and they order france and each other but they're governed by very different coalitions there are elections on sunday have been called a dress rehearsal for germany's general election later this year and if so chancellor merkel's conservative party has reason to be worried it's vote is down significantly. in both states that could be a bad omen ahead of september's national elections. now 1st of burgas one of germany's key industrial states it's especially well known for its car industry with orszag and mercedes both based there and here are the early results the main governing party the greens are up slightly to 32.3 percent while their coalition partner that's chance america's conservative c.d.u. they're down to 23.5 percent reduction of 3.5 percentage points among opposition parties the right wing populist alternative for germany they have 10.5 percent which shaves off just about 4.6 points from their take the last time the center left s.p.d. is at 11 point one percent the business friendly f.d.p. rises to 10.7 percent and other parties have some results but they won't make that 5 percen

. >> you are on behalf of the media coalition? >> you can remove your mask. >> thank you for that media coalition to be heard if the court wants to instruct the participants to any witness frankly the initials by their first name the media coalition has no objection to that we will right to live stream whatever they are called when they are on the stand will be live stream. court may be contemplating at least two witnesses who remain minors to identify themselves with the audio turned off and then ideo turned on for actual testimony the coalition has no objection for those witnesses that remain minors to do that. is a practical matter it's easy to figure out who they are by their initials their name is on the witness list there should not be a prohibition on anything that is already public but to give them comfort lawn - - comfort not to say the name of the audio that is fine with the media coalition. we talk about turning the audio off and the video off for the two witnesses who may have been minors at the time but are now adults

in israel, you have to form a coalition. it is almost impossible for one party to win in a landslide, because there is a system of strict proportional representation. so it is conceivable there could be deadlock and a fifth election. definitely has not been ruled out. as to how we got to this world, there are different interpretations of why there has been this extreme volatility in the last two years. you can't blame the political system, because it has always been difficult to form stable coalitions in israel. they did not used to have this number of elections in such a short space of time. his critics are saying the reason for this is he has been guided purely by his personal interests, pushing israelis into more elections in order to avoid having to leave office and possibly face prosecution in these different sets of corruption cases. but i think to push back against that view, which is very black and white, and i'm not saying it is completely wrong, but it is also true the coalition he had with benny gantz did notork.

you know it's certainly not an easy pass to build a coalition for benyamin netanyahu he had certainly hoped to have a more decisive victory that he could stay the strongest part of it now he has to look for clinician partners to reach the $61.00 majority out of the $120.00 knesset seats he would naturally tune to his allies who are also talks parties to already have pledge and that they would join a coalition with him and he will most likely oust the very far right extremist group of religious zionism to come into a coalition with them but then you would still need to. seats and i can tell you just overnight another party that was at the exit polls when they were published last night at 10 pm they went in projected to be in the knesset the ira party run party there are a small party that haven't really said with whom they want to go into a coalition so everybody's looking at them know what they're going to do and then the other party is. now to bennett's we heard that and the reports of taliban and him you know party he actually has openly challenge prime minister used to be defense m

thank you for making time for the media coalition to be heard this morning. if the court wants to instruct the trial participants to refer to frankly to any witnesses by their initials or first name, media coalition has no objection to that. we want a right to livestream what happens, whatever they're called when they're on the stand is what will be livestreamed. i understand the court may be contemplating allowing at least two witnesses who remain minors to identify themselves with the audio turned off, and then turn the audio on for their actual testimony and your honor, the coalition has no objection to allowing the two witnesses who remain minors to do that. you know, as a practical matter, i think it's easy to figure out who they are by their initials, their names appear on the witness list, and there should not be a prohibition of reporting anything that's already public. it gives these minors some comfort to not have to say their name with the audio on, that's fine with the media coalition. let me talk just a minute about the notion of turning the audi

. >> do you wish to respond on behalf of the media coalition? >> you can remove your mask if you would like. >> thank you, your honor for making time for the media coalition to be heard this morning. if the court wants to instruct the child participants to refer to these by their initial or first name, the media coalition has no objection to that. we want a right to live stream and whatever happens when they are on the stand will be live streamed. i understand the court may be contemplating allowing at least two witnesses who remain minors to identify themselves with the audio turned off and then turn the audio on the further actual testimony. and your honor, the coalition has no objection to allowing the witnesses who remain minors to do that. as t a practical matter, i think it is easy to figure out who they arere by their initials. their names appear on the witness list and there shouldn't be a prohibition on reporting anything without any public. it gives the minors some comfort to not have to say the names with the audio on, that's fine wit

claims victory but exit polls suggest he'll fall short of a majority and will have to enter a tricky coalition talks also coming up myanmar set for more protests today amid reports that security forces shot dead a 7 year old girl we spoke to one of the activists risking her life fighting for freedom. emergency services rescue president stranded by the worst flooding in eastern australia in decades one has a dangerous debris lurking in the floodwaters. hello i'm 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 binyamin netanyahu is claiming victory for his right wing likud party but takes a poll suggests 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 the in this week. celebrations everywhere yet who has won within hours of the polls closing prime minister benjamin netanyahu claimed his. 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's if any coalition can be formed at all. every vote counts and every day to the action of support. and the power to sniff next to the gaza border and. she's out in the streets to remind people to vote she has no doubts about who should remain prime minister benjamin netanyahu or. feel like it's the moment of the elections i'm here to remind people who is the best to vote for him bibi netanyahu that's. the 4th election in 2 years is once again seen as a vote for or against benyamin netanyahu the leader of the likud party ran his election campaign on the much admired covert 19 vaccination drive and the reopening of the economy this time he has several challenges all running on an anything but netanyahu ticket here with his centrist a tea party is 2nd in the polls. exley good politician with new hope also aims to replace netanyahu just like right wing enough taliban and from. whose left it open whether he would join a coalition with netanyahu we have about $3.00 to $4.00. standing divided against that so if you get there but yo

a result that would allow them to form a coalition with the greens and as we're talking about what could happen we actually have right here in the studio now the results have just come in some overturned michel or for a quick wrap of that i will give you the 1st prognosis in these exit polls and one must bear in mind that up to 50 percent of people are expected to have voted by mail ballots it will take a bit longer but the big story of the night already appears to be that there are significant gains for the greens particularly. only a slight gain but significant losses for i'm going to conservative c.d.u. party which of course was embroiled in a scandal. taking money for making deals with mosques with the german government for taking commission there and it looks like in london and in that which is about the size of croatia with a population of some $4000000.00 that the currently governing social democrats have made. significant losses for america to see if you party once again so we'll be talking a lot about the scandal that seems have had a real impact here but significant gains for t

on that small party for support and housing and i reports though from west to roost on that any coalition in israel would be a complicated. thing. according to israel's central elections committee prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a path to forming the 5th government in 2 years but it'll be a difficult one it appears the netanyahu bloc is poised to secure $59.00 seats of a required 61 in the knesset there's no reason why we should go to a 5th election and that they must come to nothing you know and say we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this round and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities we have ahead of us in. the religious zionist party an alliance of the far right fared better than anticipated and is expected to bring its projected 6 seats to a netanyahu government members of the party have been banned in the past for anti palestinian sentiment the palestinian israeli parties are projected to lose seats this round voter turnout was low the parties previously voted as one bloc under the arab joint list but th

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minister benjamin netanyahu and the challengers seeking to him but will the outcome be another shaky coalition. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's leaders have agreed a series of measures aimed at stemming and sharp rise in corona virus infections in talks that ran into the early hours of the morning chancellor i'm going to the heads of the country 16 regional states agree to extend restrictions already in force until april 18th a strict 5 day national shutdown will also apply over the easter holiday. americal says the credit virus crisis in germany has taken a dangerous turn. we basically have a new time to make the mutation from great a person has taken over which means we have a new virus. of course of the same kind but with very different properties it is clearly more lethal more contagious and contagious for longer. spring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow told us germany is tightening restrictions in the face of what chancellor merkel is calling a new pandemic what are we looking at. it was a very long very controversial meeting which had its main annou

place the right wing populist safety is at 8.3 percent losing $4.00 percentage points as another coalition part of the business friendly f.t.p. returned 5.5 percent then the environmentalist's greens are sitting at 9.3 percent and the regional party free voters won 5.4 percent other parties failed to pass the 5 percent threshold to win. and also let's take a look now at neighboring state by the virgin birth is well known for its car industry and is also home to porsche and mercedes the main governing party here the greens op slightly at 3 a 32.6 percent and their coalition partner chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. are at 24 point one percent that's down $2.00 percentage points among opposition parties the right wing populist a of d. lost votes at 9.7 percent and the center left s.p.d. is at 11 percent the business friendly f.t.p. rises to $10.00 and other parties failed to pass the 5 percent threshold well d.w. correspondent julia durley was in stuttgart the capital of bud and works in bourke and sent us this update. it's a night of celebrations for the green party here and by

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the smaller parties have already said they will be in a coalition or going into a coalition with benjaminetanyahu and those who said they are the anti-netanyahu cap. some of them left it open. -- camp. some of them left it open. all of the exit polls are suggesting a narrow government for a coalition possible for benjamin netanyahu with 61 seats. brent: that is something that has been expected, but it does not rule out the possibility that benjamin netanyahu may not be able to construct a new coalition government as has been the case this time. tania: absolutely. first of all, these are exit polls. if it is such a razor thin, actually, majority, then we really have to look now at how these figures will develop overnight. he definitely needs -- i mean, we are talking about a party that would go together with two ultraorthodox parties and a far right extremist party that could also join such a coalition, and then we are looking at one of the parties that has actually said they are the anti-netanyahu camp. he could appear to be the kingmaker because mr. netanyahu needs these seats. they are

in 2 years but a majority is out of the reach of both prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the coalition of opposition parties opposing him a small palestinian israeli party has unexpectedly crossed the threshold into parliament that means nessun yahoo's likud party may have to rely on it for support any coalition will be complicated sorry for such has the latest from west jerusalem . and it starts benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about. bringing israel back to life through coded 1000 vaccines by the time it finished the message it boiled down to one phrase 2 more seats repeatedly telling his supporters he was within touching distance of the 61 needed for a majority coalition. it's the largest gap between 2 leading parties in israel in the last dozen years there is a large majority within the people of israel and with this majority in the knesset who believe in our principles if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer government i reach out to all members of the knesset who believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone and i expect them to d

coalition with benyamin netanyahu and those who said.netanyahu and some of them left it open so it seems that it's what is quite striking that all these 3 acts of posts are projecting a narrow government for a coalition that is possible for benyamin netanyahu the 61 seats and that is something that has been expected but it doesn't rule out the possibility that. he may not be able to construct a new coalition government as has been the case this time. absolutely i mean 1st of all these are exit polls and if it's such a razor thin actually majority then you really have to know now how these figures well you know develop overnight and he definitely needs i mean we're talking about. that he could party and they would probably go together with the 2 old or also dorks parties and then we have religious scientists in which is a far right extremist party that would could also join such a coalition and then we're looking at one of the parties that has actually said they're out into the until netanyahu can that's the party of natalee bennett. also

this one's ability to build a coalition on the everybody. should or should be should be able to make compromise this is the 1st israeli election in the throes of corona watching from the sidelines of the palestinians who despite the oversupply effects of nations in israel have seen precious little of it themselves. and usually. the occupying forces should be responsible for their heads in spite of the fact that we have. but. the is under occupation and even if we are going to buy our own a vaccine we need to consider through the israeli airports or through. borders anyway and they are going to check it and. even now it we know that they have more than $1000000.00. over. there should be. pressure on this to. the palestinians. joining me live here on the program as donny died on the former israeli ambassador to the united nations thank you for joining us here not see you today we appreciate you spending time with us do you would you expect the election to deliver a clear result and perhaps i guess some stability for israel. definitely i hope s

needed for a majority coalition. it's the largest gap between 2 leading parties in israel in the last dozen years there is a large majority within the people of israel and with this but you already in the knesset who believe in our principles if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer government i reach out to all members of the now that believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone i expect them to do the same. the taliban it was styling himself as a netanyahu alternative the question now is whether his yamuna parties 7 or 8 seats will be enough to get netanyahu over the finish line there's no reason why we should go to fit election. they must come to nothing we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this round and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities we have ahead of us earlier election day itself had been hot and hazy a running tally of ballots cast suggesting the lowest turnout in years netanyahu crisscrossed th

kind of shaky coalition government and we may once again see people going back to the polls because i mean that their overall right we're dressed in israel is very strong and very concerning the you know the labor party i mentioned which would dominate israel for years and i got to say they're only going to pick 7 seats but within the right there are such divisions both among those who are you know if you can see nothing out who is a very corrupt think you're but also among those of the most extreme elements and those who might be a tad more moderate and what about the israeli left i mean do you think they're politically staged they can expect that any end of it or some other sunday or are you having a you know 7 votes i mean a positive thing is that marette switches the most you know left wing of the zionists you know parties is a a relatively strong showing also roughly yes sudden seats but the underlying thing is that even when you combine doubt with the the arabs are you so we're talking about a pretty small minority overall and they are the only ones who are seriously interested

there was always likely to be another coalition. l likely to be another coalition.e power brokers? that depends on the final outcome. there are a couple of parties, the islamist party which may or may not enter the connecticut. as of this evening, it looks like mr bennett and his party might be the kingmakers. —— enter the knesset. mr the kingmakers. -- enter the knesset-— the kingmakers. -- enter the knesset. ~ �* ., ., knesset. mr bennett has a far ri . ht knesset. mr bennett has a far right policy. — knesset. mr bennett has a far right policy, more _ knesset. mr bennett has a far right policy, more generally i right policy, more generally what do you think this might all mean all israelis and palestinians? i all mean all israelis and palestinians?— all mean all israelis and palestinians? i think the palestinian _ palestinians? i think the palestinian issue - palestinians? i think the palestinian issue hardly| palestinians? i think the - palestinian issue hardly came up palestinian issue hardly came up in this election or the last few years. most israelis are conv

is 8.3 percent losing $4.00 percentage points and the coalition partner the business friendly f.d.p. returned 5.5 percent and the other coalition partner the environmentalist greens offsetting a 9.3 percent original party the free vote was 15.4 percent and other parties failed to pass the 5 percent threshold to win seats the 2nd look at the neighboring state but virgin book and it's well known for its car industry the main governing party here the greens are up slightly by 32.6 percent and their coalition partner the c.d.u. are up by 24 point one percent as down 2.9 percentage points among opposition parties the f.t. lost votes at 9.7 percent and the s.p.d. is at 11 percent the f.d.p. rises $10.00 and the other parties failed to pass the 5 percent threshold well earlier we spoke to d.w. political correspondent judy a star daily act who is instead got the capital of but she sent us this update. it's a night of celebrations for the green party here and by the victim back after a very positive result in the state elections the party co-leader analemma bear book has said that this shows

claims victory but exit polls suggest he will fall short of a majority will have to open tricky coalition talks. set for more antique protests today and there are 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 back evacuations continue. emergency services rescue residents stranded by the worst flooding in decades one has a dangerous debris lurking in the flood waters. as welcome to the program german chancellor merkel has called an unexpected crisis meeting with leaders of the 16 federal states for more discussions on the coronavirus pandemic this comes just a day after they agreed to extend the lock down to april 18th market push for a toughest. to fight the spread of the virus reversing plans for gradual reopening of the economy amid a sharp rise in the infection rates at state premiers pushed back only agreeing to call on citizens to stay at home for 5 days over the easter holidays to try and break a 3rd wave of the pandemic. let's bring in our chief political writer. who is fo

america and a lot in a border france and each other but they're both governed by very different coalitions their elections sunday have been called a dress rehearsal for germany's general election later this year and if so chancellor merkel is michael's conservative party may have reason to worry its vote is down significantly in both states and could be a bad omen ahead of september's national election. bag is one of germany's key industrial states especially well known for its car industry with both porsche adversities base there. let's look at the early results coming out of that state the main governing party the greens are up slightly at 32.4 percent while their coalition partner chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. down to 23.6 percent that's a decrease of $3.00 points among the opposition parties you have the far right populist a.f.d. with $10.00 points that shaves off about 5 percent from their take last time the central left s.p.d. is at 11.6 percent the business friendly f.d.p. free democrats rise to 10.4 percent there are other parties but they won't make the 5 percent thresho

it's going to be a coalition that has been here like that for years people have become used to it and those can be quite diverse if you know makes a coalition was the left wing liberal to the extreme right she of course is usually left out there being pushed to the side and he can even incorporate the christian democrats and smaller christian party he can have his pick he could take in the greens he could take in pretty much anybody because he just needs a handful of votes to sort of make up a majority and he is such a political chameleon that he's capable of really governing governing with more on this in the other party he just sort of puts his finger up in the wind looks way it's blowing from and sort of slightly shifts to politics so a coalition to go she asians will be interesting there the netherlands turmoil in recent weeks we're seeing riots could this election perhaps help bring peace to the country brief we've become. the country has become quite peaceful again they have people have reconciled themselves to what's happening here they're still in lockdown but there is one res

or coalitions of the willing will be composed of european countries because our values are are some deeply aligned and because the trance atlantic relationship is so important to both sides. of the atlantic then i think we're going to find ways to work together on some of these issues you know the u.k. has made it clear that it intends to help the u.s. and its policy towards china but the u.k. unlike what we're hearing from the white house is not willing to go so far in the air of engaging china which is take a listen to what prime minister boards johnson said. rather this time if you speak of those who for a new cold war china over us to a sequester our economy entirely from china to 3 the new policy of the old vision we view the. generally do from one position to the next are i think oh i think mistaken. juxtapose johnson against what the chinese are offering for public consumption this is from an editorial published in the global times which is a newspaper link to the chinese communist party it reads after acrimonious divorce with the e.u. at the end of last year the u.k. has bee

of nations and emergency coalition for the people of me and upon forming i urge this coalition of member states to consider taking 5 immediate steps 1st stop the flow of revenue into the illegal who discovers this can happen at multilateral sanctions should be opposed on both senior who do leaders and their major sources of revenue including military own and control enterprises and me and morrow oil and gas at a price. one of a half years ago the interim independent international fact finding mission i mean more critical to that no business and i quote should enter into an economic or financial relationship with the security of me and more security forces or be in more in particular the military or any enterprise owned or controlled by them or their individual members until then unless they are restructured and transformed since the coup some businesses have stepped forward and cut ties with the junta and they are highlighted in my written report however many continue to engage in business with military only enterprise if cunt companies won't willing to disengage then a president member

and yahoo coalition. a buses party says it would sit with racists the opposition leader also says a government relying on religious zionism would be dark and dangerous but marshalling his own coalition with support from our politicians would also be a difficult sell to the right wing is in the anti netanyahu look not every path to a government runs through months or a bust for instance that he could try to poach off a right wing politician or 2 from another party and less likely could try to break off part of the nesson yahoo block and there's still a possibility of total failure and a 5th election to come but after 4 elections this is a very different type of political conversation with the palestinian israeli polity at its center are a force that al-jazeera westerners. still to come on al-jazeera a u.s. states notorious for using the death penalty becomes the latest to abolish capital punishment and tough talk from nato the u.s. secretary of state is promising his allies action against russia and china.

on 7 those these are low numbers for the right wing groupings which could be expected to go into coalition with benjamin netanyahu so looking at it very much of off the bat as it's coming towards us right now netanyahu has done slightly better than he was polling but his main prospects for allies seem to be doing less well so with both benjamin netanyahu his camp and natale ben it does look as if though he may be able to get to the $61.00 votes that he needs in the israeli parliament the knesset if he if these results do get borne out that would give him a coalition and just talk us through the. that process harry i mean i guess in the coming hours we will get clearer results and then the final ones that what is that what are the steps at that point to try to form some chemical that a coalition government. well that the process gets handed over to the israeli president which is a largely ceremonial statesmanship role in this country but the one thing that he does have to do and he's got used to doing given the number of elections recently is assess which of the politicians leading a politi

so conservative led coalition with participation as the greens is by no means at this moment in time so what heading into an election period that's much more open than many pollsters predicted so far so that's one state election about let's turn now to the other state election happening today that's a lot to made just next door to body bag those exit polls have also come in and according to early results from that state incumbents that's the center left social democrats the s.p.d. they are coming away with 34.5 percent of the vote the business friendly f.t.p. with 6.5 percent the environmentalist greens they've ticked up a bit in that state to 8.5 percent meanwhile the opposition could be chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. to 26 percent that's a decrease of 6 percent and the f.t. with 10.5 percent also down significantly losing. 2 per cent the free voters another party or regional party there has ticked up a bit of 5 and a half percent or as other parties again below that 5 percent threshold to make it into the state legislature now how will those results translate into possible

would like to think to contribute to this coalition of countries which one is identifying which is really going to try to counterbalance china so that you can it is realistic about its own abilities to play a security role in india is if it's not going to be a leading military power in that region but its presence can be important i think in signaling there is a broader coalition of countries who are concerned about china's military buildup about china's activities in places such as the south china seas but also signaling that their own values issues such as seen with the owner community in xinjiang or an issue that's very close to the ukase interest namely the situation in whole coal is important to signal that these issues are being followed closely not just by the us and not just by countries union exhibit but i had a broader global community knew the critics of course john to say that the prime minister wants to have his cake and eat it too with china do you think beijing and washington will they allow him to have it both ways you know this in gauge meant for business at the same time

netanyahu claims victory but exit polls suggest he'll fall short of a majority will have to open tricky coalition talks also coming up beyond march set for more antique ou protests today it comes amid reports that security forces show a 7 year old girl becoming the youngest victim of the military crackdown. mending time as u.s. secretary of state and tony blinken pledges to rebuild and revitalize nato he says the transatlantic alliance is at a pivotal moment facing threats around the world. plus an all strain the wild weather is easing but evacuations continue. emergency services rescue residents stranded by the worst flooding in decades one hazards dangerous to bree lurking in the flood waters. flow i'm 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 binyamin 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 raw. goals the final results may not be known until later this week. ce

the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form a coalition that will be ableo govern and will be able to survive. is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies the now of ours mitten yeah it was days are over he has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it we need something new a different prime minister can achieve the rebuttal sure i think baby would be reelected because there's no one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't really treasure a little i want the same prime minister to stay because he's good for everyone look around you people are living thanks to the prime minister people our life bibi netanyahu. opinion polls suggest that netanyahu slee could remain the strongest party what's less clear is who can build a coalition one still votes are counted. i don't ea

as we've seen in the 3 previous elections that coalition has been so wobbly it has not made it to a 4 year term as you say it's all about the numbers and being able to form a coalition government elections this time again being described as the referendum on prime minister netanyahu what is different this time round. well there are a number of factors bear in mind that prime minister netanyahu is the 1st sitting prime minister to face corruption trials he will face 3 on bribery fraud and breach of trust one of those trials has been postponed until next month but this time things are different because he is facing a stiff challenge from within the right and among former allies one of those former allies is benny gantz he is actually currently in the coalition government with netanyahu he's an alternate prime minister and a current defense minister he is campaigning on against netanyahu aggressively and the fact that he's facing corruption charges he is actively trying to squash any kind of law in the knesset that would allow the netanyahu to avoid prosecution you also have gideon saa

have to rely on that group for support but is natacha going to reports now from west to resume any coalition that will be a complicated thing. according to israel's central elections committee prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a path to forming the 5th government in 2 years but it'll be a difficult one it appears the netanyahu bloc is poised to secure $59.00 seats of a required 61 in the knesset there's no reason why we should go to a 5th election and they must come to nothing and say we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this round and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities. we have ahead of us . the religious die in his party an alliance of the far right fared better than anticipated and is expected to bring its projected 6 seats to a netanyahu government members of the party have been banned in the past for anti palestinian sentiment the palestinian israeli parties are projected to lose seats this round voter turnout was low the parties previously voted as one bloc under the arab joint list but the group splintered

now is whether it's now will be able to secure a majority in parliament all be at the mercy of a coalition that could lead to more political instability well we've got 2 correspondents on the story in west faucets and name who is outside a polling station. i'll be live in both places in just a moment but 1st let's take a look at the main candidates in this election netanyahu is the head of the likud party but he's also on trial for corruption he's hoping his efforts to get people vaccinated quickly against covert 19 and the normalization of ties with some arab countries will keep him in the lead his former chief of staff naftali bennett and head of the right wing yemenia party has criticised the prime minister's handling of the pandemic but he hasn't ruled out joining elite could lead to government after the election another right wing challenger is gideon sagar he is the leader of the new hope party which supports settlement construction in the west bank in the occupied west bank and opposes the iran nuclear deal his political agenda is similar to netanyahu has but he's not interested in

a call for tenders is under considerable suspicion in view of the corruption scandals to ruling coalition politicians of already fall in jus to personal business dealings in masks for profit scandals but what started out as a probe into a pandemic profiteering now morphed into a wider investigation into what money german politicians have been making aside from their ministerial salaries the scandal is caused real damage to the ruling conservative union's reputation they suffered for huge historic losses in recent local elections with the green party taking up the slack in one of those areas and nationally when it comes to polling they were merged as a real potential challenger in this september's bundestag elections in what's being called the super election year here in germany that couldn't be a worse time to have the whiff of corruption surrounding you peter all over r.t. berlin and we discussed the situation in germany with a member of the ruling party which is embroiled in the mosques scandal he told us the country is more divided than ever to make things worse people are fed up with

during the campaign, netanyahu ruled out the idea of allowing him into his coalition or even accepting from the outside, but that was before his block once again fell short of the 61 seats needed, and senior members of his party started to openly discuss working with them. for some, having such a conversation represents a political watershed. >> deberry engagement between the two is going to be historic, and transformative for israeli politics. from that point of view, it could have results and outcome irrespective of whether it actually reaches a new coalition agreement. reporter: abbas is not the only one celebrate and the prospects of influence in the new parliament. the far-right religious zionism movement also outperform expectations and would be welcomed in a netanyahu coalition. abbas's party says it will not sit with racist. the opposition leader said a government relying on religious zionism would be dark and dangerous, but marshaling his own coalition with support from our politicians would also be a difficult sell to the right-wingers in the anti-netanyahu block. >> not ever

the former army chief head of the blue and white alliance helping deny netanyahu a viable coalition but failing to form one of his own his decision last year to split his alliance and break his central campaign promise by joining that in yangon government has seen his standing crumble i'm not really fast moving we entered the government despite netanyahu not for nixon yahud we into the government because there was a health economic and social crisis one of the biggest israel has ever seen and we are not sideways all of us the soldiers for this country now he's campaigning for perhaps half a dozen seats on the basis that they can block legislation allowing us to escape his corruption trial dancers collapse has left a fragmented field of possible alternatives to netanyahu leading the pack is yeah peed dances form a partner in blue and white a former finance minister in an earlier netanyahu government and now the number one target of netanyahu his campaign that by now he didn't start this way but now is complete cynic and he says this is the tool of they've worked in the us. from the thing

this dire situation for slovakia to break down this coalition because he took the emergency decision of ordering 2000000 vaccines to help his population which has been hard hit very hard by the coronavirus this is preposterous this is really a crazy situation that we're what we're facing today in europe and see how how bad the situation is being managed by by these pro european i'd say fanatics who dr king common sense and who are not looking at solutions to i mean solicitors are on hand to help the people today this is crazy what's next then for slovakia's vaccine deal with russia nicholas 2000000 shots are on the way is that all going to be council do you hunt. i don't know he signed as an order so there probably it would have to look into in the in the few details of that contract to see exactly what happens if they would rescind that this isn't a definite i think this will back and people will not understand that so that i can swamp that seems to reckons want to solution and even people who are not big fans about backs and nations can say that at least the government is trying so

will he be able to secure a majority in parliament or like previous elections be at the mercy of a coalition that could see the country mired in more political instability as being in a tasha go name who is outside a polling station in west jerusalem for us as a 1st of all how motivated are israelis to vote in another election. yeah and there's definitely a sense of deja vu and lack of hope that nothing that anything other than the status quo will be the outcome in this election bear in mind that more than half of israelis polled recently said that they want prime minister benjamin ment netanyahu out of office and yet it's expected veteran pollsters and analysts believe that netanyahu and his likud party will amass the largest amount of seats in the knesset they probably will not get a majority and that is why i've been seeing all of this turmoil the number to form a government in israel is 61 seats in the knesset no one has ever been able to amass that number of seats hence the need for a formation of a coalition government the question now foley is as masterful of a politician as israel's

kind of shaky coalition government and we may once again see people going back to the polls because i mean that their overall right we're dressed in israel is very strong and very concerning you know the you know the labor party i mentioned which dominate israel for years only got like they're only going to get 7 seats but within the right there are such divisions both among those who are you know you see nothing out who's a very corrupt figure but also among those of the most extreme elements and those who might be a tad more moderate. brazil has recalled its highest day the number of coronavirus deaths since the beginning of the pandemic more than 3200 people died from covered 9000 on tuesday brazil's been reporting the world's highest any number of deaths for weeks doctors believe a local variant of the virus is causing a rise in infections and deaths hospitals are pushed to breaking point and supplies of medical oxygen are running out. on brazilians a fear of the government's response to the pandemic cross the country people banging pots and pans to show their anger against presid

netanyahu will be able to put together a $61.00 c coalition intact or should the opposition the anti be blah will be it. will pretty much force him not to be able to put together a coalition and then we're heading straight to the ground of the election and the major he kinda make it here there are a few there are a few there and there are some for so but one of the most prominent of them is called the bennett. essentially he belongs to the far right however he has sworn in vowed to kick next me out a lot of office however before that whatever happened to his for his primary ambition is in the end of the day to be easiest prime minister and that goes by 1st we need the centrist lead and the centrist right likud party the mainstream polity in israel it is something you will have to be one of the party you will have to be one of the party in which he you val has to pick from office to ted so there's so many other cultivations here and there is even one seat only shift you to the right over the left by the very low parties you don't want to have why the low seat floor or votes for seats

but you are divided the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form a coalition that will be able to govern and will be able to survive. is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies the neo of ours mitten yeah it was days are over he has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it and we need something new of it a different prime minister can achieve the rebuttal sure i think b.b. will be reelected because there's no one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't really treasure a little i want the same prime minister to stay because he's good for everyone to look around you should people are living thanks to the prime minister people our life bibi netanyahu no. opinion polls suggest that netanyahu is likud will remain the strongest party what's less clear is who can build a coal

minister benjamin netanyahu or one of several challengers seeking to what will be another shaky coalition. of terror in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo continues we have an exclusive report from d.w. team embedded with u.s. troops in the reach. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany is extending its coronavirus lockdown until april 18th as it grapples with a 3rd wave of the pandemic. the move comes after talks between chance for going to medical and regional leaders ran into the early hours of the morning leaders were longer heads over whether to ease restrictions on domestic travel over the eastern holiday season ultimately agreeing on a strict 5 day national shutdown over the period. medical says the coronavirus crisis in germany has taken a dangerous turn. we basically have a new time to make the mutation from great person has taken over which means we have a new virus. of course of the same kind but with very different properties it is clearly more lethal more contagious and contagious for longer. spring in our political correspondent thomas sparr

the ability of co-working is very limited so the ability for them to form a coalition that will be able to govern and will be able to survive. is improbable to reach a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament and to form a government parties need to get 61 out of 120 seats for many israelis netanyahu has become an increasingly divisive figure he's been in office since 2009 and he faces corruption charges in court allegations he denies it i know of as mitten yeah it was days are over he has been our prime minister for 15 years that's it and we need something new a different prime minister can achieve the rebuttal sure i think baby would be reelected because this nor one more promising although i want to believe there is someone else i don't really treasure a little i want the same prime minister to stay because he's good for everyone to look around you should people are living thanks to the prime minister people in our life bibi netanyahu no. opinion polls suggest that netanyahu slee could remain the strongest party what's less clear is who can build a coalition one still votes are