From turkey. Benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory in his restaurant or alexion although it appears hes all in one or 2 seats short of a parliamentary majority exit polls suggest netanyahu is look who party and its right wing allies have around half the 120. 00 seats in the knesset or fossett reports on television. Benjamin netanyahu who spent much of the last year experiencing failure and defeat failure to hold together his right wing look after the 1st election defeat in the 2nd and indictment for corruption in 3 separate cases now it lost the sense of victory and done it then you know its a victory against all odds a rival said that the netanyahu error is over but we join forces and turn the tables and we turn lemons into lemonade one. After a campaign that plumbed the depths of negativity and dirty tricks netanyahu is closing message was that he was just short of victory and needed his supporters to finish the job personally ringing voters from a roll of supporters who hadnt yet gone to the polls for now though he appears to be just short of Majority Coalition within his party hes not going to have any people that are detracting from him or challenging him and now yes to try and see to Work Together and it could be and ive said the 1st election also that a National Unity government between likud and blue and white would be a very real possibility except this time im not so sure who is going to be heading lower white a blue and white headquarters there being dark whispers throughout the day that things were looking bleak after a campaign which had seen benny gantz shifts slightly to the right but failed to match the energy of his opponent. I will tell you honestly i understand and share the feeling of disappointment in time because it is not the result we wanted and if this will be the result it is not the result that will put israel back on the right track gansa distanced himself from the mainly palestinian israeli joint List Alliance who might have enabled against minority government but even their record showing with up to 15 seats wasnt enough to win them real influence what you. Believe is the result could well be more consequential the palestinians in the occupied west bank that no promise that victory would allow him to stop the annexation setout under the terms of the trump peace plan. Israelis might not have wanted this 3rd election but they did turn out in their highest numbers for more than 20 years more than 4000 people voted its special stations set up for those quarantined for the coronavirus keen to cure israel of its repeat election syndrome now for the consequences including a possible Supreme Court battle over whether an indicted politician can legally try to form a government in 2 weeks the man on this stage goes on trial. Bribery fraud and breach of trust benny gantz is spend a year trying to convince and ultimately failing to convince israelis that they cannot be led by Prime Minister under indictment throughout Benjamin Netanyahu has been delaying maneuvering and judging and now he has again prevailed kerry force an aljazeera television. Joint liston alliance of palestinian israeli parties as expected to win 156 seats that is its best ever tally and its head says the coalition will use its number so block that now from forming a government ok sometimes the results of the joint list a historical since the 1st knesset until now the most number of seats we want has been 13 this time we suppose so we broke the record and this is all thanks to the heroes the men and women of our people we give them all our appreciation and our bell as a scholar in residence at American University center for israeli studies he says netanyahu has increased his lead but the race is not won yet. A 58 seat block will not suffice he needs 60 or 61 and count on others defecting right now all parties in the opposition have not signaled that theyre willing to join his. His bloc and it will really remains to be seen how. The final results are shaped and how that impacts the behavior of different parties on the political spectrum Israeli Arabs voted today it was the highest turnout in a long long time for them about 68 percent of the arab voters turned up and voted and they increased according to these results their number of seats by 2 from 13 to 15 through the 3rd Largest Party in the knesset and definitely it has an impact on the system and in a way if the results are as remain as they are now theres a good chance that this showing by the airport is will be the cruncher in terms of preventing that and you know from establishing a coalition so its its a great achievement for the arab parties from their point of view now to the democratic president ial race and the u. S. The 2 candidates the trop out earlier havent dorson joe biden on the eve of super tuesday or any closer in former south and where a bit of tension joined by this Campaign Rally in texas or norseman as expected to get by the biggest as 14 u. S. States had to the polls to choose the democratic challenger to try. Folks you know just a few days ago the press and the pundits declared this campaign dead. Back sanker were some december thank you this is a must see was a super tuesday said we were this is because they were. How we are were going to see them down through the 2nd term with the message there was a person whos been my down coming down roughly how i this is your campaign they were he can bring our country together and build that coalition and i got fired up Democratic Base thanks to the was independents and moderate republicans because we do not in our power to eat what i just ate by a victory we want to win big thank you thank you as i mentioned the polls open in just a few hours for super tuesday thats when voters in 14 states and American Samoa will decide who will run against donald trump and november more than 1300 delegates are up for grabs in a big win in texas can get the candidate a boost to when the partys nomination alan fischer reports from austin. We are going to win the democratic primary attacked by well you have died the 1st School Nominee contests are over the attract big fields heavy t. V. Advertising and Media Attention but they provide just 5 percent of the delegates super tuesday is super important a 3rd of the delegates and offer a real test of Public Opinion from north to south coast to coast and beyond california has moved its primary up to join the super tuesday when you take that and the other states and i think to the already rich delegate count available here in texas there are 1357 delegates up for grabs thats almost a 3rd of the entire total so a good super tuesday gives the candidate the 3 ms media money and momentum. In short this will bring clarity to the democratic race for president we have very rich delegate states like california and texas that are going to be hugely important and we kind of need to know whats going to happen in those states as well as the alabamas and other smaller states to kind of get a sense ability about whether what were seeing in those early states is reflective of a general sense ability of this super tuesday also through is up Something Different its the 1st time Michael Bloomberg will appear on the ballot little class kid who built a Global Company from scratch the former new york mayor has bombarded the airwaves with ads spent millions of dollars on this campaign this will be the 1st test of his electability the strategy that mayor bloomberg is putting into place is a very unorthodox one and super tuesday is really going to tell us whether he is going to have the support nationwide even given spending half a 1000000000. 00 so far to win the nomination a candidate has to win 1991 delegates no one can seal the deal on super tuesday but a good performance certainly move someone farther along the road on the number of. Candidates will drop out pretty common sense of how the ability to produce the nominating process goes on till june to raise wages but democrats will be hoping they can in the past and will take on donald trump in november long before that. Our democracy to the point Alan Fischer Austin texas. China has reported another drop in the number of new coronavirus cases or 125 cases detected in the past 24 hours the lowest number in 6 weeks however over 1000 has continued its spread beyond chinas borders saudi arabia tunisia morocco senegal and jordan are the most recent countries to detect cases of the disease tracking the reports. In the chinese city where the corona Virus Outbreak started Health Officials say theres been a drop in new cases for the 1st time in 2 months its closing one of we had 60 new hospitals that were built in january to cope with the increase in patients but kovac 19 continues to spread elsewhere the World Health Organization says 9 times as many cases were reported outside china within 24 hours it says the best defense is still containment were in unchartered territory we have never seen before. Respiratory partridge and thats comparable of Community Transmission but at the same time which can also be contained with the right measures the 3 countries worst affected outside china are south korea iran and italy rome is preparing a Stimulus Program to help the countrys economy in venice the canals which are usually packed with tourists are deserted its a tourism board reports more than 90 percent of travel bookings have been cancelled in the capital. Scientists in the United States are racing towards finding a vaccine president dont try. Told pharmaceutical bosses he wants results with a months today were meeting with the pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies the biggest in the world the most prestigious the ones that get down to the bottom line very quickly to discuss how the federal government can accelerate the development of vaccines and therapeutic treatments for the coronavirus u. S. Scientists say the rollout of the Coronavirus Vaccine is at best a year and a half away Victoria Gate to be al jazeera. An update now from asia a trained brown is live in hong kong so adriana in china and the numbers seem to be going down but obviously as victoria disappointed thats not the case for the rest of the world well what is the latest. Well certainly the rate of infection in china is slowing considerably 125. 00 new infections reported on monday thats the lowest rate that china has reported in 6 weeks the virus basically peaked in china in mid february and the government will point to this latest figure as proof i think that its sometimes draconian containment measures have been working remember we have Something Like 60000000 people still in lockdown in who a province which is the epicenter of this virus now a lot of viral experts around the world say that yes initially china was probably too slow in shutting down a probe in so lockharts of loop a province but when it eventually did it probably prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths in other words we could have had a disaster on a much much bigger scale here in hong kong the government has announced on tuesday that its going to be sending 4 aircraft to hoop a province in the next 48 hours to bring home more than 500. 00 of its citizens whove been stranded there theres been a lot of criticism of the government that its taken so long to get its people out of a province and i think the reason for that is possibly to. To avoid embarrassment for the mainland authorities because of course this looks like you know chinese citizens being airlifted from china also here in hong kong on tuesday the government has released more figures showing the impact this forest is having on the economy retail spending dropped more than 20 percent in february in fact all around you in this area of hong kong in causeway bay you can see shots that have closed that are shuttered are not going to open a reminder that you know this fire is taking its toll on Hong Kong Hong kong paying a very heavy economic price actually because you know the border with the mainland now remains closed it has been now for around a month that of course schools are going to be closed until april the 20th one flicker of positive news though 880000 Civil Servants have returned to their desks although some experts warn that having so many people returning to work at the same time does raise the possibility of secondary infections we feel ok a Train Derailment the latest from Hong Kong Adrian thank you. So ahead on al jazeera ending his attempt to solve the libyan conflict the u. N. Special envoy steps down after the failure of the latest talks. You know where to run muslims in indias capital say theyre being targeted the police have done little to help. The. 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With that as a need for tuesday for wednesdays become dry once more the last frontal system and its this one here has produced significant rain in jamaica haiti needs to cuba and his tail end used a lot in honduras thats gone down through nicaragua and there are a few showers i think for costa rica in the next day or so nothing more than that but hispaniola there are still plenty more shasta as gov thats probably true in 4 to wreak you there heavy enough to produce maybe the flash flooding something that happened in rio overnight and theres more potential for heavy rain in this part of brazil for tuesday on wednesday. Perception is validation we believe want to be seen but in one life time we cannot see everything that we will lie and experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. Of that testimony we let you know very little. Witness documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. This is al jazeera lets recap the top stories right now israels Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming victory in the countrys general election exit polls show his likud party and its allies will pick up around 59 seats in the knesset that is just short though of a majority. 2 democratic president ial contender suit dropped out of the race and endorsed joe biden on the eve of super tuesday this is the rally that theyre having right now in dallas texas sarabi closer to shore and former south bend mayor the putative have thrown their weight behind biden at this rally. And im a proud of our stance in the u. S. Has risen to 6 as Health Officials across the country prepare for more cases in all china has reported 125 new virus cases thats the lowest daily number since january 21st. Greece has denied turkeys allegations that its Border Forces fired on migrants attempting to cross from turkey calling it gross and deliberate misinformation greece has expanded its security presence at both its land and sea borders after turkey said it would no longer try to stop refugees support from the greek island of lesbos which once again finds itself on the frontline of the refugee crisis. Asylum seekers stranded on the north shores of lesbos some have spent the night out in the open police cant process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria its been blockaded by angry islanders who wanted shutdown but moreas occupants arent happy to be here either. This was the latest of many riots this year asylum processing is slow and many have been living in tents under the olive trees for a year really very dark said it didnt sound very good back then and certainly this is very difficult for everyone here said it really not that im going for that matter what are the need the dark and this is very important hundreds of morias Asylum Seekers recently much down to the port after receiving misleading or mistaken messages that the government was evacuating them to Athens Police had to turn them back this tense situation is likely to become worse as turkey has opened its border and is advice in refugees on its soil to go to europe thats the reason why this 15 year old from afghanistan is here he says. I have been in turkey for 2 months the smuggler called me in the night and said the party is ready get ready to cross over he said the border is open i could not cross for 2 months because the border was closed this video released by the turkish government suggests that the greek coast guard is no longer conducting just search and rescue missions but actively repelling boatloads of migrants greek coast guard vessels can be seen driving perilously close to small dinghies at another point it appears shots are fired into the water greece has released video that appears to show Turkish Coast guard vessels accompanying migrant boats to greek waters rather than holding them back until now greece and turkey were both working to keep undocumented migrants out of europe turkeys suspension of that arrangement has led to the suspension of other international norms. Greece has declared emergency measures it says it will stop receiving asylum applications for one month and in many cases it will tu