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refugees after a fire guts that camp in bangladesh. free and still defiant hundreds of empty cooperage just as in myanmar released by the military bring this. on we gain rare access to a region in iraq used by i still for its recent attacks. in sport to european called find for the qatar 2022 world cup gets on the way later on wednesday all champions france are one of the teams that will play 3 games in march with the european football can the extra congested because of the pandemic. hello and welcome around 90 percent of the votes have been counted in israel's 4th election in 2 years but

a majority is out of the reach of both prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the coalition of opposition parties opposing him a small palestinian israeli party has unexpectedly crossed the threshold into parliament that means nessun yahoo's likud party may have to rely on it for support any coalition will be complicated sorry for such has the latest from west jerusalem . and it starts benjamin netanyahu election campaign was all about. bringing israel back to life through coded 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 majority 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. 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 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 winning his core voters that turnout was particularly bad in his likud strongholds i. do. but it was in palestinian israeli areas where the fall off 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. 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 pete 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 and he doesn't have 61 seat but the change blocked. 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 to the political dealmakers to try to find a way out of the gridlock that al-jazeera west jerusalem. a spade to natasa going to name who is live for us in west jerusalem things stand at the moment where are we with the results. well according to the israeli elections commission the netanyahu bloc is on track to get 59 seats in the knesset 61 seats of 120 in the knesset is required to form a government so as you can imagine netanyahu is feeling like he's operating a fairly stable footing with a viable past path to forming a government but there's no question it's probably going to be a difficult one there is a couple of interesting things that if emerged in this election that are going to

be factors as netanyahu looks to try to cobble together a coalition let's start with the palestinian israeli parties so prior to this election there was a block there was a bloc called the joint list of 4 arab parties it's splintered over religion q. rights state affairs excedrin and a conservative group formed called the united arab list the head of that list is damed monsoor abbas and going into the elections he was characterized as quote cozying up to netanyahu he had said that he was not opposed to joining forces with not netanyahu and since election night he has said that he is not beholden to any party or candidate but that he is interested in influencing israeli politics by using government tools clearly an oblique reference to the fact that they are officially or remaining on the sidelines but supporting the netanyahu bloc is not

off the table the united arab list appears to have it could bring up to 5 seats in the knesset think about what that means the khud party definitely remains under divided as to whether or not they would want to govern with any arab parties and this would have been. thinkable up until last election cycles to now who often used to he often for men to fear among his far right supporters of a strong and robust arab turnout at the polls to boost his supporters to try to get them to the polls and now there's a possibility that he may join some sort of alliance with the palestinian israeli party another interesting phenomenon that is the merge is from a very small far right party it's called the religious zionist party again up

until recently there were some members that had been banned for their palestinian type palestinian sentiment they've got about half a dozen knesset sees they're likely to form. to join actually any bloc with netanyahu but bear in mind again this coalition wouldn't be guided by ideology it'll be guided by support and political expediency there are concerns that if netanyahu is able to form a government however shaky it will be the most conservative and hawkish one in recent memory critics say bear in mind when you start looking at all these unlikely bedfellows as political allies this is a man according to critics who is on try facing a corruption trial and is desperate to do whatever he can to evade prosecution. especially. in west jerusalem let's take a look at what's in play to form the government and that's that is a 128 member legislature the magic number to come to power is 61 projections show

that number netanyahu and his likud party and is also out of reach of the coalition of parties opposing him and as we just heard a small palestinian israeli party which pollsters say could win 5 seats is seen as one which may hold the balance of power as well as electoral system is. it's a form of proportional representation it makes it difficult for a single policy to win an election out right let's get more on this we're joined by al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar he joins us from here in doha good to see you say 90 percent of the votes counted looks like netanyahu may be back where he started what's your take on the results. well i think we are today far far from we were yesterday yesterday it looked like

from the initiative of pulling her exit the results that nothing you know could in fact form a government but today i think we you know quite far from that possibility yes everything is possible in politics especially in israeli politics at least in theory in theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice there is a difference so while we can theorize about various coalition options i think already some of those parties and their leaders have pushed themselves into a corner today already we've heard from one of them the new hope party could onside that he will not sit in a government and that meant that now whole we've also heard from another. ben at enough that had been at it for you and me not that he would not sit in a party with need or for that not that with an eye to party so i think the idea of simply adding numbers and adding parties will not work out for nothing you know

because already a lot of those people have taken a position that for example they were not join a coalition with religious parties and so on i know and i think what the neo will be doing is that 2 or 3 possible things one he will try to buy one or 2 of the centrist parties sent the right parties like new white party now whether that gullible general will once again join and at the now go to meet again is improbable but is still that is that there is a chance whether or not then he would be able to buy out some of those members of the new parties. by a 2nd enticements into giving them ministerial portfolios that. it will also be a possibility but any one of those ways which would simply need to arthritis coalition now one last option which we just discussed earlier is that one where the

palestinian party might be a force i do not think so. again theoretically it's possible but in practice it is not because this government with the religious fanatics in it and the mean a radical right wing party in it sitting with a palestinian party even if they do it for an hour or 2 it will not last not when some decisions need to be taken not when nothing you know is threatening to annex parts of the west bank not when a whole number of a host of issues and challenges come ahead so i think we are in a courteous moment in israeli politics either magician will pull something out of the at or we have up to our 5th election in the near future and what do these results tell you about the opposition parties. we know

they don't actually agree on months other than. standing up against netanyahu where does this leave them. this is an important question for them in the sense that do they really want to go for a 5th election and when they. ensure that they will get similar support that they've got them to start on or before clearly what we see is a trend towards the right so while they have a lot of differences among them. the right the right center right and far right and far far right parties the fascist party. are in fact again extinct and is the one obstacle today is the one of fortunate it today and that is nothing else netanyahu has said himself to be that dealmaker whether he's the only person to be

able to form a coalition through buying out various potential candidates and parties and giving them all sorts of goodies from that governmental pyrite but he's also by the same token the one obstacle if he leaves the political scene today in israel and likud would be able to do a coalition with a whole number of parties including its main nemesis is your shot and be including blue and white party including get on saw a new whole party and so on so forth so imagine that one person would now claims he's the only one who can form of government if he leaves that scene he'd be proving to be the obstacle for the likud party to form a coalition government under its leadership. and i want to really get to get your thoughts on their senior political analyst. plenty more ahead on the news hour including an apology from colombia's government that's not enough for

a journalist who was kidnapped tortured and raped while covering the civil war. on press freedom in hong kong why a journalist is in course after investigating allegations of police misconduct. and the new well number 2 is in miami looking to build on his impressive start to 2021 the latest tennis coming up in sports. officials in bangladesh are investigating what caused a massive fire at the world's largest refugee camp at least 15 people were killed and hundreds more are missing in cox's bazaar fire destroyed thousands of shelters the camp houses more than a 1000000 refugees from me emma you know it's nation says nearly 45000 refugees

have lost their homes tom vitale has more than cults 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 on taking shelter in their family and friends houses some of them has been eco mandated in temporary tents there's 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 they took years to build them and a lot of question 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 last 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 deconditioned 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 there is donovan as a spokeswoman for the un refugee agency she spoke to us from coaxes bazaar and told us the situation that in stunner. 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 i mean 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 are 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 a 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. state television says the military has released more than $600.00 protesters arrested since last month. they were released from a prison in young go home a local human rights group says at least 2000 people have been arrested in the military crackdown since last month florence leary a small firm kuala lumpur. dozens of buses were seen leaving into in prison and yangon city on wednesday morning but even with the release of more than 600 detainees still hundreds more in detention and then joe that keeps track of political prisoners says that as of 23rd march there 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 nonmilitary possibly want to

see this release as a goodwill gesture but it certainly shouldn't be taken as a sign that it's going to be taking a soft a stance a man monetary 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 on rest 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 though people are genuinely afraid that they are going to be arrested they are changing that tactics now protesters instead of staying home the organizers say these this is called calling it a slide and 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 too many people to believe that she's not going to get a fair trial press freedom is once again in the spotlight in hong kong a veteran journalist from the public book called stays on trial after investigating police misconduct. has pleaded not guilty to charges she made false statements to get data she used in the documentary sarah clarke reports from home. 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 of allegations police

colluded with a group of gang members violently attacked pro-democracy supporters in a train station in 2019. a government database to identify the owners of vehicles near the location that nice 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 they are 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. 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 cyrix knock out jazeera hong kong. 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 she's day was the final day of hearings in the international trial underway at the into american court of human rights the victim says the government's apology is simply not enough i was on a run here to reports from bogota i guess you are 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 arm trafficking network between paramilitaries and colombian say to officials 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 worth the pain all of us to get and for the victim and i offer an apology to jeanette we're doing for the damage it caused. 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 we're 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 her the assault. was a direct message to the press and. the case as long lag in colombia is just

a system well bill has become the symbol of all women and journalists fighting against impunity in the country let's attack it's going to. protect journalists and women continue 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 a particular moment in time they are structural. i must say they did a 3 former paramilitaries have been convicted for the attack recently but none of the masterminds in the other 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 alison the. maritime authorities in egypt have a reopened an older section of the suez canal to divert traffic this is a day after a large cargo ship blocked it in both directions tugboat spent much of cheese day trying to move the ship tankers carrying saudi russian american oil was stuck in the waterway which connects europe to asia is the 2nd day of nato talks in brussels and foreign ministers are hoping to strengthen the alliance against increasingly a set of actions from russia and china all eyes are on the u.s. secretary of state and the lincoln his challenge will be to rebuild the washington's ties with the alliance after the trump administration took a more hostile approach but it can reaffirm the importance of america's partnership with the e.u. especially when it comes to countering asia. again what's so important both with

regard to to nato and the issues we're dealing with but also the e.u. and our partnership with with the e.u. is that. when we are working together when we are speaking with one voice when we are acting together we are much stronger and much more effective than if any single one of us is doing it alone a white house correspondent can help that has been watching this closely from washington d.c. to me what message is lincoln sending. the message could really be summed up in one sentence and that is america is back of the path forward is one where the united states wants to work with its partners and allies after 4 years of donald trump of times even calling this body obsolete so this is clearly a departure from that a turning of the page if you will but what's notable in these statements that were made is also that there are some things that are familiar from the last 4 years

that there is a still a pressing of these member countries to live up to their commitments their financial commitments that they must pay 2 percent of their g.d.p. it's known as the whales commitment and this is something that donald trump was successful in getting member countries to do pointing out not only were they not contributing to defense spending but that they began to do so when he was in office and this is something that we heard from the secretary of state that he is pressing countries to continue on that trajectory so that is a little bit of a familiarity now what is different is the tone it's no longer the us versus them this is clearly a statement from the secretary of state that they believe the only way to tackle some of these global challenges and threats is with international partners now having said that the one threat that continues to be identified well actually 2 is

russia and also china but it's really notable the tone that the secretary of state took with respect to china compared to a week ago when the secretary of state was meeting with his counterpart chinese counterpart in alaska that was a meeting that went very badly for the united states the tone according to the chinese officials was condescending as the u.s. pointed out concerns about human rights crackdowns on democracy in hong kong and even military assertiveness we know that the chinese swung back pointing to some of the. problems here in the united states with respect to political social and racial divisions so we've seen a very different tone just some 56 days later from the secretary of state noting that while there are some differences with china the united states believes that it is in the interest of the world to work with china particularly comes to tackling health and tackling health security and also global climate change. in washington d.c.

thank you. assign for the weather his efforts however i'm pleased to say the weather is improving slowly across that east to sort of australia the sun has come out for the 1st time in around 10 days but the river levels do continue to rise as more because of the runoff is coming in over the high ground you can see the offending area of low pressure now moving across the bass strait there heading towards tasmania grassi in the process of pulling away and it will do so as we go on through thursday so it will brighten up still a few showers into that southeastern corner of the south well so just around the southern end of the play amounts in some showers that say into that eastern side of victoria but we are going to say the runoff continue to cause further problems as we go on through thursday and then we go on into friday and it does draw a long lost but again as always a bit of a lag with these things 25 self's in the sunshine there for sydney 23 in melbourne want to 2 showers coming into south australia fought in troy it's western australia

getting up into the high twenty's once again here but the machine was draped across the north of us and we see that same lot of tapping in some right to the south of new zealand a little bit of rain making its way into southern parts of japan over the next couple of days dry and brought for a good parts of china and it will crises brighten up for much of japan. still has on al jazeera open for business politicians in the philippines say foreign money could save the country's economy but that opinion is set by everyone. on the search for mass graves in argentina a year after some of the worst record of human rights abuses. and it's been a long time coming but asian world cup qualifying is about to resume details coming up in the spring. it's one of the world's most powerful and dangerous criminal enterprises central to

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you watching al-jazeera mind top stories this hour. about 90 percent of the votes in israel's election have been counted prime minister benjamin netanyahu says prospects for retaining a right wing coalition government are looking uncertain a small palestinian israeli party has unexpectedly projected to win 5 seats in parliament. bangladeshi officials are investigating what caused a large fire at coke says bizarre refugee camp at least 15 people are dead and hundreds more are missing since monday spying thousands have lost their homes.

state television says the military has released more than 600 protesters arrested since last month's coup a local human rights group says at least 2000 people have been arrested in the military crackdown so far. in the past few months i saw his stage repeated attacks on security forces in iraq al jazeera has gained access to one area that is known for regular high selective ety and a staging ground for raids on the capital so manifold tain reports from tommy. these palm groves are a lifeline for the people of a farming community 50 kilometers north of baghdad they're also useful to 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. anyone who has farming projects whether it's chicken they are targeted they will

tell him to provide support they will take the money by any means in return for sparing his life and his family. 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 they are 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 p.m.s. 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 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 i still find terrorists 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 our youth a very cooperative in this martyr and willing to sacrifice themselves for tommy or . 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. kofman battle for 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 said they're protecting us while they are bio horses and from last year prime minister most of the 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 isolates resurgence seem awful teenagers era. person is making it harder for refugees who enter the united kingdom illegally to apply for asylum. it's hell has announced what she called the most significant overhaul of the

country's asylum system in decades she said the reforms were designed to be fair to genuine asylum seekers while clamping down on people traffic is as go to our correspondent who is in london for us nadine this is quite a radical overhaul of the government's refugee policy talk us through it. yes it would be radical if it actually comes into effect pretty patel has been speaking in the commons in the last half an hour saying that it is fair but firm and saying that it's what the british public would expect she describes a british asylum system that in her own words is breaking now she says that for the 1st time there will be a separate and distinct approach to people arriving in the u.k. to a claim asylum through so-called legal routes and people who arrive through what the government calls illegal routes now often they are people who've traveled across europe from for example africa or the middle east and across the english channel

paying people smugglers along the way pretty patel says that one of the aims of the government is to save lives crossing the channel crossing those dangerous routes but also to crack down on illegal traffickers now she has said that the that there are far too many people in britain who are waiting to have their asylum claim process that she's saying it's fairer to offer a quicker service to people who get here legally and to give them greater rights and to take away rights of people who come illegally a got home office consultation paper has now confirmed that the government still wants to change the law so that it could in theory send people to other countries without processing their claim for asylum in the 1st instance refugee advocates will tell you that that is not possible that the u.k. must look at people's claims and on top of that nobody knows which countries would

play ball for example after breaks it now the u.k. is out of the european union there is no compulsion on other e.u. countries where refugees 1st arrived to take them back so people are asking well this is all well and good but how will the system work the government says that it is proportionate and that it will carry through its plans but just know that these are proposal got the moment and not legislation. for us in london thank you. german chancellor angela merkel is reversing tough restriction measures for the easter holiday a day after they were announced the decision follows widespread criticism of the government's latest plans to try and curb the spread of covert 19 michael says the plant shut down restoring more harm than good but tougher restrictions included a ban on large gatherings and closure of most shops for 5 days from the 1st of

april brazil has recorded its highest daily number of corona virus deaths since the beginning of the pandemic more than 3200 people died on tuesday brazil has been reporting the world's highest daily number of fatalities for weeks now doctors believe that a local variant of the virus is causing a rise in infections and deaths all spittles been pushed to breaking point and supplies of medical decision are running out. brazilians are furious at the government's response to the pandemic nationwide people banging pots and pans to show their anger against president during his short address on television is long been opposed to lock downs and mosque mandate citing concerns about its impact on the economy. and staying in brazil it

supreme court has ruled that former president lula da silva was not treated fairly in a series of corruption investigations justice common lucy it reversed her earlier position to take the court's 5 dogs panel into disfavor and means the course is likely to throw out evidence in corruption cases against him strengthening his potential candidacy for next year's election against president of balls. people in argentina are commemorating the anniversary of the 1976 that led to a military government and some of the worst human rights abuses recorded last century fewer people are attending demonstrations this year because of the coronavirus demick but it hasn't stopped the investigation into what happened to those who died or went missing to raise about reports from what is or is. it was argentina's largest detention camp during the years of military dictatorship and now for the 1st time from one of its airstrips this specially equipped plane is

about to take off on a mission to search for mass graves in the area the military base in what a site is called company module it covers an area of over $5000.00 hectares. busty to search for coordinates x. y. and z. it has the virtue of period reaching the vegetation today will be scanning the area of concordia mio. the plane has been equipped with technology that marks thousands of points that can be later analyzed those points could be burial sites of the real lesson activist disappeared during the dirty war in the 1970 s. and eighty's thousands of people were disappeared during the military dictatorship in this country vests are some of what makes the task more difficult in the 3rd to find them is that the abuse or never revealed what they did to them it is known that one of the favorite methods used where what is known as the death flights

where people were thrown into the river or the ocean they were never seen again. human rights trials are ongoing in argentina and members of the security forces are being confronted with what they allegedly did over 40 years ago this year of years whom because of the. the search for flight seek to unearth the secrets of what happened in company and the day. flights took off from there now for the 1st time conscripts have started to speak about what they saw at the base when people were being disappeared. i saw around 9 people and i'm not sure because they were passing very fast so people with long hair and beard. is the leader of a team of experts who specialize in searching for people killed in conflict he says the new technology will help shed light on one of the darkest periods in argentina's history. once the data's analyzed we were used to physics like geo

radars to detect if there's something in the areas marked by the loiter so later on we can go and investigate what is important this is a military location in almost no country in the world have been allowed to search for bodies in military locations and it's one of the 1st times we're very careful with expectations especially among the relatives. relatives of those who were disappeared continue to search for their loved ones. they still have the hope human rights abuses will reveal what they did to them they say that only the truth will bring them to. the philippine president. says the economy sinking deeper into debt losing more than $800000000.00 every day inflation is the assets highest in nearly 2 years congress is reviving a proposal to open up the economy to move foreign owned businesses that strategy is

not welcomed by everyone. reports. aaron joel 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 spent demick 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 stop that 1st. course revolves around 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 will not create a true nami 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 them 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 lockdowns in the world last year in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus but as in other countries the economy has taken a battering the full 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 to its 3 pandemic levels dogon al-jazeera in manila. still ahead on al-jazeera in sports this brooklyn star says just why the nets so one of the championship favorites this season all the basketball actually coming out to.

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it's time for sports yes ana thank you very much man and well european qualifying for the 2022 football world cup in qatar kicks off later on wednesday the 1st batch of matches sees world champions of france begin their title defense the french open their campaign at home to ukraine and have a long trip to face as a stand away on sunday followed by a stop off in bosnia-herzegovina on march 31st france's one of a number of teams

a starting with a triple header due to the pandemic european qualifying has been compressed just to illustrate how hectic things are european qualification kicks off with 75 games and 8 days the whole group schedule is squeezed into 4 international windows in an 8 month span and on top of all that the delayed european championship will happen this year as well as the nations league finals and france will be at both. we have plenty of high level competition ahead of us the players are used to it and they love it we will not complain about it but this is a very politically year in all aspects and we have repercussions on all these competitions crossing overlapping and follow each other in 2021 why asian qualify for qatar 2022 has been heavily impacted by the global pandemic ran 2 resumes on thursday after 16 months of gap his stance hung game against mongolia wool get

things back on the way with 2 more matches happening this month saudi arabia versus palestine and the goalie at home to japan the rest of the matches will happen across 8 groups specific venues in june most countries have played 5 of their scheduled 8 2nd round matches or been speaking to asian football writer john to his optimistic that asia can get through its qualification process despite all the problems. because it has affected engines welker collocation badly i mean really by now it should be almost have a good idea of which 4 teams will be going to qatar 2022 but still haven't even finished the 2nd round yet is still 40 teams in the running class action was november 2009 team and at a time we have no idea would have to wait 60 minutes to start again the asian football confederation decided to have instead of having home away games for the

remaining games in the 2nd round just for each team's 4 or 5 games left to play in centralised venues so one city in one country horsing all other many games. so she win that works then there's just enough time to squeeze in the games remaining before june 15th deadline but really because there's no leeway left in any spiking cases any problems will have a huge effect. but i think you've seen foot was going to get better at this mean we saw in qatar last year with the end of the asian champions league how about a secure bubble cam haas game safely so that's the whole you know i mean it's it of course unprecedented situation they have seized in that house and sympathy for how they have handled this and try and find a way to play these games but i think somehow in the games will be played and it will be if you will have the full amount of teams in qatar but some teams may have problems along the way but will be enough. former head of wilful bulls has been

given a new ban by the organization he used to work full investigation by fifa found blacks are guilty of multiple breaches of their ethics code the latest suspension is for an additional 6 years and 8 months 5 year old that has been banned from football since 2015 from making those described as a disloyal payment to form a us. me that had been true to come to an end in october. 3 time grand slam champion andy murray has suffered another setback as he was forced to withdraw from the miami open with a growing injury to time when a hair maria had been granted a wild card to compete at the scot has not played that an a.t.p. mostest since 2016 the former world number one who's now run 219 has been attempting to return to major tournament after a long injury lay offs due to hip surgery which threatened his korea. to new world

number 2 danny medvedev will be competing in miami the russian has replaced rafael nadal's number 2 last week after winning his 10th korea a.t.p. tour title he's now the 1st player other than adult roger federer novak djokovic and andy murray to be ranked in the top 2 since lleyton hewitt 16 years ago that is the top seed in miami. i'm really happy i think the 1st time i'm going to be a top seed in the masters was you know it is great because of course it comes with good results you know with a lot of hard work but it means a lot for sure i don't want to stop every time you reach something you want to climb higher and higher but there's just enjoy it while until until your next match where you just have to win to try again. and being the l.a. lakers are still searching for win without. bron james they fell 128112 the new orleans pillock and you are the brooklyn nets who are also missing 2

of the stuff they bring and kevin durant's in their game against the portland trailblazers but it was james harden to the rescue he backed 25 points to leave brooklyn 116000 12 victory. our sense of urgency in the women that are ever in their intensity on the defensive has to be no matter what no bush is and i'm proud of the garden or that's what you know once again. there has to be it is yours it was you know. we the best we can. that's what for me really. one more story before we go mount etna on the italian island of sicily has erupted sending lava rocks up to 900 meters into the air explosions could be heard in nearby towns and the airports in the city of tanya has closed because of the apps it's atmos 16th ever option this year while kaner is the largest active volcano in

europe today that's it from a site for this new south but i'll be back at the top of the out with more of the day's. best sister turned human rights activist the day her brother is locked in a notorious supposed back a desert prison. per fight for his freedom she's had exiled surveillance and betrayed by those closest to her. but her resolve is unshaken. only to devil lives without her. witness on al-jazeera. a footballer adult and a pioneer 1st spoke he lost the chance to play for his country but one a legal battle that paved the way for a generation of brazilian players. footballing legend eric cantona introduces

a fun scene of pima life by his club for his political beliefs he took power into his own hands and blazed the trail for players rights. on algis eve. and disease counts 54 deaths children. all. fucked off. doc. says.

a small palestinian israeli policy is in the spotlight as projections show both prime minister netanyahu and the opposition alliance fail to get a majority again. i money inside this is al jazeera live from coming up. the european commission is considering tightening exports of covert 19 vaccines of the concerns of possible shortages at the ass.