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a wide spread breakdown in the national. great. ah, hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. i'm fully back to bore also a head, the main suspect in a my shooting in california kills himself after 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. welcome thousands of visitors from mainland china for learning new year's celebration. softer cove 19 restrictions are lifted. ah much of pakistan has been plunged into darkness. the country's energy minister says the national power grades went down early monday morning, causing a wide sprague down in the power system. nearly 220000000 people without

electricity authority say effort to restore the system on the way. but that could still take several hours. and go live to our correspondent in it's a bad come on hide a, come on. what's the latest? any progress made to restore power where they are toward a gauge, particularly the ministry for ball. and the minister is saying that they are trying to solve this problem that a great day, maybe up to 12 hours before they just started out. they blaming a truck to asian end up frequently, which led to the shut down of the grid station and all sort disrupted. and i several power lines, major power lines. i think w just on province read lead to the city of karachi. this is not the 1st time that that happened. the 2nd time since the new minister for power to go. he had said

that there will be an investigation. and when that happened last time, people got across august on the water that read the minister is even competent enough to deal with this crisis. however, for a long that would lead to a chain reaction. but main disruption and power supply. water supply, 32 major cities. the concern department is saying that they are gone further and that the fall will be restored to $117.00. a great station like the one you see behind me. barbara had been suspended today. married and bought a loan, major city, the garage bucket on now facing the outage and also the ministry saying that they are trying to restore and have partially restored power to critical infrastructure at ports and installations. come on, what does this mean for

a country that's already dealing with so many challenges and economic crises and energy crisis as well? well, and you did a huge concern because as you mentioned, the challenges are multiple foreign exchange shortage within the country. that means the banks are not able to open and see thousands of container stock get the garage you bought this raise. and while we're at, it also affected the industry because they've been suffering several odds of forward outages even before that particular major breakdown. show many industries have shot down. there is i've got going to be a knock on effect on fuel prices because the country now wants to go back to that. i met very loud package. dog ready. i met started when the government was not able

to meet the strict conditionality of the i m f. so all kinds of trouble then this particular one effort for a long. i would also mean lots of time and money when it comes to industrial outboard and i've got affecting everybody in our daily life. thank you very much for that. come, all hider is correspondent in islam about pakistan. in the world, news police in the us state of california, see the main suspect in a mass. shooting has been found dead. 72 year old who can trans shot himself after he was cornered in a car park. 5 police officers believe he opened fire at a bow room dance studio in a town east of los angeles on saturday, killing at least 10 people. rob reynolds has more from monterey parks. 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 scene. 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. congresswoman judy chew represents the area. there are also other rumors about this being. i had to spin ah, by a has fan 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 cuz 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 okay. i'll 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. there's been some encouraging use for ukraine about the delivery of german made tanks. germany's foreign minister has told frank television, it will not stand in the way if poland decides to send its leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. that comes as french president demanded. michael host, said german chancellor, olaf sholtes for the 1st face to face franco gemini,

summit since 2019 bennett smith report, some paris the lines between france and germany is often described as the engine of the european union. its been sputtering since last year when emanuel micron cancelled this meeting after a series of disagreements with berlin over defense and energy policy in the wake of the war and 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 27 can agree. so we are in that process at the moment on different issues. one is obviously, are 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 sent 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 about emanuel micron, says france is not ruled out sending its tanks, but needs to consider 3 criteria. didn't bah, commonly thought 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. in 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 ukraine, 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 weston weapons, h t crane 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. as his lavadini said, politician is the u. s. germany 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 sundays a day when 2 territories, one by ukrainians, agreed to unify in 1919 this year the nation observed the de united in the fight against russia's invasion attack about larry porson cave. if 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 nash, 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 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 a few of hers which are independence and autonomy that united for me this day means we are together and defending our values with our lives. keeps pass on bridge spans that denise 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 canceled the offense this year because of the work to mark the de former british prime minister bars. 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, the u. k. will be sticking by ukraine for as long as it will cover it on you're able to not bought hillary wise. you own a, typically while you are going to, you're going to win and you're going to get all 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 leopard 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. oh, it's ashley butler, al jazeera keith, an economy heading towards recession. the facts of breck sits and mass strikes are making life difficult for british prime minister wishes. so knock, he's only been in office for 3 months, but he's already facing the types of scandals that led to the downfall of former prime minister boys johnson. all research for some london. now i'm out and about seeing leveling up in action all across the country today getting falling for not wearing a seat belt in this instagram very. i was hardly the look of that richie sooner was going for this week. he was trying to show he could lead britain out of the gloom and stumbles of recent years. now you can follow my progress. progress has been hauled to come by for the man who became prime minister in october. and the controversy that talked his predecessors hard to shake off

a little bit. former 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 as chairman of the b. b. c, had previously helped him secure alone of nearly $1000000.00. big deal, said johnson spokesman, but that is what the trickle of sleaze is becoming for britain's ruling party. 6 months after johnson was forced from office for one scandal to many the day before that chairman, not in the hall, we apologize for a careless error, having been reportedly forced to pay $6000000.00 to you. 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 finance minister during the dispute in a statement. so he said h m 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 do. what we do know is that the deem brought his tax verse up to date. so we do know that the attached will existed because he had launched and grow and run a very, very successful business bearing michael's. he came here as a refugee green conference and persecution, speaking almost no english to the big sums at play in the johnson. and the holly cases will hardly help the government's position, as it holds out from you. pay deals for nurses, ambulance workers, teachers, and trained drivers. one of the things where he soon had going for him when he took over his prime minister was that he wasn't badly tarnished by the scandals of the parish 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, sheila, head on al jazeera,

will tell you why israel supreme court has forced promise to benjamin netanyahu to fire one of these ministers. and through the most popular tourist estimation close indefinitely because of ongoing problems. ah, going back to work back to school. here's her forecasts for monday, across europe and africa. nice to see her. so right off the bat, we've got soaking rain for the eastern shore of the adria to see that energy is moving east across the balkans. and it could give us the renewed threat of flooding in this region. and colder air is being dragged down through the boss for it. so it's stumble has a top temperature of 11 degrees and for the other side of the mediterranean active whether through the valley, eric c. but this is going to spin up into

a proper storm system on tuesday. that's one part of the story. the other part is this cold air. so here's what you're waken up to on tuesday morning dark the blue, the lower the temperature, madrid minus 2. it's also been cold in england is wall temperature is minus 6 minus 7, but by day london up to 4. but we've got this southerly push of air. so for the republic of ireland, dublin you're up to 11 degrees. and with that active weather in the mediterranean, it's giving us showers in wind for the coastline of algeria and new z. alger is just the temperature of 9 degrees, but check suppose that's what's going on in south africa. the provinces of how tang and close to the tell, got heat wave conditions here. and a tropical storm that ruled through madagascar could re intensify in the most and b channel. but for now it's giving us pouring rain for the west coast and madagascar on monday. ah, join africa is premier trade. i mean, basement the beam team cut deep were intra african trade fair gives you access to

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minister blames a fault in the national electricity grade. authorities are working to restore the system. police in the u. s. state of california say the main suspect in a mash 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 near los angeles on saturday, killing at least 10 people and germany foreign minister says it will not block poland. if it decides to send its leopard to tie, see ukraine. nato allies have been putting the pressure on chance for olaf short so decide whether to supply to supply keith with the tax or the u. s. says it's captured to members of i saw in syria, us central command, says the opperation will disrupt the groups ability to plan and carry out attacks in the area. my cana has more from washington. well a reminder about the ongoing us led coalition operations in easton, 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 tons base base where there are some 900 us soldiers stationed. that came under attack by drones to drones was shot down the 3rd drone actually hit the encampment, injuring 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 us space in the north of syria. now you've got a us lead raid in eastern syria, capturing to members of iso as the u. s. claims. people have marched across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of the roe v wade ruling. the landmark supreme court decision guaranteeing women the right to an abortion was overturned, last june, giving individual safety authority to impose their own rules. pregnant combinations of since been banned. or severely restricted in 14 american states is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fired a senior cabinet member, the ultra orthodox shas bonnie leader aria dairy served as the interior and health minister. it's now was forced to suck him after the supreme court ruled. he could not serve because of a conviction for tax offenses. the government is facing growing criticism over its plans to reform the judicial system. marsha hawkinsville omen. shala's. what we see

is not a government as a circus. netanyahu is weak him, but he needs to appoint a full time health and interior minister. the cabinet meeting today, minister dairy was fired because of corruption with the so did on that now has described the ruling to fire dairy as regrettable, end, indifferent to public. well, it wasn't 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 the can. i said in return for a light, a sentence, but he was appointed in netanyahu's cabinet after the new government passed legislation allowing anyone convicted without a custodial sentence to become a minister. critic said this could also help netanyahu with his ongoing criminal cases. he's currently standing trying for bribery fraud and breach of trust charges . he denies him. ron con has more from west jerusalem pro. mr. benjamin netanyahu

was a fuson. he actually said that he was far 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 leslie. yahoo will include shots taking a shower politician taking over aria diaries, a 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 courts of this kind of power, the power to reverse parliamentary decisions. now it was a 10 to one ruling by the supreme court, or did nitty gritty of it is it? there were lots of various different decisions. but overarching decision was a year ago when ari dory 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. and when he steps back into the court room is found to be into politics

. rather 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 reform. rescue teams in pearl have evacuated. more than $400.00 visitors stranded at the tories side, match a picture. anti government protest in the area, damage to rail tracks, leading to the side, forcing you to close indefinitely. mass demonstrations continued in the capitol on sunday. protests is accounting for president din about wanting to resign. and for the release of former president federal castiel, he was arrested in december after being ousted from off alone a new year. it has been celebrated round the world people in hong kong, ash wayne, the year of the rabbit for the 1st time since the beginning of the covey. 19

pandemic, the territories welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors from mainland china. jessica washington reports from hong kong. at home called won't i? soon temple fell into welcoming the year of the rabbit. 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. like i wish to have good health earn 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 kill and play worshipers. 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 an idea, cilla we visited many times before to pandemic. one we come from chanson 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's reason for some optimism, this great thing or confidence that when the mobility is, that would be like a repair all sectors growing, mol, growing and all wide supporting the business that already has been 3 years suffer from the pandemic. as people gather that a steve it is with the families many

a hoping this year will be much better than the last. jessica washington out to sierra uncle, now french aircraft enthusiast, has turned his passion into art. a shop in paris is packed with old pies that are given a 2nd dash. here's the story. any song ways, water, waterbury, you're far mother was just, you know, my name is jeff huckman. i've had this shop for 40 years. hello, recycle and re purpose apples and with that un water shooting maniachi don't i mean all of their planes. they're so beautiful and have you if a bane is beautiful, its parts are too few. i'm surrounded here by pieces that are totally exceptional, is had to ruin. they, the more they to treat once a planes dismantle the pieces, get used in the propellers have always been preserved and put on the walk off. i'm just giving these objects a 2nd life, like on more to the color, he is a trends. now ecologists say recycle everything. i've been doing that for, for to years. i've been recycling planes for 40 years and leaving nothing behind an

area like realty on, on regular commer into many customers coming to the store because they see it. and think of grand kush the famous sculptor or maybe they just find it beautiful because of the reflections. it's quite magical, had nothing but he or he, a fellow called me, my grandfather only performed the welsh 1st official flight to a point and back again. the wright brothers had already done one, but they didn't want witnesses. so he did the 1st official, close circuit flights, one meg home air, and more period. the leo not. and i guess my grandmother and grandfather went to a store and bought garden chairs and they used them to turn this playing from a bummer into a passenger playing. that's how my family started. the 1st airline in europe on your company again, on the up. the said company book who goes the company grew and a few years later it merged with 3 other companies. that's how air france was born . capital la jolla succeed very quickly, aviation became so successful that my grandfather began to train people and sell planes with a no more. gorski production grew enormously and our big factories were in bologna

bianco, where we manufactured more than 20000 planes. whereas veneer keller, led with him dead. i was born just after the 2nd world war. and my father had been a fighter pilot. he used to tell us stories about what he done. they were extraordinary lessons and bravery how dinner was, are there? i caught these 2 other little fella adult. sometimes i go and tell my family story to children in hospitals or in school this time i think eventually the shop will disappear. but i'll be opening a museum in sincerely cold, where i'll display plains in pieces. that's very unusual that the young, the multi genome on file is of you. i went, reassemble them so i can show children and others how and airplanes made. it's like the stores moving there and things simply won't be for sale. anyway, i'm not replaceable. no one is cl plethora. ah.