oh, now jazeera farming is changing drastically in romania with this year's sunflower harvest devastated by drought. it's molder weather and lower rainfall. but a changing the seasons. farmers around here so early 2 seasons these days instead of fall the summer and the winter autumn this year in temperature terms only lasted a couple of weeks. 0 is planning differently for the year ahead. there will be no some flowers or call know weeks all this bomb being replaced by cops more resistant to trout used to feed livestock, not people here this some are slowly adapting, but climate change may well pace them. ah, so people are dead and dozens angel in a stamp feed at a football stadium in the iraqi city of basra.

ah, you're watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the back. people also ahead. tens of thousands of workers take to the 3 san fran against president emmanuel mac loss, proposed pension reforms. israeli forces kill 2 palestinians during a raid in the occupied west bank. 17 palestinians have been killed so far this year . it's hard to tell you, i'm not seeing that i will not be seeking really chip. and just in the order and draws the curtain on her political career. you zealand is prime minister says she has no longer the energy to lead. ah, thank you very much for joining as we begin with breaking news from iraq where at least 4 people have been killed in a spam p,

the southern city of basra is just hours before is due to host to final of a regional football tournament. is happened at basrah international stadium up to 80. people are reportedly injured. iraq is hosting the iraq host, iraq, i should say, would you to take on oman, any arabian gov cup final later this says they will, as reports of incident began to emerge. major general sad man spokesperson for the ministry of interior, heated with people to stay away from the location. whether we're here to buffalo, i appeal to all within the vicinity of the stadium and all residents of basra, as announced over the previous 2 days, you're requested not to approach sport city unless you have a match ticket. we've seen massive crowds and with your stampedes or incidents of suffocation. besides this doubles load on our security personnel, we request that you follow the rules of organization, given by security personnel. you may follow the game in public spaces,

actually would not be complete without your safety. there is no victory in the absence of your safety. again, i appeal to all to abide by the instructions given by security personnel and your well let's get the latest now with my mood abdougla had was joining as lie from basra mahmoud. what do we know happened? will this tempe there that happened? death led to the death of for a iraqis. it including also this are, again for iraq is dead 20 suffocation cases and about 80 injured. according to the iraqi football association, the stampede happened as a football mad fans, especially iraq, is that they talk their way towards the gate of the palmer trunk, a stadium which is allocated to hosted today's match. the final between iraq and

a man. many people, iraq is, have been driving from several provinces across iraq to sputter towards the sports city. or we're the palm, a trunk stadium. it is to push it away into the gate by force clashing with security forces her and that has resulted in the casualties that i just mentioned. now the fans have just responded to calls from the association and they have started pulling out from their vicinity of their stadium mahmoud. are there any, any indications as to why, why so many people were gathered? there is some reports that too many tickets had been sold for this final well, and that's why that's part of the reason many people were furious to take their, their to took, take their way into the,

the gate to watch that the match because many people have not been able to buy tickets because the majority of the tickets were sold on line ahead of a kick off that have been also, black markets are selling tickets. and there has been some kind of a, this organization in that a total, as you know that this is the 1st time bustle house, such a sports event. and many people have been furious. it to take that way to get into the stadium, to support the team, the iraqi, etc. but they have just responded to calls from the prime minister from their sports association and from the local authorities in basra. and they have started to pull out from the vicinity of the sport city, where the palmer trunk stadium is. thank you for that update my mood abdullah hearts live there in basrah. in other world news in trans nationwide strikes

against president, imagine my cost reposed pension re forms are under way. these are life pictures from the southern city of marcia. the government announced plans to raise the retirement age. by 2 years to 64. unions had joined protesters, same the move is an assault on the welfare system where ways schools and refineries will be affected by workers walking off the job. and elizabeth motel is a political columnist for the telegraph. she says the pension reform has been a long and unsustainable. what they're saying is that the generous french welfare system in that view is being eroded by a slow incremental measures. in the past 25 to 30 years, i have led to the average pension being a lower than it used to be in absolute terms. this is perfectly true this,

this reform is one of several reforms that was won by a large you pay in 1900. but that was one by nicholas. of course he was that was one of the us world. every precedent looks at the, at the pension reform and see that we have an unsustainable problem. we have a pay as you go system, which means that of people who are at work pay for people who have already retired . it's not like a pension thought. and in 1946, when this was created, you had 8 people working to pay for the pension of one pensioner that has change. we now have something like 2 people pay for $1.00 pension or which of course miss unsustainable. but only other hand, the feeling among the workers in france and the unions is that this reform is essentially a pushing people to work longer when they will not find jobs. because in france, unemployment, problems of them have structural employment between 8 and 10 percent. and also

because french employers, 5 people off to 50 anyway. so what they say is we are causing people to her a worse life with no jobs available for them not to retire from. is there any forces of kale to palestinians during a raid in the occupied west bank? they were shot in a refugee camp in the northern city of jeanine. one of the victims has been identified as i want for lisa walk me a teacher at a local school. the other was at him. jabber. rena fighter with the janine brigades resists in school. they say violence takes a number of palestinians killed by israeli forces this month. to 17 in mankind as more well, the rates of plays about 230 there between 230 and 3 and when it started and finished just before daybreak, israeli forces the special operations forces, backed by these ready army, went into jeanine refugee camp. there was a fire fight that took place and that's where the 25 year old was killed. the 57 yeoman, effectively a civilian was also killed during that time frame as well. the fuels for those 2

men are actually taking place right now. there are hundreds of people out on the streets are following the funeral procession as it goes to lay them into their final resting place. there's a lot of anger in the air. there's a lot of anti israeli slogans being chanted. and there's lot of frustration from people there as, as well. there have been 17 people that have been killed so far this year. that's nearly one, a date, 9 of those people have actually been killed in jeanine refugee camp itself. and there's a real sense of jeanine refugee camp being under almost constant seed by the israelis a good it comes to nightfall. meanwhile, one of the longest hound, palestinian israeli prisoners is back home after 40 years behind bars. there were celebrations in the village of r. i to welcome home my hair, eunice. he and his cousin kareem were convicted of kidnapping and killing an israeli soldier in the 1980s. korean eunice was released earlier this month. weiss

groups estimates more than 4000 palestinian prisoners are in israeli jails. new zealand prime minister, jesse the r during, has announced her resignation after 5 and a half years in office. when she was elected. arden was the world's youngest. he may, leader at 37 years old. i had beg, looks back at her time in office. the news came as a shock to many new zealanders prime minister jacinta arden announced her resignation at the media conference on thursday. i had hoped to find a way to prepare not just for another year, but another tune. because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. i know what the job takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. on the streets, there was a mixed reaction. oh man, awful to is all good. you know, are all i feel awful,

even though it's located me well, what? well, once you do this, i think she was doing very well in the house. anyway. i, you know, it's good time for her to sit down. i think she has booked us to the country over some pretty difficult time. so yeah. know what show for the future. i think she's done an amazing job with the situation she's been put on that music into the christ church. matthew, in 2951 was the worshippers was shot dead. she was quick to call it a terror attack. talk to muslim. and in the days following warheads golf, when she met, members of the community, saying the country was united and grief, our turn was widely praise for swift. response to the coven, 1900. pandemic. new zealand imposed some of the toughest pandemic rules that lasted 2 years. it's recorded one of the lowest death tolls from the virus, but that came at a cost. recent opinion polls suggest the prime minister, popularity has dipped, and the labor party the prove ratings down the unfulfilled,

the election promises. and a cost of living crisis overseas is definitely viewed very well. whereas i think internally she probably maybe lost the public's acceptance a little bit. now it was time for her to go and no one in the right. mine would have been cited for sure. like, our job was held as a progressive leader. she was only the 2nd woman after boxed on vanity. but would you give birth while in office? and perhaps what people will remember most is the empathy and compassion she showed in moments of crisis. but in the own words, politicians are human and she has no more to give. we give all that we can for as long as we can. and then it's time. and for me, it's time. the last day in the office will be february. said vague. i was just there still ahead on the program. us authorities, right? the russian co founder of a crypto carrying the exchange on suspicion. money laundry.

ah . let's begin your weather reports in asia pacific. nice to have y'all long. so more see and do snow back in the forecasts for western and northern areas of japan. i think we'll even see some white out conditions here. we got that cold pool of air in play and the winds at just the right direction. speaking of the cold, let's paint on the colors dark of the blue in the purple. the lower the temperature is here. har been waking up to minus 29 on saturday morning. this could be your coldest nights up this season. now. south of the yellow river valley temperatures have actually come up from where they were back to normal back to the january average in hong kong at 19 degrees. some cloud for the east coast of india, but i think actually more in the way of fog here. we had been dealing with that

through the north, but that's now been wiped out. some showers and cloud covered there. part of what happened was showers and snow left pakistan and moved in to the northwest of india . but we've got snow up against the foothills of the himalayas and pakistan, india, and nepal. up to the gulf, we go, we haven't been able to say this for a while. no rain on our radar here. those winds finally start to back off i through doha with a high of 20 degrees. and here's a wider view of the middle east. me just see some showers pop up along that western side of saudi arabia on friday. that's it soon, a bit. ah, this isn't my story. it's the story of my frame keith arm. she told us that she didn't want to be here. she didn't want to live any more. was too hard. a survivor dedicates her life to educating and saving others from suicide. we're the ones that

are dying, where the ones that are losing our friends, and therefore we have to be the ones that was dana silva because no one else is gone way there is a witness documentary on a just, you know, lou ah ah, welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera, at least 4 people have been killed and up to 80 injured in a stampede at a football stadium in the southern rocky city of basra. it happened at basra stadium ahead of the finding of the arabian gulf between iraq handle mon nationwide strikes against president emmanuel, mike moss proposed pension reforms are underway in france. the government announced brands to raise the retirement age by 2 years to 64 railway schools. and refineries

will be affected by workers walking off the job. and he's really forces of kill 2 palestinians during a rating the occupied westbank. they were shot in the refugee camp in the northern city of jeanine. this brings a number of palestinians killed by his really forces this month to 70 chime as president teaching being says he is concerned about cov 19 spreading in the countryside as millions head home for the upcoming lunar new year's celebrations. concerns are growing for the elderly who might be exposed to the virus as katrina. you reports many chinese as fail morning. the death of loved ones looting year is traditionally a festive time in china. but this year, john is spending the holiday in morning. 3 of his close relatives recently passed away after testing positive the curve at 19 peripheral holiday. more people are suffering. people are so anxious. and herb people go into

a drug store or a medical facilitator, half with all the clinics. and 5, as far as they can figure out what they need is the reality is is that the sudden lifting of covet 19 restrictions in december trigger a waves infections in china. hospitals are struggling to treat patients and crematorium are overflowing with people complaining of unusual delays. the government says about 60000 people have died in hospital from the virus in recent weeks. but analysts say the easing of china as darrel corvette policy could result in more than 2000000 deaths. a w h o has accused paging of under representing the scale of the outbreak. something it denies drago you would 0. we continue to sheer cove 19 information with the international community, including the w h o. based on the principles of lawfulness tomlin is openness and

transparency. authorities say they are working to strengthen health facilities ahead of the holiday period. some fear the travel rush will lead to a new search of infections in rural areas, especially among the elderly. the government has issued guidelines discouraging large gatherings and any trips that expose all the people and pregnant women to the virus. but they've stopped short of enforcing any bands for john, the warnings are too little too late. adding to his frustration the knowledge, his loved ones were probably not added to the official virus death toll on his aunt's destitute ticket. the cause of death is described as hot failure. katrina you out a 0 paging ah. ukraine's president jeremy zalinski says they are. several theories are wednesday,

his helicopter crash, which killed the interior minister. 14 people died when the aircraft came down next to a kindergarden in the town of bro, very on the outskirts of cage. meanwhile, on the front lines of eastern ukraine, if he is battle is taking place, the control of the city of back mo, dan, its surrounding areas. most of its residents have fled by some have stayed behind with little food, no water, and no electricity for months. char stratford met some of them inside bathroom. ah, these people endure a level of suffering that is difficult to imagine that most of the old and many have emotional a psychological problems. the families live far away with flit the fighting months ago what they braved a shilling to come here. the soup on to charge their phones, rushes bombardment of bar mood is getting heavier by the day. the civil war is the only that there was my neighbor was killed in her cellar. she burned alive. i fled

my home 4 days ago during the fighting. i had to crawl along the street to escape. there was an explosion just meters away from me. dusky weather destroyed central town is almost completely deserted. russian forces are only around a kilometer away. the artillery explosions are relentless. some people wait patiently in the cold whiskey their lives. desperate for food and humanitarian aid . with others are so hungry, they seem oblivious to the danger of simply standing outside. we are, we have luck. i cannot get all the 8 i need without documents and they all burned when my house was hit on the other side of the river. oh, mary, the people here on the western side of town, again to food distribution centers and these make shift shops. we understand that the majority of the heaviest fighting is the north, the east and increasingly the southeast of the city. but of course,

there is no way safe and bought. most of the people who lived in these plants have fled. retired engineer, victor kasey, ankle leaders up stairs. he and his wife, galena and mother in law are the only people left in their apartment block. was 93 year old maria lise, wrapped under blankets in the dark yesterday. frail and afraid, she wants to see her son, but he lives across the front line in russian occupied territory. that he is level one prefers i thorough fayetteville. i'm not. my life was good before the war. she says, we built a nice house. we had everything. but then the fighting started. one picture shows us where they stole rainwater. the drinking has been no water or

electricity in bath, mort. for months he worked in the oil industry for 25 years before the breakup of the soviet union. and so is entitled to a russian pension. is the my to hear or know if there was a corridor to where my brother in law lives, then we would try to leave. or if we could get to moscow or st. petersburg, we're a sons live, but we don't have any money because we can't get our russian pensions anymore. we're what not. most people stop living above ground months ago. ludmilla and 5 other people, the sheltering in his basement. jose horseless doran. let's leave me. i didn't know what the shilling us got much worse in the last couple of days. i'm too afraid to leave the cellar. i pressed and promised that he would liberate don boss by new year. but it never happened. life before the war is nothing but a memory for these people. surviving the nightmare inflicted on them is all they

can hope for now. shall strafford al jazeera both mort. while the kremlin says, as sooner, ukraine accepts rush as demands the sooner the conflict there could end. dally hashim has more noise from moscow. moscow is also saying more and more about this war because it's kind of overwhelmed with this war, or the president shows spokesperson. best cove also said that transferring weapons to ukraine to strike, russia will bring this war into and you level, you also commented on some commence by the deputy chairman of russia. national security council dimension. inventive who spoke about the possibility of the nuclear war in case and nuclear power loses this war war. and he was kind of kind of commenting on what was being said in douglas, according to med fiscal,

said that this goes along with the russian and nuclear doctrine. so today we have 2 main statements, one from fiscal, saying that a transferring weapons to strike. russia will bring the conflict to a new level, demetri mid bed, of saying that if ra, shallow loses this war of, and you can, or if a nuclear power loses the war, then this is going to ignite and nuclear war. and this is kind of an escalated narrative from the russian side, but it goes along with the whole situation and what's going on in the battle fields and what's going on on the political field. almost 3 weeks after corporation adopted the euro, as it's karen c, consumers are complaining about price hikes, many angry that businesses may be exploiting the transition. stephanie dec records it's been almost 3 weeks since croatia adopted the euro as it's currency and people aren't happy policy. it is supposed to,

i felt the increase in food prices from january, the 1st, i like to eat a lot and that's a problem because food is expensive compared to the salaries as they are currently . a lot of people i know who started looking for another job, but we all felt the price increase at least 30 percent higher for everything. some traders say they are rounding a price is when converting the old currency the kuna into euro's others have denied the increases. the gracious consumer protection body says the government is proof. some outlets are marking up goods and we will not be in a few days ago, we got a statement from the minister of economy that inspections were carried out and that up to 40 percent of retailers were raising prices. unjustifiable, the government is warned, it will find retailers that fail to reduce their prices to pre euro levels. but the trade association has dismissed the government accusations thing its members are not increasing prices to make a profit. but because of the rising cost of rule materials in energy, either way,

despite the economic benefits for croatia of joining the single currency, it's coming at a cost. stephanie decor of g 0. the f b i has arrested the russian founder of the bits lateral crypto currency exchange for alleged money laundering. the u. s. department of justice says the hong kong based site was used to launder millions of dollars of elicit ration funds. alan fisher has a details ah, the public exposure of a very secretive operation. yes, justice department announcing international action against the bits lotto crypto come see, exchange. it's russia head anatoly like at the mall, arrested by f. b. i. agents in an early morning read in miami, today's law enforcement actions put all of those who seek to exploit the crypto currency ecosystem. on notice that the department of justice will use every tool working along with our partners. every tool that we have to attack the

criminal use of the dark net and crypto currency, the bits lateral website is predictably, don't a message earlier said it had been seized by international law enforcement action based in hong kong run by a russian. yes, treasury department says it laundered hundreds of millions of dollars and became a key point for criminality on the dark web. the treasury department says that makes it something that could be used to help rushes ward and ukraine at a time when russia is waging a brewed old unjustified war in ukraine. and as it seeks to circumvent sanctions and governance controls to fill its coffers and sustain its violence, we will not tolerate criminals enterprises that enrich russia's malicious interest . ah, the justice department alleges most of the exchanges business comes from processing online scams and wandering ransomware cache. it is ruling out further charges and

claims to these action shot stone, a busy corner of the criminal ecosystem. island fisher al jazeera washington united nations peacekeepers say they've discovered bodies of more than 40 people in mass graves in eastern democratic republic of congo. they were found in a tory province after violent attacks at the weekend blamed on local rebel cove c u . n. is calling for investigation to establish whether the grays, any attack satellites, a years of insecurity and widespread drought have caused a humanitarian crisis in somalia, almost half the population, dont know where their next meal is coming from. and that makes them more vulnerable to the, to disease, particularly in the southern bio or district, hattie lopez, how diane has more make shift camps like these have become common in southern somalia years of drought and insecurity. how force, roughly 3000000 people out of their homes. oh boy,

double is one of them. she lives and by don't district where stories of desperation are often shared or what is it this sunday i was said for 3 years now. we struggled with these drought. we lost all our livestock, we've gone hungry with no food or means of transportation. la la, my people walked for days to reach the camps, hoping for relief and humanitarian assistance. most families here eat one donated meal a day and there is concern. widespread malnutrition could fuel disease outbreaks, children who have a what exposed to acute, to my nutrition hub, lis ability to fight off infections and, and for chronic malnutrition, they also miss the developmental milestones. whatever the world health organization has launched initiatives to educate the community. this distributing vaccines for

polio, measles, and cholera. but the job can be overwhelming while the lily that the law common, most of the people here have been pushed out of the villages because of dire living conditions. there was a record and measles outbreak in this area. so people have been quite happy to receive the vaccines face with the worst drought and 40 years there is concern. extreme weather conditions could make things worse for the most vulnerable, katya lopez, civilian al jazeera. ah, these are a top stories on al jazeera this hour. at least 4 people have been killed in up to 80 injured in a stampede at a football stadium in the southern iraqi city of foster. it happened at the basra stadium ahead of the final of the arabian golf club between iraq and omar. i moved abdougla had his mom from bos.