the the, you're watching, you've got the news coming to live from berlin charges. parliament approves a controversial law that has sparks with weeks of protests, police clash with protesters as lawmakers and re restrictions on media. in other words, which got funding from a broad critic say the legislation is a threat to democracy and damages, george's hopes of joining the european union. also on our show today, the united states top diplomat, takes a message of support to ukraine, actually blankets, health presidents, a landscape that your west military aid will make a real difference on the battlefield. the

clare richardson, welcome georges parliament has approved a controversial law that has sparks a weeks of protests. police have confronted demonstrators outside parliament where law makers had also clashed before the vote. critics of the ruling and georgian dream party fears the so called foreign influence bill will be used to stand out defense and condense georgia's hopes of joining the european union. the legislation requires media and other brits to register as pursuing the interest of a foreign power. if they get more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad, we have our correspondence, maria cousin, i'd say outside the national parliament in sibley. see where protesters have been gathered to denounce this legislation. maria, give us an update on how the protests are developing this evening. and

we still ride next to the column and to the capital c to please see if we've seen now that the pro test us push back the rise police back to the us read leading to the you know, you all of the parliament. uh, did the parliament square is still full of people. the police had to back in the rock because there was crowds and cross arriving to the parliament square protests as he has said that they are going to stay here until late night. they say that they are going to protest against again, because even though the bill was adopted, they still want to show the world that they are not happy with this bill. now we still, it's still unclear what does arrive, police will try again to discharge the card. but at this point we can say that it's quite peaceful. there's no publication to say that they are going to protest peacefully. i need

a battery democratic manner. they want the knots and that's and they want to actually change the government. that's what they've been telling me here because they see the government increasingly pro russian even though the b one in pa to georgia. dream denies any link to just with the prominent and says that it aims, that's from piracy, cause a peaceful and noisy crowd. i mean, as we've, as we've heard, critics are comparing this legislation to a law in russia that has been used to crack down on defense. let's give our viewers some context here. to banks and georgia's parliament descended into an old mountain bruise is the so called russian more passed it's food and final reading. another milestone for a controversial bill which had sparked weeks of mass produce outside crowds again, voice bill positions arguing more will be used to suppress political,

the st. moving georgia a when you from it's a u. s. variations and towards russia. thing is we're protesting. again, brushing low, but in reality, who are protesting and again, instruction as in because we've been through this, georgia has been through this an organizational pressure physically and mentally, always for just centuries. and we're not going to let our government finally decide this. when you want to go to your role and your friend, you will tell us, you know, to take just a little easier to say, just low. so the ruling georgia, dream pass. he insists it's committed to european integration and projects comparisons between this bill requiring organizations receiving more than 20 percent of funding from abroad to read just as agents of foreign influence and roles in russia is opposite by branding or labeling of the slow as a russian low doesn't lead to a constructive engagement because this law has nothing to do with the,

with the russian hill having passed. it's the reading. the bill now goes to the president who has said she will retail rate, but that will likely only cause a delay. the government says it plans to use its majority to override any veto before the war is officially adopted. coming back to our correspondent maria cuts and let's say into police. see, maria. tell us a little bit more about the governing georgian dream party and why they pushed past us. so even though they are seeing this kind of opposition, these kind of protests and the streets well, because at this point we look at this, their rhetoric, they're saying that essentially saying that the enemy know for the same time to

declare and still that they want to be part of the opinion. well, there is a reason for that because it was on the georgia border, you into the ration and the government, the has to pay to, to those people say the size of say that their intentions on us, the rights of the government is no genuine. on this bill show the real intentions of the goal and ask for testers, have been telling me here that their intention is not to being the part of part of the european union. and it's also very, very difficult situation off where they were winning parts of georgia and they just many say that they do not accept such as that clause from, from the, from the people. so it's going to be quite damaging for them in the upcoming october lapses when it's going to be decided was a bit routing, georgia dream part. you can maintain its power or any other turn to force as well. take it over and we are looking just there at live footage of the crowds gathered

maria after speaking to some of the protesters there. we've mentioned this issue of george's hopes to join the e. u. a how, how big of a blow quoted this new want be for that as well? so georgias it is actually, it's a very crucial moment. they say that the country isn't at the crossroads. they say that their democracy is it's thing. that's why they've been for almost one most coming out in the streets and having protesting it also being telling me that they're disappointed by the di did reserved reaction from the last. yes, we've seen some condemnation of the bill from the west and supporters also georgia . but here people, they've been telling me that there was stuff off in regards to georgia on, should do more press of the government to actually change the situation. now the bill was adults to love. it still has to go through the veto procedure on the pro

us and presidents. well to retail. this bill, however, it's not going to mean that the government will throw this failed because she has a ceremonial power in this country. so in georgia is in a very deep the political crisis now, and they've told, well, actions and observers and people have been telling me here is going to be decisive for the, for the direction of the georgia. isn't going to be to the west or to the east. thank you so much for that reporting from to we see that as maria catch him, i'd say we turn to ukraine now. where us secretary of state anthony, blinking has been meeting with president will let him. here's lensky lincoln as dressing us support for ukraine as it fights off increasingly intense russian attacks. united states top diplomat also visited in memorial to fall in troops in the capital t of we have a corresponding economy following developments in kias. he told us more about

blinking says that a, this is 1st and foremost about showing the grading sides that they are not forgotten that america is committed. and that the attention administration often months where basically cause a has a seem to occupy everyone's head space in dc that ukraine is still a top priority. as i said, this is a significant investment of time getting to key if you called fly, hey you have take a train component. so it's basically a day each way a. so this is a significant sign. this isn't just to kind of freaking working visits. it's his 1st since that's garza will started in august of last year and his full system will begin and compare that to many more visits to israel in the past few months. and i think it's also about trying to discuss the rest of what to do with the $60000000000.00 worth of us 8 that are now being signed off on. and that will be coming here increasingly we've already heard from fully minutes. let's keep friends present saying that the 1st priority is a defense and asking for patriot missile defense systems from the us as you can store. and it has a handful of these most of the come from europe. so

a real kind of clear request of the great inside that to help protect kind of give and the region of to base a couple of days of extreme fighting that doesn't correspond it and economy and calf we can bring you up to speed. now with some other world news headlines is riley troops have advanced a deeper into the southern city of ross in gaza. according to eye witnesses. there it is, the last remaining how much strong hold does. rarely tanks were said to have moved from the east of the city into neighborhoods further west the year when says almost 450000 people have left her office since as round started its latest advance. a mass of searches underway in northern france after armed gunman ambushed a prison van to free an inmates. 2 prison guards were killed and 3 wounded at a toll booth. a high profile in may, 2 french media, nick named the fly, was being returned to prison after a court hearing that besides the leading enough and a senior figure in russia's defense ministry has been arrested on suspicion of

bribery. investigators searching the properties of the ministry's head of personnel direct cause that's hard to say. they found more than a $1000000.00 in cash and valuables. the rest coming just days after a long time defense minister, surgeon troy group was replaced. conflicts and disasters are pushing a record number of people out of their home to seek shelter from war and destruction. the internal displacement monitoring center now says more than 75000000 people were forced to flee within their own countries. in 2023. the worst affected nation is sudan, where civil war has to place more than 9000000. a warning that our next report contains disturbing images. full year old, you as mean has struggled to walk since she was shots in the lake. she is from l janina into dons west off full, but he's growing up in a camp for displaced people across the border in chad. last year is

fighting me at the home. yes, mean, fled with her family. but the rebel power, military groups, the rapids support forces caught up with them. a bullet toll through. yes means leg and he's her mother. why did i do her mother who was 8 months pregnant? was killed and yes mean was left all alone. some people found her on the road and brought her here on the road to the buddha. we old suffered of the rapids support forces killed and wounded. so many people like i heard a recent human rights watch report accuses the rapids support forces and allied militias of carrying out attacks and west of full killing thousands. the report says this indicates ethnic cleansing will crimes and genocide.

the power military group has been at will with su don's army since april 20, 23 and 4 is a front in the civil war. thousands of people were killed in clashes and as strikes, you know, fashion over the weekend. it's the last major cc and all 4 still under the sudanese armies control, the city is reportedly under siege and there is a communications blackout. the united nations ones but fighting is endangering 800000 civilians in alpha, shaw, and preventing aid from reaching the region. when millions of people are on the brink of salmon, that time is running out to prevent starvation and therefore as intensifying clashes and north, therefore, as capital l flasher are hindering our efforts to deliver vital food assistance into the region. the un has called the situation ensued on one of the west to

monetary and disasters in recent memory. age groups via that. the violence in dial 4 could lead to another mastic and force millions more people to flee for their lives. and so just before we go it, let's bring you a reminder of our top stories at this hour. georgia's parliament has approved a controversial wall despite weeks of protests, against that it would clambered down on media organizations and engineers that received funding from abroad. critics see it as a threat to democratic freedoms, answer, simple, easy, long standing aspirations to drawing, think your opinions and us secretary of state. and to me blinking isn't q he has met with training and president will let them hear zalinski and other types of specials. lincoln's narrative battlefield updates and to emphasize united states and during support for ukraine as it defends itself against russia. updates coming up, thousands of people disappeared without

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