still being largely quiet for a year aid agencies say the daily suffering of syrians is worse than it has been a nearly any point throughout the conflict and the hardship does not stop at syria's borders. the earth the air. the at. his rallies head to the polls as prime minister netanyahu hopes are successful vaccine roll out or help him win another term despite corruption cases against. the as. they want change al jazeera live from doha with me for the battle also ahead on mars military accuses deposed civilian leader on santucci of accepting bribes like cash and gold it's. more bad news for astra zeneca a u.s.

regulators has data from a vaccine trial showing the effectiveness of its called a 1000 vaccine may be outdated and incomplete and at least 15 people were killed in a fire at a running a refugee camp in bangladesh the u.n. says the damage is massive and devastating. the act. is being seen as a referendum on israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu voters are heading to the polls for the 4th time in 2 years to decide who they want to lead the country the question now is whether it's now will be able to secure a majority in parliament all be at the mercy of a coalition that could lead to more political instability well we've got 2 correspondents on the story in west faucets and name who is outside a polling station. i'll be live in both places in just a moment but 1st let's take

a look at the main candidates in this election netanyahu is the head of the likud party but he's also on trial for corruption he's hoping his efforts to get people vaccinated quickly against covert 19 and the normalization of ties with some arab countries will keep him in the lead his former chief of staff naftali bennett and head of the right wing yemenia party has criticised the prime minister's handling of the pandemic but he hasn't ruled out joining elite could lead to government after the election another right wing challenger is gideon sagar he is the leader of the new hope party which supports settlement construction in the west bank in the occupied west bank and opposes the iran nuclear deal his political agenda is similar to netanyahu has but he's not interested in a coalition partnership and t.v. host turned politician he heads the opposition centrist a tea party is considered one of the strongest candidates and was once

a coalition partner in it and now led government in 2013 so lives now to go name was outside a polling station for us today so natasha with the worries of covert 1000 and the fact that this is the 4th election in just 2 years how motivated are people to come out and vote. the voters we've been speaking to fall into 2 camps they either support prime minister benjamin netanyahu or they oppose him and among those who oppose him we've heard concerns people saying they are worried about the course this country is on the other saying they feel helpless and hopeless prime minister netanyahu is expected to garner the most votes even though more than half of israelis recently polled say they want him out and that is why some people we're speaking to today say they believe the

status quo will remain and they're even talking about a 5th election in the offing this year i don't feel so hopeful i think it's pretty definite that bibi netanyahu and the likud are getting the most votes it's really surprising to me we need change ok but. it's better because there is something good on the political scene of the old the bad you know the political scene that then you know so we have to change something and keep something give a good. one of the things we're hearing from voters is that they recognize that netanyahu is a masterful politician but for those who do not want him to remain they say he's been in office too long this is his 2nd term this one has began in 2009 and they're concerned about the 3 corruption trials he faces one of them has been postponed will resume next one month voter participation in the last election was 71 percent

veteran pollsters predict it will be much lower so for now voters go to the polls and wait to see if what happens today will help this country move past this unprecedented political limbo and thank you for that mess a good name in western and then let's cross over to harvey falsettos also in west jerusalem so how do just how serious is the competition a prime minister now facing. well he faces a split field this time around as much as he's tried to make it a very much a 2 horse race between himself and he peed there is a number of potential viable at least in terms of their own descriptions of themselves alternative prime ministers the problem though for you did that start with him is that although he's likely with his centrist party to get the most votes

behind the live could of benjamin netanyahu he doesn't have as many potential natural allies in the all important post election coalition building so those on the right such as naftali bennett and you don't sire they have said in fact in bennett's case he has written and signed a document that he won't work under government no such guarantee against working with benjamin netanyahu get on star says that he won't work with benjamin netanyahu but nonetheless netanyahu if he gets close to the 61 seats in terms of his own votes plus those for potential allies if he gets close enough to that he has more roots to try to build a coalition or poach enough politicians from rival parties on the right to potentially get over the line that's not saying that it's going to happen it just means that if it is going to be broken this political deadlock netanyahu has more chances than his rivals as for the turnout we're seeing it is

a little bit better than last year so far that could be because despite all of the exhaustion with elections there are more people actually physically in the country this time fewer people been able to get away on holidays but it will be very interesting to see how it breaks down in terms of sectors whether there is a similarly relatively high turnout in the palestinian israeli or arab sector as there was last time there have been numerous surveys suggesting that that will be lower if that happens and that would have vantage and. you know as well for all he's been trying to get votes in that sector of the society in this latest turn as as we've said harry this is a 4th election now in 2 years and what's different this time around a huge issue that's touch everyone is of course the coronavirus pandemic and these early government's response to it these really government has been praised for its response and the vaccination campaign and to do with the question of course whether being whether that will be enough to make israelis who get about the corruption

trials and the corruption cases against netanya. well yes i mean i think a lot of people have priced both of those elements in already already state priced in netanyahu years sort of just a factor of political life in this country he's been there for in terms of young voters for much of the adult lives and so that's you know who people will see his response to the coronavirus pandemic in the way that they will see how you operates in lots of different sectors and they may well it may well not push him and push them into the anti or pro count but certainly there have been many mistakes made in the early phases in terms of the imposition of lockdowns into and coming out of lockdowns to worry the failure to close the airport early enough in many people's estimation the failure because of the reliance that netanyahu has

again through the eyes of his critics on the ultra orthodox sector of society in terms of their parties in his coalition the failure to clamp down enough when there are widespread breaches of coronavirus regulations in that part of israeli society which upset a lot of mainstream secular israeli so there are definitely things in the debit column when it comes to corona virus from it and you know but this vaccine rollout has been world leading people are getting out and about there is a bit of a buzz and a feel good factor around that netanyahu wants to translate that into a feeling of support and trust in him and now he's saying trust him to lead the economic recovery as well the question is whether it's going to work thank you harry for that harry fawcett laugh or say in west jerusalem in other world news man morris military has accused the country's ousted leader of accepting bribes while in office an army spokesman made the allegations against anton sochi during a televised media briefing she was detained after being deposed in

a military court last month florence 3 is following developments from kuala lumpur . the spokesman one of the 1st and few talked about was but the military expressed regret and they were sorry for the loss of lives and he said about 164 protesters had been killed during the protests and it's worth pointing out this number is much smaller than the number given by an advocacy group that's been tracking deaths and detentions since the coup the assistance association for political prisoners says 260 more than 200 at least 261 people have been killed and more than 2300 people have been detained since the coup on the 1st of february now and then the myanmar military also went on to. in a way trying to shore up support for their case against the democratically elected leader aung sun suu kyi if you remember she was charged with breaching import

export laws by possessing an illegal walkie talkies and then after that she was subsequently charged with breaking covert 19 laws and gatherings and then about 10 days ago the military said she was guilty of corruption and now at this press conference they've shown video testimony by a former yangon chief minister saying that he had visited her and given her cash whenever needed and also accusing her of aseptic gifts of gold bars and silk. demick now in the agency overseeing vaccine trials in the u.s. has voiced concerns over data provided by astra zeneca the company announced trials showed its job was 75 percent effective but the u.s. data and safety monitoring board says it may have released outdated information the astra zeneca vaccine has not yet been approved for use in the u.s. after docs over safe see the e.u. médecins regulator ruled last week it is safe and effective has more from london.

on monday we heard better than expected results out of the trial which was taking place in the u.s. and also chile and peru suggesting a 79 percent efficacy against stopping symptomatic of it and 100 percent efficiency against stopping serious illness the company also said or rather the interim data also said there had been no issues around blood clots so that was good news for the company in the u.s. and worldwide in boosting confidence in its coverage 19 vaccine now the u.s. agency suggesting that while the data might not have been quite as a reliable as hoped but nobody's talking about any drop or any change to the efficiency of that vaccine right now of course last week the european medicines agency came out and said that the a vaccine was safer than they had been saying all along that was after several e.u.

governments halted the use of the vaccine over concerns over blood clots in which to tell the truth all of the scientists have been saying was not a reason to stop the year may came out and said the benefits clearly outweigh any risks and so governments across the continent rushing now but they know that their public has been really put off this vaccine just on monday figures came out about how many people feel that it's unsafe 61 percent in france 55 percent in germany 52 percent in space so they've got a public relations battle ahead south korea's president has received that doles out the astra zeneca covered $1000.00 vaccine one in end after i say he came junk so got their shot together around 680000 medical workers and critically ill people have been vaccinated in south korea since february. in india meanwhile coronavirus case is a surging for the 1st time in 5 months the countries recorded more than 40000 new

infections in the last 24 hours in many states was on social distancing and wearing masks are being ignored the health ministry is warning that launch crowds gathering for a hindu festival could lead to a further rise in cases. we saw a lot of things in the last year some people were happy some were sad many people's businesses shut down some of them were open but still we didn't learn a lesson from all of this about what we should do and what not to do in the future . people are still not serious almost a year off the coronavirus there is no change in the rapture to behave it was a pandemic they were in the mosque could not properly. see the head on al-jazeera in eastern australia which is being his by some of the worst floods in decades and it's only they make is this send them forward as miami beach only to find

a very different kind of chaos. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored ploy qatar airways hello once again welcomes of a look at the international forecast weather still lost a father drive across a kid parts of china malaysia of high pressure keeping it settled then in that dry weather coming across the korean peninsula into a good part of japan we will see some what's the weather just kissing the coast as we go on through well whether to stay that eastern side of china could see one of 2 saturday when these are in the process or 3 to go white 20 celsius in shanghai similar temperatures there for beijing i'm sorry the air quality is on the slide though so it is going to deteriorate somewhat as we go through the next couple of days 21 celsius in beijing for thursday 20. celcius the fatah care as well and by this stage we will see some what's the weather coming in across much of honshu and

on into hokkaido now not so much whether the fall costs across south asia at present we have got a little westerly disturbance slotting across the fall north of pakistan in northern areas of india a warming up in new delhi temperatures here i sit around $32.00 degrees whedon's dyesebel temperature for thursday thursday does look a little dry across northern parts of the region still some showers just coming into us from lanka but elsewhere as you can see it is essentially said that and set that same across much of the arabian peninsula we've got rain sleet and snow the middle. school at ways al-jazeera is investigative unit takes you on for months on the cover for those who prefer the media view we had actually victims who had survived torture in detention and feign this was the cause of my arrest revealing the illegal dealings of the surveillance industry here in france if you get all your goods these are

the nuclear weapons of the 21st century al-jazeera investigations. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera israelis are voting in their 4th election in 2 years it's widely seen as a referendum on prime minister binyamin netanyahu the campaign has been dominated by his corruption cases the economy and the coronavirus pandemic. mars' military has accused the country's ousted leader of accepting bribes say showed video testimony of a former young man official alleging that on sons and she received cash gold bars

and silk while in office assassin she was detained after being defaults in a cold last month and the agency overseeing vaccine trials in the u.s. has voiced concerns over data provided by astra zeneca on the efficacy of its cover $1000.00 back scene saying they've released outdated information on monday the pharmaceutical company said the us trials showed its job was 79 percent effective. at least 15 people have been killed and thousands left homeless after a major fire at a refugee camp in bangladesh it swept through the camp in cox's bazar child stratford reports. claims and panic in the largest refugee camp in the world more than a 1000000 working the refugees from myanmar living clutches bizarre the shelters of flimsy and closely packed the fire started on monday afternoon and spread far. one. brother i don't have any idea where my wife and children are. were my wife and

children i'm alone i was unable to salvage anything from my home thousands of repeatedly destroyed in the blaze 20000 people fled for their lives as black smoke billowed overhead people scramble to save their belongings and their families i can't find my children or even my husband the name. one child is mon morning in our 9 there is rubia and my husband's name is on the monkey it's not known what started the blaze one witness told a news agency agents from press that the far spread fast on the gas cylinders used for cooking exploded. the more the 1000 shelters have burnt down many people have died elderly people were unable to get out of the shelters. firefighters worked into the night most of the. since we reached here are we here have been trying to

put the fire out we are trying to extinguish the many burning gas cylinders most of the wringer arrived in the camp in 2017 during a crackdown by the myanmar government at the un called textbook exner cleansing the ringer have suffered persecution and been denied citizenship by governments in me a mall for decades they are often called the world's largest group of stateless people which is far in the place they fled to for safety is a reminder of how difficult their lives are and how tenuous their survival can often be strafford al-jazeera people in northwestern colombia are cleaning up after heavy rains cause flooding across the region this was a scene in the town of debate after a mudslide swept through early on monday at least $185.00 homes and more than 50 businesses have been destroyed in australia authorities are warning they may need

to order more people to evacuate as heavy rains continue across the east coast thousands in the state of new south wales have already been told to leave and hundreds have been rescued the flooding is the worse in decades with natural disasters declared in several areas we're going to gauge sent this report from pitt town west of sydney. unrelenting rain hits already flooded regions in australia's east some towns in the state of new south wales now resemble islands caught off by rising floodwaters and surrounded by debris those who didn't leave a stranded with no way out including in peak town western sydney pulls them it left in time but has been watching as floodwaters rise around his harm fencing tools and cars already lost relays it's an absolute disaster i'm not kidding. next door is a building company under water its owner already counting the costs. of

the stock and yet. still pretty upset for everybody else on. the scale of this unfolding crisis is enormous thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes many rescued by boat helicopter and areas declared natural disaster zones. largest dam will likely spill over 4 days threatening highly populated areas people using boats and cars i aks to rescue animals and salvage anything they can from the floodwaters the cleanup will be immense and the damage bill is expected to tip into the billions of dollars. watch now the focus is on ensuring people and animals a safe rain is forecast to ease in the coming days but the flood threat is expected to remain the strong warning we need paypal is a place continue to be patient because we envisage that even when the rain stops in

some of these coastal communities the rivers will keep rising people living in low lying areas of new south wales the no strangers to floods but this one many say is unlike anything they've seen gauge al-jazeera hit town as scottish parliamentary committee says 1st minister nicolas sturgeon misled it over her handling of sexual misconduct complaints against her predecessor it comes a day after an independent inquiry cleared her of knowingly misleading a scottish parliament sturgeon faces a vote of no confidence tabled by opposition conservatives she says she's confident parliament will back her. to the us now in more than $15000.00 migrant children are in custody at 3rd held under jail like conditions in border patrol facilities there children who fled violence and poverty in central america and travelled to the us to seek asylum without parents or guardians the u.s.

southern border is now on track to shatter previous records of arrivals. has more on the biden administration's response. the u.s. government claims these are not detention centers but photos taken from inside u.s. border patrol facilities have stirred and outcry thousands of teenagers and younger children crowded into pens and sleeping on floors held in these conditions for more than 5 days in violation of a court order requiring they be moved to more child friendly shelters within 72 hours but was at the center so i guess they are. guarded by. officers the u.s. homeland security secretary and a contingent of senators toured a border patrol facility holding children friday media were barred from entering officials said due to covert concerns but we are safely processing the children who

do come to our border we strongly urging the message is clear not to do so now under the trump administration thousands of migrant children who arrived at the u.s. border had been expelled to mexico without seeing an immigration judge president joe biden ended the practice calling it inhumane good night america but now immigration officials report more than 9000 unaccompanied children entering the u.s. in february and since then it's been an average of 500 more a day children presenting at our border who are fleeing violence or fleeing prosecution who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis. in an effort to expedite moving the miners to better conditions the biden administration has deployed fema the government agency that handles disasters to

turn the dallas convention center into an emergency shelter for 2000 children 3 other temporary shelters are in operation or being planned they. they're migrant children white and now there are 30 some days but with access to school and recreation until the government places them with the u.s. sponsor a process waiting for sponsorship should be short and you know more resources are going to also want the way they should be put in place in care or non-profits and faith based organizations and i'm by no means whatever all these have come up before district the white house says it's sending messages to central american countries for their youth not to come that includes $17000.00 ads on the radio social media and television it's unclear how many children are listening in their home countries what's obvious is that their numbers at the u.s.

border continue to grow hi joe castro al-jazeera washington at least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the u.s. state of colorado police in boulder city say an injured suspect is now in custody an officer was among those killed. were. her going to. her part of the card when are you prefer ever to. get. them out we are listening in there. and then there was a great. run. saying in the u.s. a curfew had any emergency powers have been extended for up to 3 weeks in miami beach after chaotic scenes over the weekend thousands of people visited the tourist destination during a college spring break posing what officials called

a serious coronavirus risk and the gallagher reports from miami. miami beach has long been a destination for those looking to soak up the sun relax and enjoy the beaches that . every year students on their spring break typically gather along the city's iconic ocean drive in what's rarely a low key affair. over the weekend however celebrations tend to chaos in a city officials deemed the overwhelming crowds a coded risk police and swat teams in riot gear used pepper bowls and sound cannons to disperse largely masculist revelers as an 8 pm curfew was enforced we've done everything we can to try to to mitigate the behavior that we're seeing but quite frankly i'm concerned that the behavior is getting out it's getting a little bit more from last to be able to handle the tactics used by police have been heavily criticized by local black leaders says the crowds were largely african-american but the city's mayor says the risk from coburg incidents of

violence and gun crime left him with little choice too many people are coming here right well. and too many people are coming here with bad intentions and we have seen images and videos 'd. i've been out there a lot of my colleagues have been as well. although at times it is perfectly fine during the day especially at night there is no question that it becomes a place that feels a little bit out of control or a lot out of control because fuz forced businesses to close restricted access to the beach and may be extended into next month over the last 3 weeks over a 1000 people have been arrested more than half in from out of state the problem with all this is that florida's aggressively encouraged visitors to come here the state's governor rod to scientists openly brags that south florida is booming fueled in part by cheap flights and hotel rooms in a state that's lost over $30000.00 people to cope with 19 what's happening here now

is seen as a serious public health risk florida thrives on. prism and for those looking to break free from a year of coup would restrictions there's disappointment it's a little we dig us considering that now we are paying to stay on the hotels on the strip and we can't even have didn't i respect their understand. that that's not what i expected at that it was going to be more fun these aren't the kind of scenes miami beach wants seen across the world but in the midst of a deadly pandemic officials say they'd rather not deal with another spike in cases of the gallacher al-jazeera miami beach florida. play again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera israelis are voting in their 4th election in 2 years it's widely seen as a referendum on prime minister benjamin netanyahu the campaign has been doll.