A saturdays attacks. Dozens of people are killed and 2 blasts in afghanistan including one that targeted the president s campaign rally. And anger on the streets of haiti protesters demanding the Prime Minister step down as the country faces fuel shortages. Well now the 2 main parties in israel are neck and neck after a 2nd general election in just over 6 months thats according to the exit polls former military chief benny gantz is a blue and white party has only away 5th in lead over Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said it could party but neither of them has claimed victory nor conceded defeat official results are yet to be announced netanyahu called the unprecedented rerun when he failed to form a coalition off to a general election in april well the channel 12 preliminary exit poll is giving netanyahu is a could party 33 seats and dances blue in my lines 34 now both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority of the minority Arab Alliance thats the joint list is set to come in 3rd with 11 seats and predicted to be in 4th place is the man who could play kingmaker or indeed king breaker Avigdor Lieberman heads up the far right he has railed the 10 no party thats predicted to win 8 to 10 seats well dan says hes open to a possible National Unity government you my friends. The change. You are the change. Thats come out. We. Thank you so so. We have to be patient and wait for the things to happen. Our correspondent how to handle him need was there the blue and white Party Headquarters in tel aviv. Certainly a more cautious and tone used by benny gantz this time around he stopped short of calling victory he did say very clearly that one must wait for the final results that should come out. On wednesday but many and the message really coming out from the other leaders of the blue and white. Joint list is that israelis this time around to have voted against the politic of the politics of division of politics corruption so clearly pointing the finger at his arch rival Benjamin Netanyahu that said even if he if he wins over the likud party. And the task is very complicated he needs to try to form a Coalition Government or maybe he has to he. Try to form a National Unity government the 1st step will be to wait for the final result and there will be a meeting with israeli president rivlin who should be tasking benny gantz. Government he could also decide to actually go for the National Unity government in that case he would be probably also Benjamin Netanyahu and thats where the problem could arise simply because benny gantz made it very clear throughout this campaign and the Previous Campaign that he would never be in the same government as Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite failing to come close to that majority. Remains defiant its better solution. Than to lose the country. We have stood together in unity. And we will stand together. In front of us to the sea to the states of israel. And our correspondent harry force that was there at netanya his likud Party Headquarters and head of eve. All the german and you know is leaving the stage now having made a speech of defiance a speech way talks about negotiating towards a strong zionist government one which would not be made up he said of arabs he continues his very consistent and in some courses extremely troubling speech that hes been making for several days now about the french listed in a high arab turnout and involvements in policies really politicians in the future government of israel but what he didnt mention was the fact that according to the numbers so far he doesnt have the kind of mandate which would allow him to dictate terms any doubts leader of the food my party has made it clear that while he too is waiting for the final numbers he feels that israel has voted for a change here as soon as his body is to assume that they will be given the 1st opportunity to try to go see a Coalition Government neither side has things done to appear to have fully full proof mandate that you need at least 61 seats in the israeli nashat of 120 seats to guarantee the ability to govern a lot depends now both on the israeli president Reagan Rivlin who he gives out 1st opportunity to answer to the arab joint list parties led by iman or day as to whether they will get some kind of tacit or even more enthusiastic support to potential benny gantz government hands it depends on having to leave in the lead of the israel that any party cannot be pulled out of the Coalition Jets at the last minute back in may to stymie listen you know is it time to govern really do so again there are all sorts of open questions as israel answers the next round of this fight to govern itself. Senior political analyst Melinda Shara says that even the best outcome in this election will be bad for the palestinians. Todays elections were basically araf random on Prime Minister netanyahu although he served 4 terms already but hes also been basically indicted by israels general prosecutor or attorney general on a number of fraud cases but as an incumbent Prime Minister as an incumbent candidates he was able to pull a good number of alliances whether it is with President Trump friendships with the likes of president putin and president modi of india and hence looking like a very presentable very very president ial Prime Minister if you will but yet because he committed to a narrow right Wing Coalition with the religious that angered a lot of secular israelis who basically a rallied around the blue and white party as well as the russian based party. So today israel basically is paralyzed between a rationalist religious camp and a secular religious camp that is of course part of a jewish collective the palestinians basically are left out of that and thats why many expect that next based on the exit poll there is no. Real practical scenario other than a socalled National Jewish unity government where the blue and white party if they are the leaders join likud in such a government perhaps with. Britain or of. The lieberman now what that means is that Prime Minister netanyahu will have very little chance leading any such national if the government which also means he could probably end up in prison now that is a misfire israelis are concerned but what does this really mean for the palestinians whove been living under occupation for the last 5 plus decades many palestinians reckon that a National Jewish unity government would probably put ject more threatening posture if you will 2 words then in the occupied territories so you could see that the sweetest scenario out of the israeli elections for the palestinians is terribly bitter and not last but not least of course the Top Administration has placed all its bets on Prime Minister netanyahu theyve invested heavily on him the last 2 years the fact that he may not end up being the next Prime Minister that might. Put a wrench in the whole socalled deal of the century for the next few weeks and months weve probably going to be in part trucked in negotiations among the parties and we might end up with basically more of the same right wing israeli policies with palestinian suffering on the other side of the wall and theres plenty more ahead on this news hour including can it is president ial election heads to a runoff pitting 2 political outsiders against each other. Britains highest court begins hearings to decide whether biased johnson broke the law and he shut down parliament for 5 weeks and titleholders liverpool have made a losing stock to be a champion for. Defense roles here with that story. Well crude oil prices have dropped by 5 percent after saudi arabia announced its restored 50 percent of the production which was cut following saturdays drone attacks riyadh says output will be fully restored by the end of this month now yemen 3 key rebels who are fighting a Saudi Led Coalition claimed that attack on the around. But the u. S. Has blamed iran charlotte ballasts reports. The men in charge of Saudi Arabias Energy sector briefed and braced for their 1st Public Statement since saturdays attacks. They crippled more than half of saudi arabias Oil Production thats 5 percent of the worlds daily output. This is. Just. Really with. On monday crude oil prices suffered their biggest single day jump in years but then fell again 24 hours later the saudi arabia reassured investors that output would return to normal by the end of the month to. Me over the last 2 days the damage has been contained and more than half of the production capabilities that were damaged have been restored therefore the company will fulfill all of its commitments to clients during this month using oil reserves. Saudi leaders werent just on damage control for Global Markets but for their bottom line state oil giant to remco is preparing for an initial Public Offering and we think the i. P. O. Would continue i sense wed not going to stop any think this would make us even be friends when it comes to. Taking become pany like. Whats listen is who was behind the attacks and how they were paid who the rebels took responsibility as payback for the war in yemen. Well again as we demand he keeps it taking saudi arabia with Ballistic Missiles and drones until the end of this Oil Supremacy that they have. But the u. S. And saudi arabia suspect iran is the true culprit certainly looking like around was behind these attacks. Our Intelligence Community at this very hour is working diligently to review the evidence u. S. Secretary of state might pompei or has been deployed to saudi arabia the state Department Said he will coordinate efforts to counter a rainy integration in the region. But the building of a Regional Coalition against iran began before he took off bahrain is just 100 kilometers from the facility that was attacked its crown prince made with u. S. Defense secretary markets but in washington on tuesday iran has denied any involvement foreign minister job and zarif tweeted in defense of the who thinks the u. S. Isnt upset when its allies mercilessly bombed babies in yemen for over 4 years with its arms and its military assistance but it is terribly upset when the victims react the only way they can against the graces or refineries. But for saudi arabia and the us any attack on the Worlds Energy supply is a red line crossed they will not decide how to punish whoever they determine is the perpetrator charlotte dallas. Lets speak to robert scott he is with the Economic Policy institute and he joins us now on skype from North Potomac in the u. S. State of maryland mr scott weve seen a fairly large amount of volatility in the oil prices markets opens this last monday whats your take on how stable they are now. But actually i think given the disruption that we saw in saudi arabia the market response has been fairly limited to the price of crude oil went up to 5. 00 or 6. 00 a barrel and certainly it quickly has returned to its of its previous range between 55. 00 and 60. 00 within the past year has been as high as 73. 00 so this is not a huge disruption in oil markets and i think this act that the president trying to test back doss some of his initial stress to respond aggressively against iran i think has been a key factor in the cooling of the oil markets while these attacks that we saw on the sas they have demonstrated the vulnerability of of the facilities that aramco and and were hearing from the right they is that theyre vowing more drone strikes what in your mind are the implications for the Global Economy and the oil price if there is another major disruption like this. What i think one destruction or 2. Could be handled depending on how large they are that i think the larger question is whether or not the entire region abruption flames that are trumped up to go to war. In any way at all against iran or against. The rebels and yemen those are those are both potentially direct destabilize the region potentially by closing down the straits of hormuz then you would see all markets quickly i think could possibly double or triple in oil prices and you would see in the world economies that quickly into a deep recession well speaking of tensions in the region like pump aoe well be in saudi arabia today talking to the crown prince about iran who theyve already accused all of these strikes how does the politics of all of this and these rising tensions in the gulf play out in the markets. Well i think a trance initial reaction his gut instinct was to say he was locked and loaded for a response i think is 2nd reaction perhaps based on talking to his advisers was look this could easily push the economy into recession and in danger is reelection prospects he is up for reelection a year from now and a member of 2020. Any kind of major disruption the World Oil Market puts that reelection at risk well theyre already saying signs of a global without intent as well as a downturn as well in the us economy should people do you think be bracing for the west. I think to the economy is slowing so far economists but the odds of a recession and perhaps less than 5050. 00. The Federal Reserve is acting to lower Interest Rates and i think you know the the so far there is nothing is going to push it in at least the u. S. Economy into a downturn although it is low and you know the Federal Reserve says the gross will slow to perhaps a slows 1 point one percent in the 4th quarter this year that makes us very vulnerable to any further disruption because easily pushes in your obsession. With the Economic Policy institute thank you phil insights mr scott on out of there. Thanks for having me. Afghanistan has been hit by 2 bombings less than 2 weeks before a president ial election the taliban says it was behind the attacks which killed at least 46 people one blast targeted an election rally by president ashraf ghani bit he wasnt hurt and another ripped through a high security area in the capital reports from kabul. With a week and a half to go before the president ial election which the taliban has threatened to disrupt the group quickly claimed responsibility for both attacks. The 1st happened at a Reelection Campaign rally for president i swear afghani in part of the province the taliban says it suicide bomber was targeting special forces soldiers but as with previous attacks most of those killed and injured were civilians young a sudden only a man on the motorbike arrived in a huge explosion happened a lot of people heard a martir and that the attack will be a major concern for all the president ial candidates as they Campaign Across afghanistan in the coming days even more worrying for the orthorexic is here in kabul was the 2nd attack happening in what should be one of the most secure areas of the capital the taliban bomber managed to evade tight security surrounding the Diplomatic Area of the capital detonating explosives at an office of the ministry of defense then. I heard an explosion and then dust started rising from the side of the attack and there was gunfire i scaped body parts were spread everywhere it was confirmed the gunfire was actually warning shots from Security Forces trying to clear the area because they feared a secondary attack. As the countdown to election day continues the wider fear for the Afghan Government is keeping the security situation stable enough to allow voting to begin. Robert bride al jazeera kabul haitis capital a standstill as violent protests continue as a fuel shortages and a Corruption Scandal the president is also facing renewed calls to resign. Reports. Anger on the streets of haitis capital already struggling with the weak economy these protestors are calling for an end to high fuel prices and shortages. During violent clashes with demonstrators police are accused of shooting and killing a man amid protests imported prince close by one of his relatives is overwhelmed with grief. Days of protest have left the caribbean nation at a standstill roads have been blocked and some schools banks and government offices have closed their doors. And some. Conditions and humane here in haiti the situation cannot continue fuel suppliers say haitis government owes them about 100000000. 00 they have refused to make deliveries until the debt is paid and a Corruption Scandal has made things worse auditors say the Government Investment about 2000000000. 00 from a fund linked to a Subsidized Oil program for caribbean nations that money was meant to improve infrastructure education and Health Services 1. 00 of the