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Israel election results

Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely return to power as exit polls give his right-wing Likud party a narrow lead in parliamentary elections. Exit polls suggest Likud managed to secure 61 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party garnered 54 seats. Right-wing firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir and his Religious Zionism bloc is ranked third in the vote. The final results are expected later in the week and may differ from the initial results. That’s because it’s NOT clear if Ben-Gvir supports Netanyahu in the vote. This is Israel’s fifth election in less than four years. Reacting to Israel’s election results, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said they prove growing extremism and racism in Israeli society. Wasel Abu-Youssef, a Palestine Liberation Organization official, also said Netanyahu’s slim victory in exit polls shows Israel is becoming QUOTE more rightist and extreme.

Korean peninsula tensions

North Korea has once again demanded that the United States and South Korea stop provocations against Pyongyang. A senior official in North Korea said Washington and Seoul’s behavior can no longer be tolerated. The official was apparently referring to joint drills by the US and South Korea. The top official also warned the US and South Korea against any attempt to attack Pyongyang. He said adversaries will face North Korea’s immediate response and pay the most horrible price in history. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has demanded an end to the joint drills, saying potential maneuvers by Pyongyang could be more powerful. The US and South Korea say Pyongyang is preparing for a major nuclear test. North Korea has not conducted a test of that nature since 2017. Washington and Seoul began one of their largest combined aerial drills on Monday.

Brazil protests

Brazilian truckers and protesters supporting outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro have blocked roads across the country, causing considerable fuel disruption and affecting food supply chains. Truckers started setting up roadblocks across the vast country soon after Bolsonaro’s poll defeat to leftist rival Lula da Silva. Ports of grain export, meat processing plants, and slaughter houses have been hit hard by the blockades. Many truckers benefited from lower diesel costs during the Bolsonaro administration. Bolsonaro has given a brief statement, the first since the Sunday vote. He said the protests reflected dissatisfaction with the electoral process, but noted such protests should be peaceful. The far-right president did not concede defeat, but his chief-of-staff said their team would begin the process of transition to a Lula government. 


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