And japan that yahoo is claiming victory in israels general election although it appears hes fallen one or 2 seats short of a parliamentary majority exit polls suggest that now has the party and its right wing allies have around half the 120. 00 states and the knesset very fossett of course on television. Benjamin netanyahu has spent much of the last year experiencing failure and defeat failure to hold together his right wing block after the 1st election defeat in the 2nd and indictment for corruption in 3 separate cases now it lost a sense of victory he 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 morning. After a campaign that plumbed the depths of negativity and dirty tricks 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 you. 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 blow it why a blue and white headquarters theyre being dark whispers throughout the day that things were looking bleak after a campaign which had seen benny gantz shift 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 set out 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 for 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 a Prime Minister under indictment throughout Benjamin Netanyahu has been delaying maneuvering and dodging and now he has again prevailed kerry force an aljazeera television. The joint list an alliance of palestinian israeli parties is. Expected to win 15 seats its best ever tally and its head says the coalition will use its numbers to block netanyahu from forming a government that the results of the joint list the 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 now to the democratic president ial race in the u. S. With super tuesday voting set to begin shortly 2 candidates who dropped out over the last 24 hours have endorsed joe biden sort of any closer and former south south bend mayor paid great attention joined by a Campaign Rally in texas indorsements expected to give biden a boost as 14 u. S. States said to the polls to choose the democratic challenger to trump so what is super tuesday and whats at stake. Its a long race to the white house and in a packed calendar of an Election Year the one day that stands out is super tuesday this year 14 states across the country plus the u. S. Search of american some more are voting for their preferred choice of Democratic Candidates and 13 states are voting for their republican nominee democrats abroad are also voting on the democratic side its a crowded field of 5 hopefuls including former Vice President joe biden senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and former new york mayor Mike Bloomberg on the republican side its donald trump who wants a 2nd term in office was his main challenger former governor william weld and its all about the delegates whoever gets the most ends up becoming the Party Nominee for the democrats that magic number its 1991 and for the republicans its 1276 and more there is a lot at stake the super tuesday at least for the democrats 2 of americas most populous states california and texas with lot chunks of pledged delegates are voting their 1357. 00 total democratic delegates up for grabs so what happens on super tuesday can make or break the race for some democratic hopefuls in the foregoing weeks and months there be more primaries and caucuses all leading to the Democratic National convention in milwaukee in july and Republican Convention in Charlotte North Carolina late august thats when delegates will gather to formally nominate their official candidates for novembers president ial election james warren is the executive editor of news corp he says the race for the democratic nomination is more in predictable than ever. The people around the world watching are shaking their heads not quite understanding whats going on they should rest assured that most of us the less the experts arent sure either and weve been wrong for months and months about what would happen the likelihood that Bernie Sanders 78 years old left of center would be this strong for so long after being defeated by Hillary Clinton 4 years ago. Was not likely in many our minds we thought that one of the other more than 20 candidates of people whose names have now been for driving like center come on harrison california might be stronger the in possibility at this point figuring out what hundreds of hundreds of millions of dollars of not just a billionaire but a multibillionaire one of the worlds probably 10 richest men Michael Bloomberg what the impact will be tomorrow is as he said the 1st time he will be on any of these ballots and when just doesnt know what the impact will be if you were living in the u. S. All youre hearing now on Radio Television on the internet is Michael Bloomberg commercials a stunning volume of advertising. China has reported another drop in the number of new corona virus cases there were 125 cases detected in the past 24 hours the lowest number in 6 weeks however over 1000 has continued it spread beyond chinas borders saudi arabia tunisia iraq and senegal and jordan are the most recent countries to detect cases of the disease tried to be 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 6 weeks its closing one of we had 60 new hospitals that were built in january to cope with the increase in patients because of it 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 this respiratory partridge and thats comparable of Community Transmission but are 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 cities tourism board reports more than 90 percent of travel bookings have been cancelled in the capital as scientists in the United States are racing towards finding a vaccine president dont trump told pharmaceutical bosses he wants results within months today were meeting with the pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies the biggest in the world 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 a Coronavirus Vaccine is at best a year and a half away victoria gates and b aljazeera. Adrian brown as far from hong kong he says chinas lockdowns appear to be working. If 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 province a large part 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 poor aircraft to who by 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 avoid embarrassment for the mainland authorities because of course this looks like you know chinese citizens being airlifted from china. Greece has denied turkeys allegations that its forder forces fired on migrants attempting to cross from turkey calling it gross and to liberate misinformation grace has expanded its security presence at both its land and sea borders after turkey said it with a longer try to stop refugees johnson supports in the break 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 the police cant process them at the only refugee camp on the island in moria its been blockaded by angry islanders who want to shut down 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 that removed them dark said it didnt sound very productive and i am certain of that this is very difficult to get everyone to set every night that are good for a good example the good ones are going to 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 partys 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 turn around on documented migrants and send them home without the usual reception and identification procedures so it will be as though these people were never here gree says these new arrivals on to individual applicants but part of an organized policy so International Asylum law doesnt apply to them as intended with so many islands so close to the turkish mainland greece has a difficult task defending its maritime border but the biggest losers in all this seem to be the Asylum Seekers jumps on open lesbos turkeys president has been accused by european leaders of using the refugee crisis to pressure them to support his military operation and serious inland at a typewriter one says turkey will continue to target Syrian Army Positions in the province after 34 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday escalating tension has meant that turkey and russia have come closer than ever to a direct confrontation in syria both sides have sought to ease tensions. Heres our sister news i like to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you and syria. But if the Syrian Government forces do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible they will not have a heat lift on the shoulders. Syrian Government Forces have been trying to retake adlib the last rebel held area since december a monday they entered parts of the strategic town of turk destroy homes have been hitting their positions russias military is back in damascus and says its police have also enter the area due to the importance of security. Still ahead on al jazeera ending his attempt to solve the libyan conflict the u. N. Special envoy steps down days after the failure of the latest talks. In an abortion battle in colombia supporters and opponents face off in the countrys highest court. Hello developing over the sudden caspian this massive cloud is a proper circulation that it seems to be gaining a certain amount of energy i was suggesting may well be flooding around the Southern Shores but terran might be ok then the whole lot moves eastwards to bring snow to basically its cold enough in the heart of ground this part of eastern iran and beyond afghanistan to leave behind the sunshine the temps coming up sent in iraq about the same in jerusalem and ankara so an entire area in the high teens cool down a bit was a bit of a northerly breeze downings running through the gulf was a full cost of course wednesday night 24 hours a max in there are and the same in riyadh so weve dropped Something Like 10 degrees in the east and south because of the change in wind direction. Theres been a lot of rain recently developing off the coast of tanzania its obvious on the satellite picture and this is the area i think to watch for some potentially heavy downpours running through Lake Victoria to rwanda burundi but particularly tanzania and also because of malawi possibly siam we had seen a focus for the science and sit in the arc of anger delta doesnt share much in the satellite picture apart from passing showers but i think developmentally its there for both tuesday and wednesday was dry weather for the south. Join the listening posts as we turned the cameras on the media the states misleads the public the state media reflects the same thing just caught a child cohen focus on how they would put on the stories that matter the most. As the world battles a potential new pandemic well bring you the latest developments from around the world. With updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. Coronavirus out bright special coverage on aljazeera. Watching officer in lets recap the top story right now Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming victory in israels general election exit polls show his likud party and its allies will pick up around 59. 00 seats in the knesset that is to short though of a majority. The 2 democratic president ial contenders who dropped out have indorsed job biden on the eve of super tuesday some are any closer and 4 more is out and they are people who just have thrown their weight behind by just out of a rally just happened to dallas texas. And a number of proud of our stats in the u. S. Has risen to 6 us help officials across the country prepare for more cases in all china has reported 125 new virus cases thats the lowest stealing number since she and her 21st. The taliban has ended a partial truce just days after signing a deal with the u. S. To bring peace to afghanistan the group is demanding the release of 5000. 00 taliban prisoners and the country comes as Afghan Police say at least 3 people were killed and 11 injured in a bombing in the southeastern province of khowst no one has claimed responsibility or to tell me it says even if the taliban is behind it it doesnt breach the deal with washington. What we know about the attack is that there was a blast near a