the usual celebrations. welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. israelis have been voting in their fourth general election in just two years. the contest is seen as a referendum on the country s prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel s vote comes amid a successful campaign to vaccinate the country against coronavirus, and two weeks before a corruption trial against mr netanyahu resumes. the last three elections ended in stalemate, with a unity government collapsing in december. joining us now from tel aviv with the latest is the bbc s tom bateman. tom, what are those exit polls telling us? tom, what are those exit polls telling us? well, this is israel s telling us? well, this is israel s t aaain telling us? well, this is israel s try again election. telling us? well, this is israel s try again election. what - telling us? well, this is israel s try again election. what has . try again election. what has characterised the last three of thes
welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. good news tonight on another coronavirus vaccine results from the us trial of the oxford astrazeneca jab confirm the shot is both safe and highly effective. but trust in the vaccine has plunged in many european countries because of safety concerns. latest polls suggest over 60% of people in france and more than half of those in germany thought the vaccine was unsafe. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the vaccination programme is now well under way in the united states and a new trial has cleared the way for the astrazeneca jab to be added to the armoury. it confirms it is safe and effective especially for older people. that adds to the growing body of evidence from the use of the jab in millions of patients in the uk. of course we have a lot of data now coming through from the uk on the use of the vaccine in older people and people over 70 and over 80 and showing that in real world use of
the shots around here now. and ballet in the park dancers in new york have found a place to perform in the pandemic, delighting passersby. welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with the growing tension over the global supply of covid vaccines. countries struggling with outbreaks are trying to restrict the export of vaccines made within their borders. the eu s supporting tougher export controls. and now, the covax initiative, which supplies doses to low income countries, is warning of delays, because india is cutting back on vaccine exports, saying their need for doses comes first. here s the bbc s nikhil inamdar. it s unclear when these exports will resume. certainly, it s a move that will hit several countries, given that the institute of india is the world s largest vaccine manufacturer in india has shipped to over 60 million doses. clearly, with a country known in the form groups of a second wave, it does seem like india s
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implication for the former president. the supreme court rejected trump s effort to block administration s records from being sent to the january 6th committee. we ll have much more on that coming up. we begin tonight with the united states senate, one step closer to putting themselves on the historical record on voting rights. versus embracing the current phone in version of the filibuster. any minute now the senate is expected to begin a series of votes on voter protection legislation. which is expected to fail. teeing up majority leader chuck schumer s plan to move forward with a vote on a proposed filibuster rule change. that, too, is likely to fail since conservative democratic senator joe manchin in the tradition of the bonnie to his clyde krysten sinema reiterating his support for the 60 vote threshold with no requirement to do it in person. the united states senate has never in 233 years been able to end debate on legislation with a simple majority vote. allowing one