left to bangladesh, looking for safety after facing military crack down in me. i'm but this is what she's dealing with now, or make shift home at this refugee camp. been cox's bizarre, went up in flames on sunday. the far how strong the spotlight back on the struggles . the charm of and tragedy is based on daily basis by everyone here. this fire, as a reminder of the many challenges facing their own hang or refugees, they're caught between the increasingly dangerous situation in bangladesh and a new political reality off a homeland now led by the same military hunter responsible for the crackdown that forced them to flee in the 1st place, ah israel's far i government faces more protests against it. judicial changes while tensions escalate across the occupied territories. ah,

hello i marianna mozy in london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. we're united with that families 30 ukrainian children, return home just some of the thousands and actually get posted to russia. in moscow, the funeral of influential military blog of love into tar school was killed in an explosion last week. in china launch his military drills around taiwan, just days after the taiwanese president visited the united states. ah. hello and welcome to the program. this is the weekend when christians, jews, and muslims at mark very significant religious holidays, east of pasa and ramadan. but the past week has seen a rise intention in jerusalem,

the west bank and gaza. there are also fears of a wider escalation that could possibly encompass southern lebanon. all this as protest is across israel, or again gathering to day and 10 there tens of thousands to oppose planned judicial changes by the government of benjamin netanyahu. rallies are being held across tel aviv, but also in other cities is despite the government delaying the changes by a few weeks in order to reach a compromise with opposition. parties. critic say the planned amendments are a threat to israel's democracy or russel sir de joins me live now from the city of tel aviv. what is the atmosphere like there? while no other people have just left the area here, the couple on street at which has been hosting the demonstration since weeks here, just to let a better go. tens of thousands is riley's,

were here and protesting the government's judicial overhauled. so i have been talking to some of the protesters here. the said that the fear that the country under the did the most are right wing government in his ras history is more and more tuning into a dictatorship. and they said that they are here to pro pass that one. and of course the government's judicial overhaul. so the that the prime minister netanyahu is government has proposed some judicial changes, so mainly essays or is he's asking for $61.00 out of $120.00 and p is in can i said that to be able to override any decisions made it made by the either the supreme court and also the politicians to be able to appoint a majority off, did the members of the supreme court in israel because they said that the supreme court is over and poverty. and that is, that must stop because the judge da da da supreme court is interfering any decision

or made by the government. but the critics here, they said that such a thing. so change simply will destroy there that, that, that the said that the separation of the power and the chunk of balances in different branches in the country. so that's why in the 14th setter day, in a row, hundreds of thousands of palestinians, mainly in television, but across the other cities as well, or gathering and trying to protest less that protest that proposal. so i was talking to the protest as they're not only asking for the, for the changes to be put on a pause, but also they are asking the government to resign because they say that this government is a racist. and it is itself a threat to the security of the country. all right, thanks very much for the sat air force fashion televi, where test taking place again as they have been so many weeks in joining us now. gideon lazy and israeli journalist and author, he is a higher economist and a member of the newspapers editorial board. he joins now also in tel aviv. so

israelis out once again raging against that government proposed changes to the judiciary. but of course, this is at quite a week where we have seen now the biggest is rainy strikes on lebanon for 17 years after rocket fi. and to israel also strikes on garza, but perhaps most significantly violence and rides at the alexa mosque. i want to ask you, does this escalation, have the capacity to reach what we saw in 2021? how unsettling or violent might the next few weeks and months? b. c version is extremely exclusive, but it is always in our region. but now more than ever and we are facing, unlikely for more years, we are facing a very radical government, which is on one hand, the quietly awful but on the other hand, also very frigid. because the most ready could part. so feed pushing for

action, which might turn out into a catastrophe. this scenes from the so holes are scenes that were not seen in recent years in the ability. and i think there are any smaller match can fire, know the whole area over. it will not happen, but nobody can full see or guarantee that this will not explode again. and it might be connected to the them on stations because to finally be a cynical is it phones is right. oh, these really government has also an interest to, to shut down goals, demonstrations and what can do it more than external i'm really sure what you say about the israeli government thing. quite radical, but also extremely weak and fragile. at the same time,

i'm just wondering about that sort of interplay between internal israeli dynamics and then ongoing crisis in aggression that we've seen in the occupied territories. and what that could mean in terms of that being more violence, the greater use of violence than we have already seen in the past, between palestinian protest as and then also armed israeli settlers and also the police and security forces. so unfortunately, very unfortunately, this book, this like formal distance in israel, i only is the jewish citizens of israel and are totally ignoring, almost totally ignoring they'll to patient the facts is that those demonstrations saw over democracy for the jews in israel, which is something very important but to keep one group one, i close to what is happening just half an hour away from the location of those

demonstrations, namely the rates they house the morning shooting the room 13. they may then put a mountain so many other things is the weakness of the se waiver this. you cannot protest only or fried. so one bob full of the people. it is impossible and ignore the fact that by the end of the day it isn't a bar, but they so to fight over democracy for one part of their bob. but they into, you know, the other part is say 20 people critic. now in terms of the rocket fire attacks on, on israel, israel has been very careful to blame hamas. it said that it was also investigating the involvement of has bala, which is of course tied to iran. but interestingly,

has buller have been quiet at after the strikes into southern lebanon, which with perhaps went a bit deeper than expected. but none that none. the less a landed in an open space is a gesture that both sides might want to contain it. to just that, that if there ought to be more israeli strikes on targets in syria, how could that affect the situation than at southern lebanon to northern israel? that's really the question, because recently israel is there bombing over almost every day in syria. and there is no probably k argument about it is right and no information about it, nobody knows why and will fool. and what is the prize? one scene is clear is what is voted, think the syrian a. so her entity, obviously, and the israelis playing with fire was iraq. how long will the

iranian say tolerate these and the syrians that sequential, until now they tolerated? they almost ignoring and they're hard, the reactance, but i guess they will be pointing each or so the syrian and the my go to the iranian will have to react and is when continuous. ok, thank you very much. gideon lazy turning his f. johnny staff from kennedy's que or many of the people living as refugees in lebanon, left palestine as children since then, many more palestinians have been born into a life of displacement. zombies ravi visited a refugee camp in beirut, spoke to palestinians about latest israeli raids at the alex, a mosque in occupied east jerusalem. living in limbo, palestinian refugees in lebanon,

say they are fed up with watching the escalating violence and occupied territories in. oh ok, so most garza and the west bank watching their people suffer indignities at the hands of israel's from a distance and from a country whose own economy is in tatters. like in fishy anniversary. and i will put that on. we don't live in palestine, but palestine lives inside us in aquila mcmann because and as i sat my every day we sit with our children, we talk about palestine about freedom, about all history and all right. to go back. been now you had webinar, and no more is necessary. what was taken by force should be taken back by panama piece. did not work displaced for decades, people living here or connected to the conflict by history, by blood, and by their circumstances less among one idea. no lady,

i have never been to palestine, but i know about it from my family. all the attacks happening make me feel like it belong to the nation even more. and im den mike de la la stay and i get a year old. i was born here, but i am palestinian and loyal to the palestinian cause. what's happening is totally unjust. allah. we're very upset and sad though we can't do anything. we can't help. we watch how israelis attack alex, a mosque, and we can't do anything for generations displaced and generations born abroad, yet to set foot on their ancestral lands with every passing year whenever there is an escalation of tension and violence between israelis and palestinians for the thousands of people living in refugee camps like this, the hope of going back home, a right of return is something that slips away just a little bit more. c and to remain here is to live as some of the poorest people in lubbock zane basra, the older 0 at the burge of barrage in

a refugee camp in beirut. ah, more than 30 ukrainian children, a back home off to russia was accused of supporting them. non governmental organizations are responsible for reuniting them now with their families. keith says more than 16000 ukranian children have been illegally deported to russia. moscow says it's protecting them from the war. journal reports on this now from keith. the, the return and re union of $31.00 children with their families is a victory for careful and complicated negotiations to secure their release. in many cases, held against their will for months, child protection workers believe their stories will help prove the international criminal court case against russian president vladimir putin and his children's rights commissioner maria of the lava. how that,

where they deported what happened in the camps. how they were real, a k to because it's kidnapping, all of the any destroying the ukrainian identity. it is work, crime and genocide. 16 year old with tommy was sent with his parents consent to a russian health camp in october last year. it was meant to be a 2 week break from the hardships of occupied her song. it turned into a 6 month ordeal before vitale finally saw his family again in march. the 1st 2 weeks were normal. i didn't want to go home so much after 3 weeks. i thought i wanted to go home. i looked for all the possibilities. how to go home. i really wanted to go home because he says he was among more than 800 ukrainian children at just one camp. home sick, often scared, and at times he says placed in a detention so for days as punishment for transgressions. it's got to move on to

some cars. they fed the same porridge without salt and sugar 3 times a day. they preached to us the same politics. and every evening we would have conversations of importance. they said that russia is a powerful country, and ukraine is a terrorist. the international criminal court says it's identified hundreds of cases of children allegedly forcibly taken from care homes and orphanages in ukraine, deported it says, with the intention of permanently removing them from their country of birth. that's a violation of the geneva convention. it says, and walker ukraine insists the practice is much wider, saying it's identified more than 19 and a half 1000 cases of false deportations, including many likely tale taken with parental permission under false pretenses. instead enduring months of indoctrination and propaganda. daria cassiano has helped reunite 84 children with their families by providing the russians with proof of

legal guardianship. i put to her a video that rushes children's commissioner recently showed to un security council members. it purports to show happy ukrainian children some receiving medical care, others placed in foster care. we are other sure, and this is part of an information war, these pictures of children living in safety. it's such a manipulation using children as objects, not subject to rights, trying to construct a different reality. russia admits to the removal of 2000 ukrainian children from occupied areas in the conflict, but presents it as a humanitarian effort. the i c. c, calls it a war crime, and one ukraine says is taking place on a far bigger scale. in plain sight, jona hall al jazeera keith. she was sled on this program from london. i'm kathy saw it in dada breath. you come in. nothing can now be telling you why this is

destroying the environment. ah, with it's the weekend, here's your forecast for europe in africa. however, when we're pumping in the heat through the whole of that big jump in those temperatures for bay roots and ramallah ramallah now crossing the 30 degrees threshold other side of the mediterranean, i, temperatures here as well well above average. and we've got full on sunshine in the forecast now we've got cloud cover over a central europe through the balkans as well. so that also means some spells of shower. so that's put in a cap on temperatures. they're bit low for this type of the year. same situation in the northwest, we've got wet weather pivoting into the islands of ireland and britain, but southerly push of air here. so temperature is not bad. 18 degrees in paris after africa, we go look at

a bubble of heat extending from cairo hart to him. right? into engine mean a temperatures here about 10 degrees above average, but a northerly wind, beans in yorkshire, your temperatures are about 10 degrees below where they should be. we've got big downpours, liberia right through to nigeria, but particularly beneath togo and gonna to see that much rain that fast. i think we will see some flooding for south africa. cold front has cut across. this is going to generate some showers in storms for the eastern side of the country. it improves in cape town though with a hive. 18 degrees on sunday. enjoy the rest of your weekend. we'll see you soon. take care. ah. breaking down the headlines till exposing the pile is attempting to silence reporting. what did you do? what you can investigate? why didn't you off of that? there are many during that that censor people have, but she didn't get back on subsequent stories. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is covered to suppress moderate,

and in some cases amplify the content you see on your timeline, the listening post on al jazeera lou ah, a comeback watching al jazeera life from la recap of the main stories now that tens of thousands of his rays have turned out for 14th week of protests against the prime ministers plan changes to the judiciary benjamin netanyahu. it delayed visa propose changes by a few weeks to reach a compromise with opposition parties. but it all comes as tensions of escalating across the occupied territories. more than 30 grinding children to back home off to

russia was accused of deporting them. non governmental organizations are responsible now for reuniting with their families. keeps as more than 16000 ukrainian children have been illegally deported to russia. the funeral has been held in moscow for pro russian military blog, a flood lind petoskey, who was killed in a bomb attack. a cafe in st. petersburg, last week to starsky was known for his vocal support of the war and ukraine. also jabari reports on this now from moscow. me a grandfather. well, for one of russia's well known military bloggers, the body of 40 year old flatland, or turkey was brought to the throne cru sky a cemetery. moscow were hundreds attended, including the head of the wagner verse near a group. if get a promotion here we're going to tar sky did a lot so that we could go to victory and destroy the enemy. thank you for this. we

will always remember him. he is a soldier who stays with us on whose voice will always live and speak only the truth. after our task is killing last week, president rather be a potent award to have one of the highest honors for bravery. under heavy security, people waited in line for hours, many of whom you charge our ski personally. if you will let me mulligan very and never get it. i think that the best way to make his memory of life is the believe this war. it was a man for whom the victories was most important thing in the world. his wife accompanied the coffin as his body was laid to rest. petoskey was a vocal supporter of the war, and ukraine flatland, tars keys being remembered as a russian hero. and at the end of his funeral, a video of him was shown where he said victory will be ours. for now,

only one person has been arrested in connection to his murder, while federal security services believe and organized group was behind the attack in saint petersburg on april 2nd, 26 year old daria triple bar is now facing a possible 20 year prison sentence. she faces charges of terrorism and possession of explosives and she's ation. she's denied security footage from the day of the attack appears short to provo carrying a bus up to tar sky that she had the tim at this cafe. moments later, the explosion happens, as the pro crumley supporter is they to rest, official fear, have stepped up, their search for others who they believe may have been involved in this attack. doors, the jabari arch, sierra moscow. saudi arabia and emmonds, who seem movement, have carried out to prisoners walk as talks or permanent seas. 5 deal with the rebels gets underway in santa refuse received 13 prisoners after releasing one.

saudi delegation from amman is helping to negotiate and enter the 8 year war between the wrong back group and saudi led military alliance comes after break here in the relationship between to run and re add last month. the 2 countries re established diplomatic ties in a deal broken by a jane. well now delegation of saudi officials arrived in iran to discuss the procedures for reopening saudi arabia's embassy, the saudi, iran, you foreign ministers match early this week for the 1st time in 7 years. the 2 powers of agreed to resume direct flight. also working on re establishing trade deals well in all the stores are following today, china is launch military drills around taiwan just days after the time when he's president visited the united states, she met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, in a move that angered beijing, taipei reported more than 70 chinese jets and the 8 warships crossing the median

line of the taiwan strait. the unofficial barrier between the 2 sides. catchy lopez or diane has more loosely this meeting between ty, once president sign one and us officials in taipei has high political implications . or the government says and needs international support, as threats from china get louder and closer, where the younger went in. i would like to reiterate that the people of taiwan love democracy, seek peace and are keen to fulfill the responsibility in the international community. china considers taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out using force to take it. the us says it's ready to expedite. weapon sales is not one of yours many sure. i saw often or no fear in tara and our phone, no problem. we will do it as well. now china has launched 3 days of

military exercises around taiwan, a response to the taiwanese president meeting earlier this week with you as how speaker kevin mccarthy. ah, ty wants a fighter jets responded with their own drills as fears grow about a possible escalation. it will be interesting to see just exactly how far the chinese are prepared to push this out. if i do stop an inspect ships and the taiwan strait and the ptolemy side, though, we're not going to comply them, there's the potential them for them to ascribe into some sort of exchange are far. but china remains defiant. haran and he pushes him. i mean, when the taiwan issue is not about democracy, it's an issue concerning china sovereignty and territorial integrity. taiwan is an an alias. so part of our country taiwan understands it needs international backing, especially from the united states. the question is whether it will be enough to deter beijing. katya little bits of again, alj

a 0 at least 80 people have been kidnapped in north west in nigeria. gunman targeted mostly women and children at a village and sam far is stay on friday. police, they're working with the military to rescue the victims. government is blamed criminal gangs for abducting hundreds of people in north and central nigeria for ransom. i might address has more now from connor. the security forces still insist that they own a trail of these gunmen for women and children who went out to do a work and also for however, this must escalation and define as being a mission by these funded whatever's funding for them. in the northwestern part of niger, and particularly in the past few months, there was a lot of collision affinity activity in that area and one residence of the village . why these people are secret, told, obviously that this morning, that in fact,

they suspect that it's in retaliation to be conducted by the security forces on the, because of the founded in some states in particular. and of course, recently some arrested in that and they feel that this could be the reason why they've seen these escalation recently. the last time they heard about it or seen anything of this magnitude was a long time before the election. so they said up to now and no contact from the kidnappers, or any demand for at least 44 people have been killed by on groups in between the factors, ne, inside the region attacks happen in 2 villages near the ninja border on thursday night and friday morning regional governess, as the perpetrators were put house of homes way after an offensive by security forces. the attorneys in officially said that at least 20 people have gone missing after their boat sank off the coast of the southern city of the fox. and we're

trying to cross the mediterranean and reach italy, according to the attorneys in coast guards. 17 others from the same boat were rescued. 2 of whom are in a critical condition. at least $500.00 migrants have been reported missing the mediterranean so far this year. while the horn of africa is experiencing its longest and most severe drought on record, pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation, some of them say the climate crisis is made this situation much worse. catherine sawyer reports now from the dub in northeast and kenya, aiden mohammed, nor is a fire will trader in, died out town. it's home to thousands of somebody. refugees who have escaped conflict and drought most rely on firewood and charcoal for warmth and cooking. nor a canyon says he has to travel farther to look for acacia trees, which are endangered species, ron. but before we used to walk for a short time to find the trees,

now we have to walk for 5 days to find anything that can make us enough money. the trees are getting scarce. trees and party grasslands, how long existed in this region. but now they have all but disappeared, exposing the area to san storms and blistering heat. people here rely on firewood for their cooking. we have been talking to sellers who say they have to go far to look for trees to cart, but they also know the harm caused by cutting down trees. but they say this is their livelihood. droughts have become more frequent in reason. yes. 5 rainy seasons have failed in the horn of africa, millions of people are on the brink of starvation. the number of people leaving in dobb and other r e areas is growing rapidly and resources are stretched. climate change is also making life was for many, kenya is ahead of many other countries in working to safeguard the environment. but

honestly say more needs to be done. there is a difference with action that are happening as pockets as compared to happening, upscale, un, touching the lives of many people. and the argument is, can we bring those pockets of successes to scale my mother lloyd, horn of africa, but we need to graduate from policy to action. nur has lived in the dub or his life . he says, if the environment continues to deteriorate, he can see his way of life been white. gout katherine saw all the 0 the dub in north eastern kenya. ah jessica, me, cap of the main stories we're following now and protest is across israel of gathered again in their tens of thousands.