and it's my job to shed light on how and why the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting its victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture trace is the economic disparities and institutional racism that is seen united kingdom fail, it citizens, britain's true colors, part one on al jazeera. ah . the secretary of state anthony berlington postponed his trip to beijing as a chinese surveillance balloon continues to float across u. s. air space.

ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al serra lie from della also coming up. ukraine puts us closer to joining the e u. but more reforms are needed before any membership proposal is accepted and his 1st visit to south the down pope francis tells leaders that a fresh start is needed to move towards peace. and marine experts make a critical push to save aquatic biodiversity open to protect 30 percent of the world's oceans by 2030. ah, united states has taken immediate diplomatic action over the presence of a chinese surveillance balloon above us soil. it says the balloon is a clear violation of its sovereignty, but the u. s. secretary of state postponing a plan visit to beijing. china says it's a civilian balloon. i'm not being used for spying. a white house correspondent

kimberly hawk. it reports. the sing is up in the sky. china surveillance balloon is triggering a diplomatic rao. that has prompted us secretary of state antelope lincoln to postpone his weekend trip to beijing. is an irresponsible act. and that the p r c's decision to take the section on these. my plan visit is detrimental to the suction of discussions that we were prepared to have. the u. s. is accusing china, a violating international law. the balloon is still hovering over the skies of the united states. it was 1st tracked over the aleutian islands near alaska, and travelled through western canada and into the u. s. state of montana where it was spotted near a military installation home to some of america's nuclear missiles. i have no idea what the thing is. that seemed so brazen and just so insane to me that

that any one would even attempt to just push a balloon over the sky. the chinese foreign ministry acknowledged ownership of the balloon and expressed regret for the incident, but said it was merely collecting weather data, not intelligently. the pentagon has its doubts. still, it says the balloon is not a threat to any one on the ground or plains since it's flying well above commercial air traffic. but there are questions about why the pentagon is allowing the chinese surveillance balloon to linger, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage right now, as i mentioned we, we assessed that it is not pose a risk to people on the ground as it currently is traversing the continental united states. that hasn't satisfied biden's critics and congress who believe the u. s. needs to take further action to punish china. can't reward the ccp for this kind of

fly and violation of her sovereignty by pretending everything his business as normal. anna a grip and grin session was, she's in pain, as if it was happening. would have been a terrible look for years diplomacy. the ccp will continue to push the envelope until we push back. this isn't the 1st time the china has lives to spy balloon over the united states. the pentagon says that in recent years, surveillance balloons have been spotted over guam and hawaii. but in the case of this current balloon, the pentagon won't say whether or not it eventually will be shot down. only that it's expected to drift over the united states for the next couple of days. kimberly help get al jazeera, the white house, rosen, jordan as moore and what the postponement of lincoln's beijing trip means for us china relations. there are some who have argued that if the trip had gone ahead and the secretary of state had met with a number of high level officials,

including perhaps the chinese presidency, asian ping, this would have been in fact a start of a perhaps warmer relationship between washington and the ging, some have argued however, that could have been construed as an endorsement for beijing to continue its policy for it's part of the biden administration has argued that it is going to engage with china where it needs to. it's going to compete with china in other areas, and that it will work along side china on some commonly shared concerns and goals. so the u. s. has already been walking a very fine line in terms of how it calibrate its relationship with beijing. this is a moment where the u. s. has a basically said, we're going to stop where we are and that as the administration deals with this a matter of this surveillance balloon, then it will decide at what point,

perhaps later and 2023. when the secretary of state antony blank and can return to beijing for those talks that had been agreed upon by, she's been paying and joe biden at last year's conference in southeast asia. top of you officials of met in key for a highly symbolic summit, ukraine's president brought him his landscape urge the block to speed up its membership. but the e. u is coding for more reforms natasha. but the reports from keefe ah buried siren sounded in keys 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 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 accession negotiations and the session exec itself. your the termination to forge ahead is impressive. nasir 4 talks also focused on military support ukraine, low de ms. lewinsky once again urging western leaders to send keith more weapons. yes, you would are prisoners for oil. if weapons deliveries or accelerated, namely long range weapons, we will not only not withdraw from bucket. we will begin to de occupied storm ras, one which has been occupied since 2014. when is the last all the you says it will continue center military and humanitarian aid ukraine and

we'll train 30000 ukranian soldiers. it also pledged money, $40.00 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 massive how package again, it was the 1st time that any you saw made 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. the whole of europe. natasha butler, al jazeera keith. the european union has agreed on price caps for russian oil products, a $100.00 per barrel cap has been set for refined products. that traded premium like diesel cheaper ones will be limited to $45.00. the price limits come into

effect on sunday. for united states is to send another $2000000000.00 worth of military assistance to ukraine. it'll include longer range precision rockets for the 1st time. last month, the white house announced just over $3000000000.00 in the military aid to help ukraine and its neighbors. a sullivan j. as in moscow with more on rushes response to the latest usa package. when 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 starting rod. just pretty 4 hours ago where the russian have said that the do not welcome the. the thanks to ukraine president put in diluted to what happened 80 years ago and thing that net, once again, it is german tank 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 they're going to be headed toward its voters with european countries. 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 ukraine, obviously pointing towards the 2nd world war. and this is something that we've heard from the russian government is the beginning of the war of painting it with a picture of how not the germany, what the war against russia. russia has insisted that it is war. went to war with your brain because of the presence of what it calls, not seed. and that is why it continues to be there to make sure that it's boarded are protected from what it calls it's good. this is something that russia is going to be continuing on as we enter the the status of the 1st anniversary of the war. now another police officer has been fired for his role in the killing of an armed

african american man. tyrene nichols, the memphis police department, his name preston hemphill as the 6th offset to be relieved of duties. 29 year old nichols died after being beaten by police during a traffic stop at the city 3 weeks ago. he was buried on wednesday. there's been a surprising surge of new jobs in the united states. despite the looming risk of a recession, the labor department says employers made more than half a 1000000 new hires last month. that means the unemployment rate is now at its lowest since 1969. that's old despite the federal reserve raising interest rates in an effort to cool inflation. additional castile reports on 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 is 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 and now seeing 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. now the indian stock exchange has imposed restrictions on the trading of shares of all companies and by tycoon got to a donnie more than a $100000000000.00 has been wiped off the value of his a don, a group of to allegations of fraud and his government's denying linked to the

conglomerate of natal reports on the political fallout from new delhi. a danny's financial crisis is threatening to become a political one. friday session of parliament was adjourned to within 10 minutes, as opposition parties continued to raise the issue. the governing bgp is distancing itself from the attorney. controversy for the government has nothing to do with it . there is no connection. the opposition is accusing the b j. p a favoring a, donny for lucrative infrastructure contracts. they say the company's founder, got them a donnie is close friends with prime minister noreen through more. 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 and appraised to be discussed in 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. muddy. if they don't do that,

then mr. moody could escape. and they would walk out a strategy of how to really then quite ease hugged 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 millions of dollars in a donnie companies and india as largest public bank has given the group a do and 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, a danny group member from some of its indices opposition party said they will continue to demand answers and planning a nationwide protest next week. 5 new mit that al jazeera new delhi start for a short break here now to sierra, when we come back,

i'll look inside one of the world's biggest jails. el salvador unveiled it's new mega prison, with a capacity to house, 40000 in smart enough. ah, the american people have spoken, but what exactly did they say? is the world looking for a whole new order with less america in it? is the woke agenda on the decline in america. how much is social media companies know about you? and how easy is it to manipulate the quizzical look us politics, the bottom line? oh, under sided stole, they once prosperous fishing village sinks beneath the mud, parliamentary elections ignite, few swiveled, re that will determine the future of this defeated and politically divided community. a microcosm reflecting the plight of a nation witness?

venezuela. a sinking revolution on a jessina with oh oh, back to chrome on about top stories here. this al,

the united states has taken diplomatic action over the presence of a chinese surveillance balloon floating high over the country. the secretary of state has postponed a plan visit to beijing. china says the balloon is not being used for spy. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski as host of summit of european union leaders in ki, where they discussed ukraine's membership obligation to the block. lensky also urged western allies to supply his military with long range massage. and he was president joe biden says his economic plan is working off a surprise surgeon new jobs despite high inflation and rising interest rates, the unemployment rate, dip to 3.4 percent, the lowest level since 1969. now the head of the roman catholic church was appealed to south sedans, leaders to end years of bloodshed and the world's youngest country. po process is on an historic visit with the leaders of the anglican church and the church of scotland. he urged president south kia and his bitter rival, rick masha, to turn their backs on violence and corruption. natasha reports in the capital,

juba. in a 1st since the birth of this nation, the head of the catholic church, pope francis, his insults hidden together with the archbishop of canterbury. justin welby, lead at the anglican communion, and ian green shields the moderator of the scottish church. the religious leaders on what they call a pilgrimage for peace in a country way fighting continues to kill and displace large numbers of civilians. with you are cool to renew the life of society as pure sources of prosperity and peace. so greatly needed for the sons and daughters of south sudan, they need fathers, not overlords. they need steady steps towards development, not constant collapses. solid sedans lead us health care promised to resume talks with ob greeks who did not find the 2018 piece deal in one or the holy fargo bomb. frances,

we started visit dwarf gunnery an hour do collaboration of 2023. as the year of peace area conciliation. imo visually are non soon the lifting of the suspension of their own. these dogs would do allowed bruce a day before this visit. several people were killed in central, equatorial state in violence between kettle, herders and a local militia. southward on is the predominately christian nation in the past. the church is played a huge role in resolving differences between different ethnic groups and political parties. some people here hope his high profile visit encourages they politicians to work towards peace. now, boy, to leave the church has been urging south sydney's politicians not to return to war in 2019 hope. frances, now to kiss the feet of foul to don's previously warring leaders during

a meeting at the vatican. some west buck the jetty sir, what evil? so much in the process that the letter dated bene, so saw saddam. and then on that note, the chair to demand is to, to focus on are seeing a doctor before leave that to be sought to don, broke away from saddam to become independent and 2011 after decades of conflict, but long lost in peace remains elusive. people frustrated by how long it's taking to implement the peace agreement, have huge expectations with so many crises happening elsewhere. they help his high profile visit, reminds the world of the needs of salsa don. had a matessa algebra, juba. el salvador president ny buchanan has defended a newly unveiled mega prison built to house thousands of alleged gang members. the so called terrorism containment center has been built outside check a luca southeast of the capital san salvador. ok. and he said that prison is

a fundamental element in winning the war against the gangs. alan fisher has more, it's the biggest prison in the americas, and will be home to $40000.00 inmates, including some of the most violent people on the continent. present. ne berkeley was given a special tour of the jail at tech alert built in just 7 months. he was shown the 7 security rings from the watch towers and electric fences for the solid, steel isolation sailed lyrical to them. okay? so it's important to remember that the people that will be held here, the terrorists who will be here are the highest ranking members of the gangs, the historic leaders, el salvador has a gang problem. in march. last year, the government declared a state of emergency to fight it previous efforts to break the gangs and el salvador overcrowded jails, haven't worked. even with 24 hour locked don's stripping and humiliating inmates even putting rival gangs into overcrowded sales together. they were still able to run their operations on the outside and smuggle in phones, computers, guns,

even prostitutes. then last year, police, an army arrested more than $62000.00 suspect, the gang members and those that what with the that the crack don't has lead human rights organizations to complain. innocent people are being scooped up. civil rights are being ignored. but ordinary people tired of gang violence, say they're happy with the changes it's bringing with what i like them because at least now we feel fell before we always thought something would happen to last. before we trusted no one way. now we shall, safer with 60000 people already in jail. el salvador has 2 percent of its adult population behind bars, the highest incarceration rate in the world. the present will start accepting new inmates in the coming days. they will be guarded by our own $600.00 troops and $250.00 police officers. it will say the authorities be impossible to escape. alan

fisher. i'll just either silence government protests in peru are affecting the country's tourism industry. the most visited site much pietro has been closed since demonstrations spread in the area of zeros missy newman, as more from crisco at 3500 meters above sea level in the heart of the andes mountains lies go school once the imperial capital of the inca empire, and later, the historic capital of colonial peru, it's the gateway to another world heritage site matches b chew, the famous 15th century english citadel above the sacred valley, usually packed with foreign tourists. but my 2 p 2 is now off limits until further notice. protesters have partially destroyed the only access to the lost city of the incas spread was more than a month. 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 inc, i, 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 bully, been old masonry. and that's one of the reasons why tourists come here to see this except that now there are practically aren't any, hotels are empty and losing millions either mentos hero. 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 consolations, 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 with whom customers are in? no, we don't. so anything any more, we have to pay

a lot of rent. the staff is on strike and is 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 school from their village 2 hours away, but they say there isn't enough business to buy food for their animals. oh, peru used to receive 2000000 tourists before the pandemic and the strike. but now these indigenous for testers are the only ones who arrive here in large numbers with him. he is in, we want the president to resign, to leave and for new elections to be called. it'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 is demands. while one of the world's most attractive tourist destinations sinks into despair. to see in human al jazeera goosgo, peru. now protecting the world's oceans is seen as

a critical part of the fight against climate change. marine experts are coming together to congress and vancouver to chart across the secure aussies melt protect marine. biodiversity is our environment editor nicholas 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 lost a larger portion of our planets. so if we think about fisheries, just in the tropics alone, we think that's 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 fluids, the ocean is also a key regulator of the global climate system. box the oceans are in trouble. reef said dying ecosystems all 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. biodiversity and fish populations. what we have there is an international efforts to, on the one hand, me allies, the volume of our oceans, both in terms of, by the vested deregulation 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 recent activity and perhaps limiting it and therefore the livelihood that depend on those activities. so it is quite a complex challenge 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, or i, that's it from me down. jordan, the news continues here in our 0 after inside story statement, and so watching ah hello, we're still got some more snow in the forecast for japan over the next couple of

days, but thinks it gradually tut start ease to make a way into and next week i pressure dominates in the weather across a good part of china, so settle and dry here southern past, we'll still see some showers longer spells if re as that snow there. and so that western side of honju accardo marcy drive a little on the cool side and things quieting down them as we go on into sunday some more the way a pleasant sunshine coming back in tokyo at around 11 celsius getting up to around 6 there and so 8 degrees, therefore, basing, but for some parts of china, it does remain a little unsettled and settle a course across sir se asia, the usual raft of showers coming through some big downpours. there are 2 central and southern parts of the philippines, some lively showers to just make in the way and across a good part of indonesia. now we have seen some lively showers, longest bells of ray to effecting sri lanka recently. please to say are o tropical system that's now pulling out to the waste them 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 dry. there's some snow and rain for northern pakistan. ah, a city defined by military occupation. there's never been an arab stayed here with the capital of jerusalem. everyone is welcome, but the support structure of that main thing the hold on a project that's what we refuse. it was one of the founders of a settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people, segregation, occupations, discrimination, injustice. this is apartheid in the 21st century, jerusalem, a rock and a hard place on al jazeera, spain's prime minister made a visit to morocco this week. if government has agreed to support for a plan to grant autonomy.