not if you want and probably most of them to come to. the clinic for this sort of people thirtieth on t w. this is t w news coming to you live from israel's benjamin netanyahu is on course to win a record as the country's prime minister he calls it a colossal victory. in a night tight race against his nearest rival but religious right wing parties looks set to tip the balance in space. also coming up it's almost

a day again britain's theresa may. european leaders to lay to break if they refuse the u.k. clued. you in today's top. oh i'm terry martin good to have you with us israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to have scared victory in the country's general election with most of the votes counted he is running neck and neck with his main challenger benny gantz of the centrist blue and white party but netanyahu is in a stronger position to form a coalition with the support of a number of right wing parties across israel in a moment for the latest but first this report. there were a pirate technics music finetune yahoo when he took to the stage at the likud party event in the. to claim victory.

i am very moved that the nation of israel has once again given its trust to me. and done so for the fifth time it will be moved to. be. they have again given their trust to us and to me. it's unprecedented. when did we ever get so many seats i don't remember much i could have been looking for a little man to go to to move to. a fifth term would make netanyahu israel's longest serving prime minister even surpassing the founding father of the jewish state. i have to voting and it exit polls appear to indicate a neck and neck race between netanyahu and his closest rival benny kens of the

centrist blue and white and i n's indeed around the time netanyahu made his victory speech against was saying the same to his supporters. in elections that looses in elections they're winners and we are the winner as i but that optimism may have turned out to be premature as the night went on and vote counts came in it remains a close run thing. the latest on the israeli election we're joined by dalia sheindlin a public opinion expert and political analyst she joins us from tel aviv danny at the election has produced a virtual tie between the parties of benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz they may end up with the same number of seats in parliament and both are claiming victory is it clear who will get to lead the next government. it is absolutely not clear although it looks like it should be easier for the prime minister to form the next government mainly because the bloc of parties that identify with right wing

politics is significantly bigger than the bloc of up is what used to be opposition parties we don't know exactly but maybe may well still be opposition parties which is center left and the arab parties that block of right wing parties seems to have won so far sixty five seats out of one hundred twenty which is a clear majority. if nessun yahoo does come out on top he won't have an easy time of it he's facing corruption allegations a probable indictment what do we expect from his fifth term as prime minister. well it's a little bit hard to know there is still so much up in the air i mean yes there with relation to the indictment the attorney general has said that he will indictments on yahoo pending a hearing we don't know when that hearing will take place nor what will happen if he is in fact indicted afterwards by israeli law he is not obliged to resign if he's prime minister that the obligation to resign under indictment only holds for

a minister in the government not for the prime minister so we don't know if the parties that go into coalition with him will all agree which something that he would like he would like them to agree not to build the coalition if he is indicted but that very much depends on the coalition bargaining. what does this election results tell us about the direction that israel is headed particularly in relation to the palestinians and the search for peace in the middle east. well i must tell you that the way israel breaks down in terms of how people identify right left and center is largely around the issue of the israeli palestinian conflict and the issue of security and the fact that you know more is really identify as right wing by the majority by you know. a small but significant majority of voters of voting age that is clearly reflected in these in the in these election results so you know that's why we see this sixty five seat breakdown for the right wing and what right

wing means in israel is that security comes before anything else first of all but it also in recent years has come to mean opposing a two state solution quite openly and all the right wing parties with the exception of likud because the who does not have a platform but all the right wing parties have essentially stated their opposition to a two state solution in various forms either by proposing different kinds of partial an extension or even complete an extension depending on how far right they are and likud has not published a platform but on the ground they have been implementing a sort of de facto creeping annexation of parts of the west bank over recent years of course prime minister netanyahu in the few days before the elections indicated an intention to move ahead with an exciting settlements you know there's a lot of speculation about whether that will continue but it definitely doesn't look like israel is headed in the direction of a classic two state solution it's not even clear whether that solution is possible anymore thank you so much that was. our political analyst in tel aviv.

now let's look at some other stories making news around the world today the dalai lama has been taken to hospital in delhi as a precautionary measure after feeling chest pain a spokesman said the eighty three year old is in a stable condition and has been ordered to press the spiritual leader said recently that he hoped to live long enough to see political change in china. new york officials have ordered mandatory measles vaccination in a neighborhood experiencing an outbreak of the disease the williamsburg district which is home to a large ultra-orthodox jewish community has reported more than two hundred fifty measles cases since september authorities have blamed the outbreak on the spread of false information about vaccination response. and brazil's president joe you're both noro is marking one hundred days in office today the far right leader's first three months in power have been marked by chaos and blunders in his own

administration a recent poll showed the polls in are as approval rating had slipped to thirty two percent of the list for any elected first term brazilian president. european union leaders are meeting for a crisis summit in brussels today to discuss british prime minister teresa mayes request for a delay to breaks it diplomats say london could be offered a flexible extension of up to a year if there's no agreement britain could crash out of the block on friday night ahead of the meeting prime minister may pay visits to berlin and paris to plead her case. although she received a friendly french welcome in paris it wasn't easy going for theresa may president emanuel the chron is often seen as the european leader with the toughest demands may was lucky this time france softened its stance and said delay within limits was an option for the long awaited breck's it still france and other european. trees

are getting increasingly impatient we want to understand what the u.k. need this extension for and what is the political surroundings i want to series a may to have this extension before her visit to paris may also travel to berlin to ask german chancellor angela merkel about the extension but like many brags arrangements things didn't quite go as planned terisa may arrive a little too early and merkel wasn't there to welcome her. after their meeting merkel said it could even be extended to the beginning of twenty twenty. but many european leaders are urging the british to provide more clarity. this was the call on tuesday morning at a meeting of the e.u. foreign ministers. and we're waiting finally for substantive steps in the right direction to talk to now it's nothing at all that's changed and we are of course thinking about an appropriate extension of the deadline and also about

a longer extension i must however come with very strict conditions on guns. now with official visits to berlin paris complete theresa may has to brace herself for the emergency summit in brussels she'll be the support of all twenty seven even members to get the she's looking for. or for the very latest let's bring in our brussels correspondent band leader his big mass in london first to you tell us all of the e.u. member states united on giving theresa may more time to get the breaks that deal approved because just a couple of days ago some like france were sounding very reluctant. it stands now the e.u. is very united and also very very patient. visits to great britain because the you does not want to take the blame for no deal breck said and for britain crashing out of the you this is not a decision said that you negotiate

a michelle a year or so mrs may will be offered a long extension to both nuns but britain can leave at any point but that two conditions attached first britain has to take part in the european elections and of may and britain has to ground a kind of a sincere cooperation in this extended period this is a kind of a if you would say so a backstop for the e.u. this time to prevent any future prime minister to obstruct e.u. business and to prevent a spill of the kaos from the islands to the continent ok so a couple of conditions there being put forth in brussels over to you big leaders have said that any further extension the break that deadline also depends on london presenting a clear purpose for an extension does choice and they have

a clear purpose or just a vague hope that parliament will eventually make up its mind. it's really more of a cope at this point she is talking to the opposition to the labor party and those talks are continuing but it's actually far from easy to reach a consensus because there isn't really a tradition here in the u.k. to work together to cooperate across party lines so that makes it quite tricky also for treason may have selves she is really not in a very secure position we've had people from from her own party asking for a change in the party manifesto so that there could be another leadership challenge they don't want to see trees i'm a for them taking part in the european elections like down mention and staying lonely in the us absolute anathema so really a lot to still up in the air at the moment entries of ace position has self is really not stable at all. very good from us and london and in brussels force there

are bound to be a good thank you very much to you both. soccer now and in the champions league last night talking edged out english rivals manchester city one nil to gain the advantage in their quarterfinal clash tottenham keeper bees set the tone with an early penalty save favorites manchester city failed to capitalise on their dominant possession and sancho mins seventy eight's minute effort was enough to deliver the hosts a first leg when the tottenham's celebrations were muted by an ankle injury to star striker harry kane he could miss the rest of the season. other quarterfinal saw a repeat match up of liverpool and porto with the english side hoping to emulate last year's five nil aggregate triumph they got off to a good start at home with nabil says long distance shot deflected in after just five minutes played brazilian striker roberto for minos finished off

a nice team move twenty minutes later to make it to nil liverpool controlled the rest of the game to maintain a comfortable first leg. german basketball great to dirk nowitzki has announced his retirement the forty year old has been has been one of the n.b.a.'s most successful european imports and was adored by fans in dallas. lively little roots he led the mavericks to their only n.b.a. title in two thousand and eleven and was crowned the league's most valuable player and twenty in two thousand and seven he bid an emotional farewell after twenty one and as you guys might expect this is my last home game. was so i want to thank my family lot of people flew in from all over the world

from from germany my cats here my sister it's been an amazing ride. thank you guys so much for coming i was. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d.w. news israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu looks set to secure a victory in the country's general election with most of the votes counted he is running neck and neck with his main challenger benny gantz but knesset yachters in the struggle to form a coalition. base want to. see . the first climbing less of a. grand moment arrives. to join the reckoning on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. entering.