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Israel's Netanyahu short of majority in exit polls

Likud party and its allies projected to win 52 or 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to fall short of securing the seats needed to form a new government in Israel's fourth election in two years, according to exit polls; senior Biden Administration officials have gone to Mexico City for urgent talks on ways to stem the flow of Central American migrants crossing into the US -- in particular unaccompanied children; and Egypt's Suez Canal has been blocked by a large container ship that ran aground in the narrow channel.

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  • Wed 24 Mar 2021 06:06GMT