in the time i've covered wars revolutions elections and military coups. from the favelas of caracas to the battlefields around also i would job just to get to the truth and then power people through knowledge. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu celebrates an election win but results are still coming in and the parliamentary majority looks still out of his reach. the observer romney watching on his own line from headquarters here in doha are also coming up. homeless again tens of thousands of running the refugees are living outside after

a fire tore through their camp in bangladesh our correspondent is that. the charred kali refugee camp. bangladesh where the devastating took place. as international condemnation grows myanmar's military releases hundreds of anti coup protesters and clamping down on freedom to hong kong investigative journalist is in court facing charges of illegally accessing government data. welcome to the program as those continue to be counted in israel's general election prime minister benjamin netanyahu prospects for retaining a right wing coalition government are looking uncertain as well palestinian israeli party has unexpectedly crossed the threshold into parliament and that means that netanyahu is the party will have to rely on it for support. but any coalition will

be complicated given the could scotland will be dependent on the far right jewish nationalists are a false it has the latest 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 if possible and needed to set up a stable government in israel a fairer 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 and we want to be part of the government we accept the results of this round 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. 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 seat 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 and it doesn't have 61 seat but the change bloc 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. israel's army says it's

lost as strikes against hamas as target saying garza explosions could be seen over gaza city earlier wednesday israel says the strikes are in response to an earlier rocket attack for which nobody has claimed responsibility now the rocket landed in open field in southern israel with no reports of any injuries israel's ambassador to the u.n. has condemned the resolution calling for an arms embargo against the country the un human rights council passed the resolution 32 votes to 6 with 8 abstentions the text says that there's a clear risk that arms sold to israel might be used to commit serious human rights abuses. 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 cox's bazaar and this fire destroyed thousands of shelters the camp hours more than a 1000000 rohingya refugees from me in march and the u.n. says nearly 45000 of them lost their homes turned their chantry has more than cox

is bizarre. what you see behind me is the last. now many of these huts were actually burned they were built overnight some of them are 10 some of them are bumble toppling so they were built overnight to provide shelter but there is a coordinated effort by all the aid agency is and the government to clear this area and to start building new shelters a lot of the people i know taking shelter in their family and friends houses some of them has been eco mandated in temporary tents others in community centers and schools now this camp was one of the largest area that got burned they had clinics that learning centers in formal school that are gone it took years to build them and a lot of questions will be raised why this fire incident happening what is the reason i mean one of the culprit is the gas cylinder used for cooking but the refugees are

not trained to deal with these issues why frequently this thing happen in future this has to be dealt with i mean a lot of like being less about hundreds of people are still missing many of them are children you've got to realize half the population in this camp are children they are highly traumatized the gunman is also taking many of them to a remote coastline and the plan is to move 100000 people there 14000 have been moved they said it's because of security and decongestion reason so this people are really frustrated and shows they don't know what their future holds with the political situation in myanmar and their fate is up to others they don't have much say on the decision making process through sullivan is a spokesperson for the un refugee agency spoke to us from coaxes ball results and told us about the don situation. honestly the the images the pictures don't do justice to the scale of the devastation it's really it's the biggest fire that we've ever experienced in the camps and and it's affected huge numbers of people

45000 people have been made homeless over nice you know the numbers of injured as over 400 people and there are still more than 300 people who are unaccounted for so i mean we're working around the clock all of the humanitarian agencies in terms of shelter food and water but also to deal with the trauma that these people have been through most of these people fled violence terrible press occasion in myanmar just over 3 years ago and to have to go through such a severe trauma again it's really really devastating obviously in such densely populated refugee camps when a fire does does stars it's very difficult to control people are living in in flimsy shelters tarpaulin them the majority of the refugees who were affected in yesterday's fire are being are being housed by neighbors by relatives and friends in camps nearby and we're also providing temporary accommodation in learning centers and communal facilities so at the moment our priority is to respond to the immediate needs and and you know we need additional support the call on the

international community to support us and support the whole humanitarian community to respond to these needs and in just a terribly desperate situation be able state television says the military has released more than 600 protesters arrested since last month's coup but they were released from a prison and young girl a local human rights group says at least 2000 people are being arrested in military crackdowns since last month from a sleepy house more from kuala lumpur. dozens of buses were seen leaving insein prison in yangon city on wednesday morning but even with the release of more than 600 detainees there are still hundreds more in detention and then joe that keeps track of political prisoners says that as of 23rd march 3rd just a day before the release on wednesday morning there were more than 2400 people in detention or who had outstanding warrants now on the non-monetary possibly want to see this release as a goodwill gesture but it certainly should be taken as

a sign that it's going to be taking a softer stance a man my military spokesman said that the internet restrictions in myanmar are going to remain in place and that the focus next is going to be on those who provoke unrest now the protesters are not out on the streets on wednesday but this isn't a sign that there's going to that the opposition to the coup is dying down even the people are genuinely afraid that they are going to be arrested they are changing their tactics now protesters instead of staying home the organizers say these this is called they're calling it a silent strike and the objective one of the objectives is to honor those who died throughout the weeks of protests but another objective really is to counter what the gentleman saying that things are slowly returning back to normal in myanmar now wednesday was also supposed to be the day that a hearing day for the trial of aung san suu kyi the democratically elected leader but her trial has once again been postponed and those postponement is likely to add on to many people's believe that she's not going to get

a fair trial 1st freedom is what's good in the spotlight of the whole called a veteran journalist will be public broadcaster is on trial after investigating police misconduct both choice has pleaded not guilty to charges that she made false statements to get data she used in a documentary so. normally behind the camera on wednesday t.v. producer bad choice was the subject of media attention as she faced her 1st day on trial sorry i cannot speak much we thought her legal proceedings greeting the veteran journalist at court were group of supporters who say this trial is an attack on hong kong's media freedom we feel that we have to stand up for her as well as standing up for freedom of press in hong kong about choice has been charged for her role in a t.v. documentary that exposed what it said was police misconduct during the anti-government protests central to the investigation into allegations police colluded with

a group of gang members violently attacked pro-democracy supporters in a train station in 2019 choice a government database to identify the owners of vehicles near the location that night police say that information was obtained illegally media groups a choice was just doing her job it does raise questions about government transparency when it comes to data and potential legal terrorism when the or all it is go after reporters you know in quite weird wonderful and never entertained waves i don't think anyone would have expected that this. would have been arrested over something like this this trial has intensified concerns over media censorship in hong kong this territory was once a bastion of press freedom in asia it's now fallen to 88 in the world press freedom index and the introduction of beijing's national security law in july last year has increased the risks for journalists reporting on potentially sensitive subjects media tycoon jimmy lie has been arrested in recent months and remains in jail the

city's public broadcaster r t h k also suspended its oldest satirical show after accusations it insulted the hong kong police some international media organizations including the new york times have moved the asia digital hub and a 3rd of the. stuff to south korea there has been an ongoing restriction or restricting of the base for free reporting in hong kong each of these incidents is different in its own way but together they paint a pretty clear picture that you know independent reporting is under some threat in hong kong this is the 1st time a journalist has been put on trial for coverage of the anti-government protests about choi has pleaded not guilty but her supporters fear her wrist may not be the last series al-jazeera hong kong well still ahead here on al-jazeera open for business politicians in the philippines so foreign money could save the country's

economy but that opinion is shared by everyone. who calls for action on gun control after another shooting spree the u.s. president is demanding a ban on assault weapons so stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored plan qatar airways. how is the weather slushy set fare for a good part of china over the next day or 7 those bright skies thoughts it's a filtering across the good parts of the korean peninsula and also into japan but here in japan because this high pressure now in the process of pulling out of the way it will allow water to showers just graze the far south of q.c. so cheri rain just making its way in across honshu into hokkaido would of course be some wintry showers coming in across the high gravity time just not too bad 1900 in

tokyo and a 19 there in a sock a little brighter little drier little warmer as we go on into friday still want to see showers but it will improve as we go on through the day that is showers set just easing i which was central parts of china before in try that for the korean peninsula northern parts of china not too badly we have got some western weather and some wintry weather up towards the outer mongolia southern parts of china set for hong kong pleasant sunshine temperatures here around $25.00 celsius loss of sunshine meanwhile across a good parts of india the pre monsoon heat now starting to build quite nicely that we want to showers into the fosse out of india want to show as to into like i think a little heavier here what's the weather that we have across northern parts of pakistan will crash really fizzle out. sponsored poll qatar airways. meets the minimalists attempt this couple and their daughter decided to quit the rat race hoping to make

the time with us. let's just throw everything away outers or world expose the simple living movement aimed at reducing passbook consumption credit and clock times i hope to be happier as a result. a simple life on al-jazeera. we. talk about your watching al-jazeera be so wrong a reminder of our top stories about 90 percent of the votes in israel's election have been counted prime minister benjamin netanyahu is prospects for retaining a right tween coalition government to looking uncertain a small palestinian israeli party has unexpectedly garnered some seats in

parliament and it could hold the balance of power. bangladeshi officials are investigating what caused a large fire cox's bazar refugee camp at least 15 people are dead and hundreds more missing since monday's fire thousands have lost their homes and miramar state television says the military has released more 600 protesters arrested since last month's coup they were released from a prison in young god rights groups say at least 2000 were arrested. in the past few months size still has staged repeated attacks on security forces in iraq 0 ok that says to one area that's known for regular eye selective ety and a staging ground for rates of the capital so when a full team has more from to media. these paragraphs are a lifeline for the people of the mia 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 slick starts the community for support and. 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's 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 isis 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 $150.00 fighters but it's often at the forefront of fighting eisel 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 weapons 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 tara mia 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. call from a powerful were afraid of the 2 sides both the militias and i saw the 2 faces of the same corps in one just keeps killing but militias that are protecting us while they are bio 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. brazil has recorded its highest daily number of krona virus deaths since the beginning of the pandemic more than 3200 people died on tuesday brazil has been reporting the world's highest daily numbers of deaths for weeks now doctors believe a local variant of the virus is causing a rise in infections and deaths hospitals are pushed to the breaking point and supplies of medical oxygen are now running out. and brazilians are furious at their government's response to the pandemic nationwide people going pots and pans to show their anger against president dr also nora during his short address on television he's long been opposed to lock downs and basque mandate citing concerns about its 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 and staying in brazil the supreme court has ruled that the former president lula da silva was not treated fairly in a series of corruption investigations justice carberry c.e.o. 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 over dence in corruption cases against him strengthening his potential candidacy for next year's election against president scheibel sonar a monarchy in a curve has more from rio de janeiro. this isn't represents a victory for former president we've seen massive over the silver and poor's the way pro is kind of a seat in the 2022 presidential elections now can run against a far right president right here both on the no more 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 drug several more and

the supreme court now says what more i has been saying all along. but he the trial was not fair because the judge was was. biased he did not act it impartially and assert 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 more is feeling vindicated now this does not mean that he is free of all corruption charges there are still corruption charges against him but this means is that this particular trial was not fair to the philippine president will begin to turn says the economy is sinking deeper into debt losing more than $800000000000.00 every day inflation is at its highest in 82 years in congress is reviving a proposal to open up the call to be foreign aid to businesses but that strategy is not welcomed by everyone. tells us from berlin. aaron

joel is sylvester known as a.g. says life has never been this challenging he owned a chattel agency for 20 years but it went bankrupt after the coronavirus pandemic broke out. he worked part time as a musician but that too has now been put on hold some of the luxuries we used to enjoy we had to see to start that 1st. course revolves for how to adjust our budgets with food expenses utilities we save whatever we can and spend only. with what we need small and medium sized enterprises like the chair of an agency e.g. used to operate accounted for around 60 percent of jobs in the country but latest figures show more than 2 thirds of these businesses have been seriously affected or closed completely by the coronavirus pandemic reporting amendments the certain

economic provisions of the night but congressional efforts to revive discussions about amending the constitution to relax its foreign ownership restrictions have not been welcomed with open arms critics say the focus should instead be on providing relief to those suffering in the current recession we are overselling it by no means a cure all simply opening up the. preview of investments quality of local governance is the most important factor for in close off foreign direct investments and by quality of local in governance this might include the rule of law but what congress wants is to make economic laws much more competitive by allowing foreign investment in public utilities at the moment that's restricted to filipino citizens along with the rights to own public land and natural resources not because there are short term needs that we will forgo working on

a longer term solution i make it and then it was really a wake up call for us it has become clear that longer term structural reforms are needed. the philippines implemented one of the longest and strictest lock downs in the world last year in an attempt to stop the spread of the corona virus but as in other countries the economy has taken a battering the pull up in the economy is facing its highest unemployment rate since the 2nd world war and the government admits even if these economic provisions are revised it will take years before the local economy return so it's free pandemic levels dogon al-jazeera manila sri lanka has rejected a un resolution that could lead to prosecutions for rights violations it gives the un human rights chief the powers to investigate crimes related to the country's civil war which ended in 2009 the human rights council passed the resolution at

$22.00 votes to 11 sri lanka's foreign minister says it has no wait it's clear that the resolution has had nor mentor to be approval of the concept is the reality why do they want to see and you know these resolutions without the consent and that have been some of the country concern cannot be implemented that is the basic principle. in the u.s. senate democrats are planning a vote on expanded gun control measures after the nation's 2nd machine in a week on monday 10 people including a police officer were shot dead at a supermarket in boulder colorado incident biden has called the bipartisan action on gun control but republicans are pushing back mike hanna explains 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 51 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 sharp 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 the moderate measure is unlikely to get the 60 votes needed in the senate to becomes law says mike hanna washington. bureau chief of is there of me so rob a reminder of our top stories about 90 percent of the votes in israel's general election have now been counted prime minister benjamin netanyahu says prospects for retaining a right wing coalition government are looking uncertain a small of palestinian israeli party has unexpectedly gained some seats in parliament.