Estimates california has about one year of water left. And how the United Nations body responsible for Global Climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. Then, as wikileaks founder Julian Assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. We see this as a victory for Julian Assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. But it may take some time. But that will not be up to us. Amy we would get an update from wikileaks and Julian Assanges lawyer michael ratner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A devastating slight gold in the South Pacific nation of anna what to has left half the nation. It washed away roads and bridg
The outcome. And an outspoken rabbi visits. Its real money and im ali velshi. In a few hours voters in israel will decide if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gets to keep his job. The latest polls shows the right Wing Likud Party losing ground to opponents. Harder time cavern ugh out a coalition, at a had a can keep him in leadership. If true, high stakes game in washington might be for nothing. He took a gamble to boost his chances in an israeli election by playing hardball with american politics. Sure netanyahu told israeli voters that his controversial speech in front of congress was done to protect israels are National Security interests not to give in to a bad deal for irans nukes but netanyahu did all that by participating in a bald faced republican attack on president obama over foreign policies and that sent u. S. Israel relations to their lowest point in years and that should be a concern to israelis. After all the u. S. Provides more than 3 billion in military aid annually t
The most remote regions. So israelis are voting in what looks to be the most closely fought election in years. Analysts predicting one of the highest turnouts since 1999 with 80 of israelis expected to vote. At stake where the next Prime Minister will be Benjamin Netenyahu or isaac herzog. Reporter it is close to 80 of the 6 million eligible voters will cast their ballot by the even. Among the voters is Benjamin Netenyahu whos party has been slipping behind in the most recent polls. And in recent days netenyahu himself has reached out to the right, catching support for settlements in occupied territory, and recanting what was always a grudging commitment to a palestinian state. But it appears this was not enough to close toe gap on the Zionist Union, which polls indicate could emerge as the dominant Political Movement when the votes are counted. No Single Movement will get near the seats needed to command a majority in the parliament. And there are likely to be weeks of Coalition Talks
Recovery process begins in vanuatu. Israeli prime minute step Berwyn Netanyahu has an edge in early counting after one of the closest elections in the countrys history. Hes already declared victory but center left rival isaac herzog says hes working to put together a coalition. Mike hannah reports now from tel aviv. Reporter it was a night in which all could claim victory. Two exit polls had the Zionist Union with 27 seats. The third gave them a one seat edge. A powerful display too by the newlyformed joint list of israelipalestinian parties. Exit polls giving the movement their seen seats as potentially the third most powerful force in the parliament. But the reality is, the exit polls indicate it will be easier for Benjamin Netanyahu to form a right Wing Coalition than for the sigh inningist unions isaac herzog for form a centralist one. Number crunching shows they could poe fen shaly form a coalition with a settle of movements and the ultra orthodox religious parties, that would giv
Antiausterity protests. The man who made the first spacewalk anniversary, which took its cold war rival by surprise. Open firing in a museum in the tunisian capital. Major tourist attraction just a few meters away from the countrys parliament. Tunisia security personnel outside as three gunmen are taken hostages, and by the end of the siege 22 people have died. We understand 17 of them foreign nationals. Two tunisians, and two gunmen. Confident more on how the attack unfolded. Reporter Tunisian Security forces yell for reinforcement as they surround the national museum. Theyre respond to go a number of gunmen who had open fired inside of the tourist destination. A short while later it shows what is at stake. Hostages run for their lives. A steady stream of people, most mostly tourists escaping the museum. Inside the Parliament Building one witness describes the scene. Inside parliament were surrounded by many security guards journalists and members of parliament are in high alert as th