mike hannah al jazeera, jerusalem. ♪ >>> now just a day away from the u.k.lection and the voters is [ inaudible ]. many are predicting a [ inaudible ] parliament and the mud slinging has already begun. let's go to lawrence lee outside parliament. tell us what kind of mud they have been throwing around. >> reporter: it's extraordinary, lauren the questions are being raised about the nature of democracy frankly. remember how it is supposed to work here. 650 parliamentary seats in the house of commons, if a party wants to form a government it has to get a majority. that 326 seats in parliament and then they can go to the queen and say we want to form a government and she says fine off you go. but that's why the scottish national party has become such a problem for the prime minister david cameron, because they have had such a successful campaign. none of the two big parties can form a coalition government without their support. and david cameron doesn't want that to happen because they want independence. he and his supporters have now come close to suggesting t

mike hannah, al jazeera, jerusalem. >>> british voters head to the polls on thursday, one of the mostredictable general elections in years. one thing is clear, no party is likely to secure an outright majority. >> reporter: north london, very wealthy and liberal. the labor leader comes from here, and he is trying to hang on to his constituency. but some labor supporters don't like the idea of their party doing deals with those that would chop down the united kingdom. would you vote labor if they didn't have to get the support of the scottish nationalists? >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: this union is forcing together parties which are like apples and oranges, and that makes things potentially very messy. there is almost no electoral mathematics that would give the party in power the majority. the conservatives are lead to question the moral authority or legitimacy of the arrangement. the conservative newspapers are full of crisis. >> mr. craig have you had any sleep in >> reporter: opponents of labor in the scottish national party are taking to the airwaves, arguing that the public woul

mike hannah al jazeera, jerusalem. >>> a car bomb has killed six people in iraq's capitol baghdad.ice say the bomb exploded in the central area which has restaurants, shops and a mosque. there has been a spike in bombings in baghdad in recent days. >>> the united nations has been able to bring help to palestinian refugees driven out of the yarmouk camp in syria. fighters overran the camp in april. the u.n. says it is a welcome break through, but some 18,000 people remain in the area and they are in desperate need of help. the earthquake in nepal is now known to have killed more than 7,600 people and injured nearly 14.5 thousand. and the effects are being felt around the world. more than 2 million people work in the middle east and malaysia. our correspondent met one man returning home to scenes of devastation and personal loss. >> reporter: less than three months after arriving in qatar, his world has come crashing down. when the earthquake shook nepal, his house collapsed, burying his two year old daughter with it. it's a homecoming he never imagined. >> translator: the image of m

mike hannah reports. >> reporter: violence after hours of peaceful demonstration.are named after an assassinated president who sought unity becomes a flash point in what most here call a jewish nation, one now divided. on the one side, israeli police and special forces. on the other a group of demonstrators led by ethiopian jews who have long argued that they have been marginalized and discriminated against because of the color of their skins. the protest began early in the day at a venue a number of kilometer as way from the square. the group is small but its impact on an already a on the i can tel aviv traffic is far out of proportion to its size no. permission was granted for this gathering, police at this points standing by attempting to prevent the crowd from moving further in to the traffic. many of these protesters are born in israel. children of those brought to the country in a controversial israeli government airlift of ethiopians who laid formal claim to jewish heritage three decades ago. most here had viewed this video along with hundreds of thousands o

mike hannah reports. >> voyages afterviolence after being are peace.flash point this what most caught here a jewish nation, one now divided. on the one side israeli police and special forces. on the other a true. of demonstrators led by ethiopiaian jews whobyethiopian jews being who argue they have been marginalized because of the color of their skins. >> the group is small but its impacts on an already chaotic tel aviv traffic is far out of proportion for its size. no permission was granted for this protest being preventing the crowd from moving further into the traffic. many of these protesters are born in israel, children of those brought to the country in a controversial israeli government air lift of citizens, proclaimed being jewish heritage decades ago. viewing the video footage of an ethiopian israeli soldier being attacked by a police officer and his colleague in a suburb of tel aviv that ended in violence and to the events of the cause of this day. the crowd which had increased in size appeared to be dispersing peacefully. but then a few hour

mike hannah, al jazeera ramallah. >> the debt toll to the nepal earthquake have risen to 7,900 people. with the tourist climbing season cancelled, sherpa guides are worried about their livelihood. sahil rahil raman reports from kathmandu. >> he should be guiding mountaineers and trackers across the peaks of the himalayas but nepal's earthquake has cancelled that. his wife has to plan carefully how many meals they will have in a day. >> we have a problem here, to live in kathmandu is very expensive. so financially it's very very bad. >> reporter: while he reminisces with his daughter he is worried about his family far away some are alive but cut off from the outside world. no help has come yet. his cousin died in the earthquake, he wants to go, the journey is unsafe, roads are blocked and bridges are out. it is a worry for him and others who depend on foreign tourists. the community is still recovering from the deaths of a dozen sherpas a year ago killed in another avalanche. that tourist season came to an abrupt end when their earnings plummeted. now this earthquake has brought more h

mike hannah has the story. >> a signature moment as the israeli prime minister meets the man beaten by pleas. we can't accept this, we need to change things. afterwards, the soldier expressed his gratitude. >> we spoke about everything that has happened. he knew about the issues. he knew what he was talking about. first of all it's a boost and it's encouraging that it's the primeprime minister's personal initiative to meet with me and talk with me. it was a good meeting. >> reporter: the beating sparked off a series of antiracism demonstrations by a significant number of these ethiopian israelis were actually born in this country. and they insist that they've lived as marginalized citizens since then. if is beings few taking part in the demonstrations were willing to be interviewed fearing further victimization. but one member of parliament younted the reasons. >> we are here because we say enough is enough, we see more and more attacking by police, not the police but individual police members that treat them like crms. becausecriminals. because of the difference in culture they are at

mike hannah is in jerusalem with the story. >> reporter: it went to the wire. only at the last moment was an agreement reached with the jewish home party. its leader neftali bennett making concession, throwing in his eight seats that gave the israeli prime minister a majority in parliament, a slim majorities of one. the full concessions made will only become apparent in the next few days as netanyahu finalizes the composition of hissing cabinet. jewish home has its roots in the settler movement and its leader has called for creation of more settlements not less along with the expulsion of palestinians from portions of the occupied west bank. the government will also be at the mer sieve two mercy ever two ultimate orthodoxultraorthodoxparties. the increase in state expenditure will put turn on the state finance minister who brought his party back into thinging l likudingthethe likud fold. at the mercy of the settler movement and two small religious parties. and coincidentally on this evening it is an annual religious festival that has added spring in the step of

let's go to mike hannah, who is in jerusalem. what are some of those compromises? >> we learn that benjamin netanyahu has security the majority in the parliament. he now has up to a week to decide on the exact competition of his cabinet but he has a very slim majority despite all of these compromises, and it was the majority that was reached in the last hour before his deadline. it went to the wire only at the last moment was an agreement reached within the jewish home party. it's leader securing concessions before throwing in its eight seats the full extent of the concessions made will only be apparent in coming days. but it's clear this will be a government of extreme right-wing senseibility. jewish home has its homes in the settler movement. and they've called for more settlements not less. the government will also be at the mercy of two ultra orthodox religious parties which have been demanded the pledge of the benefits for the ultra religious. it could tack the withdraw or support of one of the coalition parties to bring the government down. so at the end of w

mike hannah, al jazeera, ramallah. >> the bodies of seven people killed in a helicopter crash in pakistan including those in the philippine and norwegian ambassador arrived in the capital of islamabad. military chiefs and government officials gather to pay their respects. the wives of the malaysian ambassadors were also killed. a technical failure caused the crash. >>> australian police detonated a bomb that they planned for sunday. they defused three homemade homemade devices and the suspect is due in court on monday. >>> the president of the philippines said it is important to uphold the right of the china sea on a trip to canada. >> we're hoping that everybody's obligations are gradfied so that there is theall governments in the area are afiring for. thank you. >> in the united states is calling on north korea to stop raising tensions in the region after it reports of a successful launch of a missile from an underwater submarine. images of kim jong-un preparing to watch a launch from a boat. but it's not clear when or where it took place. if true, it would violate sanctions banning it

mike hannah, al jazeera israel. >> fewer of the youth receive high school conversations. there have been several protests over eadgedover alleged marginalization. 2013 israel admit to administering birth control to ethiopian women without their consent. at those protests. >> this is a violent protest the like of which people in tel aviv have not seen before. and it's something dealing with an issue that israelis are somewhat familiar with but the wider israeli society is not ointimately aware of, the racism that ethiopian israelis say they suffer from and have spoken about. the issue is not just police brutality, it's kind of a whole wide range of social issues and owhole larger failure to integrate the ethiopian community since they began to emigrate in the early '80s. in a lot of different situations an economic one of, and since they are a quite small percentage of the population, don't have a lot of political power, they have been largely put on the sideline. >> saudi arabia has denied sending any forces into yemen to fight houthi rebels. earlier, they had seen arab s

tel aviv is being cleaned up but little will wash away the shock of violence between jew and jew mike hannah, al jazeera jerusalem. >>> the prime minister lieberman has resigned. he said he could not sit in the parliament with ultraorthodox members. still to come in the program. clashes in burundi's government as officials try to shut down the protests. plus. >> hosting developing countries around the world to remain relevant in an increasingly digital world. >> hello again. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. austria's chancellor has called for an eu wide crater israel's prime minister has met the black israeli soldier that was attacked by police last week. the incident met violent protests last week. >>> al jazeera has reached a remote village in nepal hit badly by the earthquake. remote villages are not getting any help. >>> the syrian head of logistics has survived an attack. the al qaeda linked nusra front is claimed responsibility. victoria gait gatenby reports. >>> injured in the suicide bomb attack the military's head of logistics. >> suicide attacker arriving on a bike

palestinian liberation has reacted angrily on wednesday in a statement the plo's chief negotiator said: mike hannah our update. >> reporter: there's been intense criticism of the new government from the opposition within israel and palestinians throughout. opposition politicians say that the government is narrow and one rooted in self interest. the palestinians have described it as extreme right-wing composed of people who have no interest whatsoever in seeking a two-state solution. yet they may take comfort in the fact that the government may not last long. some analysts contend it is inherently self destructive. a number were brought in with a promise of increased government expenditure on their interest. another member of the coalition partners is headed by a man tapped to be the finance minister who has insisted that he will cut government spending. clearly the interests are very divergent divergent. there has been speckation that benjamin netenyahu may invite the leader of the zionist movement into join the government. however, he has made clear from the beginning he has no interest in joining

. >>> mike hannah has details from jerusalem. >> reporter: there has been intense criticism of the newgovernment. they say the government is narrow and rooted in self interest. the palestinians have described it as extreme right-wing. but the government may not last long. some analysts contend it is inherently self destructive. a number of the members were brought in with a promise of increased government expenditure on their interest. however, another of the coalition partners is headed by a man tapped to be the finance minister who has insisted that he will cut government spending. clearly, the interests are very divergent. there has been speculation too that benjamin netenyahu may invite the leader of the zionist union to join the coalition. however, he has made it clear from the beginning that he has no interest in joining a coalition headed by benjamin netenyahu, and is even less likely to join a coalition composed of parties whom he would regard as even more insavory. ♪ >>> millions of people across britain are casting their ballots in the general election. about 50 million peopl

mike hannah reports. >> reporter: a signature moment as the israeli prime minister meets the soldier who was beaten by police. we cannot accept this benjamin netanyahu says, the police are dealing with this and we need to change things. and the soldier expressed his gratitude. >> translator: we spoke about everything that has happened. he knew about the issues. he knew what he was talking about. first of all it's a boost and the that the prime minister's goal was to meet and speak with me. it was a good meeting. >> wider sefardic jew movement. a significant number of these ethiopian jews were born in this country. they insist they were thought marginalized. >> we are saying enough is enough. because we see more and more attacking by the police. not only the police but individual police, criminals and because of the differential of culture we are attacking some young especially. >> and another demonstrator identified only by the name david explained why he was there. >> translator: it's tough, i don't know what's going to hatch. i ul sniefl myself am a police officer. i took off my un

mike hannah has more from west jerusalem. >> israel's parliament has begun its summer session but as of yet there is still no government in place. prime minister benjamin netanyahu likud party has 30 seats, but he needs the banging ofthe backing of 31 members to secure support of the chamber. it's largely because of this man that net had netanyahu is struggling. effectively taking six seats that netanyahu desperately needed to the opposition. >> this proposed coalition does not reflect the demands of the national camp. therefore i have decided to resign as foreign minister. including we're not joining this coalition. >> the later reason for lieberman's desertion. it is precisely these privileges that lieberman and other members fought against in the previous government. in addition netanyahu has signed a coalition agreement and promised the post of finance minister to its leader and former likud member, this gives him 53 seats. he still needs eight to secure the majority. >> and this plan controls exactly eight seats. bennet heads the home party. >> i'm well aware of his present powe

mike hannah has more now. >> reporter: a signature moment as the israeli prime minister meets the solderho was beaten by police. we cannot accept this benjamin netenyahu says. the police are dealing with this and we need to change things. afterwards this soldier expressed his gratitude. >> translator: we spoke about everything that has happened. he knew about the issues. he knew what he was talking about. first of all it's a boost and it's encouraging that it's the prime minister personal initiative to talk with me and meet with me. it was a good meeting. >> reporter: the beating sparked off a series of anti-racism demonstrations by ethiopian israelis part of the wider movement drawn from spain, portugal the middle east and africa. a significant number of these israelis were actually born in this country, and they insist that they have lived as marginalized citizens since birth. few taking part were willing to be interviewed, fearing further victimization. but one former member of parliament outlined the reason for the protests. >> we're here to say enough is enough, because we see more

. >>> the man charged with murdering a university of virginia student hannah graham is headed to court today. >>> mike huckabee is making it official today. he's expected to announce he's running for president. we'll have more on that in just a minute. >>> good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we are in nor a big warm up. >>> some showers and thunder showers right now in the midwest but we're clear here now, but these are tracking across ohio now. these are tracking across indiana and nois. it's all part of a front that will be sagging down over our region later this afternoon. that's going to be the focal point of some showers moving through as the front moves in through the north and west. here is the hour by hour timing by noontime. still no storms around lots of sunshine here it's generally around 2:00 3:00 4:00 that we'll have a line of these showers. maybe a little thunder and lightning coming on through, right into the metro area between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m., after that we'll break up and we'll send any storms ending during the evening hours and as we get into the next se