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the descent ah, china's foreign minister begins his toward the pacific raising concerns about bay jeans, military and economic ambitions in the region. ah, flow, i'm full, you back to boy. you're watching al jazeera lie from doha also ahead. a community held together by grief, parents, pupils and leaders morn, those killed and tuesday, school shooting in the us state of texas. pakistan, former prime minister iran con, gives the government an ultimatum call new elections or face major protests. and we follow the rapid rise of a vice presidential candidate in columbia who's giving hope to marginalize

community. ah, thank you for joining us. china says it hopes relations where the solomon islands can be a model for other pacific island countries. begging has put forward plans for a sweeping economic and security agreement with 10 island states. the chinese foreign minister is on a regional tour as beijing seeks to expand its influence in the south pacific. wong eas visit is raising concerns. however, among western powers about china's military and financial ambitions in the pacific life to katrina you in b g and katrina. what exactly does china want out of the strip? latan is looking to deepen its relationship. these 10 pacific island nations and dramatically extend its influence in this region, and this is just off the back of door biden's tour of the inner pacific and beijing is keening to demonstrate to the world that the u. s. has not been successful in

containing china in this way. so china's foreign minister wong e will be on a marathon diplomatic tool at over 10 days. he will visit 8 countries in total and hold virtual meetings them to other countries. and he started to day on thursday in honie are the capital of the solomon islands. and this is just following the signing of a controversial security packed with horton honey ira. in april, now, speaking from their firmness to juanita, he said that the solomon islands had gained a sincere and reliable panels. since switching diplomatic ties from taiwan to beijing in 2019. and that he hopes that china's burdening relationship with the solomon islands may or may be a model for other pacific island nations. now as he leaves, he will go into as i said, 7 other countries including vent iwatsu, some mala tona,

and according to elite document, you will essentially try to extend that security pack that he made with the solomon islands earlier this year to 9 other countries in the region and this would be very wide reaching according to that league, essentially in exchange for millions of dollars of a that will go towards infrastructure development, climate change projects. it would also give china access to natural resources, access to deals on cooperation when it comes to dasa and information sharing and password is more content concerning to the other countries in this region and including australia would be it. it's potential to give access to military space. a china as a part of the steel with the solomon islands will be training them. law enforcement and some people are concerned that chinese police and chinese military will expand their presence in the region and further trigger possible conflict with other

actors in the area. this is something that beijing has so far denied, and it's called any accusations that it plans to militarize the region groundless katrina. thank you for that. katrina, you live in beijing? well, australia's foreign minister says specific nations need to work together to ease security concerns. i don't approach the discussion about china and jonas activities looking at the pacific as if it is a abstract from australia. i'll look at this and think, what is it we lead to do to work together to ensure that regional security is fostered and supported by the

region. al jazeera sarah clark is in brisbin and says, australia's new government is looking to reposition itself in the region. astronomy is positioning itself back in the pacific. we just heard penny was the newly appointed form and she's been in the job for days and already she's in fiji, delivering a speech. now. she's very emotive language to try and how much we know over the pacific. again, it's really been accused of abandoning the region with the last government. she's now baseline. we are here for you. the past government have been accused of not respecting climate change and city the pacific positioning on climate change. a penny won't say the pacific had been leading the way or leading the debate on con, was and the climate to buy and have a lot to lose. and she said that we will share policy, we will commit to reduce our mission targets by 2030 and all the speech with a straight line that we are here uniting that i can see the increase presence of

china now in the pacific. and on this to around 10 also countries in the pacific and the next few days. so this is penny was trying to remind reassert a study positioning in the pacific. the kicking strategy has nissan on security patch. it could allow for china to expand its military presence in the region and not due to a draft late version of this solo non insecurity pack, which noted that whole 20 hour would allow for chinese 90 vessels to access the port. and honey are, china has denied that it wants to increase its military presence in the region. but a strategy and united states a very concerned in the world news, very shock, anger and grief in the tunnel valgy in the u. s. state of texas, after a teenager opened fire and killed 19 children and 2 teachers on tuesday, tributes being paid to the victims who were all in one classroom out of primary

school. president joe biden has called on politicians to stand up to the powerful firearm. so i'll be john hendern reports from avante, another school massacre in america, and more flowers to more in the dead. just before an 18 year old texas gunman massacre 21 people at rob elementary school on tuesday. the governor says al, to he shot his own grandmother. any one who shoots his grandmother in the face has to have an evil in his heart. but it is far more evil for someone to gun down little kids. but the republican governors news conference devolved into political theatre when his democratic rival bed, o'rourke interrupted to denounce decades of inaction in congress and in texas. you know, he talked about that this was evil. the only thing evil is what he continues to do

to the people of the state. he says this was unpredictable. it was totally predictable. and i predict this will continue to happen. syria era's mindy, as a teacher at another grade school. but her niece eliana was a student at rob elementary school. she says it took hours before she learned that elliana was among the dead. i'll we, whatever we saw on the phone. oh, when it was news or, or facebook or how we found found out a tragedy. we didn't find out about her until late last night. about 1130. that's when they confirmed salvador ramos a high school dropout who for years was bullied in school for speaking with a list bought to a r 15 style assault rifles. shortly after his 18th birthday, police say he carried one of them into the school storming past an armed guard before firing more than 230 times over the course of a harrowing hour before border patrol. agents gunned him down. i just so i just

don't know how people could sell that typo again to a kid to an 18 year old. like what is he going to use it for but for that purpose, just what motivated ramos is a question. authorities are trying to answer now. police are still scouring that scene and looking for a motive for want to set that gunman off before he apparently shot his grandmother and then came here to rob elementary school. it was the 2nd dead leaves school shooting in american history, but political deadlock on gun control and a long and bloody history suggests it will not be the last. john hendrick al jazeera, who vall day texas ukraine's

phrase in vermin. lens key is pleading with western powers to send more military aid. a russian attack on a base near dest, now, recently led to ukraine, single largest loss of soldiers lives in the war, so far as embers, rather wait for some destiny on a community shaken by the death. the road to destiny is fit with road games and check the rush. an attack that resulted in the single worst loss of military life. since your start of the war came from the sky 4 or 5. some witnesses say 7 missiles hit the army base at the garrison town of desmond on may 17th. the official death toll confirmed only a week later ukrainian president vladimir zalinski in a speech to davis said 87 people were killed, mostly young recruits and training. who had yet to make it to the war. to towns over witnesses say the explosions were loud enough for them to hear and feel

shaking nearby homes. one woman said she was near death at the time of the. you're more for photo right now. you know, we scan it for a patient pen. we don't have enough to keep us safe and we ask everyone to close the sky. tanks will not get through here, but helicopters and planes are a big problems with the military being so close by for those living in nearby towns instills confidence, but also fear. as i'm calling to listen, when it's a blow in the morning, i heard the news that it happened in does not, which is 30 kilometers from here, but i still heard the explosions. it's very scary. i'm still panicking. the small city closest to designate now home to ukrainian troops relocated from the base since the menu craniums are asking why relocating troops wasn't more of a priority after similar attacks on army barracks in yarbrough in the west. and michel live in the south. the people in this town are very tense. we were just here

filming at a local market when a crowd gathered around us and began yelling that were very upset that we were there. we were escorted away by police to a local government building and an official there has now asked us to leave. what people here are saying is that after what happened at the army base and does the not too far from here, they're worried that their town might be next. secrecy surrounds what happened as sensitive military locations. but on social media channels dedicated to raising awareness of missing persons in this war, friends and family are posting the names and pictures of men who were serving it does now, in search of answers. some of the dead were taken to keep others were brought to this morgan trinity, refrigeration trucks will soon be empty. to fill freshly make coffins. turnikey region is no stranger to russian reference. the main city bears the scars of this conflict and the strain of months of fighting occupation and continued their strikes is also visible on people's faces. as the dead from desert are

buried, ukraine's president reminded the world that 50 to 100 ukrainian soldiers are dying in this war every day. and even in death, ukrainian soldiers late to rest here from past battles were not spared the indignities of this invasion. the ground fighting may now be in the east and the south, but with the skies firmly in russian hands. the frontline people in towns and villages like this say is everywhere is in basra. b o g, a 0 near does, nor intern give region still ahead on al jazeera, finding unity in division. how reform is in lebanon, are trying to build alliances after victory in elections. and a special delivery from the u. k. as the u. s. face is a shortage of baby formula. why critics believe this problem may not be sol, solved so ah,

the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your travel package today, they were approaching june or stink june and reliable month for summer weather. so the end of mates hardly surprised to see all these front sweeping cross northern europe, taking the temperatures back to below where you might expect to be there even squashing the heat out of the balkans than to was greece and turkey. that's the line and re not going out of europe into western russia behind it's very breeze is often cloudy. and occasionally sherry, that temperatures have crept up to the low twenty's than talking about the bulk of europe here, where it was hotter in spain, the sunny still, i hope it's not as hot as it was, but we are at least in, in the thirty's. so little bit disappointing to end may, if you like, and potentially quite stormy in the valley are extra onshore breeze bringing rain to algeria and to nicea so warm in italy's i said it's going to warm up in greece

and turkey, i think, but not get exceptionally hot again in spain. this is a picture for friday, similar sorta story, but more clad in a bit more rain, for example, in germany and drifting slowly southwards. this is have a look at paris just to show you what i mean. $22.00 on friday, and then we go and so we can and we descend to 17 degrees. whereas in north africa, showers are plenty spreading right up into mauritania or western sahara kata airways official airline of the journey. join the debate, wonderful as it is that the paramedic language, it really means nothing on the ground on air or online at your voice. the queen is be removed as head of state because she's done absolutely nothing. what these country white man wears the progress. i haven't seen enough racialize do. sports journalist, i look like me. you need to listen to those voice in perspective. even where it's

hard. it went, challenges some of our foundational thinking. this dream on al jazeera, ah ah, they're watching al jazeera live from doha. reminder of our top stories. china's foreign minister is in these solomon islands as beijing seeks to expanded central ends across the south pacific is foot forward plans for a sweeping economic end security agreement with 10 islands face. this has raised concerns among western nations. very jobs have been held across the us state of texas softer a teenager open fire and killed 19 primary school children and 2 teachers on tuesday. the school shooting is worse in the u. s. in a decade. and in ukraine,

pro russian troops in the east have fired shells towards several don yeske that contain instructions on how people can surrender thousands of people who believe to be trapped in the city as russian forces advance from 3 sides. in other news, pakistan's ousted prime minister as giving the government 6 days to announce new elections or face major protests. iran con gave the ultimatum in a speech to thousands of his supporters in islamabad, the former prime minister says he'll returned with 3000000 protesters. if the government doesn't agree to elections on wednesday, call for a city outside parliament following his removal from office after a vote of no confidence last month. but the government band that stood in and deployed thousands of security personnel, police fire, t gas at protesters marching towards the capital end branch, roads leading into his armor bond. the interior minister says nearly 1700 people were arrested. command hider has more from his lamar, but there's still

a couple of 100 people. perhaps he did that, the remnant of that huge brought it last night. this word like a war, joan or look, j shilling, and of god. tens of thousands of people add this particular renew. but im ron con of the region from the hybrid book doing well. providence addressed a crowd early this morning. it took him 30 hours to reach the capital city, despite the fact that the government headboard barricade garden and all was shelling the march that they were nearing a lama bod. so indeed he had through that he'd be able to come through vodka, buying the government's dry lin, which said that he would not be able to make it go and do some people may be surprised, maybe disappointed to the fact that he had said that they would not budge from the explanation on 10 the government and now that day, but it appeared that they would also de risk go for the rest of em. ron han every

day did, and also duration of more bloodshed because yesterday, throughout the country at least 5 people i said to have been killed. andy perotti jordan king has honored murdered al jazeera journalist hearing i will actually king abdullah awarded her with the independence metal for a carriage and distinction in reporting events in the palestinian territory. sharina by the anton, i've actually received a metal during a ceremony in a mine lounge is there, a media network continues to demand rapid independent and transparency investigation into the killing of sharing actually in the occupied westbank. she was shot in the head by israeli forces, while on assignment in jeanine, on the day of a funeral is ready for storm the procession and started beating. wanted, causing poll barriers to almost drop her casket. that didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her

funeral and burial members of international community have condemned her killing and continued to call for an investigation. sharina lockley was with allergy, sierra for 25 years, covering the story of these really occupation. she was known as the voice of palestine to lebanon. now, where reform is 110 percent of the seats in the recent parliamentary elections. that's a 1st since the end of the civil war more than 3 decades ago. but their victory doesn't seem to be the clean brake from traditional politics many hoped for. and they're now discussing and aligns then a harder reverse from beirut. the walls are coming down 2 years on lebanon's political establishment has begun to remove barriers that stood between anti corruption protestors and state institutions through the ballot box and against the odds. those who were demanding political change made their way to parliament, winning 10 percent of the seats in the recent election. it's

a small crack in the political classes, hold on power, who often used violence to silence opposition. for the longest time, politics in lebanon has been about dividing the shares, and compromising between the different parties in order for each one of them to have its own share after certain bargaining. this is not a democratic process. there when is a 1st and post civil war politics, which has been dominated by mainly sectarian leaders, many of them, former militia leaders. but so far what they have in common is their opposition to the system. they know they'll need to speak in one voice forming the blog at this point for a form of this video section for us to be able to come from the current establishment parties. we know that they are very powerful. we know how much they have level intervals. those parties also have supporters who have shown willingness to use violence, even destroying opposition. symbols such as setting fire to the iron fist in the

epicenter of the protest movement that came to represent the people's resistance and determination. gone are the crowds, their voices are now inside parliament, but the traditional party still retained the majority of seats. they are the dominant force, it still a resilient regime, and opponents remain fragmented. to be genuinely king maker. they will have to form a united, coherent to block. they will have to form alliances with other groups as they might not have the influence that they think as they will have. they will certainly offer dissenting opinions. they will raise their voices. they will criticize certain policies, but when it comes to passing new legislation, they will face a stumbling block. no doubt, there is a new beginning, but not all is well in lebanon. were political dynamics after the election may not

be much different than before. then there has ita beirut. at least 200 people have been killed at a gold mine in northern chad. fighting broke out between the time a tribe and our mine is near the border with libya. security forces have been sent to restore. com. chads ami has been battling rebel groups in the region for more than a decade. in senegal, 11 newborn babies have died in a hospital fire. it happened in the city of tivo, one east of the capital, the car. the mayor says the blaze was caused by a short circuit that quickly set a maternity unit on fire. a month ago, they were nationwide protests about the for state of the health system. after pregnant women died by waiting for a c section. and the u. s. is still dealing with a severe shortage of infant formula for weeks. grocery stores have been running out . it follows a recall after 2 babies died. manufacturers and government agencies say they're

working to tackle the problem. european companies have flown in shipments for me to to help cope with the shortage medical hand reports from washington. more pallets, baby formula arriving in the u. s. and military plains, from overseas. this land in watched by the 1st lady, jill biden, trying to signal to an angry population that the administration is doing something about it. but on capitol hill, the focuses on how did it happen in the 1st place? only 4 companies produce most of the baby formula in the u. s. one was shut down after 4 babies got sick, 2 died. the company denies its formula is responsible, but on capitol hill in apology, the current infant formula shortage is heartbreaking. on behalf of everyone at abbot i want to express are extraordinary disappointment. about the shortage. we are deeply, deeply sorry, but there are other questions about how this company was regulated. a whistleblower res concerns last october that there were problems in the factory notified the food

and drug administration, which didn't tour the facility for another 4 months. frankly, the inspection results were shocking. we knew that so sing, plant operations were created, supplier problems, but we had no choice given in sanitary conditions. there are things congress could do to try and prevent this from happening again. they could change the way the program works. that gives formula to low income families, likely increasing competition. but it is unclear that they intend to even try to do that. or if it can even pass this polarized congress. but even that won't help with the immediate problems, panic parents and empty shells. but there are those trying to find an immediate solution. this volunteer group usually distributes diapers, but now they're focusing on formula of a volunteer can find it. they'll donated to families who can't or simply can't afford to buy themselves. i catch myself thinking, it's unbelievable that we're in the us and they're babies. that can't be fat. i mean, every can of formula we give out. i think wow,

at least the baby will be fed for a few more days, but you do not expect something like this here. a crisis for parents and a country particle haine al jazeera washington. the u. s. state of oklahoma has now got the strictest ban on abortions in america. the law prohibits women from undergoing the procedure after fertilization. the only exception to medical emergencies of rape or incest. the law allows private citizens to sue anyone who helps women terminate their pregnancies. the former domestic worker born into poverty could become columbia as 1st black vice president. fancier marquez, has used the election campaign to open discussions about race and class in a way that's really been seen before. alexander, i'm here to report from cali leading vice presidential candidate, france. jamarkis doesn't look like, nor has the resume of a traditional colombian politician. yet, she has become a political phenomenon,

giving a voice to the country's marginalized communities. i didn't ask to be in politics, but politics messed with us and now we mess with it and were messing with politics because they always told us, it wasn't for us. that politics was for others. markers rise has been meteoric as a black woman and environmentalists, her message and candid language propelled her to the 3rd place in the countries march presidential primary compelling, the leading presidential candidates gustavo paid through to choose her as her running mate. okay, columbia law said thank you, i'm be account except to woman that the elite c as that housemaid. we were limited to one role and she's changed that showing us and our daughters, that we can be what we want. even president o, as a single mother, she worked as a housemaid, but managed to get a law degree and was awarded the goldman price in 2018. the world's most important

price for environmental activists. i thought i had thought of. she has survived the attempts in her life after confronting illegal gold mining mafias in the conflict rhythm region around her hometown, runs her 1st visit in there. now, the asians of columbia social with park that almost unprecedented national conversation about race and class, exposing deep and long standing room in the backlash, jasmine's way and social media in the streets. she has been the target of race attacks, a well known columbian singer called her king kong. she has even had to cancel campaign events fun during a rally in bogota, she was targeted with the laser and forced to leave the said, oh, isn't infinitely spool yet. her success has convinced other presidential candidates to select afro colombians as running mates. lewis hill better to moody,

you're running for centuries, said here for heart of the says, it's about time to start dealing with columbia's history of racism and bigotry of people. there's an entire legacy of structural racism that is denied from the start our existence, dignity, and humanity. other people asked me why i always wear a suit and tie, i don't like ties, but when i don't use them, i am racially profiled harassed, including by the police to a segment of colombians who are claiming for change and for more diverse representation. marcus is their champion, even if only as a vice president. the question is whether the rest of the country is ready for her . allison impunity and just eat. kelley and mexico has seen a big rise in the number of monarch butterfly spending the winter event. the butterflies traditionally arrive in mexico in late october, then they normally leave for the us and canada in march. experts say it could reflects their ability to adapt to.