corruption. and compassion. just 0 the world a selection of the best films from across our network of tunnels. the israeli prime minister claims victory in the fall the election in 2 years but a parliamentary majority may still be out of his reach. the whole romany watching officer alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up international condemnation grows at near mars military releases hundreds of anti protesters also.

took place. and we gained rare access to a region in iraq used by i saw for its recent attack. welcome to the program israel may be facing more political deadlock after its 4th election in 2 years so far exit polls suggest no clear winner after tuesday's parliamentary election with the pandemic adding a layer of complication to the vote counting the final results may not be known for some time but prime minister benjamin netanyahu is already branding it a great victory for his party are a force that has more from west jerusalem. at its start benjamin netanyahu as election campaign was all about bringing israel back to life through 1000 vaccines

by the time it finished the message it 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 if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer government i reach out to all members of the now that believe in these principles i won't rule out anyone i expect them to do the same. the taliban it 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 after splitting into the smaller group failing 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 yeah i love peed says relying on their seats would create a homophobic racist illiberal government and one that would shield netanyahu from his corruption trial i mean. i think we can have

a good reason to be proud of the way we handled ourselves and even a bigger reason for the results were brought at the moment to netanyahu doesn't have 61 seat but the chain. like 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 ari force it out west jerusalem. correspondent attash we're going to have is also live for us in west jerusalem and natasha really the exit polls say one thing but the reality will be in the final vote count so what's the timeline for that. the hope is the

final results will come in later this week or early next week ballots for diplomats and soldiers have yet to be counted and aren't you right so when you talk about the real disconnect it israeli society between polls and reality and also you could say between israeli sentiment and reality bear in mind that going into the election more than half of israelis polled said they were ready for netanyahu to go thousands of people had protested outside of his residence leading up to the election and now as pollsters had predicted it looks like netanyahu yet again has a path to form a new government the question is is how shaky of a coalition he's going to be able to form he's now looking at disparate elements across the sort of the blocks to see who he can cobble together to join him in forming a new government he was conciliatory in remarks made early this morning rather than

sort of triumphant he said that he would reach out to any party and any knesset member to do what's best for israel note that his appeal to the knesset members could be a type of maneuver to get them to defect and allow him to add another knesset or 2 to his column he's a marching toward a goal of $61.00 majority seats in the knesset out of $120.00 seats right now the right wing block appears to be larger than the left wing block very unlikely that yes. chairman yeah you're looking have a pathway to form a new government in the event that there would be 6060 tom i that would mean that is a really easy election fatigued as they may be would head to the polls for a 5th time right now the person that everyone is looking at and who has emerged as a kingmaker in this 4th election. sound is naftali bennett of the yemeni party

previously he did not rule out working with netanyahu he looks like his party has a projected 7 seats right now all he's saying is that he's going to do what's best for israel indeed and we should watch and see what happens in the coming days the moment the tasha thanks joining us from west to east and tasha going to force be a most state television says the military has released more than 600 protesters arrested since last month's coup they were released from a prison in young gold a local human rights group says that at least 2000 people have been arrested in the military crackdown since last month we're following its forces florence louis live from the malaysian capital kuala lumpur floor as there was a conciliatory tone from the military choose day and no news of these detained protesters being released what's going on.

months ryan more than a dozen buses were seen leaving insein prison in yangon city on wednesday morning and we've seen photos showing detainees in on those buses flashing a 3 finger salute that's become the symbol of resistance against the coup now but even with the release of more than $600.00 protesters who've been detained since the coup started more it's more than a $100.00 small still remain behind bars and ngo that's been keeping track of these arrests the assistance association for political prisoners says more than 2400 people were in detention or have outstanding warrants against them and this was the figure as of the 23rd of march tuesday that's just a day before this release on wednesday now and is there is an indication that the military is going to be taking a softer stance against the protests will be more tolerant of the civil disobedience movement. while the military spokesman said on tuesday at

a press conference that the internet restrictions will still remain in the country because online the internet has been used as a tool for people to organize protests and the military did also say that they would be using less violence however we are still getting reports that might lead raids were conducted on tuesday night in mandalay a local media report says that a 7 year old girl was killed by security forces so it seems there's a disconnect between the words that the military said on tuesday at the press conference and what's really happening now as for the protesters this may not be enough to mollify the protesters because as i said hundreds more still remain behind bars and really there's nothing that could stop the military authorities from still put going ahead and pressing charges against these people who've been released now the protesters and activists in myanmar are still going to go ahead with protests but they're changing tactics they are calling for what it's been

termed a silent strike on wednesday urged. people to stay home and all across social media wrestling people upload pictures and photos of deserted streets shops that have been shuttered people really taking to heart and wanting to make their views known people changing tactics and conducting their so-called silent strike to let the military authorities know they are still very much against them and they're still very much against the coup in myanmar for keeping an update for us on what's going on in me and more from kuala lumpur thanks very much florence. let's go on to yet another one of our top stories and officials in bangladesh are investigating what caused a large fire at the world's largest refugee camp at least 15 people were killed and hundreds more are missing in corpses bizarre when days fire destroyed thousands of shelters the current houses more than a 1000000 ringgit refugees from myanmar the u.n. says nearly 45000 refugees lost homes. our correspondent live for us from cox's bazar in southern bangladesh and tanveer

a dismal situation for those that survived what more do we know about perhaps how the fire started how the investigation is going and what's happening to them now. well as you can see behind me is a portion of the ballot color camp where the fire took place of course it doesn't show that we have an extent of the damage but part of it even some of the host community how it's where been it's absolutely devastating i'll just get us team has visited these camps many times to interview people we know personally many of the refugee kind of spoken to many of their own refugees here they're saying that a lot of people still missing it might be some of them are taking shelter in family or friends i was with yet not been accounted for. told me there is that according to the effort to set up shelters which you can see actually built over night there's a very simple shelter i mean than bush out there's with tarp or lane that come up

right behind me you can see behind the fences all the camps are now barbed wire fans some people criticized the barbed wire fence all to prevent that gaping during the fire for whether this was proven what caused the fire we don't know yet for sure but it is increasingly point that sort of the gas cylinder used for cooking every family has one those are highly. easily can ignite and that can spread the fire this happened previously in other incident in last 4 days actually there's been smaller fires i mean last year in may there was one major fire in january there was another fire that interesting looking quite dangerous using those i guess cylinder without knowing the safety precautions another person out of that wouldn't tragedy is it really is that one that is absolutely devastating since the flagman my nothing like that they experience here in this term. sort of help.

the refugees physically getting into that you talked about accommodation as such but those that were injured would have need medical treatment as you've reported the full medical treatment is not always available within the camp it's available outside of the car but the bangladeshi government has to help here. you're very right but the critical patients i've taken to cox bazaar are government hospital there is couple of good hospital nearby and then i am a staff as a hospital with the facility in the red crescent has a failed hospital which are quite well like those taken there aid agencies are providing them with dry food. water or some other emergency provision that finding them shelters in the community places that have within the camp as well as in the schools and building out the plants and. overnight this hot sweat build up there is a temporary but this is pretty much what the hardware all around the camps anyway

a lot of the trains actually grew up in the last 3 and a half years but those are burned in this this is just partial not the camp beyond just blocks and blocks of a house right burned i mean it's absolutely a devastating scene who will leave you to of course. what's actually happening again as the day progresses and will join you then as well. still ahead here on press freedom in hong kong journalist is in court after investigating allegations of police misconduct and an apology from colombia's government. for a journalist who was. covering the civil war. hollywood had some rather nasty weather in the southeastern corner of year recently

this massive cloud here that is an area of rain sleet and snow which has been pushing across turkey really has hold the temperatures down here these have seen some significant snowfall in many postle coming out of area of high pressure so winds generally coming in from a northerly direction that's what been somewhat cool across central and eastern parts of europe not too bad for the west winds coming in from the southwest the direction here getting up to 12 celsius in london despite the cloud and the rain which will continue to drive in as we go on through wednesday if you blustery showers basically across all and across a good parts of scotland northern parts of england come down into much of france will northern parts of see a few showers around the breast but then much of france fine and dry as is a case to it's a spade am portugal $21.00 celsius in madrid over the next couple of days more blustery showers on thursday for the british isles while wintry showers down towards the southeast and ankara will struggle to get to a high of one degree celsius yes it's that bad single figures 2 for athens so not so great here a ball or

a wind blasting away across southeast assad of the mediterranean so a little cold sue across the north coast of africa 15 celsius that in benghazi a 21 in karachi but fine and dry for the west. and young you know. before that a lot of fire and wendy have a physical condition. going to have this opportunity. so the young girls move through secondary school with or to be able to see and play that's one thing able to change have fun. meet the women in town who are going places when it comes to education women make change on how does the.

welcome back you watch al-jazeera it means the whole rama reminder of our top stories exit polls indicate no clear winner a day after israel held its for the election in 2 years but prime minister benjamin netanyahu is already branding it a great victory for his look party also me i'm on state television says the military has released more than 600 protesters arrested since last words coup they were released from a prison here in gaza rights groups say at least 2000 were arrested and by mother she officials are investigating what caused a large fire cox's bizarre refugee camp at least 15 people are dead and hundreds more are still missing. thousands have lost their homes. in the past few months i saw her stage repeated attacks on security forces in iraq

al-jazeera gave access to one area that's known for regular eyes like to vittie and staging ground for raids on the capital murder faulty reports from. these paragraphs are a lifeline for the people of the media a farming community 50 kilometers north of baghdad they're also useful to eisele providing cover and sustenance for its spiders this man who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of being targeted says i saw extorts the community for support and how can anyone who has farming projects whether it's fish chicken they are targeted they were time to provide support they will take the money by any means in return for sparing his life and his family his life. 2 of his cousins were recently killed by eisel while working in secluded parts of the farm now the family burns the undergrowth to prevent fighters from using it to conceal their movements.

we don't go out at night we just work during the day at night it's not safe security forces are deployed across the timea to prevent the movement of i saw sleeper cells and their frequent operations to target isis fighters who use this remote area to hide and stage operations on the nearby capital many years say the iraqi army isn't doing enough to confront eisel they want more empowerment for the local troops like autonomy a battalion of the popular mobilization forces the pm math is shia led but also includes sunni components like this one drawn from local tribes it only has around $250.00 fighters but it's often at the forefront of fighting i saw that also makes them a target the night after we visited this base it was attacked by a sniper. but we know from the leadership of the popular mobilization forces in the

security forces that we need more support vehicles more advanced with points we need more troops all of this is needed. in late february the commander was among several injured when his troops raided and i still hideout. lost 3 of his soldiers during the operation which killed 5 eisel fires the main target was the local ice leader whom the commander has personally known for years. as the saying goes people off mic i know america we know how i saw more our youth a very cooperative in this martyr and willing to sacrifice themselves for tommy. but there's another often unspoken reason driving this desire for greater empowerment the fear that shia armed groups could use isis activity as an excuse to take control of the area just as they did in other parts of iraq. a call from a powerful we're afraid of the 2 sides both the militias and i saw the 2 faces of

the same coin one just keeps killing but militias that are protecting us while they are by our houses and from last year prime minister most of our cover me assured people in tahrir mia no outside force would occupy their land a fragile promise in a country where the state struggles to assert its authority while also battling isis resurgence seem awful to an al-jazeera mia. press freedom is in the spotlight in hong kong they veteran journalists from its arty h.k. public broadcaster is on trial after investigating police misconduct choice has pleaded not guilty she's accused of making false statements to get data she used in a documentary that the case relates to allegations police were too slow to respond to an attack on pro-democracy protesters in 2019 while hong kong was one of was once a bastion of press freedom in asia for the sun to 80th place in the world press

freedom index pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lie was arrested last year and has since been jailed police raided the news room of his publication apple daily last summer radio television hong kong suspended the territories old a satirical show headline after accusations of insulting the police and in january the pro-democracy website which chronicles was blocked and these moves have unsettled some international new goal organizations the new york times has moved its asia did with digital hub and a 3rd of its hong kong stuff to south korea from gandhi is the editor in chief and co-founder of hong kong press freedom but he says beijing's new security door is affecting journalists in hong kong on a daily basis. the last year the pro-democracy activating newsroom was rated waiting as well as the new york times that had worked because the wealthy the denial and media tycoon jimmy lie is behind bars at the moment awaiting trial and security law this broadcast r.-t. h. k. has suddenly been cursed in the firing line along with apple daily the local

according to the b.b.c. . as you say one show's been pulled from the air for allegedly mocking police but also this month patrick leahy who is 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 for it as and we've already seen a new show. which is featuring the pro-democracy veteran but we ourselves have also been a scrambling to react to this. well it's meant to be the 1st economy in the world are open for business but you know whether it's small companies like ourselves or all media mega let's you know like new york times there are almost weekly discussion to how to react to this new atmosphere they've moved stuff out of. and we've also moved stuff to a private office we've thought 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 in ourselves the sense is that we need to just keep calm and carry on prepare for the worst hope for the best and hope that it doesn't come that we have to choose between hong kong and pre-press. brazil is recorded is high as daily number of credible as death since the beginning of the pandemic more than 3200 people died on tuesday brazil has been reporting the world's highest daily number of deaths a weeks now doctors believe a local variant of the virus is causing a rise in infections and deaths or spittles are pushed to breaking point and supplies of medical oxygen are running out. of prison is a furious at the government's response to the pandemic nationwide people banging pots and pans to show their anger against president dr olsen all right during a short address on television he's long been opposed to lock downs and masks mandates citing concerns about its impact on the economy. should the virus has

a rifle 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. and staying in brazil the supreme court has ruled that former president luis in a salute to silver was not treated impartially in a series of corruption investigations just as carbon lucier reversed her earlier position to tip the court's 5 judge panel in lula's favor it means the court is likely to throw out evidence in corruption cases against him strengthening his potential candidacy for next year's election against president also one akin to kiev has more rio de janeiro. this isn't represents a victory for former president we see massive all of the silver and poor's the way for his candidacy in the 2022 presidential elections he now can run against

a far right president right here both on the now law was a front runner in the 28 team presidential elections but he was banned from running because he was tried and convicted and imprisoned by judges for moral and the supreme court now says what more i have been saying all along that he. the trial was not fair because the judge was. biased he did not impartially and assert more has been saying this because morrow after the trial went on to become president tradeable sun rose justice minister so in a certain way now more what 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 inter american court of human rights the victim says the government apology is not enough in a case that's become synonymous with the impunity that plagues colombia's justice system and us under m.p.'s he has. i guess your views it took the colombian government 20 years to recognize part of the state's responsibility in the case of jeanette the door you're the colombian journalist was abducted tortured and raped while investigating an armed trafficking network between paramilitaries and colombian say to phish shows in 2000 i know but it is. in the name of the columbia state i recognize our international responsibility for the failings of the judicial system but did not realize or worshipping all of us to geisha for the victim and i offer an apology to jeanette were doing for the damage it caused. you not be doing

yes campaign for 2 decades to bring her attackers to justice for her the government's technology meant 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 we're to this day those who. written me say i will be raped again a full apology requires recognizing that these cases are not investigated 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 her the 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. protect journalists and women continue just like 20 years ago impunity remains hire 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 these are not failings of particular moment in time they are structural. they did 3 former paramilitaries have been convicted for the attack recently but none of the masterminds in 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 and victims of sexual violence hoping to

see justice prevail. the results from the republic of congo election show the incumbent president will extend his 36 years in power nice us guess so received more than 88 percent of the vote in a result while expected by analysts the main opposition party boycotted the vote because of concerns about its safety incredibility says closest rival people these ethical layers died of covert 19 hours after the polls. i was there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he's won a great victory in the nation's 4th election in just 2 years and that's despite exit polls suggesting there's no clear winner and show netanyahu the good party has one between 31 and 33 seats that i should embrace and where.