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recovery, as another body is pulled from the rubble. working with their bare hands rescue as a northern syria, free an entire family from the rubble of it live. a key border crossing is also reopened. on his 1st visit to the u. k, ukraine's president pushes for the supply of fighter jets to repel russia's offensive combat aircrafts for ukraine. winks for free them. as far as small have all the day sports, including european champions around, was read, beat ali of egypt to reach the final at the club world. cup in morocco, ah, for them to the news out of the death toll keeps rising, that the world's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. 3 days after the disaster raised thousands of buildings and flattened

entire settlements in southwest tequila and northern. we up, or then $12000.00 people are now known to have died across both countries and aid is pouring in from around the world. in syria, the earthquake has killed nearly 3000 over all wiping out entire families. a doctor says the scale of injuries is more devastating than the civil war. but 12 years of conflict have complicated humanitarian efforts, especially in the rebel stronghold of it. lead medical supplies are running out there in the region is heavily reliant on aid from turkey. but he, himself is also, of course, been at the epicenter of the catastrophe. more than 9000 people have died there and over 50000 injured, present russia pipe. ergo, anna's acknowledged shortcomings in his government's response, but insists it would have been impossible to prepare for such a disaster. angry survivor say state agencies fail to arrive in time to look for people trapped under the rubble and people who are asking why so many buildings

collapse so easily. racial 3rd, a report, some kara, ahmad marashi, one of the worst hit turkey cities. i a call for silence. rescued him just heard a voice coming from under the robber. they're working relentlessly here to reach people buried below. the little hidden that one of them is my husband, the other is my son. i already lost a child here and my daughter in law, they are dead. i mean, i mean road, although after nearly 2 hours the rescue team managed to pull out 24 year old ma'am at m in it is a moment of joy for his family and everyone around. 2 i am very happy, i'm very happy. hopefully my brother also will be rescued and i hope everyone will have their relative fund alive. oh, mammoth, remain buried under these collapse building for 58 hours. and now it's time to

rescue his father. ah. oh, what, what? there are dozens of people still under the rubble here, and some of them are still alive. their families wait anxiously, but hawks ought aiden with every pestle. minute the scale of destruction is immense . churches prism reject, i've adeline listed affected areas, promise him more help. i'm not sure i kid rooms are then we are working together with a number of ministries, including the environment and city planning ministries. us who are working with our social housing management, who will look into this because a target is to rebuild in one year. and we will start construction of new houses and all those 10 cities to make sure nobody is without a shelter high and then it'll take some time to builders. buildings of course, noted it or taught it is how set up this tant city. now it is home to hundreds of

people. medical workers are at the front line, but it's not an easy job. the hospitals are already overwhelmed, but the injured and dead kept arriving. nearly a 1000 buildings have collapsed and hundreds have died here. the rescue efforts are frantic. families still have hope, and they say they won't leave without getting their relatives out from under the rubble dead or alive. rescue say that i'll just euro carmen mirage, south and turkey. and in the turkey city of gassy and tab some emergency workers say the chances of finding survivors are very slim. stephanie decker reports from garcia into on turkey is border with syria. it's been more than 3 days since everything changed. and faint calls that offered such hope. have gone silent, bernard, the building collapsed in the 1st 10 seconds to 22 people were leaving that our

father and one cousin of steele dead. and the 6 year old who was our neighbor, we are waiting for them. the hope they will bring them out, but not like this. their worst fear come, true. a father, god, a home gone. everything worth living for, gone, his family inconsolable. one of tens of thousands living a similar, unimaginable help. others like rescue workers and told us that as of last night, they no longer heard any voices and he sounds coming from underneath the rubble. this is now a recovery operation. no longer a rescue on 3 bodies remain underneath his building. but we're being told, getting to them under all of this is going to take another building here around 80 . people remain missing. all we saw were more dead bodies pulled from the rubble.

relatives and friends come to watch in agony. the apartments and people they came to visit. nothing is recognizable any more. i friends is he heard her, she has a children learn the but if you don't have any hope more because it's towards that. yes. so, but we are here. she tells me she now sleeps in her car with her 2 children and recalls when the quake hit i. it was just like one voice, strong voice and the shaking. the aftershocks keep coming. there is a serious danger. the buildings can collapse. as time goes on, the prospect of finding any one alive under these crushing layers of concrete fates . and suddenly a sound of hope and in

silence that hope only grows. they think they heard a sound. some people believe it's a small girl. but the silence doesn't last for the moment. that hope is lost. stephanie decker, al jazeera gaz. yep. okay. we got multiple correspondence all over turkey on this, including natasha. her name, who joins us live in istanbul and natasha. more than 8000 tugs have been rescue since the earthquakes. what kind of rescue effort is underway? it must be herculean. herculean is just the word for it. when you consider that this catastrophe, those are the words or that is the word that the government is using to describe these earthquake is probably the worst turkey has seen in several generations. that is why president earth on has said that all government resources are being mobilized. he is allocated more than $5000000000.00. at this moment,

there are 80000 rescue personnel medics soldiers, people from outside of the country on the ground, helping people in those 10 southern cities that have been declared disaster areas since these earthquake shook. on monday since the 1st one shook on monday, turkey has issued an international plea for assistance and the globe has responded more than 18 countries are on the ground. as i said, as we speak, 70 countries have offered assistance. the european union says it is launching one of its largest search and rescue operations ever. it's a $7000000.00 effort that will include $1500.00 rescue personnel and $100.00 dogs. president ergo, on visited 2 of the cities that have been effected in the south on wednesday, saying to people, you will not be forgotten, you will not be left behind. promising houses will be rebuilt within the year.

people will be given a one time, $530.00 payments. and natasha, i made all this devastation apparently. some good news from turkey is foreign minister in terms of providing assistance to syrians. what more do we know about that i stole in syria is now almost at 3000 and the u. n. and humanitarian organizations have been saying that they are extremely worried that the syrians will be overlooked in this disaster. and even before these earthquakes shook millions of people, there wasn't. ready a funding coming from the international community to meet their basic needs. one of the things, the crucial things that needed to happen was that the border crossings between turkey and syria began to reopen this evening. the foreign minister said that one of those border crossings in the devastated city of a ty will be re opening and that 2 more border crossings are in the process of re

opening. the foreign minister says this isn't a political issue. this is a humanitarian one. and quote, we will do our best to insure a syrians impacted get all our support. in other news, president or to one has been criticized for some initial missteps in his response to the earthquakes. he concedes that there may have been some missteps, but says those issues have since been resolved. now we're hearing from net blocks internet observatory that according to real time data that twitter there is being restricted here in turkey up opposition figures non governmental organizations and academics are blasting. this parent restriction, one person tweeted, he's an opposition figure on a day when communication saves lives. how can there be restrictions? what kind of ineptitude bear in mind that turks have been using twitter to try to

locate their loved ones? the government has not responded directly to this allegation, but since i arrived on monday, the government has been banging the following drum saying, do not rely on quote, propaganda or misinformation on social media only turn to e fissile government sources. these earthquakes occurred just as campaign season is beginning here in turkey. on may 14th, there will be presidential and parliamentary elections. no doubt, president ergo, anne's response to the earthquake will be judged and looked on upon very closely by voters, live and assemble. natasha gonna many thanks. and in syria, rescuers, in some areas have been digging through the rubble with their bare hands getting a there has been even more difficult because of the civil war. the european union says it's providing $3750000.00 and emergency assistance us after president bashar

al assad government called for help. and a you official insist. the aid won't clash with sanctions imposed on a sad and his officials. the world health organization's also sending medics and supplies. and a lib serious last rebel stronghold has been isolated by the devastation around 2700000 people depend on aid that's only allowed to enter from the bub or how are crossing into kia. but the road leading up to it has been damage. the closest turkish airport has also been forced to shut down. and volunteers from the white helmets couldn't have been leading rescue efforts and rebel held areas. they say they in a race against time and struggling to treat survivors. many hospitals in the region have been bombed by russian and syrian war plains. so you know, harder has more from beirut. sure. it's maggie. now i'm going to get a laugh is 10 years old. she survived mondays, earthquake, others are still being pulled out from under the rubble of collapse buildings

across syrian cities and towns. but many didn't survive until i was wanting to maintain a laugh, tells rescuers that her siblings and mother are dead under. they're destroyed. how funny she was in the opposition controlled northwest of syria. the civil defense members are working on their own without the specialized equipment needed to deal with a disaster of this scale. i mean, mostly has been, i've been waiting for news of my father, my mother, brother, sister, and have fun. i talked to them and had the voices to rescue workers are appealing for international assistance, but the opposition controlled region is one of the hardest places to reach in syria . it's been blockaded by government forces and their allies during the course of the war. and the only lifeline has been help sent over crossings from their kia

through what is now also the worst hit part of that country. the devastation and cities like tucker and ghazi. and it makes it difficult for 8 to be brought through . the united nations says roads leading to bear but however have been damaged, are closed. it's the only crossing that can be used according to a un resolution. with the backing of russia, the syrian government has ensured all aid goes through damascus and its insisting they should continue now to as it struggles with the disaster. but critic say they don't trust serious authorities. i don't think any of the syrians refuse or mind or reject that the assad regina receives a. it's just that we know for sure. he is never, never going to give the people that are in need any kind of aid. while some friendly countries have been sending a directly to damascus, much of the international community is avoiding dealing with

a government sanctioned for war crimes against its own people. long accused of using aid as a weapon of war. it's now seen as politicizing, a catastrophe. blaming western sanctions for worsening the situation. lots of the aeroplane cargo airplane, the fuse to land on cillian air force. because off the american and european sanctions, american and ear officials insist sanctions don't affect humanitarian aid and say it will continue to be provided in all parts of syria. but not through the i said regime. they say most of the damage has been in the opposition controlled norse, where some aid has started to trickle in, but rescue or say, it's not enough. zenato, they're al shahida, beirut, or more in their sleep brigand on to muslim corrorro who's the middle east. regional director of the syrian american medical society joins me now live from skype for a via skype rather from istanbul. welcome to the news. our

a remarkable scene. earlier on the day of that family being pulled alive from the rubble in edler by suppose of course, that was at least a positive reminder that this is still an active rescue operation that more lives can be saved in syria and indeed turkey. what more do we know about the current efforts though? you know, thank you so much for the invitation and her you all know, since i was 3 days, we are dealing with a crisis in turkey and in syria. here in turkey, the huge air force of the government and then the national community can do a lot against this a fee. but unfortunately, they can't pass through fees inside syria and are not ended at any any, any time, more than 11 years of war. and after war,

we are facing these a crisis of the essay quick, and we have the poor infrastructure related to everything. her system is cure efforts, wash activity at wash services, food services, shelter is very at very poor condition. you know that 4500000 people living in northwest syria, a half of them are the bees are living in camps and in very poor shelter situations. so now after 3 days of this as quickly as their hospitals are overwhelmed and start to land, different kinds of medical supplies and medications that teams of this is skew. teams are over over well because of their,

their capacity is very, very limited. their numbers is limited, they, they don't have enough equipment to help them in this a crisis. in addition, all of all of that, they don't have any support from any of, from any kind of outsiders. so they are working and trying to do their best based on their local and domestic capacity. because of that, you know, all the closing of their boarding course right from turkey. right. and i gather that ye personally have been effective that you are in the am tap on monday. what were your experiences? yeah, on monday we were there when we were sleeping in our homes with our family, knees and the quick hit very, very strongly for a couple of minutes or or more and maybe more. it was horrific experience.

this situation was unbelievable. very, everything around us was shaking strongly and we rushed towards to to, to save our kids and get out of the buildings in as no storm at very, very bad weather conditions. and we stayed for personally, i have just arrived to stumble. i stayed for more than 2 days in my vehicle outside with very difficult access to their essential needs from maybe a brain water and. and he thinks sources so, so this is, this was the experience i, i came to stumble. i and i passed very damaged cities

and, and, and village. some of them are fully destroyed. i witnessed that in my way to 2 other not then going forward to talk to stumble across the government. used to work at the open the roads there. situation right now would be considered acceptable mud, mud mud. but by the damage is a huge extra levels of destruction. and very, very briefly, i know from my own experiences of reporting and gas, the, an tap how important that city is as a response hub for helping people in northern syria. but now that gaussian type is badly affected. what does that mean for help trying to reach northern syria?

wasn't corolla? can you hear me talk to my thinker eod was, is edited. oh, all right. don't talk to me. okay. montana what we'll have to leave it there. i'm afraid many thanks though, for sharing your thoughts and your experiences of the terrible situation there in turkey and indeed, syria. i think you coming up on this news hour from london, an investigative journalist says the u. s. was behind explosions that hit 2 major gas pipelines between russia and germany. the white house calls it complete fiction and is support this gun and international whereabouts are made a mystery day after he was supposedly pulled out of the collapse building in turkey . ah,

ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has been in the u. k for his 1st visit since the war began nearly a year ago. in a speech to both houses of parliament, he said victory over russia would change the world. the you. k has been one of ukraine's biggest military supporters during the conflict. john hall reports president zalinski arrived in the ancient westminster hall to a rapturous welcome both houses of parliament on their feet for the wartime leader, some here compare to former british prime minister, winston churchill the united kingdom is marching with us towards the most. i think the most important victory of our life time it will be a victory over the wary idea of the war. after we win together, any aggressor does matter, big or small, will know what awaits him. if he attacks international order. beyond his

gratitude for britain support, zalinski was here to deliver a singular request, his appeal for combat aircraft inscribed on a ukrainian fighter pilots helmet. we have freedom. it said. if us wings to protect it and i appeal to you and the wall was simple, and yet most important wars combat aircrafts for ukraine winks for free them. right? there's no denying the ukrainian president's popularity nor the rousing support for his cause. but allies who only recently agreed to give tanks to ukraine warry now that providing fighter jets may be an escalation to far entering downing street earlier to the unusual applause of the staff. president zalinski carried a message that was all too clear. if you want us to win this war,

give us what we need to do it already. presently crazy. what a message, no doubt, reiterated at buckingham palace, where he met king charles the 3rd grade on the thing. and a message repeated to ukrainian troops being trained by british forces on the plains of southwest england. in response, prime minister ritchie soon acts at the supply of combat aircraft, was part of an ongoing conversation. and that a 1st step would be expanding britton's training program to include teaching ukrainian pilots, how to fly nato standard jets. that is a significant step that president zalinski will used to press other allies as his trip moves on to paris and then brussels. joe hall al jazeera lumber, and present zalinski has just arrived in the french capital, paris. he's meeting the french president,

emanuel micron and the german chancellor laugh shelf sholtes for talks over dinner . they leaves a palace. they are expected to discuss further military support for ukraine in the conflict against russia, a high force that joins us live now from paris and harry as we are there. and jane is report zalinski while here in the u. k was quick to offer heartfelt thanks, but also quick to call for more military support to expect something similar while in paris i think that's almost certainly going to be the case. yes, we just a few minutes ago saw his sir a column of vehicles, race pastors here on the way to these a palace. we've had confirmation that he has arrived there. now for those talks with president macro and chancellor shots are certainly from the french president or he was asked about 10 days ago about the prospect of french fighter jets being sent to ukraine. he said that nothing should be excluded in principle. so not as far along that path, certainly as the british prime minister. but present macro has been credited by

president zalinski for starting the boat ball rolling when it came to tanks by committing french wheeled armored vehicles to the theatre of war in ukraine. possibly within the next couple of months, we've heard as well from the german defense minister that the 1st battalion of leopard tanks is due to be there potentially by march or april and richey soon. actually today was talking about british challenger tanks being there and being used by next month. so certainly there is some momentum in terms of military aid. but as you write to indicate present zalinski will again, i'm sure, ask for more an area cause a degree of commitment from france, nadine, germany, when it comes more military support. but what sort of message has the french government been sending on this particularly is in the past to manual my chromos king to keep diplomatic channels open with russia. yes, it is an interesting question. this because of prison,

macro has indeed been trying to keep that child channel open. he's been seen by some commentators to become slightly more hawkish in recent months, but on his bill before he came here to paris, present savanski was asked by a french des, paypal to figure about that issue. and he said that prism macro appeared to have changed for real or from earlier statements. if your member in june last year, he talked about the need not to humiliate russia in any final settlement after a war. but again, just in december, he was also talking about needing to give russia potential security guarantees in any, and to the war. again, attracting a lot of criticism from ukrainian ministers and officials who were saying that no, europe and ukraine in particular need those security guarantees at present back. or is it someone who likes to under play? the role of france on the world stage and play the role of its president on the world stage. so the idea that he wanted a visit from zalinski is certainly being talked about our reports that he actually

wanted a similar kind of address to parliamentarians here, some kind of military pageantry as well. instead, he's arrived in the dead of night on the way to brussels, so it's a very different see drop to saw in london. very many thanks. lat, herforst live in paris. there's lot more still to come this hour spain's parliament prepares to vote on a new animal welfare law, but it's being criticized by animal rights groups and in school the record breaking moment lebron james and the millions of his fans have been waiting for ah how i will gradually see a continuing improvement in the weather. a crust care over the next couple. they still a few showers in the forecast here. high pressure dominates the weather across much

of europe. there we go. big area, high pressure that will sink further south was squeezing that when she weather out of the way, but it will stay very cold. i'm afraid the lease is not gonna be anywhere near as snow as it has been recently, some lively weather up towards the northwest. if your bands have clouded rain, started to push their way in temperatures about where there should be this, that colder air cross at east side of europe and down towards the southeast. the deep blue's there shy where the frosty conditions by day and by night do look set to continuously mild weather into central and western passes. we go on towards the we can we got that wet weather when she weather pushing across northern parts of scotland getting into norway, grass pushing across into west sweden. central air is generally dry, but on the cool side, we have got to some very stormy weather across central parts of the med. it's ready, some really heavy rain there and some snow. i with high ground of southern italy to was malta. more the same as we go on through friday friday says that quiet weather across the east side of the mediterranean. still

a few showers clearing away from spain. lottie dry for portugal. ah. 1956 tunisia gained independence from france. but the brutal power struggle broke out between the v is monica and the countries nationalist prime minister al jazeera world tells the story. the downfall of the dentist folded the paper to the decision issue. the last monarch of tunisia, power and politics on a jessina examining the impact of today's headlines. this is what is the one of our ensuring that you can continue count on that setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions. i don't believe that i think is the funny thing that isn't really to kill international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inform

and inspire. you need to have a media ensuring that all voices are heard. on algio 0, lou ah, woken back a reminder of the top stories here and i'll just say are the death toll for monday's earthquakes, him to key a and syria has passed. 12000 rescue operations are still ongoing, while bodies are being recovered. turkish president, russia time, irwin has acknowledged shortcomings in his government's response, but insists it would have been impossible to prepare for such a disaster in syria rescue as have been digging through the rubber with their bare

hands. european union says it's providing $3750000.00 in emergency assistance. after president bashar al assad government court for help ukrainian president below to me, zalinski has been in the u. k for his 1st visit since the war began nearly a year ago. and a wednesday night zelinski landed in france as he continued his trip to western europe, seeking more military support. who i house has responded to claims published online that the u. s. was behind a tax which sabotaged the north stream pipeline. last year. the claims were made in a blog post by respected investigative journalist seymour hersh. russia says the u . s. must be investigated. alam fisher has more from washington dc. what seymour hersh alleges is that using the cover of an e to operation, navy divers planted explosives on the north stream pipeline that were later remotely detonated. no, you'll remember that both denmark and sweden carried out investigations. they said

that definitely was espionage, but they didn't say who was responsible. now the fact that this was an operation carried out by navy divers means that it wasn't a covert operation. it was a military operation. and that's important because of it's not if it's a covert operation, then senior members of congress have to be informed if the military operation than that doesn't happen. now, as i see the u. s. is saying it's simply did not happen. we're aware that joe biden and many members of the u. s. administration at the time. what critical of europe for considering going ahead with lot stream to and we're critical of europe using north stream to get energy over the winter period. but speaking to a couple of people in the last few hours, they say it would make no sense for joe biden to approve this operation. given that he came to office claiming he was the man who was going to rebuild international alliances and dependencies and didn't want to do something that could if it became public, completely undermine that and also damage any,

any poor spect of being reelected in 2024 not normally something online wouldn't get a great deal of attention. but this is seymour hersh. he is one of the most famous journalists in the united states. he won a pulitzer prize, which is perhaps one of the best, a biggest awards for journalism in the united states. and significantly he uncovered the my lai massacre in vietnam and more than 500 innocent civilians were killed by the army. and they tried to cover up at that point. and he also revealed at the the atrocities at abu ghraib prison in iraq. but more recently, at his shot record hasn't been so great. he claimed that the u. s. light about how they tracked down some a been latin. and also he claimed that serial was not behind chemical attacks on civilians in northern syria and rebel held areas. but it's very clear from the white house. they see that this has no basis a, it should be considered completely false. utterly false is what they're seeing.

investigators say they found strong indications that russian president vladimir putin approved the supply of a missile system that we used to shoot down in malaysia airlines plane in 2014. but they don't have enough evidence to prosecute. and a suspending their inquiry flight made 17 crashed in easton ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. last year, a dutch court convicted to russians and a ukrainian rebel for their roles and the crash. russia has always denied involvement in avenues a special nigerian human rights panel. is investigative reports from the reuters news agency was sent the army massacre, children around a secret abortion program during its battle against arm groups. the jury is military has denied the report saying it never targeted children, and that the abortion program didn't exist. voices spoke to dozens of witnesses and reported in december that the military abortion program involve terminating at

least $10000.00 pregnancies among women and girls. many of whom have been kidnapped and raped by fighters and another report sighting witness. accounts were we to say the army deliberately killed children under presumption that they were or would become terrorists? the national human rights commission has launched a 7 member panel to investigate the report, but the agency can't prosecute human rights violators and activists. st. lax funding or osa a jiggle is the director of amnesty international in nigeria. she joins us now live via skype for boucher welcome to the program. as i was saying that these are pretty serious and grave allegations leveled against the military. what does amnesty make of these claims? thanks for having us this evening. i miss international finds this story quite disturbing. where actually i learned that this sort of systematic violation of human rights accord over this period of 10 years or more. and that over 10000 women

way impacted by 8. we've actually called for the niger authorities to promptly and thoroughly investigate because 1st, the abortions is actually committed at such large numbers could even amount to crimes against humanity. we're also shocked that it's taking so long for the story to break out and, and also longer for the alternative to set up this panel. those are saying these were claims made initially by reuters back in december when investigated by the special german human rights panel. firstly, how independent is a, what powers do they have? so it's the national human rights commission says a national my rights institute basically sets up to serve as a breach between the authorities in society and the community that empowers it's,

given what it is. it doesn't have enforcement powers. sadly. and then several other panels that national commission sets up in the past or several issues. even one can a session agenda is far less committed in the course of the conflict was report the i shared with the niger president and relevant authorities. it biggest challenge that a national merit commission has is that he has to rely on the the, the president and the relevant authorities in order for them to act on their reports. the 2nd challenge is the fact that they cannot on their own publicly release this report. when you're done with this issue. no, of course the military of already come out saying that they will not look into this . they flatly deny any of these claims to support really stop by can they be forced to comply? well,

it's really about the executive power to ensure their civilian oversight of military asked don promptly and efficiency in the past. this has not happened and believe this is what has led to this cycle of impunity that we have seen across the country. the president itself set up the presidential panel in 2017 dependent concluded it's find in submitted a report. what is yet to be made publicly available, and no officers to the best of our knowledge as been successfully prosecuted or even dismissed. and so this creates this culture that military l untouchable. and it's sad because it just continues to vary as that those route to just use for the survivors and their families. i think this is a real good opportunity for the nigerian government to actually put action to its words. this time around i have is such

a huge number of women impacted by this allegation, means that they must get to the roots of it. hopefully we will get some more of this or, or surgery director of m a c. it's rational nigeria monday. thanks for joining us. all the news. my pleasure. thank you. dozens of people have been arrested by brazilian authorities during raids 3rd aim to remove thousands of illegal gold miners from vienna. mommy indigenous territory. around 20000 people are engaged in illegal mining in the area. often using toxic mercury to separate the gold authorities say the mining is contaminating the environment, bringing extreme hunger and diseases to one of the most isolated groups in the world. president luther da silva has promised to expel the miners after years of neglect and attempts by former leader char bolster narrow to legalize mining in the region. or he wave in chiles. south central region is threatening to further found forest fires that have killed 26 people in their thousands homeless about 5600

firefighters are battling 81 fires, which it's feared could reach the capital. santiago, columbia, and mexico have sent thousands offs for lankin workers. took to the streets on wednesday to protest against the government's handling of the countries worst economic crisis in memory. new tax laws introduced to boost state revenue have reduce people's wages at a time in which they're struggling to make ends meet. when al fernandez reports from colombo, angry, frustrated and helpless, these v and seed, the government is not listening. thousands of walkers from the state and private sectors. they'll demonstrations in columbus on wednesday. among them, doctors, engineers, porton oil, refinery workers and bankers. they say unfair taxes have pushed them to bring taxation is a part of the last ard that we how to read back the been paying over taxes

throughout the day. so the problem is when you bring up what tax policy it should, it should reflect what is the intention and what will be the outcome of the fact that the money to be expended wisely put up or down. once i did what we count, these are things are happening, mismanagement corruption, the pandemic that followed devastating bomb attacks in 2019 and unsustainable debt has pushed shanker into an economic tail spend in the year up to august 2022. 6 the ruby lost nearly 45 percent of its value. public angle with shortages of basics and long queues for goods and services resulted in the resignation of president got up a roger boxer in july last year. he's prime minister, now president runner vicar, missing up and delivered his policy speech. at the reopening of parliament on wednesday, he stressed the need for economic reform mer,

practice on cardinality. the government b should be to direct a private sector to was business and say in the background the government should only get involved in regulatory activity with public amenities and maintaining law and order the car missing. a said he's ready to take unpopular decisions for the benefit of the country. he listed changes to laws and regulations and told the house that if people could endure the hardships for another 5 to 6 months, a solution could soon be found. that on the streets protested dismissed his promises his sadie dale. that's a description vicar missing her use to describe pledges made by those he said were destructing the country towards poverty. people expecting any sign of relief in president ronnie vicar missing his policy address. were disappointed. he repeated cause of people to endure steri d and cut back, but many are angry and said they're struggling to survive amid high inflation. tax

increases and high interest rates. you know, fernandez, others era, colombo, they are the biggest drop in living standards across the u. k. in years of oblique, economic forecasts being british families are facing unprecedented levels of hardship. you research shows almost 2000000 u. k. children could be trapped in poverty because their parents are unable to work or unable to make enough money to meet the rising cost of living. poverty is defined as household zoning, 60 percent, or less than the national average income of nearly $39000.00. an estimated one in 6 working families are struggling to meet that benchmark life in liverpool, amidst the biggest fall in living standards on record these full time working mothers share their stories because of in crisis. what would that mean to you? it's not that nightmare. it's ridiculous, especially when you're where you're striving to do better. and as i said,

i am working on myself. i do wife hours can what the kids are at school because i couldn't even afford chalka before the current cost of living crisis worsened by bricks. it the pandemic and war in ukraine. many people would just about managing. but soaring inflation, energy cost through prices and wage stagnation of left working people reeling. this is what it means to live in a poverty trap. question of her from the is just struggle closely. you chasing between an as yourself said, like catholic church and at the end of the day, if i didn't mark that month, we're pretty much going to staff according to new research by the charity action for children. almost 2000000 children in the u. k. could be trapped in poverty and hardship because at least one parent faces a barrier to working or taking on extra work. as some 440000 children are in poverty despite at least one parent working full time of that number, a quarter of

a 1000000 are in poverty, despite living in the household with 2 parents, where both are in full time employment. like all traps, the more people are forced to struggle holding down multiple lo paid jobs, 247. or perhaps they can work because they're full time care is. the more painful the more challenging life becomes. and charities argue that the best way out of this trap is to provide more money for children in need and to lift the current cap on social benefits. what we need the government to do is say we acknowledge that people face barriers to taking on additional work and we need to try and break down those barriers sometimes that might be higher pay. sometimes it might be supporting people in to work where they are able, but sometimes it saying we acknowledge you can work as much as you as much as you're able, as much as ever take to fix, to lift you out of poverty. and we need adequate social security benefits. the international monetary fund predicts the u. k. will be the only advanced economy of the world to contract this year. recession is on the horizon,

and the government's response is a new era of financial austerity and public spending cuts. the more people need help, the less is seemingly on offer and for these working mothers, the governments message, the work always pays seems a little more than a myth. what the job that is, i shall be able to afford and enjoy a good life for at the minute we're now he proud of what i'm doing mother. so i had this news out in sport we, alma traded, hoping to reach the final or the club world cup in america, details coming up shortly. ah

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the spanish parliament will on thursday vote on a controversial amen animal welfare law is designed to reform the treatment of both domestic animals and wild animals in captivity. if passed, it would band the sale of pets in stores and turned zeus into wild life. recovery sent his the legislations facing criticism from all rights creeps after a late amendment excluded hunting dogs from its protection. that in baba reports at this dog shelter in southern spain. they look off to greyhounds that have been abandoned often. they are badly injured for the people who work here, it's a labor of love. so you'd think they'd be in favor of a new law meant to strengthen animal rights. you'd be wrong within them. and then i am recently we were hit by a big step back. suddenly there was an amendment where hunting animals, among other animals, such as work animals, it would not be covered by this loan. it's a huge step backwards because this law has really been made for these types of

animals, the ones that are not controlled at a health level and done some kind of an i to answer. the bill's already exposed divisions between the countryside and the city. when spain's ruling socialists drafted it last year, they angered many vote as in rural areas and important support base. in december, they submitted a last minute amendment excluding hunting dogs and other animals involved in traditional rural activities. but some involved in hunting say it generates more than $5000000000.00 a year in economic activity and argue the law would still effectively legislated out of existence. a unity that boon does. that is a series of points that go against our sport. for example, the obligation to sterilize on you to animals out of my dogs have been bred for 30 years, raised their grandmothers and great grandmother's house, that dogs with an exceptional genealogy. now what are we supposed to do you to them? but at the we can thousands, marched in madrid's, calling for the law to be toughened up. i get you know, guess medina,

i believe animal should not be exploited. my animals have to be free and happy. and greyhounds and all hunting animals have to be sleeping on a sofa. nose of the law would increase fines for animal abuse to more than $200000.00 and impose a possible 2 year jail sentence. for the most serious cases. it's already opened up a debate unlikely to end soon. the baba al jazeera. okay, over to john, how far is here with the sport? ah, here pan champions around android will face all hello saudi arabia and the funnel, the club, rural cup, and morocco on saturday. route were facing egypt allowing and wednesdays a 2nd. somebody final in rebuff, but as he has junior broke the deadlock to give rail, the lead having into break i think is that really gotten going? and the 2nd half federico valve her day gave the spanish side a to new lead. i'll alley pulled the gold back before rodrigo scored

a 3 minutes from the end of the game. finished for one to round madrid with a stoppage, a time goal. and the richardson has been watching all the actions from urban well, my team likes winning this title more than around, which are that now inside of their 5th club wilcox title. after this convincing, when over lee of egypt, they will play out loud in the final rail, put on their way with a goal from vinicius junior, some positive news to him. he's going through a toughie weeks a month back in spain, where he's repeatedly been targeted with races to be while physician finally before and during games like some good news for him and he and his team get through this part of the coach colon chelsea was actually a little bit of pressure coming here to surprise me when you consider what did it last have winning the spanish and gonna pull the champions league to qualify for this for them and not everything going great. right now in the league of this time

around a points behind barcelona in the top right. so a victory in this tournament would be the perfect mid season. pick me up. as for what was told me, it's still could be considered a success when the how to into matchers to get this fall. beating oakland city on the seattle found is it underlines the somewhat old nature, an unfair nature, perhaps of this competition where they have to play those games where the champions of south america and europe just get parachuted straight in to the semi finals. al, hello, of course, beats flamenco, brazil, in the semi final flamingo. now take on our flea in a 3rd place plant on saturday. that game will come before the final is between rel, madrid, and al, hello. hello. in with a chance of becoming the 1st team from outside of europe or south america, to lift the club worldcom diane football player christian abs say remains missing. following the devastating earthquake center here and syria who plays for high score

in the turkish super league was reported to have been rescued from the rubble of the collapse building a day earlier. but it's called director now says there is no information on his whereabouts. 7 the former new castle player join have a sport in september of last year. basketball superstar le bron james has become the and b a's all time leading score. well, acre star had been chasing down the legendary kareem abdul jabbar as the regular season march of 38387. and he finally passed it on tuesday in the lakers defeat to the oklahoma city thunder. 75 year old abdul jabbar was in attendance to see his own records to mad i'm actually felt like i was like said no. what's happened arena tonight when i shall went in for from the from the crown on

measure. good afternoon again. now we've been speaking to basketball analyst xavier pope, who is also a lawyer. he explains that le bron and abdul jabbar is legacies off the court are as important as they're playing accolades. well, bra, james is 38 years old and that's exactly how long ago remodeled to barbara will chamberlain's record to become the all time leading scorer with his is payment skyler, a shot that could not be duplicated ela, brian james show you at the beta way jump shot that he learned from micro your the probably right once you. so it goes to show you that record even be not to be broken with special talents, like le bron jane as he does, he can, he broke it and it also shows the bron james book field, every single accolade that was thrown in every expectation. how good

a layer you might be when he was just in school breaking the course straight, calling him to show one well abroad jane. he has been the chosen one and we are all boston. he is rated abroad. james, greatest legacy is off the field in impacting even election in terms of helping me get body active at 2 different places across the country. working with safety. abrams here level, the politicians in georgia, also speaking our social issues in relation to believe by that that's happening here in united states. awful. social justice causes also have his own, but brian james been a vocal a person and that's something that athens didn't necessarily do in a particular area in the eighty's and ninety's that he brought kareem abdul jabbar activism that jim brown active is a and the mom and we activate the so the bottom era, so that is great at the brian james has been on the field. you've been a great man, he's been a great bother upgrade family, man. you've been a great example for kid,

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