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i miss protest. santa general, striking israel of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu funds the defense minister of a controversial judicial overhaul with response surviving. you know, a confidence both in parliament didn't yahoo was under growing political pressure to hold the changes. ah, until mccrae, this is al, just here alive. from doha, also coming up, the biggest strike in decades springs, germany is transporting that work to a standstill. trade unions want to pay rise will be live in berlin. show of strength, the military leader to clean him crack down on opponents during the military parade . ah,
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we begin in israel, we are prime minister benjamin netanyahu has reportedly told members of his coalition government that he will pause the controversial judicial overhaul. and announcement was expected earlier about has been delight retentions picked on sunday when yahoo, 5, the defense minister of gallant had spoken out against the proposed changes the dismissal trigger, major demonstrations, which continued into monday. currently, thousands of people are gathered in front of the parliament and whist, jerusalem. israel's main labor union has called a nation wide strike all flights. the grounded had been curio and international airport universities, banks. nursery schools and shops are also closed while natasha cannot join us. now live with the latest from, with jerusalem and as we've seen, the level of opposition to these reforms has increased dramatically. can you just bring this up to speed with the latest on the streets and politically as well?
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ah, we're near the can. i said we've been here for hours and as you can see, there is a steady stream of protesters. the nation is waiting for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to address them after the ouster of the defense minister. last evening this morning, a committee of the law and judge constitution law and justice passed a law that would give the government ultimate control over members of the supreme court. something that is sure to further anger protesters. i'm here with professor ernie got one of the protesters. thank you for joining us. where do you think the country goes from here? well, i hope that the legislation crisis will not happen . and there is one way to return proposal for real democracy. this is my home,
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you know, it's funny you had lot of people are talking about how this judicial overhaul in its current form would weaken democracy. i'm seeing a lot of signs from people today that says there can be no democracy with an occupation. how do you feel about that? well, i agree, but they think it is not the media seeing mouth to set them for us. we need to have a democracy, a real democracy. and then we can deal with the major problems of israel is around society. and they zora position in the world on why do you think this issue has created struct such a chord with members of israeli society and created such concerns regarding national security in particular? well, is where i live on what's going on with national security because, you know, it's not the, it's not the regular state. and there is a huge problem of security. but 1st we have to be united than we have
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a democratic nation. otherwise, nothing can happen, nothing can happen. you feel that prime minister netanyahu has the faith of the population to continue reading? well, actually, i hope not. i think on the i was failed many times. and especially this time a, i think he should retire differently. retire, but 1st thing, 1st book with each other promos to stop. i think the majority of the people in floating right is it say so very loudly and clear as you can see around you. thank you so much, professor. there are indications that members of the governing coalition are going
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to unite behind netanyahu and get him to halt the judicial overhaul. it's not confirmed yet, but there are fishers that remain within the governing coalition, which has the majority of ever so slight amount of speeds. the national security minister and controversial figure. it's a mar been good beer, according to reports is expected to resign. now a word about the status of the former defense minister. yo, i've got he has not received a formal letter of dismissal. and there are some rumblings in the media that perhaps there are attempts to keep them in place. a member of the le coud party tweeted earlier today that there was a confidential meeting earlier this morning to assess the impact that these protests are happening on national security. bear in mind that due to the device of this, of this issue, the protests that we're seeing on the street have had a kind of contagion in the military. many people in the military are deeply opposed
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to do this missile overhauls. and there were records of reserve is not reporting for duty. so what we're hearing now is that as a result of this confidential meeting, that members the this member of the liquid party says in light of the information he could not endorse the removal of the defense minister. and that he in fact thought now was not the time to do that, but for now the nation is waiting to hear from prime minister netanyahu. many people were talking to have lost their faith. the discussion has shifted from a halt in the judicial overall process to our removal of netanyahu. the former defense minister avenue lieberman, who is a member of the governing coalition, has called for his removal as has the former prime minister, a hoo barack and a quick ra word that we are expecting. supporters of the government far right. but members of parties to come here to the can i sit in the next couple of hours to show their support for netanyahu and this you dish or overhaul from remarkable
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developments there today. thank you very much. this is tasha, and i'm for us in wisc jerusalem. a prime minister netanyahu 1st titled the proposed changes in january. he says that they will balance the supreme court and prevent it from interfering and politics. live approved today will curve the supreme court's authority and increase in peace powers to override court decisions . but many israelis opposed the plans for nearly 3 months, tens of thousands of taken to the streets and protest. some demonstrations have turned violent. the us and other allies have expressed concern while critic site in yahoo is trying to limit judicial independence to protect himself from prosecution . ok. hoffman is a political endless based and whist, jerusalem. he says some of the reforms are necessary, but this need for consensus. israel's been through a challenging 3 months now were very, very divisive in which the strength of israeli democracy was really shown by both
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sides by the side. that one the election by by voting with the 70 percent turnover and its 5th election brain years. and by the 200000 people protesting 13 weeks in the room. and now it's over for a little bit. now the condense, it will leave on its recess. they'll be on monday when they're not voting on anything in which the president has a consensus figured israel will lead promising hawks and then reform in the legal system overall will be passed gradually by consensus. 70 percent of israelis are in favor of one reformer. another in the true that the supreme court does, he can powers that it didn't have in the past. and it's true that the supreme court has not been very diverse. and those things will change. but in a way that most of the opposition would agree witness in the alan ah.
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2 other news and public transport strike is underway in germany. it's the biggest walk out and 30 years. irell and boss services have ground to a halt causing massive disruptions as part of the long running wage dispute unions the dead lot in negotiations with public transport and poise. the dominant cane is live in berlin for us. and dominic, how much disruption is this strike causing on any usual weekday berlin? central rail station. the hold on off where i'm standing right now. you could expects 300000, perhaps more people to come and go using the train services in this station while not on this monday this week, day as the departure arrivals board behind me shows, there are no trains at all, at least right now. no trains at all be the longest strains,
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all the commuter regional trains that serve the metropolis. that is the german capitol. it's the same situation. russia around this country where you see many different train lines completely shut down for the day. also apples, horton, very few flights taking place precisely because of the coordinated strike caption that is being staged this 24 hour strike action being staged is monday. there are some services that are still running over my shoulder. the white board behind me shows the rights the passengers have been affected by the strikes. would also show that in berlin, at least the old bond is open. that's the underground network or so buses and trams they are available. people are using them. that as i say, coming and going through this station today, a fraction of sorts of numbers that would normally be here. what a unions are asking for exactly, and how was the government responded to that i strive
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remember, there are 2 specific unions who are taking action today. and they represent millions of workers in the german employment sector and the demands they make for the both want more than 10 percent higher eyes. and one case 10 and a half percent pay rise in the other a 12 percent pe eyes. now, one of the employers involved in this industry dispute georgia bond, the german well network saying that it is not appropriate, but it is far too much been demand is not realistic demand. the interesting thing is that from a more independent perspective, that means neither from the union. so from a management, the german central by the us bank, both sides need to be rational here. the union need to make pay claims. but equally employers need to make a profit. and in the middle as it were, you have the german federal government likes to say that it feels people's pain
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economically. and yet so far, at least not really into steve. with the sort of offers it bring the sides together . my end this is ok. thank you so much for that update that is dominant came for us in berlin. at least 6 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in cobble. the blast happens near the afghan foreign ministry in the capital, local media is reporting another. 12 people were injured. one of them is a child with me and most military has marked armed forces day with a pledge to crack down on opponents general men. on how long said martial law would increase as the june to try to suppress rebel groups that oppose the crew of 2021. penny chain reports from the capital, not the door. cavalry offices lead the way with the start of mamma's armed forces, day parade. a limousine carrying the military leader in the rear. the storm broke
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over the huge parade ground in the secluded capital naperville. tens of thousands of soldiers marched information, o adjusting his troops. men on lie said he would stop at nothing to defeat what he called terrorists. those who continue to resist military rule is the terror acts at the national unity government and its lucky, the so called peoples defense forces need to be tackled for good once and for all mere mars military. and the government also needs to take action against these terrorist groups, which are trying to devastate the country and are killing people. after the ground troops came the heavy weaponry, huge artillery pieces of rockets, tanks and heavy armor overhead, a display of air power fighter jets and helicopters purchased from russia and china deployed frequently. over the past 12 months, hundreds of civilians are reported to have been killed. an asterix display,
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a pump branja, an military might, but this all not to inspire confidence, rather fear, notice still define military rule. for those on the receiving end, it's a constant struggle to survive. the united nations estimates that nearly one and a half 1000000 people have been displaced by fighting since the military coup raffle o one. we heard the sound of artillery fire and we told the children to run and hide. we don't know if the shelling will happen during the day or at night. we can't do anything and only want to escape from the situation. this wasn't a display of high tech weaponry. instead, brute force and military might. but if the intention was shock and awe, some didn't get the message. this huge display them them marching bit. the parades, you know, the, the, the militaristic speeches. this is all about the treatment are trying to intimidate,
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are the people i'm jamar, and i don't think they're buying it anymore. but the message from memos, general's is clear. elections are unlikely until they've taken back control. and they're prepared to use all the weapons at their disposal. tony cheng al jazeera nipple. when the him of military leadership says that will repent, create about 1400 refugees from bangladesh. the announcement has been met with skepticism from both of our senior community and rights. groups tend to challenge re gathered reaction from cox's bizarre and bangladesh. last week, 17 member and me on my military official delegation visit at bangladesh to start and initiate a pilot project of repatriation. now that interview about for under driving, growing refugees in a camp and check them out on the main car and could longer ballot collie. now, most of the rowing out we spoke to, i very skeptical about the repatriation initiative that said this is nothing more than an optic and a public relations thing. they want to go back. most of them are more than willing
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to go back, but they want security from the un. they won their citizenship right back. they want to be recognized ethnic indigenous minority group in may on march and be called ro hang up. otherwise, i don't want to go some of them camp later we spoke to said that the justice must prevail fast. they're waiting for, i see an inter, international criminal justice code to come up with some sort of body against me and my, their hopeful something will come out of this, but most are skeptical in this later finish it a that something concrete will come out of this even though this was initiated and broke out by china and facilitated by you in a most are doubting the seriousness. it is, they said mostly done to show the international community that they're taking some initiative under pressure. the still ahead on al jazeera. i'm catherine soy in
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austin. can your wagon, police and military are fighting armed bandits? i'll be talking to civilians will be back. and we report from the remote islands of panama way amounts of russia polluting it's christine shores. ah. in a post colonial world, the scars of european imperialism run deep nowhere more so than in the democratic republic of congo, where her history still shapes the president of visceral, yet intimate insight through the eyes of a whistleblower and a patriotic military commander witnessed presents. this is congo, honor jesse ego. lou
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ah, you're watching l. g 0 reminder of our top stories, the sour israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has reportedly told members of his coalition governments that he will pause. it's controversial, judicial overhaul he'd been expected to make an announcement earlier, but it was delight, netanyahu's dismissal of defense minister you off gallops on sunday spiked mass protests which have continued into monday and had spoken out against the proposed changes in the public transport strike is underway in germany, a violent boss services have ground to a halt, causing massive disruptions to the morning commute. it's the biggest war count in 30 years. part of a long running wage dispute security has been tightened in kenya, up the opposition leader relo dinner called for protests over the rising cost of
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living security forces in the capital, nairobi 5, again, the people trying to gather shops have been shot and trained services suspended police nearly a band people demonstrating against high prices and fuel shortages. one person died and more than $200.00 arrested during protest. last week. meanwhile, kenyon authorities have ordered hundreds of residents in the north rift valley to leave their homes, pending rides by the military on suspected armed groups. they have roamed the region for years, stealing livestock and frequently killing. catherine saw reports from some bureau county. on these 2 family members are mourning the loss of their son and husband and kenya, symbol county, michael koran was harding his family's life store. when cattle bonded rated a water point, he and a neighbor was shot dead. now go another day, isn't it? i blame the bandits. my husband would not have died if it was not for the bullet
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from them. i also blame the government because it has failed to keep us safe. a short distance away, another victim shows us an animal shed from where armed men took dozens of cows and goats, inevitable till i must tell. when the bandits came. i ran away. i slept in a neighbouring village. i didn't know where my children were. i thank god they are now safe. these are not isolated incidents, almost every one in hurting communities along the north reefed valley has been affected by banditry ah, security official say more than 200 people including police officers, have been killed since 2021. o. cattle rustling has long been a problem in kenya, the government has struggled to deal with it for men. yes. in some area security forces including the military, are searching for bandits,
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said to be hiding in caves, orgies, and as kaufman deep in the valley. a dusk to dawn, coffee is in place. people in dozens of villages have been told to the kate, their homes, until the authorities finished their job. this is one of the areas where people have been forced to leave some of them. i heading to other villages carrying with them whatever they can. they say they're not sure when they're coming back home. this man says he is heading to an album town, several kilometers from here, through walker to moore. some of our neighbors, including an area tree for been killed while we've been attacked very close to our home. but i'd like her arms village. the hardest returned from grazing. but a day after al jazeera filmed there, this heart of 80 cows was stolen. catherine saw alta 0 some woo county
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protests have been held in the iraqi parliament after a controversial new election law was passed independent in peace. and you proportional representation rules for election in provincial councils, favour bigger parties, the speaker of the parliament called and security as independence. protestors protested against the new legislation of the youth quakes. they had struck to kia and syria in early february have claimed more than 50000 lives. nearly 2 months on some families are still searching for the relatives. as many as 1300 bodies have not been identified, missile soda has more from turkey, is what i region 80 and mom it to me good taking me this has been no sex as lead a routine for nearly 2 months. she calls social services non governmental organizations and shelters, hoping someone would how news with her nephew image 8 these off the door creaks. the body of emmys father was pulled from the rubble of their home. 5 days later
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cruz found his mother an older brother, hugging each other in the remains of the stairwell all there. but there has been no sign of 4 year old m. u. she could fish these 45 days, have been that 45 years to us. each time the phone rings, we get excited, thinking maybe this time and mayor has been found with called every one social services and g as ye, cheapest, and influences, nothing's come from at all. yet all of the causes are living in a tamp. now, they are mentally and emotionally exhausted, to look like the house. if you are finished, says no, sam, it is one of more than a 1000 people who have gone missing or remain unidentified and hundreds of them are buried in this cemetery. the bree with family said they are suffering from agonized weight, but there is little they can do these lawyers from the hut a better solution or have been some of the family this semester. we provide legal
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services for the relative to the missing people. all lawyers take the case to the prosecutor's office, which contacts the hospitals and shelters, to check whether the missing person is still alive and they get dna samples from the relatives to see if it matches the dna of the buried people. according to official figures, nearly 1200 bodies have not been identified. and more than 200 people have been declared missing. as images, immediate relatives are dead. the authorities have picking dni samples from his grandparents, which will be harder to match, which are joe, because i said they still hope to find me alive. but if not, at least they will be able to his, it, his grave. you crystal said that algebra ha, southeastern trickier emergency cruise is searching for survivors of a mess of landslide and central ecuador. it swept through the town of allow c and
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chin brown. so province in the early hours of monday, more than $200.00 people are believed to be missing. heavy rainfall has caused flooding and land slides across the region since january. panama may be one of the world's 1st carbon negative countries, but it's indigenous communities of some of the most vulnerable to climate change correlate reports from laguna yala islands in the caribbean sea. at 1st glance, the island looked like a secret paradise untouched by the outside world. but look closely and this trouble in the water mounds of rubbish piled up on the beaches. the guna indigenous people don't know what to do with it. many to live as their ancestors did and take pride in sharing their culture with visitors. that way, that's why we like to interact with the tourist to learn and share our culture. things like clothing, materials, not artistic expressions, and in return we like to learn about the laguna gained autonomy from
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panama nearly a century ago. and the community of about 30000 lives on 14 islands that are part of the sand blast archipelago. they flag features the left facing swastika, not to be confused with the symbol associated with nazi germany, but rather the full points of the compass, the guide and increasing number of tourists here. these are some of the most remote islands in the world, but with the influx of tourism waste from visitors and passing ships from all over the globe and up on these shores. and that's an ever increasing problem to the people that rely on this land for their livelihood. wow. there were some concessions to modern life, such as solar energy and motor boats. but largely the guna people stick to that ancestral trades with women earning a living by selling the embroidered. mueller cloths more and more their lifestyle is threatened by outside influences. and they struggle to dispose of the waste that
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washes up on their shores. we got the picture appear or the last last week, something laid out. we tried to draw. would it do resume with a grant, with people. if you bring something from panama city, like a dusty richard, i'm about the one mother, i think with the united nation says indigenous communities make up just 5 percent of the global population, but effectively protect nearly 80 percent of the planets, bio diversity. and as the outside world continues to creep in, the threat to their environment lies in plain sight. car leg al jazeera, the green, or yellow islands. well, that is all for me. they told me cry, finance. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story, which is coming up next. ah
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ah, what was just the other day? japan's capital tokyo had its 1st summer day now to hit that threshold. you need to be at 25 degrees, but my all my things have changed. hey there by the way, good to see you. so 17 degrees and cloud cover. there's that vigorous system that is now pushed out toward the pacific. really. com conditions here, but we're funneling in some warmth into beijing at 21 degrees and part of why things are a bit cooler and tokyo is because that's a northwind. so a top temperature of 17 degrees still we've got some showers loc between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley, not as bad as it has been, but i suspect still what day in hong kong with a have $21.00 degrees off to india. it's still that eastern slice that i think we're going to have outbreaks of thunderstorms here, and maybe even some hail mixed in his wall anywhere from town. well now do rate through to the far northeast of india and our natural pradesh state. for example.
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here comes our next westerly disturbance focused on just seen it creep into sim province and below just on as wall. this is the same system that produce some flooding in iraq and quade. but things have dried off there as we look toward tuesday. here's where those storms are though from 2 by 2 mosque out on tuesday, but elsewhere across the golf. at a bad day in 229 degrees, the winds have shifted. so it's not going to be as humid, susan, ah, in a post colonial world, the scars of european imperialism run deep. nowhere more so than in the democratic republic of congo, where her history still shapes the presence of visceral, yet intimate insight through the eyes of a whistleblower and the patriotic military commander witnessed presents. this is
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