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an explosion test through a cafe in saint petersburg, killing a well known russian military blogger, and injuring 25 others. ah, hello i mary, i'm noisy and london. you're watching algae zeroes are coming up on the program. israel's cabinet approved budget cost to all ministries, to fund a new national guard that will report directly to the far right. security minister . a clear up begins after series of tornadoes, 10 through the south and mid west united states killing at least $26.00 people in finland votes in a tight election with prime minister sana, martin, ousted the country, taking a ton to the right. ah,

hello and welcome to the program. a leading russian military blogger who supported the invasion of ukraine, has been killed in a bomb attack on a cafe in central st. petersburg blood lin at to tar ski, whose real name was max in 4 men was a member of a blogging group known as cyber front zed, which should hide out the cafe to hold an event. witnesses a. the bomb was hidden in a statuette. he was presented with 25 people, a being treated for injuries originally from easton, ukraine to tar sky was a high profile supporter of the war or us teresa anthony blinking has spoken to his russian counterparts. love on the phone to demand the immediate release of an american journalists. now, if on girl of it is a correspondent with all st. john, or he was detained by russian security agents on wednesday on espionage allegations

. the 1st time a u. s. reporter has been detained since the cold war. the state department has requested access to him. pass you call. hi, no more in this now from washington. it's extremely rare eyed since russia invaded ukraine. the 2 leaders have met just once and that was briefly on the sidelines of the g 20. that was just last month. which also notable is the timing of this curse . greevich was arrested just days ago. so this was, this shows a bit of urgency from the u. s. government in the past. they haven't made these phone calls. and so in the read out basically says that grave concern that it is an unacceptable detention calls on him to be released, doesn't name him. but he does name paul real. and he's an american who was arrested and sentenced to 16 years in russia, calling for his release as well. that something that the u. s. has been working for obviously, so far unsuccessfully. there was one part of the read out that i thought was very interesting. it said they discussed the importance of creating an environment that

permits diplomatic missions to carry out their work. what this could is likely a hint to is there is concern in the u. s. that i, that he's not already a counselor access. and that is important for us process i because of where he's being held, it could be weeks before any american official gets access to him. but they need to actually speak to him because if they do, than they are likely to come out and say that it is a wrong that he has been wrongfully detained. so why does that matter? well it, if that designation is put on a gross garbage, what happens is it goes to a whole different office in the state department. their entire focus is on getting americans back home. they would be in charge of the negotiation. they would have additional resources to investigate, to work with when other developers have been following today, sick civilians have been killed by russian shelling on a town in east and ukraine. caused the antibiotic,

which is just 20 kilometers west of back, much as seen of fierce fighting the last 8 months as russian force has tried to capture the city crane and official se dozens and buildings, including 16 apartments, were damaged by the explosions. several other people have been dead. ah, now israel's cabinet is approved. major budget cuts across all ministries to fund a new national guard demanded by the far right. security minister to my bank there . i mister benjamin netanyahu agreed to the new armed unit. so ben cavalier would support him in pausing or controversial plans to overhaul the judiciary sort. the force will answer directly to banga via who's previously been convicted of inciting racism and supporting a terrorist organization. he says it will focus on one arab on rest or opposition. they are, le, peters, criticize the budget carts to allocate money for what he calls. ben. gov is private

army. i'm shallow. shaw bull. good, good. so, so the government approved horizontal cuts to fund the beam. give years private militia. they will cut health education, security, or to finance or private army of thugs for tick tock. the priorities of this government are ridiculous and despicable. the only thing that keeps it busy is running over democracy and promotion. extreme fantasies of delusional people as possible. so and out as areas, bernard smith has more or less now from west jerusalem bend of has been pushing for more and more recent over the past couple of months because we haven't been given any control over the police or the military now with water you've, we've heard critics of cold, his own private militia, he says he will be able to stop terrorism of a national security incident. the thing is, this wasn't really getting off the ground until last week, and then all of

a sudden, these mass protests, i'm then the national strike last monday for things. benjamin netanyahu to promise to at least postpone plans to introduce it overall of the judiciary, to get bank of a and his fall right? our lives in the cabinet to agree to the spoken. netanyahu says okay, you can have this national guard both issues. very important bank there, and the settlers, he's back in support and he's other allies in the cabinet. so there's a long way to go before it gets off the ground. but it's an indication sort of chaos we've seen in israeli politics over the last few months that were once been given was not going to get the national guard all of a sudden because netanyahu's face, there's massive, unprecedented protest against plans to overhaul the judiciary. suddenly you have to cave into been given, given what he wants, so that he can try and move forward with this over whole of the judiciary. well, so sons are, is a human rights lawyer and former deputy general director for

a dollar legal center for the north. he writes in israel, she joins me live now from hi for. first of all, what are your thoughts on this national god and what it could mean for palestinians? well, this is another dangerous, are stuck in a, you know, in a very severe chain of steps that are being undertaken and adopted by noon at yahoo government. it had did by not only nathan yahoo but been here and small rich and all the rest of the extreme right wing gun. basically, if, if the new government and been here will continue proceed with this plan, it basically means in a direct way that 2 police authorities will be created based on the ethnicity of the community that it will deal with. this means that there will be

a police authority for the arabs that will deal only with arabs and palestinians, and another police authority that will deal with jewish israelis. now this is pure racial segregation. this is pure racial profiling, and it has a lot of severe and danger results and outcomes, mainly on palestinians because it comes with an intention of racial profiling. it comes with an intention of incitement against arabs. the fact that the plan basically consists of expanding just also here to clarify that bigger doesn't talk about initiating a totally new national guard. there is already a new from just 2 years ago, a new national guard unit, but it is still under the authority of the military commander. what is your wants to do now is take this unit, which is, which gets by the way,

training by the military. and it is known as the most aggressive and violent trained soldiers and police officers in the, in the police. can i, can i ask you a bit more about the implications than because, you know, i think it was, at the end of february we saw some of the worst settler violence in the region for many years when there was a rampage on the town of how water homes and businesses were satellite, as you will know, in any case, the army that is soldiers that are present in the occupied areas of the west bank and not that to protect palestinians and they don't do anything when the settlers engage in violence. so you saying that this sort of in, in trenches reality, that already exists. well, this is what we need here to talk a bit to distinguish a little bit slightly between what happens in the west bank, which what we saw in water is but it's basically has been seen in several other

towns. the difference is that there has been videos and it has been done intensively with the basically lack of support or default, let's say by the soldiers. what meant, what bender wants to do is to take this national guard and make it under his direct authority and will operate inside of the green line. interesting in our up towns inside of israel, where arabs live. and this is very dangerous. and if we just go back, not just to february, what happened and what, but also to the events in of may 2021 just 2 years ago. then there was responsible to accelerating a violent a behavior by, by extreme settlers that went through and entered our up towns and mixed towns like, hey, far like just on your tell a v like acre aca and are they like nazareth and other arab it towns where

they basically were very violent against arabs. they also assigned arab homes in a way that other settlers were know that will know that in these homes, live arabs, and they were supported by the police officers and also by been very now what will happen if such a unit will basically be under the direct authority of been there and this is the dangerous thing, not establishing another unit, but be it under the direct authority of being there. is that he will be able to implement his racist fascist contest policy against palestinians also inside of israel, knowing that the national guard unit a, as i said, it comprised of the most aggressive and violent and racist. a police officers in the west bank and inside of israel will basically be responsible to the law

enforcement. it's will not be about the law enforcement. it will not be about regular policing. it will be about coursing about a pressing about dominating and about basically intentionally using force by this unit under the direct authority and command. because the, a police commander will not at all be responsible. now we know that today we need to be very careful in as well observing what, how the develops developments will be. it is true that the government a confirmed the establishment in general as a general statement as a general decision. and we know that there will be at least 60 days because there will be a committee that will examine the a ways and the items of the competence of this new a plan. and it might happen and it might not. we still don't know, but the danger thing is that nathan jo already agreed to it. so it's just

a matter of time, despite the fact that the attorney general is against the police commander, it is against the all the professional and also in the military are against. and despite that, nathan, you know, and been very, are going it forward. now this is on the one hand, of course i also here need to, i feel i feel we are running out of time, but i know there is a broader context. all of this, of course, is the demonstrations and the proposed initial changes and links that, that has to the occupation and perhaps attempts to perpetuate the occupation, but we'll have to get into another time. thank you for now. so same thing as you want, bringing more in our top story and that is the last in a cafe in st. petersburg that killed a well known russian military blog dosage of bari joins us now for moscow. and it's interesting that witnesses seemed to suggest that the bomb was hidden inside a statue at so perhaps a well planned,

well organized attack daughter certainly married. that seems to be the case so far. we understand that the estimation committee has opened a murder case since this incident that took place a few hours ago in st. petersburg in a very busy and popular area of the city known as the university banquets where this 40 year old, the blogger was speaking at an organized event. this is a weekly event that a group of what they call themselves patriot organized. and this blogger was invited guests, we saw the footage of him being given a guest. it was at bus, statue of himself. and initial reports indicate that the school says could have possibly been inside that this a gift. now, the, according to the mayor of st. petersburg, all the emergency services of the city that is hold to just over 5000000 people have been dispatched to the scene of where this bomb exploded. and we understand

from officials that 25 people have been injured and 24 of them have been taken to hospital. and at least 6 of them are in very serious condition. and there were reports initially that the police were looking for a woman who attended this gift over to this blogger, but we understand now she has been found in one of the hospital. that is in serious condition. there is a lot of pieces of information that the authorities are looking at at the moment, but what is significant that this has happened? that is very, very well, well known area of the city, very popular area. and also according to the organizes of the event they had taken all the security measures that they normally do and that they didn't see anything out of the ordinary of that. so it goes to show that there was a very deliberate and well planned out attack that was carried out earlier on something. and can you tell us about the this russian military flood,

lynn to tar ski. he was killed in this attack. what do we know about him? well, this is a man who is very well known to be a vocal supporter of the so called special military opperation, at which russian president launched in february of $22.00. he had been deployed with the russian military to report on their activities in the vast region . he is himself not native of dumbass and his views on the events that unfold that have been made very clearly supported the military activities of the russian forces in ukraine. he was also invited to the kremlin for that lava ceremony in september where the russian president unexcused other regions of ukraine, and he was very much supportive of that move. and he also had been noted to say that he believes that the, those areas should be part of russia and that he wanted to achieve the complete

destruction of the gradient savings. and also he didn't expect for bringing people to quite as much as they have. so far, he's also written a number of books about the russian military and russian military history. and that he has a telegram channel as well that has over 500000 scriber's. so he's very well known within the supporters of the kremlin. you go. so pictures with one of the supporters, the kremlin, as well as the was killed. last year she was in a car bomb that went to in most the region, the daughter of a well known far right philosopher who was killed in that car bomb. the 2 of them were pictured together at an event, so he is very well known in the circles of supporters of the prevalent in the russian military activities. and we understand that the foreign ministry has issued a statement saying that to his activities as a journalist,

as the russian journalists were serious threats to the key regime at the foreign ministry spokesman, saying that this is a sample of how much, how the hatred of the key of government is far reaching and that's the condolences were passed on to families. okay, thank you. joseph jabari and now the u. s. is bracing itself for more extreme weather this week after at least 26 people were killed in the past 2 days. a major storm system rip through the midwest in southern us states on friday before moving ne, it's born dozens of tornadoes including one that hit the state capital of on console as been extensive damage to property, and at least 7 of the states. president biden, as dakota, major disaster, they're an ordered federal aid to support the clean up and recovery efforts in affected regions. the illinois emergency management agency is working alongside

local officials to assess stormed impacts throughout the state. and at this time, i'm pleased to report that the remaining power outages are limited, are about $4400.00 people, who so are without power but they will be have it restored by the end of the day. we tend to haiti now situation there is getting worse. local john less to putting their lives on the line to keep the public informed. 7 journalists were killed in the country in 202010, at least 4 been kidnapped. this year alone, al jazeera spoke to joseph jack, hebrew, his a, a journalist, and a lawyer based and puerto prince norm's reserves. actually, my name is joseph jack, a blue. i'm a lawyer, but i work mostly as an independent journalist. i do jobs for international press and post on social media to keep the public informed about what's happening here. he's, i say you look at each other is the biggest challenge we face is haitian journalists

. is getting people to see our work, especially with the country situation, the way it is. every day we are under serious threat. when there are protests, we faced the police who fired tear gas and did some neighborhoods. we risk losing our lives on it. i know several journalists who died recently. one of them was shot inside the police station where he went to show solidarity with a colleague who had been arrested i'mma is that the i, my d was a very nice person, always smiling. he loved his job, but he lost his life, doing that job, swap, one humble level, i'm often afraid because when you leave your house, you never know if you'll be back. the level of insecurity is only increasing. it can be terrifying, especially going from one place to another. i'm a victim myself because i was in cap patient for work. and on my way back to port

a prince, gangs robbed me at gunpoint. they stole my camera with mobile phone and everything . since then, i've been a lot more cautious. every day the situation gets worse, and more people leave the country. in desperation, it gets worse because every thing we need to live is getting more expensive. it gets worse because arms trafficking increases and the state has no control. it gets worse because politicians don't work in the interest of the people. despite all the dangers, i enjoy my work and i do it with love, with everything that's happening in this country. the youth need journalists like me to keep them informed. an algerian court has sentenced a prominent journalist to 3 years in prison. as son alcantara is director of malware emergent use, which is considered one of the last independent media outlets in the country, is accused of receiving foreign funds through his business and exchange mccain

activities that could harm the state rights group. say the charge is a political, a court ordered the dissolution of the company and confiscated its assets. well, now we go to finland and the opposition national coalition party is on track to narrowly win sundays parliamentary elections. according to projections for the public broadcaster wire lee. with 70 percent of the vote counted prime minister son amarion social democrats of projected to win $43.00 of the $200.00 seats. the center right, national coalition party led by baterri or po is predicted to get 48 the far right . you're a skeptic. fins party led by rica poorer, a set to get 46 as here is landline allied, who in it joins us live now from helsinki. what's the latest you're hearing this? we are here in the social democratic party. nice events. well, following that isms which are changing by the minute actually every 5 minutes while

i finish the process of death. and as you says, the latest forecast says that the when will be for the national coalition party, the conservative party send a marion might not be the prime minister in the next 4 years. she's the best individual candidates so far. she's and that lead individually, but it's not about the individual as of course it's about classes. so we're looking at this results. $78.00, the 7 percent of the results are counted so far. it's very quick, very fast because 40 percent of the electorate, they voted in advance. and 60 the other 60 percent. they voted today, after 3 hours flows in the polls. now we don't have the fixture. so it seems like the country is heading towards the right actually because even for

a married party, the social didn't for thought the chance visit the way i said, even if they improve their performance and the last a couple of hours before the final results, they will not be able to form a coalition when all they have before my government and government formation negotiations. i must go full weeks and weeks and weeks and see it all out even before the election anytime alliance in a kind of condition with the sins party, which is doing great. this is the best results ever. was their new leader, a rica flora which, which is the 2nd this individual candidates. i might be losing her job as a prime minister in the country. a very interesting, very interesting that you say, very interesting that you say that the, that the fins party this is the far right. you're a skeptic party,

is doing incredibly well. so this is an election that has seen the country go from the far left to the far right. what prompted this shift? why did it prime minister santa marine, who was the youngest leader when she was elected in 2019, why is she lost popularity? this is a very the voice to the lecture this time. and this is very, i do logic logic and it's not about the, the terms. it's unusual for an order to come through could be a ideological philosophical election as we saw here in this round of election. because america took her part to the social democratic party, more to the left to describe those who want to leave the european union as stupid described those who are anti migrants as openly raised says, she was this unusual language and she mentors committee to collect momentum for

herself as a person, but we are seeing her party losing even a rica poorer the leader of defense parties. she managed in the last 2 years, but shared that reputation about her party as a grim criminal and sympathetic park the she, she, the distance, her son from boston regime. and she agreed on the consensus of attaining the ne, to, and refusing the a war on your career. okay, well thank you very much. and i'm mad, i'm not home joining a staff from helsinki. you will stay across the results there. and maybe we'll talk to you later on looks like the close result in bulgaria is later selection. it's the 5th one they've had in 2 years with coalitions at by 2 former prime ministers. less than one percent apart, exit polls, but the pro western block of reformist curial pet cove in the lead with 25.3 percent of the vote. a st right block, led by boy co boris off is in 2nd place with around 24.7 percent. or gary is

a member of the e u in nato, but also has historical ties with russia. rising inflation, accusations of corruption and the war in ukraine have been major campaign issues were montenegro voters there of course their ballots in a presidential run of between the incumbent at mueller, japan of ich, and the former economy minister jack of mulatto, which holding to a post as partial projection mulatto which secured 60 point one percent of the vote on account of its got 39.9 percent under president chicago to which the small nation joined nato study negotiations, v. e membership and moved away from russia. but his party has also been accused of corruption and links to organized crime, jack of mulatto which his opponent has pledged to curb corruption, improve living standards and strength and ties with the e. u and serbia. a cheap and environmental fanny white as im around paris or a pavement nuisance. and the danger to pedestrians that, sir,

what critics would say about at residence, the french capital of inviting my that a band freeflow electric scooters in the city. opponents of the banner concerned the paris marathon, which is also taking place on sunday as limited latan out as ash about reports, now from paris. nunez sienna is a big fan of paris is electric scooters. he says he, high as one most days to get around the system could, could present in the scooters are really useful because paris is so busy, especially in rush hour. it's impossible to move around. so thanks to these, we can use the cycle lanes. it's much better than a car available. so e scooters were introduced in france in 2018 since then. they've become part of the landscape in most cities. but some people say they're a nuisance cluttering pavements and endangering pedestrians. now the french government launched a new plan to regulate them. writers will have to be at least 14 years old,

and they'll be tougher penalties for misuse. count on industrial, who people on an e scooters have bitten that day, but the fine is only 35 euros. and so it will be raised to a 135 years. the messages that dangerous behavior will be penalize and dedicated parking zones and low speed limits are already in place. while the french government is stepping up, its regulation of electric skirts is here in paris. the city hall is asking people to vote on whether or not to abandon the 3 companies that provide paris is east through to say a band would make no sense in a city that often lead the way in promoting low carbon alternatives to cause and motor bikes. we very hope indeed that's our vote will be positive and that perishes . people will continue to welcome students in a safe and sustainable way and opinion on the streets though is divided saucers. web suckers. i can see they offer an alternative form of transport about at the

same time.