these big showers, produce landslides and the risk is still there from angola through zambia. probably isn't barbara townsend towards this circulation here. this of course, over madagascar, it's the remains an old shopper cycle. it may well regenerate ah, ah, unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center. oh, now to 0. tough times the man tough questions. what exactly are you asking for you? what troops on the ground, the rigorous debate we challenged conventional wisdom and demand the true upfront with me, mark lamond hill on al jazeera ah a massive power outage in pakistan. almost 220000000 people are without electricity

. after a wide spread breakdown in the national grid, ah, play you're watching al jazeera alive from doe how with me fully bad. people also coming up. the main suspect in my shooting in california kills himself after a standoff with police. finding common ground leaders from france and germany looked to set aside their differences over russia and the war in ukraine. and hong kong welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors from mainland china for lunar new year. celebration after covey 19 restrictions olive tips. ah, thank you very much for joining as much of pakistan has been plunged into darkness . the country's energy minister says the national power grade went down early

monday morning, causing a wide spread breakdown in the power system. nearly 220000000 people are without electricity. authorities say efforts to restore the system are under way, but that could still take several hours. let's go live to our correspondent in islamabad. come out, hyder, bring us up to speed with the latest kemal. any sign at the power could be back up again soon. where the minister has said that it will be restored, but then threat vala then that they're looking into it. you can see great station behind made that 117 great stations in this law bar to which ball has already been suspended. 3 transmission lines in the province of ballou, just on the trip, and also the city of karachi, which is the economic hop, the board date with our forward address. now i can,

i'll make minute story to follow, ministered autumn gate on what saying that end of winter months because that is low consumption at night. done off some of the systems already when they're tried for don on those systems in the morning there was tripping at several points and that led to a chain reaction, shutting down the national grid. this is called the serious issue, the minister saying that they are working on it or tried to restore ball off the ball will be restored to the southern board of garage within the next few hours. and so we shall have to wait and see where the issue are. they're dressed. that is not the 1st time this has happened. buckets on has already been facing power outage in across the country last in several hours. and now the paper lab report up where they said, yeah, and they found it, comes kamala park is funds economy continues to struggle with multiple challenges, including as you mentioned, a severe energy crisis. absolutely

. and that energy cry says top rated read foreign exchange reads a richer genora dime. lo. busy has led to several industry scourging down the price of electricity has already been high. the country was already on a lifeline from the i. a met oliver dorsey dog dog door because of the fact that buggers onward not able to meet the conditions, they're tough conditions of the i m f. now it wants to go back to the i, m f, which means it will be another increase in the ball were all for electricity doubt if our fuel prices, etc. and doug of god's will not all go well for our country. as you mentioned, richard facing multiple challenges on several fronts. come on hind our in islamabad . thank you very much for bringing us to latest ed. hey avenue is police in the usa to california, say the mange, suspecting

a mass shooting has been found dead. 72 year old who can trans shot himself after he was cornered in a compact police offices opened fire, believed he opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in a town east of los angeles on saturday, killing at least 10 people. rob reynolds has been following the devout men from monterey park. a massacre in a quiet community, celebrating lunar new year. 10 people, 5 men and 5 women were killed when a gunman entered the star ball room in monterey park, california, saturday evening. 10 others were wounded. some critically, one of the county's most heinous cases. hours after the killings police in torrence 48 kilometer south west of the crime scene surrounded a white van believe to be linked to the shooting. as officers closed in a single shot was fired from inside the vehicle. at 1252 p. m. r sheriffs,

a swat team approached and cleared the van, and determined the suspect sustained. a self inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the same. investigators conducted a search of the vehicle and determine the mail inside the van was the mass shooting suspect. the gunman was who can train a 72 year old man of asian descent. police said he had several firearms, including a semi automatic machine pistol. police have not disclosed a motive. we want to know. we want to know how something like this, something this awful can happen. and congresswoman judy chew represents the area. there are also other rumors about this being i had to spend, ah, by a husband who are caught his wife, dance, and heir. please say shortly after the monterey park shooting. there was

a related incident at another nearby dance studio who can trans, entered the studio with a gun, but was disarmed by patrons. he was disarmed by 2 community members who i consider to be heroes because they saved lives. this could have been much worse. people in monterey park, a city of 61000 whose residents are pre dominantly, asian american, were stunned by the violence. i was shocked. i was because the bar, i'm dancing studios where i go dancing on monday evenings with friends. and i was the head close to me. you know, my kids were afraid to go to sleep last night because they were afraid, the shooter, my break the windows and come in or something i had to tell them. no, it is so pain, come for them to go to sleep. the killings came at the lunar new year. normally a joyous family oriented festival. lottery park now joins a long list of us towns and cities, scarred by deadly gun violence. what should have been a time of celebration is now

a time of morning in a community that may be changed forever. rob reynolds al jazeera, monterey park, california has been some encouraging use for ukraine, about the delivery of german made tanks. germany's foreign minister has told french television it will not stand in the way if poland a sash descended slept 2 tanks to ukraine, comes as french president mannion macklin. ho, said german chancellor, olaf shows for the 1st face to face franco gemini, summit since 2019 bennet smith reports some paris the alliance between france and germany is often described as the engine of the european union. it's been sputtering since last year when emmanuel micron canceled this meeting after a series of disagreements with berlin over defense and energy policy in the wake of the war in ukraine. differences that affect policy making in the rest of the

e u. every time when there is a major decision to be taken, the 2 countries may have different approaches, but in the end, it's only when they agree that the 27th can agree. so we are in that process at the moment on different issues. one is obviously the ukraine war and how to support ukraine or, and we've seen in recent days that general charles has been under a lot of criticism for his reluctance to send thanks to her to ukraine and from the german chancellor on sunday. still no commitment that he'll give you crane what it wants you was or the u. s. is doing a lot. germany is also doing a lot. we have constantly expanded our supplies with very effective weapons that are already available to day. and we've always closely coordinated all these decisions with all our important allies and friends with france, for example, with the us with other major countries in europe. and of course,

with all those who participate in this discussion of digital. emanuel micron says france is not ruled out sending its tanks, but needs to consider 3 criteria, didn't bah, common itself. it could do firstly, as we have been able to do since the beginning, that it does not escalate. secondly, data could bring will effective support or ukrainian friends senior. and for this, we must consider the capacity to maintain them and operational conditions and training. both leaders reaffirmed a commitment to support ukraine as long as necessary latvia lithuania, and estonia of added to the calls from other countries to send tanks to crane piling the pressure on berlin. the new german defense minister says he'll visit keith soon. he can expect one subject to dominate the agenda. bernard smith, al jazeera paris. russia has responded by saying western weapons, aid to ukraine will trigger a global catastrophe. in a statement on telegram,

the speaker of the lower house of parliament warned of a more powerful response from moscow badges. lavadini said politicians in the u. s . gemini and france must realize their responsibility to humanity and that their decisions are caught leading the world to a terrible war. meanwhile, ukraine marked unity day on sunday. it's a day when 2 territories run by ukrainians, agreed to unify in 1919 this year the nation observed the de united in the fight against rash as invasion. a tasha burglary for some keith. you've done all the sweeping landscapes and picturesque views of ukraine before the war. as president followed him. is lensky gave a special video address for unity day commemorating modern ukraine's formation. more than a century ago. young 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 shall graham. since russia invaded ukrainians have come together to defend their country for some unity day is a fitting symbol for a shared experience. some a feel for which our independence and autonomy that unite us for me, his day means we are together and defending our rel, use with our lives. keeps pass on bridge spans that the knee 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 world. 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 they the u. k. will be sticking by ukraine for as long as it won't cover it on your will turn on bought hillary wars you own. i suppose you all are. you are going to, you're going to, when you really get russians out of your country, but we will be there for long. ah, johnson's visit comes as western pals have promised more weapons, the cave and prussia continues to build on germany to allow its lepper tanks to be sent to ukraine. keith says it needs all the fi, highly 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. it's ashley butler, al jazeera keith still ahead on al jazeera will tell you why israel supreme court has force benjamin netanyahu to fire one of his ministers and thousands march

across the us tomorrow. what would have been the city of anniversary of the weight? ah all a stormy weather, stormy wintry weather is circulating here around the central mediterranean. the adria tick, that's pretty is going to rain and snow weakness as fast as our grand tennessee. but the whole year in play, a plane is rather more winter, you might expect from that. it's overcast, that we've had a good dump of snow in poland seminar street as well. jared hubbard. it stopped snowing now. but well, you've got over the top is a pole of low cloud and low temperature. look at these temperatures, the daytime maxim that comes all the way down through france, where the wind exits through their own 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 is cold by day,

but i never really snow's either. but this is more dangerous part. yes, he does see the snow, but when he get persistent rain flooding has been the case. we cindy from hungry down to albania, then it got cold enough the snow, and i think we'll see a 4 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 in french opposite the whole thing expand a little bit. and the recent wants we saw record warms, and ukraine and rain is gonna temperatures back down to where they should be. for north africa part what's happening in the mountains north a, it's a quiet picture, but hot in sas sudan. ah oh for ah

ah, ah lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. a reminder of our top stories. pakistan has suffered a nationwide power outage, nearly 220000000 people are affected. the energy minister blames a fault in the national electricity. great. authorities see they're working to restore the system. police in the usa, the california say the main suspecting of mass shooting is dead. 72 year old who

can trans shot himself after he was cornered by police. officers say he opened fire at a dance studio, niana sanjay lives on saturday, killing at least 10 people. and germany's foreign minister says berlin will not ra poland if it decides to send its level 2 tanks to ukraine. nato allies are putting pressure on transmitter upshaw's to decide whether to supply keith with the time. now in germany, the number of people relying on charity has risen by at least 50 percent in the past year. food banks are overwhelmed with a rising demand and effect. boston be forced from berlin. the war in ukraine and rising cost has force people to rely on the surface. this is food supermarket, no longer want to sell, but all of that is more than happy to buy for 150. it's the only way he can food a nutritious meal on the table. the 6 year old pensioner sat with prices soaring,

it has become impossible to live on his pension of 3 on the $68.00 euros a month. 11 is good. i find i have less and less money, but meanwhile energy costs are going up. i am really struggling to make ends meet. if organizations like this would not exist, it would be a lot harder for me. after registering people can choose from groceries that are about to expire, that have been collected from supermarket. but recently, some people had to be rejected. you to a lack of supply. the people who are coming here. when the number of people increase simply and do we had suffered new registrations, we can only give it to those who are registered here, who here for a long time and to the others. well, this is really the problem. what can we do for them? the same goes for nearly 1000 other food bags in germany. most people here are too embarrassed to be filmed. some told me they don't want their colleagues to see them

depending on food handouts. while this is one of the world's richest countries, inequality has risen sharply and we for months. now, people with jobs and study incomes are turning to these food bags for help to help people cope with high inflation and pay for their energy bills. the government has given relief payments to all germans, but a organisation say more needs to be done. and there's no government talks a lot, but has to do more than what we do this work without being paid normally in a country like this. it should not be the case that we are the one helping these people. for 13 years, hilda had though managed to buy enough groceries to last 4 days. her, this weekly trip to the food bank is painful. why am i going to be in your sunday yet? because they don't give me enough of a pension, i'm being screwed over in this country. parliamentarians are getting 700 years because of the high inflation. and what do we get to 50 years?

seriously, that's nothing. it's terrible how they treat us old people. we've also worked hard to this country that food banks expect even more customers next year with price is not expecting to go down soon. and a possible recession inside steadfast and al jazeera berlin. 5 civilians have been killed in an i'll show bob attack on the mayor's office in somalia as capital markets show fighters storm the building. shortly after the explosion, 6 ounce about fighters were killed and at least 19 people were injured. in the assault journalists, mohammed got bobby, was close to where the attack happened about a block or so away, and then one or 2 explosions that follow one after another. then follow like gunfire. after that gun fires, you can assume that pan chaos. and then that situation began to unfold that the kind of a response to the attack and they were attacking the municipality,

of course, which is equivalent to will be the shoot city. all it's the whole of the office for the mayor of the district. officials meet their local security official residing there. so in what many people believe is that the reason that this place was attacked was because it's a high valid argument either 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 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 government. as you see what is important today, i believe is that what the government is doing today. i think they over estimated their capabilities in the war. and because they've decided to take the warrant to

shout 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. the us says it has captured 2 members of i saw in syria us central command, says the operation will disrupt the groups, ability to plan and carry out attacks in the area. my kind of has a detail some washington. well, a reminder about the ongoing us led coalition operations in eastern syria, in particular. a spokesman for us central command says that to i saw members were captured in a helicopter and ground assault carried out by the u. s. and he says, members of that coalition operate in there, one was described as a facilitator, the other as a facilitator and largest edition. now the spokesman says that once civilian was injured in the attack, he was taken to a nearby hospital and is now being returned to his home. a few days ago,

a us base in syria came under attack the touch base base, where there are some 900 us soldiers stationed. that came under attack by drones to drones was shut down. the 3rd drone actually hit the encampment injury at least 2 democratic syrian fighters. now whether these 2 events are connected, the spokesman did not mention. he did not in any way connect these 2 events. but at the same time you've had a couple of days ago, a drone attack on a u. s. space in the north of syria. now you've got a u. s. lead raid in eastern syria, capturing 2 members of iso as the u. s. claims. turkish president ship type right on says he's bringing national election forward a month to may 14th, opinion poll shall both the presidential and parliamentary elections will be tight, making them want biggest tests in these 2 decades leading to keep the opposition has the to announce who it's presidential candidate will be israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu fired a senior cabinet member, the ultra orthodox shaft body leader. audio dairy served as the interior and health minister and now was forced to sack him after the supreme court ruled. he could not, sir, because of a conviction for tax offenses. the government is facing growing criticism over its plans to reform the judicial system. marsha, horns, almond shala's. let me see is not a government is a circus. netanyahu is week good. he made so a point, a full time health and interior minister. the cabinet meeting today minister dairy was fired because of corruption with the so on this now has described the ruling to fire dairy as regrettable and indifferent to public will. but it was in dairies 1st conviction 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 that message in return for light, a sentence,

but he was appointed in nettie. i was cabinet after the new government passed legislation allowing anyone convicted without a custodial sentence to become a minister. critic said this could also help now with his ongoing criminal cases, his currently standing trial for bribery fraud and breach of trust charges. he denies. a correspondent, a mankind has more from west jerusalem. prime minister benjamin netanyahu was a susan. he actually said that he was fond 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 nessa. yahoo will include charles taking a shells politician taking over aria diaries of position, who's the chairman of michelle's 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 court. all

this kind of power, the power to reverse parliamentary decisions. now it was a $10.00 to $1.00 ruling by the supreme court at disability gritty of it is it, there were lots of various different decisions. but overarching decision was in a year ago when aria doward was convicted of tax violations. yet 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. while he's found to be in contempt of that deal and that's why it was such an overwhelming ruling. like i say it was at 10 to one. but this has made the far right groups within the coalition. a lot more angry than they were before they want this supreme court to be reformed. people have march across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of the roe v wade raleigh. the landmark supreme court decision guaranteeing women the right to an abortion was overturned. last june,

giving individual states the authority to impose their own rules. pregnancy, terminations have since been banned or severely restricted in 14 american states. i want my students to grow up in a country where they have the right to keep themselves safe and protect themselves and make the choices that work best for them. and it's frustrating that you know, i know in new york, we still have it, but i want it countrywide, and i also am afraid that they may come after our rates in new york as well to all the biden administration is trying to help women get around abortion bands by increasing access to medication use for terminations. members of our cabinet and our administration are now directed as of the presidents order to identify barriers to access to prescription medication and to recommend actions to make sure that doctors can legally prescribed that pharmacies can dispense and

that women can secure safe and effective medication. in peru rescue team serv evacuated more than 400 visitors stranded at the toys side. much of pitcher anti government protests in the area. damage of rail tracks, leading to the site, forcing it to close indefinitely. mass demonstrations continued in the capital lima . on sunday protesters calling for president annabelle wanted to resign and for the release of former president pedro castillo, he was arrested in december after being ousted from office. now lunar new year has been celebrated around the world's people in hong kong ushering in the year of the rabbit. for the 1st time since the beginning of the coven 19 pandemic, the territory is welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors from mainland china. jessica washington reports from hong kong. oh, i don't comes, won't i soon? temple felton's and welcoming the here of the rabbits. this temple is well known

for its fortune telling practice known as calcium. most visitors come here with hopes for the coming year. dumb me, i am here to pray for luck. i wish to have good health and more money and stay happy with my girlfriend. with political unrest and the pandemic recent years have been difficult for hong kong, and the territory is now in a shop economic downturn. but many want to put all that behind. then this is the 1st learning new year holiday since hong kong ease to most of it's covered 19 regulation temples around the city, a resuming custom that wasn't allowed went hand demick rules with killing play, worshippers and visitors returned to this temple. since we started its practice of burning incense this week, i think it is good to if the matcher, if before do the new year so that people can celebrate together at west calhoun station, thousands of people from mainland cities across the border with hong kong for the 1st time in 3 years,

a sang and ideas cilla. we visited many times before to pandemic. one, we come from washington and we love hong kong. the ro, network suspended operations in january 2020, and only resumed them this month. family. we are here to visit our feminine hong kong. i haven't seen them for 3 years, and i missed them. economists say the recovery for industries hit hard by the pandemic won't happen overnight. but there is reason for some optimism describing a confidence that when the mobility is that it be like a repair all sectors growing, mol, growing, and also supporting the business that already has been 3 years. software from the panoramic. as people gather the festivities with their families, many a hoping this yoke will be much better than the last. jessica washington out to sierra uncle. ah

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