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coming up i will be taking a look at why indians premier bike brand has become a thumping global successful ♪ ♪ so, benjamin netanyahu will remain the prime minister of is restless. israel. in just the last few minutes he -- here is how it breaks down at the moment. 99% of the votes counted. they show the likud party has 29 seats giving it a narrow lead over the main rival. the center left zionist union party. that isize i go herzog and lippy together. it looks like they will have 24 seats compared to the 29. remember some of the key points here though, benjamin netanyahu has promised not to allow the

creation of a palestinian state if he wins full time and that seems to be the case. zionist union itself back aid two-state solution and wanted to restore talks with the palestinians. we have to talk about this group as we feel the joint or i object union, newly formed union of arab parties, which is on course to take 14 seats, that is the smaller arab parties, they have come together in a larger ube tonightubeunionto drive to give themselves a bigger voice. nisreen, prime minister netanyahu seemed confident but ice i go herzog didn't give up inial the last minute. >> reporter: it appears he hasn't given up yet. he says he will continue to fight for a more just israeli so. even though us mentioned he did congratulate prime minister netanyahu for winning 29 seats in the election results so far.

now, this does put netanyahu in a better position to form the next coalition government. but the formation of the coalition government really depends on the discussions and the deliberation that will take place in the "consider this" in and all the political parties. he will ask for their recommendations who they think should be the next prime minister. the leader of the largest block doesn't have to become the prime minute stick it has to be the person able to bring together the widest coalition. he will neat second one members of the "consider "consider it appears

to be a bit wider than what was projected which won 10 seats also in a position to possibly be the king make he. he's the person who said he won't commit to either block. so he could go either way. either support the herzog government if, in the rare event he's asked for form a government or join the netanyahu government if he's always also to form a coalition. >> nisreen, let's widen this out a bit more. one of the features of prime minister netanyahu's campaign was that as we mentioned he talks to no reindication of a palestinian state. just have a little listen to chief negotiator with the palestinians just to hear what his reaction is. >> mr. netanyahu's policies, as he said it yesterday openly,

voice and sound no palestinian state. continuation of settlements and i believe now it's up to the international community to stop treating this prime minister as a prime minister above the laws of man and he should be held accountable. and he should -- the international community should not cover him or give him immaterial prune at this. immaterial prune at this will mean more conflict and not make peace. >> what do you make of all of this. it's hard to imagine any leader could ignore the idea of a two-state solution or a palestinian state eventually. as i say, it would be difficult to ignore this. >> reporter: difficult to ignore this however, a lot of people say that some of the things he said about continuing to build settlement in the occupied west bank and not ever allowing for a

palestinian state to be established, was part of a desperate plea to get the really right wing voters who were still in their homes and hadn't hit the polling stations yet to cast their votes and insure the survival of a right wing government in israel. however, this win by netanyahu's likud party cannot be good for arab israeli or pan tail generals in the occupied west bank. if he's in a better position to form the next coalition government, we should expect a continuation of what palestinians describe as a racist policies by the right wing government. we should expect to hear more of the rhetoric that we have been hearing from netanyahu in the last six years and as for the joint list, the arab political party that his achieved the third largest number of seats in the knesset as a political party, really a breakthrough in a very important achievement for the palestinians, they have also

said this morning that this win by netanyahu the larger number of seats that the likud party has won is not good for them because their main aim of being in the knesset's opposition is to block the right wing government from being able to form a government and to block right wing policies. >> thank you nisreen live in nazareth with the latest on israeli elections. take cue live to frank fort now. look at this, police firing tear gas at protesters, these are anti-cath losanti-catholicism demonstrations. this is the financial center of germany. trying to disrupt the opening ceremony of the european central bank's new headquarters. this is a 185-meter tall skyscraper that will serve as it's a new headquarters. 13 -- i am sorry, 1.3 billion euros is what if cost to build.

this movement calls itself the block-u-pie movement. they started early in frank fort police say one officer has been injured. and one car set on fire. the ill filling towards capitalism and in this case the european central bank still he evident in frankfurt. we'll keep' eye on that. bring you more on it of course as it happens anti-capitalism demonstrations in germany today. a car bombing reported in afghanistan. police say they are expecting heavy casualties. no more detail on his that just now. but we will hopefully speak to our correspondent about that later. busy morning here.

we'll move to iraq. all being accused of deliberately destroying civilian homes and prom human rights watch says the destruction took place last september after iraqi forces drove out fighters from isil. their report includes satellite and video evidence of iraqi forces looting the property of soon i civilians who fled the fighting. human rights watch says homes and villages were burned and at least two villages were completely destroyed. the. the syrian government claims it shot down a u.s. drone. state tv reports the aircraft was brought down just north of the coastal city. here are theism questions it has shown of what it says is a wreckage wheel electric parts of this apparent drone. u.s. officials saying a drone crashed in syria but it wasn't clear if it had been shot down or not. indonesian an rescue teams are calling off the search for victims of the air asia plane crash in the java sea. the plain plane was on its way to

singapore danks in december. stormy weather blamed for the accident. all 162 people on board were killed. step vaessen with more details now from gentleman jakarta. >> reporter: more than two and a half months after the air asia crash now the rescue agency in consultantcy with the family of victims have decided to call off the search of the air asia victims. 106 people have been font. and 56 unaccounted for so far. the rescue effort was owe materially called on earlier this month but the families insisted they continue for longer, they actually found three more bodies, a one a wild and a gender not identified. bits an painful for the families to accept the fact that it's now over and done. more than two and a half months they have to come to terms with the fact that the government and

the rescue agency has done all they could to recover as many victims as possible of the crash. and to give them some kind of clearclosure this coming weekend the relatives together with the government owe personals will go to the crash site and hold a ceremony any remembrance of their loved ones. a state of emergency has been declared in the northern brazilian state after heavy flooding. civil defense department says 20,000 people have been effected. the water supply in the area has been shutdown leaving locals without drinking water. 26-tons of emergency surprise, including food and medicine have been distributed to the city. the red cross has launched a $3.8 million emergency appeal to help vanuatu. the pacific island nation has been devastated by tropical cyclone pam which slamed in to it on friday. the u.n. says at least 11 people have been killed. and aid agencies are scramble to go deliver food and water to some of vanuatu's remote islands

which were hardest hit. andrew thomas one of the first foreign reporters to reach the southern islands of tana. here is his report. >> reporter: the vast majority of buildings that i have seen during my time on tana have been all but destroyed. many pretty muched flat ended. thankfully the people got out of them. there is concern if aid doesn't start coming in significant quantity soon they'll have other problems to deal with. a lack of drinking water a lack of food, shelter given so many house have his been destroyed say real priority. and this is a picture repeated right across the island of vanuatu. the charity uncief say that 70,000 children report going to school at the moment because their schools have been destroyed. we saw one like that just up the road. 60,000 children, they say are in desperate need of healthcare, low immunization rate in vanuatu, they are concerned the children will get sick if they don't get the right facilities.

aid flights are starting to arrive on some of the outlying islands, but this, while a relatively remote one will be one of the first to get an aid flight in. other islands too are suffering. in the news ahead. a place visited by thousands of tourists every year, but rollings living near kenya's reserve say they are missing out on the benefits. and on a roll. the indian motorcycle bike come trying to balance local tradition with his global ambitions. exclusive interview with a foreign mining company accused of taking native american land. >> people have been very critical of your company, saying that it'll leave a permanent scar on the landscape. will it?

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top stories for you once again on al jazerra. in israel the opposition leader isaac herzog has called benjamin netanyahu and congratulated him on his election win. 99% of the votes have been counted and the results show netanyahu's likud party has taken 29 seats. the zionist union of mr. her herzog 24 seats. indonesian rescue teams have called off the search for victims of the air asia plane crash in the java sea. the plane was on its way to singapore in december. all 162 people on board were killed and there are 56 bodies still unaccounted for. the red cross as launched a $3.8 million emergency appeal to help vanuatu after it was devastated by cyclone pam. aid agencys are slam medical to go deliver food and water to plaintiff the remote islands hardest hit. we mentioned earlier the car bombing in afghan staff. we are live in kabul with

jennifer glasse to tell us more about this. jennifer, go ahead. >> reporter: that's right, the capital of the province, the car bomb meant went off. and we have been told seven civilians killed and 20 injured in that attack. they are blaming the taliban for that attack. the taliban have not claimed responsibility. but fighting between the taliban and government forces and the police in helman province has been particularly fierce even through the winter months when there is usually a lull. but, of course, now that spring is approaching here, saturday marks the afghan new year now. that usually also marks the beginning of a new fighting season and afghan security fors are gearing up for a fight against the taliban babb and it all comes of uncertainty on where the new government stands with the taliban and peace talks, president ghani has promised that he will make peace with the taliban and right now

his new foreign minister and the deputy head of the peace council, are in parliament answering questions parliament did hedemand to go know what the status of the peace talks are it's all very uncertain. >> car bombing, nine dead, 20 injured. jennifer glasse with that update, thank you. it has been a year since russia annexed the ukrainian territory of criminal i can't. a whole year already the region's ethnic community was caught up in the political crisis, they are claim that go they have suffered human rights abuses rory challands went to see if life has changed at all for the crimeian tatars. >> reporter: he hasn't slept in his bed since last september. his bag hangs where he left it. his clothes where they were hung on the day men in black uniforms ab conducted the 18-year-old and his cousin. now his father is left half hoping, happen grieving and wondering if he is in any way to

blame. >> translator: during one of the interrogations after the abduction, the investigating committee said they studied all possible versions and were considering one connected with me and my activity. i asked what he meant? and he answered, you need to be careful your behavior. i asked does that mean my children are alive? he smiled, and shrugged his shoulders. >> reporter: he was deputy chairman of the tar at tartars' informal parliament before it was shutdown by crimea's new administration. tatar media outlets have been raided or denied licenses, last march the body of a tatar man was found with signs of torture. the issue you of crimea's tatars is a deeply complex one. coming in large part from their did hedeportation to central asia in 1944 and then their later return. it pulls in long standing arguments over lands rights and

religious differences. but crimea's tatars aren't the only people complaining of human rights abuses at the moment. abductions and loss prosecutions are being used against those too critical of crimea's return to russia. >> translator: another group is ukrainian activists who if at any point in their lives expressed involvement in organizations supporting ukraine, it's surprising, these people consider themselves ukrainians because it was the territory of ukraine. >> reporter: such accusations get short shrift from crimea's new leaders thousand. unfortunately the so-called human rights defenders are ringing alarms where alarming cases are not happening. they are just working for money paid by certain organizations in western countries. they have certain targets the main one is to discredit crimea joining russia and the russian federation in general. >> reporter: crimea's prime minister has assured him his

son's disappearance is being properly investigated. >> i am not convinced 100 percent, but i think he's alive. >> reporter: until he's proven right, or wrong all he can do is campaign and hope. rory challe challands, al jazerra cremia. >> ukraine's parliament has approved a draft law granting special status and limited self rule to separatist-held regions in the east. self govern's for pro-russia rebels was a key part of the peace deal agreed in minsk back in february. an appeal by president petro poroshenko asking the u.n. to send peacekeepers to eastern ukraine has also been approved. back to frankfurt now. showed some of these pictures earlier in the broadcast. this is an anti capital civil protest in the heart of germany's financial system in frank ford. well, you can see the police have come in there fires burning and the reports we had a little bit earlier were of the police saying one officer was

injured and at least two cars were set on fire. this is because the e.c.b. the european sent program bank is opening its new headquarters there, big billion dollars sky scraper and this movement has taken exception to that. there was a slight concession from the e.c.b. said there would be 20 guests taking part of the ceremony today which was appropriate for the time of economic crisis but they have come out to work against the protest these frankfurt. keeping a a close eye on that for you, more other it later. the pakistan the former lawyer for a doctor who helped the u.s. find osama bin laden has been killed. police say he was gunned down in the northwest city on tuesday his death comes months after he cut ties with the doctor convicted in 2012 on charges of providing money and medical care to fighters. taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility for the

killing. a joint industrial zone is at the center of the latest dispute between south and north korea. seoul is against pee pyongyang's decision to increase wages of north korean workers at the industrial complex. the company is based on north korean side but occupied by both states. >> reporter: the industrial complex offense find itself on the wrong side of the troubled relationship between north and south korea. back in 2013, for example, it was closed for a number of months when relations reached pretty much an all-time low. since then, work has resumed, it is very important to north korea employing some 50,000 workers but at the end of last month pyongyang announced it was raising the minimum wage for the workers there from around $70 to $74 a month. now, that is one and a half times what a north korean worker can expect in north korea. but it is very low according to

the north koreans, for example it says its workers can expect to be paid 300 u.s. dollars in china. from south korea's points of view, it's not so much the amount of wage rise which is at issue, it is after all only 5%, but the fact that it was announced unilaterally by north kariya, the complex as you can imagine, takes an awful lot of tactful admission station between north and south it make it work. from south career's points of use this wage rise which should have been agreed to between all parties parties not very tactful and a disincentive in that i view for any other companies wanting to invest in north korea. now, kenya's national park is visited by thousands of tourists every year, but locals living near and around the reserve say they are not benefiting from it. they have started protest to go demand a greater share of the millions of dollars the deserve generates. some of the protests have even turned violent.

>> reporter: african savannah elephants, this herd seems very relaxed in the national game reserve. park officials say thousands of people visit every year to see some of the animals up close and the beautiful landscape. kenya earns millions of dollars every year from foreign and local tour i i tourists but a 29 year olds died for a share of that mon, he was allegedly shot by security officers during a frost. his family is still in shock. they are part i've community who feel a few in the county government are benefiting. >> translator: it was just a peaceful demonstration. suddenly bullets were fired. then came death. >> reporter: the elders try to manage the animosity local have his with some politicians here. >> translator: people are complaining about mismanagement of resources. it's corruption. there is something wrong when someone is suspecting of

stealing public funds. >> reporter: county government officials deny allegations of corruption. they say communities around are getting a fair share of the revenue. >> we give 55% to six wards. and if divide that among those six wards each ward get over 20 million. just to assist those people. >> reporter: 20 million kenya shillings, that's roughly $200,000, those who say that money isn't reaching them, try to entice tourist to his their villages outed ought side the game reserve visitors get to see thousand they live and a little bit of their culture these women are selling souvenirs you can buy this typical cloth here. and this beautiful necklace, these women say they spends many, many hours making this. but they say what had earn is nowhere near what some some politicians and well-connected individuals get from the game reserve.

until a solution is found a frustrated community waits. hoping they too will one day benefit from the animals they have lived sideed by with for generations. al jazerra. now, india is home for one of the world's largest motorcycle markets. in fact the indian company royal enfield has now surpassed parley davidson as the top bike maker and as this report now chosen field has their sites set on the european and american market. >> reporter: this indian-made motor bike has global ambitions people will tell you these bikes are on a roll. but to get this far the brands has had to make did you have decisions. >> it's 114 years of unbroken lineage. the long he have running motorcycle company in the world now. and but bringing that in the modern context. so that's the fine balance that

you have to achieve. >> reporter: to attract more buyers, royal enfield re-engineered its bikes, making them easier to ride. as a result, since 2011, sales have increased four fold to more than 300,000 bikes last year. royal enfield even out sold harley davidson globally. just as some motorcycle bike enthusiasts will tell you it's unfair to compare royal enfield and harley davidson. most enfield fans say there is no comparison between the new and old versus of india action premier bike brand. bobby sync says over the years everyone from milk men to army officers kept the bike going he considers himself part of an old guard and says the company's new bikes compromise core values for profits. >> i have never been to an enfield showroom. and i have owned and worked on hundreds of them. they were always maintained

always kept alive by individuals who never work for the royal m.p. they do it purely for the love the bike. >> reporter: that's what keeps jonathan gibson on the road. this bike is the same model his grandfather road more than 100 years ago. gibson's riding his 45-year-old enfield from sydney to london. >> someone told me, you know, this bike has ridden 20,000-kilometers and me and my bike look like every single one of those 20,000-kilometers that's a huge testament for the passion behind the infield. >> reporter: for infield the challenge is keeping the passion and the numbers going in the same direction. and as the indian government tries to grow the manufacturing sector, many say a bike built locally and hand painted by artisans is a timely reminder of the uniqueness of what india has to offer. al jazerra.

finally, colombia is returning 150 wild animals back to their natural habitat think many are from the amazon rain forest. seized from traffickers a year ago and have been in rehabilitation ever since. presentsplenty more news for you online, you know where to go, al jazerra doll cot. aljazerra.com. it doesn't matter who wins israel's elections, prime minister neath's campaign has exposed a truth, israel and mesh do not see eye to eye on a lot of things. i'll look at the fractures that need to be fixed. plus, new clashes on the west bank reminding everyone of the crisis that's not going away no matter who leads israel. we'll ask the palestinian ambassador about state hood after the vote. special coverage begins right