this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. exit polls in israel's latest general election suggest benjamin netanyahu's likud party could secure the most seats — without winning a parliamentary majority. president biden calls for swift action on gun control after ten people are killed in a colorado mass—shooting. we can ban assault weapons and high—capacity magazines. it should not be a partisan issue. this is an american issue. it will save lives. the extent of the devastation from the fire at a rohingya camp in bangladesh becomes clear. at least 15 people died and hundreds are missing. and a day of reflection and remembrance in the united kingdom, marking a year after the first coronavirus lockdown was declared.

hello and welcome to the programme. israelis have been voting in their fourth election in just two years. in their fourth election the polls closed a couple of hours ago, and the first exit polls suggest that, once again, there is no clear winner. so what are the chances that prime minister benjamin netanyahu will manage to stay in office? our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. 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 trailfor 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. 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 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 can't end the long stalemate, many here worry that there will be yet another election. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. well, our correspondent tom bateman is in tel aviv. well, this has been israel's "try again" election. that's exactly what the voters have done — gone back to the polls for the fourth time in two years. and once again, if the exit polls are to be believed, they have returned the same kind of result, which is inconclusive. those forecasts are suggesting that both the bloc that opposes mr netanyahu, wants to oust him from government, and the right—wing bloc that supports them, neither of them have a clear path to victory. but it is suggesting that mr netanyahu has the political upper hand, that the horse—trading that may now commence will give him the advantage. and already, he's put out a statement saying that this is a victory,

in his view, for the right—wing bloc and for his likud party. now, it has been a campaign that has been characterised, as far as mr netanyahu's concerned, by the coronavirus pandemic and the way in which, in his view, he has single—handedly procured vaccines for israel. tom bateman reporting there. all the exit polls suggest that benjamin netanyahu will be able to, he is in the lead, but it all depends on who the kingmakers will be. let's turn to the events in the past 2a hours of the colorado shooting. ten people were shot dead, one man is in custody. the shooting comes after a gunman killed eight people in atlanta last week. police in boulder have now charged a 21—year—old man with ten counts of murder. sophie long has the latest. a crowded grocery store in the city of boulder became the scene of the latest

deadly attack on innocent americansjust going about their business. terrified shoppers and workers scrambled and were led to safety. ten people between the ages of 20 and 65 didn't make it. they include eric talley, who was the first police officer on the scene. the father of seven was shot while trying to protect the community he'd served for more than a decade — a community now torn apart by tragedy. we feel these losses in our bones, some of us more deeply than others, but all of us are agonised by this tragedy. there will be time to come to pursuejustice, repair damage, seek answers and pursue remedies, but today, we remember, we appreciate and we honour the lives of those who were killed. at the white house, where flags are flying at half mast, president biden urged congress to take action. this is not and should not be a partisan issue. this is an american issue.

it will save lives, american lives, and we have to act. we should also ban assault weapons in the process. i'll have much more to say as we learn more, but i wanted to be clear — those poor folks who died left behind families. that leaves a big hole in their hearts. and we can save lives, increasing the background checks that are supposed to occur and eliminating assault weapons. this man, 21—year—old ahmad al aliwi alissa, a resident of a suburb of denver, was taken into custody with leg injuries. an investigation is now under way, with officers at local, state and federal level determined to find out why this act of violence was unleashed at a neighbourhood grocery store. there had been a lull in mass killings during the pandemic, with last year seeing

the fewest such attacks in more than a decade. but now, another american community must come to terms with the agony of another mass shooting. sophie long, bbc news. "it is massive and it is devastating" — that was the assessment today from the un after a huge fire at the rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh. the desperate searches for loved ones is continuing. at least 15 people have died, at least 400 people remain missing. 16,000 have been displaced. rajini vaityanathan has the latest. each pillar marks out what was once a makeshift hut. these smouldering remains are all that's left for thousands of refugees — this cramped and congested camp now reduced to ash. this woman lost her home in the fire. "my two sons are missing.

"i'm looking for them everywhere," she said. the massive blaze started in one section of the settlement on monday afternoon but soon spread. refugees ran for their lives. rohingya muslims who fled a military crackdown in their home, myanmar, over three years ago, once again on the move. many families have been separated. ngos believe the death toll will rise. this woman has been searching the camp with one of her sons, trying to find her six—year—old mohammed, who's been missing since the fire broke out. "i don't know whether he's dead or alive. "i'm missing him a lot," she said. "please, god, help me find my son. "i just want him back." close to a million rohingyas live in the world's largest refugee camp. already in dire poverty, they're once again struggling to survive. thousands are now homeless. aid agencies on the ground say it'll take months for the refugees to

rebuild their lives. i think that the fire is a continued symptom of the larger deterioration within the camps. it's three years on, this is a protracted refugee crisis, obviously a failure of the international community to find a solution. the rohingya are the world's largest stateless population. with the ongoing military coup in myanmar, they can't go home anytime soon. with their temporary homes now destroyed, their life in limbo continues. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. here in the uk, over the past few hours, police in riot gear have moved in on protesters in bristol. it follows clashes in the city on sunday night, when demonstrators opposed to changes to laws around protests were challenged by police, resulting in 12 injured officers and a number of arrests. police sought to disperse

several hundred demonstrators who had gathered in the city centre to protest about anti—trespass legislation which the protesters claim unfairly targets travellers. throughout the evening, the police have urged the protestors to leave peacefully, after they began to set up tents. protests aren't lawful at present because of the pandemic. people across the uk have lit candles and torches on their doorsteps to remember victims of covid—i9 — a year on from the first lockdown. in london, trafalgar square and the london eye were among the landmarks illuminated to mark the occasion. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the numbers and some of the challenges ahead. the shadow of covid lingers in every community, the lives lost and livelihoods threatened. and now, a year on, there's increasing understanding of the scale of the impact, compared to what was first

predicted, with the virus proving far more deadly. a health think tank has calculated that on average, those who died with covid lost up to ten years of their lives — that's based on life—expectancy estimates, how long they might have lived. in total, one and a half million years of life have been lost in the uk because of covid. by comparison, in a bad winter, 250,000 years are lost because of flu and pneumonia. it is a devastating bombshell that hit britain, as it hit many other countries. 0ur loss has been much greater, and our loss has been compounded by the underlying health of the population and the disparities between different groups, which covid has shown most starkly. but numbers are now falling. this line shows the five—year weekly average for deaths from all causes, and this shows what's happened since january last year. there was a big spike above the average in april — mainly because of covid deaths, shown in red — then another surge from last autumn.

but now, uk deaths have fallen back below the average for the first time since last summer. the vaccination programme is protecting more people from serious illness and reducing the risk of dying with covid. but some who've had the virus are still carrying a heavy burden. come on, tom! it's a life, but it is not like the life that i was living before. in fact, it's completely different. come on, tom! tom used to run marathons, but covid stopped him in his tracks. almost exactly a year ago, he went down with the virus, thought he was recovering, but then couldn't shake off some alarming symptoms. it was probably the most frightening thing i've ever experienced. it felt like my body had been hijacked by the virus, and i didn't understand what was happening, and no doctor could explain it to me, either.

tom has long—covid and says he and many others are still struggling. there's a real lack of recognition of the scale of the problem with long—covid. given that we're just out of the second wave, it's really likely to grow over the coming months. a year on from lockdown, scars still haven't healed for those trying to shake off the effects of the virus, and for many families who've lost loved ones. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: we hear from those who've been working tirelessly on the front line, dealing with the pandemic over the past 12 months. i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis.

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our main story: exit polls in israel's latest general election suggest benjamin netanyahu's likud party could secure the most seats — without winning a parliamentary majority. let's get some more on that story. dahlia scheindlin is an israeli pollster and political analyst. she told me more about who the kingmaker could be. it could be naftali bennett, because naftali bennett is one of the few people who's not made a firm commitment as to whether he would go into a coalition with netanyahu or not. many of the other parties have declared already they will or they won't. naftali bennett, however, has also said he will not sit under a government led by the closest challenger, yair lapid, head of the yesh atid party, which has had a good second—place showing. what is interesting is there could always be other kingmakers. netanyahu has become accustomed

to finding ways to peel off certain individual members of parties to top up the necessary numbers to reach 61 seats. and i should also point out that these polls are already changing, they're being updated as we speak, as some of the real results come in and as the pollsters adjust their findings, and at least in one of those polls for channel 12, the netanyahu—loyal bloc of parties is already down to 59 seats, so he may have to do some of that fancy footwork to find additional support for a coalition. even if naftali bennett, in the supposed kingmaker position, goes in with him, he may not have enough, so we're still looking at a very inconclusive outcome, the type we have had in the last three elections. we all hope it does not lead to a fifth election, but it's not impossible, and we have to be careful, because one or two adjustments in either direction could change

the way things go. listening to somebody earlier saying, the one person who has not won in this election is the israeli people again, bearing in mind there's going to be such horse—trading going on. what about the small parties that need the threshold of 3.5% who might be close to getting that, who could make a difference if they did? there's really only one party like that, one of the surprises of this election, that party is the small party headed by mansour abbas, representing the islamic movement in israel. and he is hovering around four seats, and those four seats could be a wild card, but by most surveys he is not crossing the threshold yet. all that could change. one of the surprising things is the other parties hovering close to the threshold — and there were a number of them, about four such parties — have not only crossed but appear to have done pretty well up till this point. we're talking about

the small liberal zionist meretz party and labor. both of them seem to have reached not only four but seven seats, which would be a significant rise. also on the far right, on the far nationalist religious right, we have a party called religious zionist, made up, frankly, ofjewish supremacists and homophobes, who have been doing pretty well, around seven seats as well. i think that is probably because the turnout was lower than last time, which tends to favour smaller parties, but they have all done better... can ijust ask you a final, very brief question, because we are running out of time? what would happen if he gets back in with a strong coalition? would this kick the corruption allegations out of court for the time being? well, that remains to be seen. i do not think he could do

anything immediately, but most think he would continue to undermine the ability of think he would continue to undermine the credibility of the judiciary, and specifically the attorney general, and if he has a strong coalition, he is better placed to do that. it is hard to say whether he can really stop the proceedings, considering the trial has already begun. i think in the most extreme scenario, some people think that he would try to replace the attorney general altogether, find himself a friendly attorney general who might somehow drop the charges, but that seems a little bit far—fetched. we should also remember that the current attorney general who has pressed these charges was a netanyahu appointee, so he would have to find somebody who is not only an appointee but a loyalist attorney general, and i think that scenario is possibly far—fetched, although some would say it is possible. it is hard to stop a trial that has already begun. dahlia scheindlin, the poster speaking to me a little earlier.

finally, on this day of reflection in the uk, we hear from four staff working at university hospital southampton who've spent the year on the front line. they explain the impact of the last 12 months on their professional and personal lives. there were some days when you had to verify death after death, and it was really hard to detach from it. i have had a lot of mum guilt and a lot of professional guilt. the doctors told my family that i have only 40% - chances of survival. covid has taught me to be more supportive with each other. and kindness, kindness, kindness. did you open those eyes for me? a year of high stress.

every patient that comes through the door, you don't know how they're going to be and how quickly they're going to deteriorate. and then, come home at the end of a 14—hour day and... "wait, don't touch me, don't hug me," to the people that you just want to melt into because you've got to go upstairs and scrub your body. are you coming to sit with me? 0k, we'll do it together. come on, then. the children would get into the habit of then asking me, "is it safe to cuddle you, mummy?" 48, 50! being made to start- in the middle of the pandemic and having to learn on the job and having to adapt to - a new city and a new culture, that's taught me so much- and i've learnt so quickly. do you know why i you're in hospital? covid? yes, covid. we had 15 deaths in two weeks. we would normally have maybe five in a year. so, for the team, that is quite hard. are you allergic to anything? i was tested positive for covid—i9. it was a very weird experience when the ambulance took me

to my own workplace and my own work colleagues were looking after me. and i had way much more chances to leave the hospital in a body bag rather than on my own feet. my little soldier — cos he's been through the wars. my most challenging moments are in my social life, personal life. yeah. cos at work, you put on that uniform, you have that persona. the fact i've got links with the covid patients, i've kept away from everybody. my husband had to sit and hold me while i cry and worry, and i don't normally do that. i normallyjust come home to my babies and we live our life to the full. i live alone, so it's still just me thinking about work. it's difficult not having the support of my family members, but it's quiet hard to detach and get on with my life just at home before you get back to work and do

the same thing again. i decided to stand up from the wheelchair and to salute them as a sign of gratitude towards everything that they have done for me and my family. i took proper time to chat with as many people as possible. i have started to show when i'm not ok. i don't think i've had any choice but to stand up and say, "i haven't been 0k." we all need to look for support. - and if you can't get it face to face with your family, i you need to look at other areas. - i tried to speak to someone, tell them how i'm feeling, do a work—out, try to do some mindfulness. what i'm looking forward to most is developing a social life. 0h! i think for every mum, dad, human being, we need to start getting back to normality. i'm looking forward to going to see my family and havingj a cuppa tea with my mum out

of my special mug. _ we are not dreaming of sandy beaches. we just really want to see our family and our parents. i can't wait to hug... i can't wait to hug my family. just some of the reflections on the day of remembrance. plenty more, of course, on the website about all those events, andindeed website about all those events, and indeed that moment of silence midday yesterday, followed eight hours later by the beacon of light where hundreds of thousands of people around the country lit candles and shown torches for a symbol of unity for all the people who have died of covid but also the other hundreds of thousands of people who have died during the pandemic and were not able to be mourned properly by their

family and friends. for me and the team, bye—bye. hello. the weather is looking decidedly mixed for the rest of this week. there will be some spells of sunshine, but there will also be some showers. some of which will be heavy and, briefly, wintry, as some cold air digs in the tail end of the week. but in the shorter term, we have this frontal system to greet us on wednesday morning, a band of cloud and very light and patchy rain, really dragging its heels, moving slowly southeast words, taking a good part of the day to move into the far southeast of england. all the while, lots of england. all the while, lots of sunshine come up in northern ireland and scotland, sunshine and showers will be replaced by some more widespread heavy rain pushing in from the west later, a company by strengthening south—westerly wind. temperatures ranging from seven or 8 degrees in northern scotland to 13 or maybe 1a across parts of eastern

england. through wednesday evening, ourfirst frontal system will finally clear away, this next band of showery rain will push southeast words and a new packet of showers moving across northern ireland in western scotland by the end of the night. some clear skies in between, temperatures in most places will stay above freezing, a few prone locations could just see if touch of frost, and then thursday is a classic sunshine and showers day. some of the showers will be heavy, possibly thundery, most widespread across most northern parts of the uk, and it will be fairly breezy out there as well. temperatures at this stage quite respectable, ten — 1a degrees and places come up with those covers are set to drop as this cold front sent to this cold front moves through, it will. .. this cold front moves through, it will... some of the showers, you can see the splotches on the map, will start to turn

wintry over high ground, some sleet and some stove mixing in. some hail and some thunder possible as well. fairly windy as well, particular gusty over the hills, and given the strength of the wind, it will feel much colder, 7—9 , maybe briefly getting up to double digits across the east of england, but it is a short—lived cold spell. he will turn warmer during the weekend, some places further west colder, drierfurther some places further west colder, drier further south and east.

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