with this law, we were giving them a tool to hold corrupt individuals and human rights abusers accountable. they're gonna rip this deal apart if they take the white house of 2025. what is the world hearing what we're talking about vi american today? your weekly take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. ah, this is al jazeera, ah, hello, i'm adrian. so they get, this is, these are live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. we regret the intrusion due to what should have been a peaceful procession. a muted response from the white house falling short of condemnation after, as the israeli attack on mourners during the funeral for al jazeera journalist shall be an ugly tension, remains high as the anniversary of israel's creation approaches marked by

palestinians. as the mac bought or catastrophe. rational forces are being pushed back to the battle for ha, keith will have the latest from ukraine's 2nd largest city. oh, with unwrap meets folk music and attribute to a country's fight for survival. why? ukraine is the hot favorite to win this. he is eurovision song contest and his poor china post of jose next is asian cup for both torments, as it struggles with coven 19. and in the mba pails, the war is a feel for the grizzlies to reach the western conference finals. ah! i'll just say we're a journalist chevy and abu i class, been laid to rest. after warners were denied a piece farewell is where the police attack the funeral procession. nearly forcing

pull barrows to drop sharon's casket. the veteran journalist was shot at the head by israeli forces on weapons draped while covering, arrayed in the occupied westbank. auto 0. stephanie deca begins our coverage from occupied east jerusalem. o. thousands came to say their goodbyes. many her feeling the new serene. personally, that's how much you connected with her audience. telling the story of her people. oh and now becoming the story a her record also the local people around the world has. people know that what he's doing is a good time, and they feel help with the occupation she long reported on ah,

just as the coffin started its final journey to the church. ah, mourners were pushed and beaten by his ready forces. is a storm the hospital square, the pool berries retreating, her coffin nearly footing to the ground. ah! for to police in riot gear? on horseback, baffling scenes. at least one man pulled out of the hearse. ah, is really forces also removing the palestinian flag there. i knew they were not gonna let this day go by peacefully. i was on the frontline when we were trying to exit the hospital while they were carrying her casket and true they were, they just stormed in and they were beating up everyone. it was very frightening to be on. wow,

it was also tension when sharina body arrived outside the church in the christian quarter of the old city crowds filling the small streets. this ancient city. ah, but once the coffin made it inside, granted more peace shooting broadly broke the message of over the palestinian. oh, suffering dog brigitte of life not to be assassinated but to be nurtured. c c i blackly was shot dead in the occupied west bank along an assignment in the jeanine refugee camp. her funeral procession was joined by thousands of palestinians, a show of the widespread affection and admiration she had earned through her years of reporting on their lights. la lou, trina black, who was buried next to her parents at the mount zion cemetery. both her parents

died in the early stages of her career and never knew how loved and respected she become. the crowds of gone, the family has gone. sherman's grave has now been sealed, but even after her death she continued to tell the palestine story stephanie decker al jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. latina from alzheimer's? hebron khan is in the shape shot a neighbourhood occupied east jerusalem. well, there's only really one word that anybody is using. certainly palestinian is using amazon. devastated, devastated though sharina barclays, a funeral was not a dignified one. that it was actually a fraught with violence from the israeli forces. those pictures that we've seen from the hospital not far away from where i'm standing right now, just up that hill over there where our moon is. the pool barrows were actually attacked as they carried sharon's casket out into the courtyard of the hospital. and there she left the hospital at that stage,

they were in the courtyard and he's really forces moved in those pitches. have shocked. ah, palestinian certainly if you take the temperature of palestinian social media, once again is the word devastation that comes to mind. these images are going to reverberate for a very, very, very long time. not because of the shocking nature of the pitches themselves, but the fact that israeli forces i didn't even respect somebody in death. now that's a real big issue for palestinians, and that's something that they will be talking about for a long time. but for serene elbow or clay herself, even in death, she managed to highlight what it was like, living under occupation, living under israeli occupation. not just that incident that but when the, the casket arrived by a call to the church in jeff gates in the old city, allison hughes were being arrested for mealy hoisting up the palestinian flag in a statement,

the european union said that it's appalled by what happened during the funeral, part of it reads the you condemns the disproportionate use of force and the disrespectful behavior by the israeli police against the participants of the morning procession. allowing for peaceful farewell without harassment and humiliation is the minimal human respect. independent us senator bernie sanders, who votes with the democrats treated, saying the funeral attack is an outrage. he added that the united states must condemn it. but the by the administration, a stopped short of that describing what happened as disturbing an intrusion. his our white house correspondent, kimberly alcott, as mourners. attending journalists, serene abu ack laced funeral, were attacked by israeli security forces. white house press secretary gen saki, simply called it an intrusion, but refused to condemn the attacks. copays images, deeply disturbing of israeli police. a beating mourners were carrying this casket

so that we regret the intrusion. do you condemn his actions? i think when we said they were disturbing, we, obviously we're not, we're not justifying them, but i think i will leave my comments at what i said, go ahead. but her answers didn't sit well with reporters who pressed for an explanation as to why president biden is allowing israel a u. s. l i that receives billions annually and military funding to treat sharon's funeral and the investigation into her death. an american citizen. with such disrespect, american journalists, i can, in your green, nobody way for investigation. it's been going there. you know how the russians, why is ready to get away with this? why not put in put an independent wiring fisma policy has not been israel is capable investigating itself. we understand that there are investigations by both sides. we've offered our assistance to the israelis, to the palestinians, and we are prepared to provide that. should they want it still, when asked if president biden had even contact as sharina family,

or if he would use his leverage with the israelis to bring sharina killers to account. this was the answer that the president request to speak with. he is really government directly with the ongoing i don't have any cause to predict at this point in time. the president himself appeared a short time later, but had little to add. i don't know all the detail, but i know it has to be investigated. indeed, despite an american journalist being killed, president biden refused to condemn the attacks on mourners at her funeral. even as earlier in the day, president biden met with king abdullah of jordan in the oval office to discuss the escalation of violence between israelis and palestinians. in the region, the un security council made no mention of israel and its response to saline. uh, barclay's death in

a statement. it said it strongly condemned the killing of the palestinian american journalist, surely in abu our clay, and that it conveyed its sympathy and deepest condolences to shahim's family. it also called for an immediate farrah, transparent, and fair and impartial investigation into killing and reiterated the journalists should be protected as civilians. an initial report by the israeli military says that it's difficult to determine the exact source of gum file, which kill judy, but it's not ruling out fault by israeli soldiers, according to israeli media, the military inquiry is looking at 2 scenarios. one that sharon was hit by palestinians who fought bullets towards israeli army vehicles. in the 2nd, it's considering whether an israeli soldier inadvertently hit shooting when returning fire witnesses and the palestinian health ministry. so that should be in was hit by that is really bullet dowdy. im says, is a law professor at queens university in toronto, canada. he says that she means killing and the attack during

a funeral are astounding. to have knowledge of the fact that a journalist doing her job, covering events unoccupied palestine for the past 2 decades, was gun down assembly for that purpose. to stop her from reporting on the matter. that's one thing. it's quite another to see to respond to the occupying power. it's police, it's authorities in occupied jerusalem to, to do what they did during the funeral procession to violently be civilians, pallbearers who are simply just trying to bring in the body of the deceased, the killed reporter to our final resting place. i. i was struck gun by my at all. i'm served with the united nations in occupied palestine and luke, intrusive on the tree, fell over a decade. i'm very familiar with the area, look as an occupied territory, the occupying power. israel is not sovereign in that territory cannot as

a matter of international law be sovereign and therefore it goes out of its way stops at nothing really, to ensure that any expressions of palestinian nationalism, national symbols including the flag are not present. certainly not in events that might emerge as this seemed to have been to be a demonstration in addition to a funeral of palestinian national fervor as an occupied territory. the occupied palestinian territory to use the un terminology, the only people that are sovereign in that territory or at least have a right to sovereignty and territory are themselves the palestinian people. and therefore, israel will do nothing, will stop at nothing rather, to ensure that that doesn't happen. i'll 0 media network reacted to his really forces attacking warners and obstructing should be and funeral procession saying it violates all norms and international laws. the network also said that it holds the

israeli government fully responsible for the safety and security of all the mourners and should be in the family. it also said the violence will not deter it from reporting the truth through factual, accurate, objective coverage. the managing director of al jazeera is our channel. oh yeah, she attended shootings funeral. here's what he had to say. gimme gimme. it's a good mister fee for all of us. it's painful, god willing, we will do all that. we can to hold those responsible accountable. she rings, blood will not go in vain. she ring was killed in cold blood before on all of us. this will only increase out assistance to continue our coverage. assassinating she rein is an attempt to kill the palestinian story on al jazeera. but they failed in achieving such a goal. killing serena will make al jazeera and the world more persistent in covering the palestinian issue. it proves our professionalism and the just nature

of the palestinian issue, where israeli settlers have illegally stormed a palestinian home in the occupied westbank. dozens of people rushed into the vacant 3 story building in hebron, which was undergoing renovations. video shows is where the soldiers blocking palestinian residents from stopping the settlers. on thursday, israel approved plans to illegally build 4400 more homes. for settlers in the west bank it with the news from out 0 still to come on the program. we meet the team who are the only count windshield lebanon as a free and fair election parents in the us growing desperate to find baby formula. now the government is promising to help and it's for overtime drama as a panther's knockout washington, the n h l. playoffs, ah, ukraine says that washing troops withdrawing from its 2nd largest city of to weeks

of heavy bombardment, the russian army has apparently stopped its advance a little them parts of calc heave at a now focusing on guarding supply routes. ukraine's military says that russia has intensified its artillery and as strikes in the eastern donnette screeching in order to to plates ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications. al jazeera sir, i said, beggars live frost out near keith. i said, tell us about the situation there in that part of the country right now was, as you said, the russian forces are withdrawing and the battle for khaki seems to have been won by the ukrainians. now we were here well over a month ago and we were told a 3rd of the population had left many places with pills. in fact, all places were closed and the city was under daily shedding and artillery fire. now people are returning the governor said, people are beginning to return,

but is worried about some of the areas. things are taken back. and the fact that the russians may have left minds, but there is a more matter to returning to the city. the 2nd largest city in ukraine. but as you said, the russians are trying to hold on to some of the territory and other parts of the country and protect their suppliers. but what that means is in the east for the east of the country, the battle still rages. now we were there a few days ago and there was constant shelling and artillery fire taking place and it's right around the main city of chemicals and the kinds of villages surrounding it. but also there's another issue when we went into some of these cases, these kinds of villages. we had the military to this rule for residents. that in some of these places, there are considerable amount of people that are supportive of russia. and that's the problem for the ukrainians that they may hold on to this territory that may stopped. stop the russians, but they are members of the ukrainian population in that part of the country in the

schools and vintages that supports russia. but the ukrainians also said that they've prevented a russian battalion crossing the severity of the next river and the russians too heavy losses according to the ukrainians. they posted pictures of what looked like destroyed vehicles and a pontoon bridge. so the russians continued to push in the east, but so far as the ukrainians, at least from their version of events, seemed to be holding them all out 0 as had beg, reporting life that from but near how chief in ukraine manufacture date as it is the final day of the g 7 foreign ministers meeting and germany, ukraine's representative has been holding talks about getting more support and to increase pressure on russia. the eas foreign policy chief has announced a further $520000000.00 in military aid. our diplomatic editor james base has more from vice in house in northern germany. the french foreign minister said the purpose of this g 7 meeting was to support ukraine in its war with russia until

that victory. the leaders discussed fresh military support with the european union proposing a further payment of over $500000000.00 for new heavy weaponry with the global food crisis growing the e. u is also working on plans to use rail roots to export the grain, which is trapped in storage in ukraine. the use hi representative joseph barrell told me it was a matter of urgency. the wall that pens of hips block in your cranium, port. my de russian navy, tons of wheat has been destroyed and burn or stolen and brought to russia. they do law me foot crisis is a crisis created by the wall and we need to take 1000 off tons of wheat out to grain. my rail seems a mighty time abroad is close due to the russian navy activities

attending this meeting alongside the g 7 foreign ministers, dmitri calais, but the foreign minister of ukraine. he'll be travelling soon to brussels, where the e u is proposing a ban on russian oil imports. he gave me his reaction to the fact that hunger is prime minister victor oberon is threatening to veto the plan, even though his country has been given an exemption. this is the moment of truth will come and we will see whether hungary was blocking the oil embargo because of his national concerns and the attempt to come with it to make the repeat union accommodate them or they are doing it for some other reasons of higher political consideration, if all goes ahead and vito's this package, what action should the take? well, i'm afraid. the european union will face

a precedent. the risk of creating a precedent when the unity was broken. and when the unity on the rush was broken, and this will be the 1st such case, since 2014, i believe that it will cause a lot of damage for the european union itself. mr. caliber says he's also received a positive response from the g 7 to his demand for seized russian assets to be used to pay for the reconstruction of his country. after nearly 3 months of war, james bays al jazeera vice in house in northern germany. before the war, ukraine was seen as the walls breadbasket, supplying a significant slice of the planets, wheat and grain. but since the russian invasion exports had been blocked, farming is difficult and dangerous. al jazeera hotter abdul hamid reports now from odessa with the coming of spring, the fields of ukraine have turned bright green,

wheat and other grains sprouting as far as the i can see. but even farming is risky in a country at war. workers now where safety vest, maha walmack yon because of this shelling, specially at dawn, says petro best very clue. he usually produces about $10000.00 tons of various types of grain per year. but 2022 is full of anguish. microphones go with most of our farming land is in the curse on reach. and now under russian occupation, they stole that which stopped in a warehouse as in ingrain elevators and we will lose the alterman spring crops in the there is a drone video that shows my warehouses burning. we had massive losses, some colleagues till they tell me that the russians want to confiscate land and create collective farms live during soviet times. before the war, ukraine produced about a $100000000.00 tons of wheat, corn reap seats and barley per year. it was also

a top producer of sunflower oil. only. 20 percent was for domestic consumption. the rest made its way to markets in china, india, the middle east and africa. but since rushes invasion exploits have nearly stopped, ukraine now is looking into other options to export the grain. one of them would be to transported by train to a neighboring country. the problem is the railway system needs to be adapted to soviet bill tracks are wider than european ones. so stocks need to be offloaded and reloaded before continuing their journey about $25000000.00 tons or wasting in silos around the country. since russia pose the blockade under black c ports like odessa, since operations have come to a grinding halt,

other married tim routes through romania or bulgaria are being considered. ocarina ah, e export coyer than dinner. ukraine exports 10 to 15 percent of world demand. we are number one in sunflower oil. now we have excess of oil and sunflowers. world prices are at a historical high. if the expert question is insult soon, the prices will continue to increase the style. finding ways to rein in global prices is a priority at the g 7 summit. but with the war raging in the east and south of the country, where the main agricultural regions are located. production is likely to decrease by as much as 35 percent. making it one of the most urgent humanitarian crisis to be solved, to avoid shortages in global food supplies. had been hamid algebra, odessa, a ukrainian find his favorite to win this year's eurovision song contest. oh,

with pollution orchestra is winding on a wave of public support. following russia's invasion, their entries attribute to ukraine, which mixes wrap with traditional folk music. 25 countries are competing and saturday nights final in the italian city of children. russia was banned from the she has contest. and that assertion and had the door when missiles are cruising over our houses and with frequent ears alerts, you feel worried all the time. all do we have left, you green now i have many relatives there. and when you wake up every day, you don't really know little they're still alive. we're a miss atwell had next. it's like a roulette target. indeed that one of our band members stayed behind to fight the war. he's defending keith. he's now fully equipped. everything's okay with him now when we speak to him from time to time. let's go live to sharon and sample the atmosphere out here. as adam rainy as there is not gonna be much of a competition. if you crate as a shoe in to win, if that happens,

will it be because people have voted in solidarity with ukraine or because the song is genuinely good enough to win. adrian, it seems to be both reasons. you know, a lot of talk coming in day here, at least in, in the political circles, over their shoe. and as you say, because of the war, because everyone wants to show that solidarity in there is that solidarity for sure . speaking to people here, we hear that, but we also, when we just break the surface alone go, well d like the song people go, it's great. it's an ear warm act ant. stop. think of it so catchy, the rap, the folk. so it seems to really he and to what is usually a popular song here at your vision and to speak more about this. i'm joined now by professor robert tobin. he's the chair of the language literature and culture department at clark university of us state of massachusetts. thank you for joining . wonderful to be here. so professor, your big fan, academically and culturally of your vision. what about this year is so important.

what stands out to you? well, clearly the obvious thing is the russian invasion of your cray, and that has really changed the tone and the, the spirit of the competition. and you've come to your vision's past, you know, it's not just about music, although the fans say they love the pop songs. it's also some idea. this should be a display of universal values. tell me a bit about that. yeah, i think it really is. so it is an effort, it goes back to the 1950s when they established the competition to kind of bring together western europe together or through the medium of popular culture. and it's continued that spirit to brings together certain values and ideals that have to do with, you know, basic human rights, democracy, the freedom of expression and freedom of the press, those kind of ideas. what do you think as an academic, do you think it's enough to say this song, a song should win because of it's the politics of the situation that this country

is under attack by a much more powerful country. and so we all have to rally about that. oh, absolutely not. if it was a terrible song, i don't think people would vote for it. it's, it isn't a year worm, as you just said, it does, it has this kind of nice balance between the melodic and folkloric chorus that people can sing along too. and then the kind of global yeah, local wrap. it's global because it's hip hop and it's local because it's a ukrainian and that does require, you know, a little bit of research you needed to kind of go online and figure out what the guy is even saying. but, but it brings us to elements together in a way that's pretty typical for your friends. and ukraine is no stranger to your vision success. although a lot of people don't realize this, can you tell us a bit a bit about their tradition in the history of this contest? right. so a lot of eastern europe joined right after the fall of the berlin wall. maybe maybe it took about a decade for them to join ukraine came and i think shortly after 2000 and right away they won in 2004 i think with were slash which was this sort of fiery cost

sack like, you know, song, you know, kind of rocky and then they went again when russia invaded crimea with jamal in a song called 1944. that was about stollins oppression of crimea. so that did seem a little bit overtly political, but she made the case, it was historical. that was about a historical injustice. and then you'd be, you bought it. so that shows that politics is often a consideration here, especially with ukraine. yes. yes. so i think the language that they're starting to use now, and i appreciate this language is values are okay. politics or not. so you know, if it's actually an argument simply about, you know, tax policies or something like that. that's not something that, that you be, you wants to have on the stage. your fan not just academic. if ukraine doesn't win, who you're rooting for. oh gosh, right now i think i probably i'm for the u. k. otherwise, you know, so,

sam ryder just has so much enthusiasm and career my and also the u. k. has done so terribly. and that's also political, you know, they did terribly because of brags that and now finally, it seems like europe is forgiving and you can say, and they're big backers of ukraine. right now. it's like, yeah, you know to, for, if they were to win. yes, exactly, exactly. to buy their songs to look at. yes. so sweden, a wonderful song. wonderful singer. weird technical difficulties even last night apparently, you know, in the, in the trial run and, and i do feel like she's, she's really given at all with her voice. and i worried a little bit whether the voice is going to hold out. let's see of besides u. k, i and sweden, the spaniards love their song. it's kind of beyond say, dance type song. and the italians of course, have this wonderful. the song about male male intimacy. that's quite lovely. so

there's a lot going on culturally. thank you for your insight. that's professor robert tobin here, inter in italy at the eurovision contests and will be watching throughout the day on saturday and well into the evening to see who comes out on top. other many thanks. indeed al 0 is that i'm ready there. life insurance were at the midway point in this, these are still come on. the program will take you to somalia, where curfews been imposed the capital a day ahead of the delayed presidential election. police of india make 2 arrests, suffer at least $27.00. people die in a new deli building fire and some of the was top athletes. get the season going on, though hot diamond league meeting center here a little later little was ah

hello, we got plenty of warm spring sunshine across march of year. we have got a few flies in the ointment quality showers just scattered around, but it is largely dry fine and warm because of this nice big area of high pressure keeping it large t settle. i've got a few showers there, which was at east inside of here wanted to shout to coming back into spain and portugal. the warm, 30 celsius there in madrid, wanted to shut up towards the press peninsula as well and little grassy slide. the way across parts of indian wells, as we go on through satch day passing through london ahead of the comp final, i suspect, no garage, he continued to make their way farther north, which as we go on through sunday, although a few more showers just coming back into western areas at that stage, pushing up into scotland more than island, maybe one or 2 into republic as well. happy showers do gather across northern parts of france as we go on through sunday. the rash showers around the outs down towards the balkans. what a 2 showers there to into were turkey brought skies if it was at east is how to go for a time on. so showers, grassy,

make their way through now is largely dry across good parts of north africa. few showers just around that eastern side of egypt for a time, a key, hampton wind, drawing all the way down across chad. ne chair, the usual showers all the way across. a good part of the gulf of guinea. ah, ah. full of struggles full of pleasure to santa rosa. will president board. so pick out a little bit on that closer. yes. will telephone. yeah, it was an intimate long life in cuba. nicola, at my media and me, dallas hammock, diego filled me was a looney. going to work a year, my cuba on al jazeera, 74 years after natural and a permanent displacement of more than 700000 palestinians. a year long from the

boar me. although dizzy was offices in the gaza strip. and in the week that network journalist sharina apple was killed in the occupied west bank. we examined the situation in palestine in a one hour special program. join us on our 0, lou. ah, hello, get adrian. so the good here in doha, with the news officer, the headlines al jazeera journal is sharina black clay, has been laid to rest and occupied east jerusalem. 3 days after his ready forces shot and killed her 1000 is gathered for her funeral on friday. ukraine says that

washing troops are withdrawing from the 2nd largest city of ha, keith, of weeks of heavy bombardment. moscow is said to targets attention to guarding supply routes and military offensive in the eastern donates region. oh, a ukrainian band collusion gastro is favorite when this years eurovision song contest. the entry is attribute to gray, which mixes wrap with traditional folk music. 25 countries are competing in sustenance, final, in the italian city of turin. police in somalia, as capital mogadishu are imposing a curfew ahead of an election on sunday. the government says that armed groups are threatening attacks to disrupt the processed members of parliament due to elect the next president. after much delay, i'll come web takes a look at some of the candidates shake sharif amid was president of somalia,

once before and he wants to be president again. his government was credited with developing somalis constitution and building the national army. after the central government collapsed in 1991, it was criticized for corruption. i want to build a government that gives me rights to all the somali people and provide security and justice to some more known for trying to include all political functions than for specific policies. shake serif is widely seen as one of the strongest contenders. is 139 candidates who have registered their post in line. this street in mogadishu, one of them will go on to lead a government that doesn't control much of somalia beyond here, the capital sways of the countryside, controlled by the on group out. bob, somalis don't even get to vote in this election. its members of parliament who will

elect the president and the members of parliament were selected by clan representatives. everyone familiar with the process say it's been mod 5 vote buying and corruption. another form of president shake mood running and also widely seen as a possibly winner. when he was in office, you an investigator said, hi, this individual embezzled fast sum of money from the central bank. let's check the gun. the got once a peace activist, he's known as a negotiator and says men, the risk between some money is federal state incoming president mohammed up july, for my job is running again. he's lost support in parliament. his opponent say he defensive, made some money as armed, conflicts worse, brought economic decline. he's promising change retiree play minister on the farm as i fell out. you also home and in contender. the final

outcome of the vote depend on who ends up poor thing, who it's very difficult to predict, you know, potential alliances. at this stage. i think a lot of back room deals and under the table deals are happening as we speak and they will continue to happen until the 11th hour. just before dawn on sunday morning, she'll continue to make deals, members of parliament vote on sunday in a series of up to 3 rounds in the safety of mortgage issues green zone. far removed from most somalis, the regions, worst drought in decades is just one of the many challenges faced by millions of people, and by some money is next leader. and malcolm, draw just a live from market issue mark malcolm. let's. let's start with why police brought in this curve. you a curfew rather from saturday evening to monday morning was because of the threat of attack from group suicide bombings and the tax and the

greens then also known as lonnie camp, where the voting will take place is just here around the airport. in somali, it's capital mogadishu, and it's one of the early parts of somalia, wanna very few parts of somalia that the government and the foreign forces that back it actually control one of the parts of molly, where the group officer, bob doesn't freely collect taxes and launch those attacks and that being some, just within the last few days, on friday evening where we are now, we could hear an explosion. the local residents told us that just about a kilometer from here, an explosive device was left at an unmanned check point on wednesday, just down the road. this way a suicide bomber attacked their convoy of an army general whose why do you think being close to one of those candidates, shake sharif out about claimed responsibility for thus attack. and i was sure,

bob has said, from the start of this electoral process, that it would try to violently disrupt it. i'll just, you know, come web reporting live from that issue. but he thinks indeed malcolm lebanon goes to the polls on sunday, in the 1st election since it's economic meltdown began in 2019, despite protests, the powerful political establishment as hung on to power. and that's raise concerns about possible violations of the electoral process. i'll just say this was all set up reports from beirut. these people are working to safeguard democracy in lebanon, had of the elections on sunday. they are making the final preparations to ensure that the electoral process is fair and transparent. and that's not an easy task in a deeply polarized country, where securing and loyalty is perhaps the leading driving force for people when casting their wards. the lebanese association for the more graphic elections, holiday is largely funded by european countries. then al baba is responsible for

coordinating an overseeing all activities of the association, and she believes that corruption is also hurting democracy in lebanon. we have some thought of clinton is the cliff in asia between the voters and their and peace and they are candidates. if i give you money, you have to vote for me or i not give you this money. i can provide you a service my being a by inserting you by appointing you in a certain position in the public sector. if you don't vote for me, i wouldn't you not get this job. ah, lebanon has been subjected to crony political instability for the last several years. that led to large scale demonstrations against a political elite, ultimately forcing the government to resign. in the following year, at the state in exclusion at port b. ruth kill 2018 people further deteriorating the already crippled economy and

different in the political instability. the elections on sunday, are you seen by many as a litmus test for real change. and the 4th are on the way to avoid frown while nations and irregularities, the minister of interior is in charge of ensuring the transparency of his elections, the or what america we thrust deliveries people and i was security forces. we will observe every detail during the election day. it is our people's right to have a transparent election that their voice and decision is the ultimate power. the law will be in place for those who try to violate through us. however, there is a deep mistrust in state institutions, including the judiciary, as most people believe they are all deeply pulled sized, despite a series of measures taken by the interior ministry, serious concerns remain about possible violations of the electoral process. people here say there is no real turn mechanism to prevent irregularities. another level

on political parties have really been held accountable for their actions. there is little hope that this time will be different. instead of that, i'll just be like it's not as one of crawford, water shortages as temperatures reach nearly 50 degrees celsius, some areas across the country of experiencing a severe heat wave since april. i'll just come, i'll hide a reports from as long about i'm on the outskirts of islam abad, and we've been reading some of the farmer and have just taken care of their rate crop. but i can tell you one thing is 42 degrees already here. and they said only the mid of may average temperatures around this time of day. busy regarding our normal lead, 3536 degrees and the major logical department of god had issued a warning came, the temperature may rise by 9 degrees in some places. now it should be no day that jacob odd and the southern province of kendrick corded at high of 50,

making a de hardest place in the way for the last few days. and there are warnings that a good crowd of 50 small which of course could endangered tens of thousands of people living across pocket on august under the ne here proper spring. they seem temperature. i now mean that the fruit outboard is going to be damaged badly show it relatively production and a country richard. an agricultural economy might see ball going to be plenty of fun because of lack of range and early heat wave, most of the fruit is lost and the read crop is badly affected. not just dad, while dead in the tread of drought and famine into planes and out that it all. sure . and now the warning that the glass up into not and progress on advisory to remembered how most glaciers outside the polar regions, day of gosh,

where to start melting at foster rate. we have already seen an outburst of one particular glass up in the north ridge, of course crept away bridges, and a warning as that dead. extreme redder may also induce flash floods in de nod. at least 27 people have been killed. dawson's injured and a building far in india's capital, new delhi. some say it's another reminder of how safety regulations are often ignored. dep. i'll to, cirrus casio, lopez, holly on reports for 5 hours. flames ripped through this 4 story commercial building a new delhi inside. dozens of people burned to death. desperate. some of the survivors jump through windows, looking a lot of people, including women,

were breaking glass and jumping out. all the air conditioning units in the building were on fire. about 15 of them authority, the cut, the water and the power supply running outside this hospital, families wait for updates, hoping their relatives are still alive, firefighters rescued about 70 people, but their whereabouts are unclear. sod, i ordered, allows me to last. i'm no longer at rama. i've gone to several hospitals looking for my wife, the trauma hospital, the memorial hospital, and now here it's my 3rd attempt to rescue units look through what's left searching for more victims and clues. the flame started on the 1st floor, which mostly has offices, daily's fire services, say the building, had no clearance, no fire extinguishers, or proper safety equipment. but the little good of buffalo, big there was only one exit to get in with the flames, burning on it. no one could escape fires are common in india.

building laws and safety norms are often ignored by both builders and residents. an investigation is underway for now that's of little comfort for families facing this loss. castillo peaceable. young al jazeera, the supreme council of the united arab emirates, as elected shake. robert ben 0. how does the next president? it follows the death of his half brother. shake khalifa been desired out. not young . the 73 year old had been, had passed since succeeding his father in 2004. the u. e is observing 40 days of morning. public and private workplaces will close for 3 days. north korea's leader has called for an all out effort to contain the spread of coven. 19 kim john owns. as the outbreak will lead to a great turmoil, young as reported 28 new deaths. more than 280000 cases have been confirmed parents in the united states growing ever more desperate to find baby formula.

there's a nationwide shortage with no solution expected for weeks. now the white house is stepping in to help jo castro reports from washington to miami. i love you albert. 4 year old albert butler wears a backpack sealed with a specialty formula that slowly feeds him 22 hours a day. his mother just butler says, this is what her son with special needs must have to grow. it was super critical when he was an infant, and this is like the only thing that he could tolerate and was kind of the 1st time we signing gross out of him. it all was on this formula, but store shells in the united states are running out of infant and toddler formula . the tracking firm data, assembly reports, there's 43 percent less of it. nationwide, pandemic supply chain problems started the trouble in a factory closure. michigan made it worse. abbot nutrition maker of the popular

stimuli brand halted production after several babies got sick and 2 died after drinking possibly contaminated formula. the government investigated and found no further danger, but the company says it will be weeks before production resumes. butler has taken extraordinary measures to find formula for her son, even fly across the country to buy it from a woman she met online, only to be scammed. she never showed, and eventually as parents say, walking out of a store with baby formula can now feel like walking out with a goal. the forwarding has become a concern with stores now limiting how many they sell to each parents. it's important to remember that for babies on for me, this is the only food option. there is no substitute. and i think we have to probably me evaluate

what critical infrastructure really means. critics have blamed the white house for failing to help president biden met with retailers and baby formula manufacturers on thursday, hoping to help ease the shortage. i think we're going to be in a matter of weeks or less getting significantly more formula on shelves. and the epa is also sure we can import and still maintain the say, the high safety stamps for now, parents are making due by turning to food banks or just feeding their children less, less all work together because these are babies. you know, they got to eat for parents. there's no more urgent need than this nutrition for their hungry children. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington just i had here on the nissan tatum stars from boston to take the playoff series to decide or sell. i hear with all the action from the m. b a next

ah, trust in authority is up and all time low you want the sap or hench hated to distrust. this is a baffle about what the truth actually is. al jazeera investigative unit pulls back the curtain and reveals how fear, suspicion and conspiracy theories have become the tools of the powerful were in a dangerous territory. and that dangerous territory runs di. what happens now that we literally diverge, that may well be how democracy does the truth illusion on al jazeera, ah, i was raised in france. these are my grandparents. these are my parents. and this is mean fighting both isis and as of the 1st 2 part epic tale of

a remarkable family. the father, the son and the g. hi. part one on al jazeera lou. lou. thank you very much, adrian. while clay thompson help guide golden state warriors into the n b, a western conference final with victory over the memphis grizzlies. he's called 30 points in game 6 of their playoff series. that on friday as the war is that took it, the $110.00 to $96.00. the groceries were once again without their injured stamina, dumont and it cost them golden state, world face either the phoenix funds or dallas mavericks in the final i just love

the moments i love the pressure i love playing basketball at highest level. our careers, you know, we're not fingers or not actors, we can't do his store or elder year. so while we're doing it, you've got to appreciate every single night defending and be a tandem. milwaukee bucks have been taken to deciding game despite 44 points from any scientific consul, in game 6 for the boston celtics. jason, take him. it was $46.00 for the businesses and the $108.00 to $95.00. when you sell ticks, that will also have home advantage in sundays decided in the eastern conference semifinal just in the in a tell, bless. the florida panthers have secured their spot in the 2nd round quarter their hagi that the over time when as they beat the washington capital and progress in the 1st post season campaign since 19 launches 6. elsewhere on friday, there was

a huge place of luck in the decisive goal for the new york rangers as they took this is with the pittsburgh penguins deciding game. and there were also be a game, a 7 between dallas and calgary also the stars fleet, the flames and things certainly got heated between the players. at the end of the food to victory, the china has given up its hosting rights to another major sporting event due to the pandemic. this time is the 2023 asian cup. chinese football federation says the ongoing and exceptional circumstances caused by the outbreak of the coven 19 was the blame. 24 nations were due to play. i determined to decide h as continental champions in july next year. the 2nd trophy of the english football season will be decided later on saturday as liverpool take on chelsea and the f a cup final. the teams also met in the final of the leak up in february. will

liverpool lifted the trophy after penalty shoots out in full last one? this trophy in 2006. we expect another tough on so that's it. but it's a come final. both teams will go with all they have and that's what i expect from chelsea and especially what to expect from us and what we, what we love about the car boy, a couple of the all realized how big an occasion, ma'am. blaze in these moments and with all the people in any felt outstanding and want to have that again. of course, the 1st big test of 2022 for the wolf top athletes that came into home friday at the opening diamond league me to of the season. local hero martez ace, about him returned to action after his memorable gold medal performance at the tokyo olympics. family group, we got all eyes are on home. favorite motors isa bosch him at the opening diamond league meet of the season in katara. bosh him was making his return to action

following the tokyo olympics, where he memorably shed the high jump gold medal with italy, john marco, 10 berry. this time out. the italian finished down in 730 job coach. bosh him did better clearing to meet his 30 to take 2nd place. i needed, i needed that, you know, come back just to get the feeling back to get that fear. and i think it's a good start. away from the men's high job, that's plenty for the frontier to be excited about. 2022 in the world. and then many cities getting to build momentum. american swinton no alliance certainly boosted his preparations for july spectacle in oregon. the 200 me to world champion bag the victory over the man that got the gold medal, the head of him at the tokyo olympic canada is andre. the grass. was that out of there? a warning show and a message saying,

i'm coming off that gold medal in oregon. of course. anybody knows me know when i lose, i come back, but i was definitely with abilene. the 2nd off the ball melissa, arguably the nights most exciting contest came in the women's 100 meter hurdles. a lympics silver medalist kendra harrison of the united states. getting the wind by the tightest of margins. in the women's 200 meters got raining world champion, dean asha smith on de won't. and what was her 1st big race of the season? bonnie: the british runner could only managed 3rd place with american gabby thomas who won bronze in this event at the olympics. getting the when this is a huge family getting never been to doha, so i really put on a good performance. i was very nervous, so it's good to just kind of get back, please out of the way. there were a number of impressive performances at the diamond league opener before the home fans the night belong to bosh him. and while the guitar he didn't,

when he expects to be at his best at the world championships. swale malik al jazeera, doha, defending champion. phil mickelson has withdrawn from next week's p. j time bishop in oklahoma. he american won the 6th major titled his korea, at the event in 2021. the person is one of the players that who was denied the over list a by the p. j to play in the 1st torment of the new live golf series next month, saturday, semi final day at the ra masters tennis with women's world number one, e gosh, one take looking for her 27th straight. when he mans tops, he'd not back jock of it. you had to battle pos, phoenix, or shall you see me in his quarter final. he won a straight set to set up a semi final hopefully. and that's what is what we will have more for you later on, but for nice back patron. somebody thanks, dave,

that'll do it for. but here's up. thanks very much. indeed for watching kim. we'll be back with you in just a moment. with more of today's news, i'll see you again. ah mm. and a how and why did it become so obsessed? with this law, we were giving them a tool to hold the corrupt individuals in human rights abusers accountable. they're going to rip this deal apart if they take the white house of 2025. what is the world hearing what we're talking about vi american today, you'll weekly take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. on may, 15th webinar will hold that 1st parliamentary elections since the country with

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forces being pushed back and the battle for ha keith. we have an update from our reporter in ukraine. second largest city.