end the country's political gridlock but the initial exit polls so. yes his likud party has won between 31 and 33 seats leaving him needing to broker a series of deals to reach the 61 seat majority majority required for a clear majority now we're going to hear more from the tasha's going aim in just a

the 5th government in 2 years but it'll be a difficult one it appears the netanyahu bloc is poised to secure $59.00 seats of a required 61 in the knesset there's no reason why we should go to a 5th election and that they must come to nothing you know and say we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this round and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities we have ahead of us in. the religious zionist party an alliance of the far right fared better than anticipated and is expected to bring its projected 6 seats to a netanyahu government members of the party have been banned in the past for anti palestinian sentiment the palestinian israeli parties are projected to lose seats this round voter turnout was low the parties previously voted as one bloc under the arab joint list but the group splintered at a 2nd conservative party called the united arab list formed now its leader months. could potentially do something unheard of previously support netanyahu government likud party members remain divided on what would be a historic

netanyahu needs to get 61 seats in the knesset to form a government no one ever has so the question is who would he form a coalition government with he's alienated former allies and is facing stiff competition from within the right i think these men are wonderful politician for israel in the past he's been in power way too long and he has too many issues surrounding him at this point i'd really like to see a change and it surprises me that the whole country isn't behind that idea. janet melzer is a liberal voter who like many others believes israelis have a 5th election on the horizon really concerned with the direction the country is going for a lack of respect for the other total lack of respect for the there was no no no understanding of civil rights or democracy voter participation in the previous election was 71 percent pollsters predict a lower turnout for now is really his vote and wait to see if their country can move past this unprecedented political limbo a cycle of the main candidates in the fray netanyahu is head of the likud party but he's also on trial for corruption he i

holds its 4th election in 2 years in what's largely seen as a referendum on prime minister benjamin netanyahu more bad news for astra zeneca is covert 19 vaccine a federal health agency in the u.s. has raised concerns over here in the efficacy of the jam. and the republic of congo's presidents us from guess so wins a 4th consecutive term by a landslide but the opposition is crying foul. and sport teams face more than just a front balling challenge to qualify for next year's world cup 19 travel restrictions are causing chaos as players join up with their national side. in the past hour u.s. president joe biden's responded to the mass shooting in the state of colorado with a cold to action for greater gun control police have charged a 21 year old with 10 counts of murder following that shooting spree at a supermarket in boulder colorado the victims include a police officer who was one of the 1st responders at the scene the suspect was injured in a shootout with police and is now in hospital but f.b.i. agents say they are still working to establish a motive so let's start with kimberly how could

exley could politician with new hope also aims to replace netanyahu just like right wing enough tony bennett from yemenia who's left it open whether he would join a coalition with netanyahu we have about 3 to 4 live there is anything that they're . standing divided against that then you know so if you stand together but you are divided. the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form a coalition that will be able to govern and will be able to survive. is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies the now of ours mitten yeah it was days are over he has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it we need something new a different prime minister can achieve the rebuttal sure i think baby would be reelected because there's no one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't really

benjamin netanyahu there. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell looks back at how the election unfolded. the first results are in, again, after israel's unprecedented fourth trip to the ballot box in under two years. it's still unclear. benjamin netanyahu appears to have a good chance of staying in office but will face a struggle to form a new government. the campaign trail for this pandemic election has been mostly on tiktok — mr netanyahu pushing the message that he got israel vaccinated... ..and made peace with new arab countries. his opponents don't agree on much, except the need to knock him out of office. amir�*s chair is rarely empty these days. he's making up for lost time since covid closed his salon for six months. what he hears from his clients points to netanyahu's survival. they're very afraid that somebody new came without experience, and they're very, very afraid of this, so they want to go with the old and the not new, you know? amy's more up for changing her hair than her leader. sh

in 3 consecutive elections benny gantz presented the strongest challenge benjamin netanyahu had faced in years. the former army chief head of the blue and white alliance helping deny netanyahu a viable coalition but failing to form one of his own his decision last year to split his alliance and break his central campaign promise by joining that in yangon government has seen his standing crumble and. we entered the government despite me and who not for nixon yahud we into the government because there was a health economic and social crisis when of the biggest israel has ever seen and we are not sideways all of us are soldiers for this country now he's campaigning for perhaps half a dozen seats on the basis that they can block legislation allowing us to escape his corruption trial dancer's collapse has left a fragmented field of possible alternatives to netanyahu leading the pack is yeah peed dances form a partner in blue and white a former finance minister in an earlier netanyahu government and now the number one target of netanyahu his campaign that by now he didn't start this way but

binyamin netanyahu is still facing corruption charges which he denies. but he's also won support for the country's successful coronavirus facts a nation program. not enough though to know if this veteran politician will remain israel's controversial prime minister. joining us now for more on that is d w correspondent tonics ramit in jerusalem tanya a very tight race with its yo appearing to hold just the slightest edge walk us through the political minefield he will have to navigate to put together a coalition. you know it's certainly not an easy pass to build a coalition for benyamin netanyahu he had certainly hoped to have a more decisive victory that he could stay the strongest part of it now he has to look for clinician partners to reach the $61.00 majority out of the $120.00 knesset seats he would naturally tune to his allies who are also talks parties to already have pledge and that they would join a coalition with him and he will most likely oust the very far right extremist group of religious zionism to come into a coalition with them but then yo