rise of them was j, dean honest jessina, smiling through the cold samarra and her colleagues at the school for people's with special needs, wants a pe roy that meets the rising cost of living and keeps people in the profession. will these teachers are making sure bad to monitor ahead on what is clearly a sizable demonstration, mary lumber, neural sidewalk, wave of industrial action taking in various parts of the economy. coating on the government prepay arises, that meets inflation if there's no movement to pay, we likely to be seeing more protests look just from people like tomorrow, but work is in other key professions who enjoy brought support from the public. ah, a rising death toll on destruction laid back the effects of cyclone freddy. i felt

across se africa ah. hello, i made room for again. this is al jazeera alive from dough ha! also coming up. israel is parliament pushes on with a controversial bill. this led to weeks of protests, of many se weakens the supreme court. the united states, the united kingdom and australia allowed plans for a nuclear submarine deal to combat china's influence in the asia pacific. and leaked testimony in greece, sheds light on what may have caused a head on train, collision in which 57 people died. ah, malawi has declared a state of disaster after tropical cyclone freddy hit the country for a 2nd time in less than 3 weeks. as many as 136 people have died. and below we,

madagascar, and mozambique. the storm started 37 days ago in the western pacific. i was traveled more than 8000 kilometers, gathering strength over the indian ocean. it made land fall in madagascar as a tropical cyclone. from there, it moved on to batter mozambique for several days. it regained strength in the mozambique channel and hit the country again. catching the southern tip of neighboring malawi, victoria gating be reports. they dig to find survivors buried under the mud, but hopes of finding people alive or fading fast. dozens of missing from this village in malawi, after tropical storm freddy, tall through it with you have i have heard of some of it. i'm helping to find the victims. i know there are more bodies that are still buried so far between 20 and 20. 5 bodies been recovered from the debris and ruined houses, and most of them have been very to the hospital, but they all looked dead. i think pretty is one of the strongest storms ever

recorded in the southern hemisphere, and the longest, lasting little with sped by the storm. really what young if i'm in a hurry muscle, so now it was to bed in the night, but now that it is day time, i can feel the loss. i have never seen something as terrible as this. my neighbor's house is all organic. the family members are gone, they are missing, and some cases the father is alive, but the wife and the children are gone on. the same storm pummeled central mozambique on saturday, ripping reeves of buildings and bringing with it wide spread flooding. tens of thousands of homes that damaged. the un says more than half a 1000000 people could face a humanitarian crisis in one of the world's poorest nations. in malawi, people have been urged to move into temporary shelters, and the government has declared a state of disaster. the guy to read you granted, this is the 2nd time this has happened in 2015 will to experienced a disaster. but this time it's far worse. i think the number of down here is likely

to rise. scientists say climate change is making tropical storms. more powerful as oceans absorb heat from greenhouse gas emissions. here im allowing many a suffering the consequences despite having done the least to cause it, victoria gate and be al jazeera, israel's parliament has passed the 1st reading of a controversial builder, overhauled the judiciary it. if it becomes law, parliament would be able to strike down decisions by the supreme court with a simple majority. it will lead to pass a 2nd and 3rd reading in parliament. let's go live now to west jerusalem. i'll just here as him. ron khan is therefore a sim, ron. tell us more about this bill of why there's so much opposition to it. well, the bill is very, very controversial because it basically allows for the connected to make all of the decision decisions it wants to make without any form of 2nd house. now,

if you take the u. k, for example, or the american political system. you have the senate, you have the house of lords, and they have the ability to try and stop the house of commons from having too much power effectively. that's the supreme court. here are the supreme court. so to fill that role, so by stripping away their powers, people are saying that it is going to become an illiberal democracy, a more hungarian style democracy that it's going to give unprecedented power to the candidate and the people who support the government. now it also, it wasn't just the bill that you just mentioned. there's a few bills that passed as part of the judicial reform bill bill that they want to pass. now, the other section of that was a taking away the supreme court's ability to decide whether the prime minister is fit for office. now, the prime minister right now, benjamin netanyahu has 3 court cases against him. so this is seen as a politically motivated bill passing that they are trying to dig now,

like you said, may goes to a, a 2nd and a 3rd reading. if it gets to a 3rd reading, your position is likely to boycott the vote completely. so the 1st reading is crucial crucial because it advances the bill, but it will be the 3rd reading that o, b, r. absolutely crucial because that's a real test of whether the coalition or the government will hold stand firm and trying past the bill that will then become low. we've seen unprecedented protests, but as we say, the bill has passed its 1st reading. what now for the protest movement? well, like i say, the 1st reading is absolutely crucial because it advances the bill in parliament. and that's going to galvanize and get more people out on the streets for the protest movement. now there's a protest i a going to happen on thursday. they will already calling it a day of escalation, but you just have to take a look at social media and reaction to this. they want more people out on the streets now. on saturday nights the usual night for the protesters,

israel had half a 1000000 people on the streets. that's the biggest protest, no numbers that we've seen in the country's history. 200000 of those were in televi 50000. we're in haifa, that's a huge amount of people for high for such a small place. so it's likely that this bill will get more and more people out on to the streets on saturday night on thursday. the want to get their voice heard it all. so pushing israeli institutions keys ready, institutions like these ready army, ah, to the break or the reservists are refusing to come in for their duty. that's becoming a problem because having them impact on operational capacity for israel. so what we got here, now we've got a situation where you've got key institutions who are now joining the protest movement. and that's going to weaken israel security. so that's alarming for, for the state of israel itself. but more importantly than that, he got civil side. he, members from all

a sections of society joining in and that voice will get heard. it just takes a few people within the coalition government to go. these are huge numbers. maybe i should pay attention for the coalition to fall apart. i'm 00 con reporting live from western islam. iran manufactured it, beijing says astray, the other u. s. the u. k. of disregarded the concerns of the international community and gone further down a dangerous road. the comments come a day off to president biden hosted prime ministers, richie sooner, and antony albanese in california. the 3 leaders announced that australia will buy at least 3 u. s. manufactured nuclear submarines. john had run reports from point loma naval base and san diego. it is a bold effort to shift the balance of power in the pacific. the leaders of the u. s . the u. k. and australia cementing a plan to deploy nuclear powered submarines from the australian coast or unprecedented trilateral cooperation. i believe is testament to the strength of the

longstanding ties, the united is and are shared, commended auburn, sure. the end of pacific remains free and open, prosperous, and secure. the plan will take decades to complete. the defense alliance called arcus, has already begun with the 1st of hundreds of australians embedding in u. s. and u. k. submarine building programs. more u. s. subs will start visiting australia this year, while british subs will increase rotations from 2026 by 2030 to australia, plans to buy 3 nuclear powered subs containing conventional weapons from the us, with the option of buying 2 more. and sometime in the 20 forty's, australia expects to have its own nuclear, so built by the u. k. in australia using u. s. technology. the orchestra gray met we confirmed here in san diego, represents the biggest single investment in australia's defense capability in all

about history. the biggest threat in the pacific comes from an increasingly aggressive china, which has built new fortifications in the south china sea. it's a situation that china has, as created and brought upon itself very much like a russia, as in the ukraine in china's gigi and paying his called the august plan, an effort to encircle and contain his country view as, as missouri. here is a nuclear powered virginia class attacks of mine. the kind of us will send to australia is that country developed the capacity to build its own nuclear subs go longer, farther and faster than conventional subs. and that's a big advantage. the new fleet, replacing australia's aging diesel force requires the u. s. and u. k to boost their nuclear ship building capacity and to build one in australia from scratch. but ultimately, the defense of our values depends, as it always has on the quality of our relationships with others,

with china engage in its own submarine building program and flexing its muscles in the south china sea. the 3 english speaking arcus nations are betting that together . they can better counterbalanced the size of china's naval force. john henderson al jazeera sandiego. andy mock is a senior research fellow at the center, the china and globalization. he says the deal will have a destabilizing effect on the asia pacific region. i think this only strengthens the view ah, that has been articulated by presidency and things around a foreign minister that if the u. s. continues down this path, ah, it raises the risk of outright conflict. and of course, this is not good for china, but it's also not good for the us as well as we all know of u. s. is economically intertwined with china, as are many other countries around the world. so these destabilizing actions really

are counterproductive, in many, many aspects. the u. s. is, in a sense, has one tool to play, which is, or to use, which is it's military. what if we look at china's approach, of course it invest in is upgrading its military capabilities, but it is making significant gains on the diplomatic front. we need to look no further than the recent around saudi arabia, rapprochement china's role in a ukraine peace plan initiatives in the pacific. that's one very, very important aspect. the economic aspect, of course, is very important as china ah, is offering an increasingly growing and sophisticated market to countries all around the world, including the united states. in terms of information as well. i think china, we can see making advances in this area. perhaps the least developed so far,

but certainly are advancing on all fronts. whereas i think the u. s. is perhaps overly relying on only a military approach to dealing with its anxieties and fears about china. us president joe biden has approved a major oil drilling project in the state of alaska, private activists, a strongly opposed the multi $1000000000.00 plan. they say it undermines the administration is pledged to slow climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions. the approval comes a day out to the government announced limits on oil and gas extraction in alaska, and the optic ocean. sure hypertensive reports now from washington, dc. biden had made a key campaign promise that he would not allow any drilling on federal lab because he would be the 1st president to take climate change seriously no drilling or federal period is that same famously, he's already broken that promise he's already actually, his administration is approved more oil and gas drilling permits on the trumpet,

ministration in its 1st 2 years. emissions the will, will results from this project will entirely wipe out all of the clean energy the renewable energy projects on the federal landed by this improved in order to reduce emissions by 2030 by double. so he's completely wiped out all the so radically, all the, all the, all the reductions in greenhouse gases that were, that he was planning and boasting about by 2030 in one with one decision. russia has agreed to extend the ukraine gray and export deal out the talks with the un, but only the 60 days, half the length of the previous agreement. the grain export packed has helped ease the global food crisis, triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine last year. more than 24000000 tons of grain has been exported under the deal. stephanie decor reports from keith last has been complaining that the part of the deal that effects it is not being upheld.

also concerning its export. saying that sanctions apply to things like not directly to its industry, but things like payments, insurance and logistics are affecting its exports, which is why its been dragging its feet on this. but now off to those 2, suggesting that it will extend the deal for half of what it is set to do is supposed to be extended under the agreement for a $120.00 days. it's now saying it will agree to do so for 6 to the reaction from here is that this is something that means that the deal may need to be renegotiated because russia is not adhering to its part. now, this is a lot of back and forth clustering politically, but i think it looks like certainly at the moment if you speak to and the said it looks like this deal will be extended. the deadline is on saturday, march 18th, it's a deal that is vital to when it comes to calming global food prices in particular, which is why it was really pushed to be, you know, implemented ukraine is one of the world's biggest supplier of wheat,

49 percent of sunflower oil, wheat and grains going global really also supplying things like the world food program which then filters back through to places like yemen and somalia and south dawn. so it gives you an indication of just how global the reach of this deal is when it was implemented. last year, the exports per almost fell to pre war levels. still to come here on al jazeera, tens of thousands of russians moved to neighboring georgia in the past year. but many a facing suspicion of more than 100000 somali refugees have arrived in kenya, fleeing violence, and drought will tell you. ah, hal i received some big thunder heads recently just around southern parts of borneo,

big, massive cloud around here. and we say, when every 100 millimeters, the fried in the past 24 hours. that's a wet weather, has slid away from a king that kind of area easing a little further east was malay peninsula, but straw than it has been recently. still a few showers lingering there across a good pot of sumatra. down into java, some live his house to come to into the philippines city cross central and southern parts over the next couple of days. but even further north, this looking a little disturbed regression. see some disturbed weather sliding in across northern parts of indo china. while the mayor's ma straight is still saying some lively showers, some fabri downpours, just around the tropics. as per usual, we still have this disturbance out into the air. the chorus he drawing in something of a, an easterly wind, so still a few showers right up at east side of australia. 29 celsius there in sidney temperatures are picking up here. now they're $35.00 degrees by the time we come to wet thursday afternoon, that disturbance that will make its way towards new zealand turning wet and windy.

here as we go on through the next couple of days, warm rain there for christ church temperatures getting up to 26 celsius. that unsettled weather turns effect sin. and that re book, grassy sweep right across much of the country. ah and with ah

ah, hello again, this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news this off while are we has declared a state of disaster, tropical sort cyclone. freddy hit the country for a 2nd time in less than 3 weeks. as many as 136 people have died in malawi, madagascar of mozambique israel's parliament has passed the 1st reading of a controversial bill to overheard the judiciary. if it becomes law, parliament would be able to strike down decisions by the supreme court with a simple majority at australia as a mouse little by at least 3 u. s. manufactured nuclear submarines as part of of security alliance, which also includes the u. k. aging, as strongly opposed to both calling it dangerous russia. the fullest soviet

republic of georgia has had a strained relationship for many years, but tens of thousands of russians have moved there since the start of the war in ukraine. their arrival a scene of mixed reaction. as bernard smith's reports from george's capital tbilisi, directly space, which was like in time prisoners that they'd take you into this building was known as the house of terror to the 80000 georgians who had taken here during 70 years of soviet rule. up to 20000 was shot mainly during joseph stollins, great terror from 1936 to 39. last more she was honest it and shot their guides from the soviet past research laboratory. take tours across tbilisi to remind people of life in the soviet union. this regime has the propaganda, whole wide propaganda that it's their bright alternate to us and west. it's a fierce pay. it's a free state. it's the state of their elaborate and the piece. and all of this propaganda walked and also is working today which is used by russia as

a tool of the information why machine. but such, such kind of buildings are illustrating the real face of the regime. recent history has helped cement many ga, suspicions of post soviet russia. moscow is back to that protest in the george and regions of cars here and south of setting up the fort a war with russia in 200-828-0000 georgians were expelled now, living as exiles in our own country, 90 percent of georgians, according to recent polling, believe russia posey is the greatest political threat to that country. russia always betrays georgia, it's in the nature they pretend there are allies, but in reality, there are enemies on those views. help explain why protests by tens of thousands of georgians force the government to scrap a foreign agent law that was viewed as being modeled on one in russia, where it's been used to crack down on descent. anti russian,

graffiti is everywhere and typically see the interior ministry says 112 russians are here. glad reason can arrived 12 months ago and was worried about how he'd be accepted. my friends and i was a little bit nervous coming to this process because i don't even need to be here is our war or ga. but when the u. s. can locals they have full support on russia and helping them. and i think it's amazing that the stuff is united people, the russian influx has made georgia, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but opposition parties, a calling for a visa regime for russians. echoing the suspicions many georgians feel towards the new arrivals. bernard smith, al jazeera tbilisi, ga human rights watch, has earned the royal government of protons release several political prisoners. 37 men have been detained for decades without parole. they're accused of conspiring

against the king. elaine pearson as the asia director for human rights watch, she says the bringing attention to the plight of these prisoners can help pressure the government to release them. baton is a very remote buddhist kingdom. there are human rights organizations that can report freely in that country. there aren't independent international journalists that can report on what's going on. but these are 37 men who have been detained between 990 and 2008. many of them was sentenced to life in prison on a range of national security offences. and these convictions were obtained on the torture people were beaten with cain, 6 confessions were extracted from them. they had no legal representation whatsoever to no due process, and they still remain in prison today held him very poor condition. well, all of these political prisoners come from 2 different ethnic groups. the majority

of them from the poly speaking group, back in 990. there were protests about the discrimination that this group faced about 90000 actually had to flee the country. and lisa, nicole, some of these people were picked up when they returned. they were accused of treason of terrorism. and you know, frankly the, the trials meant to process whatsoever. and they've been, you know, locked up really from a different time. i mean, this is the time when baton was an absolute monarchy in 2008, it became a constitutional monarchy. so we think that baton to do the right thing. they should crush these convictions. we've seen the king of baton, offer amnesty before the political prisoners, so we know it can happen again in columbia president gustavo petro, his government has announced that it will stop peace negotiations with a distant part of the fog rebel group. on monday, the attorney general suspended the rest warrants from 19 of the rebels. the dissidence rejected

a peace deal which other far rebels accepted in 2016. petro has promised to end decades of conflicts which is killed nearly half a 1000000 people. a judicial inquiry is on the way in greece to bring justice for the $57.00 people killed when a passenger train collided had on with a freight train last month. some of the responsibility for the crash could fall on the italian state railway group, which operates crisis, passenger trains. as jobs, roblis reports are from athens. throughout greece, there is fury with the government by its own admission. it failed to install safety systems that could have told human operators, 2 trains were on a collision course. many of those killed were students, one of them, a colleague of funnels when at this it's just unimaginable that on a countries my central rail route. you wouldn't have a backup system that tells you what direction to train for traveling,

whether they're going to collide greek rail has largely relied on humans systems centered on this room inside the hellenic railways organization headquarters. this is the nerve center of the greek rail network. a central traffic coordinator since at this desk trained drivers give him their whereabouts through this vhf radio system. and he plots their progress on this paper chart. but this completely manually operated system is not all knowing a local station master can switch tracks without telling the coordinator. that is what happened on the night of february 28th. when, according to leaked testimony, a station master's switching mistake, since the northbound passenger train 62 up a south bound track into an oncoming freight train, killing 57 people. a veteran head rail security says that mistake wouldn't have happened in the days when 3 people sat in this room and has otherwise had the rush

. there used to be an experienced train driver and an experience train inspector who sat with a traffic coordinator. they were in contact the station master's and train drivers across the country. if any mistakes happened, they were fixed within 2 or 3 minutes. he had an a trained in the way with that institution. in late 2024, they see it with your line. hellenic train is the hellenic railways. organization subsidiary that runs greek passenger trains. it was sold to the italian state railways group in 2017 to cut costs. the italian management abolished route checking inspectors on trains over examiners. if the inspector's duties had been left intact, train $62.00 wouldn't have left the station on the wrong track. and if he had, he would have used the emergency brake. yeah. if the attending company doesn't want reinforced to say to rules, they can return the shares in hellenic train under the greek states can go home. hellenic train didn't respond to our requests for comment. what's clear is that the

greek state failed to install 21st century safety technology, and that the italian train operator cut stuff with safety rules. 57 people died in the crash rail, expert se was utterly avoidable. jumps r o to las al jazeera adams. the was trout in decades and escalating violence of driven over a 100000 refugees from somalia to neighboring kenya and aid workers say that number is expected to rise. kenny, already home to some of the world's largest refugee camps, is now struggling to cope with the influx of zeros. katherine sawyer reports from dub o newly arrived. somalis who half fled, drought are being vetted before been registered as refugees in kenya. some of those who managed to get here of also escaped ongoing fighting government forces and regional troops are continuing their offensive against the armed group, archibald,

aiden mohammed, nor sais. the slow verification process is one last obstacle he did not needs mark a man, osaka. hi, i've been here since early morning. the vetting has just started, but there is no order. there is no proper order, build it out. so security has been heightened in and around the dob refugee com. 3 border policemen were recently killed after their vehicle run over an improvised explosive device on a busy road. secuity officials blame archibald fighters for using the coms to carry out our talks. everyone here is on edge. our board is very for us. low we have the security patrol, our units that are out there, but during our borders are good. seeing the do, those who scenic, we cannot come to the come. and the guests enter into the comes without being known . more than $100000.00 somalis have crossed into kenya since last year. this is

in addition to refugees who have been in the camps, some of them since 1991. when they fled to civil war. some of the refugees come to come like this one where they have relatives. but hayes, the problem. some government officials said this could compromise national security . when it, luca abdi osmond has just arrived, she says, have village in law, cuba is under the control of all. sure. bob, about the vote. we came here because of drought, but i also had security concerns. armed men will take my property. i was afraid my daughters, it's easy for them to be forcefully married off. i cannot protect them. yeah, lou at lucy park, other refugee verification center, some managed to get through, they now have a food talking and a government alien cards. they say they don't want to trouble, they just want to be safe. catherine saw.