through the speakers wielding the power of music to turn up the volume on india's social injustices when i saw the performance i was like wow and shake things out we went on stage or something the board of stage or something that witness causeless collective on al-jazeera. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory even though no clear winner emerges in the nation's 4th election in 2 lives. daryn jordan this is our 0 live from doha also coming up. furious brazilians banging pots and pans to vent their anger against president jalal tomorrow as code 900 daily deaths past 3000 for the 1st. concerns about press

freedoms in hong kong as a prominent journalist goes on trial for the 1st time since beijing's national security. this is not only should not be a partisan issue this is an american issue it will save lives miracle. president joe biden calls in a divided congress to act on gun control after america's 2nd mass shooting in less than a week. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is touting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in just 2 years that's despite exit polls suggesting there is no clear winner but show netanyahu likud party has won between 31 and 33 seats are a force that reports now from western. at its start benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life through 1000 vaccines. by the

time it finished the message had boiled down to one phrase 2 more seats repeatedly telling his supporters he was within touching distance of the 61 needed for a majority coalition. it's the largest gap between 2 leading parties in israel in the last dozen years there is a large majority within the people of israel and with this but already in the knesset who believe in our principles it's possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fair government i reach out to all members of the cabinet who believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone i expect them to do the same. bennett was styling himself as a netanyahu alternative the question now is whether his yamuna parties 7 or 8 seats will be enough to get netanyahu over the finish line there's no reason why we should go to fit election. they must come to nothing we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this. and form a right of center a government that could aggressively pursue the opportunities we have ahead of us

earlier election day itself had been hot and hazy a running tally of ballots cast suggesting the lowest turnout in years netanyahu crisscrossed the country to squeeze out every last vote warning his core voters that turnout was particularly bad in his likud strongholds i do. but it was in palestinian israeli areas where the floor seemed most severe the mainly arab joint list with 15 seats in the previous parliament is projected now to have as few as 8 of the splitting into the smaller group fighting to get into the parliament at all. meanwhile the far right religious zionist alliance promoted by netanyahu and featuring an advocate of removing disloyal arabs from the country outperformed expectations opposition leader peed says relying on their seats would create a homophobic racist illiberal government and one that would shield netanyahu from his corruption trial and should. fish in the sea but i think we can have

a good reason to be proud of the way we handled ourselves and even a bigger reason for the result who brought at the moment an attorney a who doesn't have 61 seat but the change block does the exit polls have already changed several times since the 1st release coronavirus voting and counting protocols could delay the official count until friday benjamin netanyahu has claimed victory before only to have it dashed away this time he does have some options perhaps a campaign to try to peel away defectors from other right wing parties israelis in 4 elections now have delivered almost identical verdicts and again it's over to the political dealmakers to try to find a way out of the gridlock are a force that i'll just hear a west jerusalem. was a lobby yusef is a member of the palestine liberation organization he says israeli voters choice for the extreme right what's the prospect for pence that the moment it is clear that the most extreme and the extreme right and those who deny the rights of the palestinian people in trying to run off the palestinian cause but the ones who are

winning these elections therefore i don't think there's a chance for peace in this region in the presence of those parties who deny the rights of the palestinian people well stephen souness's a professor of politics at the university of san francisco he thinks a 5th consecutive election is quite possible because of the divisions within the right thing i don't care as 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 their mouthes self after the social democratic parties in western europe it is so firmly in the hands of such a right wing and corrupt a 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 is the fact that they are once again the next you know those come on top but 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 like they're only going to get 7 seats but within the right there are such divisions both among those who are you know you see nothing out who's a very corrupt figure but also among those are the most extreme elements and those who might be a tad more moderate. brazil

has recalled its highest any number of coronavirus deaths since the beginning of the pandemic more than 3200 people died from covered 1000 on tuesday brazil's been reporting the world's highest daily number of deaths for weeks doctors believe a local variant of the virus is causing a rise in infections and deaths and hospitals are pushed to breaking point and supplies of medical oxygen are running out. brazilians are furious at their government's response to the pandemic across the country people banged pots and pans to show their anger against president both america during his short address on television he's long been opposed to lock downs and mass mandates citing concerns over the impact on the economy. should rule the virus has a right and it is being confronted by us and it will soon pass our life must go on and jobs should be kept the livelihood of family should be kept should return to normality. but dr julie upon sees an epidemiologist in sao paolo he says president

both scenarios response is one of the main reasons why brazil is in this crisis. he carries a lot of responsibility to be to be very honest he not only diminished and. didn't respect the pandemic as it should have but he also stimulated people and he tried to push unproven to yours and he still says that masks some work and that the lock down won't make the virus go away so he's very much responsible for the situation we're in now we are seeing a collar up some of the health system all throughout the country all of this happening at the same time as we have a new variant of p one being disseminated across the country we 3 all adjust and data scientists as a whole have been predicting that something was not done in time we would see increase in numbers but we are of course very saddened to see those predictions

come true we have reached as was said in the piece over $3000.00 deaths deaths for the 1st time in the demick and a 12 percent increase from the last record which was last tuesday tuesday of last week so we are now bracing ourselves for what might be the hardest week in the entire pandemic press freedom is in the spotlight in hong kong a veteran journalist from it's a public broadcaster is on trial for investigating police misconduct choice has pleaded not guilty she's accused of making false statements to get data she used in the documentary the case relates to allegations police were too slow to respond to an attack on pro-democracy protesters in 2019 well hong kong was once a bastion of press freedom in asia but is sunk to 80th place in the world press freedom index pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lie was arrested last year and has been in jail since police raided the news room of his publication apple daily last

summer radio television in hong kong suspended hong kong's oldest a typical show headline up after accusations of insult. in the police and in january pro-democracy website h.k. chronicles was blocked well these moves have unsettled some international news organizations the new york times moved its asia digital hub and a 3rd of its hong kong staff to south korea's capital seoul let's bring in tom grundy he's editor in chief and co-founder of hong kong free press he joins us via skype from hong kong tom great to have you back on the program how much is this case against bow really all about press freedoms in the struggle to maintain an independent press in what is the onslaught from china's new security law well as you say bad choice pleaded not guilty today to obtaining these are vehicle license plate accords when she was looking to identify potential suspects over this 2019 mob attack they're only meant to be used for legal proceedings because sales and

traffic related matters but the fact is this does raise questions about government transparency when it comes to data and potential legal terrorism when the old is go after reporters you know in quite weird wonderful the never end of it wave i don't think anyone would have expected that this. would have been arrested over something like this but in court they showed her inquired documentary was outside court some of the unions. chanting their support for her and willing placards saying journalism is not a crime and tom i mean what is clear as we just pointed out there is that hong kong is now facing a shrinking media landscape tell us how briefly the new security law is affecting journalists like yourself in hong kong on a daily basis what's been happening to your. well you say last year the pro-democracy apple daily news room was rated as we as well as the new york times have had work visa work either denials and media tycoon jimmy lie is behind bars at

the moment awaiting trial and security law this broadcast. has certainly been burst in a firing line along with apple daily local according to the b.b.c. . as you say one shows going from yes allegedly mocking police but also this one absolutely it was a government bureaucrat with no media experience was installed as the broadcasting chief 3 senior staffers quit around then and he has said that he will be reviewing all programming before it goes out. and we've already seen a new show. x. which was featuring a pro-democracy veteran but we ourselves have also been scrambling to react to this and tom what about the importance of the international media and the critical role they've played in hong kong i mean the new york times recently announced they're moving their hong kong digital operation to south korea what kind of message does that send you think. well it's meant to be the 3 to come in the world open for

business but you know whether it's small companies like ourselves or or media megaliths you know like new york times there are almost weekly discussion of the how to react to this new atmosphere they've moved out of. and we've also moved up to a private office we've sought legal and business advice we've had training on what to do you know in raids but i think for a lot of the smaller outlets i've been speaking to and ourselves the sense is that we need to just keep calm and carry on prepare for the worst ok hope for the best and hope that it doesn't come that we have to choose between hong kong and free press and that that that leads me nicely tom to my last point i mean where does all of this then leave your organization the hong kong free press i mean if you had to operate more secretly and will there come a time do you think when hong kong and your company just become incompatible because of this new security law. that if the tension of a theory at the moment we have not changed anything a top beijing that special just weeks ago said just like hong kong education

sectors and the media sector need to be governed by patriots so recently preparing for a bump by but but you know we hope to be on the ground here in hong kong as long as possible and not make compromises when it comes to press freedom so we're monitoring what's going on very carefully tom grundy always good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to our desire thanks tom thank you . time for a short break here now to see about when we come back why the philippines says it's being provoked by chinese boats that spotted in the south china sea. and the un human rights council islam sri lanka for human rights abuses against minorities we'll have reaction from colombo want to stay with us. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways. very much a game of 2 hobson terms of the weather across the middle east at the moment it's 5

enjoy a warm and sunny across southern parts of the region but plenty of cloud and plenty of snow too across northern parts who say temperatures in anchorage struggling to get to 3 degrees celsius something like a 10 degree drop of the sort of values that we saw earlier on in the week has some blustery showers to moving in across the eastern side of the mediterranean sweeping across cyprus into lebanon see some of that western weather just easing across into northern parts of syria and increasingly turning to snow in the process quite a brisk wind into southern areas of iraq northern parts of saudi arabia and that's going to get pushed over towards the gulf as we go on through thursday temperatures here in doha falling back around 5 degrees to hive around $29.00 celsius by thursday but at least it should be lossy dry and sunny old lifted just a sad always a possibility south of that 5 and tried also hazy sunshine the hazy sunshine stretches down across the whole of africa where it is generally set fair for

somalia for ethiopia we got a few showers there just around the valley of cool so showers pushing up towards the gulf of guinea for south africa is generally fine in try capetown with a high 30. spock's appalled at ways of football an adult and a pioneer verse built he lost the challenge to play for his country but won a legal battle that paved the way for a generation of brazilian players footballing legend addict consonant introduces a fun scene of penalized by his club for his political beliefs he took power into his own hands and blazed the trail for players rights football rivals on algis eve . former.

welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here this hour israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is touting a great victory for the nation's 4th election in 2 years that's despite exit polls suggesting there's no clear winner a show netanyahu could party as 131 and 33 seats. more than 3000 people have died of covered 9000 in brazil in a single day for the 1st time since the pandemic began cases and deaths have been surging for weeks and public anger is increasingly turning on the president. and a veteran among journalists on trial often the best dating alleged police misconduct choice accused of making false statements to get data she used in a documentary case relates to allegations of delayed police response to a mob attack on pro-democracy protesters in 2019 she's pleaded not guilty.

in the u.s. senate democrats are planning a vote on expanded gun control measures after the nation's 2nd mass shooting in a week on monday 10 people including a police officer was shot dead in boulder colorado president joe biden has called for bipartisan action on gun control but republicans are pushing back here's my count flags that government buildings once again fly at half staff on the president's orders just as they did a week ago following a mash in atlanta among the 10 killed in boulder colorado was a 51 year old police officer eric talley his fellow officers and citizens paid tribute to his body was taken to the morgue and iris 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 this moderate measure is unlikely to get the 60 votes needed in the senate to become law so mike hanna al-jazeera washington the yemeni military says who the rebels have been launching attacks on its positions in

the southwest of the country this footage showing a number of who these vehicles burning after they were targeted by saudi amorality coalition forces that follow saudi arabia's proposal for a nationwide cease fire in yemen but the who say it doesn't go far enough results from the republic of congo election show the incumbent president will extend his 36 years in power then assassin where so received more than 88 percent of the vote in a result widely expected by analysts the main opposition party boycotted the vote because of concerns about its safety and credibility sas was closest rival. died of cope with 19 just hours after the polls closed. now after being close to more than 6 years france will reopen its embassy in the libyan capital tripoli next week french president. made the announcement after a meeting with the chairman of libya's presidential council he's part of an interim government agreed by rival factions it's a sign of a charming stability for the country after years of conflict with russia butler has

more from paris. president and vice president of the presidential council. the french president. said that they had a very frank and fruitful talks with the french president. has said that falls will. give its full support to libya's new interim government and he also made that announcement that the french embassy in tripoli will be reopened on monday it has been close to 2013 now that was something that the president all the presidential council mohamed. welcomed as a very positive sign he said that he was a great by the fact that. so much support for the new interim government and for its mandate which is to try and guide libya to elections at the end of the year the french president said that the priority really for libya is to try and maintain

a cease fire he also called on whole international powers including russia and turkey to leave the country he said it was absolutely fundamental to the libya is returned to the libyan people that there is a stability and security and maybe he said of course a stable libya a democratic libya is not only going to be important for the libyan people but it is also important he said for france and for europe libya is of course a country through which people and ohms or traffic to also making the point that instability in libya fuels instability in the sawhill region a region where has thousands of troops deployed for u.n. human rights chief will begin collecting evidence of war crimes committed during the war resolution was passed in geneva on tuesday which is. the. the u.n. resolution was passed $22.00 to $11.00 reporting countries abstaining he calls on

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 the high commission's findings of a human rights situation as a charity with particular concerns for human rights defenders in civil society space members of different ethnic and religious communities including terminals muslims and christians. to lobby hard against the resolution and it threatens to by 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 risks in the ocean these mean just standing to care to that so much is required but really it's up to the sri lankans now to take the step forward that people like 7 rani 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 seville in the north and been insula 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 rajapaksa pardoned 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 what we felt there's no justice or law that is respected. the 1st of a series of reversals under president rajapaksa which the u.n. says threaten to reverse the limited but important gains made in recent years here's this resolution see these include increasing militarization traditional independence impunity and political obstruction of accountability increased marginalization of time of an muslims shrinking democratic space and restriction of media freedoms the government says the resolution overreaches the mandate of the un rights body. un human rights. only had 100 sanctions against senior figures of government this resolution falls short of that mandating the collecting and preserving of

evidence of war crimes the rajapaksa administration says that's unwarranted justified unhelpful and divisive but for the families of victims it may have said light on what happened to their loved ones and then there's al-jazeera. the united states says it stands by the philippines in a maritime dispute with china the philippines is beijing to recall more than 200 boats that it said were spotted near the spot the islands in the south china sea their presence is also raising concerns about possible conflicts over fishing rights. reports from. the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at whitson reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has launched

a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson refits claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that eastern most part of the spratleys group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these militia vessels especially bizarre and or. employed and that's basically. inability to make it appear nonmilitary but actually under the control of the military. in china they look like fishing vessels but the holes are. buried. in their design or ramming into any 16 the philippines filed

a landmark case against china at the hague the ruling declared china's 9 deaths claim as invalid a decision china rejects the spite international condemnation china continues its reclamation and expansion of many areas in the south china sea setting up maritime patrols and airships on disputed islands and reefs tension has been rising in the area for years. philippine president through the go to tear to has refused to assert the landmark ruling and taken a softer approach to dealing with beijing but this critics say you. zeal that too often and too much in exchange for promises of grants and projects that remain largely fulfilled the presence of a chinese armada also means that the philippines stand to lose another critical fishing ground this is similar to what happened in 2012 when china took control of

scarborough seoul and in the region where one 3rd of the global trade passes through each year there is little doubt that the south china sea will be the next security flashpoint. and a quick reminder you can catch up with all the news on our website there were it is on your screen it rests on to c.n.n. dot com is there a tough. time for a quick check of our top stories here this hour israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is touting a great victory in the nation's 4th election in 2 years that's despite exit polls suggesting there's no clear winner show netanyahu has likud party as one between 31 and 33 seats muslims up. to it's the largest gap between 2 leading parties in israel in the last dozen years.