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criticizes his plan to of a whole. the judiciary. ah, i'm told mcbride this is jesse are alive from doha, also coming up, russia and around foreign ministers meet in moscow with towns nuclear program on the agenda. a show of fire power u. s. and south korean troops conduct the 1st launch scale amphibious assault drill . and he is, and i'm out of because the inside, after they 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 is remaining defiance after you as president job an urge them to

abandon his plans to over hold the judiciary. following the biggest protests in the nation's history being yahoo has delayed changes to the judicial system. the biden says the over hole should be dropped altogether. in a re, a public dispute between the 2 allies. netanyahu said israel would bow to international pressure, like many songs were real. i'm very concerned. i'm concerned that they get this straight can not continued on grow. and i go to made that clear, i hopeful, hopefully a prime minister will acting the way that he got to work out some genuine compromise with natasha named has more from with 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 a bite,

the vital 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 a 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. the united states and south korea have conducted the 1st large scale and to be a landing exercises in 5 years. the drills are taking place off the coast. the eastern pole hung north korea accuses the u. s. and south korea of reversing and invasion on tuesday, pyongyang unveiled what it said when you and small a nuclear warhead, declaring it will produce more with an squared nuclear material. from the pride is following the military exercises from per 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, this is 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 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 series of missile launches. i'd also rehearsing a counter attack of its own against the south. and it's u. s. allies. the

difference being that it's time to reference if it, 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 lee that came junglin rob the cried al jazeera ho, hang south korea. me in mars election commission has dissolved the political party of former liter uncensored. she state media reported the national league for democracy failed to register under strict new electoral laws brought in by the military government. tony chang reports from yan gone. the building behind me is the headquarters at the national league. the democracy was once the party of government here in melma 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. for 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 or 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 chang al jazeera mem migrants have protested, outsider detention center, and northern mexico sealed out parties after 38 people died in a fire on monday. the victims, families, blame immigration officials and guards for the debts earlier president on chrisman while lopez over the door said the fire was caused by detainees. he said some set fight met mattresses after finding out they were going to be deported. john holman, reports of falling of ambulances. they came too late for many

the fire at a migration detention facility in the mexican border city of waters had already claimed dozens, many of them guatemalans, some venezuelans, o desperate relatives had nothing to do but moon awake for news. okay, your mother 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 5 star in his early morning press conference, mexico's president, arrived with dancers. it was the migrants themselves. he said, a still to will get it. this had to do with a protest that they started. when they found out they will be deported. they put mattresses of the shelters, dorsey, 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 overcrowded president. but this time around, there were more questions. how did the authorities allow this to happen to those under their care? dangly, venezuela? migrant says she was outside when it happened. 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. to 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 u. s. shelter heads and activists of accused authorities of criminalizing them on monday night, the pressure cooker blew over. now, amid the grief the inquest will begin,

john hohmann al jazeera mexico city. tens of thousands of people in france have gone on strike in protest against president manuel mccullin's pension reforms. police say more than 200 demonstrations were arrested and 155 offices injured in confrontations. people are angry and the president falls through a bill of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote in parliament. the chrome says the changes necessary to sustain the pension system. latasha butler report. 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 st. angry with french president emmanuel, my horse pension reform. it is government's decision to force it through parliament by decree was critical down among may be the government is finally starting to hear that many french people are against this reform and against makram for not

listening. as the reform raises the retirement age from 62 to 64, which we don't want and forcing it to parliament proves that there is no more democracy in france. protests as wanted government to scrap there were home at my house as the change is unnecessary to sustain the country's pension system for future generations. this head nationwide strikes is the beginning of the year. with the deadline, the trade unions are needing to pay and the french government will end when a francis main trade union leaders says each time up to mediation, he form it when they need to suspend raising the retirement age to 64. thanks. what angers people most perform then over the next month or so, we should appoint mediators, what so everyone can say what they want into a plan. swiftly rejected by the government office by the deductible we can talk to each other directly. president has already said is ready to resume the union's

wanted. 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 have come at a cost as anger against them is he subsiding natasha butler, al jazeera, paris. more foreign troops are arriving in democratic republic of congo to boost the fight against the armed group in $23.00 calls from regional leaders for the rebels to cease fire and withdraw. haven't stu the violence, and is malcolm web reports. the government is accused of using another armed group to fight the m $23.00. just 2 weeks ago, fighters from the n 23 armed group held this hill top. then democratic republic of congo, government forces fought them off. it were booming from colonel showed us around. he told us it's from here. the 1023 fighters showed the town of sar kate down below

. most of the people here run away. but now a few coming back to clack crops and take them to town. now, when you might look, we cannot go further than here because the rebels are not far away. we used to go up into the hills to bring cassava and other foods. but now you cannot go there because you will meet the rebels. do you guys? army said he's been fighting rwandan soldiers here under the guise of the m 23 armed groups. landed deny is backing in 23. the government for say that they're the ones that are holding the si, fi and m 23 is not. they want to show us some of their positions with the recent fly thing near the town of western widely reported to be between m 23 and an armed group. congos armies widely believed to have supported arms, groups in its fight against them. 23. the army denies it. they say that withdrawing,

but they are reinforcing in other areas. m $23.00 playing a game and misleading regional leaders and the international community. regional leaders ascending troops under the banner of an east african force. rooney and soldiers arrived earlier this month hasn't stopped the fighting more than a 100000 people have been forced from their homes as m 23 advanced over the last year. some of the people in this camp are from the town of mas shockey, which is one of the places the end $23.00 says it's handed over to the bureau, indian troops, menissi leah said dom, we're shockey. we know the east african forces are there and we're shockey, but we also know they're collaborating with them. 23 is fighters. are nearby. this is why we refusing to go back was kick off with our rebel shot. back up in the hills. the colonel took us to the armies most forward position. a few 100 burundi and troops meant to control the territory beyond here. but he says m 23 fighters is

still hiding in houses across the valley. many people here question why the government hasn't done more to enable its own forces to stop him 23. now they're wondering if more foreign forces will actually help malcolm web al jazeera, la pango, democratic republic of congo 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. herriman 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 are to blame for an energy crisis in south africa and opposition parties. civil society groups and trade unions are challenging the government in court as a result of that financial loss and the looting and the stealing that has been

taking place. there it has been furthermore, but 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 hour could give a 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, so ram up was recently appointed. the country's 1st electricity minister to try provide south africa with a more stable energy supply. but his government says 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 return our stuff, we have to buy your solar. we thought the solar is enough. we have to buy generator that generator, not enough. you have to buy dizzy lives when. so those are good that we're not ready for rolling blackouts, a 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 matessa al jazeera janna smith was still ahead on l g 0. we'll get the latest on the united nations human rights council to based on the situation of palestine and of a occupied arab territories. ah

hello. they will have a look at us trailer in a moment, the 1st to southeast asia. and you can see the seasonal rains continuing to affect parts of indonesia falling heaviest in the southeast corner. but we will see those waves, the wet weather, picking up for places like borneo and moving into southern areas of the philippines . on friday we are going to see more in the way of heavy rain for parts of cambodia as well as ours. but it has been a rather finer picture for northern areas of indo china that was moved down under to australia. it's the weather weather that's going to pose a problem across western australia. we have got flood alert south for many areas as rivers continue to rise from that heavy rain. that's going to move more centrally as we go into friday for the southeast corner. it is looking much dryer, but temperatures sitting low here, hobart, coming in are only 17 degrees celsius. now there will be some recovery to the

temperatures in new zealand. we've still got those gale force winds, bringing it rough seas to both islands. but look at the recovery there christ church at 18 degrees celsius. wellington it's the similar story on friday. you can see that band of rain starting to pull in. that's going to bring some heavier falls to more southern areas. but ahead of that, some spells of sunshine pushing through the clouds. 23 degrees in get spin. ah, around 3 quarters of sub saharan africa, cultural heritage is on display in western museums. didn't happen overnight. we were rock over time. the 1st episode reveals how europeans colonization remained tens of thousands of artifacts and the appeal struggle to reclaim restitution. africa stolen on episode one blunder. oh,

now j 0 lou ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories, the salad, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected a coal by u. s. president joe biden, to abandon his plans to over hold the judiciary. the proposals have triggered the biggest protests in the country's history, arounds. foreign minister who signed amir abdulla ian, is in moscow. the talks with russian count about so guy left for of the senior diplomats are expected to discuss a range of issues including iran's nuclear program. migrants have protested outside a detention center nova, mexico's c. u da da pot is up to 38 people, died and

a fire on monday. the victims, families, blame immigration authorities and gods for the deaths. the united nations human rights council has debated the site of human rights in palestine and all that occupied arab territories. delegates from cut out the united arab emirates, morocco militia, and south africa, a calling for an into israel's occupation. they urged the establishment of a 2 state solution. israel's foreign government has been criticized for an increase in violence and expansion of legal settlements in palestinian territory. at least $91.00 palestinians had been killed by israeli forces since the start of the year. while his guitars, the ambassador to the un and geneva speaking earlier, the state of kat family condemns the attacks and crimes being committed systematically by israel against the berlin telephone for decades. during this time

is found his endeavour to boast, its occupation and its races, and by ensuring that climate prevails to put in place its policies by confiscating the properties. dependents damian's bi, demolishing their homes by expelling palestinians and forced way by protecting the colonies. and by flagrantly violating international law, we call an international community to take on its legal and more responsibility by pushing israel to respect the international resolutions to protect palestinians. to put an end to the occupation of all of churches to his face, the 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 needed. abraham joins me now from tv in the occupied with bank. and while the un discussed with the human rights

in the region, can just bring us up to date with what's happening, where you are. he had it in a fight, palestinians tell us that they were subjected to subtler attacks late last night. this is the house that was attacked by groups of settlers, according to the family. they tell us that they were 7 people around midnight when they were attacked by a group of settlers who hurled rocks and used pepper spray against them, including on the children who are asleep at the time. this is really, these really sectors have only been on the rise. palestinians would tell you, is that they've been documenting an increasing sense of impunity because the subtler attacks that we're talking about since the beginning of the year or more than $200.00 tags. an average of 3 attacks per day against palestinians. and as we know of the 809 palestinians who had killed by israelis in palestine in the

occupied westbank, excuse me, 2 of them were killed by israeli suckers that are growing concerns here and the occupied to us bank. that's the agreement that has been made between nothing. yeah . and we had to stop cuz the so called national guard is being seen here by palestinians as a militia for being via that will consist of groups of israeli settlers violence. those who would have a free hand attacking palestinians here in the west bank. okay, thank you so much. that is neither abraham for us in the occupied with bank russia . foreign minister leverage is meeting his iranian counterpart has signed. and the law he and moscow, the nuclear deal between iran and the west is likely to be on the agenda that also expected to discuss syria, f, kennesaw, ukraine, and issues related to the caspian sea region. let's go to moscow and speak to journalists, eula shall fall over. and what

a russians want from this meeting. well actually they a meeting is still under way and we are waiting for the news conference any moment and we'll be able to hear from both ministers and from their delegation members. it's been discussed and we know that the delegations also discussed the iranian. and we're going to discuss the iranian nuclear program in terms of the joint comprehensive plan of actions, as well as the state of affairs in various countries or the coaxes, and casper regions. so the russian, iranian corporation is growing, of course, and it is quite obvious as both countries are sanctioned by other states. but believe it or not, if you get to the streets of russian cities and ask people who is a friend of russia nowadays, the people will answer you is, is iran so many things are going on on a daily basis between the 2 countries here, like economy energy tourism,

et cetera. russia has always been toronto allies supporting it for years. so nowadays the tray turnover is growing and this is something everyone here endorses . so the relations are developing and rushes a relatively quickly finding a way to overcome its isolation and other problems caused by sanctions. ok, thank you so much for the update. that is, julia shall fall over for us in moscow. and we're going to go to alley hush him who joins us from to run around and rushes him to be coordinating close, sealed many, many different issues. what's the view from to rom? what does that run? russia is one of the main allies right now on that. let's say one of the countries that iran is having very good relations with a lot of into the sections with respect to interests. so may be china, russia, these are the main or partners off of iran, mainly after the the sanctions. iran is looking forward to get out to overcome the

isolation of after the sanctions. and now with russia under sanctions, both countries are able to corporate in different ways. if we go back a few months ago, president tracy, the president of iran, visited a visit to draw shop rather than foot in was here also a few months ago. so this is an ongoing operation between the 2 countries and on different layer as economically energy wise, politically and also on the the for matic side, especially with russia being part of the 5 plus one previously and forecast on now . the partners of iran in the nuclear deal. so to iran, it's a really a priority to be in full gall, the nation with russia and to go may be a step forward towards signing a strategic alliance on a partnership, which is something that russian and iranian officials are expected to talk about.

okay, thank you. so much that sally hush him for us, and to run or police say the mess, shooting at a school in nashville, was planned carefully. 28 year old audrey hale had legally bought 7 firearms and recent years, the former student killed 6 people, including 3 children, at least have released body cam footage, showing the moment officers confronted hail 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 fired. they're out there. 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, no. room by room is fire. alarm sound off the officers clear the 1st floor. a. they rushed toward the sound of gunfire and close it was now with the attacker, a former student down soon to be declared dead. it's over at 10, 27 am. 14 minutes after police received the call. in that time, hail his gun down 39 year old students and 3 staffers in their sixties police. a hail had amassed an arsenal. we've determined 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 the match, you know, we had to do more to stop his gun violence, repeat cuties apart ripping apart the soul of this nation. protect our children so they learn how to read rides that a duck cover in class. but 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 in the effort to change gun laws in america. john henderson al jazeera, ah.