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a.m. in washington and 2:00 p.m. in jerusalem where more than 5.5 million israeliings are expected to vote? an election that is expected to see benjamin netanyahu return to office. he is facing relidgeous parties and while security seen by many as netanyahu's strong point, the economy has also been a big issue. more from our colleague. >> yes. welcome to jerusalem where we will be broadcasting for the next two days. israel's election. driving to the heart of a sensitive but still stagnant process of peacemaking with the palace. today is a day for israelis to make a choice about their next leaders. no political party has ever gained a majority in israeli elections. so there's expected to be a lot of postturing about what type of government there will be for israel over the next four years. my colleague looks at what is on the ballot box today. >> israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu was cheery this morning as he arrives to vote. by the end of the day he will likely have something more to be chief about. the leader of the party is expected to come out on top and keep his job. but at jerusalem's main market the lack of suspense means there's little fever. they talk about israel being divided and disillusioned. most take it as a give than benjamin netanyahu will remain in office. >> if you ask me, nothing. no b.b., no nothing. >> security, never far from the minds of israelis is what many see as netanyahu's strength. but at least to win, he won't win alone. >> at the polling stations today, voters have a choice of more than 30 different parties that are competing for just 120 parliamentary seats. now israel has proportion nat representation and you don't have to be a genius to realize that we're going to end up with a coalition government. >> one of those likely to join a coalition is the only real surprise of these elections. and a half thole bennett and his new jewish home party are to the right of netanyahu and some say his success shows the country stepping that way. he opposes a two-state solution and doesn't want to give up any land to create a palestinian state side-by-side with is ale and this year middle east peace has not ban vote winner. >> they care about palace, settlements, peace. people are talking about that. >> and as israel goes to the polls, that does not bode well for those hoping for peace in the middle east anytime soon. john, "bbc world news," jerusalem. >> well, israel is a deeply politte sized society, and most israelis are passionate in their policies, but just how passionate are they in voting for the elections? >> how does it look so far in terms of turnout? >> it's been very brisk this morning. if you sy save people here are passionate about politics, many here calling it a national -- their national sport but many israelis say we really feel it's a foregone conclusion netanyahu will remain our prime minister but there's no other candidate we think can do the job. but they have big issues on their mind. the economy according to national statistics living under the poverty line and the city sitting vol tile in a vol tile region. featured high in the party's election campaigns but on the streets of israel, people are certainly talking about it. >> yes. a lot of opinion polls say benjamin netanyahu is likely to get another term but they are going to talk about any changes likely to come out of this election. >> absolutely. we cannot predict what the policies of israel's next government will be even if benjamin netanyahu remains prime minister. we have looked a lot at the increased report for the far right here in israel. 34 far right voters say the reason we have done that is because we don't trust benjamin netanyahu. and he said they are not convinced they will keep to those hard-lined policies once in power. he is a pragmatist and if he comes under pressure from close allies abroad, particularly the united states. will he will make some move towards getting palace back towards the negotiating table. especially if they say you do that and we'll help you about the iran issue 69 of course netanyahu very concerned about israel getting nuclear weapons. >> thank you. to pick up on catya's point, israel is a national sport. if so, that means there will be winners as well as losers. the issues on this agenda simply matter too much. from the conditions of life and relations between religious and secular jews and the region will be watching. when this will be an election that leads to a coalition, and to an israeli or kind of israeli politics. we'll keep an eye on all the developments today and the day after. back to you in london for now. >> thank you. back in jerusalem a little later. but now let's catch one some other stories from around the world. a car bomb explosion in and around the iraqi capital has killed 16 people and wounded others. one took place at an army check point. a bomber drove the car through a check point. a series of suicide attacks left at least 30 people that they were looking for, and the philippines will challenge chinese claims in the south china sea at a u.n. tribunal after both companies claim is now their country. they have lost all hopes to create a settlement with china. and charles taylor is appearing in the courts in the thigh try convince -- mr. taylor wants his conviction and 50-year jail sentence overturned while the prosecutors want his sentence increased. >> the brother of hugo chavez has denied rumors he is expected to return to cuba in a few days. he says he was misquoted and any announcements of his brother's health would be relaid by the official spokes people. >> and chinese's li na advances with a straight sets win over radwanska. and in the men's draw, 2k5eu6ed ferrer came from two sets down to beat his spanish kinman. he will play after the defensive champions. there's an awful other names there, but here's one i know i can pronounce. it's aaron. and listen, we have that massive number in the beginning. the number of unemployed people around the world. 197 million people are now job less. but what's really upsetting is the vast increases to that number coming from the developing countries like europe. but we're seeing a massive spillover in asia and the worry is the engines of growth aren't driving the labor market -- let's explain, because the reports out today from the i.l.o. showing five years on from the start of the global financial crisis, it's the biggest -- last year the number of people losing their jobs rose by 4 million stretching that global jobless cue. you saw it at the top of the program, 197 million. this year, 2013, another five middle people are expected to lose their jobs which would take over. what's most worrying is the worst-affected, the young people. almost 13%, one in 80 people under the age of 24 are unemployed. and long-term unemployment is growing as well because other 1/3 of europe's unemployed have been out of work for over a year and people will give up looking for work altogether. let's have a look at the i.o. who explain what the issues are. >> the problem is at the moment the global economy, there are a number of negative feedback loops shooting into the labor market. because they are not spending, the households are not fending. lending sufficiently, and therefore, there's a weakness of aggregate demand. then on top of the lack of aggregate demand, we convene labor markets and have a series of austerity programs which are not yet really helping output of employment at all. >> again, let's move on and talk about a name i'm sure you're all aware of. google is expected to report record profits for the last three months. in the years google has been notching but the move away from all of us from the desk top computers because now we're using tablets and smartphones, that's feeding into revenue and google is experiencing facebook. at least google doesn't have too much to worry about. >> going to face a long uphill struggle to take this third product to market both for advertisers. >> that's it with the business. as soon as the google numbers are out, we'll bring them to you. >> thank you. much more to come here on gmt. >> french and marlon troops patrol the troops once more after a week of infamous room ruin. we'll have the latest from marli. health officials have taken to the streets of brazil to enforce a new law that aims to clean up the use of crack cocaine. it's estimated around 1 million in brazil use the highly available and addictive drugs. not many can be force -- d. >> this is a man who refused treatment voluntarily. but for his daughter enough was enough. >> we will keep trying and trying. what i don't want is for him to die like that, because he doesn't have any more control of himself. >> and anna's father's crack addiction has caused them to live on the streets of brazil for the last two years. but now a controversial law has been passed allowing the compulsory treatment of the problem. it will stem from a judicial order when a person's life is in danger or seen as risking another's life. from there we will recommend her to a shelter where she will stay for a period of time. >> if there are 1 million crack users in the country, these described as chaotic crack land. but now officials and law enforcement agents are taking a new law to the streets. talking to one on the spot. in order to overcome this addictive drug, they say users must accept treatment which is usually not often. >> i'm george soros. -- george al guya. the top stories this hour. israelis voting in an election with benjamin netanyahu expected to return to office. >> islamist extremists and in africa pose a large extensional threat. those are the words of prime minister david cameron in the wake of the algeria hostage crisis. and there's a sense of this area south of is a hara is a new breeding ground for terror. boots on the ground. after a week of heavy fighting and airstrikes, france says it's now -- bbc's mark doyle is in central marli, and he joins us now. i do want so get on to the wider picture. but let's look at the french intervention, and that latest. they have been able to reovertake this town, dably. >> that's right. all of the strategic numbers marli are on the -- that sign is where the targets and is limbists and the fwrenching take back and the river which tretches -- stretches. it's important that that is the first town taken by the islamists in a quick stale that started nine or 10 days ago. >> and what's happening in marli appears to have consciencen -- it appears to be a regional issue. >> that's right. the algerian government said the people who took on the dreadful events came from marly. at least they claim they came from marli. there are a great number of spaces there. and people can hide there, essentially. if they need to. and mount a tax on population centers. so when the whole of the northern part of marli early last year to a group of dis pretties and infamous rebels, and well-organized people militarily, and got together to do it, not only is it governored, it's governored by people who want to do harm to some of the western interests. so that's why the french inter -- >> mark, we leave you there. thank you very much. apologies for the slight problem in the sound. but fantastic to have mark there in marli. well, as we heard from aaron, the global unemployment picture is a bleak one with fears of more job cuts and increasing numbers of people are coming to terms with years of livering with austerity. our correspondents have been to germany where thousands of migrant workers have left behind their old lives in a future away from home. >> they flew in from the sunny skies of spain to a cold winter in germany. today, five more nurses. all of them have jobs lined up here. all of them are going to have to learn german fast. >> why have you come here? >> because i think that it is a good job, and i want to opportunity to to just start working. >> is this a new life for you? >> yes. new life. >> none of them has a return ticket. >> how difficult was it to leave spain? >> my guess? i have my girlfriend there. i live -- i leave this morning and it's hard to me. my parents and grandmother is very old. and i don't know if i am going to see her another time. it is very hard. >> every day more and more arrive from southern europe, but unlike other previous waves of immigration, this one involves highly-skilled and motivated individuals who are simply desperate for work. >> and germany's desperate for them. there's an aging population here, they want educated workers to come. but for those who do, it's still back to school. these are spanish engineers with six hours a day of intensive german learning. and it's not just the young. >> you need a lot of time. a lot of effort. and then it's really difficult to learn german. >> difficult even when you can speak some. samuel is an i.t. specialist. he lost his job because of the spanish crisis. now he wakes each day at 4:00 to deliver germany its bread. this isn't the life he imagined. >> after three months if you have to job, you start to run out of money. this is the second step for me. >> there will be many more like him. europe and the unemployment is still rising and the educated jobless will travel wherever they can to build a future. matthew price, "bbc world news," germany. >> 40 years ago today the supreme court reached a landmark decision in the case of row versus wade. it gave women thal constitutional right to abortion but did not achieve consensus. so it's not hard to get an abortion since the court ruling. this report from mississippi. >> anna, how do you feel today? >> a bit nauseous. i'm just anxious and everything all at once. >> 19-year-old emma anderson is 12 weeks pregnant. she is about to see the fete us the growing inside of her for the first time. >> this is the body, arms and 12 weeks. to see how far along you are. >> but emma has chosen not to have her baby. she is having an ultrasound because under the law in mississippi she is required to look at the image of the fete us the before she gets an abortion. >> the thought of carrying it to term and then giving it away, i would find it difficult because i would grow attached to it but then bringing a baby into the world i -- in the next few days a judge could shut down her right to have the procedure here. >> for who you are and who these babies are in apologies discuss' name. >> protesters gather outside and try to dissuade women from having an abortion inside. but in clinic is not facing just some opposition, the authorities want it to close. >> many, many parts of america, it's harder like this one. it's why mississippi is one of four states with one abortion clinic left. >> terry herring is typical of the pro life lobbyist that's been working with government to impose so many regulations on clinics that they can no longer operate. >> mississippi can lay the grounder work and test the stage. then we can be last on civil rights but first on human rights. we believe being -- >> emma anderson chose do become a mother two years ago when she had her daughter. now out of work, she is struggling with her decision not to become a mother again. >> i'm really undecided about how i feel on it. but i know it's something i have to do. i have to do what's best for me at this point. >> "bbc world news", mississippi. >> a lot to think about this. plenty more on our top story, the election in israel. but stay with us here on "bbc world news." >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. decisions. we offer expertise and tailored