years have had their share of clashes the moving story of a comic giant. stores more shallow. this is the 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 is the 3rd electro battle in a year claimed netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz also coming up a new border crisis for europe

a back 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 armed with tear gas and europe's leaders saying it will stay that way. plus the mind and mind the virus germany's interior minister refuses to shake hands with chancellor angela merkel as the coronavirus friends. i'm told me a lot people 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 is likud party and its religious and nationalist al. likely to be short of

a parliamentary majority official results are expected to be announced later on tuesday. so. this is the night of the giant victory. netanyahu is victorious on so exit polls were announced it wasn't clear whether his alliance of parties would get the most votes his opponent benny gantz leader of the centrist alliance did not concede defeat but he didn't sound that upbeat i mean we saw the lowest campaign in the history of israel where many lies and slanders were spread against us and me personally they thought i would get frightened they thought i would blink and i'm telling you i did not and i will not. let in yahoo supporters were pleasantly surprised. it's a story like. that but i think that.

it's likely netanyahu will be given a chance to form a coalition for an historic 5th term but it's unclear exactly how he'll break the deadlock this election was called after he tried and failed to get enough support last time around netanyahu campaigned in the shadow of a looming corruption trial which is due to start in 2 weeks his victory cements his reputation as israel's most durable of politicians. early i spoke to middle east analysts shani resigned as and also 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 where they're 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 the most at risk and he managed to show that he is still the best politician in israel maneuvering outmaneuvering everybody else coming. 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 pose it to me oh they came in strong but not strong enough. and we see in the end of it quite a big achievement for it and you know for him it's a big night 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 what we might try to see in 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 things might still shift but it's it's very clear it's very tight. once the tonio manages to the 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 exception of the west bank this is something that he's promised his voters supposed to be the biggest street the biggest promise of the right of the settler movement it's something they've been aspiring wanting to have for 45 years already he promised them backed by questionnaire 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. thank you for the analysis. 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 a hazardous journey whether by land or 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 authorities 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 hit the creek or to earth or 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 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 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 syria. really is. no.

really good. but greek police were waiting on the other side. german chancellor angela merkel criticized turkish president rejected at a one to use in 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 so it's up to me 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 defeating 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. but let's not take a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world chile's president has threatened to reimpose a state of emergency as anti-government demonstrators demonstrations gain momentum violent clashes rocked the capital santiago again on monday since october the south american country has seen protests over economic inequality and high living costs. in brazil flooding caused by heavy rains has killed at least 4 people affected hundreds of others in rio de janeiro in some parts of the city the deluge swept away cars water and mud levels rose above one meter in many homes. u.s. senator amy club which are has endorsed fellow moderate joe biden after ending had democratic presidential campaign the endorsement came on the eve of super tuesday and a total of 14 u.s. states hold their primaries. as number of cases of coronavirus around the world

continues to increase rapidly the world health organization says we are in quote uncharted territory although. 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 in italy of the worst hit country in europe said the number of deaths has jumped from 34 to 52 however the number of patients who have recovered from the virus worldwide is over 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 go america was politely put emphatically refused by her interior minister. the virus has spread to 18 of the 27 e.u. countries the block's 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 with the virus continues to spread italy 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. film wearing a protective math but we went. more than 60 countries have now reported cases and in iran the most serious break 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 a similar situation who are supposed to take care of our checks and debts if we

stay home. 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. nicaraguan poet priest and political activist and nesta has died at the age of $95.00 relatives said the cause was hearts and kidney problems pioneered catholic liberation theology which combines catholicism with calls for social justice his political activities group drew condemnation from the vatican. nestor cardinal called himself priest and revolutionary to the end of his days he was famous for his poetry even when age took its toll. i don't feel well i accept it because i have no choice but i don't want to be this old. cardinal was born in

1925 in nicaragua to an affluent family after being ordained he started a christian arts commune that established his reputation as a leader of liberation theology. as a priest he advocated for the poor and joined the sandinista guerrilla movement in the 1970 s. following their victory he was celebrated with the former rebels and became the socialist governments culture minister pope john paul the 2nd condemned cardinals double career he publicly scolded him as cardinal knelt in front of him and suspended cardinals priesthood cardinal remained an ardent socialist but then distanced himself from the sending these to government and especially president daniel ortega. he is a dictator and no one else in nicaragua is allowed to speak no one has a say. last year frail and sick cardinal celebrated his 1st joint

mass in 35 years rehabilitated by pope francis he died aged 95. you're watching news up next is a documentary on a swiss veterinarian training dogs to fight poaching in the congo remember to visit d w dot com to keep up to date with all the latest news and information i've told me a logical thanks watching. to go beyond. the stories that matter to the. country but. whatever it takes. it running.