i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from de, also coming up tens of thousands of women to take to the streets of chillies, capital, demanding gender equality, and the end to domestic violence. the battle for back moot, ukrainian soldiers push ahead against russian mercenaries who warn they can't win. and we report from iraq where the country is facing a water shortage. despite having 2 major rivers. ah, thousands of people are running outside the parliament building in the georgia and capital tbilisi for a 2nd day. that demonstrating against a proposed law. they say will silence critics of the government. the legislation similar to one passed by russia in 2012, which the kremlin has since used to target western funded and jose and media malagon and whatsapp reports railing outside parliament for a 2nd night in a row. protest as into lisi have been marching against a so called for an agents bill that minifield will curtail civil liberties and stifled press freedom. but right police pushed them back using t, i guess bought a cannon and stun grenades. the transparency of foreign funding bill passed a 1st reading in parliament on tuesday, but not without chaos and fighting between in peas. the bill requires in deos and media outlets receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents or face heavy fines. president salome is that of actually has come out in support of protested and has vowed to veto the build. many demonstrators say the bill is reminiscent of russian legislation used to silence critics. they say should the bill become law, it will ruin george's chances of becoming a member of the european union and nato, around 80 percent of georgiana populations steel is very pro western and they see their future in wes. so that's very important for our government is we see to demonize these people and to now to damage their importation of the organizations of don nurse of those who work with them and into easel, late georgia. the draft is backed by the governing georgia dream party. and says it would allow for transparency of foreign influence prime minister, erotic godaddy. bush really says it will help route out those working against georgia interests. but critics say that's not the case. the fear, amongst many, georgia, that is actually a conscious effort by georgia bos gotten to sabotage, georgia to join me. i know that her services curry favor with the family, an oil, or military intervention like so. any cray, i'm jordan's, are very angry about this. i see because george is such a pro, you incontinent very antsy, russian public opinion more than 60 independent and civil society organizations have said they will not comply with the bill if signed into law. malakai boma, zippy alta 0. but i'm tom k, as i john less with real political, he sent us this update from tbilisi. there are still hundreds of protest this clashing with the police. the police which is consisted of rifles and racking up lisman. we're using tear gas. well, to canon and pappas break to disperse the demonstration, to day, tens of thousands of georges to, to the streets, to protest the bill on the transparency of foreign influence, which is being adopted by the georgia government. on the 1st hearing, many children's fear that this bill will hinder the countries european aspirations. georgia is waiting for an answer from the european union about granting the candidate status which has failed to receive. along with mal giovanni crane. last year my kind of has more from washington dc. they say they deeply concerned about the potential for violence within georgia. first of all, the state department spokesman price made clear that the right to protest is a universal one. at the same time, he called on both protesters and the government to keep the proceedings non violent to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. as these protests continue, that the spokesmen declined to directly criticize the georgian government, but at the same time he made very clear the u. s. position on these controversial new draft laws. this is what ned price had to say. we're, as we said consistently in recent days, deeply troubled by the recently introduced draft for an agent laws which is actually made law would stigmatize in silence independent voices and citizens of georgia. who are dedicated to building a better future within their own communities. parliament's advancing of these kremlin inspired draft laws is incompatible with the people of george's clear desire for european integration and its democratic development. the state department spokesman also made clear that the us views this current conflict between people and government as part of a why did dissonance between what the people want and what the government once this is very much a reflection of what the us sees as a government not necessarily following the wishes of the people, and this is something that came close to direct criticism of the georgia government itself. oh, tens of thousands of people have rallied in today's capital santiago, mocking international women's day by demanding the government and shrines, abortion rights, and gender equality and the new constitution. on wednesday, the chilean government announced a series of benches aimed at improving women's lodge or latin america editor lucy newman was at the march in the capitol. it's been a mass mass demonstration, one of the largest i think i've ever seen. and that's saying a lot in this country where for international women's day, usually hundreds of thousands of women and children, even babies this time turned out with their mothers. but there has just been an incident. i don't know if you could. you probably can't see it right behind me, but i could see the water cannon trucks of the riot police throwing water and trying to break up a group of violent people that just in erupt it into this. what was otherwise a peaceful and very joyous march. they started throwing glass bottles, sticks, beat several of the protesters or the women marchers who tried to stop them. it became very violent. one of them got caught just a few minutes ago by the marchers who hit him and, and it seems, and it's being cleared up. there weren't many of them. but they, as i say, they were very, very violent. and it's the kind of thing that happened to often hear, despite the calls for a peaceful march, mainly by women, they're very few men here. those are the who were armed with the glass bottles and sticks and stones were mainly young men. but anyhow, it did seem to have ended, and that's why you see very few people behind me right now. but there are tens of thousands in front of me. at this stage. they must be marching past the presidential palace to demand abortion rights, to demand gender parity. especially an end to fem aside and abuse by men. this is it's a long list. we've heard it all for years and years. but gillian, women are becoming more and more emboldened from all age groups and from all social levels, economic levels in this country. that's certainly what we've been seeing here today . transport and sanitation workers in france are taking their strike against proposed pension reforms into a 3rd day. anger has continued to grow with the president's plan to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64 on international women's day, protest has highlighted what they see of these sexist nature. the changes latasha bought a report from pars solidarity for women's rights around the world. was one of the main themes of a march in paris to mock international women's day. protesters. so focus on issues closer to home, including the french government plan pension reform that some say will make life harder for women. was of 3 samples unknown to them. like all the forums, this pension bill ignores women. now women will have to work more years to make up for the years. they had children as if having children. is it work? well, i, later to state as against woman, as all states are, and on this, governments include women, you end up with laws like this pension reform, which is profoundly sexist. please, lords, coincides with the 2nd day. nationwide strikes against a government plan pension reforms. some workers say to re films on erosion of their rights in the north of the country. they were road blockades and picket lines outside some factories in the east, dozens of cargo boat workers blocked part of the vine river while transport services disrupted. nationwide reseller garage will suffer cuz it's been total chaos. i guess it's the same for everyone. and i had a train this afternoon that was cancelled, so i reboot and then that was camera trade unions calling for rolling strikes to bring france to a standstill. and during the government, in golden order as quickly as we can, den calls to bring our economy to its knees. because these statements are irresponsible. union leaders, ursula to meet french president emmanuel mcgraw to discuss the stand off. so far the requests have been declined. macros says the reforms are necessary to modernize an ailing and process system. for now, his government shows no sign of backing down. natasha butler al jazeera paris. russian mercenaries say they've taken control of the eastern part of back, moot of the battle for the ukrainian city. grimes on, it's not strategically significant, but has gained symbolic importance for both sides. bernard smith report, there isn't much last of back much to fight for. but ukraine and russia continued to throw soldiers and material into one of the bloodiest battles of the war in ukraine. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group, says his forces have taken control of the eastern part of the city. but there is in issue a garage. we have a very live you was originally just bought more, the sure for was through g g. welcome would go baldness still not with the but control him. she was gonna see just that with the in a video released on wednesday. if gainey push again, is shown talking to wagner mercenaries who are complaining, they're running out of ammunition. magnified as a been leading the russian campaign to seat back mart. bridge again, has accused russia's defense minister survey, chicago of treason, the withholding supplies of munitions to his fighters. munitions are in short, supply to for ukraine's forces. you defense ministers have been meeting to discuss a plan for the member states to pull resources to buy ammunition. nato secretary general says back what may fall to russia in the coming days? this does sir, or not, sir, necessarily are fixed any are turning point of the war on them and her and the, it just highlights that we should not under estimate or russia. ah, we must continue to provide support to ukraine, la circle thing, ukraine's military release, the video of a commander visiting troops in back mot. alexander c ascii tells the men there in the hottest spot faculties of little strategic value for both ukrainian military and wagner mercenaries have said that using this battle to deplete and divert the address is resources from elsewhere along the front line. burnett smith, al jazeera, united nations chief and ukraine's president of both call of an extension of the crucial black sea grain export deal at a meeting and keith and tanya gutierrez, she is visiting the ukrainian capital and a stress the importance of the agreement for global food security, the deal was initially broken by the you and turkey year and is due to be renewed later this month. this is eva green, lost to my son is for the explorer 20000000 dos of grain from ukrainian bottles. it contributed to loading the blow. cost of fools. a people were, oh gosh, what is war? but he coolly into developing wools. hundreds of people have been out on the streets and they occupied west bank for the funeral of 6 palestinian so killed by his ready forces. the palestinian presidency spokesperson called these rainy, arrayed all out war and many palestinians, according on their leaders to do more to protect them. neither abraham reports the division between palestine. 2 political factions laid out in the streets of nablus on wednesday. ah, the palestinian authority security forces attacked mourners in the funeral procession of a high mass gunmen busted in official se some participants violated arrangements that were agreed before the funeral. but many here believes that palestinian authority does not want him asked to have a strong presence in the occupied westman mistress. and the judge, not only is he his railey army, worried about the fight as uniting palestinians who have personal interests. so worried about the units in geneva, the coffee lately before he was killed gunman, i've been fatter who she was taking refuge in jeanene, a hub for the armed resistance to his rails occupation. here in jeanine, at different fixture. not only do palestinians fight side by side, but government provide support to one another even when they belong to different palestinian fractions and come from different city fighters tele, just either the internal palestinian division only serves to benefit israel beard upon human ha. leaderships far away from the palestinian struggle for a long time. the palestinian authority wants to the resistance and we're against the as it is, one of 6 palestinians is ready for his killed during the day. the genie on tuesday, he was a member of the palestinian security forces before he took up arms enjoined other fighters and jean entered sidewalk at the local us. now is the time for us to take up. young people have much more awareness and they say we have to resist and we can't stay silent against these really aggression for palestinians. it's been a cycle of brief anger and morning united in pain. and now they say the fight neither the him. alger zita, the occupied westbank pakistan, former prime minister in man con, as criticize the government decision to ban public gatherings, which forced him to call off an election rally and confrontations between his supporters and the police. had of comes a plan rally in the hall. one person was killed in the violence and dozens arrested just before the event authorities imposed a ban and all demonstrations for a week. the biggest concern right now for my political party is to protect me because there's a severe that there's a serious threat to my life. the question is, how do i can been and yet have a secure enough environment. question is, how do i go to these goals? i, i made 3 court appearances and unfortunately there was just no protection there. that's why people approach the court and said, look, there must be some police protection. so break here now to 0. when we come back, how funding and political issues are hampering humanitarian relief efforts in quake ravaged parts of northwest in more accusation service of a who was behind last year, the tax on the north stream gas pipeline. more than that? ah, now we've not seen the spring equinox yet, but this looks distinctly spring like winds up from the south taking rain across japan. still called off. it is snow inventive our stock, or maybe in support. oh, ball time we get to friday, but then you look again, you think these temperatures are bit on the high side for spring. you be right to think that they are for vietnam, right? the way through china and across the korean peninsula to japan. tempted a 7 to 15 degrees above average and they've come up that way fairly quickly. it's bit reminiscent of what happened last year where it stayed that throughout the summer for the south and as the rainy season still jitters. we still got big children, singapore, and call them promptly shibel lazy and born. yeah. but then nothing like as big as they were, but the flooding hasn't all gone away from. but it symbolize here and the heat which is generating high attempt is on the western side of india central and some pakistan is also high enough to generate one or 2 showers somewhere in the central northern plain of india, less so in pakistan where it's still hot in karachi and further now north, in fact, temperatures round about 5 degrees above average, nothing much to stop the minds of the sun keeps blazing. there is rain coming 3, but it's really well. iraq and afghanistan, ah, in the blink of the night, many lives when lost thousands of people, mary alive and more left homeless, were shocked by the number of sites we worshipped by. the number of victims al jazeera goes to the most afflicted region in syria. here in northwest and syria to see those affected by the a. m, it's severe shortages of humanitarian aid. the full report syria, the continuing tragedy on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back. okay, from out about top stories here. this are thousands of people are protesting in the georgian capital tbilisi for a 2nd day, a rallying against a proposal. they say what science critics of the government. the government says it's needed to stop the influence of what it calls foreign agents. tens of thousands of people have rallied in chili's capital santiago. they were mocking international women's day by demanding. the government include abortion rights agenda. equality in the new constitution. and russian mercenaries say they've taken control of the eastern part of the moot as the battle for the ukrainian city. grimes on nato. secular general says it may fall to russia in the coming days, but the cranium defenders say they will not retreat. they've been new accusations about the possible involvement of a pro ukrainian group and they attack i'm an old stream gas pipeline last year, german media, se western investigators believe a 6 person team launch from germany. plot the explosives, ukranian authorities have denied any involvement as harry force at my report. the gas leak ended months ago, but the answers as to who carried out the attacks on an odd stream pipelines may at last be surfacing reports in the u. s. and now the german media suggest an anti russian government group based in ukraine, was responsible. according to the german reporting, 6 people all carrying ford passports boarded a rented yard at the german port of rostock, on the 6th of september. last year the yacht sailed up the coast to the town of v come das. and on to the tiny, danish island of christiane, so close to the explosions that hit the pipelines on the 27th of september. almost immediately, western nations suggested russia might have sabotaged its own pipelines to create further chaos in europe's energy markets. russia accused the united states have being behind it to remove russian economic leverage over germany. a theory endorsed last month in a report by the investigative journalist, seymour hersh. now, these revelations becoming a major topic of discussion at wednesdays, european union defense ministers, summit in sweden. there are ongoing national investigations and i think it's right to wait until those are finalized before we sent him or about who was behind. that has been the line from western nation since the attack last september. somehow suggest it was a deliberate one to shield keith as it sought more weaponry from germany, the country, from where without its knowledge, the attack was reportedly launched. kennedy, please do what he does or shall i know the reports about this investigation. i read with great interest and we have to distinguish clearly yes, whether it was a ukrainian group, so it could have been on ukrainian behalf or a pro ukrainian one without the knowledge of the government. but i caution against jumping to conclusions. the story is also said it could have been a russian full flag operation. ukraine continues to deny involvement. for me, it's a little bit strange story because it's not, it's the story that nothing with us. and i think the investigation of official authorities will describe every detail because it's like a complement for our special forces. but this is not our activity. if this attack can be proven to have been the work of a pro ukrainian group even if not ukrainian state, that could still prove tricky for a german government needing to bolster falling public support for military backing of ukraine. these latest lakes and emerged well after germany pledged, advanced ed offense and tanks to cave. hurry, full sit al jazeera, tens of thousands of people have been protesting across greece, south to the nations worse trained disaster. the police side tear gas and stun grenades to disperse large crowds in the capital, athens, civil servants, doctors, teachers, and transport workers have walked off the job, show their anger of the state of the rail. network agency say the humanitarian response in northwest syria to february, devastating earthquakes has been inadequate. they blame it on a lack of funding. so hold a ripple is going to go to the time has done little to heal the wounds, the earthquakes, the devastated war ravaged towns and cities in syria have robbed its people of what little they had left. the challenges ahead involve rebuilding what was destroyed. hundreds of thousands of people have been made homeless and both government and rebel held territories. while worsening. the displacement crisis and the opposition controlled northwest enclave was so me hung with people with choice to live in the area is what i see over probably more media media condition. the needs are great in the region where 4000000 people were dependent on aid before the natural disaster. but agencies say help has been slow and adequate. they blame this partly on the lack of funding, without which the ability to respond will be limited. we cannot skate to the level of needs, mostly because we lack funding. and because also coordination structures that we're responding to, not with cd before being in turkey and most of them have been selected. the earthquake, syria was already among the most underfunded humanitarian crises in the world. and so far less than half of the $400000000.00 requested by the un to deal with the immediate needs from the disaster has been funded. but it's not the only problem. a coordinated effort is needed in a largely isolated region which lacks the capacity and resources to face its latest catastrophe. all the while access to northwest syria depends on a political decision by the syrian government. biggest thing is predictable access . we saw the additional 2 border crossings for you and a to access was a good start. but at the 3 month window that you know they're operating off of is wholly insufficient, the skill to humanitarian response and to northwest syria. furthermore, is the 2nd piece, which is that we need a principle not critical response. an unconscionable failure is how some aid workers described the international response in syria so far for those who survived . the recovery from the aftermath of this disaster has yet to start said whether i should eat or emergency teams of rescued. 3 people trapped in a landslide in indonesia. torrential rain triggered mud slides in the remote and tuner region killing at least 11 people, dozens more still missing. now iraq is facing an unprecedented water crisis. more than 4 years of drought means drinkable water is becoming more scarce. it's been a massive impact on agriculture. according to the norwegian refugee council, a quarter of iraqi farmers experienced 90 percent wheat crop failure due to a lack of water, one in 3, reducing the area of land there, cultivating and water reserves in the countries southern mesopotamia, muslims, down by 60 percent mark. but up to wire reports now from nasiriyah. these land used to be covered by thriving fields and orchards. but like many other areas in iraq, southern provinces, drought has lifted parched villages in the district of se detail were once a major supply of meat. for the whole province has sugary and her booty explains how a shortage of water has ruined his farm. his cows are weekend unhealthy because they drink water that is contaminated beside that. what about the situation where you know the g and we used to grow less greenery? some fruit including watermelons in summer and we didn't barley in winter. our crops died and our livestock tried to find remains of grass and sunny. we've lost $300.00 cows this year alone in our area and how coleman was in the twin rivers. the tigris and euphrates are a lifeline for people living in iraq. but the water levels have fallen drastically that is blamed on dams being built in iran in to kia a less rain falling in recent years. the little water that remains is covered in river weed and contaminated by waste and toxic chemicals. yet it's the only source for use for about 70000 people in this area. i'm a jess im, distributes disseminated water to those in remote areas. he says, demand is the highest it's ever been awarded. shot my b, this tank capacity can supply 4 or 5 houses only. we have been working on a daily basis and the demand for household water has increased dramatically since 2018. albano walked out of the room. some families here can only afford a bearing of water a whole day. even water from ortiz in wales is salty. this ditch extends for a few kilometers and used to be full of water. now it has dried up and people from the village have been digging wells by hand in its bed like this one here. they then use pumps like this to get the water to their homes. but since it's not t saline tid, people here say it's harmful, especially for childrens this can. some farmers have moved to other cities. others have changed their profession. and with some are approaching those who are chosen to carry on fear their communities. and that way of life will decline my hold up that way. algebra in the vicinity of and mostly a city, southern iraq. now the launch of the world, 1st 3, the printed rocket has been cooled off at the last minute. the rocket designed by relativity space was attempting to break new ground in space exploration. but early in the launch process teams at cape canaveral ident, about a problem with the rockets liquid oxygen temperature that they could resolve.