of staff at the homeland security department during the trump administration. welcome to the programme. the votes are being counted in israel, in the fifth election the country has staged in under four years. the voters have before them two coalitions the hard right bloc led by benjamin netanyahu, and a coalition of right, leftist and arab parties led by the current prime minister yair lapid. netanyahu, remember, is still facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, and yet, in spite of it all, the first exit polls that emerged in the last hour suggest he could be on the brink of a record sixth term. this is how the coverage began. showing netanyahu s likud party on 31 seats, against yair lapid predicted 2a seats. we bring 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
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the crisis continues at the overflowing uk migrant centre. an asylum seeker says the conditions are like those of a prison camp. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 8pm at night in brazil, where the far right president jair bolsonaro has finally broken his silence after being defeated in sunday s election. he didn t mentioned his rival, luis inacio lula da silva, who won the vote by a narrow margin. and there was no acknowledgement of defeat. but he did not contest the result either. it follows two days of protest from his supporters, where truck drivers blocked roads in all but two states, causing widespread disruption. let s take a listen to what he had to say. translation: i want to start by thanking the 58 million - brazilians who voted for me on october 30. the current popular movement are the result of indignation and a feeling of injustice on how the electoral process took place. peaceful demonstra
we ll be live injerusalem. british counter terrorism police take over the investigation into a firebomb attack at an immigration centre, as the government vows more radical policies to tackle growing numbers crossing the channel: the scare was very significant and we are, i m afraid, singer asylum system being overwhelmed by the numbers choosing to cross the channel. a week till the us mid term elections, we report from arizona where republican politicians who say the 2020 election was stolen, are running for office: we are expecting to hear from bolsonaro. let s have a look at what s happening at the palace and all the votes counted, lula 150.9% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.i% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.1% and so, a very tight margin. and mr bolsonaro possible supporters are simply not accepting it. there blockading roads and protests. we are waiting to hear if bolsonaro will concede defeat and we are waiting for 46 hours and will go back to life to