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this is news coming to you live from berlin deadlock in israel's 4th election in 2 years long serving prime minister binyamin netanyahu claims victory but exit polls suggest field poll short of a majority and will have to open tricky coalition talks also coming up jamar percent for more anti crew protests today it comes amid reports that security forces shot dead a 7 year old girl becoming the youngest victim of the military crackdown and in australia the wild weather is easing but evacuations continue.
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emergency services rescue residents stranded by the worst flooding in decades one has heard dangerous debris lurking in the floodwaters. flowing 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. obviously celebrations everywhere yet who has won within hours of the polls closing prime minister band you. when netanyahu claimed his right wing likud party and its allies had won
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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. 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 a stable government for the state of israel that's what the our demands that's what the challenge is 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. so. netanyahu ran for reelection
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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 yamuna party also right wing a nationalistic led by enough to leave bennett's could now hold the key to power bennett is a former ally of netanyahu who could well work with him again mustn't call for. 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. journalists some a cycle is covering the elections and joins us now from jerusalem sunny results or still coming in and take or shifting the picture
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a little bit house looking in terms of coalitional. so. ready to have more than 90 percent of the votes and it seems that in the funny hour earlier in the morning so thought he might have $63.00 out of the $120.00 seats together with the benefits is now unfolding short and his having been at with him you know as party only 6962 is so he's in a tougher position right now and the party that suddenly emerged is the islamic and the moderate islamic party and known here is the arms by. us and their leader is saying that he's willing to go with either side. if ness and yahoo does manage to cobble together a coalition how dependent will he be on fringe are extremists parties eager to put
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their stamp on the government policy. yes and actions we're seeing that the most radical right. is entering the knesset we're talking about the extreme embraces and the homophobic elements that are going to be in the in the parliament and they will of course want to push to the edge and. regarding the outposts and the settlements in the west bank and so forth and what we have to remember that when i was the cheeriest and we have the joe biden and it's presidents and he will not be backing this so the question is how would they be able to influence on these issues to have an administration that is taking a different position and we also know that this is the new government might have to lean on. this party so you see in very early states to see what
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kind of a coalition and if and yellen to be able to form. what about nasa you know has trial on corruption and fraud charges sam is that no longer a problem for him. well this is the major issue and this is the reason that we have faced 4th elections in 2 years and maybe even thing going for yet another round of elections the problem is that many in israel think that the 10 yo should step aside he is now being charged on 3 i cases so radical ructions and he has to go to court he has the legal battle to wage so many politicians many israelis are saying he shouldn't be the prime minister he has other issues to deal with but. believes that if he is in office as the prime minister it's this will the plane his favorites the courts and he might try and do
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all kinds of maneuvering in order to maybe even posts oh this. is something thank you very much for filling us in there that was journalist sami suckle in jerusalem sketch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world stay the chinese cities upon kong and macau suspended use of the biotech pies are covered 19 vaccine defective packaging was reported in one batch of the drug authorities say they've acted as a precautionary measure the vaccines manufacturers say there's no reason to believe safety is at risk. an ultra large cargo ship has turned sideways and run aground in egypt's suez canal blocking traffic in one of the world's most crucial waterways the ever given is evergreen rather is 400 meters long and weighs in at 200000 tons several tug boats are at the scene trying to dislodge the freighter.
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an erupting volcano has forced guatemala to close its international airport ash from the mountain has coated the runway and aircraft at la aurora airport the volcano south of guatemala city is one of the world's most active it's been spewing out violent explosions for several weeks now. now to myanmar were empty coup protesters are trying a new tactic they've dubbed a silent strike they're calling on people to stay home and for businesses to remain closed for the day the streets are deserted and markets are shut activists said the silent protest is to honor those who lost their lives during weeks of demonstrations against military rule the strike comes a day after a 7 year old girl was shot dead in her home by soldiers who had been aiming at her father she's the youngest victim get of the military's crackdown on protesters when
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by law. being an activist in myanmar is becoming a creasing really dangerous d.w. spoke to one of the leading 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. 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. being in egypt and not there is no army in this country at the moment which defends stability and peace of citizens.
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there are only terrorists who destroy stability and peace of citizens and commit murders. the demonstrators want an end to military rule but he says a return to the democracy myanmar knew before the february coup is not enough in a minor 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.
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and. 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 and me m.r. are risking their lives for freedom from the huta. that we must fight this battle and how we succeed this is become our duty now to work. here and despite weeks of a violent crackdown and economic hardship the results of the protest movement in the m.r. remains unbroken. large parts of eastern australia remain underwater after weeks of relentless rain emergency services which last year battled unprecedented bushfires are now rescuing residents from flooded homes
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hazards include dangerous debris lurking in the flood waters. to range 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. alone we don't even. days of heavy rain have caused rivers to burst their banks and water levels to rise the day previous 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 captures car acts things like that scott the waterways are quite dangerous at this point on and it seems that boats are the only off. to save those stranded in the terrain we're going to go to. some residents have decided to stay home and
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to weather the storm people around us not so lucky cows in their state of lost souls and maybe the loss of front yards so. i'm lucky in several areas have been declared disaster zones with floods and severe weather warnings issued from south east queensland to the border area and the cost of the damage is already being felt. a bit closer to the water started almost too much to the fruit. so i thought to talk quickly about spawn but any nearer the source. of the to become all. the fruit there and. back to authorities are also offering funds for the displaced they're warning residents to be on high and it. overnight unfortunately some way the
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conditions have and. conditions a locket it was during the day so many communities will experience increasing heavy rainfall and as we advised yesterday about a change 1000 people have been evacuated and regrettably we have warnings now for an additional 15000 people that may need to be evacuated. while there have been no lives lost rebuilding the harms 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 restore illin big flame began its journey at the start of last month the start of. a limp in greece the torch arrived in japan a week later the flame has been kept a light since then and will now travel through the host nation starting near the nuclear disaster site of fukushima around 10. 1000 runners will be involved the
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games begin in july. you're watching t w news so just a quick reminder of our headline exit polls are again showing no clear winner in israel's latest election. party still appears to be the strongest but they have lost seats in the knesset. thanks watch. imagine how many push. the climate change conference story faces my plans for the way from just one. kind of guest. we still have time to.

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