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hello, i'm emily angland. this is al jazeera live from. so coming up, israeli forces carry out are right in the occupied west bank, at least for palestinians killed. ukraine gets to go ahead for much needed western battle tank. presidency landscape says the equipment needs to arrive as quickly as possible and celebrate or demonstrate division across the street area on how the national de ah, welcome to the program. we begin in lebanon, where the judge investigating the 2020 by report explosion, has been summoned by the top prosecutor, judge to rec, beach has been charged with miss handling the inquiry buddies refusing to stand down. on wednesday, the prosecutor also ordered the release of all those detained in the case.

investigations were suspended a year ago, after high level political interference. more than 200 people were killed in a blast when improperly stored chemicals ignited. for more on this story, let's bring in zayna harder, who has more from bay route? hello the santa. so this is looking like a show down between the prosecutor and the judge once expected to unfold today. well, there has been a number of turning points since this investigation began more than 2 years ago. but today could be decisive. like you mentioned, a legal showdown that judge the diesel investigators car has been coming under political pressure for over a year. now. in fact, his attempt to question suspects former ministers that he charged with criminal negligence. he wasn't able to do that. security forces to answer to politicians for

the ruling establishment, refused to carry out his orders to erect him for questioning. instead, a 5 lawsuit against his heart, he wasn't able to work for more than a year. the problem was sold for more than a year. a few days ago, he decided to resume his investigation basing it on legal justification. now, after doing that, he charged more officials, high ranking security officials, as well as the chief prosecutor. i got himself and he said hearings. now the response from the public prosecution was swift. they said that baton has no, no right to do this. and in fact, they charged him and summoned him for question. today he's supposed to show up at any time now at the justice products, but the time remains defiant. he says that he doesn't need to show up and answer questions for the prosecutor. instead, the prosecutor should be answering his question and that he remains the judicial

investigator, and that he will not step down until he issued an indictment. this is a man really who has been standing up against the political and security establishment, which has been accused of evading accountability on justice for more than 2 years. what happened sex, if he doesn't show up, legal experts say an arrest or it could be issued. but if that happens, that means it's a major escalation. so what they're saying, it could be unlike. but there is a further meeting later today by the hire to the so council, in which they may dismiss just with her and replace him to see how the de pounds out. but this is a, you know, this showed out is a turning point at the face of one that could spell an end to the investigation by judge and zayna. as he mentioned, the investigation into this deadly incident has been plagued by delays and political interference. tell us how we got to this point.

this is a country with a history of in tennessee since the end of the civil war. in 1990 there has been political violence, political assassinations. no crime has ever been uncovered. no perpetrator has ever been brought to justice. many of the judges are appointed by politicians. so one of the problems in lebanon is the lack of an independent judiciary. and that is why the tar sufficient for the families of the victim, they see him as a hero, one man against an establishment, no doubt that there are other churches supporting them. and they are ready to stand by his side. but the end of the day, the security agencies answer to politicians. and so some touches answer to politicians themselves. and that's why human rights organizations, as well as the families of the victims and money in lebanon, who wants to see a state being built and that rule of law being implemented,

they are calling for an international investigation. and i believe later today, what we are going to hear are more and more calls for an international investigation. something that the politicians in this country have repeatedly refused. but an established fact since that day of the explosion is top officials including the president, the heads of the security agencies, politicians, former ministers, even the former prime minister. they all were aware of the presence of ammonium nitrate in one of the warehouses that they report and that that was stored unsafely with flammable material that caused zach explosion. what is still not known is what caused it. what started the fire that led to the explosion, and also what is not known is who drug, the ammonium nitrate into lebanon in 2013. or i plenty of questions that still need answers. we'll cross back to throughout the day, zayna how to live for. stay in bainbridge, at least for palestinians,

a dead to after is rally for says carry out. arrayed on the janine refugee camp in the occupied westbank, a large number of security offices entered from different directions in the early hours of thursday morning. at least $24.00 palestinians have been killed in the occupied at west bank since the start of the year. let's bring in ahmed my home. he was live for us in ramallah ahmed. it, it seems like there have been daily raids aimed jeanine for the past 2 weeks. what more can you tell us about today's incidents? yes, and these raids are being conducted day and night. not justin janine, but other towns in the occupied westbank. and it is bottled run into a fight military campaign by israel against the refugee camp of jeanine in particular, which is at the outskirts of the city of janine to day at 7 local time,

which is friday, emptied as a the forces storm of the refugee camp and killed so far, according to the palestinian health ministry for palestinians, including one elderly woman who was shocked and the dead and the nic. and despite the fact that jennie in other towns are technically governed by the palestinian authorities. but still, as royal carrying out such raids, engineered on other urban town so far since it was thought of this year as royal has killed $24.00 palestinians including 11 engineers and including 5 children and arrested over one $150.00 palestinians in the occupied was money certainly extraordinary numbers arm it's how is this violence impacting the paypal in jeanine specifically? well, it is a cycle of frustration. i'm diety,

and fear when you talk to people and the occupied was bank and jeanine and rum on line everywhere. they say that they live in a state of anxiety and fear. they ask him the question, what will be next? when will be my home or my son or my daughter? the next because they are exhausted. they awaken up every morning, fearing that israeli forces they might encounter lee forces or might be cold and the clashes between ballasting infections and israeli forces. when the re, 80 forces, the slope, the, the towns and the cities and the west bank. and also this is, this coincides with the old duration of the new israeli government, which includes singing ministers from the far right who are promising every day and bled jane to step up that the raids against what they called the palestinian

medicines. and also they are calling for another war as they at the minister of national security at mob been given cities. 2 days ago he is. he said that an i wore a decisive war against hamas. they slamming jad and the palestinian factions. is eminence. all right, we really appreciate that update ahmed. my her in. net ramallah. thank you. let's head to ukraine now, where it's military campaign against russian forces has received a major boost from its west and allies. the u. s. has confirmed it sending a 31 abrams tanks gemini earlier announced it would provide 14 of its most advanced tank. the leopard to berlin will also allow either your paying countries to deliver the german made combat vehicles from their own arsenals. the kremlin has dismissed

the deliveries is disastrous and costly and says the tanks will go up in flames. ukraine's commanders say they will need $300.00 western tanks to make a difference on the battlefield. white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has moved. after days of deliberation us president joe biden made the announcement ukraine has long hoped for. today i am announcing that the united states will be sending $31.00 abram tanks to ukraine, the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion. according to the pentagon, it'll take months, not weeks to get the tanks to the battlefield widened, says he made the decision after securing similar commitment from the leaders of france, the u. k. ad following germany's decision wednesday to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. russian officials have already denounced this latest move as an escalation . something biden was quick to counter today's announcement. bills on hard work and

commitment from countries around the world, led by the united states of america help ukraine defended sovereignty and territorial integrity. that's what this is about. helping ukraine to fan to protect your cranny, land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. the move marks a major policy reversal for bided overriding the advice of u. s. generals who resisted sending the maintenance heavy machines. the abrams have been in use for a half century at russia's aware of the tanks vulnerabilities. since february, the u. s. provided ukraine with more than 27000000000 and security assistance. the white house insists issues of training and logistics, including getting the jet fuel needed to operate the abrams tags to the battlefield could be overcome through training. it means to be seen how well the ukrainians

will be able to absorb this hardware and use it. it may take at least a quite a while before they, they can do a day before it has an impact on the battlefield. still, president biden insist the addition of the abrams tanks will make a strategic difference as ukrainian forces rapid to defend territory in expected spring counter offensive. kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house, and on the front lines ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the town of sala dye in the east and done yet screeching. the salt mining town has been next, has seen face fighting for months. a ukrainian military spokesman says its forces withdrew to save lives that comes in 2 weeks after russian troops led by the wagner group said they had seized the town. let's get more now from natasha butler, who's in that cave at natasha. what are you hearing about? what's happening on the front line?

what you just said, if i was happening a here we just heard a few minutes ago. quite a loud explosion coming from a direction over there. possibly in the city or on the outskirts of the capital. it is still a fluid situation here we're on a state of alert here in ukraine. most regions have been put on alert air raid sirens, sounded across the country earlier, including here her in keith with people urged her to take shelter. what we know is the ukranian officials say that a number of missiles are in coming. a key city council has said that at least 15 missiles were intercepted by ukrainian forces, but we understand there could still be others in the air that says tallies also with a d as a top presidential aid, who earlier said that some missiles or had been intercepted and all this comes after another tense night in ukraine, the country again, own alert,

ukrainian forces, save at least $24.00 drones, a were taken down by anti or m miss. all systems also jets as far as we understand. and some of those were over keys in the cave region, at least 15 a iranian made shaheed drones take down over the killer cave region. so people, again urge to take shelter some regions of put in place, emergency power cuts in order to try and save power supplies. we know, over the past few months, the russian forces have repeatedly targeted infrastructure as to the time being, we don't know a whether or not any infrastructure or any buildings or areas of being targeted so far. and natasha, the latest finding comes as ukraine's military campaign is set to receive a boost from the delivery of those tanks, which we heard about in kimberly's report. what's the latest on those combat vehicles? well, you know,

what's interesting is this latest round of tax here that we find in the last few hours here in the ukraine is certainly being seen by most people as hooton's response to the fact that western powers, u. s. and germany in particular, say that they are going to send tanks, germany green lighting, also some of its allies to export their leopard tanks to ukraine. ukraine. keith, very grateful for these tanks. they have been waiting for such a decision for some time now, but now owed the ukrainian defense minister says that ukraine needs more, it needs fight to jets. it's looking at things like sophisticated advance to fight to jets. it says it needs to protect it. skies ukrainian officials expected now to ob, pressure on western allies to try and to, to try and supply ukraine a with those fight to just because the way the things are being seen here from keith is that this war is i'm going to end. unless it is done on the ground, it unless russian forces are pushed out unless ukraine defends its territory.

ukraine says it is doing that, not only for its own country ukraine, but it is also fighting russia on behalf of its western eyes. or i appreciate the update has always natasha butler live for stay in that cave. still ahead on al jazeera, more than 150 people die in one of afghanistan's coldest winches in decades. and amazon workers in the u. k. hold there 1st, strike demanding wages that match the spiraling constant living. ah hello there. it's a stormy situation across a south of europe. we've got low pressure, clinging on bernice a windy wet and wintry weather across the mediterranean. we'll see that intensify

in the southeast with red warnings out in greece for thunderstorms and some very strong winds in croatia. it's largely feeding cold across this region and more sensually. but up in the northwest, we have seen a pause and not the temperature in london picking up towards the average and some brighter spells coming through the cloud. it is looking at fairly mild over the next few days. before some heavy rain starts to pull in from the north, turning into a bit of a wintry mix for northern areas of noise, but still some spells of brightness coming through the cloud for much of scandinavia, we will see some of the heavier snow pulling across ukraine and into russia into friday and speaking of snow, there was a heavily pause in that in umbrella, as some friars made snow angels in the snow, outside the basilica. now that wet and windy weather is set to continue pushing across the age, reacting. we're going to see some snow fall in greece before it pushes up across the balkans. athens seeing the temperature dipped down conditions here, improving however,

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hello. you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily anglin. he is a reminder of our top stories the south. the judge investigating the 2020 bay route . what explosion has been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor judge to rick beater has been charged with miss handling the inquiry that refuses to step down at least for palestinians and did to his rally forces carried out a raid on the jeanine refugee camp in the occupied west bank, the large number of security officers and to the camp. the early hours of thursday morning and ukraine's military campaign against russian forces has received a major boost from its west in the allies. the u. s. has confirmed it sending 31 abrams tanks. gemini announced it would provide 14 of its advanced, lifted 2 tanks to australia now where rallies have been held in

several cities across the country. calling for change in the way it's national day is observed. israeli day commemorates the arrival of the 1st british settlers in the 18th century, but indigenous group see it as a day of morning saying it glorifies an invention. demands for change have been gang momentum in recent years. sarah clark has more from brisbin, australia that is one of mixed emotions for this country. while we have many people celebrating at the beginning of modern australia when the 1st british fleet, the sailed into city, co, back in 17 ideas on january 26. we also have a growing momentum of people who want to acknowledge this di astray today as a day of morning. are they calling an invasion day where i am now? there are thousands of people around the country at similar rally who are all demanding change. i want to acknowledge whether to 1st nations, people or twice, but the 1st nations people on january 26, 1788 to be which in this country was built on genocide and the dispossession of 1st

nations, people from that land from their families, from united resources and that's what you built on, and we don't want any part in australian nationalism this year. the federal government will also hold a referendum. this will allow the struggling people to vote on whether or not they believe this constitution should change to acknowledge the 1st nations people is successful. not only would it be acknowledged, but it would also give the indigenous people a better voice, a greater voice national level in the policy making process. an extreme cold snap is sweeping parts of asia. japan has been badly affected recording some of its coldest temperatures in decades in a decade rather, heavy snowfall and strong winds have disrupted traffic and grounded hundreds of flights. rub, mcbride has moved from tokyo. there is a broad sway these days of its been effected by this cold, massive ab moving from the north down in south korea. they have issued the cold

wave warning. that's when you get 2 consecutive days of temperatures below minus 15 in sol capital they've recorded around minus 20 degrees that also now we see the heavy snow advisory there in north korea. that said, there's possibly more concern for that vulnerability with temperature is down to around minus 30 degrees because of course, infrastructure there is less developed, there is less reliable energy supplies outside of the major cities. there's also been some concern from local governments in china about the supply to keep people warm in some of the areas affected. the northern and central parts of china. just one example of how low temperatures of golf there is a town of more heard. this is about the most northerly town in china, where it's in this salient of land right inside the siberian land mass where they have recorded a bo numbing minus 53 degrees centigrade. and it's also been bitterly cold in parts of south korea, temperatures and the capital sol have plummeted to minus 16 degrees celsius. and

there are warnings of dangerous road conditions. thousands of shelters have been open enough going to stand more than 150 people have died in freezing temperatures . their taliban official said one of the coldest winters in more than a decade and more extreme weather is forecast is katya lopez, haughty young reports. it's the coldest winter to hit scan. a stan in 15 years with temperature is dropping to minus 34 degrees celsius. avoiding the freezing cold isn't an option for most people, and this makes of camp and cobble shalysea is displaced and doesn't have much to protect her family. she said the conditions were simply too much for 2 of her children. the, the mazda must give the we the so called recently to of my children die, we don't have enough to hate the road. when we came,

we tried to breathe to keep warm and distributing aid to survive. this weather is challenging. humanitarian group, say the taliban. a recent ban on female workers and nonprofit organizations is limiting their reach, the in this local school. the weather is also proving challenges during the early morning and night, the weather is so cold that most of our students cannot come. some older students match to make it, but young ones cannot. most foreign aid has been suspended since the taliban returned to power in 2021. the government has limited support and money. the most of them, when we asked friendly countries and the united nation well to help all the poor and needy people affected by this situation of other people are struggling to survive. now humanitarian groups fear the harsh winter will further deepen and

already dire humanitarian crisis. katia, low visible young al jazeera alice, one person has been killed and several injured in an attack on 2 churches in southern spain. a man armed with a machete, stabbed praise, and a port city. the suspect has been arrested and an investigation is underway. the attack has been treated as a possible act of terrorism. hundreds of amazon where's work is in the u. k. have gone on strike for the 1st time to demand better pay. young man, re, talis, says it's offering competitive wages, but it's employee say they're struggling to make ends meet well and marks reports. for many amazon workers in the english city of coventry, the company that called itself the everything stool has failed to pay them anything close to what they deserve or need. the time you added your rent, your mortgage,

your food, your bills. you're basically nothing that is affordable today. for months, multiple strikes across many british sectors have reflected a rampant rise in the u. k. inflation rate. amazon is always sought to keep customer prices under control and says it's employees pay remains competitive. medicines like on today. but while britain's minimum wage will rise in april to $13.00 an hour, amazon guarantees only a fraction more than that to some employees. i think. the g m. b union signed off more members on top of the half a 1000000 already on its books. and hundreds of star formed a picket line to push for far more money following the example of counterparts overseas. we've taken that from what's happening in america. we saw amazon talking round trying to persuade work is that they didn't need a union because i was paying $15.00 an hour. and they've now raised that to $18.00 an hour. but meanwhile, worth is in the u. k. lagging far behind there on san fran 50,

it is warehouse at the moment. what we want to do is bring them closer to the american colleagues. with britain's cost of living crisis said continue. the company may soon struggle without further action to maintain loyalty. among its thousands of warehouse workers. the la mark felt their former us president donald trump will soon have his facebook and instagram accounts reactivated social media giant met. it says they will be rein stated in the coming weeks. trump was suspended on facebook and other social media platforms after the january 6 attack on the us capital in 2021. he posted this message on his truth social platform in response. he says, such a thing should never again happen to a sitting president or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution. i did your caster has more than the story from washington dating. there was a long explanation posted by met as president of global affairs in his effort to be

transparent. he said that this was because the public should hear from their politicians, quote, the good, the bad, and the ugly, particularly so that the public can make an informed decision at the ballot box. and of course met a heroes referencing the upcoming 2024 u. s. presidential election and this decision to allow trump, should he choose to reactivate his accounts, it could be a significant one that shifts the dynamic of that presidential race. given that trump heavily used tools like advertising on facebook, creating lists of quarters, which he relied on in his previous campaigns. now if trump comes back though, there will be guard room guard rails awaiting him. these are specifically developed after the january 6 insurrection of the u. s capital by an independent oversight board that was created after trumps initial ban. now these guardrails will entail

specific rules for public figures in which meta says they will weigh what potential there is for real life harm. to result from the speech of these public figures, unesco has added archaeological areas in yemen to its list of endangered heritage signs. relics of the ancient kingdom of saba in mario been died back as far as 100 years. they say the un agency says they are in danger of being destroyed by him and civil will ah, watching al jazeera, these are the headlines miss our. the judge investigating the 2020 beirut port explosion has been summoned by lebanon's top prosecutor judge terek bitter has been charged with miss handling the inquiry into the blast.