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also coming rallies in europe, calling for an end to the fighting in ukraine. as the war with russia enters a 2nd year. who speak with the people sheltering from ukrainian missiles and russian hill there is in the east and the struggle to save a brazilian indigenous community facing a severe health crisis caused by pollution from an eagle, gold mining. ah, well votes are currently being counted in nigeria and what's believe to be the tightest presidential election and decades. but gunfire and delays mod the poll and africa biggest democracy. the election took place in the middle of an economic crisis and violence by arms groups in some parts of the country. mama jim, jim reports now from the capital, a boucher in nigeria. capital. the polls didn't open as early as they were

meant to. but the mood was nonetheless up beat sandra awful. who wants to see her country move in the right direction? told us how relieved she was to have voted by many hic. will i fired i yoga expo risk because when loads ruin, you know, ritz non duty for how many, how many months now, for those practicing their civic duty, the significance of this day could not be overstated. no matter the heat, no matter the length of the lines, people waited. despite the delayed start earlier in the day, things have gone smoothly here at this point station. and everybody i've spoken to say they're prepared to stay here as long as it takes to ensure they can cast their ballot at a polling station in the battleground, state of legal panic. after gunfire broke out armed gunmen in

a minibus fire shots in the ear and snatched ballot boxes at the voting station and follow lou junction. earlier lagos, his police chief, had issued a stern warning to any one planning to provoke and rest, who had into fire you? we were a so let's you will apprehend you. i will bring you to justice for voters here growing concern not just over the high cost of living, but even what might happen after this vote. if this was wrong, then means that we know have a see enough on sure. in the southeastern city of nuku ballots were delivered late voters, both tired and bored. wondered when booths would finally be set up. poles were scheduled to close by afternoon and many worry they might not be able to vote. nigeria independent national electoral commission said some areas had experienced irregularities, and try to offer reassurance. anybody who had was only 2 before

$230.00 would be allowed to hoard even who horton grows will be on the fusion plaza . thomas local news, 18 candidates are running for the presidency, but only 3 are seen as having a realistic chance of winning. also up for election or hundreds of seats and parliament in this hotly contested election, voters only know one thing for certain. no matter who wins the challenges ahead will not be easy. how much am drama is either a boucher ah now french peasant manual micron says he will travel to china and just over a month to discuss the war in ukraine. on friday, china released a piece proposal facing his calling for an end to western sanctions on russia and is edging moscow in chief to help p stokes. and gone says it's important for china to put pressure on rush as a end. the war and withdrawal from ukraine. meanwhile,

the been a russian president, alexander lucas anchor, has also announced that he'll visit beijing in the coming days. and belarus is one of russia's closest allies. and you'll recall last year minsk allowed the criminal to use its territory to launch attacks on ukraine. and we'll, let's take a closer look at china's he's proposal and follows talks between top chinese diplomat rung e and the russian president. i'm a person. as i said, beijing is calling for an end to wear western sanctions on russia as urging moscow and give to hold peace talks. the proposal calls for the establishment of humanitarian car doors for civilians and steps to ensure that grain can also be safely exported from ukraine. it also warns against the use of nuclear weapons and the conflict as well as attacks on nuclear power plants. well, let's pick to andy milk, he's a senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization thing. thank you . joins us now from beijing and the i want to start with what isn't in this piece plan. and that's a condemnation of russia's invasion. china's been very clear about wanting to take a different approach from the west. absolutely. i think china's foreign

policy has been known for being principled, pragmatic, and consistent. and these told points are an example of that. i think it is precisely because china has not condemned russia, that it is the only major power that is not taken aside in this conflict. in this of course makes them the, the only honest broker. i think that can, ah, help resolve this conflict. and you say honest broker and the i want to dig a little into what's in it for beijing. if it does take on a mediation role here. mean that certainly bolsters china's influence and global affairs. absolutely. i think one thing to point out here too is that this narrative, the china is not condemning russia is largely a western one, which is ok on one side of this conflict. and it's important to recognize that any

negotiated solution is likely to leave both sides unhappy. that is just the nature of high stakes negotiated settlement and something we should be prepared for. and i think again, china by not condemning russia really is not a party to this conflict and able to contribute to a negotiated settlement. and course about what china get out of us. because it's also been a very sensitive time for china, especially with how the pandemic has played out their presumably this also boston present. she is influence as well. these need is had to beijing to discuss this a absolutely. so i think china as a major economy, one of the largest economies in the world, certainly benefits are from an end hostilities. of course, ah, this will improve global sentiment, economic prosperity, put the world back on a path to economic prosperity, mis benefits, all countries,

especially larger countries like china. i think that's one are certainly i think from a reputation prestige perspective are playing a role in ah, bringing this conflict to a close, but with no other major power has been able to do so. are certainly, i think would burnish china's reputation. or we also have to recognize that there's only so much an honest broker can do. and sometimes we both sides have to fight to a certain amount of exhaustion before either can be negotiated, settlement and whether we're at this point yet or not, i think remains to be seen and all keep saying that china is neutral. however, i noticed in the document there is this reference to how cold warning policy must end as always, a direct end in the united states. so what then is the message from us there? i think again, this is a, i think china recognizes any objective observer would acknowledge that this

situation is a complex one and russia has legitimate security interest in europe. so the, there is a view, of course not the western one that the united states and nato have exacerbated this conflict and threw over and secret means have orchestrated attacks against countries like russia and like china as well. so i think that again, from a more objective perspective, i think these comments about a cold war mentality are, are understandable. well, you say that there is going to be a possibility of a negotiated settlement. at some point. i see that keith is sticking to its demands for russia to withdraw. so what are the chances that this actually leads to any kind of piece talks? well, i think again we go back to this idea that are most high stakes negotiations or

settlements leave both sides unhappy. that's just the nature of the beast. and i think ukraine, ah, it's supporters in the west or certainly articulating an opening stance that they may end up with it. you never know what we have to see. but generally speaking, i think these kinds of negotiated settlements requires significant compromise on both sides in order for them to be achieved and be durable. and we'll see if that does indeed happen. andy mark their senior research fellow at the center of china and globalization being just from beijing, always great to have your thoughts and out there. andy, thank you for joining abilene. what? meanwhile, people have been protesting and cities across europe demanding an end to the war. some also want an end to western governments arming ukraine. others quite the opposite. and the baba was at one purchase for us in london. the

marching for peace in ukraine. hundreds took to the streets of london on saturday, urging a sci fi and negotiations with russia to end the conflict. among them, supporters of the campaign for nuclear disarmament warning that any escalation in fighting would increase the chances of a nuclear war. many wanted to see an end to western military support for ukraine. it would help if we stopped saying, we'll just give you lots of weapons until you win the war. it's not going to happen like that. you know, the ukrainians are really tough. russians are really tough that nato is really rich . so that's, that's all the ingredients you need for a kind of endless war. well, this demonstration is one of many happening over the weekend, across europe. now, for these demonstrators, all being ukraine is simply making things worse and prolonging the conflict. but others take a very different approach. in the belgian capital, many of those marching in solidarity with ukraine. we're actually refugee from that

country that we've been for our defense. we need the sanctions forgive the russia. we need economy call support because we defend not only our land, we defend all democracy world. my own it is. i want to do my best. i want to show people as much as they want to survive. we want normal life, we want our love back while in berlin, a big protest at least 10000 turned up to say no to the idea of germany. army ukraine were demonstrating for peace and against our intervention of our government in a, in that war, that is not ours. the people that watered for those politicians, they did not know that they will push us into war and said weapons into

countries that are in war. this is even against our constitution. so different messages and no end in sight to the misery inflicted on the people of ukraine. nadine barber al jazeera london ah, 284 people has now been arrested by turkish authorities in connection with the 10s of thousands of buildings damaged or completely destroyed in the earthquakes. there almost 3 weeks, either engineering expanse, a poor construction practices and government failures, and the reason hasn't marlboro in common mash, press enter care with over 2000000 people. there were displaced thousands and thousands of buildings that were either destroyed or severely damaged. the government is saying that it was thought laying down the foundations and deliver

new houses to the affected people in a year. from now, they'll position the thing they see is the bong that the government should wait for at least one year for the shocks to weaken intensity before they can think about an urban plan or a construction project. but because this is something that has become politicized, president of they have the answer that he's adamant on the need to build something that is going to be safer, better, and the line with the 5 mic design codes. and for this reason, the a thought is that also that the rest of the mayor of nor does have the cash clock which they accuse for having ties with one of the key development tycoon who was also arrested a few weeks ago in relation to some of the buildings that were destroyed in the top,

the government wanted to send a strong message that it won't allow at the missive, construction environment to live and it has been brushing aside all those accusations, leveled against them by the opposition that we have not responded quickly to help those who was affected in those areas. hashem abala algae, 0. come, i'm a rush. oh, stella had here on al jazeera, a downturn in south korea's housing market, could mean bad news for the rest of the economy. and we were bought on one of the wilds biggest equestrian events taking place right here in cattle ah, unmanned aerial vehicles. deadly but increasingly familiar tools on the modern battlefield with the conflict in ukraine,

sparking the 1st full scale drone wall and pointing to a coming age of walk. the fisherman, intelligence some apollo, must weapons, people and power examines the ethical questions around this proliferating technology. and whether it poses a dystopian threat, drones and the future of war on it just 0. 0, on a leading to mean just fun phase more and more women for me stuff that pool both crowds and criticism. when i went aches, meet the rebel bike as risking life,

and we didn't shake they drink on al jazeera lou. oh, hello. they are watching al jazeera. let's remind you of our top story of the salad with there have been isolated incidents of violence as nigerians voted and presidential and parliamentary elections glitches in the voting systems or long hughes in some areas. final results can take days. french president emanuel micron says he's planning a trip to china to discuss it's 12 point piece plan for ukraine, brought to me as lensky. he says he'd also like to meet china's lead estrogen thing

in, while protests demanding an end to the ukraine war have taken place across europe. some demonstrators called on western nations to stop supplying weapons to achieve or south korea has been increasing interest rates to curb soaring inflation. but that's a shake in the property market, which until recently was a safe bet. analysts now worry this could have knock on affects with the rest of the economy. units came reports now from sol. a chill is creeping into south korea's once red hot housing market. transactions have slowed to a standstill, even as house prices drop for a record. sabbath straight month, jiggle global van. she's property prices have fallen by 1520 percent. but when we look at the apartments, the most common type of homes, there are cases where they've plummeted by 30 to 40 percent apartments hold a special place and south koreans hearts. so much so that it can make or break a president's legacy. when jane ended his term with an apology,

as housing prices in the sole area doubled on his watch, dozens of rounds of price control regulations fail to prevent speculative by the apartment you see behind me were the 1st to be billed during a development room of 19 seventies, setting the scene for what is known as hung down to day. since then, real estate has been the most sought after investment to grow well for south koreans. but now that's being tested. analysts point to interest rate hikes, the central bank raise. it's fetch broadway by almost 3 percentage points in about 17 months to stem capital outflow to the us and inflation time unit. and we'll do that on because last year inflation and south korea far exceeded 5 percent. so our top priority was stabilizing prices over economic growth, or the real estate market. this year we started 5 percent inflation and project

that to tapered to the 3 percent range by the end of the year. oh, most loan holders have a floating rate corporate lawyer. joseph cho bought his apartment when he got married 4 years ago. he says his interest payments have gone up multiple times. our monthly loan payments has doubled the. we'd have to keep track of the expenditures that are we we normally wouldn't have for example, i think we keep track of how much we eat out now and how much we spend, ah, in department stores, builders face bigger problems, new construction will slow as units stand empty economists warned the gloom could spread to other areas such as non essential spending. an important contributor to asia's 4th largest economy, which is already facing storm clouds ahead unit skim al jazeera. so now the world health organization is working with cambodian health authorities. after the

death of an 11 year old. gov from bad food this week, people and poultry are being monitored and home village and w h o is reviewing it's global risk assessment. avian influenza can sometimes move from poultry to humans. and recent infections in a range of mammals could suggest that it's now spreading more easily. and police and brazil are investigating businessman lawyers and civil servants, or allegedly involved in trafficking gold. it's believed to have been illegally extracted from the indigenous yano mommy territory. and in the state of herriman task force as talking a humanitarian crisis caused by illegal mining monarchy anika has the story. i a desperate effort to save lives in a makeshift clinic in the yano money territory. the numbers are staggering. 570 children have died during the past 4 years. victims of the onslaught of illegal mining in brazil's largest indigenous reservation. while doctors and nurses attend

to the sick, the recently created task force is forcing thousands of miners out. hundreds are leaving and canoes taking all the can, and filming their flight. i somewhat total sample by january 20000 illegal miners were occupying 5000 hector's of protected indigenous land, polluting the waters with mercury and spreading disease. there are almost as many as the whole yellow mommy population. 30000. i'm the mom here with our villages were surrounded by mines, says ha sienna, mommy, we were left with no drinking water, no food, no medicine. she staying at the emergency health clinic built 2 weeks ago in boy vista, the capital of the northern state, of what i'ma, like many here, she wants to go home but does not know when dice must dos. it'll take us decades to

help nature and our homeland, to recover and bologna, be safe from invaders if the government all forties maintain their presence in our reservation. some miners who have fled still hoped to make it back into the young o miami territory. they have nowhere else to go with european rep go when there's happened. the government doesn't have the money to maintain a task force operating 247 in the region. if a dozen open legal mines will find an alternative way for minors to make a living, they will go back risking their lives because the need to put food on the table. but what i my has little to offer the huge statue of a minor in the center of boy vista is simba of how much the local economy depended on gold before its extraction was forbidden. in protected territories, this small village is 40 kilometers away from the gateway to the young manny indigenous territory. it has grown much over the years. partly because of the

thousands of illegal miners that have been coming here to buy food supplies, medicine and have made the economy of this city boom. since president, losing us to let us hubert took office in january and ordered the task force to destroy the legal mines. people in haste, lunda have seen the cities commerce slowly fade away. why this area was filled to the top with corn. now we are no longer renewing the stock because there is nobody to buy it for those living in hot i'ma in the city or in the rain forest. to morrow is another battle, monica, and i give al jazeera boy vista, brazil, or fire fighters in eastern cuba are trying to contain a forest fire there. the blaze started a week ago and it's already destroyed about $1300.00 heck as of wooded area. the island nation reported a sea forest fires last month. one of the middle east biggest equestrian events is

taking place right here in cattle. the 10th anniversary of the c h. i out chicago, the featured more than a 130 riders from 28 countries. snohomish reports. ah riders and horses from around the world have landed in cutter for one of the biggest events on the question calendar. sir, to, i'll shut up the is the only contest of its kind in asia top ranking, international stars competing in the olympic disciplines of show jumping, dressers and parrot dress, such a shag became over night, a sensational event where rob, it's became one of the top 5 in the world, ah, we're seeing a lot of development happening lastly for years actually. where now top our competitors and horses are joining every year. and we're looking forward for the next 3 years to support and encourage the horse riding in this country. since it's

a core part of our, our dna, germany leads the way when it comes to olympic, a question that success. and the why does have once again been collect entitled here and cut off a country which also has a historic commitment to the sport. the i'll check up santa was established more than 3 decades ago by the former emmy of katasha. come on mccully for outlining aims to preserve and promote the arabian know force agreed also it provides well class facilities for events like this. alongside the top level 5 saw show jumping events that had big fences and prize money to match competitions with lower fences and the lowest star rating, allow emerging riders to gain valuable experience. it's a chance for casa re writer mcalisio back at to take the next step in his career,

i realizing from sir 2012 for the lending school in her daughter, christopher, the asian. and this is my 1st year and isn't, i'm not sure this your choice to thought of. and i did some christmas of the international shoulders. i always compete against other people from other regions and other countries. this also gives you a potential like to, to improve and to do bigger things like the big games. and it also ages francis demand list is an established name at the top of the show dumping world rankings. he's using the event to continue his build up to next years, paralympics every other with the best. right? going to waldron india with her best all seasons. one of the biggest, a sure starting outside because we came from the indoor season. so also it's hard to really a good test dash, there are plenty more tests to come for all the riders aiming for title success in

the common season and beyond. sun ha moose, i'll just hear now the curtains are coming down on this. he has carnival and brazil . these are live pictures from rio de janeiro and the top 5 sanders schools have been rating on the streets of the brazilian city. they competed for top prizes and costumes, presentation, and theme, and the carnival. considered the world's biggest. the festivities bought millions to the country for the 1st time since the coven 19 pandemic. and that's it from me . next it's ukraine war one year on. ah hello, it's nice and quiet across japan at the moment and we will see that choir to weather eventually spilling over to ward search japan. we have got a little speclink of shower. klaus there's no showers, girls that drifting in from the relatively warm waters of the icy of japan. a brisk,

cool wind there. so some snow there on sunday for western parts of honju into hawkeye there, but it clears through. please to say as we go on into monday, brightest guys come back in tokyo around 30 degrees celsius bryce guys there across the cramping. and sheila, across much of china, marty, settle maybe one or 2 shower santa eastern areas of taiwan, sunshine and showers. meanwhile, across southeast asia, as per usual, heavier showers will be down towards borneo, some live hitchow's there across southern parts of indonesia. in particular, java could see some very heavy rain southern parts of sumatra. tooth catching, a few showers. you might catch a shower or 2 into shall anchor over the next day or so. but for much of south asia, once dry and sunny pretty much summed it up. that heat still in place across that western side of india into much of a pocky starting to see a few showers western disturb just making its way out of afghanistan into the foothills of the himalayas. and they may well be of snow sent me over the higher ground, but for the most part is fine, dry and sunny. ah

. ready the catastrophic series of. ready breaks into kia and syria has taken thousands of people's lives and left many more harmless. a major mobilization of humanitarian support is underway ah, teams on the ground will bring you continuous updates to t. n. syria waits on al jazeera ah, the rubble of a pin bridge blown off by your premium forces to stop production defense. it is a reminder of moscow's failed attempt to seize keith in the early days of rebuilding.