she hears that the israeli army has arrived in the village with the bulldozer grabs it and faisal just gave them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour to see if. a newly formed palestinian israeli policy is projected to have won seats in israel's election could give it a big say in benjamin netanyahu his political future. again i'm come out santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera with reports of thousands of children stranded by themselves on the us mexico border american officials heading there to investigate. a little.

again a report on the plight of tens of thousands of rank of refugees after a fire got into their camp in bangladesh and the european commission is considering tightening the exports of coded 19 vaccines off the concerns of the shortages of the astra zeneca. well the nearly done counting the votes in israel's fall for election in 2 years and unexpectedly it is a small part of the palestinian israeli one which may hold the key the united arab list party cross the threshold needed to enter parliament and with a majority out of reach for but there could party and the coalition of parties opposing it oh prime minister netanyahu may have to rely on that party for support but as reports from western islam any coalition and israel is a complicated thing. according to israel's central elections committee

prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a path to forming the 5th government in 2 years but it'll be a difficult one it appears the netanyahu bloc is poised to secure $59.00 seats of a required 61 in the knesset there's no reason why we should go to a 5th election and that they must come to nothing you know and say 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 and. the religious zionist party an alliance of the far right fared better than anticipated and is expected to bring its projected 6 seats to a netanyahu government members of the party have been banned in the past for anti palestinian sentiment the palestinian israeli parties are projected to lose seats this round voter turnout was low the parties previously voted as one bloc under the

arab joint list but the group splintered at a 2nd conservative party called the united arab list formed now its leader months or us could potentially do something unheard of previously support netanyahu government likud party members remain divided on what would be a historic alliance. critics such as opposition leader your look at the yes the tea party say netanyahu is drive to remain in power is centered on finding a way to evade prosecution on corruption charges and they argue forging ties with the religious zionist party would create a racist ultra conservative government but in this election netanyahu must attempt to forge a coalition with diverse smaller parties given the narrow divide between the pro and anti netanyahu camps that means these smaller parties and their leaders find

themselves with a huge influence in determining israel's political path forward natasha. was jerusalem. now in the united states members of congress visiting one of the emergency facilities that have been reopened to cope with a surge of young migrants at the southern border has been growing outcry after photos revealed over crowded makeshift conditions a different center in donna texas more than 15000 migrant children are in u.s. custody while the white house defends its handling of the crisis saying president biden's already reversed many of donald trump's more hardline policies we've got she have returns in live from donna texas near america's largest temporary detention facility she has about these congress members visiting in a moment but 1st just just the situation itself migrants detention centers the border it's always an emotion of topic in the united states but the fact that so much of this is to do with children this time on the company children it's really

something. it's an amazing web of factors that seems to be contributing to this this. child on the company child migrants actually in the last month or so we weren't really sure whether this was anything but what we see almost every year we didn't see it last year because of the pandemic but around this time you do see more migration in the spring after the winter before the punishing heat of the summer and we would really show but now we're looking at the figures and it does seem this is something extraordinary we're on track to the 17000 unaccompanied child migrants in marched for comparison in 29000 the last spike we saw on the company child migrants it was around 11000 so clearly fundamentally more children making the trek however the reasons and the risk of something that al-jazeera about this far more complicated than the very

simple narratives we're seeing propagated in various other various other out that it's an interlocking web which isn't so much to do with joe biden changing policy on the border but actually fundamental continuity with the trumpet ministrations policies on the border the numbers sort of going up in november while donald trump was still president up until the points for months should have mba trump instituted what's called title $42.00 using the pandemic to end all of migration from documented migrants over over the border no due process no respect for international domestic law people fleeing persecution would just being thrown out in november a judge said you have to allow on the company children in and survives when we start seeing children come in when biden came in he continued that policy of at least allowing unaccompanied children coming in but that's when we start seeing the shelters fill up because of the pandemic the shelters i mean the fear is children come here to the border to these detention facilities they should be have

a no longer than 3 days and appalling conditions which actually frankly are pretty barbaric even adults right. but then they should be moved on within 3 days to the shelters where they could be processed because of the pandemic they were down to 40 percent capacity for social distancing only in the last few days are they now go back to 100 percent capacity now just one of many many reasons why everything is is backed up i can have all sorts of other reasons too but i was feeling you want to move on well what i want to ask you is about the congress people visit because i mean it sounds quote unquote impressive but i wonder how much they will actually see and will it be a sort of sanitized visit for them. well this particular visit today is actually a white house visit organized by the white house it was rather sudden so it's white house officials and some members of congress the white house haven't told us he's going to be in this delegation what we're going to see on friday is where these child refugees are going to be start being used as

a political football basically we're going to see a democratic congressional delegation on friday to that same so it's increased springs about 400 kilometers north from the border where we are and we're going to see a republican delegation who are coming in to to 2 of the border and that's where we'll see what perhaps might be you know the the main results of those visits which is a lot of political debate which perhaps isn't rooted in the facts because not only have we seen this growth in child arrivals since november while trouble is actually still in office not only to have the pandemic issues not only do we have mexico that's another issue mexico no longer allowing children and families with children to be deported back to mexico because they say they have no space not only do we have the seasonal surge that we see every except for the last year during the pandemic and we have that pent up demand because trump closed the border last year which is adding to the numbers we also have the biden destruction continuing on with title $42.00 not allowing anyone but children and families with across the

border which also adds to this issue of unaccompanied children on the go be children is a technical term means and not with the parents but a lot of children do actually come with goblins with members of extended family those goldens and members of the extended family are not being allowed in that are being turned away so in fact we are seeing separation of children as well which isn't often reported so that's and it would make it a lot easier immigrant rights groups say if if this is going through the courts right now. bade us an international and began the asylum process for everyone once again because at least those guardians are coming and would at least be in the system and they could eventually take care of these children i wish i was a rebel as well 80 percent of people who come to the border without documents do know someone in the us who will take care of them but i bureaucracy simply stand as an in place even though we've had this going on for years and years and years 40000000 dollars going to the d h s budget mainly to militarize the border but not to go humane facilities but children and to and to streamline that bureaucratic process to give people who come

to the border fearing for their lives in the asylum process the chance to meet the people they want to meet who we know they have in the us yep that system just isn't there and it is actually a travesty chipper tansey reporting from donna texas today on the migrant situation at the border thanks she had britain wants to make it harder for refugees there who enter the u.k. illegally to apply for asylum secretary pretty patel's proposed new legislation to overhaul the country's asylum system she says the reforms that designed to be fair to genuine asylum seekers while clamping down on people traffic is. now it's day 2 of the nato talks in brussels and foreign ministers are hoping to strengthen the alliance against russia and china all eyes on the us secretary of state antony blinken with his challenge to rebuild washington's ties with nato after the trumpet ministration took a more hostile approach blinken reaffirmed 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 you 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 any single one of us is doing it alone. well blinken went on to urge fellow nato member turkey to get rid of its russian air defense system he met turkey's foreign minister told you on the sidelines of the talks in brussels and korea's purchase of russia's s 400 missiles is led to divisions within nato some members say the system is a security risk and they worry about turkey developing closer ties with moscow is a white house correspondent kimberly help in washington kimberly take us through well i guess when you look at all the issues here what's the overriding thing for

anthony blinken and what it will do and how it will help the relations with nato. i think building on the points made by she had her time see what we're seeing here is a new administration saying essentially the same things as the trumpet ministration just saying it in a softer tone the policies for the most part have not changed what we heard from antony blinken was very similar to donald trump in terms of pressing the nato members to live up to the wales commitment that is to give 2 percent of their g.d.p. for shared defense costs we also heard that there is going to be this assertiveness towards china now in terms of the goals they were made fundamentally the same but what we're hearing from and to the blinken is a decidedly softer tone with respect to china particularly since the united states came out swinging just 5 days ago in alaska where there were very strong words

pointed towards china with respect to human rights with respect to military assertiveness and that was not well received in fact the finger was pointed back at the united states for some of the problems here domestically when it comes to social unrest racial and political division so what we've seen coming out of this meeting is a very diplomatic tone from the secretary of state with respect to china as well as russia noting that there are grave differences between the 2 but at the same time when it isn't u.s. interests that it is to the advantage of the united states to work with both china and with russia as it adding to this there is also the headline coming out of this meeting with respect to afghanistan that there are a lot of questions about whether or not the united states will be able to live up to that may 1st withdrawal deadline for pulling out the remaining u.s. troops that are there we know that the nato posture has not changed in terms of the number of soldiers under that command and so the members saying that they want to

know what the united states is going to do so there was no answer from the secretary of state only that he would take their views back to the commander. chief joe biden so in terms of this it was very much an effort to say that america is back we are committed to working with our partners and allies but at the same time when you dig a little bit deeper the policy itself has changed only a little kimberly how it is at the white house for us thank you kimberly the german chancellor angela merkel is reversing some tough restriction measures for the easter holiday just a day after they were announced the decision follows widespread criticism over the government's latest plans to try to curb the spread of covert 19 michael says the planned shutdown risk actually doing more harm than good those restrictions included a ban on launch gatherings and a closure of most shops for 5 days from the 1st of april and the european union is proposing tougher export rules so more covert $1000.00 vaccines can go to the e.u.

citizens shipments of vaccines would be assessed on the destination countries brace for a vaccination and ensures manufacturers fulfill their contracts with the because it could also increase tension with the u.k. where the rollout has benefited from the steady supply of the astra zeneca vaccine e.u. leaders meet on thursday to discuss their proposed plan in the news ahead press freedom in hong kong why a journalist is in court after investigating allegations of police misconduct and after weeks of international pressure a 1000000 miles military rules release hundreds of prisoners who were arrested after the coup last. winter sponsored point qatar airways. how i once again with got lost if i'd weather into central and northern parts of china at the moment crowd and rain is in the

process of just easing outs of that eastern side of the country and it will bring in a few showers showers rather than long spells of right into the far south of japan will see some wetter weather for a time coming into honshu but temps just not very badly looking at temps getting up to run 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 of course that western side of japan but they will peter out so it's a little cooler in beijing temperatures around 16 celsius but not too bad over the next day or so central parts of china on the other hand could see some longer spells of frame look dispose of rain continue cross central parts of southeast asia running along the equator of course here this is the intertropical convergence zone the itc's at those seasonal showers and then peppering 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 dry charts of want to

wintry flowers just around the foothills of the himalayas but nothing too much to speak of for the most part so what about the sunshine temperatures generally getting up into the mid to high thirty's. to put. qatar airways. a young girl. because of a lot of biased when the heart of this occasion. when we have this opportunity the sky's the limit so the young girls both through secondary school with us of course to be able to stay employed but that's one path and able to change have fun meet the women in going out who are going places when it comes to education women make change on al-jazeera. what.

you have al-jazeera these are the top stories israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu his prospects for retaining a right wing coalition government are looking on certain a small palestinian israeli party is projected to win 5 seats could break the deadlock members of the u.s. congress will visit one of the emergency facilities that have been reopened to cope with a surge of young migrants the southern border has been growing up crying after images revealed over crowded makeshift conditions at a center in donna texas britain wants to make it harder for refugees who enter the u.k. illegally to apply for asylum from secretary pretty patel has proposed new legislation to overhaul the country's assignment system. the if european human rights commission says eritrean soldiers committed atrocities in the northern region of today and says there are trained soldiers killed more than 100 civilians in some in

november it called for those who committed the violations to be held accountable tuesday and after months of denials the prime minister did finally say eritrean soldiers were intake free during the government offensive last year amnesty international has also reported the torturing and killing of civilians by every trained soldiers officials in bangladesh are investigating what caused a fire at the world's largest refugee camp at least 15 people were killed and hundreds more are missing in cox's bazaar monday's fire destroyed thousands of shelters in the camp that houses more than a 1000000 ringgit refugees from 1000000 mom. nearly 45000 of them of lost their homes more from. isn't 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 the 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 coastal line 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 . and here is that he's done of the now spokeswoman for the u.n. refugee agency speaking to us from cox's bazaar earlier she said the situation is dire. 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 never 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 pressing question 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 are and in just a terribly desperate situation maritime authority is in egypt to reopen an older section of the sewers canal to divert traffic off to one of the world's largest cargo ships blocked in both directions the 400 meter long 200000 ton ship operated

by the evergreen company was knocked off course by strong winds but spent much of tuesday trying to just legit the accident created a backlog with tankers carrying saudi russian and american oil stuck in that important waterway will process initially fail with concerns about global crude flows but they have since rebound. press freedom is again in the spotlight in hong kong as a veteran journalist from the public broadcaster is on trial after investigating police misconduct choice pleaded not guilty to charges she made false statements to get data she used for a documentary sarah clarke reports from hong kong. normally behind the camera on wednesday a t.v. producer about 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 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 end of it wave 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 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 of the. food of this 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 the coverage of the anti-government protests about choi has pleaded not guilty but her supporters fear her wrist might not be the last series al-jazeera hong kong me and my state television says the military has released more than 600 protesters arrested since last month's could they were released from a prison and young gone a local human rights group says at least 2000 people have been arrested in the military crackdown since last month more on this one from kuala lumpur with florence. dozens of buses were seen leaving insein prison in yangon city on wednesday morning but even with the release of more than 600 detainees still hundreds more in detention and then geo 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 all who had outstanding warrants now on the myanmar military 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 softer stunts 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 the wrist 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 joined in the 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 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 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 who believe that she's not going to get a fair trial. in brazil the supreme court has ruled former president lula de silva was not treated fairly in a series of corruption investigations just as common to see reversed early a position to tip the court's 5 judge panel in the disfavor it means the court's likely to throw out evidence in the corruption cases against him and strengthen his potential candidates see for next year's election against president john wilson author monica you know reports now from rio de janeiro. this is an represents a victory for former president we see a massive move about silva and paves the way for his candidacy in the 2022 presidential elections he now can run against a far right president right you both. now move i was a front runner in the 28 team presidential elections but he was banned from running because he was tried and convicted and imprisoned by

a judge to morrow and the supreme court now says what move on has been saying all along that he the trial was not fair because the judge was. biased he did not act impartially and said rumor has been saying this because morrow after the trial went on to become president tradeable son who'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 what this means is that this particular trial was not fair a couple of stories from the mount at home the italian island of sicily has erupted sending lava rocks up to 900 meters into the air explosions could be heard in nearby towns in the airport in the city have gotten the has been closed because of

the ash this is atmos 16th eruption this here along just active volcano in europe. and just to support the former head of world football sepp blatter has been given a new ban by the very organization he used to work for a fee for investigation found him guilty of multiple breaches of the ethics code latest suspension is for an additional 6 years and 8 months for implementing a bonus scheme which benefited him and other officials a 5 year old has been banned from football since 2015 was due to come to an end in october. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is prospects for retaining a right wing coalition government are looking uncertain a small palestinian israeli party is projected to win 5 seats and could break the deadlock members of the u.s. congress are.