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madagascar is suffering from drought as fees mount about a 3rd crisis caused by climate change. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera live from, so how also coming up, mammals, military grants, amnesty of thousands of prisoners, including a former british ambassador and an australian adviser to anson. so chain days when i in the race for the house of representatives in the us, the republicans have in our majority, president joe biden is pledging to work with them and accusations of cash. think sharing the organizes of contact 2020 to reject allegations. there are fake football fans at the world come ah,

for the in the program with the global climate change, a water supply from the world's poor is a major issue. and this is un cop 27 negotiations. millions of people in madagascar are facing the 5th consecutive year of drought. as nick clark reports, crops have failed and finding water is a daily struggle for many were driving through madagascar grand suit. it's supposed to be the rainy season with the fields of bone dry. this is the footprint of climate change. one year of drought is bad enough, but 5 in a row is near impossible. fears hot winds turn the soil to dust crops stand no chance in the village guerara like everywhere. it's a struggle for survival, water and how to get it is on every one's minds. and suddenly it appears from nowhere. i mean, a water tanker on route for far off destination has stopped from its leaking pipes

. there's a rare chance i every can container and bottle and can be laid on is filled quickly soon of the car will go. we have a needed a demonstration to some people. this is in this is very hot breaking because normally that no those cancel plane. those kids, so live that childhood. but right now they're wanting us. would you look at that kind of landscape? you can feel how hard the situation is here in, in this region. and this is really everywhere in this median nearby amongst fields, once filled with maze. and sweet potatoes lies a village water holes. it's been dry for 2 years. i was on la zane doubt in zane. that's why people are thirsty and they can't do anything about it. there's no

cassava, there's no mays loading. like there are no crops at all. and life is very, very difficult. our daily life in the village is about rain. but right now there's nothing to sit on. we're really suffering thing am. so heading back, we stop, put a roadside market, the main commodity for sale water. it's got to the stage now where water trade is have set up in the cellar, walk through the side of the road. it's a commodity, each one of these jerry cans costs about $0.50 and that bought by people. 5 don't have the wherewithal to go to the river themselves. the thing is even $0.50 is too much for most of the poor grow up fast here, scavenging for survival. this is the human face of our changing climate. developed countries, stalling on finance for nations like madagascar. we do well to look into those eyes . nicholas al jazeera, evarado, madagascar,

and nick joins as live far ma'am marin java in that madagascar. hello there. nick certainly hot breaking stains that you've witnessed. how extensive is the situation across madagascar in terms of those water shortages it's a really, really tough situation is used to saw in that film. it is this hot breaking stuff, isn't it? looking at those children, you've got to wonder why the world drags its feet while that kind of thing is going on. you and climate change conference happening right now, and it's usually very slow progress in trying to get anything done to try and get countries like madagascar the foot up, that they need it out of the developmental crises that they are in, which is all compounded. of course, by climate change and to give people like those girls, the chance with that a future which at the moment is not remotely on the cards. but let me give you some context about madagascar because 1st of all, it's a lot bigger than one might imagine is the 2nd biggest island nation on the planet

author, indonesia. and it's got a population of 29000000 people, 90 percent of whom live in poverty. it's well known, of course for it's rich by diversity. we're not here for that right now. we have this unfolding human story, this unfolding, human tragedy, this taking place. 1000000 people acutely food insecure, millions more. living hand to mouth in 2021. the when called to famine. here the 1st famine induced by climate change. perhaps we can talk very briefly about that in the 2nd 2. so what's the cause? it's drought, drought, and drought year after year after year. the dry season is getting much longer at the wet season is shortening and when it does rain it comes into a big daily use which just hits the ground and just runs off with no time for it to permeate the soil and crops fail on a wide scale right around the country, certainly in the cell. and the issue with that is that it pushes people to walk

hunger. and as we saw just 2 days ago, we were with the family and they were chopping cactus from the hedgerow, a men sitting round afar, that they built and boiling it to soften it. and then to eat it prickly purr. and that was the only meal of the day. we also being following people who were walking for water. they have to walk to a river because there's no other water nearby. and that will be a journey, sometimes a $34.00 or 5 hours. and our team followed one for me down down this value all the way towards this river. and it was hot, it was searing. the wind was blowing. gusting right across us. we just did it once and it was exhausting. these people do it day after day of today, they're bringing back 20 or 40 leases. i mean, you have streets like this. you can see from manga for sale. the prices have spiraled out even produce like that for many is just out of the question, because it's just too expensive. right now, we have to leave it there. thank you very much for updating us,

sneak client life for us in madagascar. thank you. the u. s. has criticized russia at a un security council meeting after missile hit poland on tuesday. it says russia is ultimately responsible, even though nato and poland say the missile was most likely fide as part of ukrainian and offenses the issue overshadowed. it amazing meant to be focused on humanitarian aid in ukraine. while we still don't know all the facts, we do know one thing. this tragedy would never have happened, but for russia's needless invasion of ukraine and its recent missile assaults, against ukraine's civilian infrastructure. the un charter is clear. ukraine has every right to defend itself against this barrage defend its sovereignty. defend his territorial integrity. what

a mockery of peace efforts there, therese. a steel add the table when an equal footing with 14 members or the security council. one day after the grievous attack on ukraine's critical infrastructure, while temperatures and ukraine start dropping below freezing the stairs aim to deprive the cranes electricity water and hitting more than 90 me. sorry, i was targeted energy facilities and all the civilian infrastructure in at least 11 region. so ukraine. meanwhile, a cave official say they've been at miss l strikes in ukraine on thursday morning. let's get the latest from jonah how, who's lived for us in the capitol. join a dynamic situation. what more can you tell him? well, not everything i can tell you is independently confirmed. let me say that 1st. this

is an evolving situation. there are reports coming in on social media and in entity from city administrations as well, which would be more credible. but it does appear that we are facing and other ways of bombardment from russia. another missile barrows, not as large by old accounts as what happened on tuesday, but some report suggesting that up to 50 missiles have been launched, have been sent up into the air raid sirens went off about an hour ago. according to the app, we used to monitor these things. those sirens were active in every region of the country. and indeed, within the last hour we believe we've heard a missile over flying. he is here and the city administration city military administration here and keep saying that 2 missiles of the intercepted here in the capital and additional information suggesting that to show he drones have also been

intercepted here in the capital with unconfirmed reports that drones were launched from the territory of bella luce, apart from that, we have reports of explosions in odessa, in the south. we have reports of explosions, according to the city officials in denise pro, in the center of the country with 2 objects of infrastructure. a said to have been hit and reports of several injuries there and before 2 explosions, as well in the northwest region of beneath the potentially the path and direction of the missile. we heard flying overhead here in key so as to say mixed report. some confirm some not, but it is clear that this country is again facing a wave of bombardment by miss south, potentially also by drone from russia and china. that all important deal to export grain from ukraine has been extended more. can you say that that? yes, yes. well that happening in conjunction, of course, and again,

we have initial reports confirming that the deal has been extended by the ukrainian side. below them is the president concerning it in a tweet, tweet for the ukrainian infrastructure, administer, alexander qu brack of saying that the deal has been prolonged in conjunction with its partners, your friends partners, the united nations in turkey for a $120.00 days. it was due to expire on friday. it was put in place of course, in july to allow the resumption of grain exports by a black sea force that had previously been blockaded by russia. significantly easing a global food shortage. there have been some concern as to whether russia would choose to extend the deal on friday after it, you know, actually pulled out a few weeks ago, briefly. it does say a fear according to tweets from the ukrainian government. that that is the case, a $120.00 day extension. we wait confirmation of the formal announcement from all

the parties to the deal that's yet to come. or i appreciate the update as always, trying to how live for us there in the capital case. thank you. m, as military, has freed me only $6000.00 prisoners, including for foreigners. it's part of an annual amnesty to market national day form of british ambassador. he bought a 1000000 her husband are among those relief has been in political turmoil in the military stage. chicago last year. forcing our civilian later unanswered, she led to widespread protests and the rest of thousands. tiny chang is following developments for us from bangkok. hello there, tony. tell us a little bit more about who these people are that have been released well, the law of freed years as we understand it outside the main prison and young gone murmurs largest city expects and families have been waiting all day since this news with an announce on mir marty v at no one's come out of the gates yet?

none the less, it was an announcement made on stay tv. that $5774.00 prisoners would be released around the country. it's not unusual to have an amnesty on, on big national days, although it usually happens in the spring time for the, for the mere my new year. at none the less included in their number, a $712.00 political prisoners. and that's the 1st time we've seen that in quite a long time. certainly since the qu, 2 years ago, included in that number, ah, 3 high profile, foreigners have all been locked out or sentenced in recent months. vicki bowman of former, you are a u. k ambassador, who is doing a one year sentence for immigration law contravention. sean turn now and australian academic had been an advisor to amazon sushi on the the economy in miramar. he was given a 3 year sentence for treason and a japanese journalist who was recently sentenced 10 years for filming

a political protest against the crew. and tony, how can we interpret this announcement? is this a sign an international pres share? maybe having an effect on the military rulers. it my been, we've seen their precious step top over the last week, particularly as young meeting last week and clamp and but me and mars generals have been very resistant to pressure asha, has been pushing them since the queue to try and get them into some kind of a framework to work back towards peace and certainly to relieve the pressure that's building up in miramar. since the qu, they have done nothing really over the last 2 years. and in fact they, they promote assay and seemingly at certain times it particularly with the execution of for political prisons. but that pressure has been stamped are both the are sounds summit and the g 20. i think they realized that these are problems. they don't need to have or they have other issues they could be dealing with. so this

may be the 1st sign that they are resist, that they're not completely resistant to international pressure. none the less, 712 political prisoners is a small number when you compare it to the 12000 people who've been arrested since the crew. okay, make sure you let us know we, if and when those prisoners are actually released, tiny chang live for us there in bangkok. thank you. still a hair done. al jazeera donald trump's running for the white house. again, i'll tell you why he could face a bigger challenge this time around. and why? tens of thousands of haitians in the dominican republic giving force to return home . ah, anticipation is rising. and so with the others, were you ready for the with sponsored my cattle aways where it took his time

in coming, but there is no doubt, mary throat. but she every country in europe that the weather is changed and we're more or less into winter. it was big a big step. i know, but this concentrate 1st to day on this. here, this low is quite a deep one. said the warnings. a severe gale's on the coast of the netherlands. obey crossed and all seeds the eastern part of england and scotland as well probably would effect denmark. the whole system makes it wet throughout germany and france down towards northern spain. was a bit of a gap after that of the next significant systems, probably this will in sudden ukraine tucking into the back of his cold air. so we've got 0 in kiva. the maximum temperature stove falling in the country, snow falling further west of the southern poland as well. if i take you to friday, as the colder keeps pushing in this general direction, it becomes a little bit better further. west is still raining. southern france is rain developing in the western side of the mediterranean, of course, and then you got romania. this area of developing rain, sleet, or snow is quite significant though. in some parts. again,

if you crane and running in towards northern austria, in fact, you pick vienna is a point of inflection between the cold and the warm. it goes in and out of the next couple of days. and then in north africa where you saw what was happening on friday on saturday, it's worse still with wind and rain. the weather sponsored by kat on aways. jumping to the stream where no topic is off the table. i don't think anybody should be going to be in a day. we are the subject of the royal family. let one person's opinion, but what's your, amplify your voice. the judicial system in mexico is incredibly weak and it is not just rushing clear. a global audience becomes a global community. the scariest part of this moment in my country is this place for a more weapon? the st. oh, now g 0. ah,

the hello. are you watching to hear? i'm emily angry. he's a reminder about top stories. this. our board is applied for the world. paul has been a major talking point to the cop 27. the climate summit. madagascar is facing the 5th and 2nd year of drought. water supplies have dried up, causing a food crisis. ukraine says there are several michelle strikes on soil nemo rusher and based criticism of the un security council. after miss, i landed in poland on wednesday, nato and poland. se black of the west side is part of ukrainian a defenses and military has granted amnesty to nearly 6000 prisoners, including for foreigners on the countries in national day and military coup. last year bank widespread protests leading to the arrest of thousands to the us. now

and republicans have 1218 seats in the house of representatives. this gives them just enough to control the chamber with 6 other se still been counted. the democrats have $211.00 so far. president joe biden has congratulated the republicans and promised to work with them. but this when in the mid term elections could give them leverage to block his agenda. mike, hannah has more from washington. they will have control of the house now that we know that they've got that 20800 seats giving them the majority. but all indications are, is that it's going to be the slimmest of margins. if the democrats win another 5 or 6, or even 6 seats, that will bring them to $217.00, the march will be one, but anywhere between $1.00 and $8.00 is a very slim margin. the reason for this is that the republican party is not a uniform house. there are many elements of it,

particularly the extreme right wing, of which there are a large number who may not go aboard with the the, the agenda of the majority of the republicans in the house. they are then able to block any such agenda. so even though the numbers are small relative to the number of the regular republican, so to speak, they would still have the power to block what the republican party as a whole wants to do within the house. now kevin mccarthy today was voted in as leader of the republicans in the house, but he still has to get confirmed on january the 3rd when he will need to get at least 218 votes. now the problem with this is that today he, republicans voted against him. so if that was happening on january, the 3rd, he would not be speaker of the house. so all of these elements are there, all of these problems ahead for the republicans. meanwhile, the justice department will proceed with criminal investigations into donald trump

despite he's paid to run again for president in 2020 full trump is being investigated for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and keeping classified documents and he florida estate. on tuesday, he announced his intention to say the republican party's nomination. in other world news, at least 7 people were killed in iran by and know by unknown gunman at a bazaar in the southwest and city of is it. on wednesday, 6, others were wounded in the attack state buildings have also been set on. it comes during widespread anti government protest in cuz it's gone. present. south korea says it's northern neighbor, his find a ballistic missile off the east coast of the peninsula. it's the largest in a series of launches north korea in recent wigs, and comes hours after it's foreign minister, threatened what he called a fees military response to us activity in the region. washington has pledged to

increase its security commitments on the peninsula. the dominican republic is sending undocumented haitians to their country. it's the latest in a wave of deportations that's already thing. tens of thousands and home gang warfare and political turmoil have fueled in exodus from neighboring hifi. in recent months. theresa bo reports from the hub on, on the haitian border. this is the common all to come and seen haitian refugees detained in the dominican republic. we met them in this military base in the one right at the border. they're being sent back to haiti, even those who say they've built a new lives here. the minute my husband works in a construction site and i was coughing and home when the police arrived. they wouldn't let me get my babies, clothes, i left all my money at home and i have nothing here. security for us. if you are telling us that most of his people were trying to enter the country. some of the

women are telling me that they have here that their children were born in the middle and the cities with her 8 year old son, she shows as his birth certificate that proves he was born in the dominican republic. i. my son has a birth certificate he was born here, they cannot send him back to haiti. the u. n. has called on the dominican republic to hold the quotations. haiti is in the midst of a political crisis that has gangs controlling large parts of the country. thousands are fleeing, lack of available health care services in haiti have forced pregnant women to cross the border to deliver their children. but many are not allowed inside dominican hospitals and some have had their children on the street. human rights activists say they're alarmed about what they call a precedent lease. i mean, others, persecution of haitians in his country was our program. we're here to push. there are massive deportations and the cases are not individual. there is no due process . there is children with papers, others with just visas. it's just massive and

a scandal or even pregnant women being sent back to haiti. and the law says that shouldn't be done. the dominican republic is building a wall to protect its borders from smugglers, but also illegal migrants. it's all numbers on what gwen's hillier says. he's countries poor and cannot allow every one in lowly. the only mechanism of the dominican republic has, is to show that it will not tolerate migrant irregularity of the deportations. and this is what we are doing. this has nothing to do with ethnical reasons or racism, but under the problem, if the state stops all the potations, we do not know what could happen here. haiti's facing it's worse crisis. in years human rights crusades, people are being discriminated against across the region. and they're asking the dominican republic, among other governments for empathy, for those while twain to escape hunger violence and have no place to go. no, i think there is, i will, i'll just see that the have on,

on the haitian border ala mosque has told remaining twin his staff that if they aren't ready to go hard core, they should leave the company. the new twitter c o is making employees sign a pledge to quote, work long hours at high intensity and build a breakthrough with a 2 point. oh, they have until thursday to make that commitment or take 3 months severance pay. ah. the organizes of contact 2022 have rejected accusations. they're up fake, hide football fans at the world cup. it comes after videos like this of indian ex pats cheering on several teams went viral on social media. in a statement, the supreme committee described the allegations is disappointing and unsurprising. it went on to say carter and the rest of the world is comprised of a diverse range of football fans, many of whom share emotional connections with multiple nations or bubble to cordova,

parkman. so some of the reports published specifically in english and french newspapers regarding the hiring of asian workers to support teams are totally unfounded. this is firstly another attempt to distort and question, cut our ability to hold world cup out. ever since cut a run the right to host the world cup. there have been continuous attempts of the past 12 or 13 years to ruin the image of this tournament and name are the count down to kick off. continues. the national teens are getting ready for their 1st games, but fans have also been flexing some football muscle. and alexey o'brien went along and watched a match in the capital i'm here at the go, ha ha, and the circle fans li, and of the 3 day competition that gives football fans the opportunity to don the jersey of the country. they support not just the countries that they were born and

are a citizen from right now the semi finals are underway with god have her germany. and on the other pitch, there is argentina, belgium, argentina, with the players on the pitch over the she days have been from several countries, spain, portugal, and brazil. most of them from india. so it's been like this bad of gone at some criticism, a cutter that it is paying a fans and the lead up to the world cup pattern rejected the allegations as a disappointing thing that dr. cook traditions don't look the same as in europe or south america. it doesn't mean that the passion for the game is any little fainter, with people from india make up a quarter of craft population. and it is

a sport loving nation for more and the aisle joined by a, an indian was born and raised here. and why do they indian, by who will methley into football? he said the pockets of the country football definitely is a huge scheme as a matter of following. and even like the world cup of the celebrated like from school football is almost like a religion in many, many parts of india, which will be wanting in the world. read you what i got, the underdog normally want from doing, but always come about talking. you know, i love mercy am for voting argentina. but mike was up what we'll do. it got that also because of my home, 2nd home. after a nail biting final between belgium and cutter team of fans representing the host

country, came out on top to know the golf nation is 50th and world ranking. so it is only an outside chance the real team lead their country to victory. these then say they won't give up hope ah, ah, you're watching now just 0. these are the headlines this. our russia has phased criticism as a un security council meeting after miss. i landed in poland, nato and poland. sites like the weapon was fine as part of ukrainian 8 offences. 2 people were killed when it hit polish territory. the u. s. s. russia was ultimately to blame because it invaded ukraine. there are reports coming in of rush and may sound strikes across ukrainian cds. the southern region of desa and the city of denay pro have been targeted for the 1st time in wings.