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ah, well, the pentagon says it's a chinese pie balloon. beijing insists it's a civilian object, but the balloon route has now spilled into a full blown diplomatic route. in the past few hours, the u. s. secretary of state ancy blinkin has postponed. a visit to beijing. washington says the presence of the balloon in american as space is quote, an unacceptable violation of its sovereignty. first of all, we are aware of the p r c's statement. on the however, the fact is, we know that it's a surveillance balloon. and i'm not gonna be able to be more specific than that. we do know that the balloon has violated us airspace and international law, which is unacceptable. and so we've conveyed this directly to the p r c at multiple levels. and in terms of specific locations, i'm not going to be able to go into specific locations again,

other than to say it's moving eastward at this time. well, that's been to our white house correspondent, kimberly how could his following all these developments kimberly the u. s. is still clearly not buying the chinese explanation. yeah, there's no question that it is not buying the explanation. and that's because of the location we're was 1st discovered. and that is in the us state of montana almost directly over a nuclear facility in terms of a field where there are 3 nuclear silos, housing icbm, and these are inter cool continental ballistic missiles. and so the concern being that this was intelligence gathering and that is exactly what the pentagon believe it was doing. and as a result, it's a quickly disabled, the ability of the balloon to be able to do that and to send any sort of information back to china. now in terms of what the balloon is doing,

moving forward, it has continued to drift. according to the pentagon is no longer over the us state of montana which parallels the canadian border. it is now somewhere in the central united states, and it is going to continue to drift for some time or for the soup foreseeable future. probably for a couple of days more are the reason that it has not been shot down. as many americans have suggested, including some republican lawmakers, is because of the fear of the debris that could fall and potentially injure people on the ground. so the concerned now for many law makers is how this got into us air space in the 1st place. what we know is that traveling at about 8018 kilometers high in the sky, apparently well above commercial air traffic. so there's no fear, bit colliding with any passenger jets, but at the same time it did enter us aerospace undetected and many are asking now

of the biden administration how this was possible and how it can be prevented in the future of causal. kimberly that cancellation, while the postponement i should say, of antony lincoln's trip to beijing off also sends a very, very strong message. where does this all leave already, attendance us, china relations even further deteriorating as where it leaves things because there were already some very difficult things to be discussed. tensions in the south china sea trade tensions between the 2 nations that have been, ah, ratcheting up for years, even preceding the biden administration. and now you have this issue and the concern from the state department is that this was going to supercede all of those issues and they wouldn't be able to work out the issues that preceded the concern about the chinese weather balloon. as the chinese government says,

or the intelligence gathering surveillance balloon, as the u. s. government alleges, and so as a result, the statement coming out of the state department is we have noted the p r c statement of regret. but the presence of this balloon in our air space is a clear violation of sovereignties as well as international law. it's unacceptable after consultations with inter agency partners, as well as the u. s. congress. we've concluded conditions are not right for secretary blinking to travel to china. we should point out that trip was scheduled to begin in a matter of hours. we do not know now when it is set to resume. currently it is postponed. while our white house correspondent, kimberly, how can they across all the latest for us? thank you very much. kimberly who let's now bring in hilary, man, leverett. she's the seo at the political risk consultancy strategic choices. now from mclean and virginia. hillary, anthony lincoln was going to be the 1st usaa pre estate to visit china since what 2018 and the 1st cabinet member from the biden administration. and this was meant

to stabilize relations. it seems to have had really quite the opposite effect. now . yes, it's quite unfortunate that by the administration's policy toward type, trying toward china is premised on 2 tracks. one is to compete or confront china. that's one truck that's clearly going forward. the 2nd very important track is dialogue and cooperation. and that has really been frozen for the past couple of years. and the blinking trip was supposed to arm freeze that and stabilize us china relations l. a. china league. when secretary, i just wanted to ask you about some of the motive as well from china, though here because beijing still and says this is a weather balloon. as we were hearing the went astray. i'm curious as to whether you think this was an accident, because if it was a spy balloon, as the americans are alleging, i mean what boat, if could beijing have to have it detected in u. s. s face as though very embarrassing? well, it doesn't seem like it probably would give them that much intelligence. i mean,

any more than google earth would would give them this is this type of device. this balloon has been used since the civil war use during war one wrote or 2. it's not anything really that sophisticated, and i don't think the on the us side, the pentagon is really that worried about the intelligence capabilities of it. what they're concerned about is that china would do something like this. that would be such a slap in the face to the biden administration, as it is sending secretary of state lincoln there. and whether that's intentional or not, of course, we can't read their minds. but very important to know that the u. s. secretary of defense has just been in the philippines where the philippines is now grant in the united states access to foreign military sites. and that is all to continue this confrontation with china. and so china maybe trying to message the by an administration that if the united states is going to do something provocative in the military sphere, like sending our secretary of defense to the philippines right next door to china. on the eve of the blinking visit,

china can do the same thing by sending something over the united states. i think this is more of a slap in the face than any real intelligence or military threat show a very interesting i was watching the pentagon press conference at an they're refusing to be drawn on whether they might shoot it down, even if it's safe to do so when it comes to debris and other things, is that because it might be then regarded as an escalation g. thank. well, i think the 1st concern really is that they don't know what could happen to the debris if they shoot it down where, where it would fall, how it would fall. and again, they don't really consider this from what i understand from my contacts. they don't consider this balloon to really be an intelligence or military threat. it's a they, they just don't really see it that way. and so to shoot it down, would really be just for political purposes here, perhaps to assuage the, the pressure that president biden is getting from republicans in congress that he's not being tough enough on china. but the real benefit of shooting it down from what i understand my contacts. it's just not there in the military and challenges

intelligence, fear, hillary where to next. that is the postponement and then can strip rather than an outright cancellation to rather leave the space for some quiet diplomacy. perhaps perhaps, i mean we saw it the last time there was a major escalation and ties between the us and china over then us speaker of the house of nancy lucy's visit to taiwan. the chinese were very angry and they struck back at us in a few different ways, but that did eventually blow over and president biden was able to meet president. she and they agreed. and this was a major part of their agreement to have secretary blinking, go to china, go to beijing as this major improvement in, in, in relations. so it's a blow to you as china relations. but on the other hand, china is an enormous power. the united states is an enormous power. neither country is going anywhere. we're going to have to live with each other and relations will

eventually. i think they will eventually come back in some way. and some practical base is come back on track. but right now, we're in a very dangerous moment, and we'll say whether, if or when this trip gets rescheduled, henry man, never that a c or at the political risk, consultancies strategic, always great to get your thoughts. hello, thank you for joining us again on out of there. thank you. ah, now tough you officials have met in cave for a highly symbolic summit. president vladimir lansky has urged the block for speedy membership about the e. u is calling for more reforms. and tasha butler ports now from the capital aah! parrot siren sounded in keith at the start of the you ukraine summit and meeting as much about symbolism as talks you leaders side by side with ukraine's president in keith. a show of the block support for ukraine and

a message to moscow that despite its attempts, keeps looking west. ukraine wants to join the you. it's candidacy was accepted last year and it won't succession negotiations to be fast tracked. but a you lead to say that fulfilling the many conditions required may take years if there are no rigid timelines. but their goal that you have to reach reforms, for example, to improve a situation in the canada country to then reach the accession negotiations and the session except itself. your determination to forge ahead is impressive. nasir 4 talks also focused on military support for ukraine, for low de ms. lensky once again urging western leaders to send keith bull weapons . yes, sure. would the prisoners royal, if weapons deliveries or accelerated, namely long range weapons, we will not only not withdraw from buck much,

we will begin to de occupied storm grass one which has been occupied since 2014, when it to the rascal rural b. u says it will continue sending military and humanitarian aid to ukraine and will train 30000 ukranian soldiers. it also pledged money for the mining and reconstruction in the country, as well as a new round of sanctions against russia. the 10th packages on its way. we have the aim to have it in place by the 24th of february. it has a volume of round about 10000000000 euros. its a mass package again. it was the 1st time that any you saw me. it had been held in a country in wartime, although there were differences during this summer over the speed of keys you membership process. you leaders agree that ukraine is fighting this war against russia not only for itself with the whole of europe. natasha butler al jazeera

keith or the united states has also announced that it's sending more than $2000000000.00 worth of military aid for ukraine. the pentagon says the package includes precision guided rockets and hawk air defense systems. well, let's not get the view from moscow with some of injured osama. what does the kremlin make of all this show of solidarity from the west? but in the last few minutes, we heard from the kremlin saying that the world must not forget the comments made by president tutoring in, in the remembrance of sun rod just pretty 4 hours ago where the russian have said that the do not welcome the, the to ukraine president put in diluted to what happened 80 years ago and saying that net once again is german times headed to words the russian border with crosses on them. and russia is going to make use of its full capability,

and it is going to respond to it. he did fall short of saying that is going to be done headed towards its borders with european country. but it did say that this is going to be something that history also has a lesson for all of the people who are helping you, pain, obviously pointing toward the 2nd world war. and this is something that we've heard from the russian government since the beginning of the war, a painting it with the picture of how not the germany was the war against russia. russia has insisted that it is war of went to war with you, faint because of the presence of what it falls, not feet. and that is why it continues to be there to make sure that it's borders are protected from what it's called. it's good. this is something that russia is going to be continuing on as we try to this the stages of the 1st anniversary of the war. and the other thing that russians have been saying is about the sanctions

against russia. you have to bear, bear in mind that feminine has been talking about the sanctions which came into effect in december and for the sanctions coming in on february the 5th. whereas oil and diesel is going to be sanctioned by european union, which is going to be carried by russia thing that it is making arrangements for of national security finding alternative. and that is what it have done is find alternative in the last year to continue to make sure that if economy see the floor and the money from on for the continues to come in. i saw a binge of a there with all the laces forth from moscow. thank you. a sama. well let's bring in or was broken up. he's a professor of political science at stanford university and bell, and he joins us now. live skype from the orac. i'm curious, what do you make of the tone? the last couple of days of these meetings that we've been seeing and kids rather be from quarter to 6 because all europe can offer us at the

moment is money, moral, support, and church. it makes a big why they talk about ukraine, or whether you talk ukraine, you'd like more dangerous was last time on the line came to visit. this time she brought the whole college of commissioners on ukraine is not alone. should we read anything? do you think we reckon to what's being said about fast tracking you can view membership well yes the that was one thing for the media. but it's another thing to country membership in the european union. this is not a sports club by you just fill out the form and you are a member, a country that applies the membership, is a different kind of cree cross. the one that applies once it's in, it has gone to that major transition from

a political economic system. and most importantly we go. ready that is what it was funny to fly it. ringback ready nice, even countries where a perfect much like all the hours even needed 4 to 5 years to become a member. well, as you say, the choice to hold these meetings in chief is obviously demonstration of solidarity with ukraine. but it seems we're also seeing more unity within the u, between members and perhaps was expected especially by moscow for that is actually surprising because by default for union members are different interest. ready history, their perspective on political. ready cation means that relationship. ready over russia and despite all these differences face license. ready george i'm a law. ready ready in space and then i've heard the differences,

it was a top building as it is. busy ready your conclusion. ready yet, and so in a very interesting few days, indeed, oreck brooklyn either a professor political science at stanford university and belin, always great to speak to you. all right, thanks for sharing your expertise with us on out of there. again, for having are plenty more ahead still this news i, including the indian stock exchange, has limited it share trading, and one of the country's biggest conglomerates will have an update for you and, and sport. find out why this a strange antenna star avoided a criminal conviction despite pleading guilty to a fault. ah . now the head of the roman catholic church is calling on the leaders of south st. jude on to end violence, tribalism and corruption. pope francis is in the capital tuba with the heads of the

anglican church and the church of scotland as part of a so called pilgrimage of peace. the roman catholic pontiff has long been an advocate for peace in the world. the youngest country, since its independence and 2011, it seems civil war and route that have displaced millions of people. hire him, which has a reports now from juba. people here, i know that the pope being here will not perform miracles. they want 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 cleveland have. so not yet implemented, for example, the re, unified, national army has not been deploy too well at our 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 will be meeting a different politicians, the vice president of the country, diplomat civil society. i mean, there's a meeting in the town hall where the pope and these leaders would in speak to people have been displaced by years of conflict with somebody support with their because some of those people hope that the pope and the other liberals will 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 this, 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 mucous country forward or more than 60 percent of south to don's population is estimated to be christian. and faith based groups including the catholic church, are the main providers of services in a nation scarred by civil war. churches also helped to usher and the new era of

south sudanese politics. though the war there has been fought along ethnic and not religious lines. and you'll recall in april 2019, one of the most remarkable moments of his papacy, pope francis knelt to kiss the feet of the warring leaders urging them to not return to civil war. although hopes were high for lasting peace. it was out only last month that the government announced the resumption of their own peace talks. months after pulling out of the negotiations. well, let's bring in abraham, was she she yourself, he is a program executive for peace building and the african region at the world council of churches and he joins us now from the south sunni's capital, juba, abraham. we know that a lot of the wac here behind the scenes bringing parties to the table for peace talks has been done by the church. but we've also seen this very faltering p. steel . how powerful is the church in south sudanese politics these days? yeah, think you the church itself, we're done, really occupied a very important position. india contribution to his jordan in the country.

they have a very important role now, been play and times of true that is advocacy, and also to counsel mobilize in their communities perceived the need for keys and before co existing. they have been very much engaged and ever oh that this visit. we're really in hand. the commencement of the church leader. i'm also an enhanced commitment. oh, what it's called leadership and times of the political will this, paul, because please you talk there about political well to stop a conflict. and i know we've already had some strong rhetoric from pope francis himself just within hours of his arrival. he said that this pilgrimage apiece is an opportunity for south you down to change direction. is that pope speak for peaceful regime change? yeah, big his parents bought been 3 lead us were haven't

a very close stedman really calling on to political didn't issue. oh, really implement piece agreement and was told reflection on it. that is the wrong retreat that was told in the print to my gin, where the ha, ha, ha, ha ha, i believe we have unfortunately lost our connection. that to job i will try to get it back and come back to the story if and when we can. but for now, let's move on. if you're a pin prime minister, the med has held his 1st meeting with to go. i need a since november piece feel there, be joined by government colleagues that met the 2 grands to discuss what actions had been carried out and implementing the piece agreement so far and what the next steps were on piece agreement between abuse government and the te, grab people's liberation fund signed in south africa as capital pretoria halted the 2 year conflict in northern ethiopia. now a palestinian man shot in the occupied west bank on friday. it has died of his

wounds. umbrella way was shocked at the who are a checkpoint, south of novice, the palestinian red crescent says he was injured by israeli gunfire. israeli forces have killed 36 palestinians in the occupied west bank since the beginning of 20238th of them children there are more than 800 attacks by israeli set because on palestinians in the occupied west bank last year. right. st . say growing sense of impunity is fueling and increase in violence. and as bernard smith reports from near ramallah, many victims say there's no point and even filling out 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 the re palestinians who been injured when settlers attacked the village in the occupied west bank and a mentor partition ministry. i didn't think 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 an ambulance. there were an average of 17 settler attacks a week on palestinians in 2020 to 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, fe, the violence will get worse. the u. s. government says it opposes settlement expansion and the legalize ation of outposts. but these really 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 settle of violence resulted in a conviction. farrah salamis from israeli group that monitors settler attacks. he says they now have no fear and come right into the villages, pocket feasible, or the norman shot, even if they are in bolden, because israeli 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 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, half under glass says was used when israel was found it home with him. top one who did buffy outer haiti philosophy. they want to implement a plan to transfer palestinians from areas close to settlements. seen similar to that 1948 when sinus gangs committed massacres and it's still fair to drive palestinians out of their homes. today we have another, a tennis, you gangs, new names, price tag, hilltop youth, you name it. 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, al jazeera ramallah, mostella had here on out as in the wild, longest quit palm oil company in malaysia has resumed exports. of the u. s. will tell you why activists campaigns, the banning of its finance and unsupported bron james gets even closer to breaking the and b as all time scoring reco ah, with hello. it's the looking a little disturbed across the good part of the middle east, particularly across northern parts of the region, bands of rain, sleet and snow, still tumbling in from the east side of the mediterranean, across to live at syria, lebanon. jordan, seeing outbreaks of rain, quite a brisk wind,

pushing its way across into northern pass over iraq and easing further east, which as we go on through sunday, we'll see some snow there coming into afghanistan at that state. more wet weather, more windy weather, stormy weather, streams and across east and met cyprus, seeing some lively storms for a brisk wind pushing through. and that's the case too. as we go into west syria, noticed a fair bit of snow there across a good part of the kia though the south den retry wins. easing off here in carter though hard around 2122 over the next couple of days. so that stormy weather proceeds to sort of the matter will of course affect the far north of egypt. some storms to just around dutch nicea little circulation. added larry of low pressure left at austin said there were some sandstorms and across the good parts of algeria . and also into libya over the next day or so, shall continue just around the gulf of guinea, right away across good part of southern africa. more storms coming through here. but it does look less wet to we say for south africa.

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the violent beating death of tyrene nichols at the hands of police waterloo ah ha, you're watching al jazeera, i'm the styles you take here and go home. that's remind you about top stories. the chinese foreign ministry says it regrets what it called a civilian balloon. straying into us as space, the pentagon had earlier called it a spy balloon and was tracking it over the state of montana. president brought him his lance. he says ukraine will fight to hold onto the eastern frontline city of buck martin. he's edged western allies to supply long range weapons to help keep push russian forces out of the dumbass region. and the head of the roman catholic

church is calling on leaders of south sudan to end violence, tribalism and corruption. put francis as in the capital g, about with the heads of the anglican church and the church of scotland as part of the so called pilgrimage of peace. well, let's now bring in again, abraham was she, she uses as i was saying, he's a program executive apiece. building and the african region at the wild council of churches and he joins us again from juba. abraham when we lost connection earlier, we were talking about a number of church leaders making please to the political leaders there. as we were saying, we had the leaders of the elegant church, the church of scotland with pope frances. how significant is that? yes. is very significant because of the joint. this did really and i and this, but i don't. unity, you could hear from the may central b. i'd be so i just, you, well, you said we add to gender in unity. you would not get into a military visit, which you that also sent

a message. but did talk to lead us here in south florida. that no my pap been differences in yet. butch, this town house that need to walk together, unite together. what it is. oh, the country or abraham. this pope clearly wants to make a difference to those who suffered the most. his already kissed the feet of the warring leaders and now he's and juba, but not much has changed since he has their fees and 2019. why might they listen to him now? is yeah, because you know, after making the commitment entry into 19, i don't know one of the reason why it really does help decide it'll come is to see how far have the commitment been a tier 2. and you could hear from disappointment, blandly that not much has been that cheap. and if you hear what the pope says, i jotted some of this thing. he said, it is now time for commitment. time to move forward. that is to move from

words to action. move forward with the implementation of that piece are called. this is time to end. the heads together dead to no one an order unlocked for dinner time to make room for all us brought us. i'm sister. i think when this car in visit it warner really strengthen and also awaken the commitment of the political leadership that they have me in. you know, it is very important. so drawing the attention to what need to be done and also informing them that not too much has been done, says that he stays drink dilantin after this is 5 years ago. but i think some bit need to be done more lower. see indeed how the pope and decides whether his

homework has actually been done since 2019 abraham was she? she uses there from the wild council of churches speaking to us from you. but thank you so much for joining us for him. but you know, your opinion has agreed on price caps for russian oil products. the cap for products that trade at a premium like diesel has been set at a $100.00 a barrel. cheap ones will be limited to $45.00. the price limits which come into effect from sunday to end moscow's ability to fund its war in ukraine. or the indian stock exchange has imposed restrictions on the trading of shares. and all companies owned by tyquan gout on the dani. more than $100000000000.00 has been wiped off, the value of is a dani group off to allegations of fraud. and his government is also denying links to the conglomerate. putnam ital reports on the political fallout from new delhi. adonis financial crisis is threatening to become the political one. friday session of parliament was adjourned to within 10 minutes as opposition parties continued to

raise the issue. the governing b. j. b is distancing itself from the attorney. controversy for the government has nothing to do with it. there's no connection, the opposition is accusing the bgp of favoring a donny for lucrative infrastructure contracts. they said the company's founder gotten donnie is close friends with prime minister marines removed the, as you know, the government is resisting. they don't want these issues to be discussed. they didn't want china to be discussed in the last session. they don't want unemployment m a price to be discussed, any issue that the government thinks will embarrass them. they don't want to discuss. economists say put a to put pressure may force the government to get involved if the opposite reason the issue seriously in the on the streets. then i think is a since mr. what the, if they don't do that, then mr. moody could escape and they would walk out a strategy of how to billy then qualities, how to drag on the if there for some time. and this is not,

there's nothing opposition parties are demanding a judicial inquiry and a debate in parliament. opposition for to say that concerned about the impact on public money. a government run insurance company has invested billions of dollars in advance companies. and in the us largest public bank has given the group to wind a half $1000000.00 loan. the government says the exposure is too low to cost concerned. the national stock exchange has limited trading activity for summer dining companies in the us. the dow is removing one at bonnie group members from some of its indices opposition party said they will continue to demand answers and planning a nationwide protest next week. path new mid that al jazeera new delhi. meanwhile, a neighboring pakistan. the prime minister says the i m f is giving him a tough time over unlocking a financial lifeline to stabilize the economy. the country is facing potential bankruptcy, and the governments as it needs it, part of

a $6500000000.00 bailout. now, despite the strict conditions come on, hider has more from this land that the international monetary fund game is head and focused on, or staff lever, golf and what they're supposed to be. a very crucial juncture. and budget don's economic history, finance minister match day. it's hard doc came into budget on with from it said that they were stabilize their root bay and he would also strengthen the economy. and the i m. s. n d i. however, judge week ago, the finance minister had medicaid that were out d, i m as very loud, focused on getting our wife a deep board. and that div for it could prove to be catastrophic, but budget on d august. i need to be had already lost that rattle you against the dollar. price in the central commodities are shooting up. this is the village and country which

had registered many dom d i m f condition red definitely made that focused on relapse subsidies on views. and also the import prices of a central items of 947 people have been giving sacrifices since 1947. our ruling elite and bureaucracy has made us the sacrificial goats. it is time they should reduce their spending and give up their perks and privileges. they are enjoying a luxurious life. it is time to provide relief to the people that jog my system. there is no system of checks and balances, and that is why the system is not working. if managed properly, the situation can improve. we shall get out of this deal with the economists have been warning that the country is heading for an economic disaster. that months after a new government goes forward and focused on and drawn a steady turn around the economy and started now buckling under international

pressure and also from the i m f in order to save the country from what georgia to forward. well, some good economic news from the us now, whether it's been a surprise surgeon new jobs. despite the looming risk of recession, the labor department says employ is made more than half a 1000000 new hires last month. and that means the unemployment rate is now its lowest since 1969 knots despite the federal reserve raising interest rates there in an effort to cool inflation. well, us present terabyte and says the growth shows that his economic plan is strengthening the economy. we have created more jobs in 2 years in any presidential term, anytime in 2 years. that's a stronger 2 years of job growth in history. by a long shot. as my dad used to say, jobs about a lot more paycheck, despite dignity and 12000000 more americans get up every morning knowing they can provide for the families with

a dignity incentive sell forth that had mercy anti government protest and peru effect in the countries tourism industry the most visited side, much picture has been closed since demonstration spread in the area. we see in human has went out from cosco. at 3500 meters above sea level in the heart of the andes mountains lay schools school. once the imperial capital of the empire and leisure, the historic capital of colonial peru, it's the gateway to another world heritage site might be to the famous 15th century english citadel above the sacred valley, usually packed with foreign tourists. but much p 2 is now off limits until further notice. for testers, have partially destroyed the only access to the lost city of the incas. lost by la la la la m a lever, we peruvians don't even have free access to much of each you only private business

interests benefit from our heritage. a nearly 2 month long general strike mass protests and blocked highways. have left to my to be to ankle school devoid of tourists. the main source of income here. this wall belongs to what was the palace of the 6th in guy, the inca regarding one of its main attractions. is this, it's called the 12 angle stone, and it is an example of an extraordinary technique called to live in old masonry. and that's one of the reasons why tourists come here to see this except that now they are practically aren't any, hotels are empty and losing millions either ment, gusio. this has been a terrible blow with the events that we're witnessing, the occupancy in hotels until march has dropped 90 percent because of cancellations, unemployment sort to 75 percent. some shops of closed under threats from strikers. so, but don't my, the annual shop that sells hand me choose is still open for business,

but who comes in? no, we don't sell anything anymore. we have to pay a lot of rent. the staff is on strike and there's no tourists from north america and europe. we run into women who make their living by offering tourists to take photos with their baby out back us. they've come to costco from their village 2 hours away, but they say there isn't enough business to buy food for their animals. o through used to receive 2000000 tourists before the pandemic and the strike. but now these indigenous protest hers are the only ones who arrive here in large numbers with here is if we want the president to resign, to leave and for new elections to be called. that's the only way we will get back to normal. but there is no sign that either the president or congress will meet the protest was demand. while one of the world's most attractive tourist destinations sinks into despair. to see in human al jazeera goosgo,

peru on protecting the wants oceans, as seen as a critical part of the fight against climate change. scientists and marine experts are coming together a congress and vancouver to chance of course, to secure our seas and help protect marine biodiversity. here's our environment at it. at 9 o'clock, looking in from space, you can see why we call us the blue planet. yes, oceans cover, 70 percent of the world we live on and they are a critical resource. indeed, life below goes far beyond the beauty of this extraordinary by diversity. the oceans play a huge role in regulating our planetary systems storing carbon, for example. they also help shape climate patterns and of course are a lot of for the well providing protein for 3000000000 people and an income to at least 10 percent of the world's population. so the oceans are provide a main source of food for the last large proportion of our planets. so if we think about fisheries, just in the tropics alone, we think that tropical fisheries employ about 200000000 people. so that's directly

and indirectly livelihoods. that depends on fishing activity out food, food, and fish, in particular, is the main source of protein for any of the vulnerable coastal communities around the world. and in addition to providing the source of foods, the ocean is also a key regulator of the global climate system. box the oceans are in trouble. reef said dying ecosystems are collapsing fisheries. a disappearing drastic measures are required. currently, less than 9 percent of our asians have some form of protection and that's often not even enforced. 30 by 30 to plan to protect 30 percent of our world's oceans by 2030 ames to more than triple that with better oversight too, it would be a kind of global network or protected zones that could have a dramatic effect on restoring ecosystems by diversity. and fish populations, but we have, there is an international efforts to, on the one hand, me allies, the value of our oceans, both in terms of,

by the vested regulation of the climate and the value for people. and we have discussed this with efforts to protect the ocean from our human activities. there is a substantial challenge because there is, as you know, a lot of human activity in the ocean. so that means displace lock safety and perhaps limiting is and therefore the livelihood stuff depend on those activities. so it is quite a complex challenge to, to achieve. it is counter intuitive, but the evidence is if you protect more, you can catch more. the bottom line is what's good for the ocean is also good for us. and the world we live in while the us has now lifted a 2 year import ban on palm oil products made by malaysia sime darby plantation. it says the company is no longer using forced labor, france re reports, palm oil is used to make a range of products from chocolate to cosmetics, making it the wells most widely produced and traded vegetable oil. but to palm

while plantations don't have a good reputation. activists have accused many companies of deforestation and labor exploitation. the world's largest palm oil company by land size san darby plantation has had its products banned from u. s. markets since december 2020, because of suspected abusive labor practices. the malaysia based company took measures to address this, including appointing consultants to ordered its processes and facilities. and the whole is an independent migrant workers, right. specialist who was contacted by sam dowdy foundation as an advisor on ethical recruitment. it's quite a deterrent impact. so it's led to a lot of improvements across malaysia, across the industry, across the country because other companies are worried that they may pay similar action and not being able to sell goods to the u. s. market another's had significant pickup from investors who are also really showing a lot of interest in this risk is increased risk, that malaysia is seen as such

a high risk country for systemic labor migrant workers. one of the biggest problems is recruitment fees, often so exorbitant that migrant workers are forced into a years long debt. it's an issue in many other industries that rely heavily on migrant workers, such as manufacturing. even though some companies including time darby plantation, have set aside millions of dollars to compensate or have compensated current and former migrant workers, activists say the practice is still rampant, and recruitment costs are increasing. other abusive labor practices include excessive over time and unsanitary living conditions. the malaysian government has announced a plan to eliminate abusive labor practices by 2030, but there are many challenges ahead. the reality is, all these liberal reforms, i actually inspired by external venture. it's either the, the free trade agreements pushing in external, go month and fossil bodies. and,

you know, we are forced to, to make these changes. so i hope that, you know, the militia government and the people are really, so we'll look at migrant workers. are we not discrimination principles and only when the boys on par debbie will not be space us for foxley by activists here. say 1st, this announcement that a big plantation company is no longer using. forced labor is a small step in the right direction. florence li, i'll just even mostella had here on al jazeera oh. and ford, hundreds of brazilian fans sent up to bid farewell to their team as they make their way to morocco at the club. ah

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ah. the african champions with that because blanca counting down to the 1st match at this year's club woke up marco is hosting the torment just weeks after the national teams historic run to the semi finals. i woke up and cut off and they were just in the has been with that training camp and robarts ahead of the game without casablanca, we hoping to pump into the field, good atmosphere, the surrounding iraq and football at the moment, if they head in to their opening match it is club will cup against our hell out of saudi arabia. no 2nd chances in this tournament lose a game and you are out. now we're going to this event as african champions of

puzzle. they won under the leadership of coach while lead rogowski. now he of course, west without in august of last year to take on the moroccan national team and we know what a contrast the job he's doing with them having guided them to the semi finals at the world cup in capsule has all been playing sally for without since his departure they hide and father replacements few weeks ago teen is his medi nasty stepped into what is a huge job in morocco. and i've been talking to him about the challenges that lie ahead for both himself and this team help responsibility. we know that we have all american, all north african and other continent funds behind this. we know that it's quite excited to be fair. you have this incredible fan base. you will get to see your team playing. how special will that be having your home funds being able to watch your games? well, it's amazing. has, you know, that has been he and the last 2 in the last month saw i already felt

the funds when we were playing up. cuz i blank i and i was stadium even as a player, i never, i never had that feeling on the beach. absolutely amazing. they are great. they are well known all around the world and it's, it's impressive full for us. so imagine for the opening team as well. saudi arabia's national coach or, and i was watching on as how hell i went through that final training session. hello, a famous full of place that took part in the world cup in cats are and pulled off that stunning win over eventual champions. argentina now hello, of played at the club will cup on 2 previous occasions. both times they reach the semi finals and whoever wins this game will play for manga of brazil in the last 6 weeks. what were playing the champions of africa, on their home soil and in front of their fans. but let's not forget where the

champions over asia, it will be a beautiful game between 2 fantastic team and this is the 3rd time the morocco hosted the club well cut their emissions to stage. major tournaments does not end here. the 2025 africa cup of nations in the sites there, eventually after 5 failed bits, is to one day bring the world cup back to africa. the window of the match between with that because blanca and hillary will pay a semi final guess, brazilian side flamingo. do this, let me go gather that rear diginero airport to bid farewell to the side as they sent off for morocco fleming go play the 1st game of the tournament on february, the 7th, they run us up in 29th and the other club but woke up semi finalists will be european champions. we are madrid that they'll play either emma less side of the seattle sound of the,

or egypt i'll actually on thursday. we all madrid, we're in legal action against struggling valencia. michael essential. and he says that dounia scored 2nd half goals to give y'all a to nail when the spanish chant is now 45 points, but are still 5 behind. leave this barcelona in the table. we all are set to travel to morocco on monday. and christiana, rinaldo has scored his 1st goal for his new club. and nasa you said 7 year old converted the penalty 3 minutes into added time to ask you to, to draw alphretta and saudi pull these mat. portugal international signed a 2 and a half year deal with nasa in december. it failed to school in his debut match last month. absence new boss as shown at dice says that he'll give his old to help the premier li club avoid relegation from the top flight. for the 1st time in 72 years, the former bernie boss was named as a new manager on monday to replace frank lampart who sacked off to attend game.

when this one at 10 sit down and 19th spot, just one off the bottom that they faced legally. theres arsenal on saturday. well i don't that was rock. it's actually everyone knows the challenge. master to gal the situation. you know, he said it is what it is, the same. why they all the lead doesn't lie. i'm not so late. i was a lot to one at the end of the season as long as you're the right part of it. i'm but the current lights out of the law, you know, with i for a reason is while we all correct livable manager yoga club has taken aim at. chelsea is unprecedented. that spending spree during the january transfer window, the blues, who sit 10th in the table, have spent over $600000000.00 on you. findings in american, businessman at todd boley took over the london club. no, i don't. i don't understand this part of the business. like, what can you do, but again, you know how much it's a big number. and the last 2 windows obviously. okay, i can to play as i brought in. i didn't think once. why did i do that?

oh, good place. really good place. so from that point of view, congratulations. oh and you can do it and proceed. i would, i have about, i don't know, standard, but for how it's possible. and sol charge against tennis plan, a carry as a, has been dismissed in australian course. so the 7 year old had a pleaded guilty to salting his former girlfriend during incident in december 2021 . and i just wanted to call that a single act of stupidity. carrie also has released the statement saying he was grateful to the court for the ruling. lebron james is now just $63.00 points, a way of becoming the end b as korea scoring leader. the la lakers star had 26 points to lead. you seem to one point when it gets to indiana, pacers on thursday. if james can accomplish it defeats it held great kareem of the deposit record and take the old time scoring crowns.

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