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so benjamin netanyahu sax, his defense minister, you are garland, had spoken out against controversial judicial changes. ah, although i, mariam, noisy and london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. dangerous and irresponsible brushes planned to station nuclear weapons across the border and better roost is widely condemned. living in different time zones, why the star of daylight savings as iraq did into a religious dispute in lebanon, and an election without campaigning, and no opposition. humans vote to choose members of the national assembly. ah, welcome to the program, our top story,

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has sacked. his defense minister is, comes a day after your gallon publicly opposed, his plans to overall the justice system. gallant said the judicial changes needed to be stopped because the growing division, including mass protests on the streets, could threaten national security. as he was speaking, hundreds of thousands of israelis were demonstrating against the bills for the 12 week in a row. latasha named joins me now from occupied easter islam and there were some very striking remarks we heard from young. you have gallant a just the other day. natasha is making the point that this deepening split that has not only erupt into process on the streets, but also with an israeli institutions could end up posing a threat to the country security. the former defense minister had said that weeks of protests that have roiled is railey society. and as you have said, have only deep in the divide within israeli society were now threatening the

country's national security. the former defense minister had said that just a pause hitting the pause button on a vote for the judicial reform was needed. now we know that on wednesday, the canal it is poised to vote on this package of judicial reforms, amendments amounting to a complete overhaul that many in israeli society are concerned about. the national security establishment, many members of the establishment had actually written letters opposing the judicial package. had said that they were worried that it was undermining democracy . and that it would be a threat to national security because many within the military reservists in particular, had not been reporting to their post because they also felt that there was a concern that it would be subverting democracy. so it was expected that something would happen. a prime minister netanyahu returned from a visit to london

a day after this speech was given by gallant and fired him. it's unclear if go on will be given another post within the cabinet, but already even before his firing, the national security minister, it's him, are ben, good beer had been urging that gallant be fired saying that in essence, he was not in line with the cabinet and therefore, needed to be removed. the members of the le coud party. many of the prominent members of acute party appear to be in line with netanyahu and are supporting his move this evening. but members of the opposition are opposing it. the former defense minister benny gans is saying that israel is quote, facing a clear and immediate and tanned all danger to its security. the former a prime minister. yeah. your la pete is also criticizing the move, but this is sure to not be the end of this discussion. the hope was i should point

out though that even galant had not said that he had opposed any kind of judicial overhaul. he was simply asking that before the jewish holidays come, that the pause button be hit. he was asking that a vote be taken on independence day in israel, which is april 26th. so you can see that there's not even room within the cabinet for a discussion, compromise with the opposition, for perhaps a more palatable, judicial overhaul that a larger 2nd. the connects, it would approve of a majority of israeli society, actually oppose according to reesa polls. this particular package of a judicial overhaul, but for the moment, what we see is a defense minister out who has opposed the judicial overhaul. but we do see that the connected is poised to vote on wednesday for this current package,

and that it appears that netanyahu and his allies are not interested in waiting any longer than this week. all right, thank you very much, sasha. the name reporting to us from occupied east jerusalem on this news just come in that benjamin netanyahu has sacked, his defense minister. you'll have gallant off to some remarks he made about the effect of these judicial changes, and indeed his opposition to these changes the fishery. but also they have been many thousands of people out on the streets of israel. sorrow high rock joins us live now from doe ha at you've just returned from israel where you are covering these protests. is this move by mess nasa yahoo likely to inflame opposition? even more yes, i do believe so, and we're already hearing that they are planning for a protest. the protest is a calling for protest late this evening, outside the defense ministry to show the discontent woods. this latest move by

prime minister netanyahu longest serving israeli prime minister so far and a person who's in this position because of a coalition with an ultra nationalist far right. the most far right government, even in israeli history. now this masses, because throughout the course of my time in jerusalem, what we've seen is a change where some of those members, some of the more controversial members within his government, have been a lot more vocal and sometimes openly defiant against the prime minister himself. now when we recovering these protests initially, we thought that maybe they would soon fizz allow, they died down, but those they definitely kept up the momentum and in fact, the numbers were increasing. we were speaking to a cross section of society, people of different ages. we saw grandmothers, we saw mothers with newborn babies that were determined they said to make sure that

their voice was heard. we spoke to students don't as people from the i'd see 6 people who have a teachers education businesses. and this just shows that the majority of those that we spoke to the protests are concerned. they said about these judicial changes that the government is trying to bring because they believe it will affect every sector of society. now, just a few days ago, one of this votes for the judiciary takes, it's several stages. it can take us all the way through till april. the government's been quite keen to fall track this despite those protests now just a few days ago. the 1st. c vote was brought in where the attorney general wouldn't be able to remove the prime minister. and this is the person who right now is on a car up shouldn't trial. now that is one of the reasons the protest is said. the government is quite keen to push these g to this traditional overhaul through because we have ministers that have convictions, convictions of tax fraud,

convictions of racism that already existing. and the feeling that a lot of these readings that we spoke to is, is that they say israel is a democracy. yes, they voted the government in this is a democratic votes, but they said that the way the government is going about this judicial changes is they said on democratic now the government, of course netanyahu included is defending this. he says that the supreme court had too much power and therefore there has to be some changes. just one last thing i want to mention is some of those protests, so they're not against changes, but they're against the way that it's being done. okay, thank you very much. and moving on her other top stories, this how your opinion has worn batteries could face more sanctions if it hosts russian nuclear weapons, calling and irresponsible escalation and a threat to european security. on saturday, a russian president, putin announced that he would position tactical nuclear weapons in battle. ruth, that nato is that this is dangerous and irresponsible. ukraine is calling for an

urgent meeting. now of the un security council. last, the present person warned that russia would be forced to react if the u. k. supplied ukraine with armor piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium. he says russia has stopped piles of similar weaponry, but it stopped short of using it. meanwhile, ukraine's up region nuclear plant remains at risk. it comes, it has been coming on the repeated shelling. the nuclear watchdog chief said that it's going to assess the damage done to the plant later this week. this is snyder is the program coordinator at the international campaign. to abolish nuclear weapons and says the agreement between russia and rues, could have catastrophic consequences. it increases the risk of the use of nuclear weapons by adding more actors who might potentially have the ability to drop nuclear bomb, be create a potential for forecasts and miscommunication. and that's

a risky scenario at the best of times. and a time of conflict, i think, is really stabilizing very well. these weapons are, if used would be, would have results similar or greater than what we saw in hiroshi and nagasaki in 1945. they're hugely, they can cause huge catastrophic harm. and there is no recovery from any health care system they could deal with that type of contest reach. it doesn't matter the size of the weapon, the long term consequences are also something that we just don't have the capacity to cope with. it's highly problematic. the nonproliferation treaty is not explicitly say you cannot store weapons in another country, but the pilots in those countries are trained to use those weapons and that would require a transfer of control. and that is prohibited under the nonproliferation treaty.

russian state media is reporting a ukrainian drone, loaded with explosives is injured, 3 people explosion occurred in the center of the ton of gray vest in rushes, trula region. it reportedly damage 3 residential buildings in the town about 220 kilometers south of moscow. ah, also following development in cuba, today the polls are closing soon in the countries elections. people are choosing the national assembly representatives as lawmakers will then elect a president expected to be the current president miguel v as can as no campaigning, no opposition challenges. and that means that people are only able to endorse because it's chosen, but the turn out will be seen as essentially a referendum on the communist ron government. last year when you go online to remote. this hasn't been the only time. we've had difficulties in economic complexities and the people have always express their opinions. i have

a lot of confidential confidence seems some of the press agencies didn't have as they wanted to state about. because the arrange show is that there will be a large extension into the people will have the final say, but i trust in our people who will then i believe the ok, great advice and help our country improvement and how the country to progress we're going through a critical situation and we all have a demo path now, but it is a harlem and that is at the grass roots. it is looking for solutions to problems directly where those problems are. i think it is important out, is there a series of reports now from herana? we're here in a holding station in havana, where people have been coming since very early in the morning. took, has their valor that they're picking. the members of the national assembly hall will eventually lead this country's next president among the candidates, our former president. but i will go to the current president, me in the canal and people we have to pick among the candidates in their district.

you can see right here, some of them in this case is my view, like after she's the daughter of i will go on once they go inside this building, they'll have to select in a ballot like this one, whether they would vote for everyone, for some of them just for one and they can also cast a blank, a blank of old candidates had to buy a commission that loyal to the communist party. there is 470 candidates for 470 seats. and that's why critics say that she ones do not have the possibility of choosing members of the opposition are not present. among those candidates and extension has been on the rise into recent years, especially as compared to the times of fidel castro, where a q were every q and a voting age will cast a ballot. this election is happening in the middle of an enormous economic hardship . wherever you go, people tell you about the difficulties they have to find medicines and food,

long lines of people trying to get gasoline and constant blackouts. in the al jazeera live from london, more still to bring you on the program, unlocking the future inmates of overcrowded prisons in the philippines, a given a groundbreaking opportunity to start a new chapter. ah hello there, things of cool down across europe. and we will see that trends continue thanks to whether systems sweeping their way from west to east knocking temperatures down. not only in the north, but also in the south east. now we are going to see things warm up, but ahead of that, some dramatic drops to come like book arrest in romania, 11 degrees celsius, a full of 11 degrees celsius that into choose day. so some chilly weather to come. now wind is really the story on monday in to choose that we what warnings out

across the mediterranean. we've also got strong winds affecting the north west. some sunny spells, however, for britain and the island of island. but the rain is a very far away. you can see it's starting to roll in by tuesday. it is pushing its way farther east, and we'll see more in the way of wintery weather, affecting scandinavia, as well as the baltic states. we could see some flooding in places like latvia from the heavy rain. it turns more wintry is one across more central areas, snow coming in to switzerland. on monday we will see that nasty weather push away from italy into the balkan states. we've got wind warnings out for coastal areas of the adriatic wet weather as well. pushing across greece into turkey, but to the west of this the spain and portugal, plenty of sunshine, madrid, seeing some fine weather. we will see the temperature continue to rise through to wednesday. ah, it's a $1000000000.00 money, no drink opperation for cold. marsha is bigger than the company with financial

institutions, regulators and governments complicit. well, we'll hopefully, we'll do it right. right. in a full part series al jazeera investigative unit goes on to cover in southern africa. government he controls 90 percent, has developed once it's re coined. it's practically brandon. good. part one on al jazeera. ah . blue. i'll come back. you're watching out. is there a lie from london? our top story, this hour? we've been following developments. political developments over in israel. these are just some live scenes coming to us now from tel aviv. we're protest is out in force

. the defense minister you have gallant has been sacked. this a day are free, publicly opposed. prime minister benjamin netanyahu plans to overhaul the justice system. gallant said the judicial changes needed to be stopped because of growing division, including mass protests, which could threaten national security. and these are just some of the scenes coming to us now from television. people are continuing to demonstrate russia has been widely condemned after president vladimir putin announced he would position tactical nuclear weapons and battle roost. nato says it would be dangerous and irresponsible, and the european union says that that a ruse could face more sanctions if it continues with this. and cubans voting for $470.00 national assembly representatives though, there are no opposition candidates. the election comes during the worst economic crisis for decades. once chosen, the lawmakers are expected to hand at present. miguel diaz carmel, another term if you're in lebanon, people that have or,

or can up in 2 different time zones as a dispute over official day time hours escalates caretaker prime minister, jude mccarty says that daylight savings time will now begin at the end of ramadan. in april and i was muslims to break their daily fast, earlier at sunset, but christian authority say they will stick to tradition and have set their clocks for it an hour as it's the last sunday in march. so in order explains from beirut, there is more chaos in lebanon, a country already close to collapse because of an economic and political crisis. this morning, the lebanese woke up to 2 times on usually at the end of march of this country to shift into the summer time. but this did not happen because of a decision, an unexpected and surprised decision taken by the caretaker prime minister, along with the speaker of parliament. be buddy. this really this decision

a caught people by surprise. some institutions like middle east airlines has adapted to the decision. yes, their electronic devices, their clocks remain the same, but they've had to change their flight schedule to comply with the international flight schedule. but, but there's an uproar and there's opposition and there are institutions which are rejecting to comply with the decision. the argument is it was in discriminant and chose the way this country has been governed for decades. and it shows how officials and not state institutions are taking decisions without resorting through to parliament. to cabinet. and most of the opposition is coming from the christian community. the head of the maronite church christian parties, because they are concerned that the post in lebanon, sectarian power, sharing system of the president is now vacant. and it is the muslim leaders who are taking the decisions on their behalf. and it's not just that, while those empowered did not give

a decision on official reason why this is happening, it coincided with the start of ramadan. and in the leaked video, you hear the how speaker say, you know, people will, will fast, less, less an hour during this month. so, a decision on whether or not lebanon will change to summer timings, which it really has done for, for years now. it's causing a lot of confusion in the country. it was president joe biden is declared his statement agency from mississippi in the wake of the deadly storms and tornadoes. federal funding has been made available to the hardest hit areas which include at one of the poorest regions in the country 25 people, a 9 to have died, but such a recovery, cruise all still working to find survivors. the national weather service has warned of more severe weather on the way. and mississippi governor tate reeves, his praised people for the way in which they've helped each other, cheering this crisis and the help his own the way. and i think that's critically

important. i want to take the opportunity to personally thank all of the volunteers that are here. what we've seen over the last 36 hours in mississippi, on the one hand, has been heartbreaking to see the walls and devastation of these communities. but don't know, their hand has been inspiring and gives me great reason for optimism. and quite frankly, might be damn proud to be a mississippian, because mississippians have done what mississippians do in times of tragedy. in times of crisis, they stand up and they show up. news from yemen now the defense minister is survive what's been called an assassination attempt by local officials is travelling in a convoy entire province along with the regional governor. it came under attack on saturday by a drone full of explosives at a checkpoint. at least one soldier was killed. the u. s. in france have condemned the attack, which the government in sana is blaming on the who sees. the world health

organization has more than 20000000 people in yemen or an urgent need of assistance . 8 years into the country, civil war, 2 thirds of the population are relying on humanitarian aid and w. i chose as the health care system is struggling with just over half of facilities, fully functional, urging international partners to do more to provide that to you monitoring aid, same basra, the has more now shima was only 6 when she lost her leg injured in the early years of a war that's been fought for most of her young life of a say, i said, i guess i was playing with the boy. and while we were walking the shell hit us. i didn't feel anything until the next day when i found myself in the hospital. i tried to reach for my leg, and i asked my father, where is my leg? he told me that i'd been injured li. well, so i asked him metal and so from to day onwards, i will live without a leg,

but shame or was lucky. the child next door she had been playing with was killed. her father encouraged her to focus on what remained. not what was lost. aaliyah mud complains that aid groups often overlook parts of yemen. but a little more, but from organizations do not include the syrian, the aid handle on the residential part of the cities in the line of fire. and no aid has entered for a while. i'm doing it well. medina who the rebels took control of the capitol center in 2014 forcing the government into exile. the conflict widened when a saudi led coalition invaded in 2015. with the stated purpose of restoring the internationally recognized government to power. despite its proximity to the fighting, aaliyah mate says he chose to stay because ties is his home. his daughter's lifelong injury forever. a reminder of the cost is in basra. v o 20

u. s. eyes present, comalla harris has arrived in ghana for the 1st leg of a week long trip to africa. she is the highest ranking official from the biden administration to visit the region in recent months. the u. s. is seeking to counter russian and chinese influence in africa. i was present, ours will also travel to tanzania and zambia. we are looking forward to this trip as a further statement of the long and enduring and very important relationship and friendship between the people of united states and those who live on continent of africa. i'm very excited about the future about i'm very excited about the impact of the future of africa on the rest of the world, including the united states of america. at least $29.00 people dead after several

migrant bud sank off the coast of tenicia vessel sank off coast of the southern city. of the facts of the last 2 days, 11 people have been rescued. coastline has become, is use increasingly as a departure point for those who are trying to get to europe. and other developments . a ship that rescued a 180 migrants in international waters has been detained in the italian ports of land producer. but louise michele, which is part funded by the british artist bank, see, was detained in relation to alleged breaches of new italian rules for ships operated by non governmental organizations. the crew of this ship said this move was unacceptable. meanwhile, the libyan coast guard reportedly fide warning shots, a charity vessel as it attempted to rescue a migrant boat. the e. u has trained and financed libby as coast guard to stop the influx of migrants into the continent. in prison is in the philippines. say they found hope through a new education program. government has partnered with the un to put libraries in

jails and cautiously welcomed by human rights activists. coming off to his alliance by authorities ticket during the so called war on drugs on a be low reports now from dallas city. my prison officials have gone one step further by offering college degrees. when mark was arrested for drugs possession and dealing, he thought his life was over. we're trying to stop would be good to turn. there was president of the philippines and his cracked on on drugs resulted in the killing of thousands of suspects. but mark says he's found hope, even though he some prison. we are given the opportunity people not wanting our studies. we can't reveal marks identity as his case is still in court. along with dozens of other detainees, he studying for a college degree in building next to his cell. it was built in 2017 with the help of a non profit organization during the height of the so called warren drugs,

into turret dis. hometown, davos city staff members at this jail are pioneering the use of education reform, drug offenders, and other criminals, is also the 1st president asia to over college degrees. now is one of the 1st in the philippines to institutionalize a reading program in embargo in president ferdinand. marcus junior has taken an alternative approach to narcotics crimes together with united nations. his government plans to install more libraries like this in at least a dozen more detention centers. this is just quite empires. hell of that with it then that we need to provide for them to help on and enabling environmentally there on. especially once they get outside of jail and they will no longer come back a inside our did facilities time spent in the library and studying is considered good behavior, which in turn reduces time in detention. philippine jails are overcrowded by nearly 400 percent human rights advocates. welcome the education initiative,

but insist to turn to be held accountable. there is no way you can approach and a drug problem in the philippines from the humane and human rights way without taking into account accountability for boston uses. and particularly in the past 7 years to that. and they have been urging the government to submit to an investigation by the international criminal court. but it just as secretary is defiant or else to due process hearing the legal process. here you have a big over our justice system. none of the local drugs, cases being prosecuted or investigated, however, have implicated the 30 victims family. see it shows they can't count on philippine courts to deliver justice. barnaby low al jazeera, davos city sudden philippines. now he is an interesting story for you. more than 2000 mom, the fight ran heads have been uncovered during excavations at the temple of ramsey's the 2nd in the ancient egyptian city of ideas. the remains which date back

to the ptolemaic period provide previously undocumented evidence of cult worship. through the ages, terrorism and antiquities ministry says the discoveries will expand knowledge of the sight of a period of more than 2 millennia. i'm if i'd use dogs wild goats cows, gazelles, and mongooses, also found inside the temple. india has been which one of its heaviest rockets into space. i don't know. we have a list of people, a lot vehicle mark 3 took off with the 36 satellites on board from a space center on the island of shirley howard quarter. the mission is part of an agreement between a public private indian company under u. k. bay satellite from the to have now sent.