farmers, children as young as 4 are brought to farms to become conditioned to such an bottom until they grow active. you say more than half of all children living in agricultural areas. i engage in work. most of them dangerous work across west africa, one and a half 1000000 children. i involved in cocoa farming, many workers, 5 laborers and, and less than a dollar or nothing at all. pharmacy attempted by western coco biased to forestall prices, is keeping hundreds of thousands of children out of school and condemning them to a life of poverty. and they argue only by them receiving better prices in education, being approved can the lives of children like you know, keep poor to ah, what we're seeing now citizens is a shrinking friday. oh, not an expanding one. and that to we believe jane. america's top diplomat reps off

his visit to the middle east saying a 2 state solution is still a priority. ah, i'm told mccrae this is l just there alive from dub ha. also coming up and inquiries, sit out to identify security breaches. after at least a 100 people were killed and monday, suicide blast at a mosque and pakistan pipe. francis skit civil. welcome. in the democratic republic of congo, hum, to africa's largest roman catholic population, and to 1000000 people out on the streets of france to vince the ango plans to raise the retirement edge. ah, here is take a tree off site antony blinkin has warned israel and palestine that you as suppose

as anything that puts a 2 state solution further out of reach. but he stopped short of making any concrete pledges. lincoln has now concluded his trip to the region after holding talks with palestinian prisons are mood, abbas. he says, some members of his team will stay on to help defuse current tensions mid the worst violence seen in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem in years. bernard smith reports from ramallah in his meeting with the palestinian president, the u. s. secretary of state sticks with the line that washington remains committed to a palestinian state alongside israel. but antony blinking knows it's a diminishing prospect. we have been clear and consistent. neither side should take any, you know, or actions that right now potentially would, would add fuel to a fire and over the medium to long term, i would make out the prospects of achieving 2 states even more distant than,

than they currently are. so for $35.00 palestinians have been killed this year in confrontations with israeli security forces. benjamin netanyahu returned to power in december and appointed far right. politicians and religious nationalists in senior cabinet post. one of them national security minister, it mar, bangor, has promised to give more gum permits to his railey citizens and expand the legal settlements in the occupied west bank. and in there's a very high risk of escalation. the, this new israeli government is very fast. it's far right on it's mary in 10 on committing inflicting violence upon palestinians. and in fact in their political mandates are where, where premised on that. so i think in the weeks in the month to come, we're going to see a cooler regime of occupation inflated upon the palestinian people. mahmoud abbas and the palestinian authority are reliant on international pressure to make sure

israel honors its commitments when it comes to the occupation of east jerusalem and the west bank. we want a complete sensation of all unilateral is really actions that undermine all signed agreements. it is the main way back to re engage politically and end the occupation . the heads of the jordanian and egyptian intelligence agency sat down with the bass, head of his meeting with blinking an indication of the concern in the region about the security situation here. it's understood, they asked the palestinian president to adopt a flexible position with the americans. the palestinian authority wasn't expecting much reminds me of lincoln's visit, certainly not a commitment to re engage on a peace process with israel. the u. s. is concentrated on the war in ukraine threats from iran and its relationship with china. there's certainly no evidence of any real pressure to stop a slide into a wider conflict here. the palestinians are on their own. bernard smith,

al jazeera ramallah, is riley authorities stepping out the demolitions an occupied east. jerusalem after the cabinet announced punitive measures against palestinians early this week. or palestinians and jovial look of a closed streets and poured oil on the roads. to stop israeli forces from demolishing their homes. at least 15 palestinians were injured during confrontations bristle sorta has more from occupied east jerusalem. palestinians have lived in gibbon macapp better for decades. but israel wants many of them gone early on tuesday, palestine a residence staged, a protest and blocked major roads. the desperate measures aimed to prevent israeli bulldozers and army vehicles from entering their neighbourhood and demolishing their homes. holly and what have you looked little, the money on them. we are now protesting in solidarity with the people who have their homes threatened by the malaysians. occupational forces demolish 3 houses and

to day there is the decision to the molly's another. we are simple people living here, see how can a human live without house italian saying will it houses for our families and children to protect them from called andre. and all was hot. since sunday palestinian residence in german, macabre have received repeated phone calls from his read or towards his informing them that their homes would be demolished. he had bashir is one of them he left as quickly as he could to protect his family dilemma. mckay, lambert, i saw that we been or had a law. we received a call yesterday at noon saying that we must evacuate the house because they're coming to demolish my home. at 5 o'clock in the morning. they threatened as long as i did. if i didn't evacuate my home, they would not only demolish it, they would make me pay for the demolition cost around $30000.00. so i had to move the furniture and all the other things with my own hands from the increase in demolitions is happening at the time of grove intention. last thursday is ready, forces killed tempered athenians in the jenin refugee camp. a palestinian gunman

killed 7, his read is also the synagogue the next day. since then, israel has sent more troops to the occupied areas and fast dragged the issue of weapons permits to thousands of his rally civilians. it has also to work national insurance rights, identity cards, and residents. 2 of the attackers, family members, however, other palestinians on connected to violence have had their homes destroyed. human rights group say it constitutes collective punishment. german mc cabot locate the southeast of occupied east jerusalem is home to 30000 palestinians. for now they managed to keep his rarely bulldozers every, however they are prepared for israel polish and vehicles to return. the diminution of palestinian homes is not new last year is well, those at least $300.00 houses belonging to palestine, families, but the peace of the demolition has increased. cc fairly cabinet announced punitive measures and palestinians are increasingly on ad feeling the home could be lacked.

leslie selda, al jazeera w, kabir, and occupied his jerusalem. the death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the north west, and pakistani city of per shower, has risen to $100.00. the attack happened inside what was thought to be a highly secure police. compound and inquiry committee has been task to look into the security labs and what's been described as negligence. as it bake has the details. 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. pres, hundreds of worshippers went site. the musk is in a highly fortified red zone, which includes a police headquarters and a counter terrorism unit, raising concerns about a major security breach. on june, while you're here though, did us as well get rid of it as a matter of great condemnation that terrorist can enter a government department. if the government department don't have security?

what safety can they provide us? does a faction of the freak italy 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 shall sharif, has condemned the attack and promised stay in action. he says, terrorism is a country's biggest security challenge. the books on italy bon has threatened and talked to security forces in recent weeks with buddy's are hey, this is going to be a lead with this is not the 1st time this kind of apartment has happened since 2006 . the thousands of people have lost their lives and we have had enough of terrorism in november, the group and did the cease fire with the pakistani government. yet this month released this video, a fight as training,

promising more attacks and declaring its intention to impose hard line interpretation of the slimy law. the group has been raging a war against the focused on government for more than a decade. last year it carried out at least $150.00 attacks can in dozens of people . and they say the group has been emboldened since the tale bonds returned to power enough placed on in august of 2021. it's evident to reconcile the bond is tubs insecurity for states once again, even in places of worship, i said, beg, jazeera, come, i'll hide a report from the sight of the explosion. i'm standing on. what was the roof of the mosque? it was afternoon prayer, the suicide bomber had placed himself in the front row of the congregational prayer, and i did renew detonator, did their wife. although demand rescue and relief and recovery effort and now over,

you can still find the rescue teams here in order to ensure that nobody is still under the rubble and unaccounted fall. this had been a difficult operation guided out in the dead of the night. but it had also left difficult questions for the old tartar deed what, what they're doing when they knew that they were that the governor did today. the intelligence agency had daughter your daughter jane, that suicide bombers had penetrated into the true deal for shaw that they were the tent of an eminent or die. but they took it lightly on into a joint investigation. we're looking into how the suicide bomber entered into such a highly sensitive and well secured area, who all his facilitators, where did he come from? how did he make it here? all those responsible will be treated with an iron fist that had a sense of complacency. people have go on to forward happened hare. how did the suicide bomber get into such a tentative place?

answered are needed by the people who are angry. that asking difficult questions, but the administration and your tartar did except for, for to all but junior did, will tell you that this is a fight against the day to day. what the people wanted to go to dig. hundreds of policemen were president dare dare to afford soldiers who were in short peace and security in this country. but they are now the most vulnerable. and we have seen an increase in spirit of our dogs against a policeman who had been complaining that they don't have sophisticated equipment. they don't have black jacket, they don't have the kind of sophisticated weapons that they're getting to say using this is of these girls and i have brief, the prime minister to provide funds to our province to enhance the capacity of our security forces. they face a new surge of terrorism, but unfortunately, he said the country is facing a financial crisis. and it's hard to extend a helping hand. be berlin bog. it's dawn have rendered great sacrifices over the

past few years. over 80000 people have laid down their lives in that country. and i've got the big question now. age and the administration able to cope with the new challenge. people are asking difficult questions that tended very high the enemy or a grocery, a relic web. and also committee, and it will be a huge challenge in order to condense this new spike and violence that any good dollar bond budget don had been able to bring in the fist. a gated weapons from one is done. they are now drained again a for gord, end bug. it's dawn. and it will be a huge challenge for that security apparatus in order to ensure that the sacrifices of the people of bog, it's dawn, do not go in wayne. at least 51 people have been killed after their overcrowded boat capsized in north west pakistan. it was carrying a group of students and teachers on a day trip to the 10s damned lake on sunday. most of the victims were boys between

7 and 13 years old. huck astounds military said divers and local emergency service workers rescued. 5 survivors. pope francis has condemned what he called economic colonialism and africa. on the 1st day of a trip to democratic republic of congo. the leader of the roman catholic church is there as part of a 4 day visit. welcome web reports from the capital kinshasa. the pope, 1st off in africa, is the country with the largest roman catholic population. about half of congos, nearly 100000000 people. a members of the church pope francis was due to visit last year, but the trip was postponed because of a problem with his knee. tens of thousands of people lined the road from the airport to the city. the vatican had planned for pope fontaine to visit the country's east, but it was dropped after the conflicts that escalated in recent months. i'll

country with the fighting and all the problems we have today. we've received the pope and we believe in his blessing. the presence of the pope will bring peace and it will bring great things, not only for the catholic church, but for the entire country. the last pope to come here was john paul. the 2nd in 1983. the population has tripled since then. when they arrive on the phone, i thought it was my honors and honors people on the bike. his 1st thought was the presidential palace where he met felix jesse kennedy. elections do. later this year and jesse katy wants to run for a 2nd term. pope said, the poll must be free, fair, and credible. he said greed is fueling conflicts, and the congo,

the vast mineral wealth to these lands and the whole african continent continues to endure various forms of exploitation. and this is terrible that the poison of greed has made its diamonds with blood. the pope didn't say who he thought was responsible for escalating conflicts. president tis kitty did. so do we had to stop this misfortune which has lasted for nearly 30 years? is it a part of our territory way, in addition to our groups, foreign powers, greedy for the minerals, to commit cruel atrocities with the direct and cowardly support of our neighbour, rwanda, me. rwanda's widely accused of backing the and $23.00 armed group in the east. one that denies it the pope's due to spend 3 days in congo before traveling to south through dawn, malcolm web al jazeera can shatter. democratic republic is called

a still ahead on al jazeera, a special report from inside me and my with the military government accused of deliberately targeting civilians. and hollywood actor alec baldwin is formerly charged in the fatal shooting vist cinema toga on the seat of one of his films. ah, hello, the weather's looking larger, dry inquire to prosecute part of north america. good party. see this long line of cloud down towards the south, very active weather system here. yep. we got a cold air spilling out of canada, coming down across the plains. still some warped down towards the south and down towards a southeastern, where those to meet. this is where we have that very active, bad of heavy rain freezing rain turning to heavier spells of but wet weather as we

go on into wet his day. that brings a flood ris, particularly into eastern part of texas through louisiana, making his way a little further east was as we go on into west thursday, some very heavy rain coming back in here. and that is likely to lead to some flooding running up towards the eastern seaboard as we go on into a thursday north of the board. a few showers there in 2 ways inside of canada. western passing some wet weather as wintry weather at times, but from much of the us it stays dry and settled. meanwhile, across the car, been trying to settle for a good part of the region here as well. so plenty of tropical sunshine for the most part, just wanted to shout there and to his band yell over to ward, sir, puerto rico wet or whether they're across the western side of the caribbean. once again. and particularly costa rica. ah,

the latest news as it breaks us, forces are about a kilometer in that direction. a new military is good. now we detail country where israel has the palestinian of calling me on the verge of collapse for a decade from around the world. this pro death expanded july brought a social move, but not just again increasing the age of retirement, but also been the continuing cost of living crisis. ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories, the salad secretary of state antony blinkin says the us supposes anything that puts

a israeli palestinian to site solution further out of reach. he has concluded his trip to the region. after holding talks with phyllis tinney and president of motor boss, the death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the north west, and pakistani city of per shower has risen to $100.00. the attack happened inside what was thought to be a highly secure police compound. and pup francis is called for an into the exploitation of natural resources by foreign powers. the democratic republic of congo, the leader of the roman catholic church, is in kinshasa for a 3 day visit. more than a 1000000 people have taken to the streets of france full. the 2nd nationwide strike against pension reforms. the coordinated action disrupted public transit and cold school closures. president emmanuel macaroni has defended his plan to raise the retirement age as essential, showing how reports from paris. for a 2nd time,

this month, french workers and unions took to the streets across the country in their hundreds of thousands against planned pension reforms, and public sector strikes tor, into the economy, affecting the energy grid, transport education, and health services. there were minus scuffles between some protesters and police, and tension is likely to grow with more days of protest like this. ahead. as the government tries to raise the pension age from 62 to 64, and to increase the period of compulsory workplace contributions to compensate for a population that is living longer, it was unfair and unnecessary unfair because it's actually waiting the much efforts on the poorest because they're the ones that are going to have to work more. and then they're the ones of life expectancy. and it's unnecessary because suggested that the governing explaining it's justifying the basic theory phone on, you know, the temporary. and you could just talk to a french 1000000000 or, well,

actually like the it's just a political choice. reform of france, his social welfare system, including pensions, is a signature policy of the 2nd manual, macro presidency. it could be that a signature feature becomes public protests, like the yellow vest demonstrations against rising fuel prices. the lighted microns 1st term. but we are thinking about the future. we are taking part in this boat just because the bigger the numbers, the more likely things can change. at least us what we hope. on thinking about parents, we don't want them to work for longer. they have already broken their backs, and after 64 years is intolerable. the government says pension reform is not just necessary but inevitable. and as these policies make their way through the national assembly in february, the central minority government will likely prevail with the help of the conservative right. will be probably not. with president microns popularity intact

. jo, how al jazeera paris, the u. k. will face its largest eye of industrial action for decades on wednesday, up to half a 1000000 try and drivers, bus drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, and security guards. the said to strike in disputes overpay jobs and working conditions. charlie angela visited one school in london where teachers will be walking off the job. does this make on its side? 5 year olds at barn cross school listened to the teacher intently. on wednesday, deborah piper won't be here. she'll be on the picket line calling for better conditions for teachers 5 and a pay rise funded by the government not taken from her school budget as it was last year. that comes out of the children's pockets that comes out the children spoke. so they put us in a very precarious situation where we feel really guilty taking the bare minimum as we off and put in schools in such di, strike with bunch. so there are 2 really good reasons. i actually,

i want to tell him the march and be count season site enough more than a 100000 teachers in england. and wales will strike forcing thousands of schools to close those. some like bond cross will stay open to look after their most vulnerable students. last year, teachers protested not only as a pe, but staff shortages as a 3rd, quit the profession within 5 years of quantifying. the unions complained the government is not engaging with the issues. the critics argue teachers are asking for too much. a 12 percent pay rise, which is above inflation. my concern is that was striking the pay when teachers off relative to the families that they serve in that school as relatively very well paid. my worries we're going to go from teaching being respected untrusted profession. while my people are less something of what teacher but head teacher, tracy griffith explains the action is about so much more than money in this country

. a poor can only strike for certain reasons and pay is one of them. i think if you were to off the majority of teachers in this country, they would say they were striking full pie. but more importantly for funding for schools because they are at the frontline seeing the cuts and i'm what they're having to do with without enough money to do it. teachers joining the strikes marks and escalation in a winter industrial action across the u. k. so far the government has made it clear, it's not prepared to reopen talks a, the pay children like these are still catching up and learning love during the caving pandemic am if for days strikes planned had it is the children with charlie angela out of their london russia claims to have captured a village on the northern outskirts of the ukrainian city of bark. much it is located near the salt mining town of solid are which recently came under control of russian forces and wagner mercenaries. the battle for buckman has been raging for

months and the fighting has intensified. in the past few weeks. the british prime minister's office is it's not practical to supply ukraine with fighter jets. his spokesman for richey soon exit training, ukrainian forces on extremely sophisticated british made war plans would take months. keep has been pushing it with an allies to provide fighter jets ukraine as a to receive more than 120 battle tanks to help fight russian forces. the you in special report her on human rights and me and my has denounced the military jones, his plans for an election this year in a press conference. tom andrews called the vote, a sham which shouldn't be recognized. he made the comments on the eve of the 2nd anniversary and me and mars military coups, which saw former leader unsung to cheat jails and her democratically elected government. asked it, you cannot have a free and fair election when the opposition is arrested, detained, tortured,

and executed. you cannot have a free and fair election. when journalists are prohibited from doing their job. you cannot have a free and fair election when it is illegal. to criticize the hunter, a criminal act to criticize the hunter. these are not the conditions for a free and fair election. these are conditions for a fraud. where human rights organizations say nearly 3000 people have been killed by me and mars military since the crew in 2021. the military government is accused of deliberately targeting civilians to instill fear, in a special report from inside me. and my health is here as tony ching looks at how one community has been effected on the outskirts of the city of dum. also, the body of door saw me are lies in her modest home relative packs a bag with things she'll need for her journey to the afterlife. her son watches

without emotion, as the funeral rights proceed. she died after being hit by an artillery shell and a shell too close to the fields where she worked. the shell didn't explode, but she bled to death after it hit her in the thigh. oh, up on that i looked on the ground was shaking, and my child was crying. the woman shouted, i'm head and head lice. is she dried 09. this primary school in the same village was hit 2 months ago, killing a 5 year old girl and enduring 8 others walls pockmarked with shrapnel and a whole left by a direct hit suggest the school was intentionally targeted by mere mars military. in a nearby clinic, a young boy winces with pain injured in a traffic accident. the doctor tries to patch him up, but aside from stitching and cleaning the wound, there's very little that can be done. medical supplies are scarce. to morrow, the military governments bright. this is that the cut food and medicine to the area

when there is fighting. we have to connect with luke or resist and cruise to solve these problem. he now, even places of worship aren't safe. villages say this church was burned down by the army in the summer, but no one can get in to rebuild or repair. because the area is heavily mind. it's a tactic, the military uses frequently an iowa, neither. they are many land minds. we retrieve modern 700 landmines from john dog village, which the enemy has planned it. they use it as protection when they're weak. we have lost many lives lakes, unarmed to land mines, of suffer more because of minds than in battle. back in the village, the body of dasanya is ready to be buried according to local tradition. her possessions burned. as mourners wail, her coffin is nailed, shut, and load into the ground. another civilian victim of the army that was supposed to protect her. tony cheng altos or the family of tyree nichols who was killed

at the hands of us police is expected to speak publicly on the developments and the case on the eve of his funeral. they'll be joined by community and religious leaders at the mason temple in memphis. tennessee, on tuesday, it comes a day after 3 emergency response personnel was sacked by the local fire department for their role following the police. speaking of nichols on january 7th, 5 police officers have been fired and charged with 2nd degree murder american act. alec baldwin has been charged with 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter, and the death of a cinematographer on the seat of his film. rust. helena hutchins, died after a gun pointed at her by. baldwin was fired. during filming, and 2021. had a read cateris the films armor is also facing the same charges both face a maximum sentence of 5 years in jail police and per.