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the polls have just opened in israel in what's expected to be the most tight election in years. there will be no palestinian taste. opinion polls show that his party is trailing the union.

have the strain was starting to show. >> they're attacking me if we don't close the gap with our rivals there's a real threat. >> isaac hardzog is the leader. with the recent polling showing their sioux onnist -- signalling the potential of the mayor shift in israeli domestic and foreign policy. particularly the united states. a long trained relations between netanyahu and president obama --

nuclear without first seeking approval from the white house. >> we will know how to amend and correct the anticipate and how to turn them back to being in incity mat, strong with a full alliance the nationalisting lines have campaigned together as a frup. the ticket is expected to win a record 13 or more seats in the parliament and while union leaders have publicly ruled out joining any coalition, they just might. potentially deciding the results of the election. >> no party generally wins an outright majority in israel's --

doesn't necessarily become prime minister. the job typically goes to whoever can form a governing coalition between smaller parties. a weapons cache and so many vehicles. and kurdish fighters have been battling isil. the video shows the isil flag in one of the villages as forces

move in. the iraqi army says it's paused the offensive in tikrit to allow civilians there time to leave. they're trying to recapture the city from isil which took control last june. tikrit is strategic because it's on the road between baghdad and mosul. the fighting is taking place in libya. they're preparing -- they belong to the february 17th brigade. following fierce battles which took place late last week

reinforcements have been arriving at the air base south of the city. vehicles loaded continue to arrive from several cities across libya. most of those who we captured were foreigners. >> the government fighters say that so far they're focused on evacuating all foreign civilians. the reason we haven't advanced fully onto thety is that there are still civilians inside. >> checkpoints have been set up around the entrances and exits to prevent isil fighters from escaping or receiving any reinforce schultes themselves. >> for now the fighting has been

unfortunately, there is also a process. >> but with isil in large areas of syria and rebel groups in disarray washington really has no choice but to make some accomodation with the regime. >> still, experts suggest kerry got ahead of the administration and may have harmed its peace

deal. >> big military planes that get on the ground. frankly, these buildings are wrecked. this is not a very populated

building. >> really it's a desperate thing. i must say though that i haven't yet heard big numbers of injuries or deaths and that's all they are at this stage .people are talking about people killed in the immediate vicinity of this town.

>> thanks for that. much more to come on al jazeera. widespread flooding in argue tina blamed for deforestation. >>

>> they're looking at issues that are very important to them -- maybe has spent too much

time obsessing over iran's nuclear program and these are the issues that hardzog from the zionist union wants to address. >> and right now we're looking at arrive pictures of the israeli prime minister and his wife passing a polling station. what are some of the factors that where he should be watching?

wants to seal the deal. >> the secretary is expected to stay there all week. will return here for further talks in the coming days. the iranian delegation is expected to return at the end of the week with a deadline set at

the end of this month. >> at least 12 more people have been hanged in pack stand after the government extended the death penalty to all capital crimes. it introduced it last september. pack stand has executed dozens of people most convicted of terrorism charges. the nigerian military says it's retaken a town from boko haram. they captured it last september. during a battle for control on monday fighters allegedly set fire to buildings forcing people to escape towards the state

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massive. >> for now in this community center of a neighboring turn to. there were similar scenes across did north of argentina earlier this month as more rain fell in hours than normally fell in weeks. >> when the water goes down i don't know what we're going to do. i don't know if they'll give us loans. the crop that now covers more than 60 million hectors of argentina. boosting the country's unstable

>> prime minister benjaminnetanyahu is fighting for his political life as israeli voters head to the polls. i'll like at america's ties to the prime minister's main campaign issue, confronting iran. plus we'll go to jerusalem where housing and the cost of living could be the real way to decide the election. could play a decisive role in the outcome.