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criticized as his plan to overhaul the judiciary. ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. man, man just holds the party of former leader on son sushi. as the june to titans, it's crip, a show of fire, power us and south korean troops conduct the 1st launch scale, and phoebe, as assault drill in years, plus, i'm out of my casa inside. after that, keep watching, i'm going to tell you why the government here is struggling to keep the lights on. ah, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu was remaining defiant after you, as president joe biden urged him to abandon his plans to over hold

a judiciary. following the biggest protests in the nation's history that yahoo has delayed changes to the judicial system. but biden says the overhauls should be dropped altogether. in a republic dispute between the 2 allies, netanyahu said to israel, it won't bounce that international pressure. like many songs long, very concerned, i'm concerned that they get this straight can not continued on. i go to made that clear hopeful, hopefully the prime minister will acting away with genuine compromise with natasha name has more from west jerusalem. president biden, up until tuesday evening, had never been so clear publicly about his opposition to the judicial overhaul,

though we know from the american media that by the biden administration, had been pressuring benjamin netanyahu and his administration to calm the streets to come to some sort of compromise netanyahu has saying is saying that he appreciates the longstanding alliance between the 2 countries. he says it's unbreakable and that they've always been able to overcome the rare occasions in the past. but he is saying, israel is a sovereign country, it makes its decision by the will of the people and not from pressure from abroad. netanyahu is sticking to his belief that there is a need for judicial overhaul. he saying that this administration is committed to strengthening democracy by restoring the proper balance between the 3 branches of government. and we're striving to achieve that via consensus. now if you speak to the opposition, they do not believe even to this moment that the governing coalition is sincere

about compromise. we only got to this point on sun sunday evening when netanyahu fired his defense minister yo galant, and that escalated the situation considerably. me in mars election commission has dissolved the political party of former liter uncensored. she said, media reported the national league for democracy failed to register under strict new electoral laws brought on by the military government. tony chang reports from yank on the building behind me is the headquarters at the national league for democracy was once the party of government here a mamma is now being dissolved by the election commission. they say that because it didn't register under new rules for elections a cannot take off. the military governments spokesman told al jazeera the n e n l d parliamentary members who wish to stay with different parties. a very welcome to do so the n l d itself says from hiding this is an illegitimate government. and any

other actions they organize, it will not recognize. but that creates a problem for the military government. there is only one thinker who can possibly unite, what is now a very divided country. that is unsound sushi, the n l. d 's, former leader, who is now in jail. the rest of her natural life, tony cheng, al jazeera mim. iran's foreign minister hussein amir abdullah hi lot. hi leon is in moscow for talks with russian counterpart survey. lever of the senior diplomats are expected to discuss a range of issues including iran's nuclear program. defense and economic cooperation will also be on the agenda, including developments in syria and afghanistan, as well as issues related to the caspian sea region. well, it's go to moscow now and speak to journalist to eula, shop of oliver. i think you were much being an al jazeera. can you just give us

more detail about what's going to be discussed during this meeting? negotiations between the iranian foreign minister and his russian counterpart survey liberals are just about to begin. we are waiting for them to start any moment now. and during the dialogue, the foreign ministers will discuss some pressing international issues, including the iranian nuclear program. as you mentioned in terms of the joint comprehensive plan of action, they will also touch upon the state of affairs in syria of ghana, sound the sound caucuses and the cast and region. according to the foreign ministry, spokes person. the 2 signs also consider the improvement of the situation. the middle east ought to be announced. restoration of time between iran and saudi arabia. so out of the talks, both ministers will speak to the media during the news conference where they let us know what, what topics have been covered and what's been achieved. obviously, it's an incredibly significant relationship between the 2 countries at the moment.

can you just explain what's really bringing the 2 the 2 together? it indeed, it's interesting if you take to the streets of russian cities and ask people who is a friend of russia these days, they will definitely all see it, says iran every day, the reviews we hear the news about iran and russian iranian cooperation. almost all phase of life like energy. for instance. the most recent news is that sale, verena and cars will begin russia starting from june the fast and the comic is considering the production of that cars in st. petersburg earlier this month. some joint neighbor drills involving russia, iran and china were held in the gulf of the non the russian payment system mirror is likely to start operating in iran in the near future. also, as you probably know, russian planes are not allowed in many countries right now. so iran is planning to launch direct flights from tara to st. petersburg and carson,

and it is ready to offer a visa, free entry for tourists from russia. not so long ago, friendly, much between the national football team over run and russia was held in toronto. the relations all developing and rushes relatively quickly, finding a way to other comments, isolation and other problems caused by sanctions, which have been placed because of russia's actions in ukraine. of course, i think you that you shall fall over for us in moscow. we're going to go now to lay hush him who is life for us and to run around in russia seem to be coordinating extremely closely on many different layers. what's the view from turan well, since the beginning of the sanctions off of the united states sanctions on iran and mainly western sanctions on iran and later on and russia, both countries found that debt is big, many, many interests between them and that they can corporate on several layers,

and that's why, as you just said from moscow, cooperating the economy li, politically dramatically even during the nuclear talks, there was very close called the nation between. ready iranian delegations and the russian dedications. however, in this meeting in this visit to russia, i said, i mean the will discuss many issues among them at the nuclear deal, a few hours before his departure to moscow. i sat with the 4 minutes. so there in your foreign minister, and this is what he had to tell me, that part of them on india, iranian parliament, there's now motion that the government shouldn't forever continue negotiating, bring all sides to their obligation. and the j. u. a ran deal. the iranian parliament believes that the room for dialogue won't remain open forever. and at the same time, there are blocks that are proposing some legislation that will raise the stakes. so the return of the nuclear deal last forever says you've had told me to wash data

mathee there. i am korean needle mand payment on. today we are on track of constructive cooperation between iran and the i a, the report by rafa grossi confirms and recently there were some delegations here and we had positive exchanges with the technical level. we will continue to cooperate with them. and the reason for miss will also discuss the coming in a meeting over syria that's expected in moscow within the coming days and bring together iran syria, jerky and russia. ok, thank you so much. that's alhashan for us in to ron. you can watch alys full interview with the iranian foreign minister on talk to l. just sarah. at 1630 g m t migrants have protested outside a detention center in northern makes because see it out. a lot is up to 30 and people died in a fire on monday. the victims families blamed immigration officials and gods for

the deaths. earlier presidents andries monroe lopez open the door, said the fire was caused by the trainees. it had some set fire to mattresses after finding out they were going to be deported. john home and reports following serv ambulances. they came too late for many. i think the fire of migration detention facility in the mexican border city of what is had already claimed dozens, many of them go to mullens, some venezuelans. i know desperate relatives had nothing to do but moon, wait for news. they said, now you can have a relative die and they don't tell you he's dead. nothing. immediately there were questions. chiefly, how did the fivestar in his early morning press conference, met cuz president arrived with dances. it was the migrants themselves. he said,

it's still there. we'll give it this had to do with a protest that they started. when they found out they will be supported. they put mattresses of the shelters, doors, and set fire to them. they didn't think it would cause his terrible tragedy. protests have happened before mexico state migration centers. those have stepped through the doors, often described the move overcrowded president. but this time around, there were move questions. how did the authorities allow this to happen to those under their care? dangly, venezuela? migrant says she was outside when it happened that i've been waiting for their father since 1 pm. it told me they were going to hand him over to me. then at 10 pm, we started to see smoke billowing from everywhere. everybody ran away, but they left the men locked in. everybody was removed from the area, but they left the men locked and they never opened the door. i see that what is where the detention center is located. has become

a pressure cooker in recent months with large numbers of migrants and asylum seekers staying there before a push to get to the us. * shelter heads in activists of accused authorities of criminalizing them monday night, the pressure cooker blew over. now, amid the grief the inquest will begin, john hohmann out as ita metzger, city. tens of thousands of people in france have gone on striking protest against president manuel microns pension reforms. police say more than 200 demonstrators were arrested, and 175 officers injured in confrontations. people are angry after the president forced through a bill, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote in parliament. but crone says the change is necessary to sustain the pension system. latasha butler reports. some protesters burn bins and clash with police in paris during a demonstration that was otherwise peaceful. thousands of students and public

sector workers once again in the streets. angry with french president, emmanuel michaels engine reform. it is government's decision to force it through parliament by decree. but could learn among maybe the government is finally starting to hear that many french people are against this reform and against mccall for not listening. as the reform raises the retirement age from 62 to 64, which we don't want and forcing it to parliament prince did, there is no more democracy in france. protests as wanted government to scrap the reform at my house as the changes are necessary to sustain the countries pension system for future generations. this head nationwide strikes is the beginning of the year, and i was calling to see how the deadline between the trade unions are needed. and the french government will end when a frances main trade union leaders says it's time to mediation. he form it when

they need to suspend raising the retirement age to 64. thanks. what angers people most of the one thing over the next month or so we should appoint mediators, what so everyone can say what they want to a plan swiftly rejected by the government or post by the director more we can talk to each other directly. president has already said is ready to resume the union's once the constitutional court approved the new lo, michael had signed the building to law within weeks reforming the pension system was one of his campaign promises. but the changes of commer to cost as anger against them is he subsiding natasha. butler al jazeera paris. the still ahead on al jazeera new details emerge about the shooter who killed 6 people at a school in the u. s. city of nashville. and why russian athletes may be allowed to compete at the fixed olympics. ah,

hello, there. the weather's looking rather unsettled across europe. at the moment you can see from the satellite image, the dense cloud bring the wet and wintry weather across, not just northern and more central areas, but also to that southeast corner with turkey. seeing some very heavy rain and some snow. but for the south west, it's a fairly fine and dry picture, lots of heat coming through the southern areas of spain and portugal, in particular as it, as temperatures continue to rise here in places like gibraltar, we are going to see some recovery for anchor. if we have a look at the 3 day touching up to the mid teens as that snow clears with some sunny spells on saturday, not much of the mediterranean is the quiet a picture on thursday. we still got those bluster, we winds blowing into central parts of italy and into greece. some thunderstorms

expected to effect northern areas of it's the and you can see the rain starting to move in those bands pushing across the north west. so blustery showers for britain and the island of island, but still some sunny spells and the temperature continuing to pick up in places like london for scandinavia, rounds of wintry weather and heavy rain pulling through, but temperatures continuing to pick up riga at 5 degrees celsius on thursday ah and ah ah ah

ah ah ah, let's go alive now to geneva with you in human rights council is holding a debate on the human rights situation of palestine and other occupied arabic territories. resolutions to protect palestinians to put an end to the occupation of all arab territory. his tears ceased their conversation policies. we reiterate that it is vital to put an end to impunity to request accountability from all perpetrators. the violations committed against palestinian people cut out reiterates is principles position regarding the just nature of the palestinian people and that they brother, parents didn't people with

a view to creating an independent viable palestinian said date on the 97 borders with these choice emphasis capital. thank, thank you. i now give the floor to the distinguished representative of united arab emirates. thank you mr. vice president. we had taken to consideration the report prepared by the high commission for human rights on the settlements and the occupied financing and tories, including eastern slim as well as the occupied syrian girl. and we have also take into consideration on the part of the 2nd general on the human situation and this year in goal. and we wish to express our deepest concern on the continued as the settlement quite practices and policies in the occupied arab territory, which constitutes stifling restrictions and an obstacle to freedom of movement and

access to education schools and work the decision a l. to return to settlement in the north of the west bank and opening tenders for the construction of settlement outposts and the o. p. t is a glaring violation of international solutions, including the human council of resolutions, the matter which portends further escalation and instability in the region. we share the view of the high commissioner that to assessments in the occupied territories must come to an end and inspect we stress that all regional and international efforts must be supported to push forward the peace process in the middle east. as well as putting an end to the illegal practices that threaten the 2 states solutions and establishment of the independent palestinian states on the borders of $900.00. 67 was easier with them as its capital. according to the agreed international frames of reference, mr. vice president, in conclusion,

the united arab emirates, city of fans in san wavering and long standing position to support the padded senior people towards realizing their legal rights. we also found that the iowa between all parties must be held to find a solution to the conflict in the region with dignity, security, and peace was called the distance between all the nations of the region. thank you . thank you. i'll give the floor to the distinguished representative of morocco. thank you, mr. vice president, for the kingdom or morocco would like to thank the high commission your listening to delegates from casa and the united arab emirates speaking at the you and human rights council. debating the situation in palestine and other occupied for arab territory. to other news in the united states and south korea have conducted the

1st large scale and 50 s landing exercises in 5 years. the drill was taking place off the coast of eastern po, hung north korea, accuse the us and south korea of rehearsing and invasion. on tuesday, uphill yang unveiled what it said were new and small, a nuclear warheads, declaring it will produce more weapons grad nuclear material. from mcbride is following the military exercises from po, hung of all of the joint drills that have been held over the past few weeks. this, i'm, phoebe, a landing exercise is probably the most dramatic, like the other drills it has been on hold for the last 5 years or so. it is also probably one of the more controversial shows of strength coming during what is meant to be a rehearsal by the south to defend itself from an attack by the north. hundreds of us and south korean marines storming the beaches would not seem to be very defensive. but then as the allies argue, they see them rehearsing for

a counter offensive, making themselves such a formidable foe that no one would think about attacking them. first, this exercise is designed for the, the combined defense of the korean peninsula and that's important to us. it's poured for the regional stability. even through this exercise, we've confirmed the solid lions and the combined defensive readiness between south korean and us marine corps with the marine corps and a decisive battle posture. we will immediately respond to any provocation. north korea has been protesting against these drills with a theory of missile launches. i'd also rehearsing a counter attack of its own against the south. and it's us allies, the difference being that it's cancer offensive. what it says be using the small, tactical nuclear devices that it says it's now developed and which it's been showing off in state run media. the device is being inspected by leader kim jong and robin cried. al jazeera ho hang south korea police in the midst, shooting at

a school, a nashville was planned carefully. 28 year old audrey hale had legally bored 7 firearms in recent years. the former student killed 6 people, including 3 children police heavily body cam footage, showing the moment offices confronted hale john hindrance reports. audrey hale slowly pulls into the parking lot of covenant school. the shooter fires through a locked glass door to gain entry in combat gear armed with one assault rifle and toting, another hail wanders the halls of the christian school looking for victims. it's a tale of horror told through the surveillance footage released by nashville police officers badge cameras capture the response. please get the call at 1013 shots fire there. they're learning the lessons of the 2022. you've all the texas school shooting where police wasted, precious minutes is a gunman, fired on children. let go. these officers act fast.

ah, your room by room is fire. alarm sound off the officers clear the 1st floor. a. they rush toward the sound of gunfire and close in one with the attacker, a former student down soon to be declared dead. it's over at $1027.00, a. m 14 minutes after police received the call. in that time, hail his gun down 39 year old students in 3 staffers in their sixties police. a hail had amassed an arsenal. we determine that our grade, bald 7 on from 5 different local gun stores here legally

to will result weapons. president joe biden, who fought for a federal assault weapons ban that congress passed in 1994, only to watch it expire 10 years later. once again calls for another ban of the weapons hail used to kill resonation we all these families were on our prayers. we owe them action. we had to do more to stop this gun violence refuse apart ripping apart the soul of this nation. protect our children so they learn how to read, writes that duck cover in the class. with there is almost no chance of passing another ban. this is the 2021 christmas card picture of the congressman who represents the nashville district where it all happened. andy ogles, posing with his family bearing assault weapons, a portrait of intransigence, and the effort to change gun laws in america. john henderson al jazeera, hundreds of people have marched in el salvador, demanding freedom for relatives. they say had been unfairly jailed under a state of emergency who was declared by president naive kelley

a year ago to count a gang violence about 2 percent of the population has been detained in south africa, rolling power outages of up to 10 hours a day. a hampering businesses and economic growth. the government has given no indication of when the energy crisis will be resolved. her, him, a task reports from johannesburg. o, these people are demanding this day provides alternative energy to public hospitals, schools and police stations. they say corruption and mismanagement on to blame for an energy crisis in south africa and opposition parties. civil society groups and trade unions are challenging the government in quote, as a result of that financial loss and the looting and the stealing that has been taking place. there it has meant, furthermore, that the mismanagement, the building of fall poor plants has delivered the sort of energy crisis that we're

so the door literally seats, it's not demand outstripping supply. in this instance, it's a government and capable of been able to give supply and augmented the power disruptions are affecting people's homes and businesses and are slowing down economic growth. some areas can go without electricity for more than 10 hours a day. power out to give the plague, thought africa for more than 15 years. many people here can afford to buy solar panels or generators for them getting off the grid. isn't an option. president, sir, i'm of was recently appointed the country's 1st electricity minister to try provides on africa with a more stable energy supply. but his government saves that. it doesn't have the capacity to end blackouts immediately. that's not what's occlusal buccal bella wants to hear. he owns a popular restaurant insulator township. before this we used to make money. but now instead of investing our money, being able to train our staff, we have to buy your solar. we thought the solar is enough. we have to buy generator

that generate, there's not enough you have to buy dizzy lives when. so those are good that we're not ready for rolling blackouts are common in many parts of africa, but some people living here say they shouldn't happen here in south africa. the most industrialized economy on the continent, and as far as they are concerned, this crisis shouldn't have been allowed to happen in the 1st place. had a matessa al jazeera janice smith, russia's olympic chief has criticized recommendations by the international olympic committee on russian and bell, russian athletes competing and international competitions on district roles. the athletes were band last year after russia invited ukraine. but the i o. c said, athletes from the 2 countries should be allowed to compete under neutral flags. the committee stopped short of saying whether they can take part and next year's paris olympics. the most reason, serious of consultations,

the olympic movement, stakeholders reiterated the affirm restriction of any political interference in the autonomous authority of sports organizations to decide on participation in their competitions. this clear and strong reaction to political interference was considered necessary. because if governments took over the decisions regarding which athletes can take part, in which competitions it would be the end of world sport. as we know it today. an explosion in deep space as being described as the brightest. if a thing by scientists began to ride burst happens 2000000000 light years away from it produced a radiation pulse that swept through the solar system and was so bright, it blinded space.