the police, why did it take so long for them to respond to the attack? why have they not designated this? it better is to attack. and why wasn't security provided to the punch you sent it, offered it had earlier asked for we the kurdish women are still asking for justice . and now again, now blood is spilled in france. we are angry and the french state is responsible. the protests have come down here in paris. the police and security services are out in wards clearing the protest is but the anger in the streets of protest video, the killings have pushed amid among frances, my good community protests in other cities as well. they want to know why an attack on a minority community isn't being designated a terrorist attack. ah, rushes foreign minister visits south africa part of

a push to build ties as moscow grows increasingly isolated because of its war in ukraine. ah, play you're watching al jazeera life from jo. how with need for the back to go. also coming up a massive power outage in pakistan, almost 200. 20000000 people, all without electricity. after a wide spread break down in the national grades protest, cindy occupied westbank as israel times to demolish a village to make way for more illegal settlements. and hong kong welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors from mainland china for lunar new year's celebrations. after covey 19 restrictions were left ah, thank you very much for joining us. poland says it is seeking approval to send

a german made tongues to ukraine. berlin is coming under increasing pressure to approve their export. a meeting of e u foreign ministers is underway in brussels, where the issue is being discussed. and while moscow has been squeezed by international sanctions because of its invasion of ukraine, it's foreign minister is in south africa to drum up support in a moment will be speaking to family, to mila, who is in pretoria forest. but 1st, let's go live to berlin and domini canes. so dominic is ukraine going to get the military hard way it's asking for that's the central questions being posed by many different e u leaders, nato country leaders. the no question about that. the answer lies squarely with the chancellor. here in berlin, all of shots, his colleague, his cabinet colleague, foreign minister, annabel bought from the green party. speaking over the weekend said a specific question. asking for the release of leopard to tanks has not been put to

the german government. and if it were put to the german government and the german government wouldn't stand in the way of the release of those tax. quite a wordy phrase being used there. but the essence seeming to be that germany doesn't want to stop other countries who bought leopards to tax from germany, passing them on to ukraine. but the devil would be in the details as to how that would happen. how many tanks would be released from which countries, what sort of state of service ability those tanks would have. lots of questions built up there. and the important thing to stress here is it's all of shots who has the final sanction and he has not gone as far as his cabinet colleague in seeing what he would like to see happen with those tanks. one other thing to point out today, a consignment of patriot missiles and some armored personnel carriers are making their way eastward from eastern germany to poland. remember that on the 5th of january, the german government said that it would dispatch patriot missile systems and

armored personnel carriers to help ukraine while they are on their way. but they're going to be stopping in poll. dominic came in berlin. thank you very much for that . that meanwhile rushes foreign minister sergey love. rob is in south africa for talks. he's been meeting with the foreign minister natalie, deb pandora, now lady pandora in pretoria. last week, south africa military amounts planned to hold joint exercises affix coast with china and russia. south africa is among the countries that have st from voting in the united nations to condemn russia invasion of ukraine. we all in sales are in favor of fir feast low resolution of disputes and will be will be bold. his regular will discuss, negotiate with solution to any conflict on earth in september, president zelinski, sorry, signed the degree, prohibiting all ukrainian officials to negotiate or innocent with the russian

figuration. so, i believe it is absolutely obvious as regards to the origin of the problem of political negotiations. our sincere wish that the conflict currently between russia and ukraine will soon be brought to a peaceful land through diplomacy and negotiation. as we believe this is the desire of all of us in the globe. all those common sieges hurried to were held before the 2 foreign ministers met. they are currently now holding a news conference in pretoria or the visiting russian foreign minister speaking there. let's bring in family males falling all the developments for us in pretoria . tell us about what they've said so far and the significance of this visit by figure labs off to south africa will. the

to foreign ministers are answering questions from journalists some around these by natural talks. and of course, i have tried to get answers on the situation in ukraine and rushes plans for a negotiated settlement, which that country has said it is willing to enter. but that western powers and both ukraine have made it difficult to do so, and that this is, it's that, that's it's position and that's what south africa's also supported negotiated sept settlement as well as diplomacy within the united nations. but we also know that south africa abstained from a vote within the u. n. wanting to condemn rush out for its role in ukraine, its actions. they know what this visit really is being used for. the analyst would say, is really russia wanting to cement relations with various african countries across the continent. and this comes just a 6 months after the russian foreign. mr. sog oliver of last visited to africa,

that time countries like uganda and egypt. and in many of these instances, we've seen plans to boat nuclear plants, military cooperation, as well as a number of economic and trade agreements. and we know that this continues to be the case with south africa with those naval exercises coming up in just up months time. and that's one of the questions as were put to the ministers in terms of criticism of this, a deepening relationship, especially within the bricks grouping. that's brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. and their response was that bill is a double standard. the why are countries like the united states allowed to have these military exercises whenever they're please, and they're not criticized. and when it comes to developing nations, and that's the word for man, on $80.00 door, south africa's foreign minister when it comes to developing nations, they are questioned and they're criticized. a south africa is a sergeant, sovereign territory. and it's of africa's brackets of to enter into these type of

exercises with any of the friends it chooses. this essentially is the aim around rushes visitor, a cementing these relationship with african countries. and in south africa, specifically they have a willing audience. oh we, they essentially tried to deal with the existing job political relations relations and russia, looking at alternative or friends allies as specifically in africa, away from the west where the increasingly isolated thank you for that family dinner live there in pretoria. hey, now the world news, much of pakistan has been paralyzed by a power outage. the country's energy ministry 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, a 40 se efforts to restore the system on the way, but that could still take several hours. come on, hider has more from his lam,

a bought power is being restored to several great units. 117 green units in islam about a loan was affected by power of god was suspended to those great stations. and we are now seeing a graduate, done no follow as the electricity department come to grips with the crisis. but as you can see behind me, you see a bunch of people sitting out. i did this is there still. busy was which relies on electricity for welding and these people are waiting for electricity. so it means that will be a loss as far as their business is concerned. that it also concern across the country that august on it already experiencing frequent pop outdated budget effect in industrial output. several major industries shutting down also got of a foreign exchange and raw material crisis. so such breakdowns of gods do not all go

well for august ons economic recovery. now according to the paula minister, this was the loss of frequency which led to a chain reaction several high power lines. busy in baluchistan and of course also disrupted forward too many great stations across the country, paralyzing almost all walks of life. but we are. busy dead forwarded now being restored. busy in many parts of the country show about it is an energy expert and an economic and not analyst. he says the energy crisis in pakistan is due to a lack of investment in the power sector. at the moment, most of our students up down in viet experiencing this cd is power shortly since money. and just to concluded it, the power is the lifeline of a country. and you know, if someone is suffering with this shortage,

how can they be able to survive and move in the present that they're the one is progressing a lot and you are looking behind just because of the non reliability. however, a sufficient ammonia which is required to go at present b on picking one was 33 percent shorted. and this is not just because off the blessings of this country, or if there is any shortage off for other resources, you only thing is can be, are making it do mainly to you could say into that the only thing is that the bad governments and at the same time, the improper utilization of resources, you know, our policies. so the grid is such an outdated and we have been experiencing of assistance. and still there is no

investment. seriously, there is no investment in our sector. residents of a bed when village and the occupied west bank that threatened with demolition, say they want to move israel far. right. national security minister mob and giver has demanded the kind of settlement to be destroyed in 2018 israel supreme court approved a plan to bulldoze it to make way for illegal is ready settlements. the court now asking the government why this hasn't happened? about 240 bedouins live in the village and surrounding area intense and shocks. their families were there long before the construction of the 2 closest, illegal settlements my domain and cough and domain for sediment activists. one kind of mar demolish, so they can be connected that would leave juice when surrounded by israeli settlements and spit the occupied west bank into neither. abraham has more from

cannon lama. palestinians are protesting here against the visits by israeli could members over there, they are members of the ruling party in the government of benjamin netanyahu and israel. and they are calling for the demolition of the mud village. now 2018. these really supreme court greenlighted the demolition, but as many palestinians save international pressure, the i c. c prosecutor, even warning that this could constitute a war crime, transferring people living here. so, but they're all renewed calls now and there is a court case in the israeli court against the government. not demolishing the structures here. and now as far as people here tell us, they have no intention of going anywhere. we're seeing children that have been born after 2018 after the courts, green lighting, the demolition and palestinians say they want to build on their lands and they have

nowhere else to go and jump in when it will dinner. and i want to know there are 3 general sincere our children will raise their families here by car grandparents did were here before the settlement for our doman will establish in 1984. but we have been here since 952 before the occupation of people here say that their simple way of life has always been on the threat living under israel's military occupation. but they're saying that now that threat is becoming more and more eminent. they're telling us that the only thing they're left with is persevering and economy heading towards recession defects of brick set and mass strikes and making life difficult for british prime minister racial. so not, 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 re 3 for some 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. he was trying to show he could lead britain out of the gloom and scandals of recent years. now you can follow my progress. i progress has been hauled to come by for the man who became prime minister in october, and the controversy that dogged his predecessors hard to shake off the rude, 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 the to man he appointed as chairman of the b. b. c. had previously helped him secure 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. 6 months after johnson was forced from office for one scandal to many of the day before their chairman, not in the hall,

we apologize for a careless error having been reportedly forced to pay $6000000.00 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 finance minister during the dispute in a statement. so har, we 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 fairs up to date. so we do know that the tax bill existed because he had launched and grow and a very, very successful business, barely michael's. he came here as a refugee green, corporate and persecution. speaking almost no english at all. a big thumbs at play in the johnson. i'm the how we cases will hardly help the government's position is it holds out from you pay deals for nurses, ambulance workers, teachers,

and trained drivers. one of the things where she 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 a decades long dance with controversy that fresh start is increasingly looking like a false one. whole race out his era london. and still had on the show. the main suspect in the mashing in california kills himself after i stand off with police. ah, we've had some record setting cold in the northeast of china. hi, there were talking temperatures about minus 50, so this is called their out of seberio painted on the color start the blue and the

purple, the lower the temperature. i mean, look at harbin. this could be your coldest nights of the season at minus 35 and when we get this cold air leaking out of siberia over that c, that gives us c and do snow for honju and her kado. but it's running up and down japan's main island of honshu, and there's a bitter cold through the korean peninsula as well. pyongyang talk temperature of minus 4. now really it's south of the yang see river valley. we're temperatures. not too bad. grey lin, looking good with the high 14 degrees and off to india. we go active whether toward the northwest, some sundry downpours. here i think we may even see some hail mixed in that includes for new delhi and blanket it in rain across small, deep getting ready for another cold snap through pakistan. karachi, 23 degrees. somewhat weather for as long as bad and snow up against the foothills of the himalayas after the middle east. and it's a bit of disorganized rain falling rate across a saudi arabia. but that is also coming into the golf as well. so another chance of

showers in doha, on tuesday with a high of 21 degrees. that's it, that's all susan. ah, but this isn't my story. it's the story of my friend jesus. i'm. 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 will stand up and solve it because no one else is gone. way there is a witness documentary on a just, you know, lou.

lou, welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera authorities in pakistan are working to restore electricity after a nation wide power outage. the energy minister blames a fault in the national grid. nearly 220000000 people are affected protesters of gathered at a bedouin village in the occupied westbank that threatened with demolition in 2018 israel supreme court approved a plan to pull those comma to make way for illegal is really settlements. and russia's foreign minister said, love rob is in south africa for talks. he has been meeting the foreign minister and lead deep front door in pretoria. south africa is among the countries that abstain from voting in the united nations to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine. well, relations between russia and south africa go back decades since the cold war, iraq,

russia, through its support behind the a and c, and it's struggle to end apartheid in 1993 south africa is also a member of the brakes. it economic and security block that includes brazil, russia, india, and china. uneasy even chairing this year's summit. and in recent years, russia has utilize its relationship to expand political, economic, and military goals across africa. in fact, it is the biggest supply of arms to the continent. can be surfer kuda is a political, i'm lutheran senior research fellow at africa, asia dialogues. he says, despite historic ties, this little support in south africa for the russian invasion of ukraine by the group in noonan, africa, and his other skin general is telling against russia. given that we continually seeing those disturbing pictures all want on destruction of infrastructure and killing of innocent women and children, and just general mayhem. so i think the psycho love ross is here to want to try and explain to sort of against why they have done what they're all the point you to do

. what it doing and rush opportunities also to to, to an extent, you know, reassure africans in south africa. that the flow of goods, particular grain that will be coming from a ukraine to will reach the shores of african countries. of course, no, not spending that russia got no control of that ticket, got much more control because they control the waters that to visually lead to the mediterranean and eventually to various roles in africa. the other point is that sort of a case assumed to be president of bricks and russia and china all pushing for the expansion of brick. so i think one of the discussions that we'll be having with melanie to bundle the they did the minister to lisa relation some cooperation for a few days to no labels, the foundations. and by the time the summit to occur, or k is later on this year, the bricks i'm, it's at least those folks that have taken place. turkish president, russia, ty, vedo on, has confirmed his bringing national elections forward

a month to may 14 opinion polls shall both the presidential and parliamentary elections will be tight, making the meadow and biggest test in his 2 decades leading tech. here, the opposition has yet to announce who it's presidential candidates will be belief in the usa to california, say the main suspect in a mash shooting has been found dead 72 year old who can trans shot himself after he was cornered in a car park. officers believe he opened try at a ballroom dance studio in a town east of los angeles on saturday, killing at least 10 people. rob reynolds has more 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 a dispute 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 cuz the bar i'm dancing studios where i go dance am in the evenings with friends and i was a hit 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. and come for them to go to sleep. the killings came at the lunar new

year. normally a joyous family oriented festival. moderate 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 alger 0, monterey park, california people have marched across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of the roe. v wade, rolling the landmarks supreme court decision. guaranteeing women the right to an abortion was overturned. last june, giving individual states the authority to impose their own voice. pregnancy terminations have since been banned or a severely restricted age, 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 to abortion bands by increasing access to medication used 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 pearl rescue, team savvy, evacuated more than 400 visitors stranded at the toys side. much pitcher anti government protests in the area damaged the rail tracks, leading to the side,

forcing it to close indefinitely. mass demonstrations continued in the capital lima on sunday. protesters are calling for prison. deena bald, wanted to resign, and for the release of former president federal casio, he was arrested in december after being ousted from office. the lunar new year has been celebrated around the world. people in hong kong are ushering the year of the rabbit in for the 1st time since the beginning of the coven. 19 pandemic. the territories 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 a 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. from leon, i'm 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 sharp economic downturn. but many want to put all that behind them. this is the 1st learning new year holiday since hong kong east. most of it's covered 19 regulation temples around the city, a resuming constant that weren't allowed when panoramic rules was still in place, worshippers and visitors returned to this temple. since we started its practice of burning incense this week, i think a descriptor 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 are crossing the border with hong kong for the 1st time in 3 years. a sang an idea sla, we visited many times before, defended make one or we come promotions and, and we love hong kong, the ro, network suspended operations in january 2020 and only resumed them this month

zombie. 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 describing a confidence that when the mobility is that would be like a repel. second course growing mol, growing, and also supporting the business that already has been 3 years. suffer from the panoramic. as people gather the festivities with their families, many a hoping this year will be much better than the last. jessica washington out to 0, uncle. ah, no, i'm fully back table with the headlines on al jazeera holland says it's seeking approval to send a german made tongue see ukraine gemini is under pressure.