welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines.. thousands of protestors take to the streets in israel — including outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu injerusalam — after he sacks his defence minister for condemning his controversialjudicial reforms. this sacking of israel's defence minister who spoke out against the legislation here she feels too many people here like a turning point. warnings of more severe weather in mississippi — after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of tunisia. 29 people have died and others are still missing. and the campaigner who's run

200 marathons in the last year to highlight the issue of water overconsumption. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where mass protests have been taking place in several cities after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant. mr gallant was dismissed after he called for controversial plans to overhaul the justice system to be scrapped. (os)these are pictures of the scenes in tel aviv tonight. as you can see, protesters are gathering momentum. we have seen these sorts of scenes over the last couple of days where

tens of thousands of protesters returning to the streets on sunday night, waving israeli flags following mr gallant dismissal. he's been accused of behaving like a dictator and through destroying the security of israel. the opposition also describing mr gallant sacking as a new low for the government and a move that harms national security. a lot of tense scenes in israel tonight. for more, we can hearfrom the bbc�*s anna foster, who has been following the protesters injerusalem and she has just sent us this update. tonight, this is a large and spontaneous gathering. this one is here injerusalem. we follow this crowd as they march from the residential prime minister here to the israeli parliament. on their way here, they were sprayed with water from water

cannon. they had to climb through undergrowth to make it here. but you can see that has not deterred these protesters. thousands of them waving flags, some of them have brought pots and pans to bang. there is chanting and there are really strong messages to the israeli government tonight. notjust government tonight. not just here government tonight. notjust here injerusalem, but across the country. tens of thousands of people have turned up in tel aviv, on the isle of highway, where they have close that road down because there sacking of ritz rails defence minister who spoke out against the resin station feels to many people here are like a turning point. it feels like a moment when benjamin netanyahu needs to try and keep this country in order. he wants to push this legislation through before the end of this week, and at the moment thousands of people are here on the streets of israel to try and stop him.- here on the streets of israel to try and stop him. that was my colleague who _ to try and stop him. that was my colleague who has - to try and stop him. that was my colleague who has been l my colleague who has been following that story for us.

earlier i spoke to barak ravid who is a journalist and middle east correspondent for the digital news website axios in tel aviv. i asked him what's at stake here. thank you for having me, and what is at stake at the moment is the future of israel's democracy. this is not about this or that law. when the government came into office three months ago, it announced a judicial overall plan that includes a set of something like 20 different laws that when you put all of them together, you see that the result is that israel will be less democratic. the government was planning to take over all appointments of the judges, giving the coalition a full majority in picking supreme court judges, limiting supreme court ability to strike down laws, and a list of, again, 20 other measures that again, the result of all of them is that isreal

will be less democratic. and slowly, people are realising and people on the left, in the centre and on the right realise that this was not something that this government told people that it was going to do during the election campaign and at the end of the day, yes? sorry to jump in there, we're looking at live pictures of the moments of that scene, the scale of the protests and demonstrate is growing by the second there in tel aviv where you are as i understand it, this evening. you've talked us through the opposition to these laws but what is it exactly that the prime minister is trying to achieve with changing the judiciary reforms in this way? what does he say. we have to remember he is facing a trial right now. for bribery fraud and breach of

trust. for bribery fraud and breach of trust. at the same time, he is trying to decide who are going to be the supreme court justices that might need to decide on his appeal. and he has a lot of other plans, like for example sacking the attorney general and other issues that are all meant to influence his own trial and to make sure that he doesn't go to jail. i think that when this is the motivation, he allowed many other radical elements to take control of this judicial reform and take it to very extreme places. and just to say that he has of course been denying those allegations. but i want to put to the fact that we have seen the sacking of the defence minister. how serious is this for the government there in terms of stability going forward? do you see more people voicing their opposition and also, as a result being sacked?

just so that you understand the reaction to his decision to fire minister of defence governor, right now in tel aviv there are close to —— and it's iam now. there are close to 100,000 people demonstrating in the streets at one a:m.. 100,000 people. and why did he fire the minister of defence? because yesterday he gave a speech and warned that this judicial overhaul, it has become a clear and immediate danger for israel's national security. this is not me saying that. i am quoting him, the minister of defence warned about the threat to israel's defence, and as a result he was fired by the prime minister. i think people realise that those kind of steps and decisions by the prime minister show that he lost touch with reality.

that was a journalist and middle east correspondent. let me show you these live pictures from israel.. we have seen water cannons being fired at protesters, demonstrators taking to the streets, tens of thousands of them returning to the streets on sunday night waving israeli flags. on sunday night waving israeli flags. following the dismissal of defence minister yoav gallant. this has been described as a crucial turning point in israel. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu removed mr gallant after he called on the prime minister to halt legislation on his proposed

changes to the judiciary. the protest we are seeing right now are taking place in tel aviv but we have seen demonstrations injerusalem as well. the scale of emotion and feeling has divided the country. many are seeing it as a threat to israeli democracy. we will have lots more for you on their story as and when we get further developments right here on bbc news. to the us now, where president biden has ordered federal aid to be sent to the southern state of mississippi, as emergency services work to help hundreds of people left homeless by a powerful tornado. at least 26 people have died, and dozens have been injured. our north america correspondent, sophie long, reports from one town that's been virtually destroyed. as you drive into rolling fork, you can see the extent of the destruction. the tornado has completely obliterated this community.

from the air, you can see the direct path it took. some trees have been stripped of their branches and uprooted. others are totally untouched. then as you reache the town, total devastation. and this is the moment it struck a school nearly four hours drive away in emory, indicating just how far it travelled without losing strength. salvage what i can. in rolling fork, survivors sift through what remains of their flattened homes. trying to make sure i get all their shoes. stifling tears as they think of loved ones who didn't survive the storm. darrell lost his uncle. told me to lift the trailer, told me he tried to flatten down flat and it blew up. his roommate was in the truck. he tried to get back to the house, but he couldn't get in the house.

so he dived in the truck. he told me seeing the trailer go up in the air, flattened down like a pancake and just explode. president biden has promised federalfunds and the support they need to rebuild their community. i want to personally thank president biden and his team for very quickly signing the emergency declaration that we sent up on yesterday. obviously, the resources that the people here in rolling fork and throughout mississippi need.. the help is on the way. but it's hard to imagine how this devastated community can ever fully recover. i hope that we can bounce back from this, man. i know it's a lot. i know i'm saying a lot and i'm hoping for a lot. but we lost a lot. so i'm hoping... all we can do is hope and pray. the clear up operation is only nowjust beginning. they have a huge task ahead. sophie long, bbc news rolling fork, mississippi. cbs correspondent mike hellgren

has been spending time on the ground in rolling fork and gave us this update about relief efforts. neighbours are helping neighbours. we have seen so many charitable organisations providing food and drink to those who need it. there are shelters available. and as you heard, that federal government help is on the way. it so much needed. these scenes are just heartbreaking. behind me you see very little left of this house. a woman survived in her closet there. i talked to her son just a short time ago. her husband was trapped underneath a mattress. he also survived. you can see just a short distance away, there is a pick—up truck that was just thrown onto a pile of debris. so that help is very much needed. but we are seeing so many from even outside this community coming in and trying to provide assistance to people who desperately need it here right now.

mike, as you mentioned the rebuilding is going to take some time, of course. but now we are hearing more bad weather is to come. how bad could it get? well, right now you can see it's raining just a little bit. according to the national weather service there is an enhanced risk for severe weather, possibly more tornadoes in this area, winds more than 100 km an hour, and hail. that's going to be coming through tonight, so people are bracing for that. you can see there's not much left here, but a lot of people have tried to gather up what belongings they could salvage. before that severe weather comes in within the next few hours, and people are urged to pay attention to any weather bulletins. i want to take you to some live images that we are getting right now.

from myanmar�*s capital naypyidaw, where army troops are march in a parade to mark the armed forced day. you can see it's very early on monday there, still dark, and they celebrating the 78th anniversary of the founding of the national army during world war two to fight against the japanese invasion. myanmar�*sjunta leader min aung hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup in 2021, is expected to deliver a speech to mark the occasion. since he has seen that coup, more than two hundred 19 people have been killed. that's according to the monitoring group the assistance association for political prisoners. the military leaders had been hoping to hold an election this year and the belief that this would give their government some badly needed legitimacy, but opposition is rising to their rule, even with the extensive use of aerial bombardment in recent months. you're watching

newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. we'll hear from the campaigner who's run 200 marathons in the last year to highlight the issue of water overconsumption. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions work but they didn't work quite well enough to present some old fears about the safety features of the station for resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, and were lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. , , ., , ., , fine. the president was on his wa out fine. the president was on his way out of _ fine. the president was on his way out of the _ fine. the president was on his way out of the washington - way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been

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with the leaders of ghana, tanzania and zambia which will focus on democracy, climate change, security, the economy, and the impact of russia's invasion of ukraine. our ghana correspondent thomas naadi reports. vice president harris his visit and an attempt to strengthen the relationship in africa. this is significant because, as seen —— mark during her visit at the airport she said that america is hoping to invest more in africa. i america is hoping to invest more in africa.— america is hoping to invest more in africa. i am here to address _ more in africa. i am here to address some _ more in africa. i am here to address some of _ more in africa. i am here to address some of the - more in africa. i am here to address some of the issues | more in africa. i am here to - address some of the issues that relate to the partnership between this continent, its people, and the people of the united states. and to reinforce the work that we will continue to do together. her the work that we will continue to do together.— the work that we will continue to do together. her visit comes at a time _ to do together. her visit comes at a time when _ to do together. her visit comes at a time when the _ to do together. her visit comes at a time when the country - to do together. her visit comes at a time when the country is i at a time when the country is struggling to overcome the

pandemic, and ukraine. with $1.9 billion. and vice president kamal harris will be visiting —— the majority of which is owed to chinese lenders. america's allies have been engaging china on their agreement. china, which is africa's biggest partner and lender, have been very reluctant. the presence of other group of powers like russia on the continent is growing with people operating in countries like malley and the central of the republic. what is the direct threat for us interest. engagement is to give more options rather than limit them. and what is considered a mutually beneficial relationship, president biden is expected to visit this continent later this

year. let's bring you some breaking news. south korea's military says north korea has fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile into the sea — the latest in a series of weapons tests in recent weeks. the launch comes just days after seoul and washington wrapped up their largestjoint military drills in five years. in response, pyongyang carried out military drills of its own, including test—firing a new underwater drone with nuclear capability and its second intercontinental ballistic missile launch this year. again, we will have more in that story on the bbc website and on bbc news as we get further developments. do you stay tuned for that. moving away from north korea now,. moving away from north korea now,. coastguards in tunisia say 29 people are now known to have drowned when two boats carrying migrants sank within hours of each other. the vessels were heading to italy — as part of an increase in crossings that's seen

several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusa. four other boats have gone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. the world needs to urgently modifiy it's consumption of water — that was the key message at the end of the un's first water security conference in almost half a centruy. un secretary—general antonio guterres told the three day conference in new york that the future of humanity depended on its adoption of an agenda for water use based on science. the conference heard water scarcity is becoming endemic due to over—consumption and pollution. one campaigner has literally gone a long way to highlight this issue, running 200 marathons in one year, from her native australia to america. thejourney taking mina guli through the outback down under... via the mountains and snow... and places like central asia and europe. and across the plains of africa before finally arriving in the us.

that's a trek of more than eight—and—a—half thousand kilometres. the australian arrived at her final destination outside the un headquarters in new york city on wednesday. she says she set out looking for a water problem, but discovered a global "catastrophe". and mina guli joined me earlier. i began by asking her the most striking image or story she encountered on her amazing journey. it's hard to pick. there were so many. ultimately, i wanted to use the stories of the people on the ground to help drive action...action from governments, act action from companies who represent 90% of our global water consumption, and action by individuals. and what i found was absolutely catastrophic. whether it was trekking up to the tops of mountains in central asia where

i climbed up glaciers and witnessed the absolute melding a thousand glaciers, you look out the valley and what should be filled with ice is barren land. and even parts of australia which have been wrecked by droughts and floods and depredation, having an opportunity to meet some of the farmers there, or whether it's through some of the deserts of africa where women and girls have to walk for hours every day to go fast water. but it's even in populated places like europe where i am able to run under bridges because the water levels are at their lowest ever. these are all striking images that will stay with me forever. i hope this will help me to drive the action from governments and companies that we are going to need to solve this global water crisis. absolutely, mina. those images are going to stay with us for some time as well. but what exactly is it that you are looking for companies and governments to do? what kind of action do you want to see?

so what i want is that governments and companies, particularly, put water front of mind in every decision that they make. whether it's making decisions about investments or decisions about where they purchase or make new acquisitions. i came from a business background and i realised that in the process of making assessments, nobody is factoring water risks. so, i'm asking companies and governments to do three things. firstly, understand their water risk. secondly, understand the gap where they should be on water and where they are now. and thirdly, plan and implement a plan for how to close that gap. there are lots of examples, lots of opportunities for collaboration. our river basin management, working with other ngos to implement strategies which will help to manage our water more efficiently, and ultimately, help to reduce the risk for companies and help governments to manage the risk for water to all of us who are members of their communities.

mina, i know what you saw during your travels during those marathons was as you described it a global catastrophe in the making. but in terms of inspirational stories, did you find people working together to solve these problems's can you tell us a little about that because mac yeah, so i think it's easy to look at these things and hear from companies and governments for taking action, but we can do hard things. whether it's running marathons or solving the global water crisis, we can do it needed. at the end of the day we can particularly do it if we work together. so when i started writing i was one person running in the desert. by person running in the desert. by the time i finished my 200th marathon on the steps of the united nations, we had thousands of people in over 200 countries and territories across the world running alongside of me. that gives me hope and it gives me inspiration for the future. inspiration for a monday morning, just what we need, right? mina speaking to me

about that amazing journey. lots more as well on the bbc website if you're looking for a more in—depth analysis on that story. but i want to tell you about something quite different now. 110w. when you work on an international news channel, you have folks coming in from lots of different time zones. so its safe to say we sometimes get our days mixed up. that means i've got some sympathy with the people of lebanon. people there have been waking up in two time zones, with the country's political and religious authorities unable to agree on when the clocks should go forward. the caretaker prime minister, najeeb mikati, announced that daylight saving would begin at the end of ramadan in late april, allowing those fasting to enjoy their first meal of the day earlier. but the christian authorities insist on the change on the last sunday in march, as happens most years. they have not yet sorted that out. they have not yet sorted that out. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. i want to leave you with some pictures of what's taking place

in israel at the moment. as you can see there, protesters gathering. that's all for now, stay with bbc news. hello there, the second half of the weekend marked a change to our weather. we saw cold arctic air spreading southwards slowly during sunday, and the cold air will be with us to start the new week. so monday, cold, dry and bright for most of us, however very shortlived because from tuesday onwards, it turns wetter and windy again, and milder thanks to atlantic low—pressure systems. but this area of high pressure will bring us a fine day for monday. but we're in this cold air mass, as you can see here from the blue colours, so a cold, frosty start for many, still some wintry showers affecting eastern coasts, a risk of ice here for many. any mist and fog will fade away, it stays sunny into the afternoon, just the chance of the odd light shower here and there, but most places should stay dry.

after that cold start, temperatures reaching highs of 7—10 degrees, we could be up to 11 degrees in the southwest as cloud and breeze pick up here. as we move through monday night, we start to see this frontal system working its way into western areas, so temperatures pick up across western areas, but the rain bumps into the cold air, likely to turn into snow over higher ground, another chilly night across eastern scotland and eastern england. tuesday, we're very much dominated by low pressure once again, and these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. you can see the white colours indicating a bit of transient snow on the leading edge of that rain band as it spreads northwards, generally it's going to be a cloudy, breezy day with outbreaks of rain, drier interludes at times. and temperatures will be lifting, up to 12 degrees in the west, still quite cool across more eastern areas. on wednesday, we usher in some very mild air indeed around this area of low pressure. you can see the yellow and orange starting to push northwards and eastwards.

a very mild start to the day on wednesday, a lot of cloud, limited brightness, outbreaks of rain spilling up from the south and the west, moving northwards, some will be quite heavy at times. temperatures up to the mid—teens for many of us in england, wales, northern ireland, and double figures across scotland. stays unsettled for thursdasy and friday. sunshine and showers for thursday. friday, we could see a potent deep area of low pressure spread across the country to bring a risk of gales. it does look like on friday the risk of gales will be around southern and western coasts — certainly england and wales will be windy — both days unsettled, but both days very mild.

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