he says she died from self sustained injuries. that defence has caused a public outcry in the country, where 400 women die from domestic violence every year, according to statistics from un women. every day, police in kazakhstan receive about 300 reports of domestic abuse, yet the punishment is generally a fine and a restraining order. now women s right activists are demanding a new law that fully criminalises domestic violence. earlier, i spoke to kazakh journalist?zarina akhmatova about the case. in kazakhstan, it s indeed a big case, a case of utmost importance for our country, capturing the attention of millions of viewers who tune in to watch the trial unfold four days a week from from 9am 6pm. it s notjust in kazakhstan where the trial is making a really big waves, but across all the world and our russian speaking region. and this is an unprecedented, as you mentioned, case in history in kazakhstan where the trial to be broadcast live and for there to be such attention
we begin in the middle east where reports of hezbollah launching dozens of soils into israel. confirming a0 lodges were identified to some were intercepted. unclear whether this is linked to the threat that has been reported today that an attack by iran on israel is imminent. the white house described that the right as quote, real and viable. media reporting in israel that the prime minister is meeting top officials for such an attack which would be seen as retaliation or the air strike that killed senior iranian commanders nearly two weeks ago on a iranian consulate in damascus. here s what the white house spokesman said when he briefed reporters earlier on. we re watching this very, very closely. we still deemed the potential threat by iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible. and we re watching it as closely as we can. right now, ourfocus is on having conversations with our israeli counterparts and making sure notjust conversations but making sure that th