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place and find out why some of the locals are not happy. ♪ so it looks like benjamin netanyahu will remain the prime minister of israel. the opposition leader has called netanyahu to congratulate him on his election win, the next step will be for israel's president to invite netanyahu to attempt to form a coalition, here are numbers at the moment 99% of the votes counted and 29 seats giving it a lead over the main rival center left union party which looks like 24 seats. mr. netanyahu promised not to allow the palestinian state if he wins a fourth term and backed two-state solution. we should make note of the newly formed union of israeli arab parties on course to take 14 seats. and we are live in nazareth to

talk about this and we will talk about the joint list in a moment but first what happens now. benjamin netanyahu has his majority and now falls to the president to invite him to form this coalition but this whole process could take a while. >> correct, the president would be sitting with all the political parties in the coming days and discuss with them their own recommendations of who each political party thinks should form the next coalition of government based on what they believe is that candidate's ability to form the widest coalition and have support among the political parties. israeli politics the leader of the largest party does not necessarily have to be the prime minister rather it's someone who people agree on and say is the most likely going to be able

to form a coalition and be able to discuss forming a government with the different parties and is actually popular or well liked among the members of the different parties. so according to the results we have right now which are a bit different from the initial exit polls that we heard of last night at 19 gmt there is a bit of a wider gap of projected exit polls and actual 99% accurate results we are getting right now and they do basically put netanyahu in a much stronger position than he was yesterday to form the next coalition government. however, it is important to understand that there are -- there is going to be a lot of focus now on the so called king maker. that political party has not committed to join either block and might join netanyahu's coalition and that is the political party likely to be the king maker.

>> can i ask you about the arab joint league and not necessarily likely to be part of a coalition but the fact they have this sort of strength in numbers now in stead of being smaller parties with 14 seats under one banner can they make life difficult in any future government? >> well that's what they say they plan to do. when we were at their election headquarters on tuesday night they told us that their main aim is to try to block another right wing government from being formed through there and they would garner support to block such a government but now when we talk to some of its members this morning on the phone they told us we basically will fail to do so. we are not going to be able to block a right wing government now that the actual election results showing that the party is in the lead. however they said what they achieved so far is an

unprecedented accomplishment. it's the first step in the way of trying to build more support for the palestinian/israeli minority in order to try to create change in policy within and will do whatever they can to try to address what they describe as racist policies against the palestinian minority in israel mainly coming from the right wing government. >> thank you, live in nazareth with the latest on the israeli elections there. moving to iraq where government forces volunteer fighters and militias are being accused of serious abuses during their battle against i.s.i.l. now, according to human rights watch iraqi forces deliberately destroyed homes and property last september in the town of lee and report includes video evidence of forces looting the property of sunni civilians who fled from the fighting and human

watch documented abduction of 11 men taken by iraqi forces in september and october. now the human rights watch also or the report i should say also includes satellite images and demonstrates destruction of this and look at the image, the town before iraqi forces took control, densely populated and quite think and afterwards and human watch says the red spots show arson attacks the yellow spots show the sites where buildings have been demolished. and we are joined now with the senior researcher with human rights watch joining us from geneva via skype and nice to have you with us. i mean this happened and there are things that happened in the battlefield but these are groups which are operating with the iraqi army. i guess this is the biggest concern here they are operating alongside them and are now part of destruction like this.

>> absolutely. i mean, what we documented was that the town was under siege by i.s.i.s. and so you know to break that siege u.s. air strikes were carried out and supported by these pro-government shia malitias in conjunction with peshmerga forces and iraq security forces. what happened was after lee was liberated the problems really began because the malitias went out and they campaigned to clear the area of i.s.i.s. and what that moved into is a campaign of revenge attacks where they are targeted sunni villages in the area and have gone through each of these villages and looted them burned them there has been purposeful arson and purposeful demolition and these are malitias who are essentially working in conjunction with government security forces but are operating like rewarding gang.

>> using the cover if you like of fighting i.s.i.l. to go after, well, i guess attack people for their own purposes or their own beliefs. >> absolutely. what we documented is something that appears to be some sort of weird collective punishment whereby the malitia is in villages where i.s.i.s. used some of them as a base to lay siege on the town of emerlee but the citizens and the civilians were living in those villages have been caught between the horrors of i.s.i.s. and now the brutality of the malitias. and they have been driven out of their homes in the thousands. what we documented in a 500 square kilometer area is that out of 35 villages have been destroyed, one in particular the village of habash and satellite images show 75% of the village has been destroyed through arson and purposeful

demolition and includes us seeing heavy earth moving equipment used to destroy the houses. >> what does the iraqi army say about this are they just going to blame i.s.i.l. >> they said they carried out an investigation in the destuck shun we documented was carried out by i.s.i.l. but we know that during the time that we documented these abuses those villages that have been destroyed were very much under the sole control or majority control of the pro-government malitia and it was them who or malitia who have been responsible for the damage. we were on the ground when they were actually lighting fires in houses. >> from human rights watch we thank you for that. at least seven people killed after a car bombing in the afghan city the capitol of the helman province and the target of the bombing was the head of

the provincial council and more explanation from jennifer glasse our correspondent joining us from kabul, jennifer? >> reporter: well, the head of the council is safe but as you said in the car bombing outside of the headquarters seven civilians killed and 20 wounded, no one claimed responsibility but interior ministry is blaming the taliban and say it's retaliation for offensives going on that afghan security forces are carrying out across afghanistan not only in helman province where the fight between taliban and security forces has been fierce all winter long but in another province and afghan security forces ended a five-day offensive there and killed 13 taliban in that offensive, they are basically trying to get the upper hand ahead of the spring fighting season which usually starts when the snows in the mountains begin to thaw but the fighter was at higher levels

than we have seen but the fighting this summer expected to be even more difficult from the afghan security forces because it's the first one they are fighting on their own. nato ended combat mission here at the end of the year several thousand american forces remain here, able to do counter terrorism operations but by and large the afghan security forces are on their own. >> that is jennifer glasse live in kabul for us. people in frank furt fired tear gas of the european central bank and these pictures are from an hour ago and numbers are quite high it looks like and police still out in force as well and dominick cane is there and tell us what you have been seeing. well outside the european central bank's billion dollar building is a very large police presence, a wide presence

through the city as you referred to, around 8,000 police officers deployed for protesters they expect in the city for the occupy movement. on our way to the building this morning and encountered protesters who were chanting slogans and setting fires and police cars have been set on fire and some police officers injured in protests by the occupy movement. and in the building behind me and try to disrupt the inauguration ceremony and want protest at 5:00 local time. european bank president will inaugust rate the building behind me in a few hours time and make reference to policies he hope also bring prosperity but they say that is not what is needed and slogans talk about the effect of their austerity has had and something on the road was in german and says your house is built on bodies and say policyies are killing prosperity

and livly hoods rounds euro zone and the protests have not been low key and isolated incidents but we expect there will be more trouble later on during the day. >> you say the occupy movement and play on words with the occupy movement that started on wall street, is this a big movement in germany and one thing to mark the opening of a new building or do they have more than that? >> i would say that in a wider sense they have more than that because the blocupy movement is from germany and other countries around the euro zone and the party and the government in greece and people who come to frankfurt to register opposition and blocupy has people around the eu union and irony they agree with each other and european process outside a building where all the euro zone

bankers come and certainly they would say their movement is very broad and they say 10,000 people will be here today to protest but representative of that of the wider society here in germany or european union is not clear. >> thank you dominick in frankfurt outside the new headquarters of the european central bank due to be inaugurated today and met by the protest movement calling themselves blocupy and later they will inaugust rate the building and will be a small ceremony and appropriate for a time of economic crisis. in the news ahead on al jazeera crimea one year on we report on accusations russia is clamping down on anyone who doesn't support the government and fear and intimidation on the streets of myanmar and we meet journalists fearing for their

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>> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ reminder of your top stories on al jazeera, they called benjamin netanyahu to congratulate him on his election win, 99% of the votes have been counted, results show netanyahu's party has taken 29 seats and the other union 24 seats. iraqi government forces volunteer fighters and militia being accused often deliberately destroys homes and property in the town of emalee and human rights watch says there is documented evidence to prove troops destroying parts of the

town during the operation against i.s.i.l. fighters and in the german city of frankfurt have tear gas and 10,000 during the streets of a day of rally and trying to disrupt the opening ceremony of the eu bank's new headquarters. it has been incredibly one year since russia annexed crimea and the community was caught up in the ensuing political crisis and say they suffered human rights abuses and rory is in the city. >> reporter: he has not slept in his bed since last september, his bag hangs where he left it his clothes where they hung when men in black uniforms abducted the 18-year-old and his cousin and the father is left half hoping and half grieving and wondering if he is in any way to blame. >> translator: after the

investigation the investigating committee said they studied all possible versions and considered one connected with me and activity and asked what he meant and he answered you need to be careful in your behavior. i asked does that mean my children are alive? he smiled and shrugged his shoulders. >> reporter: he was deputy chairman of the tata formal parliament before it was effectively shut down by crimea's new administration. tata media outlets have been raided or denied licenses. last march the body of a tata man was found with signs of torture. the issue of crimea's tata is a deeply complex one and coming in large part for their deportation of asia in 1944 and later return and pulls in long-standing arguments over land rights and religious differences but crimea's tata are not the only

people complaining of human rights abuses at the moment. abductions and prosecutions say rights workers are being used against those too critical of crimea return to russia. >> translator: another group is ukrainian activists who at any point in their lives express involvement in support in ukraine and it's surprising these people consider themselves ukrainians because it was the territory of ukraine. >> reporter: such accusations get short from crimea's new leaders though. >> translator: unfortunately the so called human rights defenders are ringing alarms where it's not happening and working for money paid by certain organizations in western countries and have certain targets, the main one is to discredit crime yeah joining russia and in general. >> reporter: they assured his son's disappearance is being properly investigated.

>> translator: i'm not convinced 100% but i think he is alive. >> reporter: until he is proven right or wrong all he can do is campaign and hope, rory with al jazeera in crimea. at least three people have reportedly been killed in a gun andrea made attack in northeast kenya. this is in the town of wadir the somali based group of al-shabab says it carried out attack 20 people died from swine flu in the northern state. the h 1-n 1 flu virus killed 1500 people in india this year. the government is now sending antiviral drugs to the area lack of awareness and education of the virus is blamed for its spread. international press institute is calling on myanmar to investigation that journalists being attacked by police and para military groups and are targeted as part of a campaign of intimidation as we report.

>> reporter: he is afraid to go home, he was following up on the lead for a story when he was attacked. the reporter had invited a man to talk about his role in a para military organization. the man along with two friends met him and persuaded him to follow them to a house. >> translator: they hit me. then they went through my bag and took my phone and voice recorder and said to me you reporters are troublemakers. >> reporter: the three men admitted to being part of a para military force used by the local government to break up a protest in early march and allows officials to recruit civilians for an unlawful gathering and tactic used by the former military government. other incidents that led journalists here to believe they are being targeted in a campaign of intimidation earlier this month two reporters were detained for several hours by police and had their cameras taken covering are workers

strike outside of the town. cover agree protest on the 10th of march. he says he saw and experienced how police turned on the media. >> translator: i heard a police officer give instruction pointing at two reporters being beaten up and said arrest them too. when i heard that i knew things were getting bad. >> reporter: two reporters arrested during the crack down and detained for three days and the police chief in the area said it's not true the police targeted journalists and told al jazeera it is difficult to tell reporters from demonstrators once police tried to disburse the protest but it raises concerns. >> translator: days we don't have censorship but face lawsuits and legal issues and sometimes government intimidates the media. >> reporter: when it transcript itched -- transitioned four years ago they were promised freedom and many are wondering if some of that freedom is

slowly being eroded. state of emergency declared in the northern brazil state after heavy flooding the civil defense department says 20,000 people have been affected, the water supply in the area has been shut down leaving locals without any drinking water, 26 tons of emergency supplies including food and medicine have been distributes to the city however. the red cross launched $3.8 million appeal to help vanutu by cyclone pam that slammed into it on friday and people have been killed and scrambling to deliver food and water to some remote islands, the ones hardest hit. kenya's national park is visited by thousands of tourists every year but locals living near and around the reserve say they are not benefitting and protesting to demand a share of the

millions of dollars that it generates and some of the protests have even turned violent. >> reporter: african elephants and this herd seems 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 has millions of dollars every year from foreign and local tourists. but 29-year-old died fighting for his share of that money. he was allegedly shot by security officers during a protest. his family is still in shock. they are part of a community who feel a few in the county government are benefitting. >> translator: it was just a peaceful demonstration. suddenly bullets were fired. >> reporter: and he tried to manage the animosity locals have with some politicians here. >> translator: people are

complaining about ms. management of resources, it is corruption and something wrong when someone is expected of stealing public funds. >> reporter: county government officials deny allegations of corruption and communities around here are getting a fair share of the revenue. >> we give it and if you split that each would get about $20 million a year. >> reporter: $20 million shellings and people say the money is not reaching them try to bring tourist to their villages outside the reserve. these women are selling souvenirs and you can buy this cloth. look at this it's beautiful, the beaded necklace and women say they spent many, many hours making this. but they say what they earn is no where near what some

politicians and well-connected individuals get from the game reserve. until a solution is found a frustrated community waits hoping one day they will benefit from the animals they lived side by side with for generations, al jazeera. in the united states the american football community stunned by decision of a tall -- talented young player that is worried about brain damage from repeated collisions on the playing field and rob reynolds has more on that. >> reporter: chris said he was quitting the 49ers and walking away from a potentially lucrative career in the national football league because as he told the espn program outside the lines i don't think it's worth the risk. >> who knows how many hits is too many and my end goal is a long-term picture. it's not -- i'm not willing to sacrifice 15-20 years of my

life. >> reporter: for years football players and nfl have known that repeated hits to the head can result in irreparable brain damage. just this past week three other players have announced they are giving up football. in 2012 former san diego star player junior committed suicide and autopsy concluded he had chronic traumatic brain damage during his 20-year nfl career and pittsburgh mike webster for meanted by physical and psychological pain many years after their careers ended and webster died at age 50. >> players are realizing and listening to guys like tony dorsett and talks about his daily battle against depression and aggression issues and suicidal thoughts. >> reporter: critics say the nfl has been slow to address the problem of brain injury and the league has studied on concussions and adapts rules to make the game less dangerous but

prominent people from mike ditka to president obama have expressed reservations about letting children play football. >> parents are the key of football if parents tell their children i don't want you to play the game, i think the game is too dangerous for you where is it going to be in ten years. >> reporter: responding to the announcement nfl official said playing any sport is a personal decision. we continue to make progress with rule changes, safer tackling techniques rat all -- at all football and medical care and the official also said football has never been safer. rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. columbia returning about 150 wild animals back to natural habitat and many are from the rain forest and seized from traffickers a year ago before being released into the world. the animals went through, we

thought he was sweet but he hissed and through medical examination to make sure they would not spread diseases and telling the crew to make sure we saw the cute pictures but they were not so cute and more news online and you know where to go al jazeera.com is where you find the latest breaking news and video on demand. >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torrez, here to talk about innovations that are going to change lives. we're testing the intersection of hardware and humanity. rax is a neuroscientist. she has the invocation of bamboo and carbon.