say that we think this is extremely important service that they provide to the city we we need to take america to try to bring people together and trying to deal with people who left behind me. ah. quite devastate south an afghan. the stan, at least 950 people have been killed. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is i'll just, they're alive from the hall. so coming up. hundreds of thousands evacuated in china is unrelenting brain. cold floods and lance live. this is a,

this is a tragic clarity. u. s. election officials reveal how supporters event president donald trump threatened them to overturn the results of a 2020 vote plus the anger. and i quote, the all police use tear gas on indigenous groups, protesting against the rising fuel and food prices. ah, let's begin with some breaking news houses. i can't stand the interior ministry now saying at least 950 people have been killed in that magnitude 5.9 earthquake. it shook the se in the early hours of wednesday morning. hundreds of people are injured. thousands are trapped on the rubble off the buildings. collapse . of the earthquake happened about 46 kilometers from the city of horse, new tactic

a province. the tremors could be felt the neighboring pakistan and iran. journalists are little please. he has more from cobble. there are 8 agencies going in for relief effort. they are doing their assessments and you know, because given the nature of one, this incident happened. you know, so early in the morning in these houses are probably not built for or quick resistance. and in houses where, you know, families can be 7 people, 10 people, even 20 people at a time. the casualty rate seems like it will be continuing to climb. we're speaking to the international rescue committee, they have a deployed local medical organizations, local medical teams to try and respond to their they are on their way. they are also sending cash assistance programs that are on their way from cobble. but the biggest issue right now is how to get to these locations because they're further away from the provincial capitals. and the road conditions can be difficult. there has been raining that has been flooding over the last few days. in some problems

there's even been snow. so really, the issue is how long it's going to take for them to get there, to give their information and to get the proper assistance back. but they haven't deploying local health groups. they have been deploying cash assistance program. they've been in contact with the government, they've been in contact with other agencies, so they're rallying support. but it's just a matter of getting there at this moment. the issue is that right now, aircraft is limited and they, they've been sent out. they don't know how many more they can send out today. so the 1st line of defense, as you said, are aircraft and that's what they're hoping to rely on the most. but depending on how big, you know, the actual impact is, you know, it will take a lot of effort. it will take a lot of different groups working together. and really, you know, the, the biggest issue remains getting there. and that's why the information is so limited at this point is because people are 8 groups journalists, everyone is still getting their trying to send information back. and because it

happens so early in the morning, you know, there are necessarily that many health facilities in this area that are capable of taking on such a load. monsoon reins of coals, severe flooding in southern china, half a 1000000 people have been affected by the storms which have been the heaviest in 60 years. 4 provinces have been impacted cruiser working to move people to higher ground. katrina, you reports from bay. jin in southern china, entire villages have disappeared under water. reco rainfall in recent weeks has called several major rivers and tributaries to burst their banks. in the provinces of long dawn, wonky who jen and young c. floodlights have been raised to the highest levels. rescue teams are working around the clock to move hundreds of thousands of people to higher ground and clear landslides triggered in mountainous areas. more than a 1000 homes and farms have been destroyed, with the loss is estimated at more than a quarter of a $1000000000.00. in urban areas, roads have become rivers,

businesses and schools have closed and public transport has been suspended. heavy downpours are common along the pro river delta at this time of year. but experts say climate change is causing more extreme and erratic weather patterns. we have to expect that one soon windfall will become stronger in the future. but at the same time, the climate models showed that the variability from year to year and also the variability within one season intensifies to as the rain moves northwards. some counties have begun cleaning up emergency teams on leaving danberry and clearing blocked roads, but many areas are still without electricity. last year, almost 400 people were killed in floods in central hun and province. the government was accused of being slow to respond to the so called once in a 1000 years down poor. and critics called for improvements to china's emergency

warning systems. katrina new al jazeera aging. india's military scrambling to get supplies to people, cut off by flooding and landslides, and then over the state of a psalm, thousands of people have died while tens of thousands have been moved to safety. a many still stranded, probably metallic, with communities displaced in the badly hit on district telephone of people across the state are living like this in mid shift since we're on an embankment that is dotted by camps like these people have come from a nearby village that is now under water, they say they receive little to no relief and using make shift rafts to go back and forth to get greens, the chopping wood to make fire, to be can cook the word about potential diseases, which is why they sent their children away to relative homes that have not been impacted by these slides. there's a lot of anxiety about what the future holds. farmers here say that the floods have

coincided with sewing season, and what about little crop they had is now totally washed away so. so they don't know when they'll be able to make a living next across the state. the situation is dial incessant rainfall on the hills is causing rivers like hill to swell and water levels to rise across the state. the toll of people impacted by the sun is rising and his mouth cross 5 and a half 1000000 in neighboring bangladesh, troops have also been deployed to help millions trapped by flooding in the northeast. kind of a child. the reports from select shook her ali is a livestock farmer, lost his arm in the flood. he and his family. i've been living on the side of the road for almost a week now without any kind of help to get those out and go and see the condition of our home. what is the point of talking about it? it is only ally who can provide. he is the one who gives and who takes away

the bag is waiting for a government assistant on the outskirts of the city of cylinder. after queuing for hours, she is beginning to lose hope to find it. i. there is a new order on my home chest deep sitting here waiting, burly for hours, and so far with receives nothing. forces have rescued or evacuated more than a 100000 people from 2 of the worsted districts in the northeast. many others are still stranded in remote rural areas. this is one of the many school and should i'm gone young, philip region that has been used as make ship shelter for those villages are effected by the flood. most of the people took shelter on their own. now they're in desperate need for food and fresh water. even residents in urban areas with better drainage systems aren't affected. funny, i'm going to, you know, we've never seen floods like this in a lifetime. our home has water after the hit 20, now we have no running water and electricity with now using right water used to use

. but because it will have to come along during our visit to the area prime minister shakopee and i said future building developments should take into account the number of natural disasters that bangladesh experiences. many of this people are still recovering from the last month pre monsoon flash floods. but we left our home to take shelter here. there's no food or fresh water. it would help if we got some relief from the government so we can get by for the poor, rural farmers who have lost everything. it'll take months if not years to rebuild their homes. they need all the system they can get. but help is yet to come to the children algebra. so let ne bangladesh pakistan's government says progress has been made in talks with the international monetary fund to revive the countries bailout program. it's expecting a $6000000000.00 financial lifeline to be extended. pakistan has been on the brink of an economic crisis. foreign exchange reserves,

the drawing up and its currency is hit, record, lows. saudi crown prince mohammed didn't sell. mine is due to visit turkey for the 1st time since the 2018 murder of german. mr. ma, household g, in the stumble relations between the 2 countries have been 10 since the killing, but regional and financial challenges, a full banker and re all to repair that ties are still started. our reports in with many see the biggest step yet in repeating strained relations between turkey. i'm sorry, the abs. com principle has been said man is set to visit each other uncle who will meet them in our presidential palace. and we are going to conduct bilateral meetings and will find a chance to discuss how to improve turkish and saudi relations to a higher level in the upcoming future. ration between the 2 muslim countries had been trained since turkey support the popular movements linked to muslim brotherhood after the arab spring in 2011, saudi arabia, united arab emirates,

and egypt. so the movement as a threat to the balance of power in the region. i've located off major touch ally caught her by golf neighbors in 2017 further push the 2 companies apart. but it was the killing, or saudi general general casualty in the kingdoms consulate in a stumble in october, 2018 that firm to shut down their ties. at the time add one said the orders to carry out destination came from the highest level of saudi government, although he has never blamed the saudi companies directly. turkey also lost a case against when he saw the suspects for the alice involvement in the killing. saudi arabia responded by booklet and turkish import, putting pressure on turkey's economy, butter, and last year, saudi arabia, united arab emirates, egypt and bahrain lifted the embargo on cutter haven way for anchorage the conciliation with the gulf states over the past year. uncle has embarked on a diplomatic push to reset relations with these regional countries, uncut and kato,

have since held several high level meetings to restore relations after more than 7 years of strain ties in february as an add one visit to the arab emirates for the 1st time in nearly a decade, white in march is ready to present. isaac isaac came to turkey in the highest level meeting in 14 years, singing atoll installations. after years of turbulence. in april and the stumble court halted a trail in absentia of 26. all the suspects and transferred the case to react paving the way for a meeting between the turkish and south leaders, the same month, arab afily over yet after months of a force to mount ice. now, in turkey with inflation, i see the 70 percent and an economy crisis just a year before the election and kind of hoped to is the economy pressure by signing occurrences, love the with yet, and secure saudi investment in the country in return face in increasing challenges from iran and his proxies in the region. so the idea is seeking to acquire turkeys

by dr. thrones, which gained international acclaim after the widespread use in libya, syria, now go knock out about and now you play. and so the crown prince's wizard will signal whether it is aspirations will be achieved. lesson said that i'll just sierra and cut. the e you is urging ethiopians government to lift restrictions on fuel supplies to the northern to gray region. the block is warning, shortages are crippling. the distribution of emergency supplies, the 18 month, conflicts into grey is killed. thousands of people left more than 9000000 in need of food aid. more needs to be done. much of the blockade still remains. there is a need to leave to restrictions, especially on the provisional fuel on cash constructions and soon to nas in trazadone chi psi. it is confirmed,

the new constitution will not in shrine as slam as the religion of the state. the draft taxed aims to overhaul the political, legal and economic systems. a referendum is planned for next month. sayed dissolved parliament and assumed executive powers last year, triggering widespread protests and accusations of a coo and sharp lawford, the steward, the next constitution of tennessee. a won't mention a state with islam as its religion, but of belonging to an amr, which has islam as its religion. the oma and the states are 2 different things. still had an al jazeera or an abject failure. that's how the police responds to last month's school shooting, and texas as being described have more on that later and will tell you why scientists suspect these red patches of snow on the alps and linked to climate change. ah,

with hello, that is plenty of intense rain to be found across south east asia at the moment. in particular for malaysia and indonesia. we've seen some heavy falls pull into some arch where we could see some flooding here. we're expecting about 60 millimeters over the next 24 hours borneo as well. like to see some of those heavy falls, not by friday. it'll be southern areas of indo china. they get a drenching southern areas of vietnam, cambodia, and in particular, southern thailand. now further south of this for been less that sudden islands, we are seeing those showers, we've got some wind warnings out and they'll trickle all the way down towards the northern areas of australia. we've got wind warnings out across the top and, but it's largely fine. and dry, very quiet, high pressure in charge here with just some wet weather pulling into perth on thursday. but it does start to dry up on friday as that line. a rain pulls across

the bite towards the southeast. we are going to see some heavy falls for western areas of tasmania by the time we get into friday. but for the likes of sydney, plenty of sunshine to take us through to the weekend. and if we hop across the tasman plenty of sunshine for the south island of new zealand on the north, that's ahead of the wet weather that sweeps in by the time we get into the weekend . that sure weather update. the news allow molly. it's great to say, welcome to the cutter. you cannot make forums powered by bloomberg. some people say that they said he'd love alizay champlain, but i'd prefer to think of to read globalization or accomplish speakers from heads of state to business and policy leaders. will discuss evolving technology, education, culture, sustainability, and the impact on the economy. ah,

lou. ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera time to recap the headlines now. i've gamma stands. interior ministry says at least 950 people have been killed in a magnitude 5.9. those quite in the southeast. hundreds of people are injured in thousands of traps. under the rubble, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in southern china by floods and lime slides on soon ryan's of the heaviest, seen in the region. for 60 years. bangladesh and india have deployed troops to help millions of people trapped by flood waters. $100000.00 people have been evacuated

in bangladesh is northeast in tens of thousands to be moved to safety in india's us . some states a congressional panel in washington. d. c. has heard house state election officials were pressured by then president donald trump, to overturn the results of the 2020 election. it was the 4th hearing of the houses committee investigation into last year's attack on capital hill. high to jo, castro reports weeks before the january 6 riot at the u. s. capital far right. protesters. some who would later turn violent in washington illegally occupied the state capitol building in arizona. joe biden won the swing states, but donald trump and his supporters refused to accept defeat. trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, called arizona's republican house speaker, demanding help to overturn the results he would say, aren't we all republicans here? i said, look. you are asking me to do something that is child or to my oath. trump also

lost in the swing state of georgia. he himself called the states top election official republican brad robins, burger, i guess one of mine for $11780.00 low, which is one more that we have. what i knew is that we didn't have any votes to find very good. robins burger testified that he and his family suffered harassment from, from supporters, including sexually explicit messages to his wife and someone breaking in to his daughter in law's home. and i think sometimes moments required you to stand up and just take the shots, which was followed along. we followed the constitution. and at the end of the day president trump came of short. trump also turned up the pressure on to every day americans, mother and daughter election workers in georgia. falsely accusing them of counting fake ballots. we have at least $18000.00 that's on pay. we had them

counted very heavily 18000. 2 having to do with the roomy freeman that issued the votes gamer, a professional vote, cameron osler, do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you the president of the united states? it's supposed to rebels that every american not to target one, but he targeted me an investigation has cleared both women of wrongdoing and widespread voting fraud was never found in any state or democracy held because courageous people like those you heard from to day put their oath to the constitution above their loyalty to one man or to one party. the system held but barely, and the question remains will it hold again,

even before today's hearing began, trump hosted on his website that his phone. com, pressuring ga, secretary of state to find votes was quote, perfect. he called the january 6th committee, crazy democrats, and again, falsely alleged that the election was stolen. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington now across party bill that would toughen gun laws in the u. s. has cleared its 1st hurdle in the senate members voted in favor of considering the legislation. it's an initial step towards passing what would be the 1st major gun legislation in decades, but it falls far short of the sweeping changes demanded by gun control campaigners . i received tens of thousands of calls and letters and e mails with a singular messer. do something, do something, not do nothing. but do something.

texans are disgusted and outraged by what happened at rob elementary. and they want congress to take appropriate action to prevent the loss of more at us, alive. there was something different in the eyes of these families. as they once again had to contemplate the idea that our schools are no longer safe places that are supermarkets are no longer safe spaces. but they also were contemplating the idea that congress was so caught up in its own politics. so addicted to backing into our own corners that we wouldn't be able to do anything meaningful. now the texas school where a gunman killed 19 children to teach his last month is due to be demolished. the mayor who val day made the announcement after a senior state official called the police response to the shooting an object

failure. mike hannah has more from washington d. c. out on the passenger side, trying to by posterboard showing a timeline of the shooting. the condemnation of the states top lawman was absolute . one error, 14 minutes and 8 seconds. that's how long the children waited and the teachers waited. rooms $111.00 to be rescued. and while they waited, the onset commander waited for radio and rivals any waiting for shields that waited for swat. lastly, he waited for a key that was never needed. according to the time line, the government entered the school around 11 33 am. and here's the door, it took some 18 minutes before the police entered the classroom and killed the 18 year old. the screen grab from a security camera shows arm police in

a school corridor all just minutes after the killer entered. 3 minutes after the $700.00 west building. there were sufficient number of armed officers, warring body armor, to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from any room, 111 and 112 was yon seen commander who decided to place the lives of officers for the lives of children. oh, hang on to the command on the ground was p tarrot on the school districts chief of police. he's been giving evidence this week behind closed doors, but neither he nor his lawyers have publicly responded to the latest criticism of his lack of action. and at the school board meeting, monday, terrance of the dead and the survivors demanded police accountability. it's more angry that they're trying to cover up a lot of things in china holding back from speaking. also just that they should

have just gone in and done their job basically they just didn't do their job not expect. and another parent talks about the impact on her daughter who survived. they were asking questions how she thought about it. she just started breaking down because she don't really want to talk about like she left through it and she don't want to really she is afraid she just garrett, happening as yet. there's be no public criticism in the special committee of a law that allowed an 18 year old to buy and a 15 assault rifle, 3 years before he could legally buy a beer in the eyes of many who lost loved ones. the law as much as police inaction should also be held accountable. my kind of era, washington, a jury in california has found back to bill cosby liable for actually abusing and under age girl in 1975. the call told her cosby to pay the victim half

a $1000000.00 in damages. the 84 year old denied the charges. it's just, it's been torture. it has just to be ripped apart, you know, thrown under the bus back over. and this to me is such a big victory. it really is to all victim mean 3 people have been taken to hospital in miami, after a passenger jet caught fire during an emergency landing. the plane crash landed on the runway at miami international airport when the landing gear failed. the aircraft was arriving from the dominican republic with a 126 passengers on board. security forces in ecuador, 5, tig gases. indigenous protests is marching in the camp to quito. it's the 9th day of mass. i'm to government demonstrations is being staged in defiance of a curfew. protest as a demanding lower prices for fuel and food,

and then end to mining on indigenous land. money out of apollo is following developments from mexico. see a state of emergency remains in effect in ecuador. in fact, the country is president geared more lasso has extended that state of emergency to include fixed provinces of ecuador, and that state of emergency will last for a total of 30 days. the goal here, or the strategy by the ecuadorian government, is to contain these protests that have really begin begun to get out of hand. they've been growing for more than a week. now the government has taken a hard line against demands by demonstrators many who are protesting or indigenous activists or digit people from different part of the country. who are the who are saying that the fuel prices are absolutely way too high to complaining over higher costs of food over inflation over worsening poverty, lead to the coven 1900 pandemic. now these demonstrations were primarily organized

by canada, which is a group of different indigenous communities from all across the board, but have since been joined by other activists including students, demonstrators. again, what prices of fuel to go down of food to go down and it remains unclear whether or not the government is going to budge on any or all of these of these demands. former leaders of armed groups in columbia have admitted they're responsible for war crimes. the revolutionary armed forces of columbia, known as fog. i've been fighting the government since the 960 s. it's commanders of described, kidnapping, thousands of civilians for ransom and holding politicians hostage. revelations emerged during a peace tribunal. scientists are investigating what's known as snow blood in the french house was cattle up a zodiac explains, could be a sign of global warming from afar. these mountains and the french alps seem picture perfect. but up close scientists are finding more of this red patches known

as snow blood. the color is actually microscopic, al ghee, scientists suspect it turns red to protect itself from intense sun rays. as our community peak markum. and when it's in the snow, it accumulates of pigment, like sunscreen, to protect itself from the light intensity. it's the same concept as people going skiing and putting on sunscreen. so fundamentally, the al guy is still green, but it's hidden behind a big shield of red pigment to about 2500 meters above sea level. let's him of experts is collecting samples to see if climate change is fueling snow. blood researchers say it appears to be part of a vicious cycle. lucille, due home to the left, most fair, when the level of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, we find red snow. more often it's likely linked to global warming, and the warmer it is, the more algy appears. and the more i'll get,

the faster the snow melts. snow levels are dropping as a result of rising temperatures, and the alps have been hit disproportionately, heart angle, you on of wordpress, on priestly to locals who are out in the mountains. tell us through seeing these formations of red snow in the early summer. while some of the patches can be subtle, but others can be extremely strong. if it continues, scientists say excessive snow melt, and the alps has the potential to affect entire ecosystems far beyond its mountains . katya little miss leanne al jazeera. ah, and let's take you through saw the headlines here now al jazeera. now, i've gamma stands in syria. ministry says at least 950 people have been killed in a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in the southeast. hundreds of people are injured. many are trapped on the rubble. the quake happened in the early hours of.