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ah. hello, i'm marianna mossey. welcome to the news, allan life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. i'm go on the streets of tel aviv protest is react off to benjamin netanyahu sacks. his defense minister, garland had spoken out against controversial changes to israel's judiciary. dangerous and irresponsible rush, his plan to station nuclear weapons across the border and better route is widely condemned an election, but without campaigning, a no opposition. cubans vote to choose members of the national assembly living in different time zones. why the stars have daylight savings has erupted into a religious dispute in lebanon. i don peter semitic bo with your sports nice bianca

. andreas could beat sophia kane, him at the miami open, ended more than just the game of football, england, host war tune. ukraine at wembley, with both sides aiming to qualify for euro 2024. ah, ah. i'll come to the news hour. i'll top sorry there a mass protest taking place in israel, after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defense minister. you have garland had publicly opposed his plans to overhaul the justice system. ah, on saturday gallant calls, the judicial changes to be halted because the growing division could threaten national security opposition to them, it spread from street protests to the military. reservists in the wake of his sack and gallon said his life mission will always be the country's security and protest

as have this even reach the barricades near netanyahu's home. these pictures posted on social media, show them pushing through the fence and running down the street towards the prime minister's residence israeli media reporting authorities a fide at water cannon, adam as, as you're gonna enjoy me now from occupied east jerusalem. so always having these weekly demonstrations in israel, but it does feel like a bit of a turning point night. natasha with protest spreading beyond tel aviv and now barricades to netanyahu's residence a being breached. has there been a shift in the protest this evening? the political crisis in israel has definitely deepened with the news of the removal of the defense minister. yo of gallant bear in mind, that gallant was a member of netanyahu's party. the le coud party that the la cood or the ruling

a governing coalition in this country. has a very slim majority 61 seats of 120. we have not heard anything from prime minister netanyahu but a tweet this evening saying we must all stand up strongly against refusals. but we are hearing loud and clear from protesters. as you mentioned, there are protest in tel aviv organizers tell us there are 58000 people outside the military headquarters in tel aviv and they're saying they will be there all night in jerusalem. there are protesters who have broken through a pair, a barricade near prime minister netanyahu is home and we are hearing it condemnation, even within the governing coalition. israeli media is reporting that senior members of the governing coalition are calling netanyahu's move a quote, strategic mistake. they are saying they are in complete shock,

and the condemnation is rolling in the consul general in new york resign saying he could no longer represent the netanyahu, government, and defense ministers. several former defense ministers are also way in former defense minister avid or lieberman is saying this is dictatorship at its best. the defense minister dared to express the deep concern of all heads of the security branches over the disintegration of the israeli military. and fetal harm to israel security instead of listening to gelato and convening the cabinet. netanyahu chose the path of dictators silencing voices. the national security establishment has been very much against this overhaul package of laws and gallant. we should point out had simply asked that the governing coalition hit

a pause button on the vote that the vote wait until independence day. or after the independence day holiday on april 26th, hopefully to try to come up with a package it's more palatable to a larger group of people. the key thing here is that the attorney general of the country has said that netanyahu should not, in any shape or form, be participating in a discussion about judicial reform. when he, in fact, is on trial for corruption charges. the criticism is that the move by the, if it passes the move of by the government to have more of a role in who becomes a supreme court judge to be able to overrule court rulings and to restrict the decisions that the court might make would consolidate. power in the government, and that is why so many people have taken to the streets to protest because they believe that this is would be a removal of a necessary check and

a balance of power in a democracy. it is also had an impact on national security. members of the security establishment have come out in protest with a letter who have made their criticisms known. and what's happened is there's been a contagion from the streets to the military barracks, so to speak, with military reserve is not showing up for duty. and so this is one of the interesting things that we're seeing, miriam, is that this isn't just a movement on the streets with activists that we're now seeing that this is impacting the military and that there appears to be support by many in the security establish, read for the protests in opposition of this particular package of judicial reforms . and that was the critical point that you have garland was making that now this division and this rift has seeped into the institutions. and so therefore it poses a threat to national security. but of course, we have seen that in yahoo is position becoming more and more entrenched. what is

likely to happen now, particularly if these protests and continue along with a general strike. well, netanyahu is digging in niche and yahoo! his said all along that this package of reforms in his mind would strengthen quote, democracy not weaken it, that it would put more valid or more control over the judiciary. right now, as of this moment, a vote is expected to take place on wednesday in the canal it, as i said though, there is a very slim majority and it's unclear with gallant a express it being fired and expressing his opposition, how this might impact the vote we're hearing in israeli media that already members, a former member of shin bet is saying that possible danes being bandied about as a replacement for gallet or not palatable to members of the security establishment

. we're also hearing that perhaps netanyahu may take on the role of defense minister himself. there is a precedent for this in 2018 when netanyahu was prime minister, abdur lieberman step down as defense minister, and for a time. netanyahu was not only prime minister, he was also defense minister. we already know even before the sacking of gallant, that there were going to be protest all week in front of the cannot sit and in television. and we expect the protests to continue. what we're already hearing is that universities are cancelled to morrow. that one of the workers union is going to be holding a news conference and apparently announcing a strike. so expect the next 24 to 48 hours to be full of fast moving developments and a deepening of this political crisis in israel. all right, thank you very much. natasha gwen aimen, occupied east jerusalem. so now joined by you'll see michael back. he's in the

studio with me, associates on at the middle east, north africa program at chatham house. so, oh, i see you're aware of what is happening in israel to night tensions a mounting. we have seen these, these internal dns and it's existed for a long time. but has this national rift reached levels we've not seen before? absolutely, it come to the foot. it came to the following the last 12 weeks. since they're 6 nathan yell government was formed because and again that is one person that is response would fall of the absolutely i, the differences within these early society, which is very complex. society exists for many, for many years, probably from its inception. but always the government and the society knew how to deal with it. but what we see now is little anger, because it's all over yes, that's what nathan yos are decided to do is if he goes down with his co option time, it will bring the entire country down and is the major final many right now in his

own and when is the discipline 10 years? i say i get a lot of what's up messages form from different organization, different groups that just go there because they're so angry because it's obviously what happened to know that these ready to compromise is a security, as long as it can keep his government. what does it mean for people like naphtali bennett and a victor lieberman to describe netanyahu as a dictator, even if they are his political enemies and his opponents. but for to, you know, to be saying to me, making remarks like israel is in greater danger. there any time since the young couple war security, danger, diplomatic change, economic danger. i mean, these are comments from a former prime minister enough tally bennett. what does it mean? how is, what is the effect? is that likely to have on the country? what does this mean for netanyahu is a thing a sion tenable? i think the can to realize is like now that this is the most severe crisis domestic

crisis. yes. as you mentioned, there were was before that since 1948. but domestically that the societies actually falling apart in many ways, the division. this is as it were. so now when you mentioned liberal men in bennett, they'll not only for mill, senor politicians, but they're all the people that worked very closely with nath i'm young. bill working film is not on is minister working in his own office is as you know, younger politician bay knowing better almost than anyone else. no, not even is particularly close to him. he was close to him. not any more. as liberal mom was at the time, very close to him, running his office in the time and they know how danger, please, because now he's hanging to foul. the skin off is this because he knows if this correlation goes, if there are another election and also so the court supporters actually, if you look at surveys, would move to people like benny gone. scenario will appear then give on saw. it

means as far as in concert, these concerned thank to derail is co option that would come to an end. obviously their defense minister has been sacked at now just looking at reports about universities, a saying that they will go on strike from to morrow. and obviously his protests are still going on i'm just wondering, is i likely to be resignations and senior government ministers? it's, i say not, not in that political interest for this government to disintegrate. i think what we might, we might see may be one or 2 resignation government that move this will be some shift em oak. few members of course it's formed, lily could may be also the all told to dogs that will reconsider their support of nathan. yeah. but those were finley, could that actually believe in the all of floor that believe in checks and balances? we finally below democracy. doesn't believe that there is, there is the all,

are fluke low in a democracy is supreme. they independence of the judiciary of the supreme court. maybe few of them the already people like you will you, lia this them and they're a more imongary de niro, both car, that was the may of jocelyn. and now you're garland just was sacked as that as the defense minister, they probably would speak out because they see this pictures in the streets and, and from the defense minister, he was really worried from the refusal of reservists actually to so because this is the backbone oftentimes like, yeah, and didn't he want to have meetings with natalie? i a tier explain these concerns and to consider a freeze of this plan. not necessarily eliminating is changes altogether, but just for it to grind to a halt because it's not. it's not an urgent priority for the government netanyahu, i think, refused to, to have these meetings. which a, as you, as you say, he asked to hold it until independence day, which is,

which is quite soon next month. and what you expect actually something that you would expect that any, any state that is going, so constitutional changes so extreme that it will go. so a national dialogue. so instead of national dialogue is basically the ambushing this, this changes. and when the defense minister, what it does to the military and basically express was the major lead. those who seemed to me literally told the roofing down, we told him we need to stop it. we need to have additional dialogue. otherwise it's going to hurt his leg security. and the next thing nathaniel is coming back from former wickham to london when he faced demonstrations here and bought us every room . and he fires the defense minister, which tells us that he is actually home or search also to pippin very been jealous . people like ben grill and smokers from the extreme follow and probably is on some if you nathaniel, we'll discuss this some more. hopefully in

a few more minutes we will stay on a story, but for now you see michael back. thank you. oh, which is why bring out feed with some or other top stories? this are the european union? is it sounded a warning, said that batteries could face more sanctions if it host russian nuclear weapons calling it's an irresponsible escalation and a threat to security. on saturday, russian president vladimir putin announced that he would position tactical nuclear weapons embarrass. nato said this was dangerous and irresponsible. ukraine is now calling for an urgent meeting of the un security council. last week, who's in walnut rush, would be forced to react. if the u. k. supplied ukraine with armor piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium. he says, russia stockpiles of similar weaponry, but a stock short of using it. meanwhile, ukraine's upper region nuclear power plant remains at risk. it's come under repeated shelling. the you are nuclear watchdog chief is expected to assess the damage later this week. sissy snyder is the program coordinator at the

international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. and she says that this agreement between russia and barrows 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. it creates a potential for, for chaos and miscommunication. and that's a risky scenario at the best of times. and a time of conflict as it relates to 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 or the news. our life from london was still to bring you on the program on there as formerly, several decades on diplomatic relations with taiwan in favor of china. and in support. the nuggets get the better of the box and a show down between the n be a conference lead in spring. ah, now you as president joe biden has dakota, state of emergency from mississippi in the wake of the deadly storms and tornadoes . federal funding has been made available to the hardest hit areas which include

one of the poorest regions in the country. 25 people are known to have died. session recovery, cruise still working to find survivors. the national weather service is warned of more severe weather on the way and that the mississippi governor tate reeves is price people for the way in which they've helped each other during this crisis. the help is on 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 last and devastation of these communities. i 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 mississippi and they have done what mississippi is do in times of tragedy. in times of crisis,

they stand up and they show up. i'm joined now by national spokesperson for the american red cross and net roland. thank you very much for taking time out to speak to us. first of all, can you tell me about the, the effect that this storm in these tornadoes have had on mississippi? yeah, i'm thank you for having me. yeah, we're seeing, you know, any type of tornado devastating, but when you have one that effect, so many communities, especially communities that have been hit more than once and have a lot of a lot of underserved population. it is absolutely devastating here. how people coping now, particularly those because we know that the tornadoes hit areas where there is a density of mobile homes, manufactured housing that isn't really actual housing that was basically flattened

. what's happening to those people now? if they've, if they've survived unfortunately, there are a lot of people who have, you know, they woke up and they figured out that they've lost everything. so we know that's what the red cross is here. that's why we have shelter set up throughout those affected communities. for 3 shelter, right now, we have those set up so that you know, people that don't have any where to go. they may not have to wait for that. they can stay where they can find a safe place to later had a red cross shelter. how does it work in terms of advice or evaluation before a disaster like this? speaking to someone from the weather service just the other day. and he was saying that was about a 6 to 10 day window of advanced warning. this severe, devastating weather was on the way would few lives have been lost if there had been more effective preparation or you know, that's not my area of expertise. so i can't speak to that right now,

but i can tell you that, you know, partners and the community, we are always wanting and preaching preparedness to, to our community. we want to build those resilient community. we want to make sure that people know what to do, something that we're, we will continue to push. but what's important now is that we're taking care of the people that were affected. what are people most in need of now? right now we're really seeing as 1st responders continue, continue to cut, cut the power lines, cut through debris. we're seeing people that are coming to the shelters because either they don't have a place to stay or they're coming to just get some more food to eat and maybe pick up and supplies like some stacks and some water right now. and a lot of the community, they don't have water, many are without power. so that means there's only a couple options for them to pick up food. food for their families. just got a lot of community feeding happening. just really a great sense of community coming out and taking care of one another. how difficult

is there a building and reconstruction process going to be a fatigue that we've seen? it just showed a complete trail of rubble and destruction in the wake of these stones. it's, you know, it's just so many people have gone through this before and it's heart wrenching, knowing that someone may have just rebuilt their home and started to rebuild their life maybe a few years ago and now have been hit by another tornado. and so this process, it's not a quick process, you know, the red cross is going to be here for as long as we're needed. we're here to help people right now with their immediate needs. but after that, we're going to be helping people as they do. they do learn to cope and they learn to take those next step and helping them find those resources that they need. all right, well, thank you very much. thank you very much for joining us. and that roland is there involved in recovery efforts as people try to pick up pieces on that devastating

storm and tornadoes. wells household denies. ations has more than 20000000 people in yemen. are in need of urgent assistance. 8 years into a civil war. 2 thirds of the population rely on humanitarian aid. w h o says the health care system is struggling with just over half of facilities, fully functional surgeon, international partners to do more to provide aid. of course, it is 8 years to the day since the saudi led invasion under war has cause to what the u. n. has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the wild. same bus ravi reports. 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 again, 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 in. well, so i asked him mental 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 did not include the syrian, the aid handle that 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 the 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 mad says he chose to stay because ties is his home. his daughter's lifelong injury for ever a reminder of the cost zane basra v ultra 0 on dora says cut decades long diplomatic ties with taiwan and switch to china. taiwan, president accused badging of luring its allies away using checkbook diplomacy. china consider his self role. taiwan. as part of its territory to be retaken by force if necessary on the abdul. hamid has more now with old friends make way for new ones. that's the result of the latest round of diplomacy for endures. as the country established his relations with china, the foreign ministers of both countries, putting on a display of solidarity. shortly after signing a joint committee, k. for china, there is more to this than just to endure us with the republic of honduras service

at so called diplomatic relations with taiwan as of his day and on the sites not to have any further official relations or exchanges with taiwan. under his fine ministers, confirmed a break and relations with k one saying the decisions based on the economy needs of the country, men, and better than the $100.00. harmon, perfect, generally speaking, be, are interested in the how that countries moving forward and how to continue working together based on mutual interests, defense, security, and the fight against organized crime. these are themes that are normally on our agendas, stay once president, however, hinted china has been luring away its allies through financial diplomacy that they said by our way here, we will not compete with china in the meaningless checkbook diplomacy would. in the past years, china has been trying every month to suppress day, once international participation escalate the military threats to asshole and

impacting regional peace. ah, they one is now left with only 13 countries officially recognizing the island as independent from mainland china. do united states being its main backer? even though washington hasn't establish official relations with the country gather at stake, is china's growing footprint in latin america, where it has so far poured more than a 130 $1000000000.00. as salvador nicaragua, panama, and the dominican republic, have already switch allegiances from the u. s. when doris's announcement is also a blow to job biden's administration, assign washington could be gradually losing its grasp on latin america. with dr. hamid ogazio, lebanon has woken up in 2 different time zones is a dispute over official daytime hours escalates. caretaker prime miss energy. mccarthy says daylight saving will now begin at the end of ramadan in april lang,

muslims to break their daily fast earlier at sunset. but christian authorities say they will stake tradition and have set their clocks for an hour. and it's the last, as it's the last sunday in march. then a hunter 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 time zones, 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 cabinets. 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 league video, you hear the house 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. you as vice president comma. the harris is arrived in ghana for the 1st leg of a week long trip to africa. she is the highest ranking official from the by the ministration to visit the region. in recent months, the u. s. is seeking to counter russian and chinese influence in africa. vice president harris was also traveled 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 the continent of africa. i'm very excited about the future of asking. i'm very excited about the impact of the future of africa on the rest of the world,

including the united states of america. shebra tansy reports on this now from the white house. the white house says, come on the harris's visit, we'll be building on what it calls the success of the u. s. africa summit here in washington last december. then the message was, the u. s. is back when it comes to africa, not just expanding its military footprint. as i have done pretty ruthlessly over the last 15 years through africa. but in economic development as a recognition that the u. s. trails. china, when it comes to investment in infrastructure and other parts of african society that and the u. s. wants to get involved. but at the same time, the usaa saying, we're not asking you to choose, ignore everything else, we say about china, you can do both, it's up to you. if we get involved, that's fine. we're not going to get involved with what your relations with china and the husband said them either skepticism express by african leaders or this they will certainly last december given that most of what we have to do,

i have these dates and it goes to our policy is about china and as a recognition, when china gets involved with countries, they don't interfere in the internal affairs of individual countries where we keep hearing from african leaders says look, we will make a decision decision on whom we partner with. but that will be based on whom we decide is in our best interest. but just want to bring up to speed with development in israel this evening and bringing some live scene. this is coming to us from italy. we've what people been out in protest. this after the defense minutes, the gallant was sacked just a day or 3 publicly opposed. prime minister benjamin netanyahu plans to overhaul the justice system. got it said the judicial changes needed to be stopped because of growing division, including mass protest, possibly threatening national security. well let's go back to natasha name who's an occupied east jerusalem. and so the protest is actually gathered later,

quite late tonight, i think around 10 o'clock local time varying israel. we've just seen some scenes of people intel, of even seeing on fire as being set off a little bit. busy on but on the protest spreading, i'm looking at reports of also people gathering in the southern city of bare sheba and also in haifa. protesters have poured on to the streets yet again. bear in mind, this judicial overall is one of the most controversial issues in israeli political history. there have been weeks of protests. and so netanyahu's, ousting of the former defense minister yog, gallant has brought people on to the streets. there has been swift condemnation from former defense ministers, one diplomat has resigned and even within the governing coalition. there are people

saying that quote, they are incomplete shock that netanyahu has made a, quote mistake, a quote, strategic mistake. we haven't heard anything from that in yahoo! this evening, but for a tweet he tweeted, we must all stand up strongly against refusals. at this hour, organizers and televi say there are $58000.00 people on the streets. we have seen video of police using a water canyon to disperse the crowd. here in jerusalem, protesters over ran a barricade near prime minister netanyahu, whose house, and to morrow protest organizers are calling on every one to come to jerusalem and protest outside of the can. that's it. as i said, the condemnation over the ousting of the defense minister has been swift, former defense ministers are expressing their concern. one of them, former defense minister, avid or lieberman is saying that the quote dictatorship at its best. this evening,

the defense minister dared to express the deep concern of all the branches of the security of security establishment, and it fatal harm to israel's security. instead of listening to glad and convening a cabinet meeting to discuss netanyahu chose to do what all dictators do. and that is silence voices. now, there is in the israeli media some concern, or rather some discussion about who might come next. there's even speculation that netanyahu might also become defense minister. there is a precedent for that in 2018 when abdur lever been stepped down as defense minister while prime netanyahu was prime minister. he also wore that hat. thank you very much. again name and occupied easter eastern some. thank you. a tasha and a jamie and she has the medical bag associate fellow at 10 the middle east north

africa program at chatham house. and you'll see just seeing some unconfirmed reports as to be said from israel channel 12, noting that thousands of people have marched towards the canal set. so tension seems to be running high protests, intensifying, possibly in cities. other than tel aviv. and we now hear about their being a general strike and then foreign ministers are now openly condemning. and netanyahu smith has he, has he over extended himself and you know, he is a defiant, the politician. but nonetheless, is he, is he going to be able to contain this to put it less diplomatically? i think he lost the plot. yeah. and i think it's a certain point. it's interesting because benjamin nathan, yo was the most manipulative but mostly controlled politician in his history is the longest serving by minister and not for nothing because he knew how to play the political system to perfection. but thin dominion that thing fills in this call option time. this shuffled because for him,

because all it became formed the way the 2, he thought he would stay probably forever, as long as he could aspire minis. though it's more about the railing, is, is called case about stopping it. and avoiding possibly going to jail. in the sense this way is losing, is, is, is losing the plot. he sits in a government that doesn't want to be felt afraid. you will never eat, doesn't cost the funny thing is that in the fight doesn't thrust him. but this is the only consolation, only government that you could have formed as a result of it. he'd there things that only if you ask him to 3 years ago, it was said that he is or paused all heartedly the tradition you call it reform. it's a call it's, it's a, the judicial vandalism, off of the checks and balances off any democracy. and what you see as a result in the state is authentic is genuine, is spontaneous because people say it in one of those of his so we won't serve the if this is the people's army, the one did the government was of the people. so when he was this an impulsive

decision by him to sac as a finance or was it something he was pressured to do? i think one of the mistakes that he does that he covers almost every weakens a board in the last few with him. i think is getting more and more the touch, the people around him probably don't give him the right information about what is going on is so honored by psycho fin on and including is, is on, is, are, is on, is on sun that they actually are. i'm not even sure that he twits what we think of tweets, and as a result of it, he thinks decision of the whole because at the end of the day, if you look yesterday, what you of glance said. it was not else. shake. he said, let's hold to, you know, people, 600000 people loving the state. let's wait, let's have a dialogue about it. and it's come to the situation doubt. and instead of the, he goes back and he fires. hands is a, he wasn't in that. he wasn't expecting at this level of opposition and to be

a condemned so heartedly by an minister that he's worked with in the past. does that mean that you might try to back pedal now? is, is it possible that he would freeze his plan to, of all the judiciary as a result of this? it all seem possible for when he got himself into a call now that the person that demanded from here of him to, to fire egg galant was bank via suitable. obviously, that is held hostage by the 5 i. it doesn't have any option. and if he doesn't stay in government, it means that the corruption trial is going gone with unforeseen circumstances, but it doesn't look good for him. so he put himself in this corner, and i'm not so sure this boy that he has another taking it out of his sleeve. thank you very much, ethan. i called back from chatham house. thank you. i want to take you to cuba. now the polls are going to be closing soon, voters there have been choosing members of the national assembly. those lawmakers will then elect a president,

is expected to be the current leader miguel diaz canal. but there's been no campaigning in this election and no opposition challenges, which means that people are unable to endorse the candidates already chosen. but the turn out will be seen as an important litmus test on the communist run government. our desire is to raise a bow reports now from the cuban capital. we're hearing a polling station in havana where people have been coming since very early in the morning to cast their valor to they're picking the members of a national assembly hall will eventually lead this country's next president among the candidates. i former press am, but i will go to the current president, me in the canal, and people will 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 every one, 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 humans do not have the possibility of choosing members of the opposition are not present. among those candidates and attention has been on the rise into recent years, especially if compared to the times of fidel castro, where a q or every q and a voting age will cast a ballard. this election is happening in the middle of an enormous economic hardship. wherever you go. people am in one 5th are between the ages of 18 and 35. and at 45 percent, a black. cuba does not have a multi party system, half denominated at public meetings. before being approved by committees, the rest are nominated by trade unions and other organizations. what rosa maria pie is a cuban human rights activist and the executive director of the foundation for pine american democracy. she joins me live from costa rica. what is your view of the

election and the state of human rights in cuba? while the young, the young and my opinion, there are diffract. there are no election. st. robbie goes, there is no, it was the really d 2 shoes. there is no a pool of candidates to lead from. there is no pregnancy, amman candidate, they are 470 sits in the national assembly and the region has designated on the, on the 470 candidates under those conditions. they only seen that the q m people can do is just not going to to vote, but they give reading is not going to count as a refusal both those that do not vote on that or, or that boat in black. so this is the only the only chance they only the, the only exit that they give on people hot is actually to try to change the system

. and that's why the cuban people in the food has been demand due to the last the can i ask you do, what do you think turn out is likely to be, even though you said on elections, not competitive and no position, no real campaigning. and there is a sense of apathy. might people still participate? you think in this election while we're talking about it totally dead in a state where people is forced to, to go to day to day lead coalition and those that don't do it. i mean, obviously she enters and isolated from the society even under those conditions. i do believe that the most part of the people that even bothered to get today to the electoral colleges, but that you under a year is the one that is counting. so they are going to, they're going to publish whatever number they want. they're going to say that they

have very high rates of participation, even when they give them people. the only time that they give on people is freely participated. is one they have been demonstrating in the fits and the demand on the fit has been changed up please then. so what? so they're more graphy. so what they moved the party at season in which we can actually choose our death. and how is the, how is any form of opposition treated inside cuba? any one that might stand against the handful of powerful families and groups that maintain control data? very good question because why we are talking there is, there are more than $1000.00 political 3 centers in kula. the most part of them be full. brooke, there's, there's, there's people in cuba right now in jail because they share a boss against that. you know, every year in facebook, yes, for sharing, you could go to yale and in the island. did

a possibility to express freely. what do you think is close to see or on, even under those harsh conditions, the cuban people is taking the highest possible risk, which is freedom alive. and they have been demanding exchange and this, and they, the reason is because everybody, everybody goes on their spend, that they only exit to that humanitarian crisis that they're going to use. and didn't right now is to change to the nice them that the reason why we asked, as i said people, as families, we can not prosper is because we don't have the right. and i mean, you just got a flea. if i could ask you just briefly to tell me a little bit more about when it was that, that you left cuba and why you left in 2000 and drove my father. that was a leader of the given a position was murder in and back. they've been greater by asians of vicky,

going to stay security shortly after my family have to move political refugees today today, united states because of all the persecution that my family was enduring, i have to return several times always on the persecution. and the last time that i tried to enter my country, make you angry g and just deny me that. right. all right, well, thank you very much for i as rosa maria buyer and i didn't catch up again after the elections take place. but for now, thank you very much for joining us. thank you so much. almost a quarter of a 1000000 cubans have flattened united states last year because the economic turmoil varies. getting worse, migrants sang the islands, complex election process is far from democratic. and they don't expect any meaningful change from the new national assembly. rob reynolds reports now from miami record breaking numbers of cubans are seeking asylum in the u. s.

auster casanya arrived in miami a little over a year ago. he says he was forced to leave cuba with his wife and son due to his political activism against cuban government policies. after more than a year under house arrest, state security agents gave him an ultimatum. you have a month to abandon cuba, otherwise we are going to put you in. give 220000 cubans fled to the united states last year. many of them settling here in south florida. worsening economic conditions on the island were the main drivers for the exodus. the most discontent that people are on the island is basically about their daily lives. full electricity, transportation, housing suits against that backdrop, many cuban americans and recent migrant scoff at any notion that cubans legislative

elections represent a step toward democracy. we find that funny, ah, when they talk about an election, when the candidate have no opposition, they have been had paid by the party to ron on oppose the issue of the election. so cuba for the majority, a loss here and soft flora is irrelevant. cuban officials blame their country's economic woes on us hostility and its decades long cold war era, economic embargo. casanya says the elections won't alter the basic realities of life in cuba. we feel as q on people. is this a say? i know for a theater play. nothing is going to change with the selection. as cuba votes for the 1st time in the post castro era, the mood among cuban americans and recent cuban migrants is skeptical to say the

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we're beason by england at the start of qualifying. well, the italians have bounced back with a to know whenever malta matter, etc. and mateo pasadena, knitting for the reigning european champions to time wimbledon champion. patrick of it, of her has won her 3rd round match at the miami open against dawn of acreage. also through is 2019 us open champion, bianca andrea school, the canadian. so k of 20 for the stadium open. when sophia canon, i had states obviously winning to the last 6 or 6 and was bad news for former world . number one, carrying the plesk of her, the check is not only out of miami, she was dumped out of the tournament. emphatically, country woman marquetto von ross of her handing out a 6162, hiding the 3rd round match was all over in 52 men asked fanning her brother, last week's winner at indian wells and enter the back in her came back from the brink of the feet to stay in with the chance of batter back titles. rebecca was 54

down in the 2nd set and facing a match point. but she turn things around to be part of a docile and 3 sets. that's now 10 winds in a row for the wimbledon champion. who faces elissa newton's in the last 60 on the main side, andre rib live powered his way past me. a mere catch man of ich 6162, and our to losing the indian wells final a week ago than you'll medford in return to action with a comfortable when the fort seed began his campaign against roberto, cut by his by in a bed of it. have dropped to just 3 games in the mash to breathe past the spaniard 6162. the will. number 5 faces slovakian alex small can in the 3rd round. motor g be world champion. francesca benya has won the season opener in portugal. mark marquez started on pole, but it was miguel olivera from forth on the grid who took an early lead in front of his home fans. but he wasn't in front for long with dechaudis vanya passing him on

lap to oliver's race, was then ended on the next lap. he was taken out by mark marquez who later apologized, despite being pushed by maverick vin. you're less benya, held on for his 2nd victory and as many days. having also won the sprint race on saturday. and he did his own version of trustee honor and elders gold celebration to please the crowd in portugal, fellow italian marker busy keep completed, the podium, cecily and mary happy. very happy. we are done for joshua ali mister position, but was the same starting from the front. oh, i'm happy my feeling within your bag is incredible. that my team at work it perfectly. it don't be a work at that for it to be ready to be prepared for this kind of scatter. so i was at the defensive co, sanchez, these these raised because we, we had the death here. so we, we went already appear. but in any case there, let's see the denver nuggets came out on top against them, a walkie bucks and

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can remind her route up story. antonia cancer has parted ways with taught them. hotspur of the 16 months in charge marry him. it's back to you in london. all right, thank you very much, peter. that's it than he is al, but i'll be back in a couple of minutes with more of the days news around up the headlights coming up very shortly, including all the latest developments from israel. stevie ah ah. around 3 quarters of sub saharan africa's cultural heritage is on display in western museums. that didn't happen overnight. we were robbed over time. the 1st

episode reveals how european colonization removed tens of thousands of artifacts and the uphill struggle to reclaim restitution. africa stolen on episode one. blunder. oh, now jazeera awe with cheers from school children in the island community of east end. the excitement is over the arrival of their teacher. fransisco velasquez. there's only one school and

coyote could. she knows infancy school is the only teacher the fact that these children are able to have an education at all the result of years of hard work from the local community here in coyote coaching at the store. this year, the u. s. government announced $33000000.00 to increase access to education, part of a broader strategy by the by did administration to address the root causes of migration from central america critics. in honduras however, warned that ramp and government corruption means that foreign assistance too often goes astray. ah .