showing netanyahu's likud party on 31 seats, against yair lapid predicted 2a seats.ing in our middle east correspondent. let's bring in our middle east correspondent tom bateman. as says that the exit polls are a good start. how trustworthy of the exit polls in israel?— exit polls in israel? they tend to be broadly _ exit polls in israel? they tend to be broadly accurate _ exit polls in israel? they tend to be broadly accurate in _ exit polls in israel? they tend to be broadly accurate in terms - exit polls in israel? they tend to be broadly accurate in terms of i exit polls in israel? they tend to i be broadly accurate in terms of the trends, but what we are seeing from the exit poll is really a razor—thin majority that is being projected before benjamin netanyahu. we do have to be pretty careful because what happened in march last year when we had the election at that point pretty much exactly the same predictions of the exit polls that mr netanyahu's religious bloc would get around 61, 62 seats, very small majority. when the next morning, those projections has bee

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bear it, but we can assume that whoever wins, in this election, yair, lapid or benjamin netanyahu, a serious and critical relationship states, israel and russia will not change because both professional policies defending israel's national interests, including national security issues, and like me erlapid. and benjamin netanyahu. it has been made clear many times. these are the problems of national security, israel requires the maintenance of partnership relations with russia, it must be said that yag had personal human relations and contacts with russian president vladimir putin and, probably, certainly building israel's international policy if he comes to power. he will rely on this baggage and on these opportunities. however, to predict now the outcome of not just parliamentary elections, but the future of israeli rule. and name the prime minister. today we cannot have all sorts of surprises, for example, last time in the last elections in the knesse, the likud party won 24 convocations, but could not gather a majority, could not assemble a coalition after it , yarlapid gathered a

the current prime minister, yair lapid, says he's waiting for the votes to be counted.nt in israel, yolande knell, is following developments. after a high turnout, exit poll suggests that israel's former prime minister, benjamin netanyu, is in position to take the reins of power again. but no matter what happens, known as racist and extremists, were on the fringes of israeli politics, but this election has seen them transformed into key players. with his eyes on a cabinet post, itamar ben—gvir now tries to look like a conventional candidate. but this was him last month, inflaming tensions at palestinians during clashes. waking up a startled voter and telling him to cast his ballot. current pm yair lapid made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal with lebanon, an enemy state. his party has urged caution until all of the votes are counted. but there is no caution here. what do you like about him? he is a man. he is a man, like american. in america, the terrorists, some terrorists, you do something not good, so in america, they will kill him. only the terrorists. th

running is benjamin netanyahu and the centrist yair lapid.urnout was at its highest level in over 20 years. hanging over netanyahu have been corruption charges that have left former allies reluctant to serve under him. he hasn't been able to form a viable majority in any of the previous elections. many israelis appear to be weary of the deadlock but some has -- have said it eroded their faith in the political process. >> i don't think anything will change. it will be the same. >> i am doing my duty. i hope these elections will be the last ones for the next four years. tom: voters expressing frustration. pundits point to the fact that netanyahu's fortunes are somewhat tied to an ultranationalist politician, who has been convicted for his anti-arab rhetoric and promised to deport arab lawmakers. who is the man who some view as the kingmaker? let's find out. >> one vote for netanyahu and the full right-wing government so we can look after the soldiers and police officers. >> clear instructions that this extreme right wing politician who has beco

lapid to turn up. politicians would expect yair lapid to turn u -. g , , politicians would expect yaire there is a lot going on behind you, butjust in terms of netanyahu's allied party, talk us through what potentially this could mean for israel, given that we are talking about the fifth election in four years. talking about the fifth election in four ears. ~ ., ,~ talking about the fifth election in four ears. ~ ., four years. well, netanyahu black relitious four years. well, netanyahu black religious right-wing _ four years. well, netanyahu black religious right-wing parties i four years. well, netanyahu black religious right-wing parties have i religious right—wing parties have been out of power for the last year. because of the centreleft alliance been out of power for the last year. because of the centr the: alliance in assert �* authority assert �* authority once assert �* authority once a the their aetherity erase affairs; the .,,,...,....,,.,, that their eetheritg eoee eseie; the , , ,, that has their eetheritg ehee eseih; the , , ,, that has put alliance that has been put toge

countries to explore for gas and oil offshore, and with elections only days away, israel's prime minister yairas called it a major political achievement. he says the deal announced a -- in beirut recognizing israel. lebanon describes it as an agreement that could potentially lift the country out of its economic crisis. our correspondent has this report from lebanon. correspondent: lines in the sea have been drawn. it is being described as a landmark agreement between countries technically in a state of war. lebanon and israel did not engage directly in the process. it involved years of negotiations mediated by the united states that gave countries guarantees if either challenges the agreement. >> a historic day showing what is possible under these circumstances to achieve an agreement that creates hope and economic opportunity and stability on both sides of the border. correspondent: there was no ceremony to mark the agreement. behind closed doors, the delegation signed separate documents, which were then given to the united nations. the deal is based on what is known as line 23. gas from a pe

current pm yair lapid made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal with lebanon, are counted.here is no caution here. biden, do not worry, itamar is a very good guy. what do you like about him? in america, the terrorists, some terrorists, you do something not good, so in america, they will kill him. only the terrorists. the arabic, it is ok. weeks of coalition wrangling could now follow and there is always the chance the celebrations will be short—lived. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. michael koplow is the chief policy officer at the israel policy forum. he says the early exit polls could be misleading. i think it is important to remember that the exit polls in the last two elections, and this is the fifth one in the cycle, had benjamin netanyu at 61 or 62 seats, and then as the votes were tallied, he did not make the 61 seat number he needs to form government. until all of the votes are counted and this will not happen until thursday or friday, i do not think we can crown benjamin netanyu quite yet. but there are some real results coming through that go along with the pr

israel's prime minister yair lapid said it was an attack that was different from what we have seen inondemned the shooting at a walmart supermarket in chesapeake, virginia on tuesday in which six people died. calling it another senseless attack, he said there would now be more tables with empty seats this thanksgiving holiday. four other people were wounded before the gunman turned his weapon on himself. police will not confirm staff reports that a manager at the store fired on co—workers. the uk's supreme court has ruled that the scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government. scotland's first minister had wanted to hold a referendum next october, but the uk government has refused to allow it. the court ruled the power to call a referendum is reserved to the westminster government. another perhaps unexpected result and another protest against fifa's ban on the 0nelove armbands, starting with the results, and wednesday saw the opening fixtures in groups e and f. morocco and croatia played out a goalless draw. and canada missed a pen

corruption, which he denies in the country, the excavation has deepened, the current prime minister yairpid runs a company using official working meetings, last year he united an ideologically diverse coalition that removed natayaga from office, but the leitmotif of these elections is the growth of the popularity of the far right where there is a flash point , the jewish suprematist and tamar are always present bengir for years he was a political regionalist now he is being talked about as a potential cabinet minister an alliance with him can give a veteran politician ab yamin a note who in this shot measures his support rating in paper cups the percentage of votes needed to return to power i plan to vote for the zionist religious party who will support my beliefs safety and my religion i hope we have good results every woman wants him to stay under who knows maybe he will be better but we have to give him a chance because they were there berries for 12 years and he did nothing so who do you think has a solution uncertain but i hope benjamin netanyagu do you think he will come back so so

wing coalition won 64 seats, while the centrist bloc led by the outgoing caretaker prime minister, yairseats. between anti—government demonstrators and security forces. three deaths were in the town of karaj, where thousands had dead while protesting. it marks a0 days since mahsa amini's killing, which has sparked widespread unrest across the country. the husband of the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, has been released from hospital after being attacked in their san francisco home last week. in a statement, mrs pelosi says he remains under doctors�* care as he continues to recover. a man has been charged with attempting to kidnap nancy pelosi and assaulting her husband. german chancellor 0laf scholz will arrive in china on friday for a one—day trip. he'll be the first g7 leader to visit since the start of the covid—i9 pandemic — and since president xijinping now to the war in ukraine, and western officials say russian troops could be preparing to withdraw from part of the city of kherson which they have held since the start of the war. ukraine has been talking up an offensive to capture

party likut deadpool show that she is counting on 30 seats for the party of incumbent prime minister yair'sin rival , lapid, for 24 seats this parliamentary election. for the fifth time in the last 3 years. not that they are surrounded twice headed the government, in the late nineties you since 2009 and held the post for the longest time in the history of the country, but then. he was accused of fraud and breach of trust taken by the creature, and although he did not recognize him guilty, but in the twenty-first year of the post of prime minister still lost. in foreign policy, he has always adhered to pragmatic approaches opposed negotiations with the palestinians and increased political activity in the west bank of the jordan river. less than an hour ago, the dprk fired six more missiles about this state agency of the hub area, citing the south korean military. this is the second launch. during the day in the morning, 10 rockets of various classes took off flint one rocket fell in international waters near the border lines with the dprk and only 57 km from the city of sokcheon on the east

coalition, led personal by naftali bennett, a former allies of his who defected, and then more recently by yairth that coalition was the thing about it together at the most was his desire together at the most was his desire to keep mr netanyahu out of office. now, ideologically, it wasjust emily unable to hold together, it suffered from defections back to mr netanyahu. they fell apart. but if mr netanyahu is back in office, we are going to see a return to his right ring religious block brand of politics, and that is what he is talked about during this campaign, but that big difference will be if there is that far—right party in government post up they could be getting ministerial seats. some are speculative the firebrand leader of one of the parties could become the minister of internal security, having control over institutions like the police in israel and having to make very, very crucial decisions over its use of security, over its use of the occupied palestinian territories. many fear that, use of the occupied palestinian territories. many fearthat, in intimate coalition are talking about

votes to pass to the parliament, among the main rivals are the party of the current prime minister yair lapid, the minister of defense beni hans and the former head of the government belyamina netanyaku everything in our country depends on the people, i can say that it is a great privilege to be able to vote, i call on all supporters of our party to go to the polls today, then we can end the day with a smile. i am convinced that these are not about which party will gather the most favorites this time, the main skill is to agree to unite and form a government despite various incitements, divisions, slander, and so on, so i urge everyone to go vote, to meet more at happy events and less at elections, forming a coalition has always been difficult for local parties, because israel is a complex multicultural society, religious jews, hasids , jews, zionists, secular israelis, israelis, arabs . later the air defense system, however, israel still did not dare to openly help with this, neither with the government's oil-loving government nor with yaira lappida. that israel stands on the side of t

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about fraud and possible abuse of power, the prime minister's chair passed to natalia bennett and yairhe current head of the government. in fact, there are already preliminary results. it is obviously not the same berry that is ahead of its rivals by a small margin , which means that the composition of the knesset will be changed to contact us evgeny evgeny magda - executive director of the institute of world politics p evgeny , congratulations and glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, good day, well, we are interested in the results of the elections in israel, not out of academic interest, we understand that israel is one of the key countries in the middle east, on the other hand israel is one of the flagships in the defense industry, but until recently israel was not too active in the so-called issue of supporting us and you, so how can the situation change because we understand that the biblical yagu is a certain friend putin no, i don't agree with you on that. if we keep mentioning all the time that it wasn't tenyaku who wore a portrait on a stick during the immortal regiment camp

wing coalition won 64 seats, while the centrist bloc led by the outgoing caretaker prime minister, yair1 seats. four people are reported to have died in iran after clashes between anti— government demonstrators and security forces. three deaths were in the town of karaj, where thousands had walked along roads to reach the grave of a woman shot dead while protesting. it marks forty days since mahsa amini's killing which has sparked widespread unrest across the country. officials from the us embassy in moscow have met with jailed basketballer brittney griner for the first time in months. it was the first consular access to griner since early august, when she was found guilty of narcotics possession and smuggling. the white house press secretary said she was doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. the husband of the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, has been released from hospital after being attacked in their san francisco home last week. in a statement, mrs pelosi says he remains under doctors�* care as he continues to recover. a man has been charged with attempting to ki

israel's prime minister yair lapid said it was an attack that was "different from what we have seen ine shooting at a walmart supermarket in chesapeake, virginia on tuesday in which six people died. calling it another senseless attack, he said there would now be more tables with empty seats this thanksgiving holiday. four other people were wounded before the gunman turned his weapon on himself. police will not confirm staff reports that a manager at the store fired on co—workers. beijing says it is facing its most severe covid situation yet as the number of cases continues to soar. china reported more than 31 thousand domestic cases on wednesday according to the national health bureau. schools, shopping malls and parks are closed and restaurants and cafes are not allowing people to eat indoors. rescue teams in indonesia have pulled a five—year—old boy from rubble, three days after a powerful earthquake hit the country. the boy appeared conscious and calm despite his ordeal and emergency workers took him to a medical tent to be checked over. there were five people in the house when the

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current pm yair lapid made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal with lebanon, an enemy state.as urged caution until all of the votes are counted. but there is no caution here. biden, do not worry, itamar is a very good guy. what do you like about him? he is a man. he is a man, like american. in america, the terrorists, some terrorists, you do something not good, so in america, they will kill him. only the terrorists. the arabic, it is ok. weeks of coalition wrangling could now follow and there is always the chance the celebrations will be short lived. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. joining us now is guy ziv, who is an expert on israeli politics and associate professor the american university's school of international service. hello to you. these are exit polls, we should say, but it looks like the right and far right having a strong showing, doesn't? it right having a strong showing, doesn't? ., , ~ ., ., doesn't? it does. apart one of the election — doesn't? it does. apart one of the election is _ doesn't? it does. apart one of the election is the _ doesn't? it does. apa

veteran campaigner mr netanyu started election day waking up a startled voter current pm yair lapid maden thejob, signing a maritime deal with lebanon, an enemy state. his party has urged caution until all of the votes are counted. but there is no caution here. biden, do not worry, itamar is a very good guy. what do you like about him? he is a man. he is a man, like american. in america, some terrorists, you do something not good, in america, they will kill him. only the terrorists. the arabic it is ok. weeks of coalition wrangling could now follow and there is always the chance the celebrations will be shortlived. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. we can now speak to michael koplow, who's the chief policy officer at the israel policy forum. thank you forjoining us. i should say that i see you have been tweeting caution about making assumptions from these exit poll is? i making assumptions from these exit poll is?— exit poll is? i think it is important _ exit poll is? i think it is important to _ exit poll is? i think it is| important to remember exit poll is? i think it is - important

supporters of the current prime minister, yair lapid, are urging people to wait until all of the votesng israeli elections, because it takes time with so many small parties. tonight, at netanyahu party headquarters, people are celebrating.— headquarters, people are celebrating. headquarters, people are celebratina. . ~ , . the bbc has uncovered evidence which poses new qustions for the moroccan and spanish authorities about the fate of dozens of migrants trying to cross into territory in northern africa, which is part of the european union. the border separates morocco and the tiny spanish territory of melilla. on the 24th ofjune a large group of migrants were crushed at the barrio chino crossing. at least 24 migrants died but the death toll is believed to be higher with more than 70 people still missing. our special correspondent ed thomas's report from melilla contains scenes you may find distressing. for months, we've been searching for the truth about what happened here, barrio chino, the fortified border crossing on the spanish—moroccan border, where african migrants were beaten a

right—wing coalition won 64 seats while the centrist bloc led by the outgoing caretaker prime minister yairnment demonstrators and security forces. three deaths were in the town of karaj, where thousands had walked along roads to reach the grave of a woman shot dead while protesting. it marks 40 days since mahsa amini's killing, which has sparked widespread unrest across the country. the husband of the us house speaker nancy pelosi has been released from hospital after being attacked in their san francisco home last week. in a statement, mrs pelosi says he remains under doctors' care as he continues to recover. a man has been charged with attempting to kidnap nancy pelosi and assaulting her husband. they are stunning spectacles at some of the world's most beautiful locations but due to climate change, many glaciers are melting with large parts being lost every year. the un is warning that a third of all the glaciers in world heritage sites will vanish by 2050. it means glaciers in yosemite in the united states and in the french alps will disappear within 30 years. researchers used satellite

the current pm, yair lapid, made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal with lebanon, an enemyrry. itamir is a very good guy. what do you like about him? he's a man. he's a man, like american, an american. the terrorists, if some terrorists do something not good, in america, they're going to kill him. only the terrorists. it's ok. weeks of coalition wrangling could now follow. there's always the chance that celebrations will be short—lived. the two main contenders for prime minister have both been giving their response to the predictions. translation: we've achieved a huge level of trust _ from the people of israel, because it turns out again that the likud party is the largest party in israel by a significant and big margin, above all other parties. i've been in a few campaigns so i can tell you that we still need to wait for the real results, but one thing is already clear — our way, the way of the likud, has proved itself. translation: what's - happening tonight is going to stretch on for two days. until the last envelope is counted nothing is over, nothing is final, and we

this woman wants yair lapid to stay.de failed to cross the threshold, that means his chances have been significantly boosted. and with polls predicting another close finish israelis know there is the possibility of another deadlock and having to choose all over again. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. we will update you on those results as we _ we will update you on those results as we get _ we will update you on those results as we get them. what�*s in a name? well, if that name is hirokazu tanaka, quite a lot! injapan, a new world record has been set for the most number of people with the same first and second name meeting up. nearly 200 hirokazu tanakas got together in tokyo, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. let�*s put it this way. introductions should not be much of a problem. hirokazu tanaka, meet hirokazu tanaka and so on. dozens of them of all ages, gathered together in unique hirokazu ta na ka style. translation: the members came from as far afield as hokkaido in the north to okinawa the south. i feel as if w

yair lapid has conceded defeat and instructed his staff to prepare for a transition of power.n football, determinist striker has been ruled out for the upcoming world cup by injury, in a blow to preparations. he suffered an ankle injury as his club confirmed their package to the champions league nicola strugeon wednesday. he has been in excellent form so far this season, scoring nine goals in all competitions. the greek capital athens contains history everywhere, and that comes with challenges. building in metro line to connect athens seaport straits airport means cutting through remnants of a civilization dating back thousands of years. is it possible to modernize will also protected and should heritage? here is how they went about it. reporter: a new trade station that feels like a museum with objects dating back over 2000 years found right here. construction workers dug athen'' new metro line and then took away the dirt to be inspected by archaeologists. it is not how most subways get built, but then, most subways don't go through the ruins of an ancient city. >> we saw all

already this morning with the polls open a few others, the prime minister yair lapid has cast its voteas prime minister for 12 years of course until last year when he was ousted by an ideological read diverse coalition which has been unable to survive. mr netanyahu on social media urged his own supporters to get out and vote because this is very likely to be yet another deadlocked election, the fifth in four years. the reason for thatis fifth in four years. the reason for that is israelis are deeply divided over mr netanyahu himself. he is a polarising force and in all these elections the two blocks, led by him and his opponents, have been unable to decisively get a government that can last any more than a year in this particular case. so we are back again but what is different about this election is that inside that right—wing and religious bloc headed by benjamin netanyahu we have seen a surge of support in the polls for an extremist far right alliance of parties. if they were to succeed in the sense that if mr netanyahu is able to just scrape a victory we would see the ultranational

. >> yair, i mean, england is still a big team at the end of the day.ion factor, i wouldn't say there's many things out there that intimidate me other than spiders so it's fine for me to obviously have the opportunity to play against all these big players. i've done it before. >> reporter: and just remember, boris, there have been some very, very big upsets at this tournament already. so let's not rule out another one happening tonight. >> yeah, potentially, don, we won't ask details about your allegiants in that match but want to ask about qatar becoming the first host nation to be eliminated after just two matches. >> reporter: yeah, it's great to be first, but it's not great to be the first team to be knocked out of the world cup and certainly not one that you're hosting. yeah, they were beaten by senegal, 3-1 tonight. a mini triumphed. they've become only the second host nation to be knocked out in the group stage and the first nation to be knocked out after just two games. there are jokes on social media in this part of the world saying qatar is al

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the current prime minister, yair lapid, says he's waiting for the votes to be counted.are now the third—largest party. not long ago, the leaders of religious zionism, known as racists and extremists, were out on the fringes of israeli politics. but this election has seen them transformed into key players. with his eyes on a cabinet post, itamar ben—gvir now tries to look like a conventional candidate. this was him last month, inflaming tensions at a flashpoint in eastjerusalem, by pointing a gun at palestinians during clashes. veteran campaigner mr netanyahu started election day waking up a startled voter and telling him to cast his ballot. yet it's his extremist deal with ultranationalists that could lead to his comeback. the current pm, yair lapid, made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal with lebanon, an enemy state. his party's urged caution until all the votes are counted. but there's no caution here. biden, don't worry. itamir is a very good guy. what do you like about him? he's a man. he's a man, like american, an americann. the terrorists, if some terro

the current caretaker prime minister, yair lapid, has yet to concede defeat. 0ur middle east correspondentn tonight is the finish of the vote count and then we will have it confirmed that angela netanyahu is in a position, comfortably, to lead a religious and right—wing majority coalition in israel's parliament stop part of that coalition block will be an anti—arab and overly racist far—right party, which saw a huge surge in support during the election campaign. what we will expect to happen in the next few days is discussions between him and other party leaders before they have official talk of putting together a coalition, that would probably happen later next week. at the same time you will have horse trading between those groups about policies they put in place, about the budgets they put in place, about the budgets they will get. we could therefore see some of the figures within that far right alliance being given senior ministerial positions in israel. all of that has been leading to a lot of concern, not least internationally. we had the usa last night they expect israeli government

current pm yair lapid has campaigned on official photo ops. 18—year—old to tell him to cast his ballot, could see him return to power. but for voters, no one has cornered the market. i'm planning on voting for a zionist religious party which is going to support my beliefs on security and religion. hopefully, we will have a good result. etty wants lapid to stay. who knows, maybe he will be better, but you have to give him a chance because netanyahu, 12 years, he didn't do nothing. who do you think has got the answers? i'm not sure, but i hope| maybe netanyahu, or... you think netanyahu is coming back? yeah. so what does a seasoned election watcher have to say? the main thing to look out for on election night will be which parties manage to cross the threshold and if some of the parties on the anti—netanyahu side fail to cross the threshold, that means his chances have been significantly boosted. and with polls predicting another close finish, israelis know there's the possibility of another deadlock and having to choose all over again. yolande

mr netanyahu has been congratulated by the outgoing prime minister, yair lapid.than a quarter parliamentary seats, i'm now able to form a stable coalition government on the far—right. it is really the stand—down story of this campaign, the surgeon support. religious zionism party, now the third biggest party in the israeli parliament. although its leaders are known for their anti—arab, racist rhetoric. also a further collapse of the israeli left. the israeli caretaker prime minister has already called benjamin netanyahu to congratulate him on his win. we expect official coalition building talks to begin in a couple of weeks' time. international allies are already watching this very closely indeed. we have had a statement from the state department which says it hopes is really government officials will continue to share open democratic values, including tolerance and respect for minorities. —— israeli government. the third of unesco place years will be gone by 2050, now unavoidable. the report has shown that _ 2050, now unavoidable. the report has shown that glaci