this is g.w. newsmonger from berlin tonight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears on track for victory in the country's general election exit polls signaling his would could party and its allies are on the brink of a parliamentary majority this is the 3rd electoral show dealt in a year between netanyahu and his main rival swill tonight's results in the country's political deadlock also coming up a new border crisis for europe with the blessings of the turkish president turkey has allowed thousands to cross his territory headed for greece instead of by the

open door they're finding riot police armed with tear gas and europe's leaders saying it will stay that way plus mind your manners no mind in the virus take a look. germany's interior minister refuses to shake hands with chancellor angela merkel proof that the corona virus is spreading. by brink off it's good to have you with us exit polls in israel suggest that prime minister benjamin netanyahu holmes a solid edge over his main rival in the country's 3rd election in less than a year all 3 polls indicating that netanyahu will include party and its religious and nationalist allies will be just one seat short of a parliamentary majority official results are expected to come in throughout the

night the final tally will be announced as expected later on. tuesday all right with me now here at the big table is. specialist sean it was on this and live from jerusalem is our very own correspondent on your cramer tanya let me start with you the polling stations closed about an hour ago walk us through these exit polls they're looking good for benjamin netanyahu. yes they do and they were very similar exit polls published by israel's main t.v. channels. he could be any minute and you know who is parties projected to gain between 36 to 37 according to these exit polls we're talking about seats these are seats out of 128 knesset seats the israeli parliament and training behind many guns is the one with about. blue and white with 32 to 33 seats so

that is a very very strong result for the likud and for the whole rights being the nationalist right wing and religious bloc are you surprised by this i mean these are strong numbers for. well all the polls just the reek before the elections there were you know they were projecting in neck and neck race but also with a slight advantage for benyamin netanyahu now what you're looking at now is of course what will happen will you be able to form a coalition government and we are looking at the 2 blocks we're talking about the right wing nationalist religious block and the center left and not that's led by blue and white so he's just as he said of one seat but again these are just exit polls that we have to wait and see until actually the actual results come

in but you're already seeing here politicians from the right wing you know celebrating and to form a very strong national religious right wing government and this election really seems to defy logical expectations is the 3rd election in less than a year and yet voter turnout very high. and then we've got. the 1st sitting prime minister to ever be indicted looks like he may win this election he it seems like you actually want to yes you're right it's defies logic in a way and and you can see from the responses on the right that they the euphoria the great. relief after you know the beginning of this campaign many of them top of nation of likud of the party it's quite the opposite of it and you can see the mirror image on the other side of the up what is still the opposition what does this mean for guns and the opposition it's good to know 1st of all everybody will

be watching very very carefully each and every result coming in as the true results starts slowly coming with already he heard this evening some of the benny gantz as blue and white advisers talking about a deliberate sabotage. they're comparing and some of the. well they made very general accusations if there's something concrete behind that they will have to go to you know to authorities and try to see how they make this into something real also for the talking about the polling stations of the talking about maybe something during the campaign maybe breaking into their head god knows i mean speculations are out there but they don't seem to be taking it so i think the follow the results very closely and maybe they'll be some so somewhat of a shift kind of toning down some of that however it's an equivocal that the momentum what we're seeing today leaving this evening is instead of a cutie asian of corruption and sort of you know instead of these are the public

saying we are standing by the rule of law unless we're seeing something quite the opposite and we're seeing that. that means that we're going to we're heading now emboldened by these results we missing our who's been very courageous almost you know stopping at nothing he will definitely keep on that tone he sees it when there's also a season so i didn't see results yeah yeah well because he's been he might be very gutsy in his attempts now to somehow. curtail or postpone or maybe even just as we see how it will be watching that for sure try to capitalize political gains into the legal field or i did abuse surely resign is here to be table with me to tanya kramer on the story for us tonight in jerusalem it's going to be a long night for all of us to tell you thank you. arnold some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world amy club which are has ended her

democratic presidential bid she says she'll endorse former vice president joe biden this comes ahead of super tuesday when a total of 14 u.s. states hold their primaries the united nations envoy to libya is stepping down besides oh mommy took up the post nearly 3 years ago he says his resignation is due to health reasons and that he cannot continue with the stress of the job and the vatican has opened its archives on the board time papacy of pius the 12 they were kept a secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the holocaust the vatican says he worked behind the scenes to save jews dozens of scholars are in rome to poor over the archives documents it's. all right now to those tensions at the border between europe and turkey and fears that a new chapter of the migration crisis is worsening it started when turkey confirmed over the weekend that it will not stop migrants in its territory from heading

towards the country's borders with the european union since that thousands have been on the move towards greece for some the journey has already turned deadly the greek coastguard today reporting the drowning of a child after a boat capsized trying to get to the island of lesbos other migrants are facing strong pushback as they try to reach europe by land and sea. repelled at sea techie released this footage of the coastal city of budget authorities say it shows the greek coast guard pushing back a boat filled with migrants it's one of the tactics we call thirty's are using off to turkey opened its border allowing migrants to try and enter the. cre says it has stopped almost $10000.00 attempted crossings over a 24 hour period. they fired tear gas to disperse the crowds gathering at the border fences. the migrants can head to greek

or to authorities across the river telling them to go back the borders are closed. it's not a command that's likely to be obeyed. we keep waiting here because we left our homes those of us who had homes to ever things to sell got money for them so they could get out if we have to go back we will have to sleep in the streets. what can we do we're stuck here we can't go back home. on sunday some groups try to has a disrepute across the river ever us with some success greece accuses ankara of organizing a campaign to push people through the greek turkish border. this migrant from cameroon waded across the river to reach greece she says she'd been told to leave turkey and along with refugees from syria she was taken by pass from istanbul to

the turkish border. in one syrian me. me me me. but greek police were waiting on the other side. german chancellor angela merkel criticised turkish president rejects at a one to use in the migrants as political pawns. or if in this given all the understanding and willingness to provide more support. i think it's totally unacceptable to deal with this at the expense of migrants job adjustment as it's often wouldn't they've been encouraged to go to the borders only to end up at a dead end that's a given. and our policy and the policy of the e.u.

turkey is not aimed at conducting politics at the migrants expense defeating a political some of them. with migrants stuck in a no man's land the pressure is on the politicians to find a way out of the stalemate. well as the number of cases of coronavirus around the world continues to increase rapidly the world health organization says that we are in quote unchartered territory although the w.h.o. maintains that the outbreak can still be contained the total number of infections around the world is nearly 90000 more than 3000 patients have died in the knees and several other countries are reporting their 1st cases today now officials in italy the worst hit country here in europe saying the number of deaths has jumped from 34 to 52 the number of patients who have recovered from the virus around the world now stands at more than 45000. with the global race to contain the corona virus

outbreak well underway handshaking 1st sun is out of the question even german chancellor angela merkel had her hand put lightly but in phatic li rejected by her interior minister the virus has spread to 18 out of 27 e.u. member states causing the block center for disease prevention and control to take greater action he c.d.c. has announced today that the risk level has risen from moderate to high for people in the european union in other words the virus continues to spread italy is the epicenter of the european fight against the outbreak with the continent's most cases and the most deaths and the capital roam lines for tourists hotspots are unusually short. the response that scares them on the film wearing a protective mouth but we won't stop living in recent days ireland and indonesia

among several other countries have reported the 1st cases on their soil with more than 50 deaths iran has the world's highest toll outside of china where the epidemic began the virus is impacting businesses and daily life in iran and shaking the country's already struggling economy what's more you know we have no choice but to be open i have commitments and i have back checks to clear i know many others who are in a similar situation who are supposed to take care of our checks and debts if we stay home. as markets around the globe take a hit some countries are more vulnerable than others. one wonders what would shakespeare have written under great scarves the british wife carrying championship took place over the weekend but dreadful drizzling didn't deter the couples who took the reigns they do their nuptials. series.

her. a muddy field in southern england was the venue for the annual race the british wife carrying championship may sound like a bit of fun but these hardy couples were desperate for glory it doesn't have to be your wife it can be a neighbour's wife or it can even just be your girlfriend in the past women have also been allowed to carry men either way it is a test which prepares you for life's travails whether today's terrible i mean it's hail it's dale's brain is painful and really it's a good introduction to marriage the sports originated in finland to make it even tougher couples are doused with ice cold water along the route any carrying technique is allowed as long as you don't drop your partner. some may see the

sport as politically incorrect in modern times but the winners disagree but. you know what are you going to do to change a barrel of beer was the prize alongside the chance to compete in the world championship in finland later this year. a life blundering. ferguson is up next. i'm skilled at. that heart and in the end this a me you are not allowed to stay here we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were lions and. what's your story. 'd with numbers and women especially in victims of violence in. part.