this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin deadlock in israel's 4th election in 2 years long 'd serving prime minister binyamin netanyahu claims victory but exit polls suggest he'll fall short of a majority and will have to open tricky coalition talks also coming up myanmar set for more protests today comes amid reports that security forces shot dead a 7 year old girl becoming the youngest victim of the military crackdown in the us how the fight against the current irish pandemic has opened up opportunities for

indian women with skills in a high risk profession. and in australia the wild weather is easing but the evacuations continue. even. emergency services rescue residents stranded by the worst flooding in decades one has dangerous debris lurking in the floodwaters. terry martin good to have you with us israel's 4th election in 2 years has again failed to produce a clear winner incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory for his right wing likud party but exit polls suggest he will fall short of securing an outright majority and will need to enter coalition talks with rivals the final results may not be known until later this week.

celebrations everywhere yet who has one within hours of the polls closing prime minister binyamin netanyahu claims his right wing likud party and its allies had won a huge victory the result is likely to fall well short of that claim it appears that as in previous elections netanyahu will be forced into tricky coalition negotiations in order to form a government the centrist lesh a tea party led by your love pete may have done even better luck counting is still going on netanyahu is confident. the state needs a stable government. not a government of bits and pieces based on personal disqualifications on ambitions of a stable government for the state of israel that's what the our demands that's what the challenges in front of us demand and we must not under any circumstances drag the state of israel to a new elections to a 5th election we must form

a stable government now. netanyahu ran for reelection despite being on trial for corruption israel successful coronavirus vaccination program has seen more than half the country already inoculated that may have boosted netanyahu standing among voters but not by enough to secure an overall victory. the much smaller you mean a party also right wing a nationalistic led by enough to bennett's could now hold the key to power bennett is a former ally of netanyahu who could well work with him again must a tool for nick. netanyahu has been in power for 12 years making him israel's longest serving prime minister he's also the 1st to be indicted in office but denies corruption the 71 year old campaign not just on his handling of the pandemic but also played up how he normalized relations with 4 arab states.

shows semicircle is covering this election and joins us now from jerusalem so i mean how likely is it that netanyahu will be able to form a stable government with the results of this election. the results of these elections are far from being clear we see results. and every few minutes and we hear kind of different results because these are not the final results yet but we know that he is definitely coming this as the largest party that likud party is going to be the largest party and we know that's. the thing that. he's insane and it is. there it is mark these you have both and left wing parties brawled the coalition they don't have one leader and get it and yeah it seems he still has close close

a group that supports him and he enjoys the support of the outer also talks parties if innocent does manage to cobble together a coalition how dependent will he be all fringe parties extreme parties eager to put their stamp on government policy. you know once this is something a war. many here it is i would say this is a very extreme party and known is the. root of the deeds or the religious zionist party which is a solution also various forms for a radical right wing park east and some of them have a clear and. very homophobic agenda others have a very racist agenda and some have been described in the tossed as terrorist and they're entering the next steps and it seems that you will have to work with them so it's new and it's been all to clear even when i might have to lean on maybe one

of the other parties that's mike jones from the other counts and we're still awaiting final results what about netanyahu is trial on corruption and. i mean is that no longer a problem for him. with. the main thing. on the on his mind and very clear that this means that the new venture these days i shift is because it. did not want to go over as agreed this in the agreement with pentagon to not have this rotation steve wanted to keep the position of being a prime minister which he seems that when he's a minister he's in the better standing when he has to go to court than if he would be just a regular citizens and that's why he's. worth and there's concern

that he might try and remove the attorney general it's concern is that he might try in some ways to push forward this trial but i think it was going to very difficult for him actually to do those steps because the the trial is actually in the midst of the process. this is something that's very tough for him. so i mean thank you very much that was journalist sami suckle in jerusalem. now it's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today an ultra large cargo ship has turned sideways in egypt's suez canal blocking traffic in one of the world's most crucial waterways the evergreen is 400 meters long and weighs in at 200000 tons and several tug boats are at the scene trying to move the freighter. an erupting volcano has forced guatemala to close its international

airport ashram the mountain has coated the runway and aircraft law aurora airport the volcano south of guatemala city is one of the world's most active it's been spewing out ash in violent explosions for several weeks now. germany has summoned the chinese ambassador in berlin as part of an escalating dispute between beijing and the european union beijing and the e.u. rather brussels has imposed sanctions on china over human rights abuses against the weaker people beijing has hit back by blacklisting a number of european lawmakers and scientists. is a 7 year old girl has apparently been shot dead in myanmar becoming the youngest victim yet of the military's crackdown on protesters the family of kin meo chit told local media she was sitting on her father's knee when security forces raided their home in mandalay and opened fire at least 20 children have been reported

killed since the military seized power last month and this comes as pro-democracy activists gear up for a nationwide silent strike organizers are encouraging businesses to shut and asking people to stay at home. well for more i'm joined now by correspondent tin-tin yo she is the managing director of burma news international based in bangkok thanks for being with us this morning tintin yet there are reports that a 7 year old girl was killed at her home last night by the military what more can you tell us about that. it is the most shocking. painful to see that denied. him at the same times yeah and many youngsters now as of the they can't get so this is so we in that our country is not understand and the military coup is out of control in the country with fear and

also be at now yes. their military soldiers to kill to just to get anywhere that is seen out with impunity. so we set fire to family and we really wish that this kind of mass killing with impunity stops some. of them at the moment we don't know when we're going the right time is the am we need to stop and have that have the people understand the sentiments and just you know the military jim is dead they're ok also he has to. now we can at this kind of mask it is yes we're hearing that the military junta in myanmar is preparing to release hundreds of prisoners is that the case. actually there's money like a more than $600.00. detainees were released the other was the students so in many

be related relay data it may not be because like at today just as a city that every citizen in the country. would need silence trite so maybe they try to bring the people into the streets maybe that is part of their and is the hottest action that it will actually work and these numbers and that's why they released you know that the people that we're so happy whatever reason behind it are happy now who knows that's 100 and have you know how protest our release 600 protesters released ok that's an important detail just to suggest to you that the military regime is bending to the will of the protestors recently. i don't yeah i don't really see in that way because these the military do nothing until his they are not to see our thinking as critically and also

with minecraft humanity so while they release these these protest that is detainees maybe they have some other is there because there is doubt more than 2100 people have behind so when i got it that's really sad and probably the main demand ransom on so we never see exactly what i have there and what you know absent because they have no longer and obviously i'm working with rank humanity tintin you know managing director of burma news international talking to us from bangkok thank you very much and you. or being an activist in the anwar is becoming increasingly dangerous d.w. spoke to one of the activists in the country risking arrest and her life fighting for freedom from military rule. united in resistance a vast range of demonstrators and helping them organize this activists

fins are among her work puts her at risk of arrest we caught up with her at an undisclosed location which in your marriage she says even if we are afraid we must fight. it's anger against the military she says that is helping people put aside their differences and protest. and not there is no army in this country at the moment which defends stability and peace of citizens regardless there are only terrorists who destroy stability and peace of citizens and commit murders. the demonstrators want an end to military rule but a says a return to the democracy myanmar knew before the february coup is not enough. minority there's a lack of acceptance for the equality of all ethnic people and autonomy. the

neglect of the rights of ethnic minorities and the lack of a democratic system are the reasons why the civil war in our country that has lasted so long you can if we want to move forward into the future we must not take with us the things that happened in the past. besides protests millions of people are refusing to work. their aim to starve the hooter of the resources to run the country. but a says international sanctions on military owned businesses are also vital. and you know. i do really hope that common people will stop consuming bloody products every single product of the military has blood and life of the people of our country. and many enemy amar are risking their lives for freedom from the who into. that we must fight this battle

until we succeed this is become our duty. and despite weeks of a violent crackdown and economic hardship the results of the protest movement in the m.r. remains unbroken. well you're watching b.w. news still to come combative the credit biros brings new opportunities for indian women with salt after medical skills in of time demick for. the 1st u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is set to give a speech in brussels today as well as meet european commission president bush left on the line it's the 2nd day of lincoln's inaugural trip to europe since taking office in the biden and ministration on tuesday he pledged to quote rebuild and revitalize nato after 4 years of tension under the trump administration.

a message of goodwill from the u.s. to its nato partners i've come here to express the united states steadfast commitment to that alliance which has been the cornerstone of peace prosperity stability for the council on a community for more than 70 years and i've come to brussels because the united states wants to rebuild our partnerships 1st and foremost with our nato allies. it was the 1st in. paris a meeting of nato foreign ministers since 2019 complete with a family photo. these on the europeans welcomed the new tone from washington past stressing that they too are ready to step up to the plate on defense. because. i have 1st of all a message of a restored alliance balanced alliance. because this is thanks to the efforts of the

europeans to strengthen their defense dynamic and to the message passed on by the new american administration but in that in these calls for me again. on afghanistan no final decisions were made us troops were set to withdraw from the country on may the 1st but the taliban have not held up their part of the deal in stopping the bloodshed made. the most important thing for us now is that we move forward we need to be. coordinated to consult closely and to take decisions together and act together and that will so that experiments from all of them based on the principle in together adjust our presence of guns drawn together and when the time is right we will leave together. president joe biden will join the summit by video link on thursday with hopes to rebuild the transatlantic alliance or. in other news media reports

say that microsoft is in talks to buy the chat dischord for more than $10000000000.00 other the world's biggest software company nor the platform is commenting this court is popular with gamers and use use has sort during the pandemic. better in hollywood actor george segal has died aged $87.00 he was nominated for an oscar for the movie in which he 1st found fame who's afraid of virginia. wolf segal went on to become a comedy stalwart he made audiences laugh well into his eighty's in t.v. series including the goal for us. the chinese cities of hong kong and macau have suspended use of the biotech pizer codeine teen vaccine defective packaging was reported in one batch of drug sorties say they've acted as a cautionary precautionary measure the vaccines manufacturers say there's no reason

to believe safety is at risk. it's been one year now since the indian prime minister announced a complete nationwide lockdown the measures went into effect within hours and was one of the world's strictest lock downs lasting for $68.00 days in total today the country is scrambling to vaccinate its population against the corona virus as a new surge in cases threatens to derail efforts to get the pandemic under control the pandemic has pushed demand for frontline medical workers to an all time high not just in india western countries looking to boost the number of nurses have been hiring staff from india many come from one southern indian state in particular d.w. travel to kerala to meet some of the latest recruits. ungentle grew up in and out of hospital. as a severely anemic. she was often admitted for treatments. but that

traumatic experience spock tram bishan i really got inspired by the. who cared for me because of them i really wanted to be a nurse i want to earn a lot to look after my family and as for less to pose to something. extraordinary in my life and she plans to do just that which is why this morning and you isn't headed to the hospital she's going to english class. for decades now nurses like unto have been emigrating from the south indian state of keller. to work in hospitals in the middle east and europe and undo plans to move to the u.k. with her family to take up a nursing job the country is easing these are processes. and offering food and accommodation books for applicants. but

still needs to pass an english test to qualify. she's joined an each week course offered to nurses who need to boost their english skills. many of these women have already worked in covered 19 wards. some consider these classes a welcome break. but all of them also seem to be itching to get back and they want to take their fight global pandemic is concord in india compared to the western on this especially the u.k. so i guess i know that i can do the same for them also we have managed to contain the pandemic in the 1st few months it was it was a mortal for the whole world and i we believe that we can do the same in the in all the other countries as well i believe that this is a really strong and this pandemic has really mordred has to face this very least

and our skills have improved international recruiter seem to agree the state sponsored consultancy where these women are being trained has helped nurses emigrate since the seventy's but they've never seen demand like this double salaries chartered flights interview reverse an expedited visa us are becoming the norm. becomes during a pandemic the north has become the real warriors the world realizes that even so we just can't do anything no one can except nurses all the health care workers they are fighting for the demand for them is higher. for and a movie be as much about helping fight the pandemic in the u.k. as about securing her child's future play here. education. to my son. better in his future and he can answer anything

untrue believes nothing is all about. it may be why she's unafraid of leaving behind all she knows to save lives far from home. to australia where large parts of the east of the country remain underwater after a week of let loose rain emergency services which last year battled unprecedented bushfires are now rescuing residents from flooded homes hazards include dangerous debris lurking in the flood waters. to mention the rains have been unstoppable in australia's east bridges roads. cars and buildings all surrounded by water. the flooding has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes the rescue efforts underway to assist those left behind. followed anybody. days of heavy rain have caused rivers to burst their banks and

water levels to rise to day priests making recovery efforts all the more difficult . quite dangerous in regards to coming up on the boat one of the mine problems we've been encountering is large logs t.v. screens couches things like that scott the waterways are quite dangerous at this point on and it seems that boats are the only option to save those stranded in the terrain we're going to go to. some residents have decided to stay home and to weather the storm people around us not so lucky as in the extreme of last clause and neighbors of us if i surf. or i'm lucky several areas have been declared disaster zones with floods and severe weather warnings issued from south east queensland to the border toria and the cost of the damage is already being felt.

a fair bit closer if the water started only too much they fertile just. so i thought to talk quickly that's fine but any other source. to the touch of all toward the tunnel. and. also offering funds for the displaced they're warning residents to be on high and. i have a nice unfortunately some way to conditions have and where the conditions a locket was during the day so many communities will experience increasing heavy rainfall and as we had today about 1000 papal have been evacuated and regrettably we have warnings now for an additional $15000.00 paper that may need to be evacuated. while there have been no knives lost rebuilding the homes and businesses destroyed in this disaster will come at the highest cost. a

year since the tokyo olympics were delayed by the pandemic the torch relay is finally set to restart the olympic flame began its journey at the start last more march mount olympus in greece of course the torch arrived in japan a week later the flame has been kept alight since then and will now travel through the host nation starting near the nuclear disaster site of fukushima around 10000 runners will be involved the games begin in july. but this is celebrating a year of is beginning a year of celebrations to markets 1600th birthday the italian port city known as la sara new samoa is planning a series of events to mark the anniversary the local council hopes the festivities will help make up for tourists lost to the pandemic devastating flooding has also hit revenues a pair of dolphins have been spotted swimming in the canals this week a possible tourist attraction in their own right. you're watching g.w.

news from berlin i've got more for you at the top of next hour coming up next we got a documentary take a look at migrants working in europe's meat packing industry i'm terry marsh thanks very much. and.

good. migrant workers drops me packing industry. and thousands of romanians come to germany on a decent living. and on the romanian job market the gap is filled by asian morris by a social dumping. it's a spiral that desperation. close up. next to. india temp that market economy.

really said his factory made self-sustaining and don't depend on big company designer tamzin is taking a stance against the cheap garment cranes. you don't get in the market. and i used to having a different background different culture. in 60 minutes on d w. in many countries education is still a privilege poverty is one of the main cause that some young children like in mine shafts instead of going to class others can attend classes after they finished shooting. millions of children all over the world who have to go to school.

we ask why. because education makes the world more just. make up your own mind. d.w. make for mines good look at a. several german meat packing plants was hit last year by the coronavirus thousands of workers were infected. as no one else in my memo never go back to germany was as it was the worst experience i've ever had a spotter again amy. moving full mean rumanians work in foreign countries mostly in western europe many put in long hours from the cank.