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ah, hello there, i'm this tells you, hey, this is al jazeera live from durham, also coming in. the you says ukraine needs to make more reforms to join the block. as president lensky pushes to fast track for more talks, a surgeon your us job numbers for the economy continues to struggle with high inflation and rising interest rate plus ah, but francis arrives and sounds too down to the message of reconciliation on his 1st visit to the wilds, youngest nation. ah, well, we begin with breaking news from the united states, secretary of state anthony blinking has postponed his trip to beijing. after the united states tracked what it said was a chinese spy balloon in american ass space. beijing and says that it's an object

meant for scientific research and has expressed regret. lincoln strip was scheduled to begin on sunday, but will speak extremely, you and beijing in just a moment. but 1st, let's head to the white house and get all the latest that from kimberly how good. kimberly, i see this trip has been post burned rather than all out cancelled yet. any idea of what the plan might be hand whoa. the latest from the state department is that it is postponing the trip, but there is no word on when it may be resuming only according to a senior state department official. and the last few moments of this official say, we've noted that the chinese government is saying that it regrets that this balloon has drifted into u. s. air space. however, the u. s. government saying the presence of this balloon in u. s. air space is a clear violation of your sovereignty as well as international law,

and it is unacceptable that this has occurred and after consultations with our inter agency partners as well as the u. s. congress, we have concluded that the conditions are not right at this moment. for secretary blinking to travel to china. so this is the position of the u. s. government. we should also point out that to the u. s. president spoke in the last hour or so, but he did not speak to reporters about this incident. he would only speak about the u. s. jobs report, and he ignored report as questions about this, leaving it to the state department to handle. this is not sitting particularly well with us law makers who are really looking for answers from u. s. government about why this was able to creep into u. s. air space. how this balloon, which the chinese government says is

a weather balloon. and the pentagon is saying is anything, but in fact is a collection and intelligence collection device used for floating over some very sensitive military sites. namely an icbm or, or enter a ballistic missile nuclear site as silo field. in fact, over the u. s. state of montana, we also know from the pentagon that when this was detected, we should point out it was detected by bystanders on the ground. not the military itself. that the military then shut down any sort of capability for intelligence gathering. assuring the public that there is no need for alarm. but at the same time, members of the, of congress on capitol hill are saying that they need some answers about how this was able to enter us aerospace undetected. and so for those answers have not yet

been provide at old kimberly all of this and very strong message to beijing. where does this now leave us china relations? well, certainly these are very tense time between the united states and china. but also these are some very tense relations between the u. s. government and the state governments, particularly when it comes to the governor of montana who is asking some tough questions of the u. s. president. he's put out a statement saying from the spy balloon to the c. c p, spying on americans through tick tock, to see c, p linked companies buying american farm land. i am deeply troubled by the constant stream of alarming developments for our national security. what he's referencing is a question that i put to the national security council in a white house briefing several months ago with respect to chinese companies that

are purchasing farm land around military sites in the united states. oh, and there so far has been no answer from the national security council about why this is being allowed and, and whether or not this is going to continue. so this is something that has been of concern to a number of law makers, the governor of montana. and so far the u. s. government has not provided any answers, but certainly this is of some concern to americans, and certainly this is certainly ratcheting up the tensions between the 2 governments and the headline. of course now that this is postpone the trip of the secretary of state that was slated to in terms of the travel schedule, the secretary of state anthony blanca was set to depart in a matter of hours to go to beijing. and now that trip has been postponed indefinitely and it will be a story that will continue to develop and will continue watching closely. here on out, is there a for now? thank you very much. kimberly at the white house. let's go straight now to katrina

hughes. she joins us from beijing via skype, katrina, any word yet about how lincoln's trip postponement is going over over there? no official statements so far as quite late here is just after midnight, but certainly this will be a blow to the chinese government and surely also very embarrassing. now the whole point of this visit oh, by antony lincoln, was to stabilize what has become an extremely fraught and deteriorating relationship over the past few years. the list of disagreements between the 2 world powers is long and it runs the gamut. adds everything from human rights to taiwan, to the south china sea, to tech rivalry, and semi conducted controls. and we also also have to look at the timing on this for beijing. it comes as china's coming out of its corbett, 0 strict policy. its economy is slowing, and china has changed from this more strident diplomatic turn to more conciliatory one in hope of reaching out to other countries, including the u. s. and its allies. so it's certainly bad timing. and this was

supposed to be a trip by anti blink. in the highest ranking us visual to visit china as uh, for some years. certainly since the beginning of the pandemic. and it was hoped that this would help to establish more regular channels of communication and prevent any other things escalating between the 2 countries. but it seems instead because of this incident involving the balloon. but this will only add to further distrust between the 2 countries and katrina, beijing seems to be sticking to its story of a weather balloon and a pesky westerly wind. yes, so china has acknowledged that yes, this is a chinese aircraft, but they are saying that it is not meant for surveillance. that isn't. it is not a military aircraft at all. they saying that this is a civilian aircraft. meant primarily for with a research and that it was blown unintentionally off caused by a strong westerly wind. and it ended up that because of its cool self,

the steering capacity. now china says that it regrets this, that it's working with the us to handle the situation. and early in the afternoon in china's foreign ministry, didn't say that china has no intention of violating the sovereignty of another country as will prevail. now this is not the 1st time such an incident has taken place. in fact, a strange had it as it is actually around this time last year just after the luna new year period. also, a balloon also surfaced above taiwan and there was a lot of careful and speculation as to what that balloon was. and ultimately, the taiwanese defense authority said that they thought that it was a balloon, primarily full meteorological research and said that it posed no real threat. now that's what the chinese government is saying is happened here, but it remains to be seen whether that argument will that whether that statement by beijing will convince anybody in the u. s. or elsewhere. and dave, katrina, you that with all the latest force from beijing. thank you. katrina

ah, well talk you officials are in kiva, highly symbolic summit present. gotta me as lensky has once again urged his western allies to supply long range weapons to help give push russian forces out of the dumbass region. he also pushed the block for speedy membership, but the e u is urging caved to implement more reforms and to fulfill the conditions for its membership application down oh, richard timelines. but their goal that you have to reach reforms, for example, to improve a situation in the canada country to then reach the exception negotiations and the session accept itself. if you look at the history of the european union established with 6 member states today, we're 27. so that 21 different stories of accession negotiations

to the european union. and this shows that there is not one size fits all, but it depends a lot on the candidate at the country. how it moves forward, the whole school route to 3 through with ukraine in the european room into area as soon as possible. this is another step in brendan shoe, chris and you. closer to demo the president of latino you is with you to do your own will be with sure and your people to morrow and force florida should fish. we will be right by your side to we built a logo poster which you cred firmly inserts on our commonly ripped and fast. well, natasha butler has been following that you summit force in teeth, e. u and ukrainian leaders all agreed on one thing and that this was an historic

day. this was a symbolic day of this e, you ukraine summit happening in keith in a war zone. this was a show of unity and also a message to moscow. the key is very much turned towards the european union, turned towards the west. now ukraine wants to be a member of the european union. after this, a summit, president followed mayor as the lensky said, the keeper do everything that he could use every day in his efforts to try and speed up the process of it's a membership. what keep wants is for an accelerated negotiation process on it, succession is ready, a candidate country that was approved last year, but it wants things to go much faster. so it becomes a full member. the e. u, though has, may declare in the past and again to day off to this prescott once we heard from leaders that it will take time. the key still needs to put in place

a number of reforms or meet certain conditions and criteria. and that's just the process, it's there, and it always has been, it takes time for a country to become part of the european union. even though european union leaders wait, if i clear that they certainly hope that that will be the place that ukraine will reach in a few years time. well, that's not the view from moscow with some avenge of aid as alma, as we been saying, the kremlin watching these meetings very closely. indeed it is. and so far we need directly action to what is happening across the border pain . but we've been hearing from the kremlin about what it calls defending itself when it comes to an increasing threat of function, especially when it comes to the oil and gas industry. we've seen russia has been trying to balance budgets by changing the markets from europe to other places in

asia. we've seen that the russian export amount to about 85 percent just last year. we're in europe and now they've done just about 37 percent. and when it comes to the delivery of rep and we've been hearing from the russian commander in chief dependent saying that at the battle of scotland rod, 80 years ago, russia, faith germantown bearing the cross. and it is being defaced in once again and warning europe and other countries that it is going to be a fitting response. although it has fallen short of saying that it has been to move towards the european borders. but it does seem to indicate that russia is not going to back down there to continue to try and maintain an upper hand in the water than jervey is there with a view for us from moscow. thank you so much for some. well, he turned to the us now where there's been a surprise such and new jobs. despite the looming risk of recession, the labor department says employees made more than half

a 1000000 new hires last month. and that means the employment rate is now to the lowest since 1969 knots despite the federal reserve raising interest rates in an effort to cool inflation. how does your customer report from washington dc? this is more than double what wall street had been expecting. $517000.00 new jobs created just last month alone. and as well as this falling unemployment rate. now it's at 3.4 percent, which is indeed a 50 year low for the united states. and this comes also as sort of a conundrum, because we've seen the headlines from last month of some, $10000.00 layoffs going the other direction with especially the tech sectors of companies like meta amazon, microsoft, all announcing massive layoffs. so how does that all make sense? well, economists have said that perhaps it's because these are laid off. tack sector workers

are so quickly finding new jobs that they're not unemployed for long, or they're choosing not to look for new jobs as of now. and that theory seems to have been supported by these new numbers out to day, given that we're now looking at close to, to job openings for each person searching for a job currently in the united states. i'll still ahead here on al jazeera. the indian stock exchange has limited share trading, and one of the country's biggest conglomerates will have an update for you and clean a seas by 2030 scientists and stakeholders means in canada. aiming to protect 30 percent of the world's oceans. ah hello, we've still got small snobby, the forecasts for japan over the next couple of days. but thinks should garage truck starts ease to make away into next week?

hard pressure dominates from the weather across good parts of china. so settled and dry here. southern parts, we'll still see some showers longest spells if right. there's a snow that it's about western side of han shoe quite a while. she drives a little of cool side and things quietly down than this. we go on into sunday some more the way a pleasant sunshine coming back in tokyo at about 11 celsius getting up to around 6 there in so 8 degrees, therefore, beijing, but for some parts of china, it does remain a little unsettled and settle the course across sir, se, asia, the usual rafters showers, coming through some big down pools. there are 2 central and southern parts of the philippines, some lively showers to just make in the way. and of course, a good part of indonesia. now we have seen some lively showers, longest bells of ray to affecting shore lanka recently. please to say are old tropical system that's now pulling out of the waste in a few showers in the forecast. forceful anchor, as we go through, sat day in the also seeing some wet weather at that stage. it will clear here as we

go through sunday much of india looking try. but there's some snow and rain for northern pakistan. ah, african stories from african perspective. if conditions do you like to watch cuz you with. ready short documentaries, from african filmmakers for kina fossil and kenya we, it's really important to teach suppose it comes in do something that i can be proud of. the painter and g hines bench africa direct on al jazeera. ah

ah, kind of they are watching al jazeera. i'm this darzy tay here in doha. let's remind you about top stories. the chinese foreign ministry says it regrets what it calls a civilian balloon. straying into u. s. air space. the pentagon at earlier said it was a spy balloon, and that it was tracking it over the state of montana. president brought me as lensky says, ukraine will fight to hold on to the eastern frontline city of buck moore's. he's urged western allies to supply long range weapons to help give push russian forces out the dumbass region. u. s. president joe biden says his economic plan is working . after a surprise surgeon new jobs, despite high inflation and rising interest rates, the unemployment rate up to 3.5 percent. that's the lowest level since 1969. while the head of the roman catholic church has arrived in south dierdon,

pope bronze as has been a vocal advocate for peace and reconciliation in the wilds. youngest nation, he's been joined there by the leaders of the african charge and the church of scotland and what they're calling a pilgrimage of peace southward on is a majority christian nation. and since its independence and 2011 at seen, civil war and drought that have displaced millions of people, hiring matessa reports from the capital. well, people here exhausted. i know that the pope being here will not perform miracles. they won't all of a sudden be lost in peace. they hope that his presence will put pressure on political leaders in the country to sit down, talk together and work towards peace. a peace agreement was signed in 2018, but part of that 3 months have so not yet implemented. for example, the re, unified, national army has not yet been deploy 2 quality parts of the country. so thousands of people who are still living in id pecans, camps were displaced. people are still tuesday to go home because of insecurity in some parts of the country. it's going to be

a jam packed program for the pope in the other religious leaders. they'll be meeting a different politicians, the vice president of the country, diplomat civil society. i mean is a meeting in the town hall where the pope and his leaders wouldn't speak to. people have been displaced by years of conflict. the some disappointment medical, some of those people hope the pope and the i believe is, would be able to go to the camps with these people live and see how the lives see how they talk about these not enough food in the camps. they don't have clean running water that they dis, but that's not going to happen. and then later on they'll be a mass on saturday and sunday, and then the pope leads for most people here in south to down. they hope that the visit this high profile visit over pressure on political leaders insulted on to force them to lay down their guns. sit and talk and try mucus country foliage. now there are more than $800.00 attacks by israeli settlers on palestinians, and they occupied westbank last year, rights groups a growing, sensitive impunity as fueling an increase and violence there. and as bernard smith

reports near ramallah, many victim say there's no point in even filing police reports. the ambulance crew were lucky to escape without serious injury when settlers threw rocks at their vehicle last week. they were called out to 3 palestinians who been injured when settlers attacked a village in the occupied westbank. and emma took partition. yeah. which means so i didn't, we would make it out of there alive. and we were driving between cars that were on fire and i would never have expected that they would attack in ambulances that were an average of 17 settler tax a week on palestinians in 2022, a 170 percent increase in 5 years, according to the un poses with israel's new governing coalition, including foreign ministers, elected by settlers. many palestinians fear the violence will get worse. the us government says it opposes settlement expansion and the legalize asian of outposts . but these railey government is promising to do just that. those new grey and white apartments over there are illegal settlements right here in the heart of the

west bank. and last year just 3 percent of police cases involving subtle violence resulted in a conviction. farrah salamis from israeli group that monitor settler attacks. he says they now have no fear and come right into the villages, pocket feasible, a shot in their emboldened because it's really law enforcement gives them impunity and the power to carry on an escalade when there is no accountability, the attacks increase and so does the violence today because they are in a position of power when the government, they feel more immune settlement started appearing, not long after israel occupied the west bank in the 1967 arab israeli war. there are now around $290.00 of them all illegal on the international law. the settlements in blue on this map, a gradually expanding and will eventually joined together a tactic, palestinian official hassan dot glass says was used when israel was found it home

with them up when the, when buffy outer haiti follows that. they want to implement and plan to transfer palestinians from areas close to settlements. seen similar to that in 1948 when sinus gangs committed massacres and instill fear to drive palestinians out of their homes. today we have another attendance and you gangs new names. price tag, hill top uses you name it. as you know, settlers have been charged in connection with the attack on the ambulance on saturday. israeli police say they'll investigate the incident but have yet to make any arrests. bernard smith, alger 0 ramallah, while pakistan's prime minister shout sharif, has called for unity and condemned the rise of violence and amusing men to review security measures. it was called just days after an attack that killed $101.00 people inside a police compound. investigate to say the suicide bomber managed to get in because he was wearing a police uniform. he detonated his explosives inside of mosque, where officers had gathered for pres, acid beg, isn't michelle,

with moral not security meeting for us. what was attended by the security chief, the head of the intelligence, the head of the military, that provincial leaders, as well as high ranking officials. now this commit to a set up post 2014 falling approx 20. so you'd want to talk against the military school that over 140 children were killed, no prime minister. she was teresa said that if they don't act against terrorism, that history will not be forgiving. and also he mentioned that konami challenges that this country is that he said that they are on imaginable. but even though this country faces those, those times is that they must again, terrorism. now he's called the old party conferences, invited him, ron, called the full prime minister to that conference and says that they should put the political differences aside for the sake of this fight. now there have been some political differences. the form of government wanted to speak with the box on the thought it was. and there were discussions around the return around 8000, maybe 102-5000 members on the condition. and they put their weapons and those tools

broke got their bucks, 931 and did these last late last year we had this attempt on monday. this is the largest type of please here in the cable book, who has suffered the single largest attack, a single largest loss of life that they have ever suffered. now that has the investigation is ongoing and have really ctb footage. and they say that they have identified the tucker, but the latest cctv for dish does show a considerable security lapse in the us government has denying links to the dani roof as the stock exchange and poses restrictions on the trading of shares. and all companies owned by tycoon gas on the dani. more than $100000000000.00 is now been wiped off the value of this conglomerate, of the allegations of fraud by us short seller. a donnie in turn has denied stations that his relationship with indian prime minister under andrew moody has helped them to become asians richest man opposition parties, according to full discussion. and parliament pumping missile has more from the deli

nicole opposition. parties are united in their demand. they want the government to tackle this head on the demanding a judicial inquiry and a debate in parliament. and the concerns are largely to forward on one hand, as all this money that has been lost by investors billions of dollars on the, on the, you know, a donnie companies are not just regular companies that critical companies to just a nation building. you know, the building for the operating coal mines their, their supply electricity. donnie is also major investor in technology and renewable energy. so in that way it is sort of future building as was. and a lot of the criticism that has come to the new group is that the found off that company got to but donnie was, wants the 2nd richest busing on the planted and is no longer that has benefited disproportionately because of his friendship with prime minister marines remotely,

and that is what opposition parties are now alleging, and they want regulate us to step in and sought this crisis. a congressional committee in the philippines has endorsed to build to protect marine areas and the contested south china sea revision came several islands, especially islands on the scottish, all are among the richest fishing grounds in the country. but the visual se that chinese activity is endangering the ecosystem of their reef. bottom below reports from manila for 30 years. now, scientists from the university of the philippines, marine science institute, have been serving damage to marine life in the west. philippine sea part of the south china sea within the philippines, exclusive economic zone. this underwater footage of dying reefs was taken during recent expeditions. the destruction has been most extensive in the last decade or so. coral reef are no longer there. coral east have now become islands

and those are manmade islands. so the reclamation of that now putting off additional sediment on top of those reefs definitely killed those cities. since 2013 china has reclaimed nearly 1300 sectors of land in the spread lease. according to the asia maritime transparency initiative, chinese coast guard and fishing vessels also have an overwhelming presence. this video shows filipino fishermen being driven away in early january. china continues to play most of the south china sea, despite a 2016 international ruling that favored the philippines. aside from scientists here, the philippine government's intelligence agency has done its own study. a sent an inquiry last year revealed that the estimated cost of china's reclamation activity so far is $650000000.00. in an effort to save the west philippine sea from 40 degradation, legislators want parts of it declared marine protected areas. they said the

measured doesn't target any specific country. the proposed law will place a temporary ban on fishing. filipino fissures unions are concerned. fishermen in the area will lose their livelihood. but proponents say that won't be the case. nobody will stop them to face. there's only anadia that we will declare as that goes on, where there would be no more than once either. now my view will be allowed there, but i'm the surrounding areas everybody against in go visit. the question is how to enforce the law. china has never acknowledged the legitimacy of an international ruling. barnett below al jazeera manila. ah, hello, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the u. s. secretary of state, anthony lincoln, has postponed his trip to beijing after.