♪ anchor: israel's parliament gives the green light to a first bill painting the way for a package of judicial reforms, that has sparked months of massive protests across the country. sunday's election in spain ends with gridlock. it could mean another ballot has to be held. and with wildfires ravaging some of greek islands, thousands are evacuated from an island. the prime minister says there

will be difficult days ahead. welcome back to the newsroom in paris. straight to israel, the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu has published a key clause of judicial reform through parliament despite months of massive protests and concerns from close allies, including the united states, which called the development unfortunate. opponents say it could remove key checks and balances that could lead to more authoritarian government. netanyahu and allies result it will be a better balance of -- allies argue it will be a better balance of power. reporter: two distinct scenes in israel monday, one in the streets where police used water cannons to disperse protesters, and indoors where lawmakers in the knesset shouted disapproval before storming out of the session knowing they didn't have

the votes to stop a controversial bill. minutes later, hard right ministers celebrating and taking selfies. >> 64 in favor, no objections and no abstentions. amendment number four has passed. reporter: at the center of the controversy is the first in a series of laws being pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu's far right government, overhauling the nation's courts. it limits the ability of the supreme court to overturn government decisions, doing away with the legal standard of reasonableness. after the bills passage, still rage in the streets, and netanyahu, still in the hospital to get a pacemaker, delivered a message. >> we continue to strive for

agreements, we are not giving up the chance to achieve a broad consensus and i am telling you it is possible. reporter: the judicial reforms have sparked months of protests, even among reservists who have said they would refuse to serve in the military, along with hundreds of demonstrators who have spent days camping out in the streets. >> we are defending democracy with our bodies. the government wants to destroy the country and we will not let that happen. reporter: for opponents, the fight continues. ministers in the far right government say monday's vote is just the first step in a month-long effort aimed at reshaping the nation's courts. anchor: as the dust settles in spain after the general election, no party has an outright majority. the people's party has the most seats but even if they join forces with the far right vox party, they still would not have the numbers they need to govern.

so could the socialist party form a pact with catalan nationalists? i asked whether a coalition could be formed. >> the leaders of the top two parties, they seem to both want to form a coalition. they met and afterwards, said they were making contact with other parties. cited among that were the basque nationalists. that could potentially give him and vox and some other parties the majority but it is unlikely the basque nationalists would want anything to do with vox, which is anti-nationalist and a very centralist type of party.

very difficult to see how that would work, but he said they were going for it. the socialists are keeping a low profile. we've had a report out that there coalition partner has somebody negotiating on behalf of the left-wing coalition. that has been denied by the other party, that they could intentionally give the socialists in the left-wing coalition enough votes to form a government. they are talking hard month they said they would want an amnesty that would include someone wanted by the courts for embezzlement. it's not clear whether the

demands of that party could ever be met by the socialists. we saw a leading socialist today, a former socialist prime minister, coming out and sing the constitution of spain does not allow a referendum but he sees an opportunity for this party to benefit spain and catalonia. still very unclear whether any coalition could be formed. anchor: sarah morris from madrid. thousands of firefighters currently battling forest fires in algeria, where 35 people have been killed. in the mountainous regions, as well as 14 other regions. 1500 people have had to be evacuated. a significant heat wave is sweeping across northern africa and brought temperatures in the high 40's.

this in algeria and parts of neighboring tunisia, also reporting significant wildfires. further evacuations today in greece, where there are several active wildfires. 2500 people were brought to safety off an island today, after thousands left rhodes. temperatures are expected to ease as the week goes on, but the prime minister says the next three days will be hard. we have the latest. reporter: these aerial shots show the sheer scale of the devastation caused by wildfire on greek island of rhodes. this is the extent of the spread of the fire on the island. evacuations continuing after 19,000 people, mostly tourists, were moved over the week and out of the path of the fires. here in the airport, one

austrian tourist had yet to sort out his flight. >> we have been lying here for two days, no blankets, nothing. there are children who need elk or something else. -- milk or something else. there is nothing. we have gotten any information about whether we will be flown home, nothing. reporter: there are around 80 wildfires across greece, 64 of which started sunday, including fire on a western island, where evacuations were ordered. around 2400 people were moved to safety sunday into monday as a precaution. greece is getting support in firefighting from eu countries these firefighters arriving from romania. the contingent will join greek and slovak firefighters. the effort takes place amid

temperatures as high as 45 degrees and parts of greece on sunday, below 40 on monday but higher temperatures forecast for tuesday. anchor: russia threatening what it calls a harsh response following attacks that must blames on ukraine. according to russian officials, two residential buildings were hit in moscow as well as a munitions depot in crimea. no casualties reported. russia has been carrying out strikes on denver structure across southern ukraine. french president emmanuel macron gave an interview on french television, much of it about the killing of a 17-year-old boy at a traffic stop, which sparked the most serious urban violence france has seen in nearly two decades. the president said a return to authority was needed at every level. >> he says france needs a return

to authority at every level. emmanuel macron was asked about recent riots sparked by the police shooting of a teenager. he condemned the burning of schools, town halls, gyms into libraries and the violence of looting. he said order must prevail. >> the lesson i drawled number one, law and order, law and order. the second is the country needs a return to authority on every order. first in the family. reporter: the killing of 17-year-old nahel during a traffic stop last month kicked off the most violent period in france since 2005 and sparked a debate about immigration, police brutality and the feature -- future of young people in france.

1500 people being prosecuted for the role in the rise and nearly half are under 18. >> a lot of these younger people organized riots and sometimes went into competition with each other using certain social networks. we must, in partnership with online platforms, remove content that calls for violence quickly and call for order. reporter: macron calling for this after a reshuffling of his cabinet. he says the riots would cause a deep division in the country. anchor: the funeral was held today for reddish born actors and singer jane bergen -- irtysh born actor and singer jane birkin. she died on july 16 at 76 years

old. [singing] reporter: hundreds of people have gathered to watch the funeral of jane birkin on a big screen set up outside the church here in the center of paris. the service is held in a mixture of english and french. there are two reverends from the church of england and we heard some english hymns. birkin really was admired in france, her singing, acting and her fabulous style. she was admired for the activism she carried out. she supported people with hiv-aids in the 80's and 90's and supported victims of

domestic abuse. she loved france, loved its people and the french loved her too. >> if it had only been in french, it would have been a shaman. the accent she never lost was part of who she was. it was touching. she was english and french and that was jane. >> she was a wonderful woman, she was unique. our favorite english woman. reporter: we also heard moving words from jane's surviving daughters. they said she took them on adventures throughout their lives and there was never a dull day with their mother. and we heard from jane's a doctor who accompanied heard the last -- accompanied her the last 16 years of her illness. he said she was determined to sing for her fans despite ongoing medical treatment.

she really was an icon in france. there is no other word for it. people in the crowd here said they admired her above all for her since of liberty. anchor: that brings you up-to-date with world news. stay tuned to france 24 if you can. ♪ >> they observe. they contact us. the report, film, photograph. they are the voice of the voiceless. your eyes in the far-flung reaches of the world. the observers, and network of 5000 committed citizens working with france 24. amateur footage and testimonials checked by our journalists and broadcast weekly on the observers on france 24 and observers. france24.com.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to our weekly music show. award-winning singer, songwriter and actress has just released her fourth studio album, scars.

we also have a young up-and-coming artist who grew up between london and paris. he makes music with r&b and sleazy rock 'n' roll. thank you both for being here on the france 24 set. it is lovely to have you. i want to start off by talking about the fact that you are citizens of the world because you've lived in different countries and you have to ured. where do you feel the most at home? >> i feel at home with people who respect and love me. i am a citizen of the world and i feel comfortable everywhere i go because i'm comfortable with myself. i've just come back from japan and i didn't know the culture but i felt at home. marjorie: fantastic. what about you? >> i think i feel at home the most with my mom because she was the one that brought me up and

she is everything to me, but also i feel really at home at the ivory coast in front of the ocean. my grandma has this tiny house in front of the ocean and there is just a since of peace there. yeah, i think that is my place. marjorie: you just released an ep, lust and love. you are new to the scene and i want you to tell us how you got into music and about your name, a thousand desires, where does that come from? mille: all my life i've been kind of obsessed with the concept of love. it really was an obsession, i just wanted to be love and find love. the more i grew up and the more

i realized that it wasn't love i was looking for, often times it was lust, actually. i felt like i wasn't able to fulfill all of the desires and dreams i had. i was in a religious household, was the only black kid at school, i was the queer kid in my town so i felt really restricted. so mille desirs comes from the desires that represent me, everything i dreamed of, i guess. and about how i came to make music, i was in love and it wasn't the best of relationships and i just needed to find a way

to express myself. growing up at church, i was singing a lot and music was always my safe place, i guess. it just came back to me and i started writing and producing and here we are. marjorie: all of the sexuality and exploration of yourself really comes through in this ep. let's check out one of the tracks. >> [singing in french] marjorie: you can find that track on the new ep. both of you sing in french and

english on your latest records. does it change the way you write or compose music when you change languages? sandra: i'm not sure it changes something in the themes i've tried to talk about but it changes the way i express myself. i've always written in english and french, but i wasn't able to sing the french songs i was writing because they were connected to pain, to violence, and the healing process was still on and i wasn't able to share them. but now, i've been working on it, trying to -- that's why it's called scars -- they have been healed and i can share the whole process. singing in french is interesting for me.

i love singing in hebrew, spanish and italian, and french is more in the depth of my throat. and really connected to childhood also. i'm really glad i can do both. the next target is to sing in the language of my mother and grandfather. i did not learn it, i wasn't taught it, but i'm going to teach myself. marjorie: a return to your roots. sandra: exactly. marjorie: what about you french and english, did that come naturally? mille: i think it did, because you can't fracture somebody's personality, it is a whole, one thing. growing up i was inspired by english culture but also french culture, and the mix of those

two made me me. i had to find multiple ways to express how multiple i am. it's really different i feel to write in english and french. the musicality behind it is really different but i see it as a game almost. you have to find the best way to express it in either language marjorie: -- language. marjorie: i want to play the track "sisters" from scars. it's about sisterhood. >> ♪ we are sisters, sisters every part of me

we are sisters, sisters you know ♪ marjorie: beautiful track on scars. were talking about themes of sisterhood and also healing my for yourself and other people. there's something very soothing about this record. what mood were you getting into? sandra: i wanted to share this process and let the people that were hurt, let them know that you can heal at one point. it takes time, it is long. i was raised in a very violent family, but there is a point

where abuse, rape and incest is not what defines you. you have to accept that part of you is dead forever but there is so much light so much love all around. i was lucky enough to have these resources inside me, and to meet people, to have friends and big sisters -- all of these women who fought before me and made me. i wanted to yeah, let them know i'm on their side, they are with me and i wanted to give strength to other people and let them know you can heal. you have inside you what you need to heal. marjorie: a fantastic message, to not be guided by anger. in your album, you play with your voice, raspy or not, and the guitar. how will that translate on stage? sandra: on stage i've tried to

have a mix of sweetness, of tenderness, a sense of fragility and strength. and fierceness, you know. tina turner just passed away and she was one of my -- like nina simone -- marjorie: role model. sandra: my role model. and don't forget why you chose music. i chose music because i want people to connect, i want to change this liberal world, i want to stop counting our dead sisters. i want to change the world. on tour i can do it but i think we can do it all together. music is a way to connect intimacy and to bring good vibrations and light, love and sweetness. on stage will be sweet and

fierce. marjorie: mille, you are about to start your first couple of gigs. what can we expect? mille: mystery. i want people to ask themselves what they know, where they want to go. i want to shock them but also i want to bring peace to them. i'm working a lot with my band and my team and i think it will be great. marjorie: thank you very much both of you for being on the show, it has been an absolute pleasure. france 24's latest news bulletin is in a few minutes. you can follow culture news on our website and social media. he will play out with the track taken from the new foo fighters album, their first record since the passing of their drummer taylor hawkins over a year ago. an album in which the bandmates processed emotions.

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