ah ah ah ah, business dw slide from berlin. civil disruption spreads in israel as a position to contentious judicial reforms, grow demonstrations and a general strike increase the pressure and benjamin netanyahu fall right. coalition sources within the prime minister's nicole parties say he could be about to suspend

the reforms, but his are blind allies are urging him to press ahead. also coming up germany faces it's most disruptive strike action in 30 years. public transport rail and airport stop nationwide. walkin off the job to demand more paid to counter cost of living. christ and controversy surrounds a visit by taiwan former president maryan joe to china. the 1st time a former or sitting president has been to the mainland in 70 years. ah, i'm good. how else? as well come to the program. israel is facing massive civil disruption as prime minister benjamin netanyahu comes on the pressure from both the opposition and from within his own coalition. after a dramatic escalation, at the weekend,

fresh demonstrations and a general strike, a keeping up the cold for a halt to contentious judicial reforms calls to delay the legal overhaul are also coming from within and at the house only could party and sources have said he could be ready to suspend the judicial reforms, but netanyahu's right wing coalition allies are demanding that he push ahead with the overhaul. 7 the protests that refused to die down nationwide demonstrations against prime minister benjamin netanyahu controversial planned to la parliament to overrule israel supreme court. i've been on for almost 3 months and sunday stoked the flames of protest further by sucking defense minister you after lunch was called for the law to be postponed. that prompted israel's president,

isaac had thought to tweet monday that the eyes of the whole world on you, for the sake of the unity of the people of israel. for the sake of the responsibility i call on you to stop the legislative process. immediately things got worse. or netanyahu, when the country's main trade union announced a general strike that threatens to bring the country to a halt. already, most outgoing flights from ben gory, an airport have been cancelled, meant and keeps building after mass protests intervene in jerusalem on sunday night . critics accused antonio of a conflict of interest, his attempt to silence the judiciary, run parallel to his ongoing corruption trial. whatever his motivations, the widespread resistance to efforts to weaken the courts escalated new problems for the prime minister of em all this, let's go to jerusalem,

where our correspondent rebecca regis is standing by at the israeli parliament. the class at rebecca a national strike has been called, according to union officials, even israeli diplomats adjoining strikes against net and how's planned to overhaul the judiciary that so what's the latest i tried to hug. we're seeing a near paralysis of the country to day after that workers' union, the biggest in the country. cool for nationwide strikes. we're seeing, as you mentioned in that report of the airport has halted all outgoing flight. some incoming flights of canceled their own accord because of them. i am at the airport . we're seeing moles across the country, shot shot some shops as well. universities, schools taking this strike strike action, and hospitals also looking at taking strike action from around mid day tomorrow. only emergency procedures would then be able to happen in those hospitals. so we're really seeing a wide spread shut down of the country and outside the kinetic where i'm standing.

tens of thousands of people rallying saying that they are not going to give out there. actually, they've been telling me that even if this legislation is halted, it's still too light and they can continue protesting. i spoke to a couple of them. let's have a listen to what they had to say. that our leaders care about the nation of other people about the citizens not about themselves every makes i had 3 amounts already every week, every day, thursday, instead of eve. and now we are here and we won't stop until we wait until we get our country back. i'll be left on to the moment one shows that he's a doctor just because topic one law doesn't mean he isn't. but i'm just one person . and the most important thing is to prevent, god forbid a civil war or a deepening disconnect. we don't have any process and is that how you legislate

wasn't abnormal and isn't one that here we want return here in a year from now to get now all these accomplishments a stern words from the protest as so after so much pressure and anger as the government reacted yet. what could be netanyahu's next? move that is really the $1000000.00 question. everybody's waiting to see what steps benjamin netanyahu is going to take. we've been waiting pretty much all day for him to make a statement to the nation. there were room as this morning that came from sources within his, on mccook hood potty suggesting that he was ready to hold the legislation that he was ready to put a pause on things to, to perhaps negotiate about that room, you know, remains to be seen. he hasn't come out yet, he hasn't said anything he has tweeted in the last little while urging for calm because there are room is that a right wing protest is planned and that it could indeed get violet later here this

afternoon or this evening. so benjamin netanyahu calling out for com on that situation, but we've had nothing on the political front. we're here in the class. it as you rightly point out, that members are just being called back in. and the speaker of the house is also gone in. so we not exactly sure where what they're up to that would be to be more debates, more speeches in the candidate, but so far, nothing politically moving forward. lots of rumors, but nothing concrete yet gahan because it is their reporting from jerusalem. thank you rebecca. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines in canada, police of clashed with protesters who are angry over the rising cost of living crowds took to the streets of the capitol, nairobi defying a ban on demonstrations. shops close and transport services were disrupted, your position is calling for renewed protests on thursday. mia miles military hunter has been marking the armed forces day troops paraded through the capital to

commemorate the founding of the country's army during world war 2. the military seized power and at present elected officials, following a coo and 2021. ukraine's brown forces commander says his troops continued to repel russian attacks on the eastern city of buckboard, calling it's defense, a military necessity. the battle of bar mode is the longest since rushes full scale invasion of ukraine with both armies suffering heavy human and material losses. here in germany, rail services and domestic flights have been paralyzed by the biggest strike. in the public sector. in decades transport workers from germany's to biggest unions of walked off the job at a call for higher wages to count the cost of living crisis. it has seen inflation rates above the years, on average, in recent months. there is not

a train in sight during rush hour at the lens main station on monday and frank, that airport germany's top hub is nearly deserted. tens of thousands of transport workers are going on strike across the country, demanding pay increases to match green inflation. planes, trains, and buses are at a standstill and in some cities, local transport was also affected. these workers at frank for apple say that recent negotiations with their employers have failed. 6 yes, likelihood we're striking today because we want to make it clear to our employers that the offer that they have made us is not enough. it does not reflect the amount of work we do. and we're going to show our solidarity with our bargaining committee . who are negotiated on our behalf to day and potsdam it was. we want to show them

that we stand with them. most passengers found out about the plan strike ahead of time. and some stranded travelers at balance train station have mixed feelings about the action. or even mid dims that i already with the people striking. but i would like to warm at home with a beer and be able to share my solidarity. i watching it on tv. solidarity it though. do then is ian retiring kernan. not every one was his understanding. the action has been condemned by transport companies as causing major disruption. i didn't run organ and on millions of nurses who rely on buses and trains are suffering because of these excessive and extreme strikes. not everyone can work from home. thousands of companies who rely on sending and receiving goods by train will also be affected. and this is also

a head for the environment and for the climate your merits on strictly muscles, salary negotiations will continue between transport workers in their employers who eager to get all forms of travel back on track as soon as possible. after all the strikes are no join. bow reporters, julia, so deli, he had berlin central station and emily gordon at frankfurt airport. emily, let's start with you friday for the airport. is one of europe's main aviation hobbs . certainly germany's biggest. what's going on there today? yes, go ahead. were standing at the departure hall of frankfurt airport, and normally this place would be absolutely packed with holidaymakers. but as you can see behind me fossil, there's no people but also look at the board. it is full of canceled flights. and ironically, it has more and more and more, and indeed, we've had to day over a 1000 flights have been cancelled that will affect hundreds of thousands of

holiday makers. he wants to travel from air frankfurt airport. am. even if you just want to change here, that's not possible to day. we've been talking to some of the travelers who have arrived here today. you know, some of them coming back to germany, we're re director to small regional airports and then we're taking here at my boss, but as another 5 or 6 hours and travel time. and then we've also been talking to a group of american high school students who came on exchange and 1st their flights got delayed. you too bad weather in the u. s. and then that led them right into the strikes here in germany. and so they are stranded here, they will have to get the next line out tomorrow. so not all in all, not an ideal situation, but it's not for nothing. workers are going on strike because they say they are struggling with the rise in the cost of living. and they are struggling to pay their bills to make ends meet and they need a pay increase. and going on strike is their way of putting pressure on the ongoing

ago. she ations and hopefully, or hopefully for them, you know, and their situation will improve. now, julie, over to you, your berlin's rather dessert at central station there. tell us more about what's behind this strike. what exactly are the unions asking for? yes, so we've seen 2 of the biggest unions come together in calling this strike and mobilizing quite a large amount of people. that's because as we've heard already, they are asking for a pay increase and the $1.00 union wants a 10.5 percent pay increase the other up to 12 percent pay increase. and that is quite a lot. but they say that workers in the public transport sector really needed support to deal with the rising price is germany has seen record breaking inflation in the last year. and now in february 8 point 7 percent inflation rate. that is here, especially at the energy sector and the food sector,

and this has happened after and as a consequence, also, after russia's war of aggression against ukraine. we've seen people have seen a when they go and pay their bills or when they go to the supermarket, inflation rates up to 20 percent. and that's why the union say it is, it is now time to go into negotiations and for their counterparts to, to listen to their demands. emily and frank with germany is hardly the only country . see these kinds of strikes lately. is it? no, not at all. i mean, if we look at the u. k, for example, we've got the ongoing national railway strikes strikes and we've also now got he throw security heathrow, airport security guards thinking of joining them over these to holiday. and, and then we look at france, we've got mass, some instructions in light of mark horns, president my close decision to push through a bill that will raise the national retirement age labor unions. i'm have to have,

you know, lead lots of strikes in france for even can, charles is unable to travel them as planned. and when you look at fame, you've also got air traffic control isn't a deadlock overpaid negotiations. so all across europe, we're seeing these massive strikes all across your everyone saying, look, we've got this problem, we've got rise infections. we can't pay the prices of goods and services at the going rate amounts. salaries. so we need a pay increase and strikes. are there way of making the voice a julie or this strikes are scheduled to last 24 hours to the just for today? but how likely is it that the demand for union will be accepted? and how likely is that the strikes may be continued? or the union's have said that they wanted to concentrate the action i into one day in a very strong way. so that the protest don't have to drag on into the future. and they

want to send a strong signal to the states and the local authorities, or whom they are negotiating with. but as such as salary increase that they are asking for between 10 and 12 percent is, is quite a big ask. especially when we look at a local authorities who are also struggling with their cash reserves, given again the increase in prices and inflation. so they are going to be a difficult negotiations. and we're going to have to see the will to, to compromise or from, from both sides or reporters, julia sal deli at berlin central station, then emily gordon at frank for the airport. thank you both very much. taiwan former president, maryan joel has started a controversial trip to china. it's the 1st such trip by a former head of states since 1949. mars recently landed at shanghai airport, the ex president, her stress that he will not meet with high ranking chinese officials and at the

visit will focus on preserving peace, bought his trip, her spot contribution taiwan territory that beijing views as its own. paulette when t song is a political scientist from the australian national university's taiwan studies program in ty pay. and earlier i asked him if the formerly this visit was indeed a peacemaking mission or just the opposite of his critics charge. it's going to be a bit of both, i think, for a presser law, this is going to be his own legacy. defining moved. because press and law doing his timing power from about 2008 to 2016 was marked by acceleration of the cannot exchanges between taiwan and china, which culminated in a low polio talk happening between both sides. so i think for him this is while his

farewell moves as a major political figure into politics. and he's trying to show again that he alone can be that bridge between taiwan, china and the hopefully that he can lo, attention, somewhat between the 2 sides. so what's been the reaction from beijing to this visit? the staging is over the moon. i mean damaging, of course, once crush relations get closer, agent wants how want to feel more closer to, to china and hopefully with a more amenable counties audience. china, can they have a possible, have a cheaper way to find type one to get back to china's own arms, so to speak, in a peaceful lower cost way rather than having to go for imagery, innovation, or the coffee stuff at this juncture in china really has a lot of other things going to play right now. ukraine war, of course, has led to

a lot of western critique of china. china, the phone number is slow down as a result call. that is also creating a lot of pressure internally for china. so china really would rather see one issue being sort of come tang and sort of not getting out of hand though at that time i can deal with one at its own pace. only own time table at this juncture. with taiwan is palmer president, building and building china. it's really a talking point that agent can leverage to say to its own domain, the audience. hey guys, we can show it down. i can show, hire one. we don't need to rush to use force against. i want to thing because one now still has a strong paging of friendly voice happening at this moment. and present might be that the china is meant to symbolize that. now later this week, the contact is president signed when is expected to make an equally controversial

trip to the us. what kind of message will this send to people? the voters in, in taiwan presence high visits for us is meant to convey the strands of us how one relations at this juncture. there were some concerning ty, one's ever seen. the break call over ukraine war when town is bought, that a us didn't directly mean a terribly intervening ukraine. so if a war breaks up between taiwan and china may be the degree of us property was also kind of questionable. so that's always been a bit of issue, everything's crane will break out, the town is coders. i'll a bit concerned about how dependable us is. so when present tie, visit us at this juncture. and if she gets a higher than normal treatment into a particle status into the kind of high level us partition, she get to meet that, that was surely in jet more confidence into

a town society. and then go that will go some way to was repairing and strengthening your with how one ties at this juncture when he saw from the australian national university. thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. thank you. and awesome, or world news in brief for you. you as vice president, pamela harris has hell talk with garners president, not a cooper other in the capital a crime. harris is expected to announce nearly $140000000.00 in assistance for the west african nation. she would also visit tanzania and zambia as part of washington pushed to deepen ties on the continent. cleanup efforts on the way and the u. s. state of mississippi, after tornadoes destroyed several towns, president joe biden has declared an emergency freeing up federal funds. at least 25 people were killed when the twist is flatten neighborhoods and down trees and power

. in yemen, thousands have filled the streets of the rebel held capital song up to mark 8 years of their war against the saudi led coalition. yemen has been entrenched in a civil war since 2014, resulting in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. why don't we stay in yemen now where millions are mocking ramadan? it's the holiest months of the islamic canada, marked by fasting, charity prayer and reading of the koran. but he is of study can leave copies of the holy script desperately need of repair. on ex report is from a traditional bookbinder in the capital santa working to restore as many as he can with the st. just enough puzzling, it's a busy time for book bind is like hashem al serra g as she muses, traditional methods to meticulous restore, damaged copies of the crown ramadan brings with it more customers and hashing

worked long hours to meet the increasing demand was worshippers fasting from dawn to dusk, more time is left for reading and reciting. the holy book by the broad 47 copies of the garage here to be repaired because some of them need fixing. we take damaged copies from moses to be restored at our own expense during ramadan, particularly. everyone wants to reside the corolla with umbrella us. in the cities masks local, people come together to recite passages like you do. oh, we are studying the holy koran. hit the teacher and am to learn with his teaching me the rules of enter nation will come up the grid. may allah bring blessings. well,

a luxury at this time of year worshippers show the corridors, could mosques in santa thanks to allah, the people of yemen are taken good care of the koran. they are preserved in it, honor in it and pondering its meaning as well as had during to the parameters of what's permissible and what's forbidden. they are following what allah held mighty has said of the exam. my girl has hanna, with them. tis false. um, let's look ahead to the meeting of the international olympic committees board this week. it will be discussing the participation of ration of bell origin athletes and sports competitions. the i o. c currently recommends allowing south athletes to compete under a neutral flag. but in ukraine, some athletes are getting ready to cross swords with olympic officials over the issue. in keith, they practice their sport between air,

raid sirens and missile attacks by russia. the notion that they may have been expected to compete against athletes from russia and its staunch ally beller, roost leaves the ukrainian female fencers at a loss sticky. on the one hand, there is sport and victories on the other. are soldiers dying, fish it is very difficult to have on the team has already heard what it regards as bad news from the international fencing federation, the f i. e, which this month voted to a low, the return to competition of russian and bell russian athletes starting in mid april just in time to qualify for the paris 2024 olympics berlin. there's a ac, is that we know that this world in general is not very fear, but this decision outrages us

on saturday protesters raised their voices outside the i was the headquarters in law, son i oh, see president thomas by says, nor athlete should be discriminated against based on their passport, and that politics should be kept out of sport. that's not condone. well if he proves fencers, nash, this is not just our problem that also an international one. after all, today, ukraine is under attack and to morrow it can be any other country. that's why you can't close your eyes to it, which ukraine has threatened to boycott of the parish olympics as a last resort. it's doubtful that the fuel throated support of the u. s. and dozens of other countries would extend to joining them. given that the i was see, says any such moose would be against his charter. you are cindy w news before we go. his reminder of our top story in israel demonstrate as have gathered outside the connect said to continue goals both the prime minister

benjamin netanyahu to hold judicial reforms, israel's largest union, the staging, the general strike against the built grounding flights at the company's main airport is rarely media report that netanyahu may foul to public pressure and suspend the plots. coming up next and dw news asia. what a full a taiwanese does visit to china, says about the state of the opposition on the island. well that and a lot more with my colleague, bureau biology after a short break out office for me and the tv news team. thanks for watching. mm hm. ah, with

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