since 975 and below it is not conceivable that spain could welcome a separatist in this way. we are expecting spain to deal with this matter in a way that should preserve the good relationship between our country. on monday, morocco appeared to relax, border controls. so it is mere described what happened next as an invasion because i'm looking for on the border with to, to is not only a border between spain and morocco, but also a european border. and that's in this case, the lack of control by the american authorities is not only a lack of respect for spain, but also towards the european union as a whole. suitor is one of 2 spanish territories in northern africa. asylum seekers can swim 200 meters around the break water to reach. what is your opinion the will? because if you could go i was, i was all got a look at the news and i saw that there were thousands of people crossing 6000 yesterday. so i said to myself, i'll take my chances. i'll swim across compasses. most migrant said they came here

looking for economy corporate unities. lift. okay, no, i looked for work, but it doesn't exist and there are only people who want to take advantage of us. we work for 20 or $30.00 a week and i learned to get the money in the what a month. do you see the people who are dying by the sea? it's not for nothing. it's because of a bad crisis because there is no work. st says about 3 quarters of the 8000 migrants have already been returned to morocco, but minus can stay under spanish law. they must be taken into care. and for now that means a teen day. corona virus, quarantines in a warehouse under police watch charlotte bellis o. to 0, at least 90 people have died also a powerful sy clone hit india's west coast. the indian navy says $37.00 bodies have been found from an oil barge that sung off the coast during cycling. they have a still on the way to find more workers and crew that are still missing. doesn't

small on there into been killed in goods or aren't fight loan. talk to was the most powerful storm to back to the area into decades have limited the natives from new delhi. search and rescue operation is still under way off the coast of more by india. ruben. see, to locate at least 3 dozen people who've been missing these people who are on a barge in accommodation, budge that was used by people who worked in the oil rigs over there. now the rescue, the people involved that the navy and because scott said they have recovered at least 37 bodies, but also it rescued at least 188 people who were on that barge separately. over the last few days. they have also a rescue. hundreds of other people who will on 3 the vessels and an oil rig that went adrift when you hit. now this has been a very challenging rescue operation because you know, the part of the storm was so powerful that the wind was so strong and the waters

with so choppy. and these people have been out there for 4 days. so it's been a big challenge. the cycle has also left a trade of devastation on land as well. you know, the state of goods off where it made land fall on tuesday or monday night actually, at least 53 people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. hundreds of roads have been blocked along the other states, along in the west coast have also reported, at least it doesn't get 40, said this till assessing the damages from this site loan. but it has also complicated matters in terms of the pandemic. several of the states like are not to con, carry a lot marashi and of course, good shot are in the middle of a surgery, a search in coven cases. the number of new corona virus deaths in india has fallen after 2 days of record highs. at least 3800 people died of the last 24 hours. and

i'm with new cases is down significantly after reaching daily highs of more than 400002 weeks ago. in the united states, the political battle continues over president joe bought in decision to raise a minimum wage. last month, he signed an executive order increasingly to $15.00 an hour for federal contractors . part of biden's corona virus relief package. but opponent say those measures crippling attempts to revive the economy. my county has the latest a d. c restaurant set to reopen like thousands of small businesses around the country attempting to reset in the wake up the pandemic. the minimum wages one such as dallas on t hoping for new beginnings as manage for restaurants recently reopened off to being shut and then sold as cobra 19 raged. i'm very excited. i like being with people, but some are struggling to find enough workers to get the businesses going. and the drop in employment figures last month was seized on as evidence that the increased

benefit payments removed and incentive to seek employment. democrats insisted on extending increased unemployment benefits to september of this year. and now we're seeing the result. report suggests that many people are declining to return to work because they can make more money staying home. and drawing unemployment benefits. the argument in congress to that president by didn't, is using the pandemic to force through his stated desire to increase the minimum wage nationwide. i think about sending things in my desk. let's raise the minimum wage to $15.00. no one, no one working 40 hours away. no one working 40 hours we should live below the poverty line. b, u. s. senate rejected an attempt to make

a permanent $15.00 minimum. as part of the pandemic really full, a democrats crossing the floor to join republican members in voting against the motion introduced by independence sen than he saunders. so let us be clear, and i don't think there's any debate about this. there ain't nobody in america, not in the north to south east or the west who can survive on $7.25 in our federal minimum age. you can't make it 9 bucks. you can't make it on $12.00 an hour. that federal wage minimum was introduced by president obama in 2009. it only changed when president biden signed an executive order, raising the hourly wage paid to federal contractors. a drop in the ocean compared to instituting $15.00 an hour on a nationwide basis. the white house insists the pandemic benefits and the why the minimum wage issue are not connected. it also maintains that pandemic benefits are

not the cause of dropping employment rates. insisting that many are still reluctant to risk public exposure and saying that the process of reinstating a stable workforce will take time. whatever reason there's no rush of job seekers and the restaurant business at least said a little bit of a slow trickle. certainly, you know, it's probably always kind of difficult to hire and in the restaurant industry, but probably more difficult. now we're probably considering hiring people that we might not have considered hiring in the past. the book here last worked as a shift in this hotel before being sent home in march last year. increased unemployment benefits. she received matched her previous wage off roughly $15.00 an hour. and she is adamant people should not accept anything less. a terrible

argument that i think that people are saying that you shouldn't you should be able, you should want to go back to work. but i also think you should go back to work with less and nobody should have the cell for that. underlying the debate about a minimum wage is the burning hope that things will get better at the time of empty chairs and empty tables is past my kind of era, washington, colombian politicians have voted down contentious health care reforms, housing purchases another victory off 2 weeks of often violent demonstrations govern opponents on backing down low planning. another week on the streets was under on pity, reports down from bogus her. the nationwide protest against the government in columbia entered there for a week. they show no signs of abating, but he seemed to be getting more creative in color for union students. indigenous

groups and others continue to march and dance for change. all demonstrations were marred by vandalism and violence. police response didn't kill dozens, but people have it back down. we continue demanding guarantees to process safely and that the government respects columbia as youth who are demonstrating in the streets because they want new government model and new system that will respond to the needs of the poor and the marginalized and columbia. the demonstrations originally called against and now cancel tax plan have expanded to include domains like a basic living income and police reform. protests leaders have begun discussing their demands with the government, but formal negotiations of the to start, while deadly confrontations with the police continue at night in a number of cities. the government, once road blocks that have paralyzed the country's economy to be lifted before

negotiating in return, they are promising to make some concessions. a health reform opposed by demonstrators which shelled by congress on wednesday before the professors needs when think confessions while the importance are poor, substitutes for the deep structural changes they're hoping to achieve. fabulous and find in the sun joined the rallies for the 1st time and wednesday they say they were compelled by the violent police response to the demonstrations. the government's not listening to the people who are asking for better health that education for the younger, for our kids, all we see is repression. and this hurts us all. it makes a heartache, negotiate legal, political annalee, say the level of repression that's help unify strengthened the resolve of a diverse group of demonstrators. and so the goal, the protest now have the upper hand on the government. they have the upper hand in terms of the narrative. they are the upper hand in terms of the street. and now the

government is trying to find ways. it can be escalade, the protest, reduce intensity, and this way, blockades from continuing. unfortunately, the government's not presenting a viable dialogue alternative to the protesters modelling through c o. n is a complex tangled to him. ravel for a colombian president that appears to be increasingly isolated in week as demonstrators bow. oh, less start return now to the united nations, and this is the french representative to the un speaking. now let's have, let's say wesley, the firing of rock into my house and other terrorist groups against the inhabitants of israel. these and discriminate attacks our country to international humanitarian law must cease the support of france to the security of israel is unfailing. what we call upon the artist to show the greatest restraint and to act in

a proportionate manner with all the necessary precautions and instruct respect for international law. we hold upon everyone to protect civilians, particularly children, to guarantee me to access and on in that access to monetary and i need to respond to the needs of population, particularly those that have been displaced in front. so of course, for the protection of staff and infrastructure, humanitarian and medical infrastructure, in accordance with international humanitarian law. and also for protection of journalists, the security in times of conflict is essential. we ought to be informed the escalation that we are seeing once again we've seen over the last time. yeah. agenda is, is part of the context of which are very well aware and absence of a political perspective and non respect for international law for so many years now . the cycles of violence will continue if there's no willingness to move towards the establishment of 2 states,

living in peace and security within safe borders that are recognized and based on the lines of the 4th of june, 1967, each of them having jerusalem as the capital in the framework of international law and security council resolutions, the commitment of the international community to peace in the middle east must be total. as long as this conflict has not been solved politically. we will see violence, ria car. it is the palestinian and israeli populations each time that will pay the price, the minister for europe and foreign affairs showing that he has recall this to the international community. when he spoke with his german egyptian and jordanian colleagues in paris on the 11th of march in the following weeks, france expressed a serious concern with regard to the evictions of palestinian families in east jerusalem particular in shake gerra by contending the pursuit. this pursuance of

a settlement activity because illegal central mon settlements that are legal, international law, and they were intentions. we also recalled the needful respect for status grove, $967.00 with regard to the holy sites, particularly with regard to jordan and a specific role in this regard. you know, all of these calls for hatred and violence must cease in order to bring peace to palestine and israel. the fighting must stop as soon as possible. france wishes that the security council will assume its responsibility under the charter in its primary role in this crisis. as well as any other crisis that relates to international peace and security. what is at stake here our human alliance? this is why the initiative of president macro together with president cc and can

2nd france presented to the members of the security council yesterday, a draft resolution which follows on from all of the efforts of other council members over the last few days. this resolution asks the 3 things that should be subject to consensus and immediate cessation of hostilities. the respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians. as well as the urgent resumption of negotiations in order to implement the 2 state solution. it recalls our condemnation of indiscriminate rocket attacks and violations of international law. this initiative, of course, is complimentary to other initiatives to bring a sensational hostility and the lasting ceasefire these efforts. and i think of those of several of our partners, particularly the bilateral commitment of the united nations, as well as the steps taken by egypt. we support them, of course, and we actually contribute to the transfer for corresponding members of the security council in a complimentary way. to other individual assets and in accordance with the powers

of the counsel, to act responsibly, had to do more than 2 weeks after the outbreak of a cycle of violence. we now have to act for multi electra listen and to ensure a peaceful settlement of disputes. thank you. ok, that was the deputy french ambassador to the un speaking the at a special session of the un general assembly on palestine to discuss israel's on going offensive on the gaza strip from has been trying to make attempts to bring about a ceasefire in the conflict. let's cross over to christian salumi at the united nations who has been listening in. what did you make of what she had to say? while france is one of the security council members that has been pushing for

a stronger international response. earlier in the conflict, we had norway along with china and tenicia, china being the president of the security council. tunisia being the arab member of the security council, norway, having a long history of working for peace in the middle east. they came together and propose some action on the part of the security council. didn't go anywhere with the united states blocking further action. frances taking it a step further now pushing for a resolution, attempting to keep the issue in the spotlight and to get some international response. and basically we've heard speaker after speaker this morning, calling for the same thing, calling for a stronger action in the effort of getting an immediate cease fire. so it's worth talking about the elements of what she's talking about. she mentioned what france

would like to see in this resolution by the security council, the demand for an immediate cessation of hostilities and respect for humanitarian law protection of civilians and a return to discussions towards a 2 state solution. and what we've heard from speakers over and over again, that while yes, israel has the right to defend itself. there is an underlying situation here of palestinians who also have rights that have not been respected, that is leading to the ongoing violence and the situation there. we heard earlier from the israeli ambassador and many other countries expressing their concerns going forward. france again, attempting to bring some action to the words that are being issued by so many countries. kristen salumi there for us at the united nations. many thanks

but to talk diplomats from the united states and russia have struck an optimistic tone off the 1st face to face meeting. and the blanket and sag lovegrove spoke on the sidelines of the arctic council from it's in iceland. the u. s. secretary of states repeated warnings against what he called aggressive russian actions and russia's foreign minister said there were many log jammed in ties that will be difficult to work through. but both both did talk about the benefits of working together. no secret that we have our differences and when it comes to those differences as president biden is also shared with president food. and if russia acts aggressively against us, our partners are our allies. bill will respond and present via has demonstrated that in, in both word and deed, not for purposes of escalation, not to seek conflict, but to defend our interests. but having said that,

there are many areas where our interest intersect and overlap, and we believe that we can work together and indeed build on those interests and get them up so that she is opposition is clear. we're prepared to discuss all the issues on the table with understanding that our discussions will be honest, factual. and with mutual respect, the slow case people who are sort of with topics such as the korean peninsula, the are on nuclear issue. i've gone on all the subjects where our representative already interacting with each other. i hope that today will have a review of old as issues the climate crisis on exploitation of natural resources all at the top of the agenda. be bi annual optic council. summit delegates from the 8 countries a border, the arctic, as well as representatives of indigenous groups on meeting in iceland. the new u. s. administration represented out the summit by sex. your state onto the blanket

is expected to shift the us focus from energy to climate change on a number of competing ox take interests. we've heard from our reporter there so big as visit it comes with the ology region in the grip of change. a warming climate opening out this remote and pristine wilderness bringing with a significant risks and challenges. look at what's happened and just 40 years. this animation is from nasa and it shows the extent of the summer sea ice disappearing since $979.00. opening up the northwest passage as a potentially viable ship route through the canadian arctic and into the pacific cargo ships have already made the trip prove yet can be done. but there are affairs of the potential for accidents and environmental disaster from oil spills in this remote region. the geo politics of the fragile arctic frauds as well power,

both its mineral resources and its strategic position chinese. and now the international mining companies have been pushing for rights to exploit rare earth minerals in greenland, which has some of the world's richest on tatt deposits. in 2007, russia symbolically flagged its claim to billions of dollars worth of oil and gas reserves. and this was 4 kilometers beneath the north pole. and the growing concerns about the militarization of the arctic with a rush and build up of bases and defense capabilities. just as the u. s. and nature increased troop movements and equipment. the russians, though they're on equivocal about what they do in their territory, simply put us in a bullet noisiest nor still at the. it has been absolutely clear for everyone for a long time that this is our territory. it is our land, and we are responsible for our arctic coast to be safe and everything that our country does. there is absolutely legitimate. well, with all, this is the backdrop. it's thought the 2nd state will attempt to seek out common

ground with its russian counterpart, particularly on regulating shipping and environmental protection. one thing is for sure it will all be a far cry from the previous administration, which famously proposed to by greenland. evacuations are under wayne, gree says 5 fight as battle a wild fy west. if athens, the out of control blaze has destroy large areas of force and several homes, authority say a water bombing planes and helicopters are trying to contain the fire. the area is popular with holidaymakers. 25000 people in germany have been evacuated from their homes after the discovery of a large bomb from the 2nd world war. the 500 kilogram explosive was found during construction work in frankfort. residence in the area were relocated to escaping rank authority, say the bomb will be covered with soil than detonated. and he's 40 people have been

killed in a landslide at a gold mine in molly is not yet known. what caused the incident in north east canal region? the victims believe to be of many nationalities, authorities have not clarified how many people may still be trapped in the mind. china has released the 1st images from it's the wrong martian rover. these pictures show the craft on the red planet. vast flat lance. it touched down last. we can, china is the 2nd country after the u. s. to successfully land rover on mars. and china is showcasing its advances in the field of artificial intelligence as an annual tech seem to forum super computers. rockets and robots are among be innovations on display. the event comes just months after the u. s. national security commission said that china is on track to overtake america as the world's

a i superpower, katrina you has this report. the latest in chinese artificial intelligence or a i is one display here in tangent from transport and robotics to data collection and cloud computing. it's the kind of progress that has the current technology front runner, the us worried show me what comes to big data. cloud computing and china still lacks behind us. but in certain areas, china is already the word leader. telecommunications giant hallway has been hit by 3 rounds of us sanctions. company earnings have fallen for the 2nd year in a row. b g says the us feels threatened by chinese progress. washington says, while we poses a national security threat, more than 100 chinese entities have been placed on a u. s. trade blacklist. but the restrictions have not stopped trying to development from accelerating. the government has invested millions of dollars in

research and development in an effort to win itself of critical us chip technology and the speed of china's any i progress as raising concerns, especially when it comes to potential military applications. china is also developing ai in the military area in order to leapfrog over the us, which has a lot more capacity in terms of military my trying to use as a i to launch cyber attacks and increased surveillance is also being closely watched several government se a i, it's been used to perpetuate human rights pieces and even genocide against weak as inch. and john, the us senate is debating legislation aimed at ensuring it stays ahead of china. the endless frontier could see $100000000000.00 invested over the next 5 years into a high and related industries. chinese officials have criticize the bill, went by the bill, the store,

the facts and place off the china threat theory. katie fought was outdated cold war mentality and the 0 thinking bay ging says its technology will only be used for peaceful means. it's amy to become the global leader and a i by 2030. at this forum, most of the ecology on display is about addressing every day. how can we improve health care, or how can we make labor intensive industries, less labor intensive? all? how can we make road safe? for example, with the youth driverless technology regardless of which country when the race protect supremacy. analysts say international rules governing the use of a are needed for the protection and safety of all. katrina you out to 0, hinge in china lots more on the israel palestine conflict on our website and lots of other stories. the address is our jazeera dot com. lots

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