direct on al jazeera, 2002 was the 5th hottest year on global record stretching back more than a century. government report says 2022 was a bad year for whether 2023 isn't shaping up to be much better already year in california series of severe storms as battered the coast line and the interior of the state closing a number of deaths and up to a $1000000000.00 in damages. climate scientists say the warming is caused by industrial age, heat trapping, gas emissions, which have been rising steeply since the $960.00. they say rapid reductions and emissions are needed across the globe. the slow over 1st. the greenhouse effect. ah, poland says it will last germany for permission to send its let fed tax to ukraine . but we'll go ahead anyway if other countries do the same. jeron

a controversial visit by sagel average south africa, defend this decision to hell joint military exercises with russia and china ah, blow i, mariam to missouri and london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program, focused on works to restore power after its national grid suffers a 2nd break down in months, leaving most of the country in darkness. ah, and brazil's present apologizes for his predecessor and hales a new beginning for relations with argentina on his 1st trip abroad since returning to power. ah, al poland is saying that it was berlin for permission to saint jam and made left

the 2 tanks to ukraine. but it might go ahead, even without their quite approval, if all the countries do the same thing you claim wants the tanks, help it bright a deadlock in his fight with russia and amid intense prussia. germany's foreign minister has now said that belin will not stand in the way of poland if it chooses to send the tanks. dominic cane reports now from the german capital. a consignment of german weapons makes its way eastward. these are elements of a patriot missile battery, which is being deployed in poland. they're being sent there to protect the polls against malfunctioning russian rockets. that may miss targets in ukraine to be around mid poignance and slightest. let's give you told me mr. holland after slovakia is now our 2nd area of operations and the trimming of ukrainians on the patriots instruments also running simultaneously. and therefore, it only makes sense that for the time being this deployment in poland will be limited to 6 months. and then we will have to see how it will continue in the future for payment on phones. but in ukraine,

the need is for tanks. specifically the german manufactured leopard to main battle tank. many analysts consider it to be perfect weapon system for ukraine, which would give it a material advantage of a soviet era tanks which make up part of the russian forces. the leopard too is in the arsenal of many e u countries and several of said they want to give some to the ukrainians, but can't without german permission. since they manufacture the tanks, they hold the re export rights. now poland says it is considering sending them to ukraine even with no german authorization. we will seek disapproval from germany, but this is a secondary issue even if we don't get such an approval and the and we will give our thanks to anyway within a small coalition of countries. even if germany isn't in that coalition for months leopard to issue has been growing an importance in germany,

many politicians from within the coalition and without on now arguing in favor of releasing them, including the foreign minister who told french t v. on sunday. if asked, germany would not stand on the way until night the weapons systems germany is allowed to be deployed to ukraine have been predominantly defensive. but main battle tanks on mostly offensive instruments. ultimately, the decision to allow german made tanks to be used against russian forces in ukraine is one for the chancellor. all our shots, dominant came al, jazeera berlin. so why germany's tanks so vital for battle and ukraine? the leopard tanks were launched in 1979. they've been upgraded several times since then. they're currently around 2000 leopard tanks in 13 european armies, but in varying states of readiness. the leper too is valued for it's for the way in which it can maneuver it's lighter than other comparable model such as britons

challenger tube. it can also hit targets 5 kilometers away. while on the move, they all considered the best option for ukraine than will widely available and use much less fuel than us abrams ukraine says it needs at least $300.00 western tanks to repel a predicted spring russian offensive. so ali hush him brings us monotonous for moscow. moscow has been reacting to news of western weapons supplies to keep the deputy foreign minister, set a gay at yahoo. gov warn dot. these weapons are going to be destroyed by more school. we up go. also down played reports off, long range ballistic missiles to fly from the u. s. to ukraine and said that this is an element of psychological war for now. mosque has been over the past few days, escalating his position with respect to the weapon transfers. dmitri prescribed the spokesperson for kremlin, said that this is taking the whole conflict on another level on that need to be

involved in directing it. this is kind of an attempt to a deepened that he looked and see on the european side may lead in germany. back to ref. gov. he said that the you, as some buses go to moscow, the new ambassador will arrive within the coming days and issues between moscow and washington are going to be discussed with the new ambassador still on the diplomatic front, a more strong announce that it's downgrading it's relations with sonya following, to leans downsizing of the you of the russian embassy there. on another note, the fs. be the russian foreign belgian service said that they have reliable sources . a stating that the ukranian army is a stock, quietly weapons and nuclear plant in nuclear. well, in other developments, we're following a top allied ukraine's present law to may zalinski as warning, corrupt officials will be jailed after the most high profile allegation,

since russia's invasion on sunday, anti corruption. police said they detain the deputy infrastructure minister on suspicion of receiving a full $100000.00, kick back to facilitate the impulse of generators. separately, a newspaper investigation accused the defense ministry of overpaying suppliers for soldiers food. ukraine has a long history of corruption. well now russia's farmer says sag oliver off has been meeting his south african count upon pretoria. south africa's government has maintained what it says is a neutral position in the ukraine. conflict is expressed a desire to mediate a number of ukrainians protested in the city of pretoria. as the meetings took place after his defendant plans it, sir, announced that his military house just last week till joint exercises off the coast with china and russia and joint use conference leverage, blasted western nations of sending billions of dollars of weapons to keith and his south african counterpart expressed hope for a diplomatic solution to the war. 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. we all in favor in favor of for useful resolution of disputes. benzo will be will be bold, his regular discuss, negotiate of solution to any conflict growth in september, president zelinski, sorry, the slide, the green bridge, shooting all ukrainian officials to negotiate on it with the russian federation. so i believe it is absolutely obvious as regards to the origin of the problem of political negotiations. ah,

power, sorry, being restored to large parts of pakistan on the electricity grid failed, leaving millions of people in the dark. nearly 220000000 have been impacted by the power cost, which highlights the weekend for structure of heavily indebted country. my efforts to restore power as the evening to one, many homes was still in darkness. the 2nd major, great failure in 3 months, and millions of people suffer from blackouts nearly every day. come on hider has more from islamabad for the 2nd time since this new government doke power in april after the award of no confidence against m. ron con, the country has seen a major breakdown in the country, electricity power system. today, august on experience, yet another outage, the 2nd and they have gone to the affected life across the country. where did that

deal? woke her in islam abad. they depend on electricity, so they can use their welding machines, as well as be able to cut that did. but as you can see, this me, but there's we're doing for electricity are done. and that means a lot of our dead rages. they cannot afford to go bob for it spiraling inflation anyway. nobody believe me, i think got to get since morning. we are waiting for the trustees that we could start are daily chores. unfortunately, there isn't any hope. and that has made us worried about how we will make our livelihood for the day. i'm not to go to nobody. they only do it when there was other boys were there. john, we are all day long wage earners and are working totally dependent on electricity, which is cutting and welding and can't be done. the power the shows, the incompetent government was not been able to restore the power this morning and are making it hard for us to earn anything for the day. the bad to add to that frequent power card, which i've got now also affecting our for the falling thick. the can not be fixed

as long as it is in the traditional public sector. and as long as it is controlled from one office. and if we have 9 distribution companies in the country or 10 or whatever it is, whether we're doing the management outsource, whether we're going to privatize whether we will work out something with the better, with the federal government in the provinces. the discourse needs to be fixed by indeed a warning trying for the people of pockets on and order and follow that the country cannot afford to lose electricity on such a large scale. now the world health organization is called for immediate action to protect children from contaminated medicines. after spate of child death linked to cough syrup. last year, more than $300.00 children indonesia, gambia and is becca stone died of acute kidney injury, which the w. h o says might be linked to contaminated syrup,

w h o says the surface of unacceptably high levels of toxic chemicals. once them remove from the shelves, it's 194 member states to prevent more death. the india manufacturers have denied that their products and contaminated the united nations. a chief has been in afghanistan, raising concerns about the rights of women and girls. with the taliban acting. foreign affairs minister mos in griffith visit follows a similar trip by the winds. top female official taliban has ordered aid groups to band most female employees, prompting many agencies to partially suspend operations in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. women have been barred from education and much of public life, marking a major pullback on taliban promises of women's rights. when they came to power again in 2021, it was al jazeera ally from london, more still to bring you on the program. residents of a bedouin village, you know jerusalem refused to move despite israel's far i security minister,

demanding its demolition. the you case, conservative government under pressure is it's party chairman face is called for his resignation, and ambulance workers are on strike again. ah hello, that is more stormy weather to come to southern parts of europe. i'm afraid that's as this area of low pressure continues to hang on bringing some very unsettled conditions to western and central parts of the mediterranean, farther north. another area of low pressure bringing a wintry mix to scandinavia. but across that central part of europe, well, a much improved picture dryer conditions, but still rather gloomy. blessed thought in the south with the worst of the wet and windy weather continues for the islands. a bit of a wintry mix as well for pots of italy and the balkans blizzard like conditions in

some places. and the winds certainly pick up on wednesday, blowing into that north african coast in particular. algeria feeling much cooler weather as well as spain, madrid coming in at 9 degrees celsius. so by the north, it is a dry a picture, but we are going to see the arrival of some rain that says wintery weather slams into scandinavia. there's that band of rain coming in across pots of britain and ireland eventually arriving to the low countries. wintry weather continues for like for the likes of norway, but for western areas of russia, we are going to see some improvement. the temperature slightly picking up in st. petersburg, 5 degrees celsius maximum high on wednesday. ah, ah, to inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism world wide, and to reward merited excellence and encourage creativity to shake him out. award

for translation and international understanding was funded to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged a road and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and world coaches. ah, lou ah, come back with al jazeera live from london, the main stories. now poland says it will cost berlin for permission to send some of its let the tags to ukraine, but it might go head to anyway, even without the approval. if all the countries do the same, germany's foreign minister says, but it will not sat in the way of poland. if it does said the tags. meanwhile

rushes formula to sergey level has been meeting his south african counterpart in pretoria. the joint news conference level blasted west tenacious, for sending billions of dollars of weapons to keith and the power is slowly being restored to large parts of pakistan on the electricity grid failed, leaving millions in the dark. healy 220000000 people have been impacted by the power cuts. now, the brazilian president, who is a nazi lily to silver, is in argentina for his 1st international visit since returning to office. una has met with argentine present, alberto fernandez and apologize for offense is made by his, quote, genocidal predecessor jar ball sanara the pay assigned agreements to boost trade. i will meet all the leaders from the region as a summits on tuesday. 2 presidents also discuss the prospects for a common currency luggage. there must be double throw by one hour. finance

ministers are currently working each with their own economic team to make us a proposal for foreign trade until instructions between the 2 countries that he's doing in their common currency to rebuild after much debate. and many meetings for mayor theresa boy joins us now from when his honors. this is his 1st trip abroad. how is it trying to fix the relationship with some of his neighbors? well we're here right in front of the presidential, the pilot in the center of when are side is where leather cielo was just meeting there with president. i was out of the fight. amanda some this is his 1st flooring trip, but it is not a coincidence. there's been a history and brazil of when a president takes off the 1st country. it visits is argentina that it was suspended while j to was fernando was in office. and that's something that president lethia wants to change. he was supposed to be at the devil's economic forum and he

preferred to stay in the region, trying to strengthen the relationship with other countries. and also in a way we build that relationship with countries such as argentina, just a few minutes ago, there was a press conference happening inside of the presidential palace where lula was asking guy medical for a man based for his forgiveness saying that j 8 of also nato was there very violent had that he was an educated when referring for countries of like argent, tina, that yeah, was when i used to call a socialist country with massive economic problems that he blamed to governments such are of that about at the frontline this among the announcements of where made was a strategic partnerships between argentinean and brazilian companies. the possibility of building a common currency between both countries that were very, you know, when the ask about the specific on the possibility of, if they were, they were just beginning to evaluate the possibility of creating something like this and later on some other countries in the region could join in, but this is very, very preliminary. so lots of discussions going on and this is,

you know, just the beginning of a longer trip on tuesday, precedents from all across the region. we'll be meeting here for a summit, a regional block. i made the offer latin american anc, we be a nation that's going to be happening here in what a site is. but i guess not all of them to raise up because the president of venezuela nicholas madura was expected to attend to his visit, has now been suspended. what happened that let me explain to you what i was supposed to have been when brazil back in 2019 brazil left this block. while edward fernando was in office because cuba and venezuela were part of that role. and one of the 1st things lula did when he 2 coffees, was announcing that brazil was coming back. and that's why it was expected that to venezuela, president, nicola, my, the widow and neil the f. kennedy from cuba were going to be present in this meeting. and my little what's expected to be arriving this monday here to one side

. and we just received an announcement that that was suspended. the reasons behind that is that the venezuelan government to say that there were planned aggressions against my ludo and against the people travelling with him. when we do know that to be plans him went outside, he saw some protest by venezuelans who were forced to flee because of the economic crisis in the country. there were planning to stay some protests against the preference of nicola, although there were wondering why the origin senior government would allow me for my daughter to come to this country, a democratic nation when mother widow has obviously a dictates or in their own country. that's what they were saying. there was also an opposition, a member of the opposition that was calling for a judge to detain my lawyer. he arrived to our agency. now that's very unlikely because he had immunity, but certainly this was not the reception that my router was expected. and what we are being told is that that's one of the reasons why he suspended his trip. thank you very much. from outside the presidential palace there. what is ours to raise

above that been protested bed too in vintage in the occupied westbank that threatened with demolition demonstrations are in response to demands by israel's fall right now. national security minister is a mob been get there. the con, allotment at settlement be destroyed in 2018 israel supreme court approved a plan to bull those it to make way for illegal israeli settlements. the court has given the government until the south of february to explain why the village has not been demolished. about $240.00 bedouins live in the village and the surrounding areas and basic tents and shacks. the families were there long before the construction of the 2 closest illegal is re settlements. pro settlement activist want kind of hardware demolished. so the settlements can be connected. that would leave jerusalem surrounded by israeli settlements and split the occupied west bank in half a day. abraham was at the protest in cornell armour,

policies are protesting here against the visits by israeli code. members over there, they are members of the ruling party in the government of benjamin netanyahu and israel. and there are calling for the demolition of the village. no 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 there are 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 court, a green lighting, the demolition and palestinians say they want to build on the lands and they have

nowhere else to go. just where to go to dinner tonight. there are 3 generations here. our children will read their families here, like our grandparents were here before the settlement for our doman established in 1984. but we have been here since 952 and before the occupation. ringback was 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 perseverance. a judge in lebanon has resumed his investigation into the 2020 bay report blast after a 13 month break. and now its charges against top security officials. more than 200 people were killed when chemical stored in a warehouse caught fire, causing a massive explosion. the investigation has been derailed by legal challenges. on

monday, the judge ordered the release of 5 people, but also announced charges against 8 others, including 2 of the country's top generals and a former army chief. here the chairman of the case ruling conservative party says he'll fully cooperate with an independent inquiry into his tax affairs. and teams are always resisting calls to resign. after details of the multi $1000000.00 dispute emerged, tsar, we set on saturday that he settled the outstanding tax bill of briefly serving as finance minister. last year. the prime minister over she soon act has now ordered an investigation. but mass rights also making life difficult for soon at right now, the 1st time ambulance workers from all 3 unions of walked off the job on the same day. it's prompted warnings for the public to only call emergency services in life threatening situations. as high force, it reports now from london. for the 3rd time and a little over a month. i believe staff ready themselves for a day, a strike action. thousands of members of 3 separate unions working off the job

across much of england and wales, to demand a pay award that keeps pace with the rising cost of living. the message that the service is already stretched beyond its limit. you know, people wait several hours, program dealing say every single day when they not on the strike. so it's not any different today than it is any of the day, unfortunately. and that's the thing that's got to change. that's the reason why we striking for them on the face of a delay. mondays are typically the busiest date i billing services across the country with temperatures in many areas. well below 0 is the day began. the message was to keep emergency 999 lines. as clear as possible when i, when it gets cold, that the number of non non calls go up they, they go up appropriately because people have got certain clinical conditions do suffer more in the code. the public can really help us out, but only phone 999. what it is a life in the merchant see on the picket line in london, managers were coordinating, with striking cruise dispatching them when emergency calls did come in. but the

message was even serious incidents would face substantial delays. less serious ones could expect no ambulance cover at all. the intensification of this strike action looks to be maintained with another 11 strike plan over the next 2 months. the biggest single day of action likely to be the 6, the february. when nurses will join the striking paramedics, the unions insist the solution is in the government's hands. a pay increase of around 10 percent. richie through not is the decision maker is to come back to the negotiating table. get this sorted out. he's the leader of the country to these people and go back to britain's prime minister visiting a mental health unit in the north west of england. once again warned against pay awards, that would go against his goal of reducing inflation. when it comes to payable was that the government is happy to talk about the things, but pay pay negotiations and it has to be based on what reasonable, what fact,

what's responsible for the country entity what's affordable. and those have conversations should take place. and i'm glad that they all put in the short term, that pressure on emergency provision is only likely to increase with knock on postponement to schedule treatments to help work as well. to continue their industrial action are equal sit al jazeera london release in california. still searching for the motive by the math. shooting off to the 72 year old suspects, shot himself, while corner did a car park. 10 people were killed when a gunman opened, fired a ballroom dance studio, east of los angeles, on fat today. gotten violence. all car says it was the 35th mass shooting in the us . just the 1st 3 weeks of the year from monterey park, rob reynolds reports, 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 kilometers 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 mast 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. i'm in the 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. now 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 rentals alger 0, monterey park, california people for a sub 0 temperatures in china's capital bay. jane to celebrate the 2nd day of the week hung in a new year holiday, while a handful of small affairs resumed and begging suburbs. the famously large fares in the city center remained shut despite the government easing its 0, covet policies, residents, and were hon. where covered 19 was 1st detected, 3 years ago, visited a temple to offer prayers and light and light incense. as part of the new year, tradition.