none of them have this. and elliott gotkine is joining us. so many are asking what happens if the supreme court strikes down netanyahu s new amendment. and constitutional crisis that that might bring. reporter: and that is one of the questions that he declined to answer directly. he simply gave examples of how it would be unheard of. he did have a point in that respect because the israeli supreme court has never before struck down one of israel s so-called basic law, these quasi constitutional laws. but it has accepted seven petitions to hear, to look properly at this law to decide whether it can stay or whether it should indeed be struck down. and i suppose one interesting aspect of that, i mean, it could take weeks or months, by that time of course the government could have prevented other
serious questions. is south africa s policy towards russia on the world stage influenced by money? is it possible that foreign policy also has a link to construction or at the very least to a conflict of interest? i think this is an increasing concern that there could be foreign money from a russian origin that comes in to the south africa but flows into different political coffers and that could have an impact upon how south africa takes positions on certain policies. reporter: substantial investment, trade policies and critical foreign aid from the u.s. and european union are crucial to ought africa. the world s most and equal country. and gdwarfing russia s con fridy fwhugs trade and aid. and i think indeed sometimes politicians are putting the
let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. donald trump facing new charges in the classified documents case. special counsel alleges that the former u.s. president and an aide and employee attempted to delete security footage sought by the grand jury investigating mishandling of government records. israel s prime minister netanyahu refused to say that he would abide by any potential supreme court ruling striking down his controversial judicial reform law. the court expecting to hear appeals in september. and eastern u.s. is bracing for what is expected to be record heat. right now nearly 190 million people are under heat alerts. here is chad myers.
north korea s prize intercontinental ballistic missile and other hardware were on full display. the north putting on a show of high level delegations from close allies russia and china. mark stewart is tracking all of this live from tokyo and for many, this is being scene as russian endorsement of the arms program in north korea. reporter: russia is making remarks to suggest that. we re learning that north korea actually north korean leadership was provided a speech by vladimir putin. not clear if it was written or that was through video. but putin basically made some remarks suggesting that north korea s support for the war in ukraine really has emboldened the two nations to deal with the west. in the past, the united states officials have accused russia of
the u.s. ambassador publicly rebuked the government claiming that there was intelligence showing weapons and ammunition loaded on a a cargo ship bound for russia in december. now subject of a government inquiry. observable gap between the rhetoric and reality of the processed policy. reporter: and the question is why. we ve traveled to the remote kalahari. in this desert soil, it is used in making steel. and magnanise mines. and umk has deep financial ties to this man, a russian olligarc