Israel protest: 700,000 people demonstrate against judicial reforms

Mass demonstrations have taken place in cities across Israel after the defence minister was sacked. He had spoken out against controversial plans to overhaul the justice system. Newsday hears from the demonstrations.

Also coming up, hundreds of people have been displaced in the wake of the tornadoes which tore through the US states of Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night as 26 people were killed.

Also on Newsday, we go to Afghanistan where a new school year has started, yet hundreds of thousands of girls are not allowed to attend.