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agents felt after 2 nights of protests and clashes with gleason to receive the ruling party says it's dropping the draft law which critics say stifles free speech . and damage is george is a bit to join the boss concern in israel over plans to overhaul the legal system. people take to the streets, to challenge government proposals to check the supreme court's power. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. russia has unleashed a massive missile attack across ukraine, killing at least 6 people. missiles knocked out the power supply to zap or regia, europe's largest nuclear power plant. ukraine says the plant has now been reconnected to the power grid. ukraine also says it down to nearly half the missiles launched by russia in more than 10 regions,

which also struck residential buildings in the capital. keith mera vitale, cisco said, 40 per cent of residents are without heating. following the missile brush. at dawn, smoke billows a cross keys skyline, the ukrainian capital just one of several regions hit by a barrage of russian missile strikes while people was sleeping. we woke up to very strong explosion. it felt like it had stuck the house next door, or somewhere very close, but we didn't immediately understand what it, what we ran to the corridors reduced darley. i'm fed up for that. i can't, isn't anyone, any mortal? no, mercedes, good. how can you do this? what mortimer, how's that possible for the names are different and they're not human? i don't know what to call them. we're kick off their frightening the children for their traumatizing them. if it's, if you couldn't,

you couldn't at least 5 people were killed after a rock. it struck houses in the levine area. there were also reports of fatalities in the region of cas on russian missile strikes also force this upper reaches nuclear power plant off the grid. this latest attack on europe's largest nuclear power station is causing huge international concern. this is the 6th time that this up. what is your nuclear power plant has look all off site power and house had to operate in this emergency mold. let me remind you. this is the largest nuclear power station in europe operating for the 6 time under emergency diesel generators. what are we doing?

this was russia's 1st mass missiles strike since mid february. it says it was targeting ukrainian infrastructure, but yet again, it's left ukrainians. counting the dead. let's get straight across at to keep and our corresponding, i mean as a sending by hi i'm here. we have news that this operation, nuclear power plant appears to be back on wine. but earlier the i. e, i. e, a chief saying this is the 6th time that it has lost all off site power. that is extremely worrying update. can you tell us a little bit more about what we know of the state of affairs there? the throw, it seems that this power plan ends up richer, which is the largest in europe, as you heard, was temporarily taken off of the electric power supply that allows it to operate. now they have a system in place that it will automatically start using power from generators that

run on diesel. so russia attempted to play down the danger here saying that it's happened before and that the power plant has always remained in stable condition. and now what's important to understand is that russia is now in control, or since the very early on in the war has been in control of this up, russia, nuclear power plant, but it gets its electric supply from the ukrainian grid. so strikes like these from russia can actually take the power plant off the grid, but we heard what raphael grossi said, and he said that, oh, this is just a roll of the dice. that if we allow this to continue to happen, then it's only a matter of time before our luck runs out and tell us more about these missiles strikes, it appears. this is the biggest wave of russian strikes in the last few weeks. can you tell us what kind of damage has been done? it would not be an exaggeration to say that these strikes hid in almost every region in the country. there is 81 missiles launched and ukraine said they shut

down 34 of the missiles, but that's not a good ratio. as you can calculate it. there was a strikes in the south in odessa, there were strikes in the east in har keith, there, there were strikes in the north and journey of and, and in the west in levine. it was very significant because this is the 1st time since the beginning of the war, that a residential area in the western region of a v has suffered a direct hit. now we're hearing reports that 5 people have died after it hit a house there in a suburban area. so perhaps a most shocking for residence in far west ukraine, which is very far away from the front line and is not in daily contact with the death and destruction of this war. and in your course reporting for us from the capital keith, he woke up there this morning to the sound of explosions. can you give us an update on what the situation is like now? the strikes were very close to the center of the city. this time the explosion was

so loud that it shook me awake as i did many other residents here. we know that it struck in 2 regions. one of them hit in an electrical plant that supplies power to the city. so at least 15 percent of the city were lost, power, a 40 percent lost heat, and that's a change from the last few weeks when there was relative calm here. and it's going back to the months over the winter that t of suffered very regular strikes, which caused blackouts. and really reminded people in care of that no part of this country is safe, as long as russia is continuing its invasion on as a thank you. so much for that update in teams. so safe georgia's ruling party has been forced to think again, it is announced, it will drop as controversial for an agent draft bill after international criticism and tonight of violent clashes between police and protesters and georgia. formerly part of the soviet union has applied to become a member of the european union and the nato military alliance.

up against the riot police battling for the future direction of their country. now, it seems their voices were heard. after another night of violent protests into georgian capital, tbilisi, the ruling party announced they would draw the 4 an agent law. for 2 nights the police tried to disperse, to crowds defiant protesters waved e u, flags rejecting a draft law that they say is reminiscent of existing legislation and russia that has been used to crack down on descent. critics say the law which would have required and g o's,

an independent media who receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to declare themselves. foreign agents is undemocratic. the draft law didn't just stir public anger at a beat on the bill in parliament on monday, and it was law makers getting into draw to use representative for foreign affairs. had warned the bill would be bad move for the country. now the government seems to have caved, withdrawing the draft before it could become law. but this alone will likely not put an end to popular protests. many are calling for formal denouncement of the bill and a release of protesters who were detained by the police. earlier our correspondent maria, cut him outside into lease. he told us more about why this proposed law faith. that

opposition then, always widely seen russia for an agent. legislation that it was introduced in russia allowed the crumbling to crack down on civil society and in georgia. there is a very much anti crammed in mood. georgia sees this legislation as the put in legislation as the position posts it's so they're really kind of they were concerned about russia, the influence, and we've seen the proto people who are saying no to the russian law. never back to the u. s. ceasar. so they don't really want to jeopardize the future by introducing this law as i sat there towards the authorities job the bail. however, us we don't know still if still wouldn't be range reduce later. let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world. 2 officials

in indonesia have been given prison sentences of 12 and 18 months for negligence. that led to one of the deadliest stadium a stampede in history. $135.00 people died in october last year when chaos broke out. after a football match in east java provence and investigation found the police had worse and the chaos i firing here got a crowd. 3 palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire with israeli security forces in the occupied west bank. israel said it folders had rated the village of job watch whose arrest suspected militants. the deaths come amid escalating violence in the occupied westbank. while in israel, a judicial restructuring effort has led to widespread protests, proposed laws would reduce the powers of the supreme court and allow political influence, injustice appointments, crowds opposing these plans have been gathering in protest with critics, voicing grave concerns about the rule of law and hauling the proposes

a threat to democracy, while supporters of the plans say they reflect the will of the people. our correspondent took the temperature of some earlier protests which have gathered over recent days to confront the government's latest move. it's one of the many protest happening across israel. this time, israel army veterans and reserve is have invited the public to demonstrate against the government's plans to change to legal system across the street from prime minister benjamin netanyahu office sigma bessler, a physicist as addressing the rally. these were the scientist boys, but israel, democracy is in danger. the new government trying to impose laws such that the government will be supreme to basically everything, including justice. so why we are here to make sure that such legislation will never pass. it will take us down below that, that hungary and poland and turkey and iran went before us. we just want to make

sure that this is not happening here as well. just a few 100 meters away at israel tennis at the far right government is pushing through with its plans to trust stickly curve. the powers of the nation's supreme court. parts of the legislation have already passed the 1st reading in parliament simco hoffman from the far right village has signed his party is one of the main architects of the tradition reform. he states voters have given the government a monday to go ahead with a controversial overhaul in november. first. a lot of people went out of the whole homes and voted, and they voted on exactly this issue. so to listen to that, there is a lot of people with it is small minority israel said to says, is that this reform is not good for them. we have basically a court that is an unbalanced and uncheck on like the other entities in with the government, which are checked and balance. so we need to introduce checks and balances to services to the deponent disagree. they say the overhauled the give the government

unchecked power and overrides israeli to dish or aris independence in little. and there's no constitution in the state of israel and no declaration of human rights. we do not have the 2 houses of parliament. we do not have a term limits for the prime minister the now and i'll be more than that's why in terms of checks and balances. many times we lean on the high court decisions. this slow makes it impossible for the supreme court to oversee the kinessa and the government's action as another protest. this time in front of the prime minister's residence in jerusalem. after weeks of demonstrations, people here are angry that their voices are not being heard. and legislation is being pushed through here because things are getting really radical with good enough people citizens.

i would say that the bunch of 3 me just to go over the parliament and they just want to buy their own laws. they don't care about us. they don't care about the public local, just keep coming here to say what we have to say. we try not the way, but i mean, we have nothing else to do and we need to fight for our country. despite efforts by israeli president, isaac has spoken to others, a meaningful dialogue on the issue has yet to materialize. the government insists the reforms i essential and doesn't seem to be backing down more. let's bring in our corresponded rebecca readers reporting from tel aviv where protesters have been gathered today. rebecca, they're calling it a day of resistance. can you tell us what the latest is from these demonstrations? yes, claire, i'm a actually, as you mentioned in central television devices, they this scene of weekly demonstrations for more than 2 months. now, behind me,

you can see the loss of the port as is the way here today they were. this is dying down now towards the end of the day, but paper doesn't have been telling me that they're coming back for, for a night vigil as well. a little earlier just beneath where, where standing is the main highway protest is try to block that highway and there was scuffles as feel tardies of believe tried to drag away, protested off off the highway and clear those protest is out to try and re open it up, but as you know, you mentioned it is inc, hold the day of resistance a day. um you know, the resistance against the dictatorship is what organizes are calling. it has a very strong words here. this is a thursday, it's a weekday. it has all sorts of disruption. earlier we were at the airport that there were thousands of people there and lots of cars trying to block the entrance to the, to the airport, where prime minister benjamin netanyahu was meeting with defense minister of the u . s. lloyd austin and then he was also flying to italy. people were trying to, to get there in disrupt his entrance, although he came then by police escort in

a chopper. so he was able to make it into the airport, but definitely those things wouldn't have gone gone unnoticed. in fact, that meeting with lloyd austin, the u. s. defense secretary was actually had to be completely rescheduled and actually held at the airport because they weren't able to get into the city where and where those events were supposed to be taking place. so definitely the protestors have succeeded in causing disruption here today. and we are expecting more into the evening. he's mentioned that these photos are going on for more than 2 months now. is there any indication that the government is taking notice? well, yes, there are sort of moves towards a compromise. but you know, the government side vote for them for their side. i saying that sir, they're not ready to compromise. many of in the government, benjamin netanyahu and his, the could party. and there are members within there that are talking about potentially compromising the president isaac her talk. he's been drafting alpha,

exactly that. a compromise that both sides can agree to the will made reforms to the court. but rolling back some of the more extreme measures that the government at proposing at the moment, so there are new to was compromise. but at this stage we really don't know what's going to happen. we just don't know whether the 2 sides will be able to come close enough. and if not, then we do expect these protests to continue with you so much reporting that of course, wanted rebecca readers intelligence and was a take a deeper into this with me, our folks, he is a senior researcher at the israel democracy institute. welcome. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. i want to start by assuming just for a moment that the protests do go unheard. and that plans to curb the supreme court become a reality in israel. what would that change? it's will take away the only check or balance that is ro, democracy has news. well we don't have them by camel parliament. we don't have a president with a veto power. and if we don't, we're not subject to an international call that human course of the european court

of human rights. so the only thing we do have to preserve some kind of checks and balances and preserve human rights. is our supreme court that has some powerful, judicial review. what this, what we call a overhaul is to take away this power and have a powerful overriding every and for the king, the simple majority of $61.00, which is a 51 percent. and also they will have complete power on then on the nation to the court. so it will be a very hollow democracy, which the majority can do actually whatever do you want. now the architects of this legal overhaul, one of whom we heard just there in that last report, they say the supreme court is the only israeli institution that is not checked and balanced, which is why educational reform is needed. what do you make of their reasoning? well, i don't agree with it because the government in israel has so much power and the government actually controls the legislature and therefore the legislature rules

the legislature, the basic laws which was the constitution. so, and also in the current situation, there is equal power for the government and the judges themselves in denominations for the court. so the court is bonds and it's actually not so activist. so i don't agree with it. there are checks and balances on the part of the supreme court as it is today. what the government is seeking is absolute power. and this is of course, what the liberal democracy cannot hold when there is a complete power, absolute power for the government. now the architects of this overall, but of course a is not absolute power they're seeking, they're looking simply for a system to keep the supreme court in check. i want to ask you about the timing of this initiative and we have benjamin netanyahu. he's israel's longest serving prime minister for a total of over 15 years. what do you think has changed that we are now seeing his

government push forward this traditional overhaul plan? well, he says she thinks this agenda this, i think of getting more power or absolute power in my view for the government and for the majority is not just in israel, it's, it's an agenda, populous agenda which empowers go to the people. let's take away the power of the safeguards, the safe, the gatekeepers, the lease, the judges. it's something which is not just the news where we see it in other places, but also, and we have to admit that that venue, anything you know, was a thought otherwise. just a few, 578 years ago he was against all of these initiatives which were on the table. then he said, you have to have a very strong and independent judiciary. but he change his mind and it's not. i bet it's not a coincidence that you change his mind about 5 years ago since he was investigated

by the police. and now he's going to try for a criminal offense. so now he's a defendant, and he tries to change the judiciary and the judges and the whole system. so it's not a coincidence. you are suggesting that this is perhaps politically motivated on behalf of benjamin netanyahu, but does it not have more to do with his new coalition government? is that the major change that we've seen in israel that has led to this push? sure, so as i said it is, it's 2 things that are not created. i'm not saying this is all about it. and yeah, i was case. but if you ask me what change his mind, i think it has a link to that. but of course, as you said, we are now having an extreme right edition, and they want to have power to do stuff that the supreme court will not allow laws that are going against equality laws that will refrain june, freedom of religion and freedom of religion. and equality for non jews,

equality for women. so you cannot do all that if you have a supreme court that is having judicial review over legislation and therefore you need to have more power or in my view. absolutely. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us on deed of the news that is, and they are folks with the israel democracy institute. appreciate your time as his mother news now and ever since sweden expressed its wish to join nato, turkey has blocked its path, claiming the sweden harboured kurdish terrorists. now the 2 countries along with finland are resuming talks over membership in the military alliance is a positive move for sweden since turkey had cancelled earlier negotiations due to a protest in stockholm where a demonstrator burnt the koran. so bad, kara, dumont is not a politician, but as occurred, she says she cannot be silent. like many of her friends, she is worried that sweden's kurdish community will have to pay the prize for

placating turkey and securing nato membership for sweden. i don't personally think swedish government is going to to stand against turkey and say, look, those are integrated people. those are kurdish people. doors were political asylum seekers. if handled on one sit in sweden. is this for us to get into the night too? yes, i do understand, but it shouldn't be costing him people who can't defend themselves for months now, turkey has been locking stock, hans nato albert claiming that sweden harbors kurdish militants and demanding the extradition of individuals. it considers terrorists the government and stockholm has already introduced changes to its security services and its constitution. and now a new law will be put to a vote in the parliament, supporting or financing a terrorist organisation could then be punished with for years in prison. the swedish government says, until now it's been hard to prosecute people unless their actions could be cap

holds to a specific terrorist act. they promise the law would not affect people just waving flags or demonstrating. but critics fear the government's main goal is to appease turkey. jessica, they're telling her member of the left part in the swedish parliament warns there will be cushions. it's one of our main concerns with this sir proposal that you give away a lot of the freedom in our constitution. and we think that we need to stand up for the basic principle in, in our constitution, where there were the rights and the privilege shot to have. despite that criticism, the law is likely to be approved by the parliament. but no one from the ruling coalition was willing to speak with the w, a hat of the vote. the far right sweden, democrats who supported the government, were not so shy force. there has been, oh,

there has been needs fought for new legislation in this area on this matter and, and her, it doesn't, sir. it isn't harmful that, that, that all so fulfill expectations and, and am or contribute to, to a better collaboration or diplomatic year relations to turkey at swedish kurdish activists question whether such a collaboration is worth risking the country reputation as a liberal haven for refugees to day i am not the proud 3, the swedish citizen, because i feel that the sweden does everything last a sweden or sacrifice the identity of the country just for the member of the nato. and this is not good for the reputation of 3, though. according to a recent poll, a majority of sweets wants to governments not to give in to turkish demands, but dad doesn't really come forward. saba had kara dorman, she's concerned about what all of this means for her community. after all,

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