ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia unleashed as a massive missile attack on ukraine, explosions and keys and across the country, target energy infrastructure and hit residential buildings. we'll get the latest from our correspondent in the ukrainian capital on the show. after 2 nights of

clashes with the police in tbilisi, georgia backtracks on it's controversial foreign agents belt. the ruling party says it's dropping the draft law to which critics say stifles free speech. and protests over plans to overhaul israel and legal system walk roads here, the country's main airport forcing the israeli prime minister to take a helicopter to an official meeting. 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 a risha, europe's largest nuclear power plant. but ukraine now says the plant has 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. keep matt visually click.

go said 40 percent of residents are without heating following the strikes at don't smoke billows across. keep skyline, the ukrainian capital, just one of several regions hit by a barrage of russian missile strikes while people was sleeping. we will come to a 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 was we ran to the corridors. reduce starlight. i'm fed up with it. i can't stand him any mortal. no mercedes, good. how can you do this? he bought the merchandise. 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 cason. 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 these 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 id of these correspondent i'm in essence in the capital keith. earlier he told me the latest about this operation, nuclear plants that i assume that this power plant 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 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. and the war has been in control of the sap risha

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 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 strides, 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. odessa, there were strikes in the east in har keith, 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 vive 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 most shockey 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. i mean, your, of course, reporting for us from the capital keep people 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 had 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 or 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 key of suffered very regular strikes,

which caused blackouts, and really reminded people and key if there are no part of this country as safe as long as rushers continuing its invasion on as a thank you so much for that update in houston safe or georgia, rolling party has been forced to think again, it has announced it will drop its controversial foreign agent draft bill after international criticism and 2 nights of violent clashes between police and protesters. 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, and now they would,

would draw the foreign 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, were drawing 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 months in tbilisi told us more about why this proposed law faced such opposition. noise widely seen as 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 crumbling mood and georgia. see this legislation as the put in

legislation as the opposition posts. it's so they're really kind of they were concerned about russia influence and we've seen on 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 this or it is job to bail, however us, we don't know still, if the law wouldn't be range reduce later, we can bring you up to speed. now with some other world news headlines, 2 officials in indonesia have been given prison sentences of 12 and 18 months for negligence. that led to one of history's deadliest stadium stampedes. $135.00 people died in october last year when chaos broke out after a football match in east java province. an investigation found that police had worsened the chaos by firing tear gas in the crowd. rescuers in the spanish

region of catalonia, say they fear the worst for 3 people traps. keep down a mine near far slona. local authorities say there has been no sign of life from the workers. since part of the protest mind collapsed on thursday morning. 3 palestinians were killed in an exchange of fire with israeli security forces and occupied westbank. israel said its folgers had rated the village of java to arrest suspected militants. the death come on the escalating violence in the occupied westbank. while in israel efforts by the new right when government to reform the judiciary have led to widespread protests, the proposed laws would reduce the powers of the supreme court and allow more political influence in the appointments of judges. crowds opposing these plans block roads leading to israel's main international airport. the disruption force, both prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and visiting us secretary of defense,

lloyd austin, to change plan. critics of the reforms have called the proposals a threat to democracy. supporters in this they reflect the will of the people his correspond to rebecca, rigorous as in tel aviv, where protesters have gathered for what they're calling a day of resistance. here is what she told us. yes, clare, i'm a actually, as he's mentioned in central television, this faces this scene of weekly demonstrations for more than 2 months. now, behind me, you can see the last of the purchases that were here today. there were thousands, it 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 trying to block that highway and that was scuffles as feel tardies of belief tried to drag away. mm hm. off the highway and clear those protesters out to try and re open it up. but as you know, you mentioned it is being called the day of resistance a day. um, you know,

the resistance against the dictatorship is what organizes like holding. it has a very strong words here. this is a 1st day, it's a weekday. it has pulls up diverse disruption. earlier we were at the airport that there were thousands of people there. 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 get there and disrupt his entrance. although he came then by police escort in a chapa, 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 us 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, where those event was supposed to be taking place. so definitely the protest is i have succeeded in causing disruption here today. and we are expecting more into the evening. he's mentioned that these photos with going on for more than 2 months now

. is there any indication that the government is taking notice? mm hm. well, yes, there are sort of moved towards a compromise. this is the government side for them to their side. i saying that they don't ready to compromise many of in the government benjamin netanyahu, and he's like good party. and there are members within there that are talking about potentially compromising the president isaac hotel. he's been dropping out a exactly that a compromise that both sides can agree to the will made reform to the court. but rolling back some of the more extreme measures that the government i'm proposing at the moment. so there are moves towards 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 to so much fear, affording that of course, wanted rebecca readers and telephones and to be our folks as a senior researcher at the israel democracy institute. i asked him earlier,

what would change in israel if the plans to curb, the supreme court really become reality? it's will take away the only check or balance that is ro, democracy has in his well we don't have them by come will parliament. we don't have a president with a veto power or anything. 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 and some kind of checks and balances and preserving human rights is our supreme court that has some powerful judicial review. what the plan is in this, what we call a overhaul, is to take away this power and have a powerful overriding every and very the can the simple majority of 61, which is the 51 percent. and also they will have complete power on denominations 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 a judicial 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 for 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 boss 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 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 a single getting more power or absolute power in my view for the government and for the majority, it's not just in it's, it's an agenda, populist agenda which empowers good people. let's take away the power of the safeguards. it is safe. the gatekeepers that you lease the judges. it's something which is not just in the israel. we see it in other places, but also, and we'd have to admit that that venue, anything else was taught 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 he change his mind about 5 years ago since he was investigated by the police. and now he's going to try for a criminal offenses. so now he's an 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 still things that are not related. i'm not saying this is all about it and yeah, was case, but if you ask me what change his mind, i think it has

a link to that. but of course, as he 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 the quality 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 over a month. you absolute bowl. well, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us on dw news. that is, i'm here folks with the israel democracy institute. appreciate your time. and we take a look now at some war world news headlines. pakistani police have clashed with supporters of former prime minister in wrong hon in the eastern city of la whore. the violence erupted ahead of an election. raleigh planned by con, that had been banned by the government. cons party later claimed that one of its supporters was killed,

but that hasn't been confirmed by police u. s. senate minority leader. mitch mcconnell is in hospital after a fall. 81 year old republican was attending a private dinner at a hotel in washington. when he tripped in a statement, his spokesperson said he was receiving treatment. so on france, his controversial pension reform bill has passed an important hurdle with the senate approving one of its key articles and to raise the retirement age. the legislation must be finalized by sunday, if it's to advance, the government is seeking to raise the pension age from $60.00 to $64.00, in the face of strong opposition. well, turkey is now resuming talks with sweden and finland over there and nato membership bids after it repeatedly objected to sweden's application. 2 countries need approval from turkey to join nato, from hungary to an approval that is also still outstanding. finland's parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining nato and finland says it's prepared to

move forward alone. although it says it would prefer to join the alliance together with sweden. am i lucky? t w's. alexander phenomena has been following the talks in brussels. i asked her if there was any progress leading up to this 2nd round of talks on sweden and finland, nato bed. yes, nato officials, he and brussels as well as to governments in helsinki and stockholm. they say that progress has been made an anchor. i actually acknowledged that, but later that took it back a little bit saying that it's still not enough, but the 3 countries have agree to the of the number of measures. finland and sweden, for instance, promised to lift any existing arms embargoes on turkey, and that is what happens. they say sweden and finland also promised to intensify their fight against terrorism and to amend their legislations to make sure that

anyone who is supporting or financing that p k. k or other terrorist organizations will be punished and finland has introduced amendments to its criminal code. and sweden just today put a new legislation to their parliament. so both countries are saying we are making good on our promises. why cannot anchorage drop their objections? and actually we had a chance to visit stockholm yesterday, and we had a chance to speak with officials there and with members of the kurdish community there. so let's have a look at our report. saba had cara, doman is not a politician, but as the courage, she says, she cannot be silent. like many of her friends, she is worried that sweden's kurdish community will have to pay the price for placating turkey and securing nato membership for sweden. i don't personally think

swedish government is going to to stand against her and say, look, those are integrated people. those are kurdish people. doors were political asylum as if as hold on one sit in and, and as sweden is desperate 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 bit claiming that sweden harbor as 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 of financing a terrorist organization could then be punished with 4 years in prison. jessica, they're telling her member of the left part in the swedish parliament warns there will be repercussions. 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 d 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 is me, needs for, for, for new legislation in this area is 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 to promote the kia relations to turkey. that 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 proud to read through the 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. ah, this is not good for the reputation of 3, though. according to a recent poll and majority of sweets wants to governments not to give in to turkey's demands, but dad doesn't really come forward. saba hud, kara dumont, she's concerned about what all of this means for her community. after all, she says sweden is now her home. alexandra, thanks for that report. so what about finland? is it likely to become a full nato member soon, even without sweden while kurt clara, this is a very realistic option. would turn key signaling that they might be or care woods ratifying finland's application, finland's membership. while they still have objections, when it comes to sweden,

of course, finland and sweden are saying that they would like to join the alliance together. this is what makes sense for the security of the region, and this is what is good for natal. nato officials is say, they don't want to split up the applications, however they would need to accept anchorage decision. however, we also have to stress that president ad one is facing a very tough re election in mit may, and nobody here expects any decision before that date. thank you so much for reporting nasty w's, brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomena. and before we go, a reminder of the top story we're following for you russia unleashed as a massive missile barrage on cities across ukraine. there have been explosions in cave and across the country with energy infrastructure targeted in the attacks. you're watching d. w news coming up next in the w news, asia,

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