strike in decades hits the country. a migrant rescue ship funded by street artist banksy is seezed by italian coast guards. antonio conte is sacked as tottnehams manager, a week after publicly lambasting the club and its players. hello and welcome. mass demonstrations have taken place in several israeli cities after the prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister. yoav gallant was dismissed after he called for controversial plans to overhaul the justice system to be scrapped. in jerusalem, thousands of protesters gathered outside the country s parliament, and in tel aviv, demonstrators blocked one of the main highways. azadeh moshiri reports. it was a sudden outpouring of rage, hordes of protesters continue to fill the streets in the early hours of the morning. demonstrations have been going on in israel for months, but these protests were spontaneous, as people surged into action. everyone here is in the army and they re serving too. we re going to protect
the coalition government of israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been plunged into chaos after mass overnight protests in the country. the protests were sparked after he sacked his defence minister who spoke out against plans to reform the system of appointing judges. but the coalition has survived a vote of no confidence in the parliament on monday morning. and mr netanyahu has appealed to the protestors for calm. so why have these reforms proved so contentious? these are the 11th week of protests over prime minister netanyahu s plans to overhaul the justice system. his reforms would give the government decisive control over the committee which appoints judges. it would also make it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office. mr netanyahu says that the reforms would in fact stop the courts over reaching their powers. but others say it s a threat to democracy which serves only to benefit the prime minister who s facing an ongoing corruption tri
arrivederci antonio. manager conte leaves tottenham hotspur by mutual consent after 16 months in charge. and we ll be hearing more of your stories about caring for relatives with dementia. nothing prepares you for that moment where your parents do turn around and ask you who you are. that moment is heartbreaking. it s monday the 27th of march. our main story. the new leader of the scottish national party will be revealed this afternoon, six weeks after nicola sturgeon announced her resignation. the scottish health secretary humza yousaf, the finance secretary kate forbes and ash regan, a former minister, are the three contenders hoping to become first minister. whoever wins the top job will take on a fractured party and a country facing a number of policy challenges. our scotland editor james cook reports. for the snp, this has been a difficult campaign. splits have emerged on the economy, social issues such as gay marriage and a lack of progress towards independence. so part
through really traumatic circumstances. they are going through a difficult time in their lives and we are finding that their cases are not being dealt with quickly enough. we really need to see proper investment in the justice system so we need morejudges, more courts, more police officers, more lawyers and there is not enough funding in the system at the moment. i was going to say, what is happening is that victims are now getting to a stage where cases are being adjourned a number of times before they get to conclusions, some trials are taking 2 3 years before they are concluding and victims are just getting to a stage where they have had enough. it s hanging over them and they get to a point where they just can t support action them and they get to a point where theyjust can t support action any further. ., , , . further. from my experience, certainly. further. from my experience, certainly. as further. from my experience, certainly, as a further. from my experience,