to the, this is the w news live from berlin is real supreme court throws out a central element of the government's recent legal reforms saying it caused a serious and unprecedented damage. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, his effort to curb judicial power, had spurred massive protests. nationwide, authorities in japan are struggling to cope with a series of earthquakes that struck as western coastline on new year's day. damaged to buildings and roads are hindering rescue efforts in the worst that areas. stories to say that more tremors are likely the

hello and welcome to our show. i'm seeing there's like in berlin. these really supreme court has struck down a central element of the governments, controversial traditional reforms, and a slim, 87 majority justices rule. the amendment would have caused serious and unprecedented damages to israel as a democratic state. prime minister benjamin netanyahu pushed through the changes last year, which limited the powers of judges to overturn government decisions of the plants prop the mass of nationwide protest. to drill a semi circle in jerusalem, it has more on the political reaction to this rule. ready really cool. the party power and is rose. they're very upset. and they're saying that this is something that can not happen in the time of war. uh,

this should be near unity uh the, the minister of justice. save yourself a leave with the attack. the supreme court again and linking it to the war. again, saying that this is not the time. and the on the other hand, the penny guns who is now in the bows, the most popular, the politician. he's saying that we should respect the supreme court in its decision, but they also said that there are no winners and losers and the kind of an attempt to show the unity and to show that the important thing now is the war in gaza. that was journalist 70, so call in jerusalem. israel's military says it's conflict with some us which many countries designate a terrorist organization will probably continue throughout 2024 for a minister. benjamin netanyahu has said is real. aims to control causes border with

egypt. at the same time, tensions on israel's northern frontier with lebanon are rising, not feeling fears of a 2nd front opening sirens on these rails northern border. another room could strikes these rarely town of kitty edge. mona filed from neighboring lebanon, just 2 kilometers away. oreo fresh is the principal of a high school here in kitty extra mona. his students have all left as, as his family. i can take lumens as the alarm here on the best timing. give you 10 seconds. most of the time it hits and then the lot goes on as positive kiddy extra moment as emergency team. ariano is one of the few who had stayed behind. almost 90 percent of the town was evacuated soon after the homeless

terrorist attack on october 7th. for arial, the threats of hezbollah launching a similar attack is very real. we really worried that the what happened in the settings of october, the south and had been here the most cause by the has, is the road one unit which swear to do very, very big things here. there it does make sense and we need to have them 1st. the border between israel and 11 on has long to be in a tense region. but as israel as war in guns, a has dragged on as well as a tax, have become more and more frequent. you want them to stand before the war. we would get them use the system to see another and a civilian was a weapon. on the other side, it was the funding to see which is it was not what you know we have for i think just isn't because we understand that there are lots of things that really meaning

to destroy us for arial and the few who remain here that's the threat feels more real by the day. japan is bracing for more aftershocks after a series of earthquakes of rock, the island nation on new years, day killing at least 6 people. it is fear that number could rise as also what do you say they're having difficulties reaching some of the hardest hit areas? dozens of earthquake earthquakes, shop depends west coast. getting the issue, call a picture, the strongest out of magnitude of $7.00, or then $30000.00 homes were accordingly left without power. but the government says that nuclear power plants remain unaffected. the army was called in to help with rescue operations. nearly 100000 people were ordered to evacuate. the sizes work to extinguish the places in the center of what cima city in japan. so she color region after series of,

of quakes shook the coastal area. on monday, the authorities said thousands of stores and houses were damaged and the fires that followed. the death toll is expected to rise as troops and rescue work has reached the west effected areas. all nice to 100000 people had to leave that homes and stay in shelters like this. jim coupons meet your logical agency, downgraded it soon, all me warning, but also residence to stay a lot the on a day when many japanese gather at shrines to all suppress for the new yeah. the quite measuring 7.6 magnitude struck in the afternoon. the thousands of smaller quakes followed with

roads, barcode, and buildings in russell, the more remote northern parts of the region, a console coupons prime minister to me cuz she describes the efforts to rescue the supply business of baffled gates. time. earlier i spoke with journalists, sonya glasgow about the situation in japan, and she gave me this update spends yeah, it's been quite started to the new year. um let's start with this. the tsunami thread as such, um, has as mainly costs, at least for now. um they downgraded the wanting level. um we seen some damage and some harvest boats over overturn their costs and the water was a broken. um, but i think probably at the moment really the, the bigger issue is the quick, the intensity level is something that's to know to pinion seal, hasn't seen, and also the surrounding area hasn't seen. so there's been an area in the city of

watching law that has burned to the ground over 50 buildings are gone. it's still burning the extent of the damage there is, is even clear at this point. and then the reason being concrete buildings that have fallen to the side, not just all the buildings. so at the moment i think that the bigger worries, even the last quick. however the apple thursdays are still wanting to, to stay vigilance. to not go close to the cost. so yeah, people really have to be careful still. or for the almost 100000 people have been evacuated from their homes. can we say when it will be safe for them to go back at this stage? i think it's really too early. there's also some disruption to the infrastructure. in some places there as low as electricity, the water is not running. and at the moment the, the,

the rescue teams are trying to reach the areas, but there's lots of damage to roads. it's quite incredible. see the pictures. we've the huge cracks industries, landslide small slides to some degree liquefaction to the ground. so all of this really hampers the rescue efforts and we'll do that would make it also really difficult for people to return anytime soon. of the do we have any sort of idea about the damage, the overall size of this? we often think back about think back to 2011 and focus cima. is this that kind of level, or is it too early to say? it's, i wouldn't say is the kind of level um, simply because at the moment the tsunami damage is much, much less intense than you know in 2011. however, the, the earthquakes damage is, is really quite bad. and at this stage, i would say it's, it's even too early to tell. i mean,

the effective area is much smaller than back then. and japan is quite well prepared when it comes to, to, as quakes. but still, yeah it's, it's a much bigger area than usual, so to speak. so, so i, i think there's also quite some, some overwhelm. and so we really have to see, i'm still quite concerned about the area that has been burning, is still burning and watching my city, and wondering how many people are fix it there. at the moment we know that 6 people at least have the items and doesn't have been injured in the whole affected area, but we're still waiting for further information. all right, that's journalist sonya block reporting from tokyo. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. south korean opposition leader me jameel has been attacked and stabbed in the neck. a man lunged at lee as he was speaking to reporters, while on a visit to the city of booth. we has been taken to the hospital and his condition

is a no landlocked ethiopia has signed a deal with some molly lands, a gain access to the red sea exchange. ethiopia will be the 1st country to recognize the break away somali region as an independent country. somali land seceded from somalia, more than 30 years ago. officials in mogadishu have condemned the new deal. thank you for makes marketing. the self proclaimed republic of no gore, no car back, has ceased to exist as of the 1st of january. the armenian majority territory was located in azerbaijan, which never recognized the break away region, and defeated his military in a one day war, less september, about a 100000 people fled, and the self styled republics leader signed an agreement to dissolve. they're going to care back in 2024. he's recently backtracked on that decision, but also by john as absorb the territory. nonetheless,

a new era begins for this fullness, self styled republic of to decades of conflict. nicole nicola back is now fully under the governance of as a base on the mountainous enclave. and the south caucuses lies within us. a by john, it has long been internationally recognized as belonging to as a bygone but since 1991, much of it was governed by estimate communion set protests. who claimed it was a defacto independent state that they called the republic about. so it took less than 24 hours for the crew to seize nickel and cairo, back with the ministry offensive on september 19th, 2023. the set protest lead to surrender and agree to a ceasefire, which was broken by russia. the takeover

caused the majority of nicole and at cairo backs, largest population of ethnic comedians to flee to the boat is leaving that home is behind them and carrying as many possessions as possible. most of them and now living as refugees, with no immediate plans to return to their homes as a buyer's on the president ilium live, says that they will have equal security and rights if they choose to return of the . but off to decades, the violence there was little trust among the armenians for promises from back to tensions between as a bygone and armenia over nicole know camera back date back over a century. within the last the 2 years, they have full to what was over it. fibers in the 1st war, which ended in 1994 the armenian side to control them to go on a car back and 7 of the districts of the short war in

2020 as a buyer's on to box those districts. unassertive. nicole no carol, back with the help of tuck his weaponry talk. he's president red chip type add one was quick to travel to as advise on following its recent victory last september to congratulate live. so allies and descendants of the all medians protested the takeover in several countries. now, going to cairo by his now positive. as advice on the territory, it is largely devoid of people following the takeover. and as a by john's plans for the region is still unclear. as the by john says, it sees no obstacles to at last in peace treaty with its neighbour, armenia. but this wouldn't be enough to dissolve the distrust and hatred, felts by the 10s of thousands of laguna cairo, bucks, so medians to

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