Netanyahu’s bloc still ahead but majority looks out of reach, as 70% of votes countedpublished at 10:19 GMT More than 70% of the votes have now been counted, according to Israel’s central election committee, with no bloc currently looking like it will win a majority in Israel’s parliament.

Here’s the latest • No clear winner: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, appear short of outright victory, exit polls indicate.

The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly fled Brazil and is on his way to the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election to the leftwing incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.