descended here to the desert of guitar, to compete for the world championship title. the competitors are all active military members and have been training for years to get here. most have tens of thousands of jumps to their names. each country will compete in 3 disciplines. freefall skydive, accuracy, landing and 4 way formation. men and women compete separately, but under the same flag. you know, i can't do a story about parachuting and not jump out of a plane as we climb up. the teams mentally prepare for their job. i try to do the same then minutes later, once the earth is just a blurb below, it's time to free fall. ah,

asian stalks fall shop, be on p as the u. s. could announce another rate hike after a higher than expected rise in inflation. ah. i'm fully back to boy, you're watching al jazeera life from doha. also ahead. french left wing bodies make strong gains in parliamentary elections, threatening president. demand in my phone was majority us senate is agree on a bipartisan plan for tied to gun control holes short of top a step sought by president joe biden. and women in zimbabwe move heaven and earth for a better future in the face of a flagging economy. ah, asian markets down across the board on monday that's have to the u. s. federal reserve reported record high inflation. it 6 to announce another interest rates

wise in the coming days to try to limit cash flow on kong. sang sang index is down more than 3 percent. the indian whoopee fell to a record low dipping below $78.00 to the us dollar. and both the cost be index in south korea and japan bench medicaid loss benchmark nick a loss close to 3 percent. the japanese yen is at its lowest to the dollar since 1998 cross frugal front. end of the nice look that on it's important. the currency rates lose. staley, reflecting fundamental. but recently there have been sharp, un declines, and we are concerned about it. the government will continue to work closely with the bank of japan and stay on guard, paying close attention to currency movement and the impact on the economy and prices. so looking here rob mcbride, with more from self. yeah, it does seem as though the asian markets have had the weekend to digest this increasingly bad news out of the us confirmation on friday that the inflation rate

has hit at 40 year high as so as soon as trading started monday, they have the chance to react, and they have been reacting very negatively. all of the major indices showing marked drops. we had the nic, a in tokyo down 3 percent on the day, monday, 3 and a half percent down on the cost. be here in south career, a similar fall on the hang sang index in hong kong, and also the mum by market as sharply down in india. there are other concerns as well, a driving sentiment here in asia. we've had another koby 19 outbreak in beijing that is raise concerns that once again, the chinese authorities following this policy of 0 cove, it may take the decision to close down parts of the chinese capital, which again impacts the recovery of the chinese economy. but in the background, of course, is this ongoing concern that the, the u. s. federal reserve may, once again raise interest rates as a way of tackling inflation. and we'd likely to see those concerns affecting the

way the market's move. as we get into this trading week. and all of these moved by the fed, of course, increasing the value of the us dollar quite, quite sharply against all of the asian currencies. for example, at one point on monday, the us dollar was buying a $135.00 japanese yen. and the us dollar has not been that strong in more than 20 years. and he is probably me town now in new delhi with more on the fall of the indian currency in just currency and the stock market are responding to global concerns. the biggest worry is the situation in the united states. the worry is that the high interest rates over there could end up increasing interest rates are high inflation over there rather could end up impacting the interest rates. the other situation that is causing concern is, are the outbreak the cobra, 1000 outbreak in china, particularly in beijing and shanghai and what this could mean for the chinese

economy as well as the global economy. the indian group is now creating at it's lowest levels in history. this has wiped off hundreds of millions of dollars in diaz, our foreign currency reserve. investors have lost millions of dollars in the stock market. and in the us top companies have also lost billions of dollars in their valuation. now all of this is playing out as there are concerns about uneven growth domestically food. inflation is at a record high. there is an unprecedented heat wave that has damaged crops in central and northern india. the government says it expect themed in economy to grow at about 9 percent, but economist point out that hundreds of millions of one reuben engines are not are going to benefit from this. steven a cone is a senior advisor at mccarty associate. he says it's

a mix of different global problems that are holding the overall in this index back . here's the problem. you have all the factors, none of which any particular government can control of climate change in which is leading to that excessive heat leading to flooding. leading to drafts, you have the crisis resulting from the russian invasion of ukraine, which is of course, driving up, you know, commodities prices because of the inability to get that ukranian wheat and, and into purchased from russia as well. you've got china in the u. s. in which, resulting from those trade tensions, you've got cove it in the, in the shut downs, especially in china. so government can't control any of this yet. a government can't tell its own people. there's nothing we can do. so what they're doing is putting in place some export bands now, which is actually going to make the problem a lot worse. even though it, they think they're going to get short term political game for like a mattress india. india's got its export ban and we've, you've seen indonesia band for a while, palm while you've had malaysia banding,

the export of chickens. and so all of these governments want to get that political gain by showing it to a domestic audience that they're helping them. but it is, it really probably isn't even in the short term, and in the long run it can really get government. so for example, in malaysia, you had a lot of companies come in and make malaysia a regional hub, especially for, you know, for chicken and poultry. and what's happened is that domestic and, and for, and production are intertwined. so when you say you can't ship outside of malaysia, you're costing jobs in malaysia. so it is, is governments really have to be thinking through is this worth the short term political gain of trying to show their, their public, that they're doing something in france present. emanuel macaws, majority in the national assembly hangs in the balance. preliminary results suggests his centuries coalition is neck and neck, with its left wing rival after the 1st round of parliamentary elections. as natasha butler reports, the president's forties likely to win the most seats. but that may not be enough.

the french president looked to relax, that he voted in the coastal resort of little k. but emmanuel, my call faces a challenging week after the 1st round of frances parliamentary elections, his centrist alliances on track to windlow seats. but not necessarily the majority who needs to push ahead with his reformer, gender, who from the 3rd cross for the judge, we are the only political movement and a position to win a majority in the national assembly. we have one week before us to rally our forces one week to persuade one week to win a strong and clear majority. only such a strong and clear majority will enable us to respond to the urgent issues which affect the daily lives of french people. it clever a new left wing block that includes greens, communists and socialists created by far left leadership. incremental shaw has emerged as the main rival to macros party. it's attracted voters concerned over the cost of living and climate change. job. a little broke i called on are people

viewing this result and this opportunity for our personal lives and for the nation . i column people to go out and reject once and for all the funeral projects with my chrome do more to fall right. and conservative parties trailed the centrists and the left in an election that's largely fail to capture photos. imagination turned out was that in historic low, with less than half of those eligible costing their pallets, this phone comes less than 2 months after the presidential campaign. so there's definitely a sense of election fatigue. it's also the case though, that a growing number of people in france feel fed up of politics and politicians, and increasingly disengaged from the political process. with a tight race a, the parties will step up their campaigns in a critical test for the president, the big lesson of this 1st round for him and her and mccoys that he is not certain to have an absolute majority in parliament. and that will make his life more difficult if he hasn't got one. so he is try to hammer this message in the last few

days before the 1st run. and he will be trying to push that message for the 2nd, ron, give me a majority. in one week, voters will return to the polls for the 2nd round to the election and will determine how france is governed for the next 5 years. whether there will be a swing to the left or more of the same? natasha butler out to sara paris. as spring in jonah whole now is also in paris voice. so jonah, what's been the reaction to the 1st round results? what does you heard there? the 2 main blocks, the centrist, and let this block more or less net connect in terms of votes cast on the weekend. the leftist service is slightly ahead that a post doesn't translate into actual seats one in next weekend's run off once low scale score and candidates have been, we did out. it does tell us that the macro side is still at risk of losing its majority. but the left is the most unlikely to win a majority with the right,

making up the balance. but they would be able, potentially to frustrate microns 2nd term, gender in terms of reaction on the streets. you get a sort of gallic shrug, flick of the wrist. let's wait and see what happens next week. i'm not on surprising. when is the pointed out that more than half the electric didn't even vote in the 1st round, pointing to anger and disillusionment. analysts say with the political class a frantic week now a final campaigning ahead. both sides rallying voters, the central side elizabeth born microns prime minister, calling on people to vote for a majority, cohesive, stable government at the time of economic stability. instability at home and trouble on the world said john luc milledgeville and meanwhile, calling on people to reject definitively the disastrous policies of macros. majority of the ruling party, he said he's already defeated. thank you for that joan, a whole life or a stay in paris. a bipartisan group of senators in the united face has agreed

on a framework for new gun control laws. it's aimed at curbing rising violence and would keep weapons away from people considered a threat. but critics say the measures don't go far enough. my kind of reports from washington, the framework agreement, photos, weeks of closed door negotiations in the senate. it's one of the 1st bipartisan gun control agreements in decades. we haven't had significant federal legislation in nearly 30 years. so having a framework announced, having 10 republican senators, long with 10 democrats binding off on that, which would avoid the filibuster in the united states senate. it's a really big deal. the tentative agreement has been welcomed by president fight and who's tweeted. i want to thank senator chris murphy and the bipartisan group for the gun safety proposal that does not do everything that i think is needed, but it reflects important steps in the right direction. with bipartisan support,

there are no excuses for delay. let's get this done. but some don't want it done. i think it's deeply disappointing that republican leadership decided to get in lead with the democratic conference in the senate to put together a gun control bill. you know, that should be a huge red flag for republican voters going into the fall. significant proposals include incentives for states to pass so called red flag laws, which allow a judge to decide whether a gun via or owner poses a potential threat to others. federal background checks and buyers under $21.00 would include access to their records as minors and federal funding for mental health care and increase school security. so, but these measures for well short of what's being demanded by gun control. advocates including president biden himself at rallies across us saturday. calls were made for

a bad on the sale of semi automatic weapons and high capacity magazines. and for the age at which an individual can buy a rifle to raise from $18.00 to $21.00. to match the existing federal law concerning hand guns, assault rifles were used in the mass shootings and you bobby, texas. and in buffalo, new york. in each case, they were wielded by 18 year olds. the senators have set an informal goal of passing the bill before the 24th of this month when congress goes on a 2 week recess. but with the legislation still not fully written, it's unlikely that this goals will be met and it's certain that the modest suggestions will do little to ease the mounting pressure on politicians to pass meaningful gun control measures or place the consequences in november's mid term elections. mike hannah al jazeera washington

still ahead on al jazeera, more political uncertainty in iran capture the biggest in wanna men's resigns police, find a backpack in a laptop belonging to 2 men missing in the amazon in prison. ah hello there. we bought severe weather warnings out for a straight and new zealand, but before we get there, let's have a look at south east asian. some of the heaviest rain is going to fall in northern areas of indo china that thanks to a weather system, pulsing heavy rain across southern areas of china, southern thailand, expecting see some heavy falls in the days ahead for indonesia and malaysia may need borneo. that's going to see the heavy rain pulling in from the west by the time we get into wednesday. but further east of this, it is

a pleasant picture for much of the philippines. now, pleasant isn't the word. when we're looking to the south east of australia, we have seen a severe cold front suite through places like pass mania, bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions, as well as very strong winds. and those winds have suddenly been felt on coastal areas of new south wales. we have very large waves here. now the wind has ease, but there is going to be more coming through. we've got coastal wind warnings out for southern areas over strayer, as this system pushes its way further east for path. however, we are going to see more rain coming. we've got another system that's going to work its way in by the time we get to wednesday. and as we had over to australia, there's more severe weather on the way with some pretty wild conditions. on the way for wellington, a dip in the temperature for christ church. ah, ah.

i with lou. ah, ah. are you watching al jazeera live from doha? reminder of our top stories ation stops. have fallen shop be falling, arising, inflation in the us. japan sneaky index and the cost been south korea both fell by

nearly 3 percent the indian droopy hate of record bill again. c u. s. dollar. a group of us senators has agreed on a proposal for tied to gun control after a series of mass shootings. it focuses on so called red flag goals, which are aimed at helping people from buying guns. if they consider the rent and in transportation demanding muscles majority in the national assemblies, under threat, preliminary results put his sentries, coalition, neck and neck, with its left wing rival after a 1st round of parliamentary mex, knotty rock way. she had married mac, tod asada, and 73 members of his party have resigned from parliament. they were part of the biggest political blog. the move means more uncertainty. after 8 months of political deadlock nor burden. manly reports mocked other asada is considered one the most popular politicians in iraq, his party with the biggest winner in october, the election with $73.00 of 329 feet. but after

a month of no party being able to form a government thought it announce he was considering stepping down. 3 days later, his party followed for the elderly. phoebe harder to learn what luck. iraq does not need the formation of a government, but an effective government has majority serves its people, it turns as glued into obedience to god. so let our beloved said was pluck, members, right, fair resignations from parliament salgado. and let's say the move is confusing. asada is a staunch opponent of iranian influence in iraq. he politics yet the supreme court rules. the next party with the highest votes, will gain seats and that party is closely allied with a run. this means a more seats to be gained by the state of law group, which is headed by miss didn't. would, in mckee, by groups that are affiliated with the popular will be lies ation forces. so it's going to strengthen the hand of this coalition, which is

a pro iran coalition. october's general election had being pushed forward after large protests shook the country. 2 years earlier, crowds, a mass in bucked, are 30 square, as people demanded jobs, better services, and an end to state corruption. they swelled, i'm spread south leading to the resignation of prime minister until after lottie by may tens of thousands of supporters of our father also turned out in the show of political clout the media websites which are affiliated with the sud. arrests, i've already started to call for protest. i mean, so that is a few that we might go back to the kind of violence that was present in 2019. asada had failed to jokey for maturity, coalition in parliament, but many now question whether he will influence his supporters to mount political

pressure from the streets. lore about money onto sarah mahmud then why had has more from back that. so the, on the one hand, 73 members along with his allies, they have around 173 members in the poem and the wanted to for a majority government. but on the other hand, the coordination framework that includes the pro iranian political parties, including the party, led by former prime minister northern mackey. and also the federal party political arm of the popular mobilization forces. the wanted to form a consensus government with a southern blocks and a southern block and the other sydney and kurdish blocks. but now this could further complicate the situation because the father has supported on the ground, probably the majority of supporters in streets and also the coordination from work

. they have supporters, both of them also have armor groups on the ground, but that is whether or not that is ignition is fine and that it could take time a lot of time. and if or because legally it needs to be voted on inside the parliament. but also entail court for the court and their procedures. and also it entails further bringing up the 2nd, the frontrunners in every and each constituencies. these resigned parliament members where at yvonne's currency has jumped to its lowest level against the u. s . donna, as talks on reviving the nuclear deal stall, the reality is now trading at $332000.00 to the dollar. it was at 32021, reach a nuclear deal with world powers in 2015. i will have the early last week is are they asked 431-7000 rios for one euro. the next day it goes to 325000 to

date i want to buy euro's, but it's not available at all. done. mining in zimbabwe is usually a male dominated industry, but in a rural area, in the north, one operation is being run and stopped entirely by women. it's providing much needed income in a country where millions of people are living in poverty harm, which has a reports from her own way. this isn't an ordinary mine in zimbabwe. only women were cath women like 15 emma cooper. 3 years ago she was struggling to look after her children while working as a farm laborer. let us know if we can come morning is better than growing to martyr's onions and other vegetables are used to so vegetables, but the money was very little. now i'm earning a bit more and i can send my children to school with none of these women had any experience in mining. they learned on the job in a country with a very high unemployment rate. these aqua marine gemstones have created new

opportunities for them. they plan to start a jewelry line making pieces like these from the gemstones. the women say working at the mine is empowering. most of them i survivors of abuse and a bed circumstances at home. in this has been a safe place for them to come to lay this. i mean that's when they come to work here. they are able to get out of situations that they've been in because before they were depending on their partner and they couldn't get out of situations in this place, is provide a little that's over she, me, she to get out of always economy has been in crisis for years in place and jumped to more than 130 percent in may, families are struggling. this is mainly a farming area. each family has a small piece of land with the go crops to eat or sell, but they still struggle to make ends meet like if we're out of the country. finding a proper job is difficult, patina. cooper's husband is too ill to get

a job working at the mind. she's now a family's breadwinner. some people tell her and her colleagues that men can do their jobs better and foster, but they say that doesn't bother them. they're grateful they can provide for the children during these tough times. how to matessa al jazeera, who, wrongly zimbabwe, a truck drivers strike in south korea has extended into a 7th day drivers, want the government to set a minimum wage as a face soaring fuel prices. officials from the transport and truck as unions held a 4th round of negotiations with the government on sunday. but there yet to resolve the disputes. millions of people in b gene are undergoing coven 19 tests after a new outbreak, at least a 183 people tested positive. after an infected person went to several bars during a 2 week period. night my venues reopened last monday, but the government has ordered them to close again. under had 0 over 19 policy. a 143 new infections were reported nationwide. on monday,

51 were in the chinese capital b g. and seeing in bridging, scattered come, the storms have disrupted part of the city hailstones pummeled many areas accompanied by guts. gusts of strong wind and rain traffic was interrupted. impulse safety concerns for some residents. police in brazil to say they've identified items belonging to a reporter and indigenous rights expert who went missing in the amazon, a backpack, a laptop and an id card were found in the eat, a choir river. indigenous rights expert boon of herrera and british journalist dom phillips disappeared a week ago. the men were on a reporting trip in a remote jungle area near the border with columbia and for rule on decay in archy of re force from rio de janeiro. oh, it blew a vigil through british journalist dom phillips and indigenous expert little bit,

eda, family, friends, and colleagues of the peer gathered in rio de janeiro, demanding to know what's happened to them. so they went missing a week ago in their job id valley in area, in the amazon, twice the size of japan, and home to the largest number of uncontested tribes in the world. the vigil was held on copper goblin, a beach. the place were phillips used to paddle serv. before moving to more these to brazil, to write a book about saving the amazon. he was on his way back from an expedition with bid ada. when both men disappeared, human remains were reportedly found where the pier was last seen, but they are still being identified. would agree with. but if that i, which was this was dorms last a trip there, he told my sister, his wife alessandra that he needed one more interview to finish his book. i think dawn went to the amazon because he belong there. he's an englishman who was born in

the wrong place. he loved the rain forest and their inhabitants. my little bit eat, i used to work for food. i. the government agency responsible for protecting brazil's indigenous people in the prison that i'll do a walk in oklahoma. bruno was forced to leave the agency because he did not agree with prison jebel scenarios policy of opening up the amazon for commercial exploitation, and leaving its unprotected illness, was the only 1400 people in our agency. and we have to protect 1000000 indigenous people occupying an area of veteran presents 13 percent of brazil's territories from marcus berry. it started working on his own with their shoddy tribes. we accompanied him during an expedition several months ago in the same area where he was last seen with dom phillips video was already being threatened because he was helping local tribes collect evidence of the invasions to their territories and report them to local authorities. here both of them are 1st,

we were very hopeful that both men were alive because don was with bruno, who is very experienced. the family thought they must have been ambushed by managed to hide the boat and escape through the forest. but our week has gone by and our hopes are diminishing. all we will now is for them to be found. we have a right to know what happened to them. this march is not only to put pressure on the government, flying rider. don phillips, i'm indigenous extra little bit it. so for a bigger cause, people here say both men defend saving. the amazon monica, you know, give al jazeera, rio de janeiro. the un high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelor's calling for is for israel to open a criminal investigation into the killing of al jazeera journalist, sharina lockley. i call on these lady authorities to open a criminal investigation into the killing or journalist. she ran

a ball player to i promptly make conclusions and findings public until hor, perpetrators accountable under international humorous law. his role should investigate than assure appropriate accountability for every case of death and in serious injury inflicted by his railey force. the prevailing climate of impunity is fueling further bayless and fallacious. they now chronically high levels of killings and injuries of philistine as he grew children by israeli forces in the occupied by listing and to read through have continued in the 1st 6 months of 2022 and al jazeera media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into sharina killing. she was shot in the head by israeli forces while an assignment engine in the occupied westbank on the day of her funeral is really forces torn the procession and started beating mourners, causing pole berries to nearly drop her coughing. that didn't sound thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east charles them to take part in her funeral.