off west, working their way further east. that's not the temperature down already in monterey, we are expecting the rain to continue along that east coast rash out as well. of course, most southern areas into believe and the tradewinds continue to blow the heavy rain into costa rica and panama for the caribbean. lots of sunshine to be found. wet weather, affecting the gulf coast of the us, severe storms pulling their weight further east, but still no snow in new york city. ah ah. ready ah, hello there, i'm miss darcy

a day. this is the news our live from our headquarters here and her. coming up in the next 60 minutes. top us diplomat. anthony blanket meets the palestinian leadership in ramallah a day after holding talks with the israeli prime minister. more bodies are pulled from the rubble of a mosque and pakistan that came on the attack and the shower, at least a 101 people are now dead. hope frances heads to democratic republic of congo. it's the 1st such visit by pontiff in fort decades. and not so roomy, the international monetary fund raisers its global economic outlook for the 1st time in a year. and in spoil in our mess. he says he's now has achieved everything he wants in football. mercy has put argentina's, walk up wearing cutter above everything else is achieved in his career. ah, well, it is now $1300.00 g m t. and we begin with the u. s. secretary of state's visit to

the occupied west bank. and me blinkin is meeting the palestinian leadership there in ramallah or talks with palestinian authority. president muffled, abbas come a day after his discussions with the israeli prime minister, where he called for a d escalation of tension. the top us diplomats visit comes also as palestinians in occupied east jerusalem are protesting against the plan. demolitions of their homes . violence has spiraled since last week with fears of feather escalation. well, wrestle, sutter is in job one, will cover an occupied easter islam where those demolitions are expected. but 1st let's speak to bernard smith. he is following things for us in ramallah bernard, as we've been saying, it's really quite the timing feb. lincoln's visit and stacy anthony blinking arrives in the occupied west bank when the prospects of peace between israel and the palestinians has never been more bleak. violence is steadily rising, $35.00 palestinians killed this month alone unless palestinians now finding themselves having to deal with this extreme right. israeli government made up of

cabinet ministers all determined to prove to their constituents how tough they can be on palestinians. interestingly before abbas met antony lincoln, the palestinian president met the 2 heads of intelligence of the jordanian and egyptian, a security forces, a government security services. and they, we understand a asked a bass not to take to tougher stance or with antony blinkin. and to discuss all of this, i'm joined by yahoo, how are we? who's an expert policy analyst at the palestinian policy network. yarrow 1st of all, antony blinking when he was spoke after meeting netanyahu yesterday. kept talking about his import that his attachment to the 2 state solution, but netanyahu never mentioned it. is it realistic or is it just something the americans need to to keep saying cause or wants of something else? yeah, and i think you hit the nail on the head that this point is just the come sort of standard diplomatic protocol to reiterate support that is states lation. and then in reality did nothing to me that forward. i mean,

if you look at what's actually happening on the ground, it's really regime is expanding satellites. it's moving more and more subtle satler's into the west bank. so if lincoln was really committed to the 2 state solution, he would condemn that settlement expansion. and he, the, the u. s. regime in general would be able to put pressure on israel does or bass, the policy, the leadership, have any leverage. it's all over what doesn't have over these rail is, can i get the americans to do anything? no, i don't think so, then the policy leadership is held hostage by the u. s. and i'll say by many other don't and country. so though it likes to think that i think it has some kind of leverage. in reality, it doesn't at all. this is a leadership that has been decade is under occupation. that is, does not have a democratic mandate from its people and is increasingly corrupt. so it's really coming from a very weak position. indeed. what can we make of the egyptian and it jordanian security? had a meeting of us before they before of us then went on to meet lincoln market. is

there anything we can read into that? i mean, i think they would have reiterate to tar bath, that he has to be more amenable to be the u. s. administration. but in reality, as i just said, you know, best doesn't hover. i like to stand on there's not much leverage then that you think there's a risk of further conflict of, of the, the violence that we've seen escalating? absolutely, i think this new israeli government formation is incredibly, you know, fascists, incredibly right wing and more intent than ever on commitment violence against palestinian. so i think that kind of violence will increase so long as the occupation goes on. i mean, where we're going to see more and more of this and does the french of nate nature though palestinian politics hamas running garza fatter in the occupied westbank. does that affect how the palestinians can respond to israel and then cause that effect there? and in the, the lack of a unified strategy for liberation is one of the major barriers. it's holding palestinians back. and i think that fragmentation certainly doesn't help,

but it's also depend by western countries and by the israeli regime who consider a fractured eye. i'm fragmented palestinian people the best kind of people tend to occupy, or yara hello, sorry for the moment. thank you very much for your analysis. fairly bleak out by really on to the blink, and not coming to the occupied westbank with any proposals for peace or any new sort of pre process between israel and the palestinians. the best boss can possibly hold or is for the americans to somehow try and persuade israel to keep a little to rain back on their worst excesses and stacy and bernard smith there, across the meetings for us and ramallah. thank you so much bernard, who let's now go to wrestle. sudden he is in job on the cover and occupied east jerusalem, where as i was saying, people are protesting against plans that are demolish some of their homes wrestle. i know there have been angry crowds there, talk us through what you've been seeing while early in the morning that

has been some clashes, confrontations between the palestinian residents in gibbon in the cabinet. and the israeli board there are pullers. so if he and palestinians have been injured by is randy, is that it forces 31 early in the morning on the palestinian residence in javin mckiver. they started to block the roads by the garbage talks, but by iraqi did the de barricades here by putting the rhodes on the, on the, on there of the bird that the rocks on the bed, the roads, and also by setting fire on the tires. all these at fords were to prevent is ready, bulldozers and debug the board of their forties to enter the that the region to dis, a district off east jerusalem. so because just earlier this week, the, that these rarely cabinet has an awesome draconian measures. and often that measures many of the palestinians who leaving gibbon mccadden did receive calls from the is ratty alternatives. and they have been told that the homes are going to

be demolished so often that they are taken these measures here to put went them to see if they did their houses. so today, earlier i have met a family of 10 people in gibbon cabinet, and they received a call yesterday that the israeli authorities are going to demolish their houses. so they, they created their own houses, they moved it furnitures. and to be honest, is that they told me that there is no where to go. if it's cold here, it's a venture. if you rainy and these people are laugh who have no option where they do not know where to go. it's quite dramatic here. so jeanette cabbage is quite a tiny packed police and 30000 palestinians are leaving here. so often all of these ever did this demolition process that is accelerated. i can see that they're leaving on the edge, the tension that the mood is quite pants because the next home to be demolished

could be there. so the could be the next want to be the more the so the slides risen is quite time sir. and to day still they are expect them is rarely bulldozers to comment to demolish some of the houses and sa saturday on the ground for us and occupied easter eastern. thank so mantresa and now the death toll from an attack at a mosque in northwest and pakistan has risen to at least 101. recovery operations are still underway at the sight of the suicide bombing in a secure zone into shala. the prime minister has condemned the attack and says that terrorism is pakistan's biggest security challenge. as a bag reports, this is all that remains of the mosque in the police compound in the shower. investigate to say a suicide bomber blew himself up during afternoon prayers. hundreds of worshippers were inside. the musk is in a highly fortified redstone, which includes a police headquarters and a counter terrorism unit, raising concerns about a major security breach. own work yourself voted off of my work issue. the void is

a matter of great condemnation that terrorists can enter a government department. if the government department don't have security. what safety can they provide us? does. a fraction of the 3 get 30 bond boxed on? the bach is the only 30 bon claimed responsibility saying it's the 4th suicide attack in retaliation for the killing of khalid horizontally. one of its senior leaders in afghanistan last year. but the groups leadership has since distance itself from the bombing st. holy places should not be targeted. prime minister shabazz sharif has condemned the attack and promised stern action. he says, terrorism is a country's biggest security challenge. the books only taliban has threatened and talked to security forces in recent weeks. with buddy's or her mission could be colored with the little guy her order. this is not the 1st time this kind of bombing has happened since 2006, the thousands of people have lost their lives. and we have had enough of terrorism

here who took here in november, the group and did the cease fire with the pakistani government yet. and earlier this month released this video of fighters training promising more attacks and declaring its intention to impose a hard line interpretation of islamic law. the group has been raging a war against the boxed on the government for more than a decade. last year it carried out at least $150.00 attacks, killing dozens of people. analysts say the group has been emboldened since the 30 bonds return to power enough biased on in august of 2021. it's evident that reagan valuable on is talked insecurity. forces once again, even in places of worship, as that bag. i'll 0 on the still 20 more. i had this news our including failing to add to save a life, 3 emergency responders sacked the not providing medical aid to terry nichols, the black man who died at the hands of police in the u. s. we look at the impacts that the military coups and,

and suing violence of hard on the children of myanmar. and in sport, australia's new rugby coach said himself, a big target for the year ahead. santa will be here with that story. ah, now the u. s. is hoping to buy up to a $100000.00 artillery shells from south korea, so it can then give them to ukraine. u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, is in sol for talks. some estimates suggest that ukraine's army is using the sales at twice the rate that the u. s. and you can produce them. south korea has a policy of not selling weapons to countries that are at war. robert bryan has moved from sol. the global search for 155 millimeters shells for ukraine's guns has now turned to south korea, which doesn't want to antagonize russia because of its influence over north korea. right now ukraine is getting through about $90000.00 shells per month. that's

double the rate at which they're being produced by both the us and europe combined . the u. s. has reserves here, and it's buying more than 100000 shells from south korea to replenish stocks, being sent to ukraine. that way soul can help its western allies without contributing directly to the war effort. and let's be to acc young. he is a fellow at the us and institute for policy studies, and he was previously a senior research analyst at the career defense insecurity for him. he joins us now from sell. oak, i recall just a couple of months ago. and president units of yellow were saying that he want south korea to become the wilds, 4th largest arms exporter. believe it's county the 8th. might he? we think this policy of not selling to countries and conflict like ukraine. yeah, well, i mean, you so much for the complicated, the senior step korea. i mean, we're willing to sell the weapons, but the senior step,

or in some of some of the weapons we're, we're may, is related to the or russia, russian technologies or, and l. one of the a reason why we don't want to so dialect. teach lou craig is that if we are lead like, i mean we are in conflict with the russia, russia might provide are the best weapon to the north korea. so, i mean, we don't want to be and tailored with this situation, but if sol agrees to sound these shells, then to the united states in order for washington to then give them to keep. surely that seems to violate the spirit of the policy making it to funk trillion. it wouldn't have any purpose. well actually actually his mouth because they are the ordinance with cell is probably a one time result for the u. s. courses in korea, and that's the, one of the,

one of the condition of the air saves. so essentially there's some deniability. now that soul can say when selling them to the u. s. and the u. s. has been making the choice as to give them to ukraine. yeah, well i mean, well i, i don't disagree but still the, the basic condition for the sales is that use for we're august north korea shaw. i see that nater is also calling on sell to allow these direct on his exports to ukraine as well. i see that secretary general stilton, but he's there yesterday. lloyd austin, is there today? now given souls relationship to the west and especially the u. s. just how much weight to these kinds of requests carried? yeah, well, i mean, this is carrie cherry lab carry lab because the korea us relation

is quite bumpy during the previous demonstration. now, the new ultimate regime was to corporate us battery. actually, that's the reason why they last feel the pressure on you know, the puppies pay to it the and they told me meeting at the last summer. well, oak young man, a fellow at the sun institute for policy studies, keeping my eye on that in so very interesting to speak to. thanks for joining us here on now to 0. thank you. well, meanwhile, ukrainian troops are saying that they are ready to fight off any military advance over their 1000 kilometer long border with better. ruth, just a few kilometers north of where they've been training russian and bell russian forces continuing major air exercises and talks about limits ukrainian troops on

the border of the province. marsha lived in ideals. weaving through a pine and silver birch forest ukrainian forces on a training exercise near the border with ben a roofs ha. they practiced maneuvers to repel the enemy. ukrainian troops have been full to find that defences along the border for months. if moscow tries to launch a new offensive from the north, the soldiers say they're prepared, or doggy or proposals, 3 men were york, were totally ready to meet them. that whoever brings the sold will fall by the sword. we're ready, mentally and physically. so we're wait time of an underground bunker office, warmth and a place to rest. the border is just a few kilometers away over there in that direction. and on the other side of thousands of russian and belarus, your troops are carrying out joint military exercises. minsk says the exercises are defensive, but keith's nor taking any chances. it was nearly

a year ago that russian troops invaded ukraine from paris and from russia. some military experts say the drills could be a diversion tact take to law ukrainian forces away from the front lines in the east and the south. i never thought a sham with shaft lavetia. we're not wasting time to think about what may or may not happen. we spend time preparing for everything for different scenarios, column attack. so saboteur groups attacks from all sides and even from the sky. you people here expected this war and no one pretend to know what moscow is planning next bought. they're watching closely and say they're ready. natasha butler al jazeera, on the ukraine. better us border when protest is marching through the streets of france and a national day of action against raising the retirement age that the demonstrators oppose residence among them back on planned to raise the pension age by 2 years to 64. it's the 2nd time this month, nation wide protests have been held,

the strikes rail services to a halt and also forced schools to close. let's speak to john how he joins me now. live from paris, jonah, just having a look at some of those pictures that there's a really remarkably large crowd. what's the mood like? they're like, the noisy, of course, it's pretty cheerful. it's certainly peaceful. the paris contingent behind me as a nationwide protest strikes stoppages across the country. today, the organizers hope we do, i mean that the numbers that came out on january the 19th, that was the 1st of these protest days against pension reform, several others a plan thousands of police out as well. there are some concerns that these otherwise peaceful crowds might be infiltrated by advocates protest is no sign of that. what's it all about? believe touchstone is there. it is about a plan by the central government to raise the retirement age from $60.00 to $64.00 . that would still make fraud the country with the lowest retired age among major

economies in the european union. and why didn't that italy and germany at 67, spite of 65, the u. k. of $66.00, i'm looking to push that potentially to $68.00. also to increase the number of years that you've got to contribute across, you're working lifetime to the pension, to get a full state pension from 41 years to 43. the government says the rationale is perfectly simple. they just thought enough work is contributing to the pension bought to be able to sustain pension payments, to retirees, as the population lives longer, they say you simply have to reduce the burden on the pension system. but body of our position out here, as you can see, it's a signature policy, the macro and president. it was in his band, the 1st that got him reelected last year. but as i say, no shortage of opposition, 2 thirds of the country against a rich show of unity among the unions,

all the unions against as well joined the just how likely is that these reforms will actually go through. do you think the government is pretty clear, elizabeth, bow and the prime minister says not just necessary but inevitable. they've got to do something to avoid a disaster in the pension system up a phone and say, that's just not true. it will hurt poor. it's hardest you need to tax instead the rich. busy more reduce the pensions of the rich. so it's not the 1st time the government has face protests like these on pension plans back in 2010. remember, they were weeks of pension protests against the then president take on us these plans to raise the pain tonight from 6060, to the government prevailed, then it will likely prevail again or be it almost certainly not with president emanuel microns popularity intact and how they are on the streets of paris, but those protested thanks very much during i mean,

while the international monetary fund now says the wild economy is in a better state than it was in october at the latest update revises the global economic growth forecast for this yet slightly up to 2.9 percent, the m f says the increase is due to unexpected spending and the u. s. and in europe, the reopening of china's economy and lower energy costs. it also says, inflation will start to decline in about 84 percent of nations as the higher interest rates take effect news that it's calling encouraging. but there are still risks. the i m f, has warned that china's recovery could stall if there's another major coven 19 outbreak. same as ravi has more. for anyone who began the you worried about a global recession, it may be time to breathe more easily. the international monetary fund is highlighted activity in india and china as fuel for a world economy on demand more growth, less inflation, cheaper energy, and an inching back to pre pandemic markets. all the indications are that we are

witnessing a rapid reopening of the economy. and so here, when we think about the reopening of the chinese economy, it's going to have an impact on the supply side. because we can anticipate that once the economy fully reopened, we have less supply chain disruptions that we have witnessed in 2022 when they were lock downs and confinements. so we're going to get an expansion in production coming from that side. chinese household activity returning to normal and people traveling once again, are expected to drive the countries recover and ripple through the global economy. we've got an estimate that for every one percentage point that china goes back to the rest of the world grows foster by point 3. this is definitely a positive development with cobra. 1900 restrictions lifted. chinese growth is forecast at 5.9 percent double previous estimates. but beyond asia, the picture is less bright. western economies, the u. s. in europe are only expected to grow about one percent. while the u. k.

economy is set to worse than raising interest rates makes borrowing in the u. s. more expensive, but whether the world's largest economy can avoid a recession, remains an open question. and in the majority of low income countries, the risk of economic distress remains real. if not already a reality, while the baseline forecast is positive, the i m f warns there is still likely to be a slow down this year just not as extreme. and an escalation of the war in ukraine or another pandemic could turn the tide again. in basra b o 203 emergency medical responders have been fired in the u. s. city of memphis. following the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police. a warning you may find some of the images here, disturbing. they've been accused of failing to conduct a proper medical assessment and to provide adequate patient care to terry nichols. 5 officer have already been dismiss, facing him during a traffic stop. the 29 year old died 3 days later from his injuries. well,

the 5 officers who beat the young black man, terry nichols, also black and their actions are raising questions about race and policing. gabriel is under reports from memphis, tyree nicholas a young black man beaten so badly by police. he died from his injuries. the 5 memphis officers were fired and faced criminal charges for the beating all share something in common with nickels, skin color, and that has not been lost on people here. how do you feel the fact it all 5 officers were black? do you have any thoughts on that or no, i have a lot of thoughts on that. i said it's for it to be our own, and i'm going to speak on my behalf of my community for it to be our own black brother brothers out there doing it to another black brother. actually, the shots are hard because we preach every day that black lives matter and you know, the white man is the problem behind this, a net, but for it to be our own people doing this to another black brother is more

devastating than ever historically in the united states, the job of being a police officer, was reserved for white men. but the last 10 to 15 years or so, there's been a push to change that. the thinking goes like this. hiring more, a black police officers, primarily in cities with large black populations, would help diversify the force and bring down cases a police brutality. memphis, perhaps, proving that theory was all wrong. the city of memphis is about 65 percent black, and about half the police force are african american officers. one important lesson to draw from this is to not be naive and to believe credit we. so we put black people in the positions of power, but we don't change anything else that things are going to get there. and that will not work well. some analysts say the issue is not skin color,

but systematic problems with policing. they go beyond memphis. the problem is the sort of thin, blue line culture in general, right? this idea that the police believe that they stand between order and disorder and they are note sort of operating in u. s. society to protect order. but really what that is meant is they're operating to protect those who have wealth. they operate to protect private property and they operate to police to folks whom they might see as threats to that. as for the family of terry nichols, they just want justice regardless of the skin color of those accused. gabriel's hondo out is eda memphis. it is now time for the weather. his car has low. they will have a look at africa in a moment. first to the middle east and unsettled weather continues to pilot off easton areas of the mediterranean, bringing some have very heavy rain and strong winds to the likes of israel. and the occupied palestinian territories is what a syria, jordan,

and onwards to iraq. it's going to some very wintry across eastern areas of turkey blowing across into western areas of iran could even see some flooding from that very heavy rain in iraq over the next few days. for the south of this, a settled picture for many of the gulf states, the temperatures picking up towards the mid twenties. if they're not, they're ready. now we can move to the north of africa, a very cold scene across many northern areas. wet and windy weather continues, which in india, as well as libya and egypt, the strong blustery winds, kicking down, bringing the potential of dust and sand storms. the heat continues a fortnight. jerry, of the wet weather is for the south of this. with some severe thunderstorms expected to pile into gabon, wessa weather as well for southern areas of botswana and those thunderstorms continue to dominate the eastern areas of south africa, rolling into s with teeny, by the time we get into thursday. and unfortunately, the wet weather continues to played madagascar as well as northern areas of

mozambique that sure weather update. hostile ahead here on al jazeera and outdoor sporting tradition, going back generations in the u. s. states in minnesota is now under threat. find out why and host nation algeria is targeting a place on the final of the african nations championship. ah, the latest news as it breaks, bullshit, forties are about a kilometer in that direction. a new military is good now with detailed coverage. where is we'll have the palestinian calling me on the verge of collapse for a decade from around the world. this pro just expanded your broader social route, but not just the guns increasingly a different time, but also against the continuing cost of living crisis. from the al jazeera london broadcast center to people in thoughtful conversation,

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palestinian authority. president margaret abbas a day after his discussions with the way the prime minister, what he called a de escalation of pension. the number of dead and suicide attack and pakistan has risen to a 101 best teams have worked through the night to retrieve bodies from a mosque in a heavily fortified area for charlotte must funeral happen. health protests are being held across from against proposed pension reforms that you can see that demonstrates as opposed present value back on plan to raise the pension age by to you, the 64. this is the 2nd time this month, that nation wide rally in health. i'll put francis is traveling to africa. this week. he's due to visit south dawn and democratic republic of congo, where he's expected to arrive just in the coming hours. it's the 1st time that a pope has visited congress since john paul. the 2nd travel that then zaya back in 1983. malcolm web report from the capital contract.

about half half the democratic republic of congo is nearly 100000000 people of followers of the roman catholic church. the vatican says it's the largest catholic population in africa. road frontage visit to the capital. kinshasa is expected to draw a vast crowds. papa is up what a present it made it. sure is the fact that the pope is coming to trouble country like ours, due to war and all the things. it's a big risk that he has decided to take for us. it's a great joy and it shows his love for we're very happy. this is a read widely missionary is working on the belgian colonial rule about a 100 years ago. the relationship with the colonial state really was dependent in the 1960 catholic critic congo rulers, and one of them i went to boise campaign. the moment i got 5 years

ago, it was catholic bishops and priests to lead a protest cooling for over 2 elections to be held. images of police violence in the churches and cathedrals, true international attention and condemnation. and the delayed poles went ahead. pope frontage. the visit comes less than a year before the next to his due president felix to katy wants to run for a 2nd term. the opposition and the catholic church already complained of irregularities in the electoral process. armed conflicts is escalated in recent years. 23 armed group, widely understood to be backed by neighboring, rwanda sees sway the territory. one denies backing the group. its advances forced around half a 1000000 people from their homes on top of the 5000000, already displaced by conflicts. the vatican says pope frances is visiting congo and

south through dawn as a pilgrim of peace followers. a keen to see him up on me calendar year. my mom i bought this calendar. i'm happy to have the pope's effigy at home. it is a great blessing for me and my children. the catholic church plays a major role here, providing services that the government usually does not such as health care and education. the 1st paypal visit in nearly 40 years is significant for its tens of millions of followers. well, let's speak american web. he joins us now from kinshasa. now can you talk us through some of the issues that the pope might discuss this as well, he's widely expected to talk about conflict and bring a message of peace. now this trip was months out and in the middle of last. yeah. but it was delayed because the health pipe had some health problems,

but the 1st plan involved him going to the town of cuba in eastern congo, which was since taken over by the m 33. great, widely understood to be backed by rwanda. then taken back by the government forces and we were that just a couple of months ago. and sure enough in the middle of the field as a giant stunned that was bill to grandson that was meant to pipe at that time. they've been taken over by congress is army officers who are commanding that operation from this bill struck just when the plan for the boat visit was. 3 back on track a thing, congo was dropped from the itinerary. they didn't say anything about the vatican didn't say anything about why we can see that is indeed because the situation that has deteriorated. now the normally quite diplomatic. when he visited such countries with leaders of the catholic church here, as we saw in the story just then are quite outspoken. and the card is no longer

here. of the catholic church in congo has been very critical just in recent weeks of the government saying that the states is abandoned. commonly, people here in the capital kinshasa as well as in a sing, congo, from the pope himself. plain we've learned is just minutes away from landing. we're expecting a more gentle and diplomatic message of pace. now, whether the across that trip for us on the ground in kinshasa. thank you so much. mm. awesome. well, let's bring in my summer for julie. he is a church historian, he's also a professor if the ology and religious studies at villanova university in philadelphia, from where he now joined us last summer. this is what processes, 5th trip to the african continent. it does feel like he's really made it very clear that he believes the catholic church can play a role and piece processes that yes yes, said that about africa above me, the least let america. the problem is that from the point of view of the catholic

church wars in africa tend to be forgotten much more quickly in it and, and much more easily than other wars. and secondly, africa plays a key role in the future of catholicism from made a demographic point of view. and so that's why po frances, who is a pope, who has globalized catholicism more than john paul the 2nd and much more than prevented the b 16th as the voted so much attention in, in his last few years on africa. so i remember have francis kissing the feet of the rival leaders in south. you don, back in 2019, but that was in the back and st. just how influential is he when it comes to politics, especially given the reach of the church here in africa, which you alluded to yourself. it is disputed how effective the pope's message and the churches messages in bringing about peace on the ground in terms of,

of practical the concrete achievements. what's most important is that po frances and the got to church have become a church that wants to say something that liberates the legacy of christianity and not. and of the church for from a certain kind of relationship with political power. not just compared with the colonial past, but also of from the corruption of some regime. so it's a seed that is being planted here and we don't know what kind of for, for, of result will bring in, in short term. so as now can mr saying that i was supposed to take this trip last july that and if his knees wouldn't let him now he's in a wheelchair. how concerned should we be about his house, especially given the very rigorous itinerary we're saying now let's look really

good question. a preference is a, has made either challenging trips with his bad me look like canada a few months ago. so of course it's not the easy, the same itinerary that a young john paul, the 2nd unit in the late fifty's would have taken each more limited, but also i believe east to witness of sufferance, of a witness of hope, ano, of, of, of the christian faith, while the physical a limited, which is something that i will say is it for the also for, for the kind of church that is serving. now in those countries, i kind of chat and the kind of hope that he is indeed at mass. martha julie, there, a church historian speaking to us from philadelphia. thanks so much for joining us and sharing your thoughts on altos. air bag you now peruse. congress has

postponed the debates and move forward elections. it's now scheduled for tuesday last week. parliament rejected a similar motion to have the poll this year. the president interval on say, has warned politicians that if they don't improve the change, she'll push the constitutional reforms to force early elections. there had been anti government protests since december when former president pedro castillo, is impeached and arrested. a latin america editor lucio newman reports from booley, aka and the printer region of southern period where she spoke to some of the families who lost loved ones during the political unrest. mccarthy, the bed was 17 year old psychology student yami lit. adel keep, i used to sleep, no longer has blankets or sheets. the indigenous custom is to remove them for ever . 8 days after a person dies. musical american, that's her when she was small group, so i am hoping, though she is playing in her school band. ah,

the family of 4 has been in morning since january nights when police fired live rounds for testers in the city of william baker in for the m a fever and both got the comparatively men had gone to the market by foot, who were not in the protest, there were 2 blocks away, and suddenly she was shot over them. at that, i mean fellows, it must have killed my daughter and other innocence we want justice. justice is what we ask for the social been the most of them. who's this? ah, the government suggest stones and sticks thrown by protest as were responsible for the 18 people killed that day and call yucca. but the autopsy report states that jamie let was killed by a 9 millimeter bullet confirming with the family already believed. ah, will yucca has turned into one of the upper centers of anti government protests in the pool or region of southern peru since former president federal castillo was impeached and imprisoned. 7 weeks ago when he tried to shut down congress,

these people that you see here have been walking all night to reach the city of polio. got there from all over the bruno region. and as you can see, they are still very, very much determined to keep on protesting, to keep on blocking roads and to keep on demanding that the president of them down the merge ends in the central square, where we find would looks like a typical carnival. but in fact, it's a fundraising event all year from i've been involved with a lot of been with us today. we are using our music to collect funds for our brothers who have suffered the repression of the state id, where many are still suffering from severe injuries. oh, no, no need that others tell us the collecting money to send more groups to the capital lima, to join the indigenous protests who are already there demanding immediate elections and the ouster of the present. i'm helicopters, fly overhead, and so far near by,

troops have not moved in unblock highways. after refusing 3 times, congress has now agreed to reconsider president deniable largest demand to bring forward general elections for october. an offer that reduced here seems to have fallen on deaf ears. you see a newman al jazeera, who younger than former brazilian president jr. burleson. arrow has applied for a 6 month tourist visit to stay in the united states. his request comes after some democratic members of the us house of representatives called for his visit to be revoked. barson aro, went to florida in december after losing the election to lewis and asked jojo to silver. you recall a week later, thousands of his supporters stormed brazil's presidential palace, congress and supreme court, calling for that election result to be overturned. a living conditions for people inside me unless kaya state continued to deteriorate in the 2 years now after a military crew, nearly one and

a half 1000000 people now thought to have fled from their homes and basic services across the country have also failed. tony chang reports from kaya state on the impact that the violence has had on children who been largely cut off from education and health care for these children. this was the highlight of a difficult 2022. and this year shows little sign of improvement. most have been forced from their homes for fear of air strokes and artillery attacks. but as the gifts are handed out, the smiles return bags of snacks and cake. a rare indulgence in difficult times. a dig, i've seen children with trauma because of the sounds of war, plains and artillery. they won't speak to strangers because this so scared when they draw. i see pictures of gums and abandoned homes. the parents are too busy trying to earn a living and can't take care of them. these aid handouts are all funded from donations within myanmar. international organizations can't operate because of fighting and restrictions put in place by mere mas military. we are clear

r i. c malnutrition, amongst the children. there are grown ups and outlay people who aren't getting enough to 8. and they have problems maintaining their personal hygiene because i've been forced out of the homes. in another camp close to the city of da, most of women do their laundry and the pools above a waterfall, an estimated 75 percent of the people in the state have been forced from their homes by fighting basic facilities like running water and electricity has stopped working, even the journey to school is now in a venture. these high school students must run across a river in a dugout canoe just to get to class. english lessons in the jungle clearing was teenagers, study for future jobs in the service industry. but it's hard to concentrate in these makeshift classrooms and teachers don't even have that basic educational to submit or do to mer hard. we want to open up higher education, but getting access to the internet and books for the library is still difficult.

we're trying to solve this for most children in this area. even a basic educational plans for the future simile, long way off, landing the best i can hope for is a hot meal and a beer. lucky. a full stomach, tony. ching, i'll desert. well, there are warnings of another storm in new zealand, the largest city after a record down for there over the last 4 days. people in oakland are cleaning up after flash floods and land slides that were triggered by the heavy rain for people have died and up to $200.00 structures including homes and businesses of also been damaged. prime minister chris hipkins blames climate change in australia across the tasman, the search is on for a small radioactive capsule, full of hazardous cesium, 137 and mining company reared center is apologize for losing the capsule. which is believe to a fallen off a truck on its way to a storage facility. a search party is now combing a very large area. health officials warn than it can cause radiation bands or

sickness if handled. well, i spoke to ivan comes and he is an associate professor and by a physics at the university of south australia, he says it's got to be rare for such an incident to occur that's very concentrated . so you can get off radiation, even though it is so small. the real danger with bay you get somebody walk along. so it went interested in i thought it was curious and picks it up and put it in their pocket or held it for a long time. so that was close to them for a long period of time, and they could experience radiation toxicity. i wouldn't be worried if i didn't recognize that it was there that wouldn't pay as much of a risk would really be that long duration so same if you were out the door, then you walk from your car to your house. you wouldn't be worried about getting some burn, but if you spend all day outside, you would start to get worried about damage from the radiation from the sun in the

u. k. right? so it's similar to tba, and that's a lot of radioactive material that's transported regularly through sorts of different purposes for analytical equipment such as this. there are 2 ticks and diagnostics for medical applications. so it's very heavily regulated in control of the transport, the storage, the disposal of any material like this. this is exceptionally rare. and so it's really been a leaky occur. and that this is managed to slip out of the equipment and fold off the truck. on in the usa, minnesota outdoor hockey played unfrozen lakes and palms has been a tradition of generations. but now the climate change is changing, or that john henry, in the long winters of minnesota hockey is a way of life, the colder, the better. but we enjoy winter here. i love the 4 seasons and i love winter as much as summer. so for this community to be able to come out here and have

a really neat event like this for free to attend, reasonably priced food inside. so families can come down here and enjoy hockey. the way nature intended each winter, the u. s. pond hockey championship. bring out the hardy to chase a little black puck around lake nicole at the end of the day. i mean, look at this, this is unlike any where you're going to find in the world to have a hot hockey event like this and were just honored and humbled to be able to be caretaker's such a great event. but as the planet warms the hockey season and shrinking climate change is chipping away, minnesota's winter ice. and when we look at the climate model projections for the future and it's not just minnesota, but it's really the entire region that trans appears to continue. and so we expect a continued contraction of in or not just our winter season, but the opportunity to recreate the way that we used to during winter, minnesota, his launched an average of 10 to 14 days of late guys over the past 50 years,

according to state figures the shorter the winters get, the more work organizers have to do to make sure there is ice to play on. there is the shoveling. lots of it in snow blowing and finally there's em bony smoothing the ice to a glass like sheen. that leaves nothing but jersey clad players between puff and go, but they'll have to move the ice well. temperatures allow researchers say by the end of this century, another one 3rd of the outdoor skating season route burner. due to global warming, john henderson al jazeera on lake new commerce and minneapolis. i'll sell ahead here on out there in sport will hear from little messy as he speaks in depth about his country's welcome. when hearing cat. ah

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ah ah welcome back. it's time for sport and more from messy santa. yeah, i bet he's still on the cloud 9 or argentina captain near now m s. he says he's woke up at wynn and cutoff means that he's now achieved everything he wants in football fits 5 year old that has been talking in depth about the crowning achievement of his career. messy finally won the world title in his 5th woke up form and appearance. cause he went to his younger, i've achieved everything with the national teams that i ever dreamt of, achieved everything in my career at boss alone or on a personal level to winning the world. cup was closing my career in a unique way. when i started with all this,

i never imagined that it would be this way that all of this would happen to me. and i think that reaching that moments in cattle was the best. said that her 3rd. yeah . it's over, it's over, that's what i felt. the wilco trophy was saying to me after the finally the come and grab me. now you can touch me. that's it. i was finally able to do all that. i saw that the trophy was shining, that it was sparkling in that beautiful stadium. and i didn't think about it. i just went over and kissed it. good, but i still don't make it go for it. but you might, i think the great match with mexico is the most difficult game because of all the risk that was involved in the last, the saudi arabia, the, on the results. i think it was the game when we played the word because we had to win, no matter what. and that sometimes makes you play differently. i was confident that we were going to do well and that things were going to work out for us. i think that if we didn't have the group of plays that we have the situation, it would have been very difficult to overcome the gills with b, darby county, 3 and l, to move into the 5th round of the english as

a couple goals for me to go in and mikaya antonio for enough for the premier league team to beat this said here opponents was time will face man to see united in the next round is transfer deadline day in many of europe's top leagues. english family leaders also have agreed. 15000000 deal with chelsea to sign a time in the field hockey and you on the side or 5 points clear at the top of the table host. algeria will be aiming for a place in the final of the african nations championship. later this tuesday penalty decided their call to final match against ivory coast and set up a loss for game would need cynical versus mother. jessica is the other semi final we've been told to i'll june football right at my head miss. i hear about the unique qualities of this torment is kind of like the african couple nations, except you can't call upon players playing outside of your domestic league. so for

example, jerry can call on the likes of re admirers. he just can't call them like so. it's a laugh you can only play with your parents or malick if you're all jerry or players that play for is yes. can be in the movie and grid, train them and just sort of test out that you know, the levels of every single lead semesters week in africa. and there's a lot of great young power as well. so i think the fact that so many fans have come out of the stadium at times of had 30040000 go to matches that the host nation is not playing. and i think really shows that the fans have been starved of competitions like this for such a long time. africa always had as a sort of keep the rest on the customer to try and develop a domestic football. and in another age, you know, the 19 seventy's and eighty's and many, many countries including countries like all jerry valley ivory coast. they hadn't laws and that would not let players leave their domestic lease until they were the age of 26 from 728. so great players like laura who rebec manager solice cater.

they weren't allowed to leave their clubs until they were late on their career. sometimes they had to get presidential decrees to let them these if they really, really, you know, a certain country well enough. so i think this is another way of doing things. it's not as for coney and, and on the contrary, i think it really promotes and helps a lot of younger players. after a 15 month investigation, it's been decided that tennis player alexander's vet ever will not face disciplinary action into allegations of domestic abuse. the games governing body said that there was insufficient evidence to punish a former well number 2 and 2020 is very former girlfriend or earlier shape. all the accused him of violence and emotional abuse. the report concluded that the decision could be changed. if new evidence came to light are still his new role because says the team in need to win this year is that woke up to revitalize at the game in the country. eddie jones is back in the job, but for 2nd time that would just

a few months ago until the sports biggest event gets underway in france. jones has just finished a 7 year stand to as england's coach. the team finished as runners up at the last woke up. she look a well rugby at the moment. there's 6 teams not separated by, by cigarette piper. yeah, they're so tight. and the team that learns most of the next 9 months will be the team that lives here. william way bellas trophy. it started france on the 28th of october at about 11 p. m and were intending that to be us there. orlando magic ended the philadelphia 76 as a 7 game winning streak and the ab powder bang care was the star of the night with 29 points and line rebounds. more. it's wagner added 22 points. as the orlando magic hit back from a 21 point deficit,

401200 my victory. despite this loss, 76 is sit fed in the eastern conference and damien let are scored a 42 points and successes to lead the portland trailblazer to victory over the visiting atlanta. hawks is miller's 5th 40 point the game of the month. and that's it for me in australia. thanks so much santa. well that's it's from me and associates a for this news out, but don't go away. i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with more today's news. ah ah.

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