secret on al jazeera, smiling through the coals, tamara and her colleagues at the school for pupils with special needs, wants to pay royce that meets the rising cost of living and keeps people in the profession. ways teachers are making sure bad to mom, so i heard on what is clearly a sizable demonstration to marry love, a wave of industrial action, taking in various parts of the economy. calling on a government prepay arises, that leads inflation if there's no movement to pay, we likely to be seeing more protests, not just from people like tomorrow, but work as in other key professions who enjoy growth support from the public. ah, via work his and grace coal for strikes to protest working conditions after the countries with try next events which kills more than 50 people.

ah, i'm told mccrae this is l 0. live from dog. ha. also coming up. cambodian opposition later kim saca is sentenced to 27. he is house arrest for treason the war and you cry dominates the g. 20 foreign minister summit with the us and russia's top diplomats meeting for the 1st time since the conflict. plus. this isn't a tree that's hundreds of years old. it's thousands of years old cut to the ground . and it's one of many. we report from the congo dice and we're looking and mining and putting vine forests at risk. ah, well work. his and grace are expected to go on strike for a 2nd day after the countries were try and crash. they protested on thursday to

call for an overhaul of the rail system. they say it's been underfunded for years and isn't a dangerous state. at least 57 people were killed on tuesday when a passenger train and a freight train collided. the station master who was on duty has been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter. jones sar palace has more from larissa, traffic cameras on a nearby motorway capture a massive explosion. as the 2 trains collide, the fireball reduced the passenger trains engine and 2 front cars to strips of metal. the freight trains forward engine was hoisted from the track rescue workers who were there moments after the crash described the scene. but what we saw was without precedent or burned remains a stench in the air. the smell of burning, plastic, shapeless, sheet metal fire, people in pain. it was a living. hell, it still is, ma'am,

i just wish strength to the people who've lost love. once i'm high and happy injured, can go home fully recover our at larissa general hospital on thursday, dozens of relatives, many of them parents of young people coming home from a 3 day weekend. we're trying to match their dna to that of body parts and sorrow mixed with anger was palpable across the city. 3 weeks ago, the railway workers union issued a public complaint, demanding investment in personnel and automated signaling equipment, saying a major accident was only a question of time, and they weren't the 1st. last year the hellenic railways, chief safety officer, resigned over lack of safety procedures. lady, so station master has been charged with manslaughter by negligence for allowing the passenger train to travel north on a south bound track. but people here say he is not the only one to blame. let me hear something i dixon infinity now groman to leslie. fema. if fails,

we can't scapegoat the station master or any one else. responsibilities must be made out to all those who are really to blame. any one who has a share of the blame and must pay his share. because it seems that the responsibilities go beyond the station master, at least according to the union city, after the prime minister has promised clarity on what went wrong with greece's rail infrastructure, which is a state responsibility that could bring great political cost. but people want answers, job cerebral us al jazeera larissa. cambodian opposition leader came soccer, has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 27 years of house arrest. soccer was arrested in 2017 and charged with trying to overthrow the government and collusion with the you with. he is always denied the accusations rights group say the case as part of prime minister. and since if it's to suppress all opposition, but let's get more on this from tony ching, from the tie capital bank cock,

and tony or what's been the reaction are to this verdict. well, i don't think anyone's particularly surprised. this is a trial which has been ongoing for the last 3 years. kim, soccer has been in detention either in prison or under house arrest since 2017. and it seemed very unlikely that there was going to be any lenient see or set. certainly any chance of walking out of court to day a free man. none the less, the 27 year sentence on what i think most people accept. a very jumped up chargers as seems very severe. cancer car is 69 years old. as i said, he spent most of the last 7 years in detention. this is effectively a life sentence. over the last couple of years, he's been under house arrest. and the terms of that, sir, detention have been relatively relaxed. he has been allowed to accept visitors. i interviewed him about 12 months ago,

but we understand the terms of this new sentence are that he will not be allowed to have contact with the outside world. he won't be allowed to do media interviews and certainly for the next 6 months until elections are held. we would imagine the conditions will the very strictly enforce, get net. another severed, it comes before elections and in around 4 months time. what political implications are there, especially for his or political party? i think the, the context of this is that it is all affectively political. hutchinson or the current prime minister of cambodia is the longest serving prime minister in the world. he's effectively been in that position since 1985 political opponents have come and gone, but he remains the strong man of cambodian politics. though cam so car with sam ramsey was the leader of the main opposition party, the c n r p. they had a very good chance ergo,

they were doing very well in both local politics and national politics. ab getting chem suck out to the point where he was elected, vice president of the national assembly, a position that had never been held by an opposition figure before. he was clearly a serious threat. the fact that he was he faced these charges of treason again, charges which have never really been backed up by any serious evidence is or what the us ambassador said outside court to those am, miscarriage, of justice. none the less their elections coming up this summer in july. i think hanson is unlikely to want any threat to that. his party, this, the cambodian people's party or his own position. and he is a, we think, going to look towards his legacy and handing overpowered his son hood manette, who is currently the head of the army who seems to becoming more public, becoming more prominent in cambodian politics. and we think the end goal is for her and send to hand over power to his own son creating effectively one of the great

dentist is of cambodian politics cam. so car could have been a real threat. now he's been removed for the next 27 years. i think many people think there may be an opportunity after the elections to negotiate a lighter sentence. but for the moment he's gonna remain under lock and key. okay, thank you so much for that. there's tony ching, for us in bangkok, the sam ramsey is the acting president of the cambodian national rescue party. he says the verdict is politically motivated. it's reward king. i think one side is very afraid of the opposition, especially he's afraid of the cambodian nation or rescue party which is growing very pop it up. it is why he has to condemn them to cough as a pretext to dissolve this opposition party. it is very un chester

the accreditation against the comes so car grounding, accusing him to wanting to topler the government with the u. s. support is totally ridiculous. and official from tennessee, his main opposition party has been arrested. the another party says police detained hibler blues. it's the latest arrests and a crackdown on critics of prison and county side, several opposition figures, judges, and a radio station director have been held since last month. so he has accused them of plotting against state security, which he 20 foreign ministers have failed to agree on a final joint statement due to differences over the war and ukraine. the conflict overshadowed the meeting in new delhi, the host. india had hoped to shift the agenda away from the board, focus on climate change and rising global poverty. but the contents of a closing statement were blocked by china and russia. poverty, midtown report

a moment for reflection and unity as foreign ministers from the g. 20 stood for a moment of silence to remember the victims of the earthquakes in turkey and syria . and it was in that spirit that their host induced prime minister court on those assembled to use the meeting for resolution. not rancor. we shall not allow a short that re dinard resolve booby either boom gum in the bay. oh dog, big den. however, as the foreign ministers of the was 20 largest economies met in new jenny, the war in ukraine dominated discussions along with its impact on global food supplies, energy prices, and security. that all ha matters of sharp differences of opinions and views. yet, we must find common ground and provide direction,

because that is what the world expects of us. on the side lines, a very brief meeting between rush us foreign minister saga lab rav and you were secretary of state antony, blinking. it was the 1st time both have met since the russian invasion, but if anything of substance was achieved, both remained tight lipped. later to press conference, lab rob blamed the failure for consensus on the western nations present school. so unfortunately, the declaration on behalf of all ministers of the g 20 group was not endorsed or our western colleagues looks like a year ago. under the indonesian g 20 chairman, she were seeking to bring to the forefront an issue with the situation around ukraine by truths and untruths and antony bank and conceded that the failure to move forward threatened the principles on which the g 20 was founded. right? that there are real challenges to the multilateral system. and those challenges in many ways, are coming directly from russia, which ah,

has been violating the very principles that lie at the heart of that system. in the us chairmanship of the g. 20 was supposed to be the blossoming of its ambitions to lead the globe without promoting issues like death alleviation and climate change. but that seems to have been put on horde by ongoing concerns over the or in ukraine party. mr. al jazeera new delhi president vladimir putin says a ukrainian sabotage unit shot civilians on russian territory close to the border. the governor of the brians christian says a group cross from ukraine and opened fire on a car. one person was killed and a child wounded. hootin has called the incident a terrorist attack cave denies the allegation, saying it's a classic deliberate provocation that you shoot. the russian soldiers are protecting people from neo nazis and terrorists that you got from those who tortured and kill people in the don bath for 8 years. those who killed darya do

geena in moscow. those you today committed another terrorist act. they infiltrated the border and opened fire and civilians do you. they saw it was a civilian car. they saw there were civilians and children sitting there. they open fire on them at liberty, rushes ambassador to the u. k. has accused nato of turning ukraine into a west and back fortress in a bid to oppose russian influence in eastern europe. andre kellen also said there it any supply of long range weapons to keep or force russia to push deeper into ukraine. and he made the comments in an interview with al jazeera nick barker in london, boucher opin mary awful. you know those places very well. ukrainian towns where rushes accused of all sorts of gross atrocities and war crimes, including the motor of civilians, rape the list, goes on. do you condemn these alleged combs? well, we had a lot about that. they are totally different. absolutely different things boucher

has been staged and there is no doubt about that stage by ukrainian special forces in mario. but you probably as think about booming of the theatre over the years, but the victims hit not been discovered. so all of these things we know, but also when we need to have a balance or we need that international community should be aware of what is happening in the bus. it's a crime, but nobody's speaking above it. so you're saying that all the evidence put forward regarding claims of atrocities carried out by russian forces in the lungs of boucher and pin a fake in boucher absolutely. it was fake mary but has nothing to do with these european i i'm not sure about that. pin because i did not, i'm not very well about that. there's a possibility that crimes may have been committed in a pin. no, this is mr. operation. this is a war, in fact, thinks civilians collateral,

in that warning of civilians. collateral in that war with no targets, especially suited in infrastructure. i noticed that you use the word war. is this a? well, i in a way, yes, in a way is this even you can call it civil war because on most bus it is. we don't, not sure if it doesn't drive a line between russian people and ukrainian people that contains lots of for us. and so in certain way it is yes. how might the supply, for instance, of tanks, long range weapons, and possibly even fighter jets change rushes chances on the battlefield? so i don't believe that it will get shooters threat. dorsey wally, of the united kingdom is saying direct me of that is going to provide a long range your weapon for the army. how would that affect russia tactic? and we are certain of that of lease along creature weapon will be used against civilian targets. would that mean having to make greater advantage to push further

into you wish to move of the line further deeper into your cream, just to avoid the affair, the rest of the theatre over us it into that that it, that it over than by us. so by, in this way, western countries of the destroying ukraine itself was still a hit on al jazeera, crushed hopes and dreams. we hear from some of the families whose relatives have died making a perilous journey from pakistan to italy. ah, away we go with your weather update for the middle east and africa. nice to see again. so here's the story for the middle east, we're seen some sand and dust kicked up, particularly for western saudi arabia. there are some sand storm warnings in play,

and at times that visibility could be knocked down to nil. also seen the sand and dust funnel into kuwait his while, but a southerly push of air here means the temperature in kuwait. about 29 or 30 degrees on friday, got disturbed weather moving out of afghanistan into pakistan. so some what, whether to be expected, there are quite high temperatures for this sub the year in karachi, at 36 degrees in breezy here as well. when guess about 50 kilometers per hour. speaking about the winds for the eastern mediterranean at breeze, off the mediterranean is going to boost those temperatures. for example, on cyprus, nic hosea, up to $25.00 on friday, the heat wave backing off across egypt. so cairo $27.00 degrees got some showers long, the coast of west africa, and also along the gulf of guinea as wall usual spots. plenty showers in storms rolling through this area and still remnants leftovers of what were tropical cyclone freddy, still wobbling around in the moves and b channel. it's also gonna throw rain into

the west coast of madagascar. ah. in the blink of an eye, many lives were lost. thousands of people buried alive and more left homeless were shocked by the number of sites we worshipped by. the number of victims al jazeera goes to the most afflicted region in syria. here in northwest to syria, to see those affected by the way, and it's severe shortages of humanitarian aid. the full report, syria, the continuing tragedy on al jazeera. ah ah,

you're watching, you'll just hear a reminder of our top stories, the solid. well, work isn't grace, have called for another die of strikes, approaches for by cool the dangerous royal system. at least 57 were killed when 2 trains collided on tuesday. the station master on duty has appeared in court on multiple challenges, including negligent homicide. cambodian opposition later came saca has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 27 years. how surprised soccer was arrested in 2017 charged with trying to overthrow the government and collusion with the you with. he has always denied the accusations. at a meeting all the g. 20 foreign ministers in india has ended, with no agreement on how to install for new crime. you a secretary of state antony blinking briefly met his russian counterbalance sir guy left off for the 1st time since the invasion and cold on moscow to engage in meaningful diplomacy. authority in the philippines are working to contain an oil

spill from a tanka the ship carrying 800000 liters of diesel fuel. thank name and dora island, at least 7 coastal towns have bands fishing and swimming. as the spillage spreads through the self, more than 70 policemen in columbia have been taken hostage during protest, said an oil field, a police officer and a civilian, were killed and the demonstrations lasandra lumpy at the reports from bochita. morgan, on my letting argon, i read about hundreds of farmers and indigenous people clash with police earlier thursday. they have attacked an oil field in a rural area of san be sent to that coin in southern columbia. protesters of burned the offices, another infrastructure of the field, owned by international oil company, emerald energy, a police officer, and a protest. sir, have been killed, allegedly by gunshots. the community den detained, at least $79.00 police officers and 9 oil workers. they were forced to march in

line well being marked by the demonstrators general marano columbia's ombudsman repudiated the violence lament that most get it got you. and we regret the confrontational situation, that left a police officer and a from a dead and many injured in violent act, only create more violence and don't use the path toward spaces of dialogue between the people to find agreement. oh, tensions has been rising in the area for over a month as communities blocked access to the oil field, demanding improvements to local roads and other infrastructure. because when region has long been a focus of conflict, dissidence factions of gloomiest former fact rebels operate in the region and may be involved. the indian rests in a tweet president, gustavo petro, as ordered that the vial and stop dispatching a joint commission from columbia's defense and interior ministries, as well as the armed forces to the region. that opposition politicians in an attack

against the government, say the unrest as a consequence of pay thrace feeling security policies, the favor dialogue and negotiations with criminal elements. you look this up as a lawyer, what's happening, today's the consequence of the lack of prisons in of the national government. we are going back to the time when criminals took control of columbia, too, too late them thursday, the officers remain hostages. as the government scrambles to bring the situation under control. allison that i'm just either chilly has stepped up in the military prison on us northern border with peru and bolivia. the government is trying to stop the influx of undocumented migrants. chilean authority say they are currently around one point. 4000000 undocumented migrants within its borders must come from venezuela, peru, haiti, and columbia. the issue has cause president gabriel birch is approval pricing to did significantly latin america. it's lucy and human is at the chilean border.

we are in perhaps one of the world's most dry, desolate, and dusty places. as you can see here, this is the bolivia, chilly border and right behind me are soldiers. as they are right behind me. they are stopping migrants who are undocumented from trying to come into the country for the 1st time in years. and it actually seems to be working, at least in this section. right, right in front of them are bolivians only. they have a right to come in here, but even they are having their documents checked, even though they have the custom of just coming through without any a with us as though the water was completely open, the previous president had dug a ditch. this is what was supposed to stop the migrants from entering into tilly, but it didn't work, it was useless. now they are hoping that by, by deploying the army and that the army is able to actually detain people who are

undocumented, that that will make a difference. but what we've been hearing from almost everyone is that it's really only stopping the undocumented migrants from coming here into called china. and that what they're doing is they're taking the very, very long route a far longer and more dangerous route to go all the way around here to get into chile through this very, very long border, at least in this section alone, it's a 150 kilometers and we're being told that only about 20 percent of it is being patrolled by the army. so there are ways to, to avoid detection or family, some pakistan i having to move from a distance off to really 64 migrants drowned off the coast of italy on sunday. italy is a common entry point for migrants hoping to reach northern europe. natasha can i'm has more this baby girl and her 2 brothers barely old enough to walk. now have no father. mohammed took here was

a young police officer from pakistan's point job province earning $150.00 a month. he saved and borrowed $8000.00 from family and friends to pay a trafficker to smuggle him into europe. on sunday, he drowned along with dozens of other migrants after a sail boat carrying them capsized off the coast of southern italy, dunaway again each other ms. my 2, but others set off for it till the younger unluckily arrived to months ago. but the elder of on sale de last week and drowned its kiss, devastated the entire family, including his 2 young sons. and his 2 month old daughter was finance issue with their father was one of up to $40000.00 pakistan ease who attempt to reach europe every year. they follow well traveled and often deadly human trafficking roots through turkey and iran in the garage right district. dubbed many norway by local

people, the lar of europe and its perceived wealth can be seen in these villas, hastening our e left home, hoping he would be the one to lift the family's fortunes. both that i suck, i some, my grandson was very ambitious to travel to europe, to earn money so he can support his tammy, unfortunately died and it has shattered the whole family now were anxiously awaiting to receive his body. and i did this. he okay. since 2014, the un missing migrants project says more than 17000 people have died in the central mediterranean. are human prof kiana year bozza. we are facing a huge problem with human trafficking. the mean motivating factors, extreme poverty, unemployment, and competition with other families whose loved ones left and are sending money home. we are trying our best were charged on these agents were involved in the recent incidence and libya and italy. we're collaborating along with some smiling

all. hopefully, this mobile phone video was taken before the migrants boarded the smuggler sailboat that sank on sunday and they are pretty monumental. wow. they're asked if they voluntarily, except the risks, no more will be saving to pay the smugglers fees and follow. focusing only on the lucky migrants who survived. natasha named al jazeera french president menu. alma crohn has promised $53000000.00 to a new global program to reward countries for protecting their forests and bio diversity. the pledge was announced at the end of the one forest summit and got on that. i'm to review progress made since last year's cop 27 climate conference. the funding from france as part of a joint commitment for governments that are also restoring their woodlands. rainforests and central africa rapidly disappearing to,

to logging and mining. nicholas hawk reports from pandey and cameron's congo river bison, where he met the indigenous pick. me people who call the forest home in central africa, lies a vast tropical forest. the size of india, the congo basin, it's trees absorbs more carbon than the amazon, and it's referred to as our planet's other lung. guided by indigenous pygmies. we travel deep inside where cameroon meets equitorial guinea. we encounter an elder speaking to a tree. oh, an uncomfortable conversation between a member of a community that's considered the forest custodian and what they see as the spirit of this forest. that's because the pigmies have been hired by logging companies to help them cut down trees and take part in destroying their own habitat. we're not proud of what we're doing because some of the trees have been to snow properties.

the 1st is like our pharmacy. so even though we were with digital can companies with tractor protect to what we can. the longing companies persuaded the pygmies to leave their forest. they have been given housing with amenities like electricity that alter their way of life. they no longer go foraging. instead, the pygmies serve as guides to logging companies, looking for valuable, would do so for their work. each receive $10.00 a day for the pygmies love this tree, they call it the number. it's known for its medicinal properties and it's a warm fragrance, but look at it now. each centimeter of the stumped represents a year of life. this isn't a tree that's hundreds of years old. it's thousands of years old cut to the ground and it's one of many the timbers shipped from a nearby port to asia to make furniture that will be sold to people in wealthier countrymen. recent research suggests a quarter of this green forest could disappear by 2050,

because of log and yet the congo basins stores around 20000000 tons of carbon. that's around 3 years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. it is a precious natural barrier to climate change. and its trees are of values, not for a few, but for humanity. and planet earth itself. nicholas hawk al jazeera, pandey, southern cameroon. well, let's bring you some live pictures now from out a space where spice x is falcon. 9 rocket is just about to dock at the international space station. the craft blasted off on thursday morning on a 6 month mission. it's carrying full astronauts to americans, russian, and an immorality. com. david brand brand are talking with. ah.