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a molly is suspended from the west african regional blog capital. second, cool in less than a year for the group stopped short of imposing sanctions and showing a united front on china. the leaders of australia and new zealand tried to iron out their differences. i'm going to go with the fort was just 13 days to kick off south america's biggest football competition. the america is in down the high sergeant tina with trips of hosting it because of a rise encoded cases. ah, thank you for joining us. we begin in china where state media is reporting the government is relaxing, family planning restrictions to allow 3 children for couple. if a major policy shifts from the existing limit of to recent data shows a dramatic decline in birthrates in the world's most populous country. changes to

china's retirement age are also being considered as bringing katrina you are correspondent in beijing katrina. so a major shift from the chinese government here. how did this policy come about and when are we going to see implemented? i fully, well, this is a chinese government on to, to it's looming demographic crisis. and it's being implemented as of today. monday may 31st so truly points to how urgent this problem is. and that was underscored in the data from china's most recent census, which was released just a few weeks ago. and that pointed some really worrying data. firstly, china's population is rapidly aging, already about 20 percent of the population over the age of 60, that is at retirement age. and that's putting immense pressure on china's health system on its pension system. and it's also a problem from the consumption point of view, because economists say elderly people simply spend less. it's also worrying when it

comes to china's ability to grow economically because trying to population and it's workforce, as shrinking rapidly in this workforce. it's massive workforce is really seen as the power house behind china's economic growth for these past few decades and has more people end to retirement. we're seeing this workforce shrink about 35000000 people will be lost from the workforce over the next 5 years. and secondly, there simply aren't that many babies not enough to replace those who are exiting the workforce, only $12000000.00 born last year. that's 1.3 children born woman in terms of statistics and that both are it has been declining for 4 years even after the 2 child policy was imposed into 2016. right. and so how are people reacting, katrina and will this new policy change people's mind about having more children? while we spoke to analysts,

and they're saying that if this true child policy that was important in 2016 did not produce the results that the chinese government wanted. why would this 3 child policy be any different? and so far we've been looking at chinese social media and they seem to echo those sentiments. what we are seeing is very critical responses and a lot of ridicule as well. many people say, well, only the rich in china can afford to have 3 children. there is an immense problem of the rising cost of living, especially in urban centers. couple of simply cannot afford to send even one child to school or to house more than one child because of the cost of apartments and housing here in these major chinese cities. as well as the other problem outside of affordability is that a lot of women are becoming more educated, which is a good thing. they thinking more about their career, but they continue to say the workplace discrimination. and because of that, many women of putting off having children having less children or not even having children at all. and the final problem is it's cultural because child has had this

one child policy for decades. families are simply used to thinking about having just one child that cannot fathom the possibility of having more than one child. and that mindset is going to be extremely difficult to change. now the chinese government has said that it's going to also release various policies to support families who have 3 children, but it's yet to release any details as to what those might be. katrina, thank you for that. katrina, you live for there in beijing? well, let's take a closer look at how china's population has evolved through the decades by 1969 china. heidi population of more than 800000010 years later beijing introduce it's one child policy to balance population growth with economic development. that policy is thought to have prevented up to 400000000 barrels since it was put in place. in 2016, it was officially replaced, allowing couples to have 2 children. but relaxing family planning didn't bring the baby boom that was expected. in 2020, china's population reached 1400000000,

but both fell to 12000000. i historic low, almost 20 percent of china's population is over 60. if both rates continue to fall while life expectancy increases, china's labor force is in danger of shrinking. let's speak to david goodman about all this. he's a professor of chinese politics and society at the university of sydney and joins in science from sidney. very good to have you with us on this. i'll just hear news . our 1st of all what, what do you make of this decision from the chinese government now, when for the longest time they denied a decline in population growth. i think it's obviously an emergency measure because as we know, and as i think your report indicated whilst people were allowed to have 2 children from 216 on which legally nonetheless, that didn't make a great deal of impact. but one of the things we need to keep in mind, of course,

is the one child policy. and indeed the ability to have 2 children doesn't apply to any single, never applied to, doesn't apply to anything like the whole population. the most only about the whole population. that's to say the whole population could have children were impacted by the one child policy. it was many and families in the countryside, almost always allowed to actually children and families. strong non hand chinese be ethnic national minorities. what was allowed to have more than one shot cancer? only a non, what can i said i can change it. so the changes in demographics weren't evenly spread. you know, they would definitely not even the spread we're talking about. i think the, the brunt of the report that you make, which is the loss of the working population to support both the economy

and its development and consumption and the cost of aging. those is the real problem with the, with the birth rate. but you can, there are ways you see one of the things that worries me about an emergency decision by the politburo to allow 3 children, regardless of what was support measures are that they made an a to announce, regardless of that, there are other ways of dealing with an aging population, increasing productivity is one manufacturing productivity in, in china is something like a half of what it is in the usa productivity thing. the cost per our own input. so now i want another good. another way you could change things is by increasing the product, the participation rate in production, i mean, and the aging themselves. and of course, one of the things that is on the college, and we know this for sure is that the retirement age will go up. now to probably

$67.00. so they're considering other measures. as you see, i wanted to ask you about the impact, the declining birth rate and the aging population has had on the states role in society. and do you think that this in the, in the longer term could have an impact on china's economic clout in well, anything's possible, of course, but i don't think there's a necessary relationship between the 2. it's a very complex set of equations as i've just indicated, not all the population was impacted by a very not even a majority of the population is impacted by the one child policy. at the time of the one child policy was being introduced incorrectly in the view of most chinese demographers, it was still the case that, that the people who were proposing it said that the optimum chinese population will

be 700000000. and of course, now we're at twice that. so the quote, the real question for economic cloud is productivity and participation rates, not the absolute number of workers, right. and what about the states for re fi? well, the state of the states really it increasing if, if the state really wants the birth rate, the crude birth rate to increase, it has to produce more welfare for families in terms of cost of education costs. the cost of having children. it has to ensure some full pension scheme and age care costs provision to more of the population. i think the rough figure at the moment, so the percentage it's less than half the population who

have their age care costs met. most of those people who live in the countryside, for example, the expectation is bad. families will have a good been very good to talk to you about the thank you so much for your friend, david goodman is sidney. thank you. hey, another world news. now a new coalition is taking shape in israel and he couldn't see the long as setting prime minister in the country's history. and that would mean benjamin that you know, and his liquid party will be out of government for the 1st time in 12 years. our diplomatic editor james bay's report from west jerusalem. this is the man who now looks slightly to become israel's next prime minister. on the right of his railey politics, naphtali bennett of 49 year old, self made millionaire here campaigning and israel's 4th election in 2 years. now, the opposition leader? yeah. le pete, who centrist party actually did better than bennett's in the poll, has been trying to form a coalition. bennett was seen as the kingmaker,

but as part of the deal he looks now, light is also become the king, serving 1st as prime minister before rotating with la paid his views on palestinians of forthright. his openly opposed to a 2 state solution and in favor of further settlement building. these were his comments in a recent al jazeera interview during the israeli bombardment of gaza. you know, the whole width of israel is just about 7 or 8 miles. we see what, what the turn got into know, israeli is going to give up to then some area and allow them to create a terror state. that's just a few minutes away from my home. would you? despite his strong views, if he gains power, bennett will be constrained on palestinian issues by his likely coalition, which would include left wing parties. this at the same time that the u. s. secretary of state anthony blinking has made it clear there's no plan to restart. peace, negotiation of the israeli palestinian conflict will not be dealt with apparently

for the next few years. and it has to do down only with this really politics. it has to do with american politics. it has to do with power to me and politics. members of the international community often didn't like the policies pursued by benjamin nuts, who but he was a known quantity. israel's longest serving prime minister. now there's a strong possibility. they may have to deal with a new, younger leader with even more controversial views. james, base out his era west jerusalem and harry foster is in west ruth lemon. as more on the coalition negotiation. the iowa p needs to cement all of the bilateral deals with the various constituent parties in this coalition, as it gets formed. once all that is is signed and sealed and he has a promise of support most likely from the 4 seat strong, united arab list party. the 1st palestinian is ready party that would be brought in

to such an agreement or not sitting physically in government with other coalition members. once all that is done, he then has to tell the president of the country, reuben ribbon, that he can form a government. and then the speaker of these ready parliament, the connect it has up to a week to set up the vote, which will actually see that government instituted. now given the fact that the speaker is currently a nursing yahoo, supporting member of the could, it is likely that they will want to give nothing yahoo as much time as possible to try to put a spanner in the works of this process as it goes through so i think we're looking at, at the earliest today next week, probably a few days into next week before that boat takes place. in the meantime, netanyahu is nothing is not energetic and has a huge amount of fight when it comes to his own personal survival. he will be trying everything in the book and maybe writing new chapters of that book to try to

stop this government from forming an egyptian delegation, led to by its intelligence chief is in garza for talks where the articles, hamas, they set to discuss reconstruction. after an 11 day conflict, israel's bombing campaign killed more than $200.00 palestinians and destroyed many buildings. egypt health mediate the si, fi between israel and mouth, and we'll be looking to consolidate the truth that speak to you not siad in god. you know, so the gyptian delegation has now arrived. what is expected to come out of the high folly? yes, indeed, the delegation has arrived and has already started with the meeting. the delegation is the head of delegation chief of intelligent cam and, and it's the 1st time that such a very high rank of the security delegation or security gyptian delegation with right to god's us in the time of the president of the sci fi, which is

a very significant thing, too high life. this time. also i bus. kevin was in palestine in on sunday and he met with the best and other israeli official as well in jerusalem. what we have been like in the past days that israeli media has reported a lot that it was the meeting to include not just long term to fire, but also the discussion about the israeli soldiers that are held here and the reconstruction process. and the ease being of these all because this strength and also what has been reported the egypt very much wants that the policy story to, to be has or to have the major role in the reconstruction process that should drive in the gulf strip. but also is not very much help you with such an agreement

to be health. this is what the major, the major meeting should be discussing. there has to be a compromise being at the end. and probably like we have seen the 2014 war there were, they were like understanding that's international bodies would at the end to provide the reconstruction method. but this even, even after they do take some kind of visit in, it won't take a lot of time because the reconstruction process method, the reconstruction and allowing the material to enter because the strips is not going to be so easy, especially that israel very much does not permit the our allow the entering of such materials because it, it considers them of double use. so basically lots of files that need critical

file size that have any way to how to me things actually one that is being held at this moment with the why faction or and the other one should be held with all palestinian. i thank you so much for that, and of course you'll be keeping up up to date with those talks there between hallmark and the depletion delegation in garza. thank you. meanwhile, is there any forces a continuing what they call operation law and order even as a ceasefire? holds mosse of rest, have been taking place all over israel and hold on. how many reports the vast majority of those detained palestinian? these really he was on his way to buy some bread, but ended up at the police station, 16 year old, behind with subtle a palestinian israeli. phil doesn't know why. and i'm with him. the moment he was a was caught on video. when i was one of them yelled that he ordered me to stop and i didn't watch any since they dragged me and started teaching me each time to asked

a question. they wouldn't let me answer. they would just hit me mohammed las fried a few hours later. his is just one story of many young palestinians living in israel being detained, often randomly in what is called operation law and order. but for the palestinians, it's more an operation of intimidation. just a few days ago, police pro rated he and jeff giving traffic tickets to palestinians. mostly. the point city on the suburbs of tel aviv has been on edge ever since protest in support of palestinians, injectors aurora and occupied east jerusalem took place. and in many ways, palestinians here share the same plight. with many families also facing force expulsion. a man made was sitting at home when a group of people walked in with restructuring plans and cameras. her home was sold by the state to a nearby religious school. while she still lived there. they tell me to get out.

they want to kick us out. so my 2 sons were detained because they're defending a whole crime. her sons and now under house arrest. during the 11th day, guys, that was dentures were very high between the 2 communities. and they were riots in several mixed cities across the country. that actually took me by surprise here. since the government has rounded up more than a $1500.00 people, the vast majority being balancing in some were released within a few hours days. but very few jewish is really were detained for their role in the writing. jada aloof was among palestinians. protesters when police crackdown, she admit that as a jewish citizen, there is a slim chance. she will be a pretended. i've never seen something like that here in the past weeks. i've been constantly in the streets. i didn't see any jewish person being the things in the

same sun, those and then you see people on a bike without helmets. and the 3rd jewish, they just go by and if they're for the senior, they're the thing. bob doubles your header that is a concerted effort aimed at palestinians wherever they are. it's a system that is working and, and it's not a political, it's not nathaniel, it's nathan, you know, and it's guns and it's about the court system. it's a synchronized system that it's working against, as israel continues it's wave of arrest in the name of public order, please. between the 2 communities in places like jaffa will remain precarious. hood that i meet al jazeera, jaffa, plenty morehead on this news hour, including the latin america with when to resume some some of the most popular, but least social distance activities. and naomi osaka, faces expulsion from the french open overhead. media. we caught joe,

have the details. ah, and the 60 people have been killed in a democratic republic of congo. 2 villages in the eastern e to a province were attacked by fighters. local officials say the allied democratic forces are adf, is to blame. the armed group has conducted frequent attacks in the region in recent years. let's speak to my wife who is in go mine eastern d r. c for markham. what more are you hearing about this? are talking, tory, we've heard that the local officials have indeed, playing the adf. it's a rebel group that originates from an arm group that originates from you, gotten of it 70 important to understand in this part of the country anytime that there's any violence at all the government, the local administration, and the un do always blame the adf,

even though there are actually other armed groups and conflicts going on in this area. the adf is sort of an internationally recognized scape goat did not respect who they are, indeed responsible for. as you mentioned many brutal massacres that have happened there, especially over the last 5 years. but we've spoken to several people from the effected communities on this occasion, and they believe that that not the case. a lot of people on the ground believe that this is part of an ongoing, an escalating conflict between 2 groups over access to farmland. one group is from that area, they've been displaced by local militia, and so they've been resettled in a, in a camp farming in the area. the other group has been on the move for decades. moving all around, eastern kong, having in the 1990 fled, ethnically targeted violence in neighboring bewanda, their ethnic hutus from orlando. you haven't been accepted in numerous places where they've tried to settle here in eastern congo one and

a half years ago. they will arrived in trucks in this part of the country they tried to find farmland, but that resulted in this conflict with the local community. initially it was low level burning of occasional huts. the odd killing certainly hasn't been anything like this before. one local m p, we spoke to said he believes that this is indeed the case. this is what's going on . but he say that in the local context, they can't blame one community for talking the other because they fear that will lead to revenge attacks. and that the conflict could further escalate and the local authorities could lose control. malcolm, thank you for that. update malcolm web a live in go leaders in west africa have suspended molly's membership from a regional group after a 2nd military cool in 9 months. but the economic community of west african states, known as echo, decided not to reimpose sanctions while calling for a return to democracy. nicholas hoc reports from by michael journal leader,

colonel se me go to swapped his military uniform for a suit for his meeting with west african leaders there. alarmed by last week's coo and after hours of close door talks suspended. molly, from the regional body echo wass, the recent happenings in money have again raised anxiety levels in the region. and have somewhat shaken many had over peaceful, successful transition. which will result in the return to a democratic government in molly and ultimately, and hopefully the political stability of the country. the heads of seed called for the immediate release of the former president and prime minister who being kept under house arrest. they also want the nomination of a new civilian prime minister and an inclusive government. the suspension is due to last until february 2022, across his chief negotiator. good luck, jonathan will be back in the mountain capital bummer!

currently, we could time to check on the progress made in meeting the demands made by the regional body. meanwhile, the attacks by arm groups are intensifying and spreading along the road leading to ivory coast. this attack now in the north were central molly, but in the southern region, several people were killed including a police officer when our men fired rounds indiscriminately at a police checkpoints, with a closest army barracks, 200 kilometers away. security forces never made it to the same problem. i am pleading please. we need more security forces here. suspects may be still hiding among us. and we weren't expecting this. in the absence of a stable government, armed groups are gaining ground, a suspension from the regional body echo us will only further isolate a military june crack that has so far failed to protect its people. nicholas hawk al jazeera pharmaca. nice discuss this further now with on a lot more darren,

who's the head of the household. i'm at the institute of security studies and he's joining us from bar michel, thank you very much for being with us. so a suspension from echo us, but no sanction. what do you make of the response from west african leaders? is it tough enough? will it have any effect? well, i think this response for me it was like 7, a broader regional and normative context. just a month ago, let's remember that most international actress who would usually come them power by molly's military and the most virulent terms actually indulged. pretty much the same thing in chest. these created a big president and makes it difficult for the international community to to take the high ground with, with this time around. so this isn't that it was head of states took yes, or they could. and should i think the read in the slide, it tries to try to balance between pragmatism and principles. and as you mentioned,

the fact that, you know, there are excluding by the or sending its membership is, isn't. that's rather a political and institutional measure is almost symbolic. in this context, while in the meantime, they're not actually thinking about patients. we try the main tools that were, that were used last time to tweak the junk with arm back in august. right. as you say, they're trying to strike a balance. it seems very interesting. they also did not call for the new intern president and coolie to see me going to step down how popular is he but in molly and can he be the one to finally bring about some stability? well, i think here again, we're really facing a company. so that it had head of face kind of fine found themselves in a position where not only is that already leading the transition and has taken this this culture. but in fact, on friday,

some on quote also validated this, this graph of the presidency so that you choose the wrong vocally dismiss. ian be galaxy, that's difficult to contest this, this state. if this is cool, which is new but which is very real, right? it will be interesting in the next few days to see how gota and the rest of the joints and facts handle the manual political class itself. to have contact with them last week to try and list a form of consensus which they willing to meet if they want to be able to govern for the next few months. so looking at the regional picture now to what extent, you know, is, is this instability, undermining the regional fight against article and you know that they are concerned obviously about this. are these concerns justified?

well, these concerns are justified from a large equipment from a historical perspective. but not bad back in 2012 when the money and i just started, it says that it took back to this kind of sets up who in but my, who created the opportunity for biometrics from his groups to make significant inroads on the field in, in, in the northern part of the country by taking advantage of. 1 the inertia and the confusion of the administration so that definitely valid concerns about the fact that there was just yesterday on sunday morning and the cut and i talked on a on a check for you really post just exactly just 165 kilometers alabama which is very close by confront this, right. thank you so much for talking to thank you for your insight on a level, dana from the institute of security.