this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: israel's benjamin netanyahu stops short of claiming victory — after exit polls suggest his likud party could secure the most seats — but fail to secure a majority in the latest general election. this is the biggest margin between the two leading parties and tens of years. president biden calls for swift action on gun control — after ten people are killed in a colorado, mass—shooting. coaching and counselling — prince harry starts a newjob for a us mentoring firm — his latest role after stepping back as a senior royal, last year. and — run aground, while turning around — egypt's suez canal is blocked

by a large container ship. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe — israelis have been voting in their 4th election in just 2 years — and exit polls suggest the likud party led by the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, could win the most seats — although not a parliamentary majority. he has claimed the vote as a "huge win" for the right—wing and for likud. in the past few hours he addressed his supporters. translation: pay attention to the differences. _ we have over 30. the next party below us has got less than 20 votes.

they don't like to say that in the media, but this is the biggest margin between the two leading parties in tens of years going back. we are going out to world war iii, the war against corona. israel is the champion of the world in vaccinations. israel is a model for the whole world. it's a great success. 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. 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. professor guy siv is an israeli politics analyst based in washington. he says the low turnout suggests voters are losing confidence in the election process. every recent election in israel has essentially been a referendum on netanyahu. we're talking about the traditional left, right divide is to define us fairly text. we are talking about the pro and anti—camp. what has that referendum said? what has that referendum said? what is the verdict? the verdict is that the stalemate continues. this is the fourth

election in two years. unprecedented in israel. the voter turnout today was lower. 67.2%. lowerthan voter turnout today was lower. 67.2%. lower than all recent elections and that tells you something. it tells you that israelis are tired and exhausted and fed up with their never—ending political crisis. the system, as they see it, 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 to be another _ home today. there was always likely to be another coalition i likely to be another coalition of course. who are likely to be the king makers, the power brokers?— the king makers, the power brokers? , , ., brokers? depends on the final election. there _ brokers? depends on the final election. there are _ brokers? depends on the final election. there are a - brokers? depends on the final election. there are a couple . brokers? depends on the final| election. there are a couple of parties, in particular the islamist party that may or may not enter. but as of this evening it looks like one particular party might be one of the kingmakers but really, any of the medium—sized parties can make it very difficult for anyone to form a coalition. pity far right policies in one

party and what you think this might mean for israelis and palestinians? i think that the palestinians? i think that the palestinian issue hardly came up palestinian issue hardly came up in this election. it palestinian issue hardly came up in this election.— up in this election. it hardly has u- up in this election. it hardly has up in — up in this election. it hardly has up in the _ up in this election. it hardly has up in the last _ up in this election. it hardly has up in the last few - up in this election. it hardly| has up in the last few years. most israelis are convinced there is no partner on the other side. this is a mantra accepted in israeli society and so there has not been much of an issue however, there is a creeping annexation which has been de facto policy of netanyahu throughout his years in office. 12 years now. many israelis fear that this is going to lead to an apartheid state because israel will have to choose if they want to remain a jewish state and if they want to remain a democracy, everyone gets the vote, that is going to become increasingly impossible with netting's policies.

president biden has urged congress not to "wait another minute" to bring in a ban on assault rifles and tighter checks on gun owners. it's a long—running issue in american politics, and bitterly contested. mr biden said he felt personally devastated by another killing spree, on monday in boulder, colorado, where a gunman killed ten people. police have now charged a 21—year—old man with 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. let's get some of the day's other news. us and south korean officials have acknowledged that north korea fired two short—range missiles last weekend — the first by pyongyang since president biden took over. his administration has been

trying — without success — to engage with north korea. last week, officials in pyongyang criticised washington for going ahead with scheduled military exercises with south korea. hong kong and macau have temporarily suspended the use of the pfizer— biontech coronavirus vaccine because of a packaging defect in one batch. the chinese pharmaceutical company distributing the pfizer vaccine locally notified the authorities of the unspecified defect, and the two territories have stopped administering it while an investigation is carried out. the pentagon has been asked officially to house child migrants at two military facilities in texas. currently, more than 5,000 unaccompanied migrants are thought to be in government—run detention centres along the us border with mexico. illegal immigration to the us dropped to a record low in early 2020, but has been creeping up since. in another shocking development in myanmar, a seven—year—old girl has been shot dead by security forces according to local people. khin myo chit is the youngest known victim in the crackdown since last month's military coup. the rights group save the children says at least 20 children are among dozens of people killed. mark lobel reports.

local media outlet myanmar now reported that soldiers shot at khin myo chit's father but hit the seven—year—old as she was sitting on his lap inside their home. aid workers were unable to save her. there's been no comment from the military. that followed the reported fatal shooting in the chest of this mother's 14—year—old son, tun tun aung, a day earlier by the junta in their low—cost housing complex. translation: my son tends to be the one who closes - and locks the door. i feel so heartbroken by his death. this mother's 15—year—old son, zaw myo htet, was also reportedly fatally shot in the head by the military as he was leaving this local tea shop, where he was a waiter. translation: i feel heartbroken by this military as they _ brutally murdered my son. i want to kill them as they killed my son. i want them to lose their lives

as my own son did. charity save the children says it's horrified and that... according to the children's charity, at least 20 children have been killed since the coup began, 17 children remain arbitrarily detained and at least 488 students are being held by the military. the military express sadness at the death of protesters but blame them for bringing anarchy to the country. they say 164 people have been killed in protests. the assistance association for political prisoners activist group puts the death toll at at least 261. mark lobel, bbc news. it's been reported that

the british prime minister, borisjohnson, told members of his conservative party that the uk's successful vaccine rollout was thanks to �*capitalism' and �*greed'. the comments were made during a zoom call with backbenchers — and have been confirmed by several of those present. they said he quickly withdrew the comments. mrjohnson's office has not yet issued a comment. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a year ago we were reporting the prime minister is almost unbelievable instruction to stay at home. so much has gone wrong since then, so much pain for thousands of families. but one big thing has gone right, the vaccine roll—out in this country. in westminster tonight, some raised eyebrows over what the prime minister said privately to a group of his own mps tonight. those in the room tell me he said the success of the vaccine programme was down to greed. number ten didn't want to comment about this, but i am told the prime minister almost immediately withdrew those remarks, he repeatedly went

on to praise the company astrazeneca, who made the vaccine, repeatedly pointing out they have not been making money off doing this. he also said to mps, oh please forget i said that, it was some kind of misunderstanding. but at the same time, just at the moment when politicians publicly, at least, on both sides of the channel are trying to hold nerves steady on the vaccine, it's not the kind of comment that is going to make that any easier. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the united nations votes on authorising the collection of evidence — of alleged war crimes from sri lanka's long civil war.

let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. singing streaking across the sky, the . white hot wreck of the mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines.

israel's benjamin netanyahu stops short of claiming victory — after exit polls suggest his likud party could secure the most seats — but fail to secure a majority in the latest general election. president biden calls on the senate to take swift action on gun control — after ten people are killed in a colorado, mass—shooting. prince harry is to begin a newjob at a professional coaching firm in the united states. betterup offers counselling, mentorship and careers guidance, and the duke of sussex said his aim was to "foster an environment for honest and vulnerable conversations" around mental health. it is his latestjob move after he and the duchess of sussex stepped back as senior royals in march last year. i spoke alexi robichaux ceo and co—founder of betterup. i said i was going to ask about what prince harry would be doing, but i understood he'd already been working there for some time. yes, that's right, he has been here for a couple of months and we are excited to

share the news with the world. what has he been doing? he has been focusing on a few areas to enhance betterup's mission, our social mission changing the dialogue around mental health, mental fitness and the cultivation of these resources preventatively. he is also helping to work on anything from product design and strategy to co—creating content and experience for our members and helping with partnerships, creating some new content for our users resulting in mental toughness and fitness. how is the new boy doing? do you think you will keep him? i hope he keeps us! he is doing fantastic. i had obviously never talked to royalty before, and i think the most impressive thing has been his focus singularly on how he could be of service, how he could

advance this mission and how we can make a positive impact in the world together. he has an incredible attitude and he is filled with energy and enthusiasm so i have a feeling he will work out. what do you call him? he likes to be called harry in the workplace. to be called harry in the workplace-— to be called harry in the workplace. to be called harry in the worklace. �* . . ,, workplace. and what are you -a in: workplace. and what are you paying him? _ workplace. and what are you paying him? as— workplace. and what are you paying him? as a _ workplace. and what are you paying him? as a private - paying him? as a private company we don't disclose compensation of any employees. and, you know, we are unfortunately not able to share that. ~ ., ,., unfortunately not able to share that. ~ ., ., unfortunately not able to share that. ., ., ., ,, that. what sort of hours is he doinu ? that. what sort of hours is he doing? at _ that. what sort of hours is he doing? at this _ that. what sort of hours is he doing? at this level - that. what sort of hours is he doing? at this level we - that. what sort of hours is he doing? at this level we are i doing? at this level we are focused on _ doing? at this level we are focused on impact. - doing? at this level we are focused on impact. he - doing? at this level we are focused on impact. he has| doing? at this level we are - focused on impact. he has other commitments so we thought about designing for impact and making sure he can add value. for me i'm not worried about hours, i am worried about change and

positive change.— am worried about change and positive change. who is going to do his appraisal _ positive change. who is going to do his appraisal after - positive change. who is going to do his appraisal after six i to do his appraisal after six months or so, that is quite a task? , ., ., .., months or so, that is quite a task? , ., ., , task? yes, well, a lot can be said as we — task? yes, well, a lot can be said as we call _ task? yes, well, a lot can be said as we call in _ task? yes, well, a lot can be said as we call in the - task? yes, well, a lot can be said as we call in the us - task? yes, well, a lot can be said as we call in the us the | said as we call in the us the modern performance review. we have a really open relationship and constant feedback and communication so i think they won't have any trouble there. it is obviously a lovely piece of publicity for your venture but an important issue. you are - leased, but an important issue. you are pleased, clearly. _ but an important issue. you are pleased, clearly. yes. - but an important issue. you are pleased, clearly. yes. we - but an important issue. you are pleased, clearly. yes. we are i pleased, clearly. yes. we are honoured, i would say. we are honoured, i would say. a giant container vessel has blocked shipping in the suez canal — it ran aground in the canal north of the port of suez. it happened early tuesday, and tugs have been trying to refloat the ship since. the ever given, registered in panama, was en route from china to rotterdam and was passing north through the canal on its way to the mediterranean. earlier, iasked dr sal mercogliano a maritime historian at campbell university in north carolina how often an incident

like this occurred it is an unusual situation. a very dire one. this is the largest vessel ever to go aground in the suez canal and she has gone sideways on the canal blocking both north and south passage. it will have huge ramifications for global trade especially between asia and europe. use unusual, how unusual? last time is back in 2017. the ship are smaller but she was able to pull herself along side the back that this vessel was heading northbound when she lost all power meaning she lost her propulsion and steering. she is now gone aground. her bow was on the east side of the embankment and it is high enough up that you can see the bow sticking out and she is lodged in their and they have been trying to pull her out and have been unable to do that and ships are piling up

north and south of her right now. i north and south of her right now. , , ., , ., now. i guess, with a smaller vessel and — now. i guess, with a smaller vessel and a _ now. i guess, with a smaller vessel and a smaller- now. i guess, with a smaller vessel and a smaller canal i now. i guess, with a smaller i vessel and a smaller canal you could try to flash water through. i5 could try to flash water through-— could try to flash water throu~h. , ., ., ., through. is that an option? unfortunately _ through. is that an option? unfortunately the - through. is that an option? unfortunately the suez - through. is that an option? i unfortunately the suez canal sand so you can excavate out if you have to do. the problem is the size of this vessel. it is a 1300 metre vessel. 200,000 tonnes. 20,000 boxes. she is what we refer to as an ultra large container vessel. just that amount of mass is very difficult to try to move and get out of the way and it is having this huge for vessels unable to use the canal. 10% of the world trade goes through the world trade goes through the suez canal.— the world trade goes through the suez canal. how big a “ob to try and fi the suez canal. how big a “ob to try and ship it? i the suez canal. how big a “ob to try and ship it? howfi the suez canal. how big a job to try and ship it? how much| to try and ship it? how much time i dictate? it to try and ship it? how much time | dictate?— to try and ship it? how much time i dictate?— time i dictate? it is hard to tell right — time i dictate? it is hard to tell right now. _ time i dictate? it is hard to tell right now. they - time i dictate? it is hard to tell right now. they are - time i dictate? it is hard to - tell right now. they are moving tags in to try to pull her off. they will try to pull her off stone forest. she went hard aground on her bow is particularly high up out of the water meaning that a good part

of her as aground. as they are unable to pull her free, of her as aground. as they are unable to pull herfree, which they will try to do. there is a 1.9 metres tide in the canal. to get her high tide they can remove cargo to try to lighten her are. remove cargo to try to lighten herare. it remove cargo to try to lighten her are. it could be days. it could be days. the united nations human rights chief michelle bachelet has been authorised to collect and preserve evidence of alleged war crimes during sri lanka's long civil war. the un believes 80,000 to 100,000 people died in the 26—year conflict with the tamil tiger rebel group, which ended in 2009. anbarasan ethirajan reports. i understand that the delegation of indonesia would like to take the floor. a decisive move by the un human rights council to fix accountability for the civil war era crimes. the resolution gives more power to the un to gather and preserve evidence of alleged atrocities during the

country's ethnic conflicts. a devastating war ended with the defeat of the separatist rebels in 2009. thousands were killed and disappeared during the brutal conflict. the families of those killed in the war have been holding protests demanding answers. some of them here say their sons and daughters just disappeared after surrendering to the army in the final stages of the war. the government denies the accusations. western nation say human rights are under threat in sri lanka once again. under threat in sri lanka once aaain. ~ , , under threat in sri lanka once auain.~ , , ., again. we bring this resolution in the hone — again. we bring this resolution in the hope that _ again. we bring this resolution in the hope that it _ again. we bring this resolution in the hope that it will - again. we bring this resolution in the hope that it will help - in the hope that it will help advance the human rights of all communities including buddhist, christian, muslim or tamil. the sri lankan _ christian, muslim or tamil. the sri lankan president has been defined. he came to power in 2019 with the massive support from the majority and has

refused to try soldiers accused of war crimes. the sri lankan government says the latest un resolution will not make any difference.— difference. any of these resolutions _ difference. any of these resolutions without - difference. any of these resolutions without the | difference. any of these - resolutions without the consent and acceptance of the country concerned cannot be implemented. that is the basic principle. irate implemented. that is the basic --rincile. ~ ., ., principle. we will have to give a ve , principle. we will have to give a very. very — principle. we will have to give a very. very long _ principle. we will have to give a very, very long way. - a very, very long way. diplomatic wrangling may not bring immediate relief to these women protest in northern sri lanka. they are determined to make their voices heard. hoping that the international community one day will help him getjustice. the american film and tv actor george segal has died from complications during heart bypass surgery. he was 87. george segal was nominated for an oscar for the 1966 film who's afraid of virginia woolf, acting alongside richard burton and elizabeth taylor. known for his charm and wit, he excelled in dramatic and comedy roles, including

1970's where's poppa and the 1973 romantic comedy a touch of class. the weather is looking decidedly mixed through what's left 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 at 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 southeastwards, taking a good part of the day to get into the far southeast of england. all the while, wales, the midlands and northern england will brighten up with lots of sunshine. for northern ireland and scotland, sunshine and showers will be replaced by some more widespread heavy rain pushing in from the west later, accompanied by a strengthening

south—westerly wind. temperatures ranging from seven or 8 degrees in northern scotland to 13 or maybe 1a across parts of eastern england. now, through wednesday evening, our first frontal system will finally clear away. this next band of showery rain will push southeastwards and a new packet of showers will push in across northern ireland and 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 a 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 western and northern parts of the uk, and it will be fairly breezy out there as well. temperatures at this stage quite respectable, ten to maybe 1a degrees in places. but those temperatures are set to drop, as this cold front swings through during thursday night into friday. it'll take rain with it. some of that rain will linger on friday morning, but behind it, we pick up this feed of cold air from the west. and that means that some of the showers, you can see the splotches on the map, will start to turn wintry over

high ground, some sleet and some snow mixing in. some hail and some thunder possible as well. fairly windy out there, particularly gusty around the coasts and over the hills. and given the strength of the wind, it'll feel much colder — 7—9 degrees, maybe briefly getting up into double digits across parts of eastern england. but it is a short—lived cold spell. it'll turn warmer again through the weekend. some rain in the north and the west, drier further south and east. it is an unusual situation, it is a very dire

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the headlines... benjamin netanyahu has claimed a "huge win" for the right in israel's fourth election in two years — although exit polls suggest he may fail to secure a majority in parliament. three previous elections have ended inconclusively, with mr netanyahu, who faces a corruption trial, struggling to assemble a governing coalition. president biden has urged the senate to take swift action on the hotly—contested issue of gun control — there was another mass shooting on monday, in boulder, colorado. police have charged a 21 year—old man with ten counts of murder. it's just a week since another gunman killed eight people in atlanta. prince harry has begun a newjob at a professional coaching firm in the united states. better up offers counselling, mentorship and careers guidance. the duke of sussex says his aim is to foster an environment for honest conversations, around mental health.

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