challenge the accepted truth. upturn the status quo and fight injustice witness documentaries about deception on al-jazeera. still too close to call exit polls show a tight race for control of israel's parliament after 4 elections in the past 2 years. hello there i'm hala my head in and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up more fallout for us just concerns from a u.s. regulator the data showing the effectiveness of the vaccine may be outdated says

u.s. president joe biden calls for action on gun control following a mass shooting in the state of colorado and brazil's supreme court rules that a judge to convicted former presidents knew that a civil was biased. we begin in israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu is targeting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in 2 years but it's far from conclusive just yet as to who will lead the country exit polls are suggesting there's no clear winner they show netanyahu is the could party is on course to win between 31 and 33 seats leaving him needing to broker a series of deals with other parties to reach the 61 seat threshold required for a clear majority. himself well the good. it's the largest gap between 2

leading parties in israel in the last dozen years we're coming out of a covert war and israel is the champion in vaccinations there is a large majority within the people of israel and with this pejorative in the knesset who believe in our principles if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer government i reach out to all members of the knesset who believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone and i expect them to do the same harry fawcett has more from west jerusalem. netanyahu has declared a great victory but if you if you passes actually language a bit with some care you see that he's talking about a great victory for the israeli rights and certainly the new class knesset will be the israeli parliament filled with. parties from the israeli right but not all of them support netanyahu and indeed some of them are about lee against and he's also declaring a victory for could his party which has indeed again retained its status as the

biggest party within the israeli parliament but what looks like in the initial exit polls like a slim majority in terms of a potential coalition for less in yahoo with just $61.00 of the $120.00 seats in the knesset meaning that he would have that majority those exit polls are shifting so one of them still gives him that slight slim lead another one puts it at a $6060.00 time between the pro and anti netanyahu blocks and a 3rd now gives that in yahoo a slight trail 59 to 61 the question for the luck though is how they go about actually making a cohesive coalition that is something that is much more difficult for them given their very wide ranging ideological and other differences than it is for netanyahu on the right there is still the potential that he might be able to peel away defectors from about the anti netanyahu right wing parties so there are more

options still on the table for him but it's by no means a clear cut victory at this stage. let's take a causal link at israel's main political forces by human netanyahu as the good party had the launches share seats in the knesset meeting they'll physician is former journalist yeah centrist yes a tea party is promoting good governance capitalizing on messing yahoo's corruption trials the right wing. meena party headed by former education and defense minister in a tally bennett has criticized the prime minister's handling of the pandemic new hope maids are all former who could politicians made its electoral debut party leader gideon sar has positioned himself as even further to the rights of netanyahu but benny gantz is his main challenger in 3 previous elections bases political

extinction this time round supporters of abandoned his blue and white party since he joined the netanyahu led coalition last year well stephen souness's a professor of politics at the university of san francisco he says there is a possibility of a 5th consecutive election because of the divisions within the israeli rights. in tears once again despite many premature obituaries that netanyahu will somehow be able to cobble together a working coalition and it's just quite quite amazing that to see israel. you know for its 1st 30 years of existence was overwhelmingly controlled by a center left coalition modeled itself after the social democratic parties in western europe it is so firmly in the hands of such a right wing and corrupt political figure as netanyahu and he is already the

longest serving prime minister in the country's history and looks like it may be still longer do the fact that once again the nessie has come on top it's still a long distance from an absolute $61.00 seat majority that this is going to be another yet another. kind of shaky coalition government and we may once again see people going back to the polls because i mean that their overall right we're dressed in israel is very strong and very concerning you know the you know the labor party i mentioned which dominate israel for years only got a say they're only going to get 7 seats but within the right there are such divisions both among those who are you know you can see nothing out who is a very corrupt figure but also among those of the most extreme elements and those who might be a tad more moderate. astra zeneca has promised to share its most clinical data

with the u.s. agency or we're seeing banks in trials after the dayton safety board expressed concern that clinical trial results published on monday may be based on ice have to eat information meanwhile in the u.k. a minute's silence has been held to mark a years since the 1st looks and was put into place to curb the spread of the corona virus as in barbara reports from london. marking one year since the start of the u.k.'s 1st covered 19 lockdown at workplaces and on the streets people stop to remember. calls for a public inquiry have been getting louder but prime minister boris johnson who found himself in intensive care with coverage last spring says that's not the priority list and there will be a moment to properly to review to learn lessons and to make sure that we you know we learn those lessons at the future pandemics of the current i'm sure that there

will be in february last year this south london hospital received the capital's 1st covered in 1000 patient within weeks the place was overwhelmed a year on the number of people who have died within 4 weeks of a positive test stands at over 125000 people the true cover death toll is higher still but amid the grief and the anger there is hope more than half the u.k.'s adult population has had a 1st dose of a covered vaccine already the u.k.'s program has involved the pfizer buy on tech vaccine and the astra zeneca job now u.s. officials have voiced concerns about trial data for the latter a day after interim results in the us suggested it was 79 percent effective against symptomatic covered in the gate even safety monitoring board when they saw their press release they got concerned and wrote a rather harsh note to them and with a copy to me saying that in fact they felt that the data that was in the press

release were somewhat outdated and might in fact be misleading astra zeneca says it'll share the most up to date data with the monitoring board by thursday but if there's potential for reputational damage in the u.s. in europe it's already happened. in france they're scrambling to get back on track with the vaccine rollout last week the prime minister made sure he was seen getting asters anika job after his government like others briefly halted the use of the vaccine to overblow. quote for years now paris is calling on astra zeneca to meet its delivery promise is. that what they do the ticket authentic i.q. is what we're fighting to get doses in particular astra zeneca which is currently a little below its commitments to us so we continue to mobilize and the european union is very and gazed on this subject. later this week e.u. leaders are set to discuss a possible ban on vaccines being exported from the e.u. to britain for now brussels is playing down that prospect but keeping up the

pressure on astra zeneca it is a shame it is a reputational damage of a huge an extent but it is also a question that many people are dying because the boxes are not getting here in germany where infections are on the rise chancellor angela merkel has confirmed a 3 week extension to lock down measures with public life largely shut down over the easter period. a reminder of why speeding up vaccination programs and overcoming public skepticism is so important nadine barber al jazeera. the un human rights chief will begin collecting evidence of war crimes committed during sri lanka's civil war a resolution was passed that the human rights council in geneva on tuesday which has angered the government in colombo finances reports. the u.n. resolution was passed 22 to 11 reporting countries abstaining because of the sri

lankan government to enjoin this to given and prosecution of crimes relating to human rights violations and international human rights law also reflects a high commission's findings of the human rights situation of the children with particular concerns for human rights defenders in civil society space members of different ethnic religious communities including terminals muslims and christians love to lobby hard against the resolution and it threatens to buy the country all countries should abide by the purposes and principles of the un charter respect the sovereignty and independence of other countries and abandon the practice of interfering in other country's internal affairs human rights activists providing fun sake i watched closely as the crucial session progress be a sick notion of respecting rights respecting dignity has to stand and leadership from the political activists from the government from the opposition in terms of trying to achieve

a peaceful solution is essential so the ricin notion is just stunning to care to that so much is required but really it's up to the sri lankans now to take a step forward that people like 7 ronnie are struggling to do that in december 2000 her husband bill rasa and their 6 and 13 year old sons were killed by soldiers of the sri lankan army part of a group of 8 civilians hacked to death and buried here in middle civil in the northern peninsula army staff sergeant in iraq micah was convicted on 8 counts of murder while for the soldiers were acquitted in 2015 the supreme court upheld the conviction. but president goat of the rajapaksa pardoned marc a few months after taking office. the man who was convicted of the murders was sentenced to death but this government came and freed him they didn't

tell us or ask us about what we felt there's no justice a law that is respected. the pardon mark the 1st of a series of reversals under prison drudge a boxer which the u.n. says threatened to reverse the limited but important gains made in recent years tuesday's resolution said these include increasing militarization eroding judicial independence impunity and political obstruction of accountability increase marginalise ation of camels and muslim shrinking them a critic space and restriction of the get free them. we should and can government says the resolution overreaches demanded of the un right body. and then we'll see you for coming there with. un human rights chief michel bashfully had wanted sanctions against senior figures of sri lanka's government this resolution falls short of that mandating the collecting and preserving of

evidence of war crimes the rajapaksa administration says that's unwarranted and justified unhelpful and divisive but for the families of victims it may have said light on what happened to their loved ones. al-jazeera colombo. still to come on al-jazeera an apology from colombia's government but some are not for the journalist who was abducted outside a prison covering the civil war and we'll bring you the latest on the republic of congo's election and the president's bid to extend his 36 years in power. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored part qatar airways.

have a last few days we have seen it before to dry across the good parts of east asia and i say area of high pressure keeping things settled and sunny there's a high that just off the coast of japan is going to get squeezed a little further east which is because through the next couple days so far the weather will go downhill for this little area cloud into central and southern parts of china some wet weather spilling off the east coast of china then it's going to be the one that just not as high a little further a switch as we go on into thursday so what the weather coming in across cuba across honshu eventually will see sweater weather making its way towards tokyo a bit too bad in terms of temperatures still going. up to 21 celsius us 70 and found for beijing the quality on the slide over the next couple of days you can see for much of china it will be dry and sunny joy to across a good part of india china where we are pushing quite a few showers into vietnam now usual russia showers across parts of the philippines places seeing the heaviest showers i suspect over the next few days running over

its was k.l. which is pretty close to the equator off to roll the showers run across international lanka a little bit of wet weather because the eastern side of the country west of the stuff from all the pos of india and pakistan. at ways it's one of the world's most powerful and dangerous criminal enterprises central to the likelihood of hundreds of thousands of people and behind the deaths of many more exceptional access to some of its key flay is revealed to be in a what hangs of an organization telling the name to many as the blood alliance inside this in a lower college town part 2 of a 2 part investigation people in power on al jazeera.

this is al jazeera minds are over our top stories this hour israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is touting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in 2 years as despite exit polls suggesting there is no clear winner of the show netanyahu is the good party is on course to win between 31 and 33 seats astra zeneca has promised to share its most up to date clinical data with the u.s. agency overseeing vaccine trials at the data and safety board's expressed concern that clinical trial results published on monday based on false information. the senate democrats in the united states are planning a vote on expanded gun control measures following the 2nd mass shooting in

a week on monday 10 people including a police officer were shot dead in boulder colorado president joe biden has called for bipartisan laws on gun controls to be established but there continues to be a strong republican pushback mike hanna reports from washington d.c. flags that government buildings once again fly at half staff on the president's orders just as they did a week ago following a mass shooting in atlanta among the 10 killed in boulder colorado was a 31 year old police officer eric talley his fellow officers and citizens paid tribute as his body was taken to the morgue and violence is a pandemic within a pandemic. we know about 50000000 guns were sold in the last year many of them to people who live in states that don't require a background check or training or permit. and the president has called for a bipartisan push to institute stronger gun controls we can ban assault weapons and

high capacity magazines in this country once again i got that done when i was a senator it passed it was law for the longest time and brought down these mass killings we should do it again 2 bulls making it more difficult to buy a gun have been passed in the house of representatives in recent weeks but they are likely to face strong opposition when brought to the senate for years democrats have pushed for action to stop this killing with commonsense reform that will save lives for years we've been blocked by republican leaders and their special interests now we can act and we will the divisions remained on shop display in the senate judiciary committee session on gun control should chill before the shootings in recent days thoughts and prayers are not enough and yet thoughts and prayers is all we have heard from my colleagues on the other side

thoughts and prayers must lead to action i agree it is time for us to do something and every time there's a shooting we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders. the legislation that's been passed in the house falls far short of the president's call for a ban on automatic weapons and high capacity magazines it proposes extending the background check period from 3 to 10 days given word of this cruel republican opposition to any form of gun control even those moderate measure is unlikely to get the 60 votes needed in the senate to becomes law since mike hanna al-jazeera washington. let's get more now from andrew patrick who joins us live from baltimore in maryland

sees the direct serial for school communications for the coalition to stop gun violence agrees to have you with us on the program you've been calling for gun control in the united states for years now what he thinks difference this time round. thank you so much for having me we have been pushing for these measures for a long time organization is one of the oldest gun violence prevention organizations in the nation these are common sense measures they are supported by 90 percent of americans people have gone to the polls the last 2 elections and voted strongly for candidates who support stronger gun violence prevention policies and we think that there is a real push there is a real movement in this nation for stronger gun legislation and we will continue to push and fight for that in the senate the republicans that you just played they are

seeing the same old song sung for decades it has led to $40000.00 gun deaths every year in this country it has to stop we need action. but unfortunately 90 percent of the public may be supports this over measures but there are 90 percent of the senate says share that view. so given the situation the political situation that you face i mean really are you hopeful that anything is going to change in america because a lot of the senators are staunchly opposed to the strict saying. america's rights to bear arms. well now that the democrats control the senate we are going to have a vote on this and we're going to know exactly where people stand do they stand on the side of american families the safety of american communities do they stand for a corrupt bankrupt and irrelevant in our

a gun lobby we have seen mass shooting after mass shooting in this country we cannot continue to do nothing. doing nothing is leading us to a society where now that we are beginning. with the pandemic to reopen and to have more people go out and gather a return to these high profile mass shootings no mass shootings never went away we have had mass shootings in american cities throughout the past year but people are paying attention now we need action on this issue and we're going to hold those who don't take action responsible and the american people will hold them responsible at the at the ballot box a favorite of time to patrick but it's great to have you on thank you so much for speaking to us. from the coalition to stop gun violence thank you for having me. former brazilian president luis in the suv vote was not treated impartially in

a series of corruption investigations that's the new finding brazil's supreme court justice carmen this year reversed or earlier position to tip the court's 5 judge panel in lieu of those favor it means the court is likely to throw our it's evidence and corruption cases against him if you want to hear of has more from rio de janeiro. this isn't represents a victory for former president we see massive lula da silva and paves the way for his candidacy in the 2022 presidential elections he now can run against a far right president both on now lula was a front runner in the $28.00 team presidential elections but he was banned from running because he was tried and convicted and imprisoned by a judge for morrow and the supreme court now says what more has been saying all along that he the trial was not fair because the judge was was.

biased he did not act impartially and said rumor has been saying this because morrow after the trial went on to become president tradable sinatra's justice minister so in a certain way now law is feeling vindicated now this does not mean that he is free of all corruption charges there are still corruption charges against him what this means is that this particular trial was not fair. the colombian government has asked for forgiveness for its role in the case of a journalist who was kidnapped tortured and raped while reporting on the civil war tuesday was the final day of hearings in the international trial underway at the american course of human rights the victim says the government's policy is not enough and a case become synonymous with the impunity that plagues colombia's justice system.

reports. it took the colombian government 20 years to recognize part of the state's responsibility in the case of jeanette doria the colombian journalist was abducted tortured and raped while investigating arm trafficking network between paramilitaries and colombian state officials in 2000 i know but it is. in the name of the columbia state i recognize our international is possibility for the failings of the judicial system but did not realize or worshipping all of us to get in for the victim and i offer an apology to jeanette were doing for the damage it caused. that be doing as campaign for 2 decades to bring her attackers to justice for her the government's acknowledgement is another slap in the face. this is a case where part of the evidence has been lost where my mother and i have constantly been threatened witnesses have been threatened and killed and were to

this day those who threaten me say i will be raped again a full apology requires recognizing that these cases are not investigate it all and the states offers no support to women who suffered the worst possible violence. but the year was kidnapped in front of police officers on may 25th 2000 by a group of right wing paramilitaries outside a prison in bogota and then tortured and raped for 16 hours before being abandoned on the side of a road she says prison guards and the police were involved and then army general and the police. chief were behind the attack among others her captors at the time told r.t. assault was a direct message to the press and. the case as long as justice system well but has become the symbol of all women and journalists fighting against impunity in the country that is going. to tax on journalists and women continues just like 20 years ago impunity remains higher the 98 percent in these cases so

it's very difficult to believe the state when it says it's committed in the fight on crimes against journalists and women when clearly it is not the case that these are not failings of particular moment in time they are structural. i must say they did 3 former paramilitaries have been convicted for the attack recently but none of the masterminds and now the case reached the interim american court for human rights the court's decision which is definitive unappealable is expected in november and could set a precedent for thousands of journalists in victims of sexual violence hoping to see justice prevail alison. results from the republic of congo election show the incumbent president is set to extend his 36 years in power the main opposition party boy course of the votes because of concerns about its safety and credibility malcolm webb is

a process filled with more president then he saw through requests i was being announced the winner of the electoral commission said he won more than 88 percent of the vote some of his party supporters gathered to celebrate the main opposition party has already said that the results that were announced in correct their candidate. diet reportedly of coded on sunday early on monday and they're saying that a constitutional requirement if you counted it dies council the election and rerun it has been ignored other opposition candidates boycotted the polls and some others are in jail after they challenge the results of the last election rights activists say that there's no freedom of speech or chance of having any kind of democratic process at all one of them that we spoke to said that the results were ridiculous and he said that they suggested that congolese people were happy with the status quo where is the opposite he says is true congo's billions of dollars of oil wealth

haven't helped many of its people the country has suffered multiple crises will have been a string of corruption scandals corruption investigators accuse 1st family and people in the inner circle of stealing fast sums of money something that the government denies the opposition say that they're going to be tallying the results in the coming hours from their agents in the polling stations and will announce what they say are the real results on wednesday. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is time using a great victory in the nation's 4th election in 2 years that's despite its exit poll suggesting there is no clear winner they show and they said you know who is the could party is on course to win between sarah she won and.