jacket right now because it's mid february and it's supposed to be cold, but it's not. that dumpling in bond, britain is an important part of indian culture. it's no surprise. and many people want to book in the industry. one dancer and one pretty artifact, tried about family expectations and cultural tradition, i guess the way now and with the reality of working in uncomfort giving industry poly with, ah, ah, anger and protests and tel aviv against israel's judicial reforms, greet the visiting united states defense secretary ah,

i'm cyril than you. it's good to have you with us. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up to day 3 ukrainians are killed in the southern city, of course, on, in a new wave of russian missile strikes, targeting several regions the u. s. senate is holding a hearing on the derailment to betray in ohio last month. we will be live from capitol hill and protests in georgia forest legislators to withdraw a controversial bill that many had feared would silence the media. and critics ah, so let's start in israel where the united states defense secretary is on a visit shortened by a weeks long protest against the government's plans to change the judicial system. ward, austin has met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defense minister. you are gallant, near televi, tv's been gorey on airports. israel is

a major strategic partner for the united states. and that very special relationship began when president truman became the 1st world leader to recognize the state of israel. 11 minutes after it was form. and that was some 75 years ago in our bond is rooted in far more than just shared interest. it's rooted in the shared values of democracy and freedom. and the rule of law i and that there was a confrontation between a protester and israel. security minister been to veer outside the airport. demonstrators have been blocking main junctions across israel as part of the national day of resistance. they said they were trying to slow down traffic in a bid to stop prime minister benjamin netanyahu from boarding his flight to rome. while netanyahu had to be airlifted to the airport,

and one con has more now from west to rosalyn. the focus is on one thing and wanting only in that iran, and that's been reiterated by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. immediately after their private meeting tweeted that this was all about iran that that was the really the focus of the meeting walked at yahoo! gallant has been saying that iran should be stocked up at by any means possible from getting a nuclear weapon. it's worth noting, heather, iran has always maintained that. it's a civilian and nuclear program is exactly that just for civilian purposes, but that's never satisfied. israel is right is always said that this is about stopping iran from getting a nuclear weapon. lloyd austin, his counterpart is american counterpart, had a slightly softer take on it said that they were committed to israel security that they would stand shoulder to shoulder with israel and they would give it all the support that it needed. now it's worth noting here as well, the u. s. gives,

is rolled $3500000000.00 a year in military aid alone. so those are the kinds of those kind of words that were used when it came to iran, but certainly the way both sides were selling this meeting was it was about iran that all the publican messaging ad there is coming out of this or is all i'd be just about around. meanwhile in the occupied west bank, there's been escalating violence in the past few days. is really forces killed 3 palestinians in java, south of janine early on thursday. and they were traveling in a car that witnesses say was targeted by snipers on rooftops. israel says the palestinians were fighters carrying weapons and explosives. did. abraham is at the job. a refugee camp in 70 sweet new graves were dug up here in job bout after 3 palestinians were shot and killed by israeli forces earlier today. just next to them, our graves of 2 other palestinians who were killed in january. okay,

in and is really weighed there. part of what's known here as the battalion. it's recently established whiting group here and we're seeing a growing phenomena of armed men working together, uniting. and we're seeing that phenomena expanding more than just in genie in annapolis with more, we want to be free and get liberated and breathed. but don't what we are seeing is oppression. and all this pressure will only lead to an explosion. oh, there will then funeral coming parts of the daily life here in the occupied westbank with more than 75 bless damian field. just this year alone with spoken to the mother of ash mad, l for shap show one of the palestinians were killed earlier today. she says she was one of the. 6 first to see him identify him,

she rides that's good, at least we will. it is neck, chest and abdomen. this is the funeral procession and the other 2 men also a is wound up with, during, and is a way to read in getting a minor to be in the beginning here. and no one is wrong with the army with the situation even further. how are the kremlin? says it launched missile strikes on ukrainian cities in retaliation for an attack in the russian region of brianne sc. last week. the latest strikes on ukraine

killed at least 5 people. most of the deaths in the western region of leave are the targets include the capital key, the black sea port of odessa and the 2nd largest city har keith. i said big reports and all too familiar sighting ukraine's capital keefe. according to the ukrainian air force, 81 missiles were fighting the early hours of thursday morning, including 6 hypersonic missiles which can travel up to 8 climate to the 2nd. ukraine said it interceptor 34 cruise missiles but doesn't have the ability to intercept the hypersonic missiles. 40 percent of keith is now without power. or yet shuler of the sun. i heard the very loud explosion, very loud. we quickly jumped out of bed and so one chiron fire than their other cars caught on fire isreal the glasses shattered under balconies and windows. it's nearly frightening. the child got scared and jumped out of godaddy. rescue services have become accustomed to dealing with the aftermath of air strikes. i us, i'm

a plethora trouble. i woke up from the explosion for quite a strong waterloo, and i could never imagine that it would happen in my back yard. when i went outside, i realized those cars are in the yard zebra. it is hard to explain how i feel because one meter left, all right. and it could have been my apartment so that i have no words left oh. in the west for people who killed one misses, hit solid shift ski ukrainian se residential buildings were destroyed in the attack . elsewhere in the east, the battle backward is intensifying with the russian st. they now controlled the east of the busy city. ukrainian military though, still hanging on for now. he could forced on catherine without looking at the theme of the tongue, has fire from the concealed position at the enemy position. you know, the target is hid, the boys are good. we've sent our greetings to their uninvited guests that came to a country. blackmore is standing. we will win sheila, the attention continues to be in the east with the heaviest fighting has taken

place. but russia has reminded ukraine with his latest set of attacks. it has the ability to strike anywhere a st bag. i'll g 0 a while a war is taking place in ukraine. political conversations are happening on the side lines. the russian and saudi foreign ministers have been holding talks in moscow, as well as the armed conflict energy cooperation was on the agenda. and russia also said that saudi arabia has played a role in enabling prisoner swaps. journalist daniel hawkins, has been following the meetings in moscow from going to psychological, suddenly seemed pleased with the outcome of the meeting describing it as timely and useful oil and energy markets was the big announcement everyone was waiting for and both sides confirm their unwavering commitment to existing open plus agreements collaborative saying that those agreements in place would last at least until the end of this year. been for han also reiterating the importance of a coordinating energy policy with russia to stabilize energy markets. both sides

also gave each of the credit for their efforts in mediating, in regional complex, like the war and given. and it's very poorly fit in complex. but of course, ukraine was the biggest automobile agenda, saga level revealing saudi arabia had been involved in multiple prisoners, were exchanges with russia and ukraine. and saying that this corporation was lucky to continue in future. his saudi called the counterpart equally saying saudi arabia is always willing and ready to speak to all sides to find common ground dialogue at to resolve the, the, you quite in conflicts through diplomatic means. and the u. s. senate is holding a hearing about the derailment of the train in ohio that was carrying hazardous materials last month. senators will likely demand answers on rail safety after a string of recent derailments on wednesday another freight. another freight train crashed in west virginia injury and during 3 people in dumping fuel into a river. the department of transportation says it's taking immediate steps to

improve accountability and safety. had equal haine is live on capital hill covering this forest, the seo of the real company patty is going to have to explain himself. what are you expecting today? well he says probably expecting to have a pretty tough day, senators really tend to go after ceo's, if they feel like their company has not, has actually hurt voters and is not doing enough. and that seems to be the general theme that the hearing just underway for about an hour, but we're just now getting through the opening statements of that ceo, alan shaw, and also the environmental protection agency. reed for that region, who is also probably going to get some pretty tough questions because it was widely seen that the environment, environmental protection agency was. it's just too slow to get information to people and to get really testing under way at the scene. i remember toxic chemicals spewed all over. that is very small ohio town. so alan shaw is the ceo of norfolk

southern is basically going through so far the list of the millions of dollars that his company is paid to clean up the site to give cash to businesses and people in the area. he said, i'm even going to personally find scholarships for the seniors in east palace t impact palestine. so basically, just trying to soften the blow before the questions begin. but we do expect that they are going to be very tough questions for them. shaw's going to go through what he says he's going to voluntary voluntarily do to help make the system safer to basically their heat. is the basic look at the where the trains the amount of heath it's train wheels are putting out. there were 3 sensors over a very short period of time that showed that the wheel was heating up very dangerously. but it wasn't until that final center alerted the crew that they stopped the train, but it was too late to jerome. it happened. so he's going to be saying that there's a way to put those sensors closer together and take other steps. now,

whether that's going to be enough to keep this legislation that's been proposed from coming to fruition. we just don't know yet. what about rail safety itself? i mean, is this meeting going to be a 1st step towards and you and you touched on this towards tightening safety measures. ah, there are bells going through the house and the senate and sponsors of the senate bill. they actually started the hearing talking to the senators and saying why this needs to be done when to look this company, norfolk, norfolk southern has laid off about a 3rd of its staff over the last 10 years and taking the massive profits to give to their shareholders and staff by backs in compensation for the executives. so this bill and it's interesting because it's coming from the to ohio, senators the 2 pennsylvania senators, and in many ways they are incredibly far apart on everything policy, but they're sponsoring this bill. that would mandate a couple of things that they would have to be to cruise to group members per train

. they'd have to basically speed up installing safer, a rail cars, and they'd have to have more sensors to see if these things are proceeding in the way that they did in ohio. now it's bi partisan. we've seen a really strong group of republicans and democrats in the senate come forward to say that they are united in getting this past. it's going to be a tougher haul in the republican controlled house. republicans do tend to go against regulation more than their democratic counterparts. but his hearing is really the beginning of seen the process underway to see if they can actually get the votes to get a pass. it's something president joe biden said he would stop that. eco hain on capitol hill. thank you very much. legislators in georgia say they will drop a controversial bill that many feared would silence independent media and critics. thousands of people have been protesting against the bill, modeled on the lines of a russian law and the capital. releasing jo reports after 2 days of protests,

a spiraling battle against government plans to curb civil liberties in georgia may have been pulled from the brink. the ruling party announced that it would step back from draft legislation. that protest is said, echoed a civil society crackdown in russia, but no one is taking that for granted. we just wanted to feel our dreams and we want to finish the job that we talked 2 days ago. of course, it's great news that they want to cancel, but the order to get and if it will be canceled, we will be happy. georgia and opposition leaders treated the government announcement with extreme caution to the early in the morning georgians. republic said that they are ready to cancel the rush and provoke the process. people process, you know, the 3 history we do not believe in quality pavement because we have very bad

experience that georgia public, georgia, i believe several time wednesday night. so violent confrontations with police using gas, water, cannon, and stun grenades. the protest as insisted the so called transparency of foreign funding bill, supported by many m. p 's on tuesday, would stifle press freedom silence descent and compromise. the former soviet countries chances of joining nato and the e u. the bill requires n g o z and media outlets receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents or face heavy fines around 80 percent of georgia populations to you is very pro western and they see their future east west . so that's very important for our government is we see to demonize these people and to now to damage the reputation of the organization. so don't nurse of those

who work with them. and to easel late, georgiana, the draft bill have the backing of the governing georgia dream party. i mean, chaotic seem to parliament, the prime minister directly gary bus really said it would help route out those working against george's interests. interests that appear to differ from those on the streets. jona hall al jazeera, still head on al jazeera. 2 people are convicted in indonesia, a negligence for the stadium stampede that killed a 135 fans last year. and paving the road to trade in the cricket pitch. the indian prime minister welcomes australia's leader at a stadium named after him. ah,

well, we certainly turned that heat on across india. hi there is we're talking about the western gas in particular. so for the state of go i heat wave, watch him play, that heat will now transfer into the capitol region. so new delhi over the next few days, it's got his steady climb in those temperatures. 34 on monday, probably 35 by tuesday. so that is above average high temperatures through pakistan as well. but same goes for afghanistan, herat at 30 degrees. your temperature record for the month of march is $31.00. so getting pretty close there will keep tabs on whether that happens, getting pelted with rain for that west coast of sumatra and also west java province on indonesia as main island of java. but northward we go. it is a quarter pitcher through indo china. so that allows those temperatures to rise. so 35 degrees, the top temperature for you in bangkok on friday. and of course got high temperatures . rate across china is fil, a more like summer here. 30 degrees in jung. joe. but a hot look at this rain and cloud rolling across big drop in temperatures on

saturdays. so young joe goes from 30 down to 17 and we're getting that error drawn out of the nor so it will certainly be a fresh fil set. some records in japan spook ashima prefecture, but disturbed weather pushes out to the open water on friday. soon a bit. awe inspiring stories from around the world. i thought we did not want human life capture. and it's a faust one. this feel like that presentation of what i want people to remember me by from breaking from from award winning filmmakers. witness on a jesse eda lou

. ah. you were watching al jazeera reminder of our headlines today. the us defense secretary has cut short the trip to israel because of protests over the government plan. changes to the legal system. boyd austin's visit will be limited to the grounds, have been glory. an airport. demonstrators have been protesting for more than 2 months against the planned overhaul, which aims to limit the judiciary powers. at least 5 people have been killed in ukraine after a barrage of russian missile strikes. most of the deaths were in the western region of eve, energy facilities were targeted. the russian and saudi foreign ministers have been holding talked in moscow as well as the armed conflict energy co operation was on the agenda. and rush also said that saudi arabia has played

a role in enabling prisoner swaps. after a closely fought presidential election, nigerians returned to polling stations next week to elect state governors. 28th seats will be decided along with hundreds of seats for state assembly members. but as a matter interest reports from gon bay, the governing party faces a tougher challenge. this time around. nigeria is recent presidential election has shaken up its governing party. although it won the vote, it has also lost a lot of ground to the opposition in battle ground states like carnal. and only say the losses could spread to the next round of election for some state governors. and these governors do not perform because they do not have a more de need of the people on behalf dice. papa, i want the upgrade, they are confused. now jealous governing party is in charge in the northern state of gumby. the governor acknowledges the setbacks of the presidential election, but says his party is unfazed by us top and open the ship. well,

we'll comfortable and let's see what comes out of the governor seat that is coming up. i believe if you see to was soon when most it and at least meant 10. what they will have before was state governors and legislatures closer to voters of the presidency and the parliament. these elections are expected to draw more waters. rising follows poverty and economic decline have brought hardship to many and i did it. this has generated anger and book apathy in the february tend to play with them . now as they go to the boys again, some more to say that 11 is better presented for that dismal performance in obvious . in nigeria, the office of governor carries a lot of responsibilities, but also wills a lot of power. including helping to decide who becomes president, reasons that political parties he had desperately what to keep the states the old.

and when more, how many degrees al jazeera wemby nigeria. a taliban governor has been killed in a suicide bombing in northern afghanistan. it happened inside the office of mohammed dowd, missouri meal. in mazar e sharif in the province of buck. it's the 1st time a senior television official has been killed since the group, the control of afghanistan in 2021. several other people are said to have been entered in the explosion. answer indonesia. now where a 2 men have been convicted for their roles and a stadium stampede that killed a 135 people. it's happened after police fired tear gas into the stands. b to match officials were found guilty of negligence, causing death. jessica washington reports from jakarta. notable in man is java. this is how went the winds. worst stadium to sensors unfolded. some fans had entered the pitch after the match ended. police then find t against it. fans, including those in the sands. people tried to flee, but many the exits was shot causing overcrowding. at the gates,

a 135 people were killed in the resulting crush. many of them children and nearly 600 people were injured. this month, 5 men who were on trial for their involvement in the incident, learned their fate. the head of the organizing committee for the match heard his sentence 1st of 18 months in prison. ha. i declare the defendant abdul harris has legally and convincingly been found guilty of committing a crime because of his negligence, causing people to die. and shortly after another match official, a security officer was sentenced to one year in prison. the prosecution said the men were responsible for the safety of the match, including stopping overcrowding and insuring gates were open. the match. officials say police should shoulder most of the blame the firing together in the stadium. the defendant, under how he said the situation spiraled, when police used to take us friends are those dollars of the stadium doors have

been like that so, so long time ago, even if there was tear, gosh, even if the gate was open, there would still be a problem 3 police officers will be sentenced next week with the prosecution requesting sentences of 3 years in prison. some relatives of the victims told unto 0 they are in disbelief at sentences they consider to be too lenient. they ask about k, y as a parent of a victim, i am very disappointed. the families did not expect this. i respect the law, but this is not final. we must appeal that we are no says he will never stop seeking justice against those. he holds responsible for the death of his daughter, jessica washington out a 0 to carter. at least 30 people have been killed out. the torrential rains and landslides hit indonesia remote in a tuner region on tuesday. so far, 8 people have been pulled out alive. nearly 700 rescuers have been deployed to search for the dozens others that are still missing. and nearly 46000 people are in

relief centers in southern malaysia after days of torrential rain flooded their horns. florence louis has this update from your hor, state homes. partially submerged vegetable gardens, fruit trees, underwater. the people here have moved to relief centers, but come back during the day to check on their home city. i'd have been t dylan says she tried to take what she could with her when the waters started rising thing up. what americans won't get it w not, i could see my stuff, but there wasn't much i could do because they were all floating away. when i set up all now with others, tell us they've lost livestock 2 days of continuous rain and this river overflowed its banks and flooded plantations and villages that was more than a week ago. yet the waters have hardly receded and remain extremely high. many here say they weren't expecting the floods. the area recently experienced flooding in january and the monsoon rains,

normally taper off by february. studies show rising global temperatures may intensify, extreme weather events. some conservationists say manmade factors decrease the planets ability to cope. away we have altered the natural world around us by removing the rain forest. oh, by slow hard escaping the the environment. the rate of run off is much greater. and that has put a lot of stress in the rivers and in river basins. not far from the village is a quarry. people here tell us ever since it started operations, they've experienced more flooding whenever that heavy rain, marilyn for the size of the mud flows from what i observe is the red soil from the query. land clearing and deforestation may not have caused these floods, but they likely play a role in how severe and frequent floods can become in the future. lawrence,

lee al jazeera pirates. hullo, joe hall, malaysia. and staying in malaysia, the former prime minister, more hid in the us in has been arrested by anti corruption. investigators is due to be charged in court on friday. the charges include abuse of power and money laundering. oh here, dean was prime minister for 17 months between 20202021. the australian, an indian prime ministers have opened the final match in a cricket test series between their 2 nations. anthony alban easy is on a 4 day official visit to india focusing on trade. but it's their appearance that a stadium named for no render mowdy that garnered the most attention. family metal reports from new delhi to the flesh. oh, this keep us entered in style. these aren't cricket captains, but leaders of the 2 nations about to square off on the field as they celebrate the decades long friendship. much of this record breaking crowd and i'm the bad has

come to catch the action off the pitch. local cosmo guy are not anymore this dirty man. honestly, this is of a special occasion, letting them what he stadium is the biggest one in the world. and prime ministers of both countries playing and the best match will be present at the stadium. i wish in the ovens to match and qualify for the world as championship. the grant can hold more than 130000 fans and was renamed. the marines are moody stadium in 2021. it's in the western state of good europe. when mowed the was chief minister, the pitch has seen historic cricketing innings, the life of crime, and also served as the political arena in 2020 it hosted the mag i rocher of mahdi and then you s president. donald trump, the cookie diplomacy comes as in just pushing for a greater international role in diaz, the president of g 20 this year. it's a duty new delhi take seriously, seeing it as an opportunity to project it says as the voice of the global south,

particularly on issues affecting developing nations like climate change, boot supplies, and high debt. india is already leading the full match series winning this fine and match will secure a spot in the finals of the world test championship. the opposition is eager to deny this victory as to the start of the series didn't go to plan losing the 1st 2 games. but you know, there's a lot in it for india as well. if they, when they can secure a spot and not have to rely on other results. so, you know, we want to make that difficult as difficult as possible for them. and i, we went to the series and ha, i'd been easier for the visit, started with him, celebrating the festival of holy. the 2 nations are expected to strengthen trade and diplomatic ties. pop new metal al jazeera new delhi ah.

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