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zalinski vows to root out misconduct. ah, some old matheson this is on the 0 live from doe hub, also kept me up from ukraine to mexico. 2022 was another deadly year. for journalists, we have a special report from some of the most dangerous countries for reporters, another mass shooting in the, in the us state of california. at least 7 people are killed. we of san francisco plus he all the 10 nominees for best motion picture of the we're going to tell you who the top contenders off. this is oscars. ah, if there is president vladimir zalinski says powerful steps are being taken to root out corruption at the highest levels of government. 5 regional governors have been

dismissed from their posts in the countries deputy defense minister has resigned following an allegation that his department overpaid suppliers for soldiers food. the deputy infrastructure minister was detained on saturday. he suspected of getting kickbacks of up to $400000.00 in a deal to import generators. natasha bottles got more in this from keith. the cranium president of law dominion. lensky did indicate on monday, in a new address that he would be making some changes in his ministry following a number of corruption scandals. now, a number of top officials, including the deputy infrastructure minister, the deputy defense minister, i've been fact resigned. also, prosecutor general, the deputy head of the presidential office. so a number of people who are having to set down or have resign because of links to some of these corruptions. candles. now, what followed me as lensky is also trying to do is show western powers that are

pouring in a military aid and financial help to ukraine. that keith is taking this sort of thing very seriously indeed. and the aid and money is being used for the right reason, the not being siphoned off by some government officials of course cleaning up corruption is one of the conditions also for ukraine to do if it wants to be part of the european union. and we know the steps already under way for ukraine to accede to the block. poland us, formerly i germany for permission to send its arsenal of germany leper tags to ukraine. balance has been under increasing pressure for being reluctant to approve delivery of the tanks to 3rd countries. germany's defense minister says berlin hasn't changed his position, but it will make a decision soon. have also to see. i have already encouraged partner countries that have lead time for, for that operational to begin the training of euclidean forces on these tanks.

there is no question at all where this is possible and desired. we are not standing in the way. of course we can only do this ourselves once we have made a decision on how to deal with the leper tanks. dominic cane has more from berlin. the german government has to work out what its position is. we know that some members of the cabinet have said, well, they don't want to stand in the way of countries seeking to re export. the leopard twos that they bought from germany to a non nato country in this case, ukraine. but we also know that for a key policy such as this one key decision, such as this one, it's the say so of the german chancellor which is required. remember also that earlier in the week it was being said by german government officials. that if a request would be received, then it would be dealt with with the swiftness that such a request would require. well, that sounds a little bit like civil service jargon, and yet there is no question or there is a real element of urgency that has been injected into this entire debate. now,

several different factors are at work here. one of the 1st ones is the fact that the leopard to main battle tank is in the arsenals of very many different european nato countries. and that several of said that they want to send those leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. then there is the fact that the main battle tank, the leopard to is perceived by many people as being ideally suited to the sorts of terrain and to the sorts of fighting that they would be used to take part in, in the conflict between ukraine and russia. but then there's also the historical legacy that german governments of whatever political, hugh, half following the 2nd world war, from the frontlines of the war and ukraine to a sharp arising killings in latin america. 2022 was another deadly year for journalists and al jazeera was not untouched. our own correspondent,

chile now barclay was shot dead by the israeli army, while on assignment in the occupied west bank in may world wide, at least $67.00 journalists and media workers were killed last year. the highest number since 2018 and an almost 50 percent increase over 2021. more than half the killings occurred in just 3 countries. ukraine, mexico and haiti each reported their highest number of journalist deaths ever 18 of those killed were local reporters who were murdered in retaliation for their work covering politics, crime, and corruption. our correspondence had this report from some of the toughest places for journalists to operate. 2022 was a deadly year for journalists around the world covering war conflicts, but also reporting and politics and corruption. we've seen journalists targeted for simply doing their jobs. well, ukraine is

a dangerous place for journalists. are often covering stories very close to fighting who the front lines, but what we've seen in this war since february 22 is attacks, can happen anywhere. and at any time now at least 15 journalists were killed in ukraine since the war began in february, amongst them and american, a lithuanian frenchman, but also ukrainians most were killed in the 1st month of the war. but many others have also been injured or even targeted in the course of their work. in latin america, media workers are facing daily challenges last year, british journalist dom phillips was murdered in the brazilian amazon. it 2022 hero matched her. more journalists were killed than any of the country bar ukraine. the committee to protect journalists says that 13 in total died. that's more than they ever recorded in mexico. what are the reasons for that? well, as you would expect, the call tells of the gangs that

a very powerful impart to this country are attacking and threatening journalist, but also authorities. a federal government stop says that 40 percent of the threats and attacks against journalists actually came from officials. a lot of times those are local ones, it's local journalists here in the hinterlands of the country that are most affected by this journalists have been under attack over the last decade, we've seen press freedom regress in the philippines. we've, we, we've now shocked to at the press freedom index where 147 out of one ab countries around the world. last year radio, an online commentator percival, nevada, was gone down inside a gated village investigation, revealed that the former prisons, chief of the philippines, gerald montague was a mastermind. but it's not just the killings abs. cbs, the country's largest deuced network still cannot broadcast on. we do air tv. there is hope. however, maria reza,

the nobel prize winning journalist. she's been cleared the past evasion charges, though she still faces several cases in court. and her news outlet rattler still is in danger of closure. is really forces target at the and shot and just either journalist cheating awfully. while she was on assignment in janine she was a household name and veteran journalist whose colleagues looked up to and for that for her killing to go without accountability even though she was killed in front of the camera, just gives you an idea how difficult it is and how high the price is for journalists in palestine just last year, 117 journalists were subjected to a tax buys in military, according to the palestinian journalists indicates in 2023. doesn't look any better . leaders from latin american, i'm caribbean states are meeting for their annual summit in argentina. the ongoing situation. peruse, going to be top of the agenda, but the groups also going to discuss ways to deepen ties economically,

politically and culturally. brazilian present lula is silver's taking part as his country rejoins the regional block, after the highest undesirable scenario to visible is got more from one or says, what can we expect from today's meeting? teresa? ah, well, that's correct. there is, oh, at least 15 leaders from this part of the world meeting here when a site is by over 30 to 33 countries. are represented in this meeting where there's going to be lots of talk about integrates and development, but also the challenges on the crises that are happening in this part of the world . it, it's interesting to know how the film was born and was born back in 2010, doing what was known as the pink tied in latin america composed by center left and left wing governments that came together to find an alternative way and to counter the influence of the united states in the region and also to find an alternative way to the organization of american states. the difference between the select and

the o a s is the presence of countries like cuba and venezuela in the past few years. this lack had lost a bit of influence in the region, mostly because of shifts in government and also because of the pandemic. but what's interesting not one that what people where the precedent here, where applauding is the return of a country like brazil, back in 2019 former president jadem also now to announce that brazil was leaving this lack of the from mostly because of the presence of cuba and venezuela, and one of the 1st things was in the impression that i did when taking off it is announcing that brazil is coming back. in fact, noon was talking right here when a site is about using the slack as and i was tentative, negotiation based promoting dialogue, especially in situations and in countries like venezuela precedent. that medical ma'am, this was also just a speaking, doing his opening remarks where he express the importance of this we do in our block, the importance about for example,

speaking out against injustices. and he was also referring and he made an open call, for example, to end the embargo on q u. s. in post embargo on q. why? so we're expecting, you know, some strong comments coming out from precedence here. today. i'm going to keep you out to date about what, what's gonna happen here in tucson is under venice when i'm president, because my daughter was expected to attend, but he decided not to what happened there. while that was the big question here, him when a site is right now whether venice will impress, then you go a lot, my buddha was kind of come or not. in fact, there was an announcement that he was going to be meeting president. we seen ask you to laugh, he was here on monday, but that did not happen at the last minute to the government on venezuela announced that nicholas marino was not going to be travelling because there were plans of aggression against the venezuelan leader. what we do know is that several full tests by venezuelan residents here were being planned to surround in this hotel

where we're staying right now. there's thousands of minutes. we'll have to have migrated to argentina escaping the economic crisis in venezuela. and they were planning a protest, but also which is something that could be a concern for on press any glass mode on. many of the members of the committee that was traveling here is that there were some civil lots of filed in quotes here. and when a site is with a witnesses, for example, accusing muddle widow and the venezuelan government of human rights abuses. and for many that could be one of the reasons why. in the last minute, the venezuelan president decided not to come here to argentina. teresa, thank you very much and he does to the said bo, that meeting in by the citizens tuesday. so she's gonna be bringing this up to date with everything that happens. 7 people the dead after yet another my shooting in the u. s. had happened in california, still living from a weekend gun attack, the left 11 victims dead. the states governor has called the latest incident a tragedy upon tragedy from california. rob reynolds reports to mass killings in

as many days in the state of california police and half moon bay, south of san francisco. say the latest shootings happened in 2 separate locations. police were 1st dispatched to a mushroom farm upon arrival. deputies located poor victims, deceased, with gunshot wound, victim, also suffering from a gunshot wound, was transported to stanford medical center with life threatening injuries. soon after officers found 3 more people shot dead at a local trucking company, a san mateo county elected official said those killed were agricultural workers of chinese ethnicity. the suspected gunman went to a police station apparently to give himself up. video shows officers bringing him to the ground and putting him in handcuffs. police say they recovered a semi automatic weapon from his car. his motive is under investigation. through

investigation, the suspect identified as chung lee's owl as 67 year old, half moon bay resident at $440.00 p n. zell was located in his vehicle in the parking lot of the sheriff's sub station here and half moon bay by a sheriff's deputy vow was taken into custody. without incident. local officials responded with shock and outrage. the man, there are simply too many guns in this country, and there has to be a change. this is not an acceptable way for modern society of who to live if we can . darkness affairs. even as news of the latest mass shooting came in, mourners gathered in monterey park near los angeles to remember the people killed in a rampage at a ballroom dancing studio. on saturday night. the 11th victim died in hospital on

monday. both the suspected gunman and the victims in these mass shootings were of asian heritage. the united states is the only country where there are more civilian owned, guns them people, rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. so they had an al jazeera, more big names caught up in the investigation into the bailed port blast. and why redevelopment plans the, the temple in northern india on the he locals, angry? ah. we've had some exceptional warrants for this time. the year in northern india had there, thank you so much for joining in. so the states of, of their a con, temperatures closing in on $29.00 degrees. by the way, the dark, the orange share, the higher the temperature. but this is adding fuel to the fire for some storms in

the northwest, including the states of ultra khan, could even see some hail mixed in here as well. now to the south of this fairly common conditions, rain starts to pull away from a karnataka and careless, but still as seen. some downpours in the forecasts for the mold leaves on wednesday, still a few showers hanging around islam about on wednesday high 15 degrees. temperatures are coming down. cobble at minus one, you should be running about 4 or 5 degrees for this time of the year. and for the philippines, some severe flood advisory, stretching from sabu city to, to thou and the death toll from on to rain so far this year has now risen to $36.00 . it's not the rain but extreme cold. we're talk about in the northeast of china. we set record series as temperature is dipped down by his 53 degrees and this is cold air from siberia. it's slung in, suit china as through the korean peninsula in japan as well. so tokyo wiccan up to minus 2 on wednesday, and we got some snow storms to come for honshu and hook kado. some spots may be a $170.00 centimeters of snow and

a short period of time. ah, the depleting the issues of the day, the 5 largest polluters of the world are in india, jump into the street. they made their money on coal. they made their money on the field, convincing those folks. no, we need to go. green is very, very difficult, giving all of voice we chose to do because we wanted to escape warren violence. when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and break down with conceptions. the street on al jazeera ah ah,

the watching are 0 reminder of our top story is this. our ukraine's president says he's taking powerful steps to root out corruption. 5 regional governors have been dismissed from the posts. the deputy defense ministers also resign following an obligation. this department overpaid suppliers for soldiers food holland has formerly asked germany for permission to send its arsenal of german made leopard times to ukraine. berlin has been under increasing pressure for being reluctant to approve delivery of the tanks to 3rd countries. a report by the committee to protect journalists shows 2022 was the deadliest cheer from media workers since 2018. 67 journalists were killed, including alta 0 sharina blacklight, who was shot dead by israel forces. lebanon's, head of security are by zebra. he man, former prime minister hoss on the up, but among several top officials being charged over the deadly blast at the bay route port in 2020. an investigation was reopened on monday after more than

a year. but the country's top prosecutor, who's also being charged, says the prob, should remain suspended zenato reports from boot. it's been nearly 3 years since one of the most powerful blasts killed dozens and destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital. the investigation into what caused the explosion has repeatedly been stalled by political pressure. but a surprise deficient by the lead judicial investigator thought it beto has given back hope to the victims, families. we are to play by ear, the decision. this is that decision. and the same thing more are happy because they're not the norman from more than one year, application is blocked. now we have a little of hope that that somebody, something is moving on. the lead judge has really the number of detainees and charged new officials and set dates for questioning and february among them. heads

of security bodies like major general abaz ibrahim and high ranking judges, including the prosecutor, general hudson away debt. it's the 1st in a country with a history of impunity, but all indications point to the fact that the political and security establishment would cooperate, the public prosecutions response was swift. it rejected the implementation of guitars release and prosecution orders. once again, the establishment 19 to prevent the pursuit of justice. in the case of the last, we haven't seen government officials, the traditional official engaging any serious matter with the legal arguments that have made effectively saying blocking the continuation of the investigation and blocking junk their political campaign against the tar has been led by the group has been lost, who accuses him of bias. the judge has sought to question many of its allies,

including a former prime minister, hassan dib, who has been charged with homicide with probable intent. the decision to resume the investigation has started a legal debate. there was no court order, but judge for tar reinstated himself basing it on legal justification. he argued a judicial investigator cannot be dismissed or removed and that his task ends was the issues and indictments, in the case. families of victims haven't stopped their quest for answers and justice. they want to know who brought the ammonium nitrate to lebanon and who unsafely stored it. at the point, it may be a long way for that battle to be one that the resumption of the probe has already re ignited tensions. santa hood their elders, eda made it a blast and simona is capital is injured. at least 5 people. mortar shells reportedly landed near the presidential palace in mogadishu. nobody's claimed responsibility for the attack. it comes as 2 days after 5 civilians were killed

when archibald fighters bombed and stormed the mayor's office. the lights are back on across pakistan a day after a country wide power blackout, who was triggered by a breakdown in the national grid in the early hours of monday. hospitals, schools, factories and homes lost power. in some cases for almost 24 hours. mondays, country wide blackout was the 2nd to hit pakistan since october. they do happen across the world these, these breakdowns and then the other go to the bottom part is how good is the recovery give ability. and that i can commit that we have demonstrated, they'll be able to go pretty good, give the ability and we shall be improving and enhancing visit a company give ability in the months to go on as the most coveted award in cinema. the contenders for this year's oscars were revealed in the last are leading the pack of the multiverse fantasy, everything everywhere, all at once. and the tragic comedy the band cheese of in is sheylan ascending act.

so keep lunches one her 8th nomination. steven spielberg got his 9th best director nomination. let's bring in mike sarge of new york city. he's a chief film credit for w. b a. i a radio really good, a happy with us on al jazeera, so thank you very much indeed. any surprises in the lists for you? no big surprises. i'd say i think that for the most part, this is kind of what i expected, though. some of the snobs are also kind of what i expected as well. the stubs in what way? well, for instance, for james cameron to not even be nominated for best director, while the film was nominated for best picture. ah, and very specific for me, are violet davis for the women, king, for the women, king to not get nominated in any category is a bit of a snob, in my opinion, germany speculation about why those emissions would be made. well i think those

emissions are made because those films just were not seen. i think there are a lot of films that don't get seen. i think that at a certain point there are certain films that nobody saw, but then the word starts to spread just is like all quite on the western front. you didn't hear anything about that film for a while and then all of a sudden the word spread in the last 2 weeks. it's become a front runner. now it's nominated for best picture. so i think it really comes down to what films are actually seen by the academy members. and then what else is seen by most academy members and whatever the ends of voting for? and what do you think is the relationship these days between oscar winners and the tastes of the viewing public? are they 2 separate things or can one, can a guide the other i think, i think they are, they have a relationship. like you said, i think they are 2 separate things. i think it's very rare that

a big money maker is you know, wins, best picture that that's, those are more rare. it's very often a film that you heard great things about from critics that didn't make a lot of money that gets nominated and then it will start to make some money. but i don't think, i don't know. i think they do influence each other in that if the public is seeing something, i think sometimes it'll make people see it. but then i think also sometimes that makes members not want to give in to lesser say the populace versus the other way around. looking at the industry as a whole, i mean obviously it has been suffering for several years about i by facing allegations, all of a lack of diversity when it's particularly when it comes to awards. of course, we're not just talking about the headline awards, the best picture of what we're talking about, the awards as well for those who. what besides behind the scenes, you actually build and create and make the movies. do you think that the industry has managed to grasp that natalie is actually making those changes right across the

board, or is it just the headliners? do you think that are where we're seeing the changes? i don't, i wouldn't say it's across the board. i think that that we're beginning to see the changes and i think like anything, it's just, it's sort of in fits and bursts. i think that if you look at behind the scenes again, just to use the example, the woman king and not get nominated in any category it's, it's, it, it feels not only like a snub, but it also is not acknowledging all the work that went into it. i think at the same time a film like emancipation. now we all know what happened with will smith, so we can see why he might not get nominated, but a lot of work. i went in to that film and again it got 0 love from the academy to have to wonder ok. what about all the people on st. really good to get your thoughts on this and we appreciate you being with us and al jazeera, so thank you very much. mike. sergeant from new york to st. our down has made her

last public appearance as new zealand prime minister. oh, she appeared at a gathering alongside the man chosen as her successor. chris hipkins will be sworn in on wednesday and ends the resignation last week, stunned not only our country, but even her parliamentary colleagues. she said she had no more in the tank or 5 year long premiership, saw her tackle a pandemic, a rare mass shooting and a volcanic eruption. people in the ancient city of vin, of i'm in northern india, so they don't want streets around a famous hindu temple to be widened. plans to build a corner door to the banking bahati temple. could mean hundreds of homes had demolished at the little reports from their o. processions, a common. yeah. but these are not devotees. residents of this tampa town are chanting against the government plan to redevelop this area and re locate hundreds

of people up antique yard. but why does the government even want to build a new corridor? this will ruin the town. people come here to experience the history you and made resonance like us to a part of the history with that. what's the point of a new card or if everything is thrown out the ancient town of been the one in northern india as a popular pilgrimage site for hindus, it's home to the 150 road bound to be how he template one of the largest dedicated to lord krishna. these narrow liens are often crowded. last year, a stampede kill 2 people. the government wants to redevelop 5 acres of surrounding area it all to plans to increase the templates capacity by 5 times g don't bother usage, others and buy more tourists will come here. this will benefit the local economy, bottom of the believe the creed and business will grow. it will also create more jobs, so it would be good for the people of this town for her. buildings have been marked for demolition. some of these have been around for decades. register resume is big

business. in india it dominates domestic traveling, generates billions of dollars every year. to capitalize on this, the government has spent millions of dollars to renovate temples actually decides, like borrow nessie and jen. some see the project to destroy the towns unique history. i double number now while i lag you lean on the streets around leading to the temple of sacred it is believed. lord christner groppy redevelopment will make friend of unlike deleon, mom by that's why i suggested the government shift the tempo to a different area. so devotees get all the facilities. huh. the government says it had compensate people and relocate businesses residency. the land has emotional value and the project would ruin excessive patheon, but that al jazeera vin bobbin northern india. ah.