to was the 5th hottest year on global record stretching back more than a century. government report says 2022 was a bad year for whether 2023 isn't shaping up to be much better already year in california series of severe storms as battered the coast line and the interior of the state. pausing a number of deaths and up to a $1000000000.00 in damages. climate scientists say the warming is caused by industrial age, heat trapping, gas emissions, which have been rising steeply since the 1960. they say rapid reduction and emissions are needed across the globe. the slow or her 1st, the greenhouse effect. ah, the united states says it's tracking a chinese spy balloon flying. i was sensitive sites, most recently in montana. ah,

hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from dough house that coming up pakistan's prime minister coles for unity. as more details emerge about the suicide bomber responsible for the blast outside to police compounds. my leadership and voice will not be diminished. if i am not on this committee for one term, my democratic us congresswoman ill had our my is removed from a powerful house committee by the new republican majority and a farewell fit for a pipe. the head of the catholic church is about to leave the democratic republic of congo as he travels to south sudan. ah, i begin in the united states where the pentagon says it's tracking as suspected

chinese spy balloon spotted over its air space. there are reports, military ladies decided against shooting it down over the state of montana because of the risk of falling to brain officials say the balloon was flying over sensitive sites. china is calling for com until the facts become clear. true foods are in the good. yeah, china is a responsible country and we act in accordance with international law. we have no intention to violate other countries sovereignty and the aerospace we are gathering and verifying the facts we hope relevant parties would handle the matter in could headed way. let's get more now from katrina year who joins us live of from beijing . hello there. katrina, it doesn't appear to be a denial from the chinese government. does it? not a denial and not a confirmation. china's foreign ministry says that it's waiting to receive more information about this balloon in till then. it's warning against any hype or

speculation and hoping that com heads prevail for from both the u. s. and chinese side. and certainly it does not look good for china. the u. s. on the other hand seems to be fairly certain that this is indeed a chinese spy balloon that was seen flourishing over the state of montana. it says that it's flying high enough so thankfully does not pose any risk to commercial airlines, which is good because it is quite big. it's the size of 3 buses. it's also said that it's closing over a sensitive area, although it does not pose a significant risk in terms of intelligence gathering. now while we wait on more details from the chinese government, there have been some comments on chinese social media from chinese state media, essentially calling this hot air that's being trumped up by the u. s. there was a commentary on a state media tabloid saying that it's a shame not being shot down because at least we would then have some clarity or some evidence as to what this really is. experts have also chimed in saying that they're surprised by this because of

u. s. and china have been of co spying on each other for decades, but primarily through the use of satellites. and china has been expanding its satellite arsenal in recent years from 2019 to 2020. it doubled the number of satellites it has in the sky from about 250 to 500 now. and experts say it's unlikely this by balloon if that is indeed what it is, is going to be able to write any further information not already provided by that vast satellite network and, and katrina. what can we make of the timing of this balloons discovery, particularly ahead of secretary of state antony blink and visit to beijing in a few days time. that's right. it comes just days that head from antony blanket who is a supposed to arrive this weekend on sunday. it was a very high level of visit. the 1st law us secretary of state, since 2018, the highest ranking u. s. official to come to china since the beginning of the pandemic. and the whole point of that trip, at least according to the u. s. was to set god rails with what has become an

increasingly rocky relationship that you as trying to relationship has really deteriorated in recent years. and even in the last recent more 3 months and weeks, this has been fraught, paid with more 10th incidence orient tiwana, close color of the south china sea tech controlled employers by washington on badging on chinese companies. so this incident is going to add to a growing list of already very tense, talking points. and it's also interesting in terms of context, because china has in recent weeks actually been using a more conciliatory tone towards washington, a less strident not only towards the us, but also to the u. s. a. to the u. s. as allies. and this is because china has just come out of its point 0 policy, it's opening up, it's trying to boost it's slowing economy to try to reach out to other countries. and so that makes this move, which could be perceived as provocative. all the more surprising in terms of timing . really appreciate the update as always, katrina, you live for us in aging. thank you. let's take

a closer look now of where that balloon has been spotted. it was 1st officially cited over the aleutian islands in the us state of alaska, american men. canadian officials say it then flew through canada and back into usa a space where it was again, spotted over the sitting of billings in montana. malcolm davis is the senior analyst with you strange strategic policy institute. earlier, i asked him how we know it's a chinese surveillance balloon. it's fairly obvious that the u. s. tracked it just because we're seeing social media images of the mileage doesn't mean the north american air defense command nor, and didn't track it. coming over the aleutians, we have a good track of it. and i also would make very little sense or the chinese to fly a balloon carrying scientific or meteorological, or instrumentation over us icbm fields. so i think all the evidence suggests that

this is a chinese surveillance system. so why would they just use a balloon when they have a network of satellites and more advanced technology. but certainly in terms of gathering optical intelligence, taking images of, of the sites on the ground, satellites are much more effective. but in this particular instance, that a balloon takes a long time to go over sperm, but required locations to do intelligence gathering. and that makes it ideal for signals intelligence or electronic and tell it sickened. and e lid, it's a more effective platform in that regard. there because it can loiter over an area gara a lot of information suck up. radio transmission suck, sack up electronic transmissions, or dan satellite, which moves at 28500 kilometers per hour. so i think that in this particular instance, the chinese have decided to use a balloon rather than a satellite. i guess dani prime minister shall sharif,

has called the unity and condemned the rise of attacks in a meeting meant to review security measures. it was cold days after an attack that killed 101 people inside a place compound investigated say the suicide bomber managed to get him because he was wearing a police uniform in detonated his explosives inside of mosque. where officers had gathered for prayer, dreams to the capital in provinces, political leaders and religious figures with all take ownership of this drive. we must shun our differences and fight together using all our resources to eradicate terrorism from this country as we did in the past. we must be unified as proven from history, even when we get destroyed, we can rebuild it. i have no doubt that despite our great loss, we will overcome this threat and won't rest until terrorism is under control forever. i get an update from the bank who joins us live now from shower. i said, what more can you tell us about these ongoing security meeting?

but it's been attended not only by the prime minister, but the head of the intelligence, the head of the military provincial lead to a high ranking officials novice commit to assess a post 2014 following the box on bon attack. on a military school there, around $140.00 children were killed. now what they're trying to do is come up with a national action side to take on the box on a study bar. now, according to a box that you study by themselves in january or loan dekaiser over 40 attacks on security forces here and favorite. why not this province neighbors? the border with a finest on a many politicians are blaming of going on. and the lack of stability for the many kids crossing over the previous administration had under ron con, prime minister ron khan had gone for the idea of talk into the box talking about

those talks of i'm going to discover that sci fi was ended at the end of last year and of course we saw this attack taken taking place in shaw or one of the deadly attacks the police have ever suffered. but we have had information. the police said that they've managed to gather buddy paused, managed to identify the tester, but they are still continuing on with the investigation. but they have released cctv footage. but the stony investigators have released cctv video purportedly showing the moment a suicide bomber managed to infiltrate what is supposed to be a secure area. dressed in a police uniform and riding a motor bike, he was simply waved through without any checks. the question of security lapses that i admit that yes, there was a security lapse just because the st. palmer was just in a police uniform. the entire command of the police lanes gaze is not under one of

the party because inside their 7 defense, smaller units or organizations and each one has their own command structure. and then for the confusion, the chaos caused this detectable, get undetected entry into the police. and on detected the suicide bomber continued to target this, cctv for it shows him leaving his motorbike by the roadside. his then called back by a police officer. he pushes his bike away, pretending it had broken down. this is the last checkpoint, the fis, i'd bama would have gone through before making his way to the mosque investigator say, the police vest to his wearing was filled with 10 to 12 kilograms of explosives. they also say he appears the attack. i didn't know where the mosque was and had to ask for directions for the footage of released by police shows demand walking towards the mosque where he would go on to inflict the single largest loss of life the police here have ever suffered. and as they come to terms with their loss,

questions about what else can be done to protect security personnel still remain. there's no modern technology to protect police facilities, having facial recognition, or fingerprints, or biometric and cri, etc, etc. on the level of technology, which is internationally accepted as a standard feature and the sources that are required probably in those are either not really are we are not having those funerals are still taking place. police chiefs are trying to keep the morale high among the 130000 strong force in the province. 6 but this concern there could be more attacks. now there is an acceptance by the police said that they will be more attacks. but there's real fear machine, the cap to the shower, about what is to come. they thought the violence was behind them and that mean the resurgence. and although the tech has taken place and the government are trying to

see what they can do about taking the box on the volleyball. and the question is, and amongst the people, is if the boxes on the bond can get you into a secure facility and attack the police, what hope to others have a wider field in the province? i can the rural areas against the military very well armed and in many cases, a better armed dispute to forces invade. thank you very much for breaking down for us aside bag in the shower the ukrainian president below me, zalinski is urging the european union to impose more sanctions on moscow. as late as meeting keith, european commission president live on the line says a sanctioned package, including price caps on russian. oil will be ready for the 1st anniversary of rushes invasion. the landscape says the block is moving too slowly to speed that

you replace because dang is when she does that. just the common to ask for the european union is to reduce rushes ability to bypass the sanctions. the sooner this is achieved, the closer we will get to the defeat of rushes, aggression. we have noticed that the pace of sanctions has slowed down of it while the terrorist state has speeded, adapting to sanctions. it is worth to catch up and fix it. we believe we can do it to day. russia is paying a heavy price as our sanctions are you eroding its economy, throwing it back by a generation. the price cap on crude oil already costs russia around $160000000.00 euros a day. and we will keep on turning up the pressure further. we will introduce without g 7 partners, an additional price cap on russian petroleum products. and by the 24th of february, exactly one year since the invasion started, we aim to have the 10th package of sanctions in place. and spring in natasha butler,

who joins us live from cave. natasha plenty on the agenda. no doubt at this summit with top a you officials and zalinski. yes indeed. and we're actually just in the middle of an air raid alert here and key, which will just serve as a reminder for you, lee is in the city of exactly what at ukrainians are having to go through on an almost daily basis. now they are here, a meeting present, zalinski, this, e, you, ukraine, summits, her history making in many ways as the 1st on such a summit is being held in war time. one of the main topics on the agenda is ukraine's aspirations to become a member of the european union. it's candidacy was accepted last june, but keith wants the process to be fast tracked. however, that is unlikely to happen. there are a number of criteria and conditions that have to be fulfill for any countries to

become an e. you met the state and i think the message from the you to keep will be clear today, but that is a process that takes it many, many years or other things on the agenda. of course, the ongoing, a military and humanitarian aid from the e. u to ukraine with pledges of more. i'm a support also, as you heard there, another sanctions package on russia being prepared by the blog and a pledge of about $1000000000.00 to help her reconstruction in ukraine. of course, the country that continues to suffer damage and destruction as this war continues or i thanks so much for the update. natasha butler live for us in the cave. still, head tone al jazeera, the dani meltdown continues. the indian stock exchange limits change writing among the countries biggest can glamour. ah

hello, we got more right in the forecast for detailing over the next couple of days more on that. in a moment we see some significant rifle recently hit to parts of southeast asia, indonesia seen some very heavy downpour. 79 millimeters of rain there in catching weather weather coming and going here we'll see some lively showers to into a good parts of central and southern areas of the philippines. not too bad across so much of indo china. we will see somewhat whether they're into thailand or more so around the malay peninsula. k are looking pretty unsettled over the next couple of days, which is where the probably going to be across sir. southern parts of indonesia, java see the possibility of some flooding as we go through the next day. or 2 law, the showers continue to across northern parts of australia to sliding out of the northern territory. easing back into were good parts of more than queensland. hot

and humid i, which was at east side of ottoman pleasantly warm weather here, but very cold down towards the south. what a nasty system this some cold enough for some, some a snow actually across the australian outs. recently, temperature should pick up as we go on through the next couple of days. melbourne and around $221.00 degree celsius. but notice where to where the, making its way back towards new zealand with the risk of funding for the south ireland. ah. every year in china, an estimated $80000.00 children are abducted by one of their parents. 101 east. follow some mothers desperately trying to re right with their children on al jazeera. how do you see control information? how does the narrative improve public opinion? how is this is in bringing the story? the listening post. dissect the media. we don't cover the news. we cover the way

the news is cover. lou ah ah. hello, are you watching on to a 0? i'm emily ang, when he's a reminder of our top stories this, our pentagon says it's tracking as suspected chinese spy balloon. in the u. s. air space. officials say the suspected spy craft was flying over sensitive sides. canada's government has also detected the balloon. pakistani prime minister, chabad sharif, has called for unity and condemned the rise of what he called terror attacks in a meeting meant to review security measures. meeting was called days after an attack that killed 101 people inside

a police compound. ukrainian president folemi zalinski is urging the you to impose more sanctions on russia. you were paying commission president sullivan. de line says the sanctions package will be ready for the 1st anniversary on the invasion as bring you an update on the popes tour of africa. these are live pitches of where the pope is about to leave the democratic republic of congo, and travel to south sudan. he's been in the d r. c for 3 days. he's celebrated mass and address tens of thousands of young people at the stadium where he told them to shun ethnic rivalries and corruption. malcolm webb has more on the pope's visit from the congolese capital kinshasa. pope francis spoke to about 60000 young people in stadium in kinshasa is the 1st time a pope has come to democratic republic of congo. mean 40 years, said the fallen,

the ring of congos minerals is fueling conflict and must stop. to get to deploy. like when i deployed the war continues in d. c. in east of the country, you see what happens in ukraine. it all the international community mobilizes that what happens in d. c is much worse. the roman catholic church is one of the most powerful institutions in congress. millions of people depend on it for health care and education. people are trying to get into the stadium to see the pope contests as many 3 trade as a setting drink some food flags. and i know everybody here is happy with the pipes. these activists say pope frances has failed to stop sexual violence by clergy. benjamin cocoa says he was repeatedly raped by a belgian priest for years when he was a boy in a remote village. he says, years later,

the catholic church in belgium paid him $25000.00 compensation. but the priest went on to work in an orphanage. the money is never closed because the abuse are still working. they pro me still the program from the media. the still working so there is no justice yet. the campaign is say, the catholic church continues to protect sexual abuses and to bury complaints of abuse, including the recent case of a 13 year old girl in congo, who says she was raped by a priest. and if he doesn't act, he's contributing to the continual strong reason to believe that when the abuse story comes out in africa, it will be worse than it was. and in the west and us and western europe, until the post takes measures to hold his vicious and accountable. we're never going to know what that story. 4 years ago, pope frances introduced rules to stop sexual abuse and cover up the campaign as se,

then not followed in the developing world. and most of those abused hearing congo still suffer in silence. malcolm web al jazeera kinshasa democratic republic of congo had to india. now, when the stock exchange has placed restrictions on, the trading of shares and companies owned by tycoon got him. a donnie, more than $100000000000.00 has been wiped off the value of his conglomerate to allegations of food by us short seller opposition parties, a calling for full discussion in parliament. the government denies any responsibility. the government has nothing to do with a dining matters. there's absolutely no connection as bringing her name ital, who joins us live from new delhi with the light his pen, me would have been the political repercussions of this is donnie ral. they go in calls for the government to step in and tackle the situation. and

there's growing criticism from the opposition party that says the prime minister, the finance minister haven't spoken on what has become a huge issue over here. on one hand, you have so many people who lost so much money because of the mess down with all these dining group companies on the other. they point out that this is not an ordinary company. it's a company that it's really entrenched in many government policies, but also in just overall well being of a country. you know, when a company's building your apple, it's your shipping boards operating call. mine's it's critical to nation building and when it's investing so heavily in technology and renewable energy, it's literally building the future. and so opposition parties are demanding a debate in parliament. they're also demanding a judicial inquiry into that damning report that was released last week by american investment from hindenberg research that has a lead stock market manipulation. and

a coaching fraud allegations with the dani group has denied what have been the other implications of that us report which was released last week while the business work continues to respond strongly even today shares, but for the group companies fell. plummeted, so low that trading had to be paused with some of those companies. now stock exchanges are stepping in to protect investors. you know, in india, the national stock exchange has put some of the new companies and what is called additional service and mechanism. which basically on one hand signals 2 investors, that stock have been monetized, but also restrict trading activity to protect those investors. and this is also happening internationally. the dow in the u. s. is pulling dani off the stain ability indices. now these indices list companies that have strong financials,

but also made really high standards of environment and social and corporate governance. so it is in a way, a lot of face for the dani group apart from all the financial losses. now why all of this crisis is playing out? the new group is facing other challenges as well. bala wants to renegotiate. it's contract with the advantage group. the companies supply electricity to the country, but officials that say it is overpriced, particularly coal that is coming from an bonnie operated coal mine in eastern india is too expensive. plenty of moving parts to the story. thanks so much for breaking it down. for me natal live for us in new delhi attends the us now where republicans in the house of representatives have voted to remove a muslim congresswoman from the chambers. foreign relations committee, democrats say ill. hon. erma was targeted because of her identity. victoria gate

and b has the details and emotional debate. congresswoman ellen omar, a refugee from somalia, one of the 1st muslim women in the us house of representatives voted off the foreign affairs committee. there is this idea that you are a suspect if you are an immigrant, or if you are from certain parts of the world or a certain skin tone or a muslim, it is no accident. that members of the republican party accused the 1st black president, brock obama, of being a secret muslim republicans pointed to these tweets from years ago when she seemed to equate atrocities carried out by the u. s. military to those committed by groups, washington deems terrorists. she later said she did not mean to compare them, but republicans now in the majority, moved in a party line vote to kick her off the committee. democrats accused house speaker kevin mccarthy, of payback after democrats stripped 2 republicans of their committee assignments in the last congress. a charge he denied were not removing her from other committees.

we just do not believe when it comes to foreign affairs, especially the responsibility of that position around the world with the comments that you make. she shouldn't serve them, the republicans who lost their assignments a much different story representative poor go saw tweeted out an animated video that appeared to show him killing congresswoman alexandria, casio cortez, who said this move was intended to target women of color. i had a member of the republican caucus threatening my life and you all. and the republican caucus, the warning him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress don't tell me, isn't about consistency. democrats say they will appoint a more to a different but still powerful committee and omar warned republicans that their move will backfire. i yield back victoria gate and be al jazeera on saturday. we're dad, casablanca will be taking on the al, hello, all of saudi arabia, in the club,

will come, african champions will be hoping home support can lift the tank. several women, the competition as anti richardson report. without casablanca fans are renowned, some of the most passionate and organized in world football. this famous for this so called c foes, choreograph displays of support involving huge banners and flags. instead of people that they've been on for over the last 3 weeks has been nothing strips. exactly. and i haven't seen anything like in world football, i can tell you that i've been to matches in 1011 different countries in the world. and i've never been said that mr. like downloaded an app on my phone and to try to measure the decibel level and it was around 90 decibels pretty consistent match, which is pretty bad for your long history can be traced on the rules of cancer. blank is own soon. but only once before,

as the team played at the clip world cup. no good at that. why doubt that the champions of africa were not afraid of anyone playing in morocco? it was a big advantage from not just why dod funds, but the whole country would be behind the team without origin story is one that informs the feelings. this team inspires us and the french occupation accessed the sports facilities was limited. so in the mid 1913 americans formed that own club. without a less it began like a waterfall like thing, but quickly expanded to include football, the side went on to become a symbol of the nationalist movement whenever they played. mohammed has supported the team all his life for him with that will always be a club. it's about much more than just winning trophies when it's ready. and we did go ahead and say, hey, why dad is a source of.