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'm on inside this is al jazeera live from also coming up. the european commission is considering tightening exports of covert 1000 vaccines over concerns of possible shortages at the astra zeneca jan.

homeless again we were ports on the plight of tens of thousands of or him directly g.'s after fire guns their camp in bangladesh. and the game where access to a region in iraq used by iso for its recent attacks. around 90 percent of the votes have been counted in israel's 4th election in 2 years but majority is out of the reach of both prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the coalition of opposition parties opposing him a small palestinian israeli policy has on expect to gain some seats in parliament this means nessun yahoo's likud party may have to rely on it for support are a force that has the latest from them. at its start 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 but you 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 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. don't know 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 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 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 and harry force that's it joins us now live from west jerusalem harry this really be the result netanyahu would have been hoping. absolutely not no he was arguing for fighting for campaigning for exceptionally hard a right wing stable government a thing that he's promised these regular trips for the last 4 elections now and has failed to happen and the the key development since the exit polls were were released as the polls closed and they've you know the numbers have been changing

has been the entry into the parliament the crossing of the threshold by this small offshoot of the arab joint list the ram party or the united arab list led by months or a bus and his philosophy is conservative islamist he has been moving his party though the last 12 months or so into a more pragmatic space in israeli politics talking about being open to engage with with various parties especially if they offer and promise to do what is necessary in the palace in israeli sector in a form for his constituents and so he is leaving himself open to working either with the pro or the anti netanyahu bloc now netanyahu himself he has in the last few days of the campaign said that he would not go into coalition with such a party especially one which had opposed the. normalization deals with other with

arab countries in the middle east he's also said that he wouldn't even accept their support from the outside so a minority government relying on the external support of a party such as this but where he is now on 59 that calculation may become very different on the other side there's a much broader spectrum of political parties including some real right wing parties that happened to be against netanyahu they also some of them saying that they would not work with months or abbas and his united arab list that if they do somehow come into the loop could fall. although netanyahu fold either within a coalition government or from the outside of it that's something that elements within the right wing coalition would not accept and they would have to be working with these extremely far right descendants of a party that was so racist to the 1990 s. that it was expelled from the knesset and you are racist it was expelled from the israeli parliament altogether so there is an extremely complex self-contradictory

jigsaw of coalition building for both sides to survey as they try to pick up the pieces from this election sorry force of the 1st and west jerusalem many thanks. german chancellor angela merkel is reversing tough luck down measures for the easter holiday a day off so they were announced the decision follows widespread criticism over the government's latest plans to try and curb the spread of covert 19 merkel says the plan restoring more harm than good the tougher restrictions included a ban on large gatherings and closure of most shops for 5 days from the 1st of april. meanwhile the european union is looking into tougher export rules are more covert 19 vaccines can go to e.u. citizens shipments of vaccines would be assessed on the destination countries rate

of vaccination and it ensures manufacturers have fulfilled their contracts with the e.u. it could increase tensions with the u.k. where the rollout there has benefited from a steady supply of the astra zeneca vaccine the leaders will meet on thursday to discuss the proposed plan let's go to our correspondent laurie chalons who is live for us in london rory ears been threatening something along these lines of the most of the week talk us through the details. well essentially what the european commission is trying to do is to make sure that drug makers with planned exports aren't threatening the already limited supply of vaccines to european countries so essentially what the plan is is for on a case by case basis the e.u.

to look at exports to particular countries and ask the question what's the situation with covert in that destination country what's the situation with the vaccination rolled out and whether they can get vaccines from other places and the assumption is that if those questions are answered but suppose negatively from the perspective of the european union then they can block exports to those countries they're insisting that this is not about any particular country but of course as you said in your introduction there this does feed into the whole argument that's going on at the moment between the e.u. and the u.k. really over why the u.k. has been so successful in its vaccination program so far with over half the adult population having have a vaccine at least one vaccine job already the figure in the e.u. is about 10 percent. basically how to how to stop that happening essential you know

that the e.u. has got itself in a real pickle over vaccines particularly with regards to the astra zeneca one which is supposed to be the vaccine of the masses over the last few months its position is one from you know where absolutely demanding we get average every vaccine that we've ordered to we're not quite sure whether this works and it might be dangerous so we're spending using it for the moment to you know we were angry that the u.k. has got so much of it and we might stop them having having quite so much of it so you know this is a fractious bitter arguments and it's not helped to have say by remarks that boris johnson made recently to his own backbench him. p.s. which was that the reason why the u.k. has done so well and it's vaccine rolled out so far is because of greed and capitalism and those are comments that are on unlikely to go down well in brussels no indeed and the vaccines there couldn't be more important to concerns of a 3rd wave sweeping through europe.

here that wave exactly so belgium we believe is about to announce a new lock down non-essential shops and hairdressers and schools being closed perhaps through till the end of april and talk about countries or entities given sales in a pickle over over things germany has got itself in a pickle as well over a planned lockdown there over the easter period 5 days angela merkel announced on tuesday the country would essentially be going into some sort of shock shutdown with people being ordered stay at home they found a rollback on that angle of merkel has apologized really signs that she got this wrong there was a big backlash about it with the various media and people saying that this was being done to hastily the scientists perhaps saying that it wasn't being strong enough. to market was rolled back and said that it's not going to happen now so you

know this is a situation that europe is in at the moment where it is not very happy at all many thanks for that warry chalons of the 1st in london. officials in bangladesh investigating what caused a massive fire at the world's largest refugee camp at least 15 people killed and hundreds more are missing and coaxes bizarre on those 5 destroyed thousands of cell tears the camp houses more than a 1000000 rang of refugees from. the u.n. says nearly 45000 refugees have lost their homes tom vitale has the latest from cox is bizarre. what you see behind me is the last. camp now many of these huts were actually burned they were built overnight some of them are 10 some of them are bamboo tarpaulin so they were built overnight to provide shelter but there is a coordinated effort by all the aid agencies and the government to clear this area

and to start building new shelters a lot of the people on taking shelter in the 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 it 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 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 a 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 political situation in myanmar and their fate is up to others they don't have much say on the decision making process . still ahead on al-jazeera she waited 20 years for justice after being raped and tortured by a journalist in colombia says an apology isn't good enough. and we look at why the u.k. is proposing an overhaul to its silenced. how i once again with got lost if i'd weather into central and northern parts of china at the moment cloud and rain is in the process of just easing out of that east the side of the country and it will bring in a few showers showers rather than long spells of writing to the fos out of japan

will say some west of weather for a time coming into honshu but time just not fair it's a badly looking at temps getting up to around 19 celsius in tokyo and rising we could touch 21 celsius here on friday with more in the way of sunshine still a chance of what it says showers for type that western side of japan but they will peter out so it's a little colder in beijing temperatures around 16 celsius but not too bad over the next day central positron on the other hand could see some longer spells of frame longer spells of rain continue for central parts of southeast asia running along the equator of course say this is the intertropical convergence the itc's at those seasonal showers and they're packing up quite nicely as they should to join up with the showers that we have just making their way into west for lanka for a time much of india on the other hand looking fine and righteous of want to chew wintry flowers just around the foothills of the himalayas but nothing too much to speak of for the most part without the sunshine temps just generally getting up

into the mid to high thirty's. jumped into this story there is a lot going on in this and julia not global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we all want to feed then we are nowhere to be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there is always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are good enough to keep the new in the to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there a. rule.

the watching al-jazeera mind of our 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 on looking uncertain a small palestinian israeli policy which is projected to win 5 seats is in the spotlight to break the deadlock. the european union is proposing tougher export rules so more covert 19 vaccines can go to e.u. citizens shipments of vaccines would be assessed on the destination country's rate of vaccination and it ensures manufacturers have fulfilled their contracts with the . bangladeshi officials investigating what caused a large fire at cox's bazaar refugee camp he's 15 people are dead and hundreds more are missing since monday's fire thousands have lost their homes. person wants to make it harder for refugees who enter the united kingdom illegally

to apply for asylum home secretary percy patel has proposed new legislation that would overhaul the country's asylum system she says the reforms are designed to be faster genuine asylum seekers while clamping down on people traffic is. a has the latest from london. 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 illegal 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 there are far too many people in britain who are waiting to have their asylum claim process and 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 you can the u.k. must look at people's claims 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 myanmar state television says the military is really small than 600 protesters arrested since last month's k they were released from

a prison in young go on and like a human rights group says at least 2000 people have been arrested in the mentioned crackdown since last month. it's a 2nd day of nato talks in brussels and foreign ministers are hoping to strengthen the alliance against increasingly assertive actions from russia and china all eyes are on the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken his challenge will be to rebuild washington's ties with the alliance office of the administration took a more hostile approach than can reaffirm the importance of america's partnership with the e.u. especially when it comes to countering beijing 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 to me hellcats is standing by in washington d.c. kimberly what message is blinken sending. the message is not only that a page is being turned from the previous administration under donald trump but that america is back in terms of its desire to work with its partners and allies this after 4 years of donald trump calling this body obsolete and to also point out that they are not living up to their friend national commitments and so it is notable in fact that the secretary of state antony blinken did keep that part of the sort of message from the united states once again reiterating that it is his belief that all of these nations when it comes to collective defense need to share in the cost so that he united states is still pressing for the camembert nations to live up to

their 2 percent g.d.p. something that donald trump did as well but i think what's really notable here is not only is the united states sending the message that there is a need to work collaboratively but there is a small shift in tone from what we saw last week with respect to china now the secretary of state did identify in these latest comments that china is still a global threat that it is up ending international norms and order but at the same time the tone is much softer than we saw just about 5 days ago when the secretary of state was meeting with his counterparts in alaska that's a meeting that did not go well as the u.s. went in forcefully accusing china of not holding human rights of crackdowns on democracy in hong kong and also sort of military assertiveness the chinese swung back pointing out that the united states is in no position it felt to be pointing a finger given there is this social unrest here in the united states the political

divisions the racial divisions so if piers there's been a calculation in this latest a. i meant to take a softer tone on china to point out that the united states believes that when it comes to china that there are areas where it can work together and hopes will lead by example in terms of areas that they feel are still a major concern for the global community whether it's health security whether it's climate change so this is a noticeable shift in may have to do with the fact that that meeting in alaska did not go as well as the americans had hoped and they're really realizing that in order to move forward not only do they have to work with their partners and allies but at times also their adversaries and it can be held the 1st in washington d.c. . in the past few months i saw has staged repeated attacks on security forces in iraq. gained access to one area that is known for regular i select embassy and a staging ground for raids on the capital so manifold scene reports from tahrir mia

. these palm groves are a lifeline for the people of mia a farming community 50 kilometers north of baghdad they're also useful to eisele providing cover and sustenance for its fighters 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 spanish chicken or targeted if you will tell him to provide support. 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 many years say the iraqi army isn't doing enough to confront eisel they want more empowerment for the local troops like the ta to me 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. we need more troops more advanced weapons all of it is needed in late february the commander was among several injured when his troops raided and i still hideout. he 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 who was the saying goes people of mecca know mecca the sands of the area know how i. how they enter and exit our youth is very cooperated in this matter 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. the militias say they will come to protect us but the log houses and farms last year prime minister most the bulk 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 isis resurgence seem awful to 0 mia the colombian government has given us for its role in the case of a journalist who was kidnapped tortured and raped while reporting on the civil war she say was the final day of hearings in the international trial underway at the american court of human rights but the victim says the government's apologies simply not enough. reports from bogata. i guess you are it took the colombian government 20 years to recognize part of the state's responsibility in the case of

janet 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 is possibility for the failings of the judicial system but did not realize or worshipping all of us to get in for the victim and i offer an apology to jeanette for the damage it caused. you not been 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 then killed and were to this day those who threaten me say i will be raped again a full apology requires recognizing that these cases are not investigate it all and

the states offers no support to women who suffered the worst possible violence. but the year was kidnapped in front of police officers on may 25th 2000 by a group of right wing paramilitaries outside a prison in bogota and then tortured and raped for 16 hours before being abandoned on the side of a road she says prison guards and the police were involved and then army general and the police chief were behind the attack among others her captors at the time told 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 let's attack it's going to. protect on 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 that these are not failings of particular moment in time they are structural back. it must they did a 3 former paramilitaries have been convicted for the attack recently but none of the masterminds and now the case reached the interim american court for human rights the court's decision which is definitive unappealable is expected in november and could set a precedent for thousands of journalists and victims of sexual violence hoping to see justice prevail alison. mount etna on the italian island of sicily has erupted sending lava rocks up to 900 meters into the air explosions could be heard a nearby towns the airport in the city of kut tanya has closed because of the ash it's atmos 16th eruption this year the volcano is the largest active volcano in

europe and in guatemala capsule volcanic ash has forced authorities to close the city's international airport shifting winds have blanketed the airports in parts of the capital with us but the kaya volcano has been active since february severely affecting the economy of surrounding communities 3 people killed when their erupted last in 22. this is down to saying that these are your top stories 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 policy which is projected to win 5 seats is in the spotlight to break the debt.