al jazeera, whatever ah, all the news. ready a desperate search christopher is after a powerful earthquake hits a remote part of africanist on killing more than a 1000 people. ah, i'm debug here. this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up as russia continues this new assault on hi keith. ukraine sends reinforcements. the devastated city of sanford denounced climate change his blame for exacerbating the catastrophic flooding which has forced millions from their homes in bangladesh, india and china president otto,

and welcomed the saudi crown prince to turkey on his 1st visit. since the murder of journalists jamal a shoji in his stumble. ah, the taliban has appealed for international aid after afghanistan was hit by as deadly as earthquake in 20 years. at least 1000 people have been killed in his fear . hundreds are still trapped in the rubble around 1500 people were injured and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. the 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the pac tico region bordering pakistan. the epicenter was about 46 kilometer south west of the town host. despite the huge loss of life, the u. s. geological survey said the impact was relatively localized. catcher, lopez, hardy, and reports good bearing their dead with families in afghanistan's burmal district. prepare the final resting place for their loved ones

. more than a 1000 people have been killed by a devastating earthquake the worst to hit the country in 20 years. the damage is extensive. for many, the law is immeasurable. bigger billed, couldn't be much power, or it has destroyed the houses of our neighbors. when we arrived, there were many dead and wounded. they sent us to the hospital go and i also saw many dead bodies. i knocked near by families, user hands on anything they can find to search for survivors. delivering aid to affected areas as challenging. we are facing some difficulties because some unseasonal rain in the last few days and we know already that there are landslides that are blocking some roads that be certainly going to ham her efforts. hundreds of people are injured in particular province, access to hospitals and medicine is limited. people in this remote region near the

border with pakistan are still struggling to recover from the war in afghanistan. and now another tragedy. most agencies in international support organizations pulled out of afghanistan when the taliban to control in august last year. and economic crisis was already fueling a humanitarian catastrophe. statistics by various agencies suggested over and nearly 60 percent of the country was people who are suffering from poverty before we came to power. so it is under compounded the difficulties and that is mainly due to the sanctions and the assa freeze. ah, andy jealous behavior of the international communities. while the full, the extent of the damage is yet to be known, it's already clear that the recovery will take hears katia, locus of the young al jazeera, the u. m. 's humanitarian coordinator for afghanistan, ruiz alack. bar off told al jazeera,

a lot of help will be needed to help the region recover from the lens a remote r. this is very poor, very impoverished areas. earthquake and the rainfall are causing additional mot. slides. construction of the houses in this particular area is not very solid so that has caused additional damage or also seeing. busy most of the damage in the township of a guy on there miles, iraq, niko, are affected as well. these are the areas which are very close to the center. and if the center was very close to the surface at the depth on the 10 kilometers such, it's very destructive. we need everything. we need money, need not food items. they need tense, blankets. we need know those essential elements that you need to establish the people are on the move and at least 2000 houses are destroyed. some of these house,

several families, every size of the family, 7 plus people. so that gives you the numbers. ah, at least 20 people who've been killed in ukraine, 2nd largest city, hockey for russian forces escalate their attacks that the strikes over the last 2 days of being the worse for weeks normal life had been returning to the region of ukraine, push russian forces back from her cave and a counter offensive last month, official say the renew the tags are aimed at forcing ukrainian troops to pull out from the east. they will, that russia is now targeting hockey as it did. murray or poor russian forces are intensifying their attacks in the dumbasses. they try to conquer the eastern cities of sever danielle, alice, he chanced, regional authority, se there's been colossal destruction in both cities and several 1000 civilians

remain tramped. last week, russia says it had surrounded 7. danny ask, but ukrainian forces say they've been able to send in reinforcements. child stratford reports from key if a ukrainians, hank fires down the street almost completely destroyed. soldiers take cover on the ground is what sounds like an artillery shell explode close by. these men are defending the last areas of civil than it's still under their control from the slow russian bonds, ammunition and supplies affair it across the river from neighboring lucy chance before bridges the connection them destroyed. fighting has been incense here for weeks because these are the only 2 cities and they look on the screeching that russia hasn't taken crenan reinforcements head to the front line. many of these men had never held a gun before the war started. may come from all walks of life. the government says,

hundreds of ukrainian soldiers have been killed every day. there is little verifiable information on how many russians are dying, said ice, and apparently the situation on the front line has significantly changed. thanks. a tactical maneuvers, the queen, an army, is strengthening its defense of the land squadron. that is really the toughest spot they occupy as are pressing strongly and also ended in asked direction in the hockey region. this video was applied to the reuters news agency by russian forces . it reportedly shows pro russia separatists advancing on ukrainian positions near sybil and ask the fighter shows western supplied military hardware, including an anti tank system. night vision, equipment and rifles that he says were abandoned by retreating, ukrainian forces. he says, the blurred out bodies are ukrainian soldiers. gosh, we will continue to make inroads into their lines to fully surround them. i think

if they are not idiots, they will surrender. if they don't want to surrender, they will die. ukrainian army says russian forces of cot supply routes from 2 villages south of lucy chance. and several them asked. the head of lou ganske military administration confirms that claim and says that russian forces are taking control of another 3 villages in the same area. there are also reports. the russian forces are advancing close to the assault chemical plants inside several don't ask where it's understood that hundreds of civilians, including women and children, are sheltering inside char stratford, al jazeera, give. russia and turkey have agreed to proceed talks and a potential safe sea corridor and the black sea to explore grain from ukraine. the talks were led by generals assigned to operate a hotline between anchor in moscow and keep to seek a solution to the crisis. a russia news agency release this video of

a turkish cargo ship, leaving the port of mary apple, which is under russian control on wednesday, is not known what was on the ship. the ukraine is one of the top wheat suppliers globally, but it shipments have been halted by rushes invasion, causing global food shortages. great swathes of south and east asia under water. as the flood emergency ravages the entire region from china to bangladesh and india. millions of people had to leave their homes or seen them, washed away completely. in china, these 4 provinces have been inundated, roads have collapsed in some cities and lance lines of blocked others. leaving west entire villages have been submersion. india's are some state. the states disaster management authority says more than 4000000 people have been affected, and in bangladesh, soldiers delivering food and drinking water. the community is cut off by flood waters. around 4000000 people are stranded and doesn't have died. one of the worst hit areas is still heads from where tanveer chandry reports. this is

a scenario in the rural areas of select ne, bangladesh, miles and miles of water. you can see homes under those trees, some are some mount, some got wash away, a big logistical challenge to rescue people or bring food to this region. unless the weather improves. this will take some time the water to recede and have things got worse than noticed. india does more rain than the flood water from not this sandy has gonna gush down into bangladesh and things could even get worse. we have covered miles after miles during our coverage insurance guns the stick as well as, until at very rarely or within government effort and providing relief is mostly private charities, an individual on their own any should. yet the villages are desperate for food and fresh water. although the weather has improved much, the slips it is more or less safe, but the village areas on remote corners are still in clear danger. most of the people are still stranded, trying to look for shelter. or even if they're in the shelter,

they're in desperate need for food and fresh water. in india's awesome state rescue teams is struggling to move people to safety. at least 12 people have died in the last day taking the toll to 49 says the flooding began a fortnight ago. houses of people across the state are living like this. in mitch of tense were 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 should 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 floods. 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 dire. incessant rain fall 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 crossed. 5 and a half 1000000 off a 1000000 people have been affected by the storms in china, which are the heaviest there in 60 years expense. they climate change, deforestation, and the reclamation of wetlands have made the region more vulnerable to catastrophic flooding. katrina, you reports beijing in southern china. entire villages have disappeared under water record rainfall in recent weeks has called several major brothers and tributaries to burst banks. the provinces of going down from sheet for jan and young. she fled alerts have been raised to the highest level of rescue. teams are working around the clock can move hundreds of thousands of people to higher grout

and clear landslides triggered in mountainous areas. more than a 1000 homes and farms has been destroyed, with the losses estimated at more than a quarter of a $1000000000.00. in urban areas, roads have become rivers, businesses and schools of course, and public transport has been suspended. heavy down, post a comment 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 when 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 northward. some counties have begun cleaning up emergency teams on moving debris and clearing blocked roads, but many areas are still without electricity. last year,

almost 400 people were killed in floods in central hun, on 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. still to come, this half hour south africa president receives a report that criticizes him for not doing more to prevent corruption under his predecessor and a deadly 10 days of protest in ecuador, with at least 2 people killed in the fury over fuel prices. ah, with hello high pressure dominates the weather across australia at the moment, so that means largely fine and dry play of lovely winter sunshine coming for we

have got one or 2 showers, blustery showers rolling through the bite. you can see that cold front here, that blue line bring you some wet weather into the far south of w way that ray will make his way across southern fringes as we go on through the next couple of days. but nothing too much to speak of. debbie's around 1718 celsius . there for melbourne. and adelaide. little cooler in hobart hobo, we'll see some log. a spouse if ray, more wet weather blustery winds blowing through their c that went by the coming in across sir south australia. indirect toria. as we go on into friday, clear through was to go on into sash typewriters, guys come back behind, much of was looking fine and dr. that time will that the showers will continue there for red tasmania. where to where the garage, he makes his way into new zealand cases, sunshine and shower, so not too bad at all. now we got some where to where the pushing across the northeast and pass china at the moment we are likely to see some flooding as this may where the system makes its way through crosses the yellow sea north korea. seeing some bacon foundry downpours. we are like to see flooding here,

that same rain band sinks its way across south korea as we go through friday, eventually ending up in western japan. ah, the coin is an international electronic crypto currency used close the globe. it's . it's the best prices exist on the planet. but few know how it's made its role in the criminal underworld. it's rise to legal tender. it's implications for the global financial system. and the devastating carbon footprint it leaves behind its energy consumption is put a massive step backward. people in power investigates crypto on al jazeera lou

ah, reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera, breski workers in eastern afghanistan are scrambling to reach survivors after the deadly at earthquake in decades struck the remote practical region. lease 1000 people have been killed. at least 20 people have been killed in ukraine, 2nd largest city hall, keith russian forces escalate their attacks. there. officials a warning that russia is now targeting her teeth as it did mary awful. i'm sways of southeast asia, underwater as floods devastate part of china, bangladesh and india. around 4000000 people stranded in bangladesh with another 4000000 affected in india's as some state. now turkey and saudi arabia say they're determined to start a new period of co operation after a visit from the saudi kingdoms, they fact to ruler to anchor. it's the 1st time crown prince permit mohammed bin

solomon has been to turkey since the 2018 murderer journalists yamaha shoji who was killed and allegedly dismembered in the saudi consulate, nest and bull us intelligence officials say the crown prince personally ordered the killing mohammed been salmon and turkish president, russia type ado on a said to have discussed improving ease of trade between the 2 nations and saudi investment and turkish startups are due on is reviving ties with saudi arabia as inflation in turkey hits a 23 year high, pushing him to seek an influx of foreign finances. russel sir has more from the turkish capital. complete his visit to turkey is being regarded as a major step in repaired in the spain ties between saudi arabia and turkey. the relations between these 2 muslim covered houses had been strained since out of speech in 2011. however, it was the killing or so the journalist democracy in taking them our consulate dentist, i'm willing to $1018.00 that firmly shut down the ties between these 2 companies,

but must here took, has embarked on a diplomatic push that to reset his ties with react and then in april, present ad one went to react and met the king and the crown prince there. and now with the inflation raids exceeding 70 percent and a deepening economy crisis in the country. turkey hopes to sign a currency swap, deal with react, and to secure saudi inversely in, in the country. in return, a saudi arabia is facing the fees and challenges from iran and his proxies across the region. and that's why it is seeking to acquire a turkish bite. our 3rd, the old rich game, the an international acclaim over the widespread youth and celia, lydia, laguna caliber and ukraine. and if these aspirations from both sides are achieved, it might how a remarkable impact not only domestically but across the region. the final report and so called state capture in south africa has criticized president sybil rob

officer for not doing more to stop years of corruption. a 3 year commission looked into a string of corruption allegations under his predecessor, jacob zuba between 292018. the report found that jacob zoom stopped any investigation into the group to family. the brothers regression apple gupta were arrested into by earlier this month, accuse of using their connections with zima to win stake contracts miss appropriate state funds and influence cabinet appointments. the report also found zoom has stopped a criminal probe into his head of state security arthur fraser for running a rogue para intelligence structure. in the early 2, thousands frazer was head of correctional services when he decided to release zima from prison and medical parole after he was jail for contempt, of course in 2021. arthur fraser is also recently been in the news for releasing a report on a 2020 farm burglary at a game farm owned by cyril rosa,

involving undisclosed amounts of foreign currency. from a poser describe the report as a potential instrument against future corruption in south africa. the report is far more than a record of widespread corruption, fraud, and abuse. it is also an instrument through which their country can work to ensure that such events, such a state capture never have ever happen again. in our country. marley is observing 3 days of national morning after 132 villages were killed by rebels that the weekend witnesses say the raid on the town of bancwest in the multi region, the weekend was a revenge attack. nicholas hun reports. molly's army moves in, but arrived too late. 3 days after the attack in the bunker community central molly,

the al qaeda fighters are long gone. this is what is left of a one puzzling market over the weekend. young men on motor bikes, armed with machine guns, fired indiscriminately, most of the people in the village were shot dead after days of continuous gunfire, there's an erie, an unsettling comb, with lingering the smell of charred body fighters. bert entire villages, as families slept in their huts, hundreds of people were killed in an attack, but lasted 72 hours and uncomfortable gatherings. the survivors phase, the army that has again failed to protect them. they struggled to hide their grief and anger. they had called for help in the early hours of saturday morning. why didn't the money an army that supported by russian fighters intervene wonders this man? and we're, we're any of the 14000 un peacekeeping troops that have the mandate to protect them . so many questions left unanswered by the authority to my me up. thank you. big,

why? when you are alerted, do you not respond on dying? but just off for the judge entity, the square, he's us a lot because we call before the duck is right. yet these people are afraid, even if a mere noise from a blame months ago, don't let the governor respond saying, mountains have to be patient or something that god willing there will be peace. and indeed, while no one has claimed responsibility, maryan authorities believed the full on the preacher, ahmed cooper, who heads a local al qaeda affiliate orchestrated the attack. this is the beginning of the rainy season and felony herders encroach on farmland to feed their cattle with increasing numbers of droughts. the malia army accuses al qaeda fermenting ethnic tensions between felony, herders and local farmers, this omen redeemer no more. the less than we have learned today is to be patient and avoid violence against each other. we did not inherit this from our ancestors. it is new violence that has crept in 2 months in garages, on the number of people killed in attacks by arm groups. and molly has doubled in

the last year. attacks are spreading beyond its borders to neighboring countries. the 1000000 army seems overwhelmed, and one step behind these armed groups that many fear are gaining ground in central . molly nicholas hawk al jazeera echo to us government is trying to re take control of the city of poem in the countries amazon region of to finding clashes during ongoing nationwide protests. ah, the demonstrations have been taking place for 10 days. at least 2 people have died, an official say 18 police officers are missing. after an attack on a police station in polio, protesters are demanding lower fuel prices and say, president guillermo la. so isn't listening to their concerns. law sos fending off calls to resign and has expanded a state of emergency to deal with the unrest. our latin america editor lucio newman, has been with protests as in quito. well, there's a lot of anger certainly where we are. we're at the central university. several

1000 members of the corner, which is the indigenous confederation of nations, was organizing this national strike, which is basically paralyzed. most of the country, especially the capital, are gathered. they've come here now they're leaving, you may see some people walking up in the opposite direction. now, and that's because they are basically are essentially plain cotton and mouse with the authority. they say some of them are yelling out to down with last or out with last will get more for being the president. but we also are hearing that there are some attempts at negotiation, c, e o ambassadors as well as you and representatives have offered their services as mediators in a crisis that everyone agrees is getting out of hand already. as you mentioned, there are these 2 people who have died, one of them just to day, a very young man in the amazonian state. where now we've seen the worst cry. the worst clash is taking place. that's where the government is trying to regain

control, but it's you could also say it doesn't really have control here in the capital. either. most of the highways in the country have been stopped there, blocked, fresh food produce is not getting to the cities. a gas which of 70 percent of the population needs of cooking. and here is also not reaching the capital people to now yelling out with less of a group of former leaders of the revolutionary armed forces of columbia apologized for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians. the former fall, cletus recognized their role in these crimes during a hearing held by the special jurisdiction for peace. the tribunal was created following a 2016 p steel between fall rebels and the colombian government. i to day we would like to tell the victims and the country that we are conscious of the serious damage. we caused not only to people we kidnapped,

but also to their families. and i add to colombian society. that is why we understand perfectly the pain that we caused when we violently took them from their families. in other news, bulgaria could be facing as 4th general election. and just over a year after the government lost a confidence vote. more than half of m. p 's in the 240 seat chamber voted against the governing coalition, accusing it of failing to implement economic policies. they were pro and anti government protest before the vote in sophia prime minister carol, pet cough took charge in december, promising to en bulgarian endemic corruption. tens of thousands of dutch farmers have been out protesting against government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions. the netherlands is one of the world's largest exporters of food, but it's estimated that thousands of farms will have to close if the government's emission targets are to be met. so for us, it was at the demonstration in the village of stroy, in the heart of the countries farming region on their tractors,

farmers from all over the country headed to the little town of strew, ignoring police instructions, they block motor ways, causing traffic a off the rally was held at one of the threat and farms was the largest since brought that started a few years ago. among them were many young farmers who blamed the government for ruining their future like 19 year old. yes, a bar. so wanted to follow his father's footsteps and take over the family's dairy farm of momentum. the need of a feel to confirm and i don't think i have a future in farming because we have to reduce our color for by 70 percent film and only 80 cows as won't be profitable. so we will have to close all this fancy farms near national parks. i hit the hardest, according to a recent government plan. ecosystems in the netherlands have been severely damaged by nitrogen pollution, and a country has failed to meet european standards. nearly half of these emissions are caused by animal faces produced at large scale farms in import to meet exports. the

netherlands has nearly 50000 farmers keeping millions of animals. isabella, under keith, takes care of $1800.00 calves. she says farmers actions have not affected popular support mandate actually f o r feel support fall yarbrough hers. and we received a lot of support with this protest when we were traveling, we got many thumbs up of people passing by. you feel that they really understand that we don't want to cause trouble and that this is just a cry for help and not to establish type of um, i ever do with needs. oh, good. amanda ramos has reached boiler, looking at 1000 a flat their farm. so i plan this rally while many you realize that the army and an ambulance will have to change drastically. a blamed enrollment crossing out farmers for widespread nitrogen kwandusha to reduce emissions to government us allocated 25000000000 euros to compensate farmers moved them or make farms more environmentally friendly. this now to new policy will work. okay, so those little

a disaster b o gray, disaster renewed turn on march. we need space. every needs are merged, more better policy. all i'm thursday dutch parliament will debate the government plans. farmer say more protests will follow, and they will sit tight for the long haul. steadfast and al jazeera. it's true. ah. a reminder of the top stories here are loungers erupt. rescue workers in eastern afghanistan are scrambling to reach survivors after the deadliest earthquake and decades struck the remote pike ticker region. at least 1000 people have been killed . and another 1500 people injured. the taliban has called for international assist .