this is news live from berlin israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory in the country's general election but exit polls signal his likud party and its allies will fall short of a parliamentary majority as the 3rd electoral battle in a year between netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz also coming up a new border crisis for europe with the backing of the turkish president turkey has allowed thousands of migrants to cross its territory headed for greece instead of an open door all day finding riot police armed with tear gas and europe's leaders

say it will stay that way. plus mind your manners and mind the virus gemini's interior minister refuses to shake hands with chancellor angela merkel as the corona virus spreads. i'm told me a lot of ball welcome to the program exit polls in israel suggest that prime minister benjamin netanyahu holds a solid ad over his main rival in the country's 3rd election in less than a year but israeli media say that netanyahu is likud party and its religious and nationalist allies are likely to be short of a parliamentary majority official results are expected to come in throughout the night and the final tally will be announced. later changed to joining me now is the

new middle east specialist shani resigned as shiny. give us an overview of this election showdown. well bottom line is it's a great achievement financially our people thought he's coming into this 3rd campaign with already indictments you know and fraud and bribery serious allegations there was no doubt when we started this campaign that he will be the main person to have most at risk and he managed to show that he is still the best politician in israel maneuvering outmaneuvering everybody else coming up with the upper hand and showing that he has a great support great base that follows him no matter what and we also saw quite a bit campaign from his opponents who and why a party that was established recently year ago with 3 generals the former chief of staff of israeli army was trying to pose that scenario they came in strong but not strong enough. and we see it the end of it quite

a big achievement for it and you know for him it's a big night of a very big night a very big night indeed but he might not have the victory the majority that he wanted so how will a new government be formed that's true i mean i think for him personally for his boosting his ego feeling that he's got the backing of the of the people that's very important especially considering the legal aspect of his you know the legal front he's facing but there's no doubt the numbers don't add up easily it's not going to be easy for him to form a coalition it's not going to be easy for him and israelis got he didn't he and his all of his allies they make it to $59.00 votes they need to have $61.00 so they're lacking 2 seats in the parliament and it's much harder to get than you think especially since every player in this charade has already reversed his role for quite some time last year we see everybody sticking their god so. we might try to

see and we've been hearing more and more talks about the need for a unity government that might break the tie otherwise it's may be very difficult for either side to make it to the needed majority. what then happens next on a national front but also in the international context well so 1st of all we would need to wait for the final results that will only probably arrive on wednesday night and then every vote counts so that things might still shift but it's it's very clear it's very tight. once the tonio manages to a majority if and when it happens. we are talking about. the support that he gets for executing one of the biggest parts of the trump deal which is an extension of the west bank this is something that he's promised his voters it's supposed to be the biggest street the biggest promise of the right of the settler movement it's something they've been aspiring and wanting to have for 45 years already he

promised them backed by cushion and trump that will be possible once there's a new elected government if that happens we will see of course this is a seismic change if we cannot even start. analyzing all the possible effects that might have the ripple effect of that on the whole region in the middle east and of course israel itself to nir rosen is thank you for the analysis. now to some other stories making news around the world. and the closure has ended her democratic presidential bid she says she'll endorse former vice president joe biden comes ahead of super tuesday when a total of 14 u.s. states holds their primaries. the united nations envoy to libya is stepping down the llama 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. the

vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of pas the 12 they were kept secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the holocaust the vatican says he works behind the scenes to save jews dozens of scholars are in rome to examine the archives documents. now to 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 would not stop migrants in its territory from heading toward the country's borders with the e.u. since then thousands have been on the move towards greece for some the journey has already turned deadly the greek coast guard and now is that a child drowned after a boat capsized on route to the island of lesbos other migrants of asians facing strong pushback as they tried to reach europe by land and sea. repelled at sea turkey released this footage of the coastal city of bodrum say it shows

a greek coast guard pushing back a boat filled with migrants it's one of the tactics we call thirty's are using after turkey opened its border allowing migrants to try and enter the e.u. greece 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 hear the creek 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'll keep waiting here because we left our homes those of us who had homes whatever 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 tried a hazardous route across the river ever oss 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. is. known. but greek police were waiting on the other side. german chancellor angela merkel

criticized turkish president rejects at a one the use in the migrants as political pawns. 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. of the movement they've been encouraged to go to the border only to end up at a dead end. and our policy and the policy of the e.u. turkey deal is not aimed at conducting politics at the migrants expense they're finishing a political moms. with migrant stuck in a no man's land the pressure is on for politicians to find a way out of the stalemate. now to the corona virus which continues to spread around the world the virus has now infected nearly 90000 people wild wild world

wide killing more than 3000 in italy the worst hit country in europe officials say the number of people infected has jumped to over 2000 and here in germany the number of cases has shot up to nearly 130 here's more on how germans are dealing with the threat of coffee at 19. germany and the corona virus in a big city like berlin the infectious agent might be lurking anywhere invisible to the naked eye but potentially deadly. so far there's no sign of widespread panic here all that's in europe with you can't protect yourself from it completely but if you follow a few basic rules then hopefully it'll pass you by but still it's worrying me but. i just try to follow hygiene rules and wash my hands i also try to teach this to my pupils that's it really. to his time worried about it sure i read the newspapers and listen to the radio you do have to stay on the alert. i think

it's really being played up ok it is dangerous a few people are getting sick. but they've had only mild cases limply to the max planck institute for human development in berlin risk researcher gant has some clear advice. and sponsors are here to relax or try to avoid dying the things you probably will die of. went into pushing the stuff to us is that would be things such as the ordinary case of flu smoking or people you see on the street in their car who insist on using their smartphone while driving. but not always behaves rationally especially when it comes to shopping. a few people have started panic buying staples such as canned goods and pasta and especially cleansers and

disinfectants. so the shelves might be picked clean. unusual for germany. it is because under especially in our supermarkets in the section for hygiene articles where the soap and disinfectants are we've had shortages some items have sold out and it is also called here. to the constant reports on the radio t.v. and other media play a part where suspected cases and deaths are tallied up but the. it creates the impression that it's the biggest problem we have it's not. you know this is just. although the extent of the coronavirus epidemic is hard to assess for now panic won't help. apple and nike as well as german auto makers b.m.w. and v.w. are among more than 80 global brands accused of working with chinese forced labor

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a reminder of the top stories we're following for you exit poll from israel's general election have indicated a need for prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likud party and its allies they're on track for 59 seats but that's too short of an outright majority the blue and white party of rival baby is projected to pick up between 32 and 34 seats. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download from google play all from the app store. give you access to all the latest news from around the world. as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you'll part of a news story you can also use the app to send us photos and videos of what's happening. to stay up to date the all the latest news around the clock visit our website. dot com time talk on one of the things which are.

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