the, the, this is the, the news live from ballot off to 6 long weeks of voting across the country. county begins in india, general electric exit polls and early trends suggested comfortable victory, and a 3rd time from the rental mode. and his b, j. p costs also coming up for more hostages are held by homos. i think that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will not accept these fund garza, so all of israel's demands on the

gulf as well. come to the program. content is underway in india and off the hundreds of millions of people voted in a general election to decide who will form the countries next governments, the national democratic alliance, led by 5 minutes to render modi's national nationalist. wp content is currently a heading. the cops, the and the a up here is on track to win about $300.00 off the $543.00 seats available. the opposition india alliance, which includes the ones dominant congress. ponti is leading in around $200.00 seats . exit polls predicted mowdy will retain pop for a historic time. and so an update on now joined by did. i've used any bird seats sounds i paid those funds on to this

election that has been seen as a referendum on multi outro. is that i think it has. this is very true because this is the state of indian politics at the moment. politics is designed around and around remotely, and you can look at it from 2 sites. if you look at the beach, a p, the ruling party, the entire campaign of the beach, i. p was centered around and around remotely. he alone company took more than $200.00. randy's road shows and election events. he who was originally very media shy and hasn't given a single press conference in one decade and power gave more than 80 interviews to selective media outlets. so what the voting people could see, what's really mowdy left right and centre on tv and radio, show sentence, huge billboards. and also if you look at the main congress potty as the main opposition party and leading the india lions that alliance of more than 20

opposition parties, they act same was that moody is wanting to turn india into a one party state that there are autocratic even victoria tendencies, they claim that if people vote for moody, they betray the vote for someone who is seeking to destroy in june democracy and the sexual assault of the country. so from both sides of the political divide, everything was sent to the wrong and i ran from ody. now let's assume for a moment the exit polls are correct and moody is indeed the wind up. why is it been so hard for the opposition to beat him? i mean, we are indicating here with early counting a tougher race than yours looks like yes, i agree. the polling predicts that there is a comfortable majority. maybe not the super majority that moody was seeking for. and why the opposition found at heart also for various reasons. not a single one. and that was in fighting. there was discussion and even in fighting

about seat sharing arrangements because of 20 more than 20 parties come together. of course people have to compromise in their quest for power. and also, let's not forget that we sole arrest and a text on the opposition by enforcement agencies. and we saw, for instance, the arrest of those 15 chief minister here in delhi, one of the leading opposition vigorous, who was at the beginning of the campaign, bob's from participating in campaigning. and then the supreme court intervened. he got entering bail, but no s voting is on the way he's back in dallas century to high jail. so there are a lot of critics. you're arguing that we didn't see a level playing field between the ruling beach if he and that allies and the india or position alliance. now that has been a little bit criticism of their under moody, but why do most indians still want mowdy as their prime minister?

i think a lot of people here in india are seeking a strong leader to who was this country. they seem to be of the opinion that in our end, remote it is strong enough and probably the only strong leader they can think of after a decade. who can manage to grow india as a nation to grow india, especially in an economic sense because unemployment is a huge issue here. inflation is a huge issue here. that is what people have been pointing out to us time and again . and they seem to think that it is only, you know, end remotely, that can bring the country forward. they think that changes on corruptible eviction is really genially working for the people that grew the on suspect we got. and also pointing to the opposition. a lot of people told us that there is not really an alternative with in the off position that could match that around remo. d, as a political leader, deliberately, some of update us,

one of the thank you very much. some formal hostages help by how mazda engage them have been declared dead is really ami, says 85 year old. i'm coupon time, perry, and you're um medscape both 80 and the 51 year old is really a british citizen. now the pop of well died together in hon. eunice, a mazda has not yet released the bodies. israel's prime minister, netanyahu has again said he will not accept as these fine garza unto all of his rules. conditions on the military has carried out more as twice in the south of the territory, but no less up in the fighting. relentless strikes on rough ha, palestinians are taken to attend at a field hospital in the southern most city of gaza. strikes

also hit the city of han, eunice where destruction is so widespread that newly flattened buildings no longer stand out underneath the rubble as amaro dream. as sars mother ma ma, call us cause it enough. if we have lost a lot, we lost all our loved ones, we have nothing left enough for the love of god implement to cease fire enough. we are tired, humiliated, and broken up the prospects for full truth now, look slim after us. president joe biden presented what he called and is rarely ceasefire proposal that would also see to the release of hostages, held by him all his afternoon is rarely prime minister. benjamin netanyahu came forward and dismissed the deal, and says that fully destroying from us has been a key priority from the start. ends for the help of we are using calculus

ways to bring back out hostages because it allows. we've come a long way. but in the process, we've kept the voice of objectives in mind, primarily feeling the nation of home us. and i'll be sure we won't give up on them either. it's the old part of the planet clinic by me today. but there's also been pressure on netanyahu to speak the truth. and israel families of hostages have been calling for an agreement that would bring their missing loved ones home. i feel that from week to week it just we here just for about more and more hostages, the dying. and now we are in the critical moments. and if we not going to negotiate and will make a hostage, there is no help for this country strange rose and i can see the men coming back alive. whoever is still alive if it's still going to happen. now that i

can these days and then gaza as more amounts of trouble pile up, international pressure is mounting on israel to end. it's more. 8 now washington correspond to benjamin of ours group and has this assessment of us reaction to israel's resistance to the latest seats by proposal to the white house as that. what's important also to see on the regional partners are a looking at this proposal in depth and many comments coming on from the washington on this topic, jake sullivan, the us national security adviser said israel has shown willingness to agree to a cease fire and hostage release it by this deal that was set out by president biden, and the white house is insisting that this piece plan was, is roads own and was not drafted by washington to put it pressure on its allies. some people have been suggested and that still seems it to be necessary as many still wonder why it was in you as president and not. and his really prime minister

presenting it well. president biden called this is rarely proposed benjamin of ours, proven reporting that now let's have a quick look at some of the other stories in the headlines. china is national space agency says it's luna prob has lifted off from the false side of the moon. the chinese fix profit is now heading back to a successful return would make china the 1st contract to retrieve samples from the moon's fall side. the united nations development specialist has been sworn in as the new plant prime minister of haiti. gary canals main task is to restore order. most of the capital, potable processes controlled by criminal gains. it's canal 2nd term. as premier africans most populous country, nigeria is in during a 2nd day of disruption due to a general strike. that julia has been brought to

a new standstill with apple schools and government offices, all closed trades, union. se will cost will continue until the government degrees to a new minimum wage that us ripped by it's west cost of living crisis in the generation. double digit inflation means milton struggling to buy food, dw correspondent, the least such a gl my in the legal has told us more about the impact of the strike. you have to say the bit everyone, including myself did nation woke up uh start with the document, assess a pod which basically was shut down as a result as a result of this strike. and do we also have the morning study liaison basically woke up to that massive impact of, you know, a power shuts out because of this strike on a slide constellations of happening in the middle and pause the lagos, the most populous. exactly, and did the capital. i do just so light disruptions everywhere, people stranded travel. they've gotten flights appointment that leaves us about

early as this monday morning. so he's disruptions. the say is not just about the pockets, but also schools, the public club, you know, services and governments be able to shut down expensively by the labor union. and you know, because they want to enforce and get compliance for the strike they won't work is to see if that's something that's be the major impacts with people like myself waking up to electricity, you know, flight this option, the cues and buses and all that being disrupted in germany, severe flooding has killed at least 4 people in for thousands to flee the homes. german shots the order shows as visited while the air is hid. hottest, the state of the varies at the floods. we have another indicates of the threat posed by climate change in germany's chancellor surveys the flood damage in this bavarian town, accompanied by the state premier and interior minister, olaf schultz promised solidarity in the form of federal and military assistance.

and he expressed his concern about climate change. just as a d, as in the field to my doctor did not be the 1st time this year. i visited an area like the assistance of, of an investor. and it's an indication of what's going on as of the all scouting. so we can't neglect the task of stuffing and man made climate change enough. let's ignore some flood defenses were no match for the masses of water that came down in southern germany. residents are overwhelmed. by the scale of the disaster, the vibe to go down to the bands. everything in the basement is destroyed and used to fridges, freezers, the washing machine. everything is gone. i'm not waiting for the firefighter and the pump, the water out at the basement with nothing else can be done for now. we have done this in another bavarian town, rescuers are mourning the loss of

a colleague who died while trying to rescue trapped residence. yes, and it's just weird. just made stomach maternity course we thinking about college and his family whom we knew is very well but the work, let's go on and thinking we have a disaster here. we have to get through it and that tell job, this is literally all scrubbing. rescuers continue to search for the missing. and officials have warned the high water levels are likely to persist for some time. you're watching the, the news and here's a reminder of our top story. johnson is on the way in india as the general election officer, 6 weeks of voting, and which more than 640000000 ballots will cost exit. polls and early trends suggests uncomfortable. victory and us, the time in office for the rental mode is b j. b. and that's it from me and the same for now. don't go away. coming up off to the

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