Hello, im tom mccrae. This is the news. How alive from durham coming up in the next 60 minutes . Ah, after causing catastrophic damage and puerto rico Hurricane Fiona brings heavy, rain and flesh floods to the caribbean. Demands for justice and accountability in the International Criminal court. For the murder of al jazeera journal, assuring barclay by Israeli Forces russia. If i sit back in the eastern, la hans can donate scroggins as ukraines counter offensive gains momentum. Ah, freedom of the 22 years. A course in the us cautious the murder conviction of a man whose christ riveted listeners all the popular podcasts serial. And its for pakistan getting ready to host a land ma, cricket series, england, the return supply that 1st International Matches in pakistan for 17 years. Ah, a major storm is ripping through the caribbean. Hurricane fiona has brought to renewal brain, strong winds and flesh floods to the region earlier it caused widespread damage and knocked out power. And puerto rico. Petticoat hind reports a sign of an island hit again. This bridge built after the last hurricane to hit puerto rico washed away 2 days before the 5th anniversary of hurricane maria. Now fiona maria was a category for fiona, a one. But the devastation appears to be just as widespread. Real love, love going there. This is the plots of river from the bridge and com, or you, it is approximately 10 feet from hitting the bridge. This is crazy. The governor of puerto rico has called the damage catastrophic. It more just idea in many areas that had never seen flooding, there has been an unprecedented accumulation of water. In fact, in many areas, it was greater than what we saw during hurricane maria. My, your up to 76 centimeters of rain was forecasted to fall in some parts of puerto rico houses. Businesses washed away, landslides are continuing, and more than 1300000 people are without electricity and will likely stay that way for days or weeks. Many also dont have access to clean water. Youre not at my age, ive never seen anything like this before. I have no words to describe this. Oh, it destroyed everything. Everything has been affected. It all has to be v boats. All this. More than 1000 people had to be rescued. And now fiona has moved on to the Dominican Republic, the damage there, also widespread as fiona brought wind of more than 140 Kilometers Per Hour window. Well, ill tell you the truth. I didnt sleep. I was sitting behind that door because the wind was strong enough. That would have taken me with everything. I woke up for a m because the house was one large pool. Fiona is expected to strengthen in the coming days as it next bears down on the bahamas and turks and keikos and likely bermuda as well. Particle haine al jazeera l g 0 meteorologist stevenson fox is on sit with us. And even though youve been tracking the storm, havent you . Yeah, thats right tom. So at the moment its now making its way across the turks and k cost already. So its pulling away from the caribbean. But we are looking at some very big showers, small heavy downfalls coming in across the Dominican Republic and was still so some lavish. I was coming across a good part of puerto rico, actually. So were not quite out of the woods just yet. You can see the storm theyre just showing up on the satellite pitcher. And that is the location of the storm, which will make its way further north, as, as he sweep through the next 24 hours or so. Currently, with winds around 185. 00 classes per hour as we were hearing, gusts of around 220 Kilometers Per Hour. So it is a major storm as a category 3 hurricane. This one. Very, very heavy rain. I got half a meter of rainy, one or 2 spots as we go through the next couple days. A storm sir, there will be widespread flooding, and of course, also the risk of mudslides. So there we go. You can see how it is pulling away from hispaniola. Making its way further northwards. As we go on into the middle part of the week, it is clear still plenty of shabbas for the Dominican Republic at all. So for haiti though, and still a few showers, coming into that western side of puerto rico, we close in on turks and k, cause she can see the storm just making its way over. Grant hurt at the moment actually. So big rain, big winds now pushing through as we go on into wednesday. It picks up, remember that 185 or up to 220 Kilometers Per Hour now. So its a category for hurricane, very powerful system. This one, making its way further northwards, gathering more strength over the warm waters. And by the end of the week tom, itll make his way across bermuda. Thank you very much. Everton lynch of hair and at least 2 people have died. And one of the most powerful storms the country has ever seen. Typhoon named the dull, made landfall on the Southern Islands of key issue on sunday. Its since weekends to a tropical storm, but has caused blackouts and tens of thousands of homes. And middle is now moving north. A complaint has been filed with the International Criminal court to demand justice and accountability for the killing of al jazeera journalist. Sure, in our clay by Israeli Forces. A group of journalists filed the case on behalf of sharina family. The palestinian american journalist was shot on the head by Israeli Forces while on assignments in the occupied with bank in may. Sharon was with al jazeera for 25 years covering is rails illegal, occupation. Stevenson is long for us at the hague. Instead, how important is the stip and trying to get some sort of justice for her family while this is, of course, very important, or we heard a very compelling appeal by the brother of 1st serene abu ugly here at the International Criminal court. Saying that the family should not wait another day after waiting for 4 months for justice, for serene. And also the rather sad that he, she is not, was not only a great human being and a great journalist, but also a great aunt for his children. So theres a sort of a last resort. Bate maybe so to speak her, although the groups here, the Palestinian Press syndicate, and also the International Federation for journalists really also are putting pressure on the United States because of sharin sir. American citizenship to start is an independent investigation, but they really also want now the International Criminal court to take up this case and im joined here by one of the lawyers for the family at jana. Eat well, she has filed 25 around 25 pages of this formal complaint. How hopeful are you that the criminal court will pick up this case . Well, and this case is an important case. It is emblematic of a wider issue. The systematic targeting of journalists in palestine and so we are hopeful that the prosecutor will look at it seriously. And to make a determination that it is a priority in his investigation. You said more than 47 journalists have been killed in israel since the last 2 decades. 47. 00 plus. Thats a huge number. What happened to all these cases . Well, they were forgotten, were not forgotten by their family members. Excuse me. Oh, the, by the authorities, they have not been investigated. And that is the main issue here. There has been no independent and impartial criminal investigation of these matters. And as such, there is a burdening culture of impunity and acceptance that it is part of the norm that journalist covering situations of protest, or violets, or even just covering m Security Operations are a target. And thats fine. Well, its not fine. These things need to be properly investigated because otherwise, as the world looks on me to struggle a collective shrug and the cases fall into a list am on a file. And no one has justice, no one has accountability. You even said it would be a shame for us all if this impunity, of killing jealous would continue. Itll be a shame on us all. And the more we fail to address this issue, and the more we turn, we are, well flee blind to it in palestine, but as it in across the world, i mean, weve seen journals targeted in ukraine, and there has been outrage and the has been discussion of how it is unknown, the is unlawful, and it must be investigated, and the more it continues and the failure to achieve real accountability continues, the more jonas will be harassed and they will not be able to carry out the work safely as they should, that they have every right to do well, some strong words here. Thank you so much for joining us. Said today. Well, what happened is that last year at the criminal court, International Criminal court decided that they do have jurisdiction in the palestinian those territories. So de says, the reason why there is some hope here by the palestinian organisations by palestinian journalist, but also by the Palestinian Government that there will eventually be the star of an investigation. Actually, i have to say the investigation has already started and they want these killings of journalists not only sharing a broccoli, but they also filed cases of killings of other journalists to this court. And i hope that this all will be part of this great grant investigation to quite as doing into what they call the situation and palestine. Thank you very much for that update that stevenson a lie for us at the hague. Ukrainian forces counter offensive in the east is gaining momentum and bertha lu. Hence scan to don. Its christians, russia and russian backed separatists had been in complete control of the uria. Burnt cave says its now retaken. The village of bueller . Horrific are in no hands. This video released on social media appears to show ukrainian soldiers walking into the town on monday. Well, lets go live to gabriel. Elizondo and keith. I know Ukrainian Forces continue to gain ground on the front line dont though they are especially in the northeast where ukrainian counter offensive there continues and it continues to push east, remember copy on sc and is you him the 2 cities in the, the how to cave region that were recaptured by the ukrainians and last week and now the ukrainians have moved east from there about 25 kilometers east. Ah, from those 2 cities, which means they are now in to the dont ask region of ukraine. They are now and a counter offensive and based on what were hearing from a reports from the front lines, ukrainians are now on a counter offensive around a city called lehman city of about 25000 people. A town if you will. But its critical and strategic because it is in dont ask what is considered potentially an area that the russians have wanted to gain full control over. And its also a town with the major rail line that runs through the transit hub if the ukrainians can recapture lemon. Which appears like they are trying to do at this very hour, that would be another victory for the ukrainians. And again, put the russians on defense in dont ask. They only control about half of dont ask right now. And also the ukrainians appear to now be encroaching on the front lines, some of the villages and settlements on the front lines. In who hans as well, dont ask who hans make up the don bass region that russia so desperately wants to control all of a while the ukrainians make these advances on the battlefields and analysts whether they be in london, washington dc, or even warsaw are starting to think about what potential victory could look like for the ukrainians in this war, we decided to spend a day and keep asking ukrainians themselves. The very simple question, how do you define potential victory in this war . And this is what they had to tell us. On a recent day in downtown keith with ukraine, seizing the momentum, we asked people to define victory in the war against russia. When our territory was crimea, dom boss nickerson will be ukranian again. Her old russians ogle buyers will give back to russia. Nebo, blue betrothed bought a hold, may be the will convict that because they will kill an old people. Crimea for many years. Victory includes reclaiming the southern peninsula, annexed by russia, 2014. But we need to make the whole country free glued and crimea. I know there are many people in the European Union which who still do not believe in that i believe and we believe that it happens time pass. And the, this happens for some, its about joining military alliances. I yeah. Had that is sure. Oh yeah, in my opinion we have to join litle as soon as possible, but only with the support of our partners. Can we guarantee our independence and wellbeing this war made us stronger, more powerful. We started to believe in ourselves more weakness, finishing, and for others. Victory is about making russia pay. Ah, but a more had, we have to reset our borders to where they were in 1991. When we gained independence from the soviet union. The victory is also when russia will pay reparations to ukrainians to all those have lost their family in their homes. In this invasion, victory means a strong ukraine, that nobody will ever try to conquer again, it was the Ukrainian Military counter offensive that retook the entire harder cave region. Back from the russians, certainly has boosted morale, but ukrainians also know that with russia still in control of about 75 percent of the don boss. More than half of zap arissa and all of the had sown region is very well, could be a long war in a country where for most the only debate is not if ukraine eventually will win, but what victory will look like when it does kick gabriel. Whats up behind russias plan and moving its submarines away from crimea . Yeah, this is related to russias very important navy weighing it called the black sea fleet. Its been based in crimea, the peninsula in southern ukraine. Ah, that russia annexed in 2014. This black sea fleet has been based there, but according to the u. K, military intelligence, russia has been moving some of its Nuclear Power submarines. Ringback from there about 500 kilometers away towards and in a russian port. Why is this important or significant 2 reasons . Number one, it shows that the russians are potentially feel as though this black sea fleet is under threat from the ukrainians. And quite frankly, is already the cranes have ha bombed an air wing of the black sea fleet in crimea. And also is remembered april, a sank, a very important russian ship of the back see fleet as well. So it also shows as well that the russians feel they need to move this out to safer area because it be much harder for the ukrainians to strike directly on russian territory. And these would be out of the range of ukrainian missiles. Bottom line though is what were seeing is this is another sign on the battlefield that russia, in, at least in some places, continues to be on the run. Gabrielle elizondo, a for us and keith, thank you. 4 of the 5 European Union countries bordering russia, began turning away russian tourists at midnight on monday to to the war and ukraine. Poland, estonia, latvia and lithuania, imposed the new restrictions. Finland has cut back on visa appointments for russians, but has decided to remain open to them. But plenty more ahead on this news. Allan including members of south africas police union call for better wages, were live in the protests with her room with hussar pretoria. We speak to eliminate men who went to extreme lengths to withdraw his own money from a bank, sitting off a Chain Reaction that lead to banks closing for 3 days and in sport fans of this nfl team. I left praying for one of the players after an on field collision. And hes here with that store. Ah, the units it says 11 children were killed in an air strike by me in mars military. The attack happened on a school in the Northwestern Region of sa gang. The joined her says it was targeting rebels hiding in the area. The schools administrator says after the initial strike around 80 soldiers entered the school, which is in a buddhist monastery. More than 20 people were injured. With tennessee, as so called Anti Terrorism police, have detained senior opposition. Politician and former Prime Minister ali laurie it maria to enter and out a party leader rashid gucci were initially brought in for questioning. On monday, our Party Official says the 2 men are accused of sending fighters to syria. Larry yet is expected to appear in court on wednesday. So how did sincere get here . The 20 years ago it held its 1st referendum. The goal was to amend the 1959 constitution and changed the president ial mandate that allowed then president spin ali to run for more than 3 terms. Nearly 100 percent of voters who participated voted yes. And there was nearly a full house turnout. Lynn december 2021 president. Case said, announced plans to reform the constitution calling it the revolution constitution. And july 2022 tennesseans voted in a referendum with a landslide victory of 94 percent voting yes. But only 30 percent of the countries. 7000000 people registered voters actually took part in that paul la decarlo all is a member of another party and former member of the tennessee in parliament. He joins us now from london. Thank you very much for being on the program. Whats a, your reaction festival, to the accusations against the 2 members of your party . Well, the interrogation had nothing to do yesterday with the issue of sending fighters to syria, actually. I mean, it is an anti gay. I think this is not a victim today. For i say its failure, hes failure in, in attending to the what the changes and people are waiting. So hes failing them and he needs to give them a fight. And again, i say it needs to push away and to marginalize all these opposition. So he needs to get rid of any serious opposition and the main one would be he has elections and he needs to secure that these election would not bring any free vote voice. So this is whats happening. It is just to propaganda campaign. And then just rushing straight forward into war with the changes in the people that i with the, all the country. What do you make of the timing of the questioning . As i have said, the timing right now is going through a did and harsh social crisis. So i say it needs to bring