police in jerusalem shoot and kill the driver of a truck that rammed into pedestrians. hello, this is it al jazeera, live from doha. i'm adrian finegan. also - al qaeda targeted in yemen. two senior leaders reportedly kill in a u.s. air strike. plus... >> tonight they said we can have real change in washington. real change. >> republicans sweep to victory in u.s. elections, taking control of both houses in congress. and the sinister side of

social media. a british spy boss says extremism is ripe online, and tech giantsar ignoring it we begin in jerusalem, where a driver hit beddestryions inway -- beddestryians in what place say may have been a deliberate attack. following a morning of violence at the al-aqsa compound. israeli activists attempted to storm the site. details are sketchy. hopefully's imtiaz tyab will be able to shed more light on what happened for us. he is live in jerusalem. not one, but possibility two incidents unfolding as we speak. >> that's right. very confusing situation on the ground here in jerusalem. what i can tell you is what we

have been told by the police. they told us that a man driving a struck drove into a crowd of people waiting at a light rail station. a number of police were injured. after the driver of the car drove into the pedestrian waiting at the light rail station, we understand he tried to flee the scene. got involved in the altercation with the police. what we don't know who this man was, or the motivation behind this. what i can say is over a week ago we saw a similar situation in jerusalem, in which a palestinian man drove his car into a group of people waiting at a light rail station. two people died of their injuries this their attack as described by police. one of them a 3 month old baby

girl. here we are with another incident. and this situation developing and trying to get more clarification over what happened. >> tell us more about what is going on at the axa compound, an area sacred to muslims and jews. long been a flashpoint. >> indeed, in the backdrop of all of this is a flash point of the tensions. earlier this morning, a group of far right activists tried to access the compound. the motivation they say is in response to what happened a week ago. a man was shot by a palestinian man, suffered injuries as he was leading a conference where he

was advocating for greater presence in the compound, including the right to pray. his supporters were at the mosque trying to get access. resulting in serious confrontations for protesters who see it as a major provocation. again, an unpredictable tense situation across jerusalem. >> many thanks indeed. we'll keep you up to speed with developments in that breaking story. in yemen, two leaders of the although in the arabian peninsula armed group have been reportedly killed. shawki al-badani and nabil al-dahab were targeted in a u.s. drone strike in radaa in yemen. shawki al-badani was named as a global terrorist by the united states. omar al saleh has more from the yemeni capital sanaa. >> reporter: sources close to al

qaeda fighters in bay dead province told -- bayda province told u.s. that drone strikes killed the two leaders. four others were killed among the dead. the most important were shawki al-badani, and nabil al-dahab. >> it's a local name for al qaeda. he was killed in that attack. that figure was in charge of al qaeda. the more important and significant figure is shawki al-badani. he is considered to be in charge of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he is designated as a global head of al qaeda. it is a big blow in yemen. >> presidents of ghana, nigeria,

and senegal are meeting and the head at the moment, trying to persuade them to hand back rule. the army forced the president to resign. live to the capital. >> what are the west african leaders hoping to achieve. >> well, the three presidents are in the -- behind me. of all of players, the region probably has the most to gain or lose. they need the country to be stable. they'll probably give incentives to step down and persuade the colonel to step down and give governance to a civilian government. the three men have meetings. at the end of the day they give a press conference.

only then will we know what is discussed. if it steps down, when will that likely be? >> well, that's the talk of the town. we sit on the radio and see people discussing. if he steps down, when will it be. this shouldn't drag on. maybe by the weekend. others say he'll try to stall and hang on to power. he hasn't officially given a statement whether he is going to leave or stay now to the u.s. where president obama's party lost the senate. the republicans will take control of both houses of congress. it will limit what president obama can do home and abroad. >> the man who is likely to be the senate majority leader,

mitch mcconnell celebrates his win in kentucky, one far easier than predicted and one that set the tone for a night of gains. tomorrow the papers will say "i won this race." . but the truth is tonight we begin another one, one that is more important than mine, and that is a race to turn this country around. >> a run-off predicted in the race amid speculation that neither candidate can achieve a win. what was supposed to be a close race became a republican victory. there'll be a run off. and one democratic senator that will live to fight another day. louisiana is words fighting for.

join me and get some rest and hit the campaign trail in the morning. god gles you all. thank you. >> the republicans increase the majority and took a number of seats in the democrats. the president could struggle to implement foreign policy in the houses controlled by the opposition. we'll see a foreign policy. less foreign aid, and there'll be a lot less room to negotiate. he'll have less room when it comes to the peace process. it will get much more hawkish. he's going to make promises to the world. >> president obama has invited leaders from both parties to the

white house on friday to discuss the way forward in the light of the political reality. emboldened by the emphatic victory the new lords on the hill are likely to demand presidential compromise than seek it. >> in mexico, thousands of people are expected to demonstrate over the disappearance of 43 students. the families are organising a capital protest, following the arrest of iguala state and his wife. >> captured. mexico's most wanted couple. a former mayor and his wife. both are suspected of having links to a drug gang and masterminding an attack that killed six people, leaving 43 university students missing. federal police arrested the couple in a small apartment in

mexico city during a raid on tuesday. it was a much-needed brake. police are looking for the students, more than a month after they disappeared in the state of guerrero. >> the investigations continue to advance and i hope that in the next few days, we can give you more substantial information. the mayor and his wife ruled the town with an iron fist. the government claims the couple was working hand in hand with the drug gang, turned the local police no their own private army. this resident who was afraid to show her face says that people were scared to go outside. and many people left their towns because gangs came. for this person the news of the arrest gives him hope, his grandson is one of 43 missing students. >> translation: we know the cops took our kids. the mayor has to know what

happened. his arrest makes us feel confident that we'll find out the truth. >> dozens of graves have been uncovered. the remains of 38 people have been discovered. not yet identified as the missing students. >> these arrests are a victory for the federal government. that doesn't mean that the pressure will end. on wednesday, dens of thousands of people throughout the country plan to protest and demand justice and answers to where the 43 missing students are. >> plenty more to come on al jazeera. struggling for survival. we'll tell you about the humanitarian crisis looming in mali as violence forces thousands from their homes. showcasing art from the secretive state. we take you for a rare glimpse into an exhibition from north korean artists.

our top stories at al jazeera, a driver hit pedestrians in jerusalem for what may have been a deadly attack. it comes after a tense day in jerusalem. right wing israeli activists attempted to enter the mosque two leaders of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula have

reportedly been killed. shawki al-badani was killed with four others inial bayda province, he's designated a terrorist by the u.s. egypt's human rights record has been reviewed. it's examing the way egypt treats the opposition. it's part of a wider review right around the world. let's go live to geneva where the review is under way. >> barnaby's human rights is under the microscope. what are the main oishz? >> there has been a fair amount of criticism from the western countries here, also from turkey, talking about the numbers of people in detention and the wide-spread use of torture, the clampdown of press freedom, an issue that is pert net to us, with three colleagues in prison in egypt for 300 days,

talking about clamp towns on civil society and so on. but the egyptian government has come and made their own case. they take the process seriously. the minister, the minister of transitional justice. he has taken a picture of what has been happening in egypt over the past 18 months, and it has to be seen in the context of the egyptian states. it makes the progress that he says has been made all the more commendable. is the egyptian government allowed to say at this u.n. review. >> he is saying it publicly. they are allowed a say. it's important to emphasise that every country undergoes a review. egypt is not being singled out.

it's just that they are coming out today. the egyptian delegation spoke for some 40 minutes of the review. then we heard from different representatives. so many wanted to speak, that their individual contribution was limited to a minute of the there was not much that could be said in a minute. what i thought was interesting was wider strength, criticism from the west. concerns from other countries. on the whole a lot of support from neighbouring countries. places like u.a.e. and saudi arabia. lining up behind egypt. and some support. the process is going on. barnaby phillips lives in geneva. al jazeera demands the immediate release of its journalists held in egypt for 300 days.

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their prison sentences. i just want to update you on breaking news out of israel this hour, where a driver has hit pedestrians in jerusalem, in what police are saying have been a deliberate attack. israeli police reportedly shot and killed the driver. this attack took place on a road that runs between east and west jerusalem, the car coming from the occupied east jerusalem, and the driver is from the shoe fat neighbourhood in occupied east jerusalem. details of the attack are coming in at al jazeera. it comes on a tense day, following a morning of violence at the al-aqsa compound, sacred

to muslims, juice and christians. >> there are reports of renewed violence in mali, with drops battling the fighters. it's the first confrontation between the two since a ceasefire was signed. the town is 12,000km from the malian capital. six months ago the fighters of the national movement for the national movement or mlma were able to expel the mali rebels from here. the mlma fighters say they have another enemy in the area. we are fighting mali. we also have a war with al qaeda, which is systematically culling our fighters and targetting our people with explosions. we do the patrol.

>> in the multi prong war. the civilisation suffers the most. these people live in precarious positions. this is how we move from place to place in search of livestock. >> they are happy to have it. in this form. water is hard to come by this region. the violence pushed violence to plea. most ending up here. but the new living conditions are not better. >> there no health facilities here. there's a severe shortage of medicine. the release coming through. >> since the beginning of the conflict, we called on many n.g.o.s, including those in the gulf countries. in most cases they told us the area is insecure.

>> reporter: education for children is another challenge. >> translation: there's a lot of things lacking. we don't have teachers. they have fled. those that teach are amongst the residents. the tuareg flag is raised high in this part of the country, they don't seem to be closer to the ultimate goal of an independent state of their own. >> reporter: the secretary-general of zambia's ruling party has been reinstated. the dismissal was seen as politically motivated as the countries heads to elections to replace the late leader michael satar. >> briefly dismissed but back at his post, zambia's front runner edgar lung u is reinstated as

the secretary general. he had been sacked by the president a day earlier. the public backlash was almost instantaneous. armed with machetes and stone, supporters demonstrated on the streets. police had to use tear gas to disperse them. >> some of the things that we see, and we look at them - they are the things that bring other countries. >> reporter: in the end the interim president rescinded an order to remove leung u, but has not said why. there's speculation that he is eyeing higher office after the president decide last week. scott is constitutionally barred from running because his parents were born in scotland. some are worried that he could

take the first step towards white minority rule. elections must be held within 90 days of the president's death. >> what will be important in the next 90 days is that there is a clear sense that the rules are being followed. that there's no attempt to manipulate the transgression. it's uncertainty that leads to the process that we saw. >> people are in mourning. the funeral for the president is scheduled for next week. after that the race begins in earnest for the top job. >> gerald tan. al jazeera. >> a top spy boss is warning that internet companies is warning about the way the internet is used by terrorists. robert hannigan has taken the top job, and his warning cams as

technology experts arrive in dublin for a conference. >> to much of the world it is an icon of search. they keep billions in touch. the big u.s. tech client is a nightmare to navigate. gch cues new boss is describing them as command and control for extremists. the company is in denial. there needs to be great are cooperation from them. the problem that the security is facing is they are up against something that has never been used before. a group of fighters. i.s.i.l. is able to get the video online. in fact, up until a few months ago, the group had a smartphone app. it would tweet messages

constantly. it was removed, but not until it was downloaded thousands of times. for every twitter account taken down by officials, a dozen spring up almost immediately. >> it requires a bit of evolution on the security side of things. that's the warning. the expert believes it really is. the youngsters are way ahead. they are using innovation to the advantage. they are using social media, and they are taking their war, jihad, the crisis online. >> some would say that privacy is paramount. would the arab spring have taken the same form if web giants handed over the details. we are told the latest requests are in the interests of security. it's not enough of an argument to convince all. >> at what point do you start to go into violating people's

privacy and civil liberties, it's a big question that i don't thing we came up with a good answer for yet. >> we are in a most edward snowden sage, this man, edward snowden, leaked classified information showing services taking data when they need it. should we entrust those and help them take more, even if it is to help keep them safe. an answer few would agree. >> north korea's leader kim jong un has been pictured without his walking stick, showing that he recovered from an injury or surgery to his leg. he appeared in october with a walking gain and hadn't been seen in public for weeks before that. tuesday, we showed you images from the north korean embassy in london. it's opened its doors to showcase artwork from four

artists. we sent along simon mcgregor-wood to take a look. >> reporter: north korea's london embassy is far from the exclusive diplomatic quarter. and unusually on tuesday, its door was open. for four days members of the public and journalists can see an exhibition of art. handpicked and under close supervision the artists spent weeks painting london scenes, showing alongside traditional scenes from home. >> the artists have also got paintings that are their own were pyongyang, and i think you'll see similarities in the brush strokes, and in the way that they are painted. you see a different scene. >> back home, these are the artists painting portraits of leaders, and who create the art for choreographed parades. >> embassy officials tell me

they hope this event will build better understanding between north koreans. the sat reality is not many members of the public turned up. and north korea's embassy is a long way from the traditional locations for london's art lovers. some of the artists travelled abroad. none speak english. this is the senior artist here. >> reporter: if there was ever a day when you as an artist decided something the government did was wrong, would you think it appropriate to reflect that view in your art. >> all the policies of the supreme leader and government reflect what the people want, agree and support. >> the exhibition is obviously tightly controlled diplomatic production. opening the doors of an embassy

in this way is unusual, even if it takes place upped the gaz of two former supreme leaders cut through the spin and the bias with al jazeera's unique brand of news. at our website aljazeera.com. america votes 2014, the results are in with republicans winning big. taking control of the senate, washington. direction. >> our election night coverage continues. >> welcome back, everyone, to our special coverage. i am john seigenthaler in new york. the democrats seeing red and plenty of it. the republicans won in a landslide picking up key races