an abandoned building. there might be two options here. it might be illegal connection, or it might be other heating devices which they are using, because we are told that at the time when the fire started, they didn t have electricity. so it might be any other options between the ones ijust mentioned in terms of the cause of the fire incident itself. but our investigating team, they are on site. they will be starting to conduct that fire investigations as soon as we are done with our search and recovery operation. authorities are saying the building had been unoccupied but was hijacked by people who apparently were homeless. the fire officers said they are still unclear as to the reason behind the fire, what caused the fire, but it started early in the fire, but it started early in the morning, about 1:30am at local time. emergency services say the fire has completely gutted the building. it looks this is no longer a recovery of people who have survived, but recovery of thos
were mostly undocumented immigrants. the head of the emergency services injohannesburg says it s currently unclear what started the fire. this is a hijacked building, an abandoned building. there might be two options here. it might be a legal connection, or it might be other heating devices they are using, because we were told that at the time the fire started, they didn t have electricity. it might be any other options between the ones ijust mentioned in terms of the cause of the fire incident itself. but our fire investigating team, they are on site, they will be starting to conduct that fire investigation as soon as we are done as we are done with our search and recovery operation. straight to johannesburg now. the authorities continue to search that building in the centre of the city. we did get an update from officials in the last hour. they described this as a tragedy of monumental proportions, and it is believed that there were people squatting in that building. the au
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