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been described as an asian male. ah, hello joe. this is al jazeera, alive from london, also coming up at least 5 civilians killed. after i'll show bob storms, the mayor's office in mogadishu, sparking a firefight with security forces. benjamin netanyahu dismisses a senior minister, complying with the supreme court ruling to sac area dairy because of his tax fraud conviction and from seat belts to tax fines. a difficult week for richie sooner because the scandals plaguing britain's ruling party comes thick and fast. ah, we begin in the united states where a gunman is on the run after a mass shooting during luna. new year's celebrations near los angeles. at least 10

people were killed at a dance studio in monterey park. 10 others were injured, the se, some are in a critical condition. monterey park is home to a large asian community and thousands of people had gathered near by for a lunar new year. festival witnesses say a man entered the building and started firing on lookers were able to wrestle the weapon from the suspect before he left. the area officers say it's too early to know what motivated the attack. there is a male suspect that fled the scene and remains outstanding as of this moment. are very preliminary description. ah, has been described as a male asian and that's from the scene here in monterey park. and i, it, it's taken us a while and please be patient with us because as we're interviewing victims and

witnesses, we've gotten different descriptions of one suspect. but rob reynolds joins us live from the scene of the shooting in monterey park, california and rob the police. they're talking about a preliminary description of the suspect. what else are they saying? in addition to describing the suspect as an asian male sheriff, robert luna said his age is estimated between 30 and 50 years old. what we do know, of course, is that there are 10 people who are dead as a result of this incident. 5 women, 5 men. we don't have their names or their ages. i spoke to a gentleman who frequents the star ball room, which is in the, in the block behind me. and he said that at that time of night and generally the crowd that gathers there to enjoy ballroom dancing is older, asian,

middle aged, or elderly people. and he also said that sometimes there were fights or scuffles that would break out on the floor, but of course nothing at all of this nature. there was a man hunt underway, police at the f. b. i and police from numerous jurisdictions are all searching for this individual, the sequence of events. jonah, is that there was the mass shooting at the star ball room here in montebello park a short time after that. the suspect, or a person i should say, a went to another ballroom dancing establishment in a nearby town called arcadia. he was grabbed by the patrons, there is weapon was taken away, but he managed to escape. so he still on the loose and rock clearly this is an

incident that took place during luna nuno new year festivities. a lot of people they're all probably asian americans, certainly predominantly asian american area. what if anything is being suggested about a possible motive? it is a big celebration here. i actually went to it a couple of years ago myself with a friend before the cove. it shut everything down and i just step out of the way briefly. you can see behind me on this street, there's some a white tent there. that's where the street festival for the lunar new year was taking place. last night of course, everything's been canceled. now in light of this incident, but the sheriff, robert luna, sheriff of los angeles county said there is no motive that they can pinpoint at

this point. he said that they would be investigating every angle, including whether this was racially motivated or, or a hate crime. there were some other officials at the press conference a couple of hours ago that noted that crimes against asians had been spiking in recent years. but again, there's a lot more that we don't know at this point than we really can say for certain. okay, rob reynolds lie 1st there at the scene of that mass shooting in california. thanks rob. ah, now to somalia, 5 civilians have been killed in an i'll show bob attack. targeting the mayor's office in the capital, mogadishu, 6 algebra fighters were also killed. the attackers set off a bomb and then stormed the building, leading to a fire fight with security forces. at least 19 other people were injured. in the

assault on the offices, journalist mom had to go be was close to the blast in mogadishu. about a block or so away. and then when i heard a word to explosions that follow one after another, then followed by gunfire. after that gunfire, as you can assume that panic in chaos, and then the situation began to unfold, municipality orders on google. maps has claimed responsibility for attack and they were attacking the municipality, of course, which is equivalent to be sure city all the whole of the office. but of mayor district officials meet their local security official, reside, meet there. so, and what many people believe is that the reason that this place was attacked was because it's a high balance argument. i'm shocked because it's a government building. i think that should address still a factor that is still

a factor that exists. and i think we need to be honest about because the government has been launching a full blown military offensive in different parts of the country against a shout. but the ship are still able to strike targets and will be sure will inside of government. as you see what is on holding today, i believe is that what the government is doing today, i think they over estimate their capabilities in the war and because they've decided to take the warrant to chabad and to rule countryside, southern and central somebody here. but they're struggling to protect key infrastructure and we'll get the shoot. gotta tell you, there is something wrong with the government policy. at least 12 people have been killed off for a residential building collapsed in syria. a child was among those who died in a neighborhood of the rescue. teams have been searching for people, believed buried under the rubble. officials say the building collapse due to water linkages that week, and its foundations much of

a leper. it was destroyed during serious conflict which began nearly 12 years ago. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fired a key ally and cabinet minister aria dairy. after the supreme court ruled, he could not serve because of a tax fraud. conviction that he was appointed health and interior minister last month as part of a coalition deal. his leader of the ultra orthodox shop party, which is the 3rd largest member of the coalition. nathan, yahoo has promised to find a legal way for his key ally to retain some influence in israeli politics. it's being reported that very will retain his title of vice premier and his ministerial roles will go to members of his party. will israel's opposition has called on nathan yahoo to respect the court's decision, former prime minister. yeah. le pete warned that not doing so would be breaking the law. marcia williams, the lawman, shall we say, is not a government circus. who is weak and he needs to appoint

a full time health and interior minister cabinet meeting today, minister dairy was quiet because of corruption. any blush missing yahoo has described the ruling to fall very as regrettable and indifferent to public will. in 1999. he was sentenced to 3 years in jail for taking bribes. he returned to politics in 2012. last year he was convicted of tax fraud as part of a plea bargain. he agreed to leave the connected in return for a lighter sentence, but he then ran again in november's election. and his party joined us on the out. who's coalition? well, there is appointment went ahead after the new government passed legislation allowing anyone convicted but not given a custodial sentence to become a minister. critic said this could also help nathan yahoo with his ongoing criminal cases. he's currently standing trial, bribery, fraud, and breach of trust charges. he denies the right when government has also laid out plans to overhaul the judiciary,

which of sparked mass protests. they include handing more powers to politicians, to appoint judges and override supreme court decisions, where they run con has more now from west jerusalem. what we're hearing is that prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to stage manage the firing of aria dairy. he's a very crucial ally. he's part of the coalition shafts, or his party have bought lemon law makers within the coalition. if they in anger had actually pulled, i would have been a killer blow to the government and potentially another election in israel. so that all of that had to be stage managed and this is why we hear that it took a 4 days to actually get round to firing, but the firing actually did take place today. however, pri, mr. benjamin netanyahu was a fuson. he actually said that he was fight, trying to find a way back for area dairy to get back into the government. now the deal, the likely deal has been made between charles and netanyahu will include shaft

taking a shower politician taking over aria diaries of position. he's the chairman of the shells party, so it will be one person replacing the other. it is a very big blow to him to, to benjamin netanyahu, though because he is trying to currently via the justice minister or strip the courts of this kind of power. the power to reverse parliamentary decisions. now, it was a $10.00 to $1.00 ruling by the supreme court. that did litty gritty of it is it, there were lots of various different decisions. but overarching decision was in a year ago when aria dari was convicted of tax violations. he act, he said to the court, i will not pursue a career in politics. the court agreed on that and it was on that basis that you know, he had a reduced sentence when he stepped back into the court remains found to be into politics. rather, he is found to be in contempt of that deal, and that's why it was such an overwhelming ruling. politicians from new zealand, the ruling party have chosen, cris, hip kids to be the countries next. prime minister hipkins received unanimous

support from the labor party. he was the only nominee for the leadership position. so his endorsement on sunday was largely a formality. hipkins replaces just to cinder arden, who unexpectedly resigned on thursday, saying that after more than 5 years in the post she had no more in the tank was still to come this half hour. ah dragon, dancing, crowded templeton big family gatherings as people in china celebrate a lunar new year free from coven restrictions, plus, ah, singing in a former station, musicians in chile, take classical music to the people with the aim of making it more accessible. ah.

all a stormy weather, stormy wintry weather is circulating here. round the central mediterranean. the adria tick, that's preschool or rain and snow redness as fast as the hydrogen is here. but the whole urine play in plain is rather more winter. and you might expect from that it's overcast, that we've had a good dump of snow in poland. seminar street as well. jet republic, it stopped snowing now. but what you've got over the top is a pool of low cloud and low tempt you look at these temperatures, the daytime maxes, that comes all the way down through france, where the wind exits for the road value get caught a strong wind, and they all gathers up into this big circulation. so this is the unpleasant part of wind. will you never see the sunshine? it's cold by day, but i never really snow's either. but this is more dangerous part. yes is dusty the snow, but when you get persistent rain flooding has been the case. we see different hungry down albania, then it got cold enough to snow and i think we'll see a full once again. but there will be significant snow running up into our western

austria from the italian alps in the southern slopes of the swiss and french opposite. the whole thing expand a little bit. and the recent wants we saw record warms, and ukraine and ryan is gonna attempt his back down to where they should be. for north africa off what's happening in the mountains north a, it's a quiet picture, but hot in sas, sudan. ah, to inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide, and to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity. the shake come out award for translation and international understanding was founded to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledge they rode in strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches.

oh, a reminder about top stories here on al jazeera. at least 10 people have died and a shooting at a dance hole in the california city of monterey park. thousands had gathered nearby for lunar new year festival in the state. the suspect remained at large. 5 civilians have been killed in an shavanne attack, targeting the mayor's office in somali as capital. among addition, the attackers set off a bomb and then stormed the building, leading to a fire fire and security forces and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fired a key on cabinet minister dairy. after the supreme court ruled,

he could not serve because of a tax fraud conviction it's united day in ukraine state holiday, celebrating when 2 territories run by ukrainians, agreed to unify in 1919. well, this year the nation is marking the day as the country is united in its fight against russia's invasion. president bolivia, zelinski says ukraine's independence will be lost if it is not able to attain true unity. natasha butler reports from the capital q. if done all the sweeping landscapes and picturesque views of ukraine before the war as president for low to mid zalinski gave a special video address for unity day commemorating morton ukraine's formation more than a century ago. yummy. lush, great across ukraine. in the summer, in the autumn, in the winter,

we are defending all this together and we will win together equally. and the entire ukraine will hear the sounds of a victory for true show. great. since russia invaded ukrainians have come together to defend their country for some unity day is a fitting symbol for a shared experience. some of the refers which are independence and autonomy that unite us for me. his day means we are together and defending our values with our lives. keeps pass on bridge spans the disney pro river. it's usually at the center of the cities, unity day celebrations. but officials are worried about security. traditionally, on unity day people form a human chain across this bridge brought ukrainian officials have cancelled the offend this year because of the way to mark the de former british prime minister boys. johnson made a surprise visit to ukraine. he met president zalinski and visited the town of

butcher on the capital's outskirts. hundreds of people were killed in butcher under russian occupation in march last year. well, i can tell you that the u. k will be sticking by ukraine for as long as it takes a little bit, i need to know what you are getting to you are going to win and you're gonna get all the russians out of your country. but we will be that for the long term, johnson city it comes as western powers, have promised more weapons. the keys and prussia continues to build on germany to allow its leper tanks to be sent to ukraine. keith says it needs all the fire power . he can get to defend itself. most people here agree for nearly a year now. ukrainians have shown what unity can look like and how powerful it can be. especially butler al jazeera keith french president emanuel micron has hosted german chancellor of schultz in paris for the

1st time. and for the 1st face to face franco german summit since 2019 a joint cabinet session was due to be held last october. but was postponed by my cronum id for a reports of frosty relations between birdie and paris. several 100 politicians from both countries attended sundays gathering, which focused on security energy and the war in ukraine. the leaders also mocked the 60th anniversary of the treaty, which sought to intentions between the 2 nations and asked about providing tanks to ukraine at the news conference earlier. short said, all decisions on weapons deliveries will be made in coordination with germany allies. it was up to us is doing a lot, and germany is also doing alone. we have constantly expanded our supplies with very effective weapons that are already available today. and we've always closely coordinated all these decisions with all our important allies and friends with france, for example, with us with other major countries in europe. and of course,

with all those who participate in this discussion. but its myth is in paris with more on the german chancellor visit ukraine. one of the main issues they've been talking about, i guess because of because this is a war on the european continent since february last year. and because in recent days, has been a lot of pressure on germany, particularly from ukraine to give you credit, slap it to tanks and germany has been resisting that funds to is asked jeremy to give his tanks. baltic countries are asking the united kingdom is also asking the u . k. is given some of its own times to try and prod germany that way. but so far the germans have moved and sholtes has been reluctant to give such powerful offensive heaven reweigh heavy weaponry to ukraine to fight its war against russia invasion. they have yet to have a joint ministerial defense ministers meeting that we now understand is going to

happen after this press conference. but anyway, so far manual macro, not given any. giving any hints that germany's yet willing to give way on the question of giving tanks to ukraine and economy heading towards recession. the effects of breaks it and mass strikes and making life difficult for british prime is the rich, sumac, and 3 months after he took off, his being head of the conservative party only seems to be adding to his troubles. well. scandals of the type that led to the downfall of former prime minister barak johnson coming thick and fast, including new allegations against johnson himself full rece reports now from london . now i'm out and about seeing leveling up in action all across the country to day getting fined for not wearing a seatbelt in this instagram very. i was hardly the look of that richie soon. i was going for this week than a hunter. he was trying to show he could lead britain out of the gloom and scandals of recent yell. you can follow my progress liquor and i progress has been hauled to

come by for the man who became a prime minister in october. and the controversy that talked his predecessors hard to shake off a little rude form at prime minister barak johnson was the latest to send soon. ox attempted fresh start crushing of course on sunday, while johnson was in ukraine, reports in the british media accused him of failing to declare that a man he appointed his chairman of the b. b. c. had previously helped him secured a loan of nearly $1000000.00. big deal, said johnson spokesman. but that is what the trickle of sleaze is becoming for britain's ruling party. mean to me, 6 months after johnson was forced from office for one scandal to many a day before that chairman, not in the hall, we apologize for a careless error having been reportedly forced to pay 6000000 dollars to u. k tax authorities in a dispute over his finances he had previously denied he was trying to avoid paying taxes extra embarrassing for his party and the government, as he was financed minister during the dispute in a statement. so he said, a shame,

revenue and customs concluded that this was a careless and not deliberate error, so that i could focus on my life as a public servant. i chose to settle the matter and pay what they said was ju, what we do know is that the dean brought his tax affairs up to date. so we do know that the tax bill existed because he had launched and grow and run a very, very successful business bearing in my because he came here as a refugee see a free conference and persecution speaking almost no english to a big thumbs at play in the johnson and the how he cases will hardly help the government's position is it holds out from you titles for nurses, ambulance workers, teachers, and trained drivers. one of the things ricky soon had going for him when he took over his prime minister was that he wasn't badly tarnished by the scandals of the forest johnson era despite getting a police fine for attending johnson's birthday party during locked down. but as the

conservative party continues, it's decades long, dance with controversy that fresh start is increasingly looking like a false one. whole race out his era, london. after 3 years of tough karone of irish restrictions, china is celebrating the lunar new year with tens of millions of people traveling to the rural home towns. they'll be a week of events to mark the holiday, but joy over the return of the festivities is mixed with concerns about the number of virus and fred infections across china. katrina, you reports now from the capital beijing. b, all across china. people are celebrating a linear and beginning of the year of the rabbit with dragon dancing, temple fairs and red lanterns. it's the 1st time since the beginning of the pandemic, people are allowed to gather and enjoy these chinese traditions. beating many, chewed for hours to pray. atlanta temple. the most important put aside in the capital city. it's re opened up to strict corona. virus controls kept it shocked during yes, elijah

a little bit hastened. i am really very happy. i haven't seen such a busy scene with so many people for a long time. this is the real atmosphere of the loon ng. yeah. forgot to horner, after all the restrictions were lifted, people became more relaxed. we went through a lot of difficult times during the pandemic. many of the lead the days of corin of irish luck, towns are behind them. last year was the year of the tiger and according to chinese zodiac, it tied with it qualities of disruption and restlessness. and that certainly rang true for many here whose lives were negatively impact by tiny 0 corvette policy. and now it's the new year, year of the rabbit and thousands of come to this temple to pray for a more prosperous and positive year going forward. last year festival banquets were forbidden. now hotels and restaurants are booked out. others feast at home during handmade dumplings and noodles families kept apart by years of travel bands have

finally been reunited in annual gala ed by china's state broadcaster included much singing and dancing, but masks were nowhere to be seen. corn of virus infections surged after the sudden lifting of restrictions in december. at least 70000 people have died. but while some a morning of his believe the most difficult time has passed the days with many wishing for good fortune and good health. over the coming 12 months, katrina, you al serra staging. now it's not every day that an amateur choir gets to perform in front of a crowd of thousands. but one group in chile has done just that singing in the grand concert for brotherhood. the event was established as a symbol of unity and is being broadcast around the world to make classical music available to everyone. our latin america editor lucio newman reports now from santiago to his former central railroad station,

influenced by french architect who starved a fate of eye for tower fame. is not the usual venue for a classical musical concert. ah, it's the dress rehearsal and every one is nervous. especially members of the choir who like ignacio said bull that i have been practicing for 6 months. you would have a friend told me that nonprofessional singers were being auditioned for a choir. at 1st i was terrified that the choir director trains you and gives you confidence to sing even difficult pieces. oh, he's part of a citizens choir, who long with professional musicians and students are donating their time and talent for what will be a massive free concert before more than 5000 people. oh, it's the brain child of orchestra director, alexandra rubia, who wants to bring classical music closer to all people,

not just an elite. we want to bring to their, to their world's their community, to a, to our country. this message of brotherhood. ah, this message that we can all do wonderful things together in spite of our differences. ringback you are hearing the gun mina wouldn't and that my girl mournfully, it's about life as a wheel of fortune one that goes up or down without any warning. and that's a concept that's very up to kick lily over the last 3 years. ah, the next day the cultural center is filled to the brim and downtown santiago, as the concert begins. ah, this is the 3rd grand clumps of from brotherhood held in chile. ah,

meant as a symbol of unity in times of civil strikes, war and pandemic, st. it's been broadcast around the world, free of charge. still, it's not the same as experiencing this lives. everyone who plays their feelings of about what they're playing, and when your life in life concert, you can fuel these emotions. and you can also feel the emotions of the people sitting next to you when the concert ins rude, dia, invite the public to sing the 1st movement. classical music experience that the organizers hope to spread well beyond chili's borders. to see in human al jazeera santiago, ah.