our documentary shoes slavery routes starts march 9th on d w. this is d.w. news live from an israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory in the country's general election but exit polls signal his likud party and its allies will full short of a potent parliamentary majority was the 3rd election battle in the year between netanyahu and his main rival. 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 to finding the riot police on good tear gas and europe's leaders say it will stay that way. last mind your manners and mind the virus. gerry's interior minister refuses to shake hands of chancellor angela merkel as the corona virus spreads. i'm told me a lot but welcome to the program exit polls in israel suggest that prime minister benjamin netanyahu holds a solid edge over his main rival in the country's 3rd election in less than a year but israeli media say that netanyahu party. and its religious and

nationalist allies are likely to be short of a parliamentary majority in official results are expected to come throughout the night the final tally will be announced later and choose day. earlier i spoke to middle east analyst shanny rosanna's and asked her to give an overview of the 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 too and why a party that was established recently year ago with 3 generals the former chief of

staff of israeli army was trying to oppose that so now they came in strong but not strong enough. and we see it the end of it quite a big achievement for that 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 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. and 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 guns to what 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 maybe very difficult for either side to make it to the need of 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 or on wednesday night and then every vote counts so things might still shift but it's it's very clear it's very tight. once the tonio manages to achieve 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 christian air 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 it might have the ripple effect of that on the whole region in the middle east and of course israel itself to please shani resign is thank you for the analysis. let's now take a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world in brazil flooding caused by heavy rains has killed at least 4 people and affected hundreds of others in rio de janeiro in the west of the city the deluge swept cars away the water and mud levels rose above one meter in many homes. u.s. senator amy klobuchar endorsed fellow moderate joe biden after ending her

democratic presidential campaign her announcement came on the eve of super tuesday when a total of 14 u.s. states hold their primaries. the vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of pius the 12th they were kept 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 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 toward greece for some the journey has already turned deadly on monday the greek coast guard announced that a child drowned after a boat capsized on route to the island of lesbos other migrants are 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 off to 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 to greet 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 have 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 well i'm a lot. on sunday some groups tried a hazardous route 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. more syrian.

but greek police were waiting on the other side. german chancellor angela merkel criticized turkish president reject at a one the use of the migrants as political pawns. 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. of them they've been encouraged to go to the border only to end up at a dead end again. and our policy and the policy of the e.u. turkey deal is not aimed at conducting politics at the migrants expense definition thing a political moms. with migrants stuck in a no man's land the pressure is on for politicians to find

a way out of the stalemate. as the number of cases of corona virus around the world continues to increase rapidly the world health organization says we are in quote uncharted territory although the w.h.o. maintains the outbreak can be contained the total number of infections worldwide is nearly 90000 more than 3000 patients have died indonesia and several other countries are reporting the 1st cases officials and is in the the worst hit country in europe said the death the number of deaths has jumped from 34 to 52 however the number of patients who have recovered from the virus worldwide is oval 45000. the window of opportunity for containing the corona virus is narrowing and shaking hands for some is now out of the question even german chancellor america was politely put emphatically refused by her interior minister the virus has spread to

18 of the 27 e.u. countries the blocks center for disease prevention and control announced further action he said e.c.u. 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 its really is the epicenter of the european fight against the outbreak its record of the most cases in the e.u. and the most deaths in the capital room lines for tourist hot spots are unusually short. wearing a protective mask but we went. more than 60 countries have now reported cases and in iran the most serious outbreak outside of china continues impacting daily life and shaking the country's already struggling economy. which. we have no choice but to be open i have commitments and i have bank checks to clear i know many

others who are in. similar situation who is supposed to take care of our checks and debts if we stay home with. the impact on iran's economy is an extreme case the o.e.c.d. slashed its global growth forecast for this year by half a percent to 2.4 percent the worst performance since the 2008 financial crisis. apple and nike as well as german auto makers b.m.w. and v.w. are among more than 80 global bad brands accused of working with chinese forced labor the australian strategic policy institute a government funded defense think tank says that tens of thousands of ethnic leaders are forced to work in factories that supply some of the world's leading companies the import alleges that the workers were transferred from their home province of jean jan to other parts of china an estimated 1000000 we have been interned since 2017.

hours this for sports one wonders what would shakespeare have written under gray skies the british wife carrying championship took place over the weekend but dreadful drizzling didn't deter the couples who took to the race as they do their nuptials extremely seriously. 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 neighbor'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 is dale's brain is pain and really it's

a good introduction to marriage the sport 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. you know like really really think that if you're going to be. a barrel of beer was the prize alongside the chance to compete in the world championship in finland later this year. u.s. singles songwriter taylor swift has been named last year's biggest selling global autist. as the leaves at the end of the time i went to the movies yeah. i this is the 2nd time taylor swift has received the

accolade she was 1st named biggest selling global artist back in 2014 the 30 year old released the 7th album love last year which is also a 10 time grammy winner. coming up next a new business with kate ferguson and keep up to date with all the latest news around the clock visit our website it's d.w. dot com and told me a lot of cool thanks for joining us. my 1st bicycle was a sewing machine. where i come from women are bound by this ocean for. something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i want to buy cycle of my home and it took me years to and. finally

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