might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command, it seemed like tried to cover dot. what's your take on why they've gotten this the wrong. that to me is political malpractice, the bottom line on us politics and policy, and the impact on the world on al jazeera ah, inflation in the us, is that a 40 year high as pandemic disruptions force households and businesses to pay more for everything? ah, hello, i'm adrian finnegan. this is al jazeera alive from dough. ha, also coming up, mr. speaker, i want to apologize. a see now going to take a decent thing and resign. pressure amounts on quickens prime minister boris johnson to resign after he admits attending a party,

while millions were in lockdown. the world's forgotten war. as fighting continues in yemen, the un warns most of the population urgently needs humanitarian assistance. and britons, prince andrew, fails in his bid to dismiss a sexual abuse case against him in the united states. ah, inflation in the united states is increased to levels not seen in 40 years, with a price surge affecting almost everything purchased by consumers and businesses. housing, petrol, food, and clothing of all become more expensive. the white house is blaming disruptions to the global supply chain, but inflation is a growing political risk for the democrats, as republicans continue to blame stimulus measures for overheating the economy. let's go live that a washington d. c al jazeera. michaela can tell us more. mike,

why is inflation currently running so high? well, an analyst saw adamant that it is because of the supply chain problems that pandemic hitting on stopping throughout the world. and certainly this having a direct result in terms of distributors getting the produce onto the shelves and out to the customers. however, republican so absolutely adamant that is another reason for this. and that is democratic intention to spend more in terms of funding during this pandemic, which republicans claim is a reason for this ongoing inflation. but certainly it is reaching figures only seen some 40 years ago. very high indeed. but the white house is insistent that this is temporary, the supply chain problems are temporary and that the economic revival will continue speaking in the white house. this is what a spokesperson for the national economic council at to say. we never index too

heavily on, in the individual one month of data in any direction. but it would note that we saw in prices from november to december, a decline in the rate of growth of the prices for food at home, which is a technical way of saying food that people buying the grocery store. and we saw a drop in the price of energy both at the gas pump, but also natural gas and winter heating costs. most independent forecasters continue to project that we will see moderation in price increases over the course of 2022. well, the chairman of the federal reserve bank also has this type of beat assessment in terms of the fact that these price rises are temporary directly linked as the white house claims to supply chain issues. but there's another issue here and that is that the impact that the panoramic or particularly the recon very into off the

cobra, 1900 strain is having on the economy. and one thing that these figures make very clear is that while people get sick during a pandemic, so to does the economy. my cannot live in washington penny. thanks, dave. mike, rising inflation is worry across the world. prices in the world's richest economies are running at a 25 year high. that's feeling concerns about a cost of living crisis and increasing pressure on central banks to raise interest rates. the situation is exceptionally bad in turkey. inflation climb to a nearly to decade high in december on the back of a weakening lira. but china is plucking the trend inflation. there is slowing. some economists predict an interest rate cuts could come soon. trotty aside is a senior fellow at the jane family institute at a former economist at the white house. she says that uncertainty will continue until the pandemic is brought under control. yes,

there is more demand in the united states and other countries as we reopen people have gotten back outside in the us. there was a big relief package that was passed early in 2021 that got a lot of money in people's pockets. frankly, that was good policy. it was a lifeline because prices were going to rise. the coven and pandemic hasn't brought just just massive amounts human tragedy and disruptions to our global economy. in the united states, people have a bit of a cushion to get, you know, to be able to still buy zoom or spending, even if you take prices into account. rising that a very rapid steve, but we need inflation to get under control. it is too high right now, and the thing that has to be done is not at the federal reserve, the white house congress, although we're much around the world to get this done like under control, keep in mind and united states is 2021 was a really good here in terms of recovery,

inflation is the dark spot. but we have consumer spending and investment in the decline and the unemployment rate was 2 and a half percentage points. and you got to go back 40 years to find that to right. and unemployment under 4 percent. so it's time for central bank or it's time for the fed. probably just they don't need to push as hard because the recovery is going. but really it's gonna be tough to get inflation under control. get it back down to 2 percent, like they want to see if the pandemic keeps coming at us like it has been with the world health organization says that over 15000000 people contracted cobit 19 during the past week, which is higher than at any time during the entire pandemic, it's more than 50 percent higher than the previous 7 days. and the w h o says the number of deaths is rising. let's be clear. why or me wrong cause less

severe disease than delta? it remains a dangerous bias, particularly for those who are unvaccinated, almost $50000.00 a week is $50000.00 to many breathless prime minister as facing growing calls for his resignation. after apologizing to the nation for attending a party at his official london residence during the height of the corona virus lockdown in 2020. at the time the government was enforcing strict measures confining millions of people to their homes. under simmons reports, horace johnson has never been under such pressure from his own party, the opposition of the people who elected him. he set out to try to defend himself. the key question, did he attend a party for around 40 guess in his back garden that appears to have breached cove at restrictions? first,

he tried to address the british people. i want to apologize. i know the rage. they feel with me over the government i lead when they think that is done in street itself. the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules . and when i went into that garden, just after 6 on the 20th of may, 2020, to find groups of stock before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside after months of deceit and deception. the pathetic spectacle of a man whose run out of road his defense, his defense, that he didn't realize he was at a party. ah, it is so ridiculous that is actually offensive to the pretty

ha with the whole country was locked down. he was posting boozy policies in town, express. se, now going to take a decent thing and resign. johnson didn't say yes or no, i want her. i want to repeat that, i thought it was a, a work event and apologizing again and telling opposition leader care stammer. he should wait for the results of an inquiry into revelations of several porters in downing street in whitehall. i regret very much that we did not do things differently or that evening, stammer repeatedly rounded on johnson. the part is over. prime minister. the only question is, will the british public kick him out? police party kick him out, or willy, to the decent thing, and resign yet in johnson's constituency in north west london. many who watched wouldn't accept his apology. an angry i'm. i just think he's

a man and doesn't tight responsibility for what he's done. typical boy thought thing for it's to be expect. vega me is found to come back with with, with something about whether or not it's true or noise. it's probably not true. this crisis is being called part again by the media. johnson is trying to write it out much rest though with the outcome of the inquiry into downing street and whitehall parties and what the police do about the latest revelation. more rest though, on whether the conservative party decides johnson is now a liability and has to go and re simmons al jazeera unemployment is on the rise in india as night curfews and we can block dance or imposed because of an increase in corona virus cases, the government says the economy will grow by more than 9 percent this year, but financial experts say that most people won't see any benefits. elizabeth brought him reports from new delhi. the village of oak,

who in indian administered kush me to supplies 90 percent of the wood, houston indian pencils, the moisture levels and regions poplar trees make them perfect to right wed. but the schools being closed for most of the past 2 years, demand for stationary is down, and many workers in across factories have lost their jobs on i got here, i am a university graduate, but there are no jobs available. thank god that we were hired to work here. so many have been fired and other factors. and it's impossible to get a job in these tough times. unemployment and india was to a form on pi of nearly 8 percent in december. the softer most states and post restrictions to slow down the spread of the corona virus, fueled by the army. kron variant latanaya. good for english me. the situation is always 10 took over the last 2 years is the 1st time schools have been shocked in india and other countries to why, which has impacted us bad. one of the businesses started to recover in december.

but with this new corporate baby and we are back to square one, it's a sentiment being shared by business owners across india. jim own it should arg seti says, jim's had been forced to shot for 9 of the past 22 months. all the demos were already the burden of dick. okay. but now with this lock down, it is actually breaking not back because not even had more money lip. no bank is giving us any loan b a sore that julie will are weiss on mothers, people or for julie. people are for the cars. people have begged the board or whatever they could do to just sort of i have the last book don't. despite the downturn, the government says the economy will grow by nearly 10 percent this year, but a conversation too early for optimism. i don't think that these estimates are factored in, will mcclung echo. and so what you're likely to see is that there will be a provision in the 2nd advance as to what, which will come out at the end of february, which will be done and quite, maybe,

quite seamlessly downwards, depending upon what happens when next couple of months as the government prepares to release its budget next month, the cues and the capital of daily wage laborers waiting with their tools, hoping to be selected for work. keep growing longer. elizabeth moran and al jazeera, you deli, still to come here on al jazeera, nato and russia. hold a high stakes meeting over you. crane will tell you what came out of class and you have another twist of the direct joke of it. saga is the tennis level. one hopes to stale, to defend his is truly an open time. ah, ah, look forward to brighter sky's the with sponsored point cut. it weighs hey there, here's your weather in a minute. 15. nice to see you are going to begin in the indian state of west spain

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ah. hello dan. this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the my news this our inflation in the united states as increased to levels not seen in 40 years. but the price searched for effective almost everything purchased by consumers and businesses. the white house is blaming disruptions to the global supply chain. the world health organization says that over 15000000 people contracted coven 19 in the past week. the highest ever figure out. during the pandemic, w. a church says the number of deaths is also rising. and brooklyn's prime minister is facing growing pressured to resign. after admitting that he attended a government policy in downing street during the locked out of 2024. as johnston says, he thought it was a work related event. he apologized termination on wednesday. i stakes meeting between russia, nato over ukraine ended without a breakthrough. both sides say that significant differences remain during while

they described as frank and open discussions. al jazeera torso jibari reports from moscow, a meeting nearly 3 years in the making. as high ranking members of the russian foreign and defense ministry join nato officials and brussels, the meeting lasted longer than expected. but nato secretary general remain steadfast, that he would not accept russia's demand that ukraine will never become a member of the alliance. this cross is, is a, it's, is the making of russia. and therefore, this important a day deescalate ukraine has the right to self defense ducks him showing a new am a family shocker angle for so many dollars when they, than they dollars, unless it'll help them to uphold of actor right to, to self defense. despite the united states assurances that it wouldn't talk about

ukraine security without ukraine being present. it says this meeting was a chance for the 2 sides to begin repairing their relationship. a relationship that's been going backwards since russia annex crimea in 2014 and nato's expulsion of 8 russians after accusing them of spying. nobody to quit zulu, which would, would nato opt for the policy of the term, russia. we will respond with measures of counter deterrence. if it uses the policy of intimidation, we will respond with counter intimidation. if it looks for vulnerabilities in the russian defense system, we will look for nato's vulnerabilities. it's not our choice, but we don't have other options. if we don't overturn this current very dangerous course of events, we'll see despite the lack of an official agreement, the talks are being seen as a success, if only because they didn't end in acrimony. despite russia continued to insist that he has no intention of invading crane, there seems little sign of an immediate end to the crisis. dorset jabari al jazeera

moscow, a lawsuit against britons. prince andrew is moving forward in the u. s. self for a judge rejected efforts to dismiss a sex abuse claim. virginia jeffrey says she was 17 years old when she was traffic to have sex with the u. k. royal and other men. prince andrew's lawyers tried to have the case thrown out sizing a 2009 deal that she signed with convicted sex offender. jeffrey epstein. the prince has consistently denied the claims and zeros. gabriel alexander is in new york with a lawsuit against against prince. andrew is on the way what appears that this is going to a trial, and the trial will be towards the end of this year, assuming, and this is a big assumption here. the prince, andrew and his lawyers decide not to settle out of court. that could very be a very real possibility at this point. but assuming that does not happen, it's very much now going down a legal process to

a trial at the end of this year here in federal court in new york. so a couple of questions. you ask yourself, does prince andrew have diplomatic immunity? the answer to that by most legal analysts is no, only the queen, queen and her immediate household have diplomatic immunity. he does not fall under that category, but will he be present at the trial in new york? the answer to that is also know that highly unlikely, and that's because this is a civil case right now and not a criminal case. and in civil cases the, the courts can not ask for the u. k to extradite someone to the u. s. for a civil case such as this, if it was criminal, that's different, but this is civil. so it's highly unlikely, almost unfathomable, that he will actually be there at the court, assuming his trial goes forward. so then you ask yourself, what are his big risk?

well, does he have to give testimony under oath for this trial? the answer to that is yes, he most likely will. the world health organization chief is accused ethiopia as government of creating hell with its blockade, a little them to grow region. ted ross and i'm gabrielle as us who's from to gripe, says that a blockade on food medicine, there is an insult to humanity. he stressed that he's speaking without bias. if he open forces have been battling to grow and rebel since november 2020. the situation is serious. nowhere in the world you would find a crisis like what you see in the northern part of europe. yeah. especially into gray. none. no, no. where in the world are we witnessing hell like into guy? if you pass mission at the u. n. has reacted to ted ross's comments calling them partisan and politically motivated. they've called on the w h o a chief to accuse

himself from any matters relating to ethiopia. the united nation says that it needs very 4000000000 dollars this year to help the victims of the civil war in yemen. the un estimates of 13000000 people are risk of starvation. it's calling on the iranian back to see the saudi back government to negotiate an end to 7 years, a conflict 2022, restarting on a challenging note. the military escalation, i described in this council last month, has accelerated as the parties are dumping down on military options. 7 years down the road of war. the prevailing belief of old war insides seems to be that the thing sufficient harm on the other will force them into submission. however, there is no sustainable long term solution to be found on the feed. therefore, i will continue to stress that warring parties can should,

and indeed must talk even if they are not ready to put down their arms. such is on the way for more bodies in the north west, nigerian state of some fara, after bandits rated villages, shooting people and burning homes. some fellows governor says that a round 60 people are confirmed dead, but witnesses reported seeing up to 200 bodies around 10000 people have been driven from their homes by the violence. on witness day, the government officially labeled of bandits terrorists. odyssey was our ahmed address as more from the town of go. so in some thought, a state to update us about the situation here in some for a state is the commissioner for information a brian mcgee door. sarah, can you talk to was, can you update us about this situation in hearing them for a state, the victims? what is their condition now? what is being done to help them? because it's been 5 day says will latest her cycle of policy happen. and thousands

of people have been displayed from more than 10 villages here in san for us it what's being done to help them? well, i am. the situation here is be managed by the government of a state. when the incident happened, the governor went himself with a team of heads of security and also members of his executive council to visit the scene of the incidents and also condone with the people. he ordered for the assessment of the damage is done to them and also audit for the repair of houses that were upon to go in the attacks. now, how bad is the situation hands for in terms of security? how bad, how exposed these villages are? honestly, it is a terrible thing our people in the rural areas on that threats and they are also a living in fears and apprehension because of the activities of the pundits.

and there, one particular problem we are facing is the shortage of manpower in terms of security, as well as the in coaching or rather, the infiltration of the community into the activities of the bandits in terms of um, informants, people who supply them with their, their needs and people who supply them would say, food stuff, and other necessities like their weapons. yeah. now that ra braimer get you to sorry, the commissioner for information in some, for our state. now we expect the military chiefs to be here any time from now, but what people are expecting is action more action and the ground to stop discounted from continuing a furnace. immigration minister has yet to decide on whether the tennis world. number one novak jock of it can stay with the straight and open drawer to be announced in the coming hours earlier on wednesday joker,

which admitted to breaking corona, virus isolation rules in serbia. last month, he says he attended an interview after a positive covered time, 19 test, describing it as an error of judgement. he had his australia visa revoked after arriving last week that was overturned by a court. but the government could still rule over ruler court and send him home to sarah. sarah clark reports no joke of its release. the stipend in a bid to explain a timeline of covered 19 tests in december and put to rest what he describes as misinformation. on his instagram account, he said he did attend a children's awards event in serbia on december 17th after testing positive. but he says he only received the p. c. r. test results. after the event at the time job which says he was asymptomatic and felt good. but he did acknowledge an error of judgement when he did a place to place. interviewed the following day when he knew he was positive on reflection, he says this should have been rescheduled. junk of. it's also admitted that

a member of his team took the wrong box on his astrology and travel declaration documents. when he arrived in australia last week, the declaration stated he had not travelled 14 days prior to his arrival when he had in fact flown from serbia despite the world's number one tennis player conceded, this was a human error and not deliberate joke of it could still be deported from australia and have a 2nd visa cancelled. that decision lies in the hands of the immigration minister alex hawk. he says he still considering the australian government's position. the u . k. government has announced the biggest change to land practices in decades. farmers will be paid thousands of dollars for adopting an eco friendly approach, but, but the population expected to exceed $70000000.00 by 2030 unions of warning, of a shortage of arable land. they've barker reports from southeast england. this is to be, our bill says this would've been winter wheat 18 years ago, and then coastal estate,

they've been re wilding the land before. and one really knew what it meant. the soil to unprofitable to grow produce is ideal for handing back to mother nature. and now a welcome cash subsidy, courtesy of british taxpayers for continuing what they're doing. this is the most important thing for 40 years. i guess. i mean, it is a combination of years and years and years of thinking and, and discussing and hopefully influencing some of the decision making. but, you know, wow, it's amazing. it's the biggest shake up of britain's landscape in a generation. says the government, a $1000000000.00 funding scheme designed firstly to incentivize sustainable farming . and secondly, to reverse the decline of nature by paying landowners to re wilde their properties . all possible since the u. k. left the e. use common agricultural policy. that subsidized farmers depending on the size of their land, the new post brakes it funds designed to reward farmers for making environmentally positive choices. we have now legally binding targets for the environment,

most notably a target to reverse the decline in nature by 2030. and we have a responsibility as a governments to ensure that the payment rates we make are attractive enough to incentivize the uptake of our schemes with a rumblings of concern while he's, the plans will simply reward already wealthy farmers that have lambs to spare concerns to about the lives livelihoods of small a tenant farmers who could be kicked off land to make way for we wilding schemes. and what about food security? say farmers, britain needs more nor less farmland, to feed a growing population or run the risk of being increasingly dependent on foreign and potentially low quality import. delivering food for the country is also an absolutely crucial part of what we do, so must be delivering food alongside environmental delivery ra van instead of it's

raise questions about the future of farming, how to balance sustainability and food production. this might be the answer, not an agricultural revolution, but something that's been done for centuries. small local farms close to urban areas. agriculture is that a cross roads and the more land that's handed over to nature in return for government subsidies in the coming years, means that we may come very soon to rely upon local producers like this to feed our communities. we live in a world shape, buying food, and the land it's grown on. nature's future is our future. ne park al jazeera, southeast england. ah quotes every with us. hello, adrian finnegan hearings. oh, how.