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iran and venezuela sign a 20 agreement to strengthen their relations as they faced us sanctions. ah, so i'm fully back to boy a watching al jazeera ally from doha. also coming up, rallying for nationwide gun control. americans are out on the streets for what's being called a march for our lives. demanding justice for sharina barclay. one months since is ready, forces shot and kill the al jazeera journalist and creating change for future generations . how a small community in columbia is doing what it can to save the amazon rain forest. ah, thank you for joining as iran and venezuela have signed a 28 corporation agreement during present. nicholas my doors trip to tehran deal

means i work together in areas including oil, petro chemicals, tourism, and culture. the u. s. has sanctioned both countries and in recent years they have expanded their relationship. victoria gate be reports venezuela's, president nicholas maduro and iran's president abraham racy, meet in tay ran and agree on a 20 year co operation. deals were lava. oh matter with this government co operation has taken place in the fields of energy, economy, science, agriculture, and defense girls. the signing of this agreement is another step in expanding relations in the coming years. her venezuela's close ties with the ran date back to its former president hugo chavez. but under missouri, the to opec members have become closer since both was sanctioned by the united states. by massy handle, we will be witnesses in the coming years. our countries will confront the difficulties they face and create a new world. the youth in venezuela, the youth in iran, must know that the world of the future will be

a just world without imperialism. iran already supplies venezuela with crude oil and provides technical support to its oil industry. but analysts say missouri's trip is also about solidarity. i do think that it is significant that the 2 countries are trying to join up against american pressure arm, and we have to remember that they're not alone. we also have countries such as russia and china at the same time. however, we have to remember that all of these 4 countries they have different grievances when it comes to the americans. missouri's trip to iran coincides with the summit of the americas, that taking place in los angeles. washington didn't invite him to the high level meeting. speaking at the summit, u. s. secretary of state anthony blank and said then as well as president should resume talks with the countries opposition. in our judgment, venezuelan lead negotiations between the majority and the unitary platform. are the

best path that we can see are to trying to restore to venezuelan some a democracy that they clearly deserve and clearly want. it's a call that's almost certain to be ignored. instead he ran and venezuela, united against a common enemy appeared closer than ever. victoria gate and be al jazeera, a latin america editor, lucy newman, is in santiago with more on what venezuela expects from this visit. clearly, nicholas mother is making a point. i think it's no coincidence that he arrived in tehran just as that some of the americas in los angeles was wrapping up his face saying basically to the united states, if you don't want me, i don't need you either. i will become closer even more close to washington's foes to your foes. he also needs the help of iran. both countries are suffering under our economic pressure from the united states. very, very har sanctions, but iran at least has petrol. and the of the venezuelan oil industry is in such an

array right now that it can not even provide petrol for the people of venezuela. iran has been very generous and descending that to that country. and so he wants to make sure that that solidarity that help will continue to flow. and apart from the u. s. sanctions, they both consider themselves revolutionary governments. they both consider themselves anti imperialist. and i'm quoting them, and imperialist, anti fascist. and so what i found very interesting in that, in the, in the joint press conference between nicholas my ludo new braimer, i see they talked about leading a, quote, resistance lead a group of countries that are under pressure from the united states and its allies . and that they will find new and imaginative ways to resist these kinds of economic and diplomatic sanctions. not saturday marks,

one man since during abs utley, our colleague was shot and killed by israeli forces. while she was an assignment. odyssey or media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist engineering the occupied westbank. sharina blankly was with the network for 25 years, covering the story of these really occupation. she was known as the daughter of palestine, and as him non con reports from ramallah, she's being honored and remembered in more ways. 11 months on from the killing of al jazeera joan, the sharina barkley and coles were an investigation into her death. continue to be ignored by these railings to you. a state department has said it wants an open independent israeli investigation despite the fact sharin was an american citizen. oh, but investigation or not. it hasn't dim the impact above but she was born hours after sharina block lay was killed by israeli soldiers after sharon's

death. there was never any doubt what her parents wanted to kill the new born sri in abu acclaim. ron was born at midday on may the 11th, unless the hood and the casino all clear, we called her should in a barclay in order to honor her. i was in the hospital the night before. before i entered the operation room, my husband told me she had been killed and he wanted to call our daughter that i was shocked and saturate in whiskey. we were going to call our bb elma. but we didn't hesitate to change the name. at 2 weeks old, she is already seen israeli settlers attack a village while she won't remember this attack is likely she will see many incursions like this in her life. the kind of witness that sharing the journalist would seek out and report on her. and she was doing just that in jeanine when she was shot in the head on may 11th by israeli soldiers. ah, on the day the funeral israeli forces storm the procession and started to beat

mourners, causing pall bearers than any drop her casket. that didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in a funeral and bearing. hello. this is bruce at university, the most prestigious educational institution in palestine. this is where sharin helped the next generation of journalists, her losses at the campus, hard. the university is announced a number of ways to honor and remember her, including the shriek of walk like scholarship was the best female journalist sheree is an example that needs to remain a life for the students in order to continue learning from and is inspiring from from gaza to the occupied westbank across palestine. shrink killing is not only shocked to be united palestinians here and abroad in grief. this is sharina bla, la is office is now a temporary showing to her almost every day people are coming in to this office

with floral arrangements. and some i have to say very touching art work, but this isn't about her being a journalist. this is much more than that. there's a now common saying about sharing a bach late that she was a daughter of palestine. america. how does her ramallah the u. s. secretary of defense has worn that taiwan is facing, increasing intimidation and aggression from bay gene, addressing a regional security conference, lloyd austin place to defend us interests. jessica washington re force himself for a flurry of diplomatic activity as the us seeks to emphasize its commitment to the security of the asia pacific. no region will do more to say the trajectory of the 21st century than this one. the defense secretary lloyd austin. how talks with several peers from asian countries during his visit to singapore, including his chinese counterpart general way from ha, at what's called the shingle, our dialogue,

austin told delegates chinese military activity around taiwan is a threat to the region. and we remain focused on maintaining push stability and the status quo across across to taiwan strait. but the p. r c's moves threatened to undermine security of stability and prosperity in the endo passivity. we've seen allies, analysts say the defense chief speech underscored major differences between the rest and china. liberate some interesting motion. a lot about the size, no order, especially the movies, all they're seeing for the chinese. the question is, who's rules and who's all the more than a dozen defense chiefs from around the world or in singapore for the security summit that's considered the most important in asia with regional stability on the agenda. defense chief stepped up to shed vision for the asia pacific while lloyd austin's speech was the main event of the day. all the speeches also caught the

attention of attendees managing, including one by indonesia, its defense chief of pebbles to be, until we have come to our own the a shouldn't way off resolving these challenges. whereas it was how you like them as a very much because it goes the lie, was a chinese positions at a shows asian facia to be unto told, al jazeera, his country, and many others don't want to take sides. the united states health help us many, many times in our, in our own critical moments. but china also, donors also help us learners also defend a thank you very much for officials from the 5 powered offense arrangements packed, also met on the summit side, lyons leave the defense ministers of malaysia, singapore new zealand, australia. and he okay. say the historic pact has modern relevance in the face of

tensions in the region. a world where are their pre complex strategic challenges. china's defense minister will address the summit on sunday in a speech that's expected to outline beijing's vision for meeting those challenges. jessica washington al jazeera singapore have been more protests in india after the former spokeswoman of the ruling b. j. p was accused of making offensive comments about prophet muhammad. some crowds have burnt buildings or e effigies of no poor sharma demanding her arrest. on friday, 2 protesters were killed and a 130 others arrested during major demonstrations. there were also rallies across pakistan, bangladesh, and indonesia, police, in the indian fate of which a probation responding to the violence or during the recent protest by demolishing a properties or several muslim suspects said, says it's targeting any legal buildings linked to those involved. dozens of people have been arrested so far, why schools are free. his, the accused of willing

b. j. he, of using demolition, drives to intimidate and muslim community. the european commission president expects to finalize the assessment of ukraine's request to join the e u by the end of next week or so love on. de leon is in cave, where she is medford amaze. lensky, it's her 2nd visit to the ukrainian capital since rushes invasion in february, the 2 leaders also discussed rebuilding a country. the path is known. it is a merit based path forward. it is a path where i must say, i highly appreciate the enormous efforts and the determination of ukraine in this process. the people of ukraine have proven incredible strength and motivation and stamina. so i am deeply convinced that we will, together, you will overcome this horrible, atrocious warm we will, and you will rebuild this beautiful country. and modernize ukraine still ahead on

al jazeera girls and knots bride sacked of his sin government leaders discuss how to and early marriage in iraq. and will tell you how people in the gambia are improvising as inflation pushes up grocery prices. ah, now the heavy rain comes through in pulses this seasonal rain, the last pulse which you see here is just drifting away from japan from hong shoot produced flooding when it was in china. we're on sunday now and there is still rain . he is just not quite as intense as it was. there's also a fair amount to renew and also chat a bit more. i think you might expect it this time. yeah. but it's there all the same than the next pulse develop. so they will be more significant flooding in some parts of southern china during monday that slide had up to was q. she maybe she

cocoa, i suspect by the end of monday or early tuesday, the mon soon trough has jumped a long way north was by the look of it officially still around the back go. but the rain is showing itself in my roster, and beyond that good, you're out even heading towards rochester, that typically it's still dry, further north than that. and the big shower in the northeast are calming down just a little bit. now where it's hot and dry and dusty includes pakistan that winds picked up the dusts, but also you notice we've been injecting more moisture. so the chance of the old pre monsoon sharon, the middle of southern pakistan, middle east and picture is fairly typical. it's hot is fatty windy particular down through the gulf and the dust is very obviously in the air. ah, a. ready

ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it feel exceptional. caraway's going places to go. ah, ah, play you're watching al jazeera alive from bill. how with me for you back to bill a reminder of our top stories. iran and venezuela have signed a 20 year corporation agreement during president nicholas mentos visit to tehran.

the 2 countries will work together in the fields of oil, petro chemicals, tourism and culture. both are under us sanctions and they've been more protests in india after the former spokeswoman of the voting b. j. p was accused of making offensive comments back offered muhammad, some crowns, half burnt buildings, or effigies of new port genre, demanding her vigil has been held in the occupied west bank to month one month since journalist sharina ob lockley was shot by is ready for his while on assignment yonkers here, media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into our colleagues. kelly moore. from on this lead, speak to louise moreno o'campo, who served as the 1st prosecutor of the international criminal court from 2003 to 2012. and he's joining us from buenos aires, thank you very much, mr. campbell, for being with us on al jazeera. so as we have said, it's been one months since the killing of a colleague. and we've heard these calls for an independent investigation into

a death from various countries, including the united states. but are they just paying lip service? is an independent, impartial investigation likely to happen at all in your view? where he did, you already concluded like you read the forces, should i wanted to understand better oh, shoot or closing bench because that's a critical intentional issue that the he or she alone is choosing instructions. is it dan dan? the crucial thing. now, interestingly, that matt justifying that issue could be done by journalist could be done not just with. so my suggestion is, use your ability in by new york times cnn. all the media,

ask the questions to the really officers who is a shooter, who will they be built in those cars? close to the journal is what are the record of their conversation? what are the interviews on there that the crucial next investigation for me, but i don't have no interest in providing any information at all about about killing and what happened and why didn't good because the only way to stop and i see mitigation it to conduct an investigation, so i know they say yes and they say no, but now because that is the case it way to put pressure on them is to clarify who, who was a shooter and they gave this. so this car, what they got,

be instructions that it putting the release in and it says a challenge has to mitigate. i should investigate and then let me give you another lease option because legally the options are israel. i c c, last america, the u. s. because i just cedar or the family of osha, we could do a similar case in the u. s. and therefore as evil mation using the the josh in the us. that's a new avenue, the one that i don't see it doing that and you call me you might write free advice . well, well, thank you for providing the those ideas. but i wanted to ask you about the case that the palestinian authority and al jazeera media network want to refer,

have referred anyway. sure. in case to the i see, see what needs to happen on that front for the chief prosecutor to take this on where data absolutely decision discretion not to prosecute the i see. but if you go back to mitigate the case, but he will not tell you that he's doing the mitigation because the mitigation is confidential. so we don't know what he will do and that, and why i believe you can do more than just wait for them to do this is to mitigate or not to mitigate the issue of water and to request in big information from your trial or whatever you can do more and that may point, we don't need to go, but we can act. well thank you so much for talking to us a. mr. moreno can police moreno campus a former i. c. c prosecutor joining a fan from when we appreciate your time and, and if you need for me very frustrating. so as you in the school. ready and it

being bush for the key mitigation your, your program is all done talking about conflict, we need to learn how to use a little bit way to my or something. and sharing case is a clear date for that. thank you. thank you very much. mr. moreno. campus thank rallies are being held across the us this sunday as part of a renewed push for gun control. it follows a series of my shootings including one at a primary school in texas and a supermarket in buffalo, new york. last month, ronnie's had being organized by the marsh for our life movement that was founded in 2018 after a school shooting in florida. give elizondo is in buffalo, new york, where a gunman opened fire grocery store last month killing can we're outside of the supermarket in buffalo, we're just about a month ago. a gunman shot and killed 10 people here

at this supermarket. and when we talk about gun safety and gun control in america, this debate that's going on in the united states right now. you can really see what it's about. it's about people that have died in the united states, especially with their recent mass shootings here in texas. in buffalo, elsewhere throughout the united states, just here in buffalo, 10 people were killed. they ranged in age from 32 years old to 86 years old. and this is a memorial site. it's still outside of the supermarket to remind people every day as they passed by about what this gun gun safety debate in america is all about right now. it's about the lives of people that have lost their lives due to gun violence. here in america for years now, but especially in recent weeks, right now in hundreds of oil industry work is demanding full time jobs of launch

the highway between baghdad and the city of basra. the most of the demonstrators are daily wage workers who were recently laid off. they say they were promised full time jobs by the government and saying in iraq a conference. these being held to discuss the role and integration of iraqi women in society. early marriage in women's education on the agenda, the conference in bank that was organized by the government and the united nations mahmud one had, has more from back that raising awareness of iraqi people about to the negative impacts of early marriage is on top of their agenda today, as you know, this conference that has been organized by the united nations population fund in iraq along with that have been a lot of international and local organizations taking part and supporting and backing this conference, including the unami, united nations assistant mission for iraq,

u. n. h c r. and also local authorities including the ministry of education in order to raise people's awareness about the negative impacts about early marriage. people, females especially losing the schools they drop out of his schools because of early marriage has officials here have been speaking about physical and psychological impacts of early marriage, that the survivors are. the girls suffer from when they get married at an early age. now, as you know, 25 percent of the iraqi girls were married before the age of 18. a. according to the, at you nighted nations. now people in the gambia are facing offending squeeze after a near 50 percent rise in basic food items in 3 months. as i am a dangerous report to the high cost of wheat flour, as for some bakeries to close. yes in jetta comes to kinda market to buy flour, sugar, and rise to our last visit

a week ago. she says the price of some commodities have increased by 15 percent. as a result, she had to strike some items off her shopping list. we used to think of right now we reduce it's a fence up of life yet because we cannot afford it. my father kind of have what he thinks are very effective. gumby is a reliant an impulse for nearly everything they consume, including the mean staples of flaw and rise as inflation soles worldwide. many combines who are yet to fully recover from the economic fall out of covered 19 struggle to put food on the table with an economy dependent on impose the gambia is vulnerable to even the slightest disruption in the global supply chain. the war in ukraine in particular, has to push the prices of basic commodities like flower and rise to levels. many families come to more baker's. he has a, they've had to embark on strike, to demand that government into east lake flower affordable. bakers who continue to

make pastries, say they had to increase prizes and contend with fear. customers. economy say the government must, in the medium term, quickly find alternatives to import. without this, they say the economy which relies and remittances from work as a brought. and torrison cont, was ton prolonged disruptions. and these external shocks due to gumby and not being a, produce a nation, but a consumer nation. so if you look at our balance of payment, we are a net importer rather than a net exporter. so this is what's driving inflationary tendencies in the gambia. beckett, sort of kinda market yes. and he's done shopping. she lives with one concern on her mind whether prizes will again be higher or she returns next week. i made it reason al jazeera sort of kinda the gambia. not only are, we brought us story showing growing deforestation in columbia as amazon rain forest,

hundreds of thousands of haters are being destroyed each year to make space for mining cattle, ranching and drug trafficking. in a 2nd part of our series artist here is alice, and i'm here to visit rachel, where people are trying to change things for the better. for me, charlie's stopped cutting 35 years ago, like everybody here. she used to log and burn the forest to make space for cows and farming despite it being protected lane. but now she tends to are growing plant nursery part of a community forestry program aimed at changing the ways of farmers living in the colombian, amazon. and i last, i called it, they always have new life nursery because it's about giving new life to the trees that many have cut, mistreated and burned in the project financed by norway. along with columbia. the foundation for conservation and sustainable development involved over a 100 families living in the northern areas of the colombian, amazon. they promised to end logging in exchange for sustainable alternate if they

are also former coca farmer. all miss garcia is leading a number of these projects. we met him as he was working on a live fence made of trees away. he says, to rebuild connections between parts of the for a lot of money. but all these trees grow, they stick together and monkeys and other animals will use them to cross from one section of the forest to the other. it's just an example of the change in mentality of how we can live protecting the forest. most of these projects were created following the signing of a piece deal with 5 gravels, 5 years ago before his station sword. as the gallery you left the territory, opening up more land for cattle ranching and other damaging activities. but it's an uphill battle. criminal groups are destroying huge swats of the forest deeper into the jungle, while many local farmers who abandoned profitable coca farming after the peace deal said they need more land for food. not far from route to be farm. we found people

planting seeds in a recently cleared area. lonely. come on in. the only way we have to survive is cut tumble implant. what you see duco, corn planting. we don't have an alternative. no support from the government. they made many promises. we got rid of cocoa, but nothing happened in exchange. but all may say the real enemies are powerful businesses that are clearing much larger plots of land. he cautiously take us to another huge devastated area. and yet we haven't. i mean knowing aqona until the government arrives with technical assistance and land titling an organization in a way that protects the population and the environment. unfortunately, the for station will continue. the community for as the program is small and does not offer a long term answer, but it shows that there are alternatives to the devastation of the rain forest and that those who live.