it's faltering economy march on a jazeera encountering. the call c e u benz petrol power caused by 2035. is this the end of combustion engine vehicles aligned profit flying high became the industry keep up with a search and demand. plus to dawn's forgotten crisis, will anyone come to doff was a counter the cost on al jazeera, unflinching questions is war with lawanda, imminent rigorous debate people were dying because of lack of treatment. black labs don't really matter in the police world. join me, mark them on hill for up front. what out 0 mm mm. escaping their nightmare into nicea african migrants to return home after a crackdown by president k site. ah,

the working out there on terry dalston. also in the news, dozens of police officers and oil workers in columbia afraid of being taken hostage during protests. for he is on the fire president is handed some good news ahead of may selection, as the opposition alliance splits. and us conservatives meeting maryland as a contest to select the republican party's 2024 presidential candidates. what's up? ah, my grants from guinea now back home from tennessee say they were living in hell after crackdown ordered by president chi side. he's been condemned for saying hordes of illegal sub saharan migrants. we're changing the demographic makeup of the country because hot reports from synagogue capital da. com. you'll notice i left a message on social media,

a video of another racist attack on black migrants in tunisia. such attacks are prohibited by law, but rights groups say they're condone by the countries president. last week, k say it said quote, hordes of sub saharan africans, we're changing the demographic makeup of the country, sparking racist attacks throughout the nation. this is what is left of one black woman's home after it was ransacked. black men and women say they are arbitrarily rounded up by police because of the color of their skin. let me have from all over the wall because we are really suffering. he had hundreds of ivory ins and giddeons are now beat repatriated, some injured and unable to walk after the beatings will be what not. we live in fear. people escape to go out. even those that have the right paperwork. and for those that don't have visas, they get thrown out on the spot. many of them were hoping to make it to europe. most african migrants from senegal and west africa are not fleeing war,

but poverty. but europeans don't want them on their continent that have signed agreements with north african countries, like kanisha to stop them from crossing the mediterranean. according to aid agencies, there are 30 to 50000 african migrants living in tunisia, illegally. tunisian rights activist, miriam, my store says they are mistreated and do menial jobs that tunisians don't want to do. she says she and her husband have also experienced abuse for racism is a, has a long history in julia against black people, even if a black people are like 10 or 15 percent of the population. now people engineers, there are in social and economic crisis. so the, the president, he uses a black people as the scapegoats tunisians are out on the streets denouncing via holding sign, saying, tunisians come in all colors. it's not only a reminder of the diversity of the country, but

a call for unity in the face of growing bigotry and division. nicholas hawk al jazeera de carr synagogue of vincent detail as director of the global migration center. he says at present k site is using migrants as a distraction from to news his domestic problems well known in europe in their western states. focusing on my grounds to avoid i like teens, is a real issue. so clearly you're again migrant. ideal escape. ready to avoid the real issue that states clearly just he's a resident, you send them into the search. many of them are walking in informal sector and in fact they are on sophie some really bushel things in the tradition. and those are important a portion of center and migrant. i'm psyched students and

elements and not all are indigenous kids of course. so is one to come and see the are use to, to, to work in the metric work and or, or, or to patient. columbia is present, gustavo, petra says all the hostages at an oil facility have been released. 85 people were taken hostage by protest is in a southern province of quatre on thursday. if this officer and the civilian were killed, the testers were demanding help to repair and build new roads in the area. i found that he has more from the capital book a top. the announcements came after many hours of negotiations by the minister of defense. the minister of the interior with the farmers and indigenous people that had retained the police officers and the oil workers be those published by the

defense ministry show, the police officers stepping off a truck and greeting he van velasquez. the defense minister. this development was obviously a huge relief, not only for the family of the hostages, but also for the government that had insisted that the release had to be the 1st step for the government to negotiate with the protesters is from chris to it is a gesture that mislead reconsideration of many issues around in the treatment of social conflict in columbia. i will personally dialogue with the farmers about their needs and the complaints the claims in colona asked the entire popular movement in general, hasn't rural urban. to see that this is a government of dialogue, a government that belongs to them. and under these terms, violent actions only destroy the possibility of having a progressive and popular government. the protesters or farmers that live in a remote area long neglected by the states that also have to deal with drug

trafficking activity. also the activity of armed the rebels fighters in the area. and that had been promised that infrastructure developments the paving of a major road in the area when the company moved in, but improve in improvements that had never materialize. and in the end, this was a relatively quick resolution to what had turned out to be a major crisis for the government. and the way this government, this trying to deal with social conflict in the country trying to use dialogue 1st and avoiding excessive use of, for some part of the police. in this case though, that strategy had turned into a major tobacco for the colombian state forces. and finally, president gustavo petro also said that now the attorney general will have to investigate and try those responsible for the day. angry protests have continued in

greece over. she's a train crash that left dozens of people dead. the marches in this loaner key and since erupted into violence, breakaway groups through petrol, bombs that police who responded with tear gas with us to blame the government for the poor condition of greece's rail system. brilliant, say a fatal accident was inevitable. latest protest happened to hundreds of mourners attended the 1st funeral for crash victim. so far 52 of the 57 confirmed victims have been identified most in dna. 350 people were on the passenger train and collided with a freight train on the same track. i thought we should become the voice of the dead, were truly outraged and showing a rage because of all the deficiencies that exist in all aspects of our lives. this crime will not be forgotten. our dead classmate will not be forgotten,

nor any of those who died in this accident, and we will continue so that nothing is covered up and those responsible are being held accountable. a key member of turkey is at 6 party opposition alliance. the signal it's pulling out of the block and it comes off to the parties, met on thursday to select a joint candidate to contest made presidential po, according to the e party, 5 members of the group want to come out college r o v. as their candidate, he's the leader of the largest opposition party, the republican people's party, or c h p for the e party says it's a preferred candidate, is either akram in the modem, the mer of is stumble or man, sir, your vesh, who became anchor's 1st c h p mare in 2019. so casale, as this update from anchor, the government circles have been criticizing the opposition for not being able to come around the common presidential candidate so far. and yesterday,

the opposition alliance, 6 members came together. they discussed the name and everybody was sure that from the meeting is may no position, neither camera coach would come out. and today we heard the 2nd largest position party leader met alex. and i also ran who also was an interior miss there during the late 19th and she said that she is, i guess it's because she says, according to the public opinion, polls came, i could start role as an opposition candidate doesn't have my chance. and, and this is all on the polls. i'm kind of mayor monthly about it is something may it come in the loop in the polls come out as potential arrivals against president don, one each and every election so far in his governing term. more than 20 years. i have spoken to some party officers and they told me that this table of

6 was not a table that that came together. it's a point here, michael, the federal, the main opposition leader as a presidential candidate, but they came around the same principles. that's why they met at the table, which are switching to parliamentary or system if they come to power. and it's been committed to some democratic valley. here, the russians, wagner, mercy group, says the besieged ukrainian city of buck loose is almost completely surrounded. russian troops has intensified shelling of access roads to the west, making it harder for ukraine forces to move in and out. partners chief, cause the town to be evacuated to save the lives of ukraine. soldiers on the continent says it will take measures to prevent a repeat of a border incursion. it claims occurred on thursday, doesn't matter. my putin has called the incident where one person was killed in a child wounded a terrorist attack. according to putin, a ukrainian sabotage unit shot civilians on russian territory close to the border.

kiva says the claim is false and a provocation. under dignity reports from bronski on the russian ukrainian border. nannan aloe, an out of luck, alida, ready to receive lugging that wouldn't, could brush as president, has held a closed door meeting with members of the country. security council to discuss ways of protecting important national institutions from why he calls terrorism. moscow has described what it says were attacks on southern border villages by ukrainians. arbiters on thursday, as acts of terrorism to border villages remain cordoned off. russian armed forces are reported to have pushed ukrainian sabotage groups away from the villages. operations are ongoing and russian forces are removing explosives and mines at the kremlin says, the weapons used to attack the 2 border villages were obtained by the craniums from nato. russia will react soon, and the perpetrators will be punished. it says, investigations are ongoing and measures will be taken to prevent such attacks in the future. therefore, the border between russia and ukraine extends for thousands of kilometers. and

there are also large forests that are difficult to control and monitor completely before german sounds are sold, says on a one day trip to the u. s. where he mer to present joe biden. the one ukraine was top of the agenda june there, friday, meeting in the oval office. sholtes unbidden avow to continue their support for ukraine. together work blocks have to supply critical security assistance ukraine and everything from what we've done to walk step ammunition, artillery armor tanks, air defense systems. and we've been together throughout this. let me just say this is a very, very important. yeah. because of the very dangerous piece that comes from russia, ukraine and it's really important that we act together organized, except that we latest feasible because we can give the necessary support to ukraine

during this time. i think it's very important that we get the message that we would continue to do so as long as it takes that long. that's the theory that we already posted for staying with the ukrainians. as long as it's a cotton battery for sentence, the 2022 nobel peace prize with others be the see to 10 years in prison. the pro democracy activists was convicted of smuggling and financing activities that violate public order be, or the sky is the founder of the vs. net human rights group. because we're a standard you bet says the external communications manager for the vs, the human rights center. he says the verdict will be appealed. the ration simple, we are outraged. that's simply insane. they the, the length of the time that they got way just breaking off. we've been in the commons,

the illegal policy of the government for our on the yes. so apparently his regime of 900 offenders as enemies. so that makes this sentence revenge. in a nutshell, there are not tubal rights anymore, and those that can be exercised just were cancelled by decree or look shanker on the, on the outside. the life did not change a lot of what we can hear from people in ross to those this. there is this amount of fear in the society which paralyzes all independent movements, processes ah, this free will off expression and you decide to act or poland

online or offline. the other 2 defendants in the case, they will definitely appeal. but we did not expect that this appeal process will bring any results in a positive results for us and for them. so the head here and there, the race is on in the philippines to contain an oil spill from a tank of the tank. the vessel has yet to be located. ah, ah, we've set some temperature records for the month of march in india's karnataka state, and that heats his travelling up the western gadson to go as well as so between the 2 states. temperatures of hit 40 degrees elsewhere across india, not much going on. so for a few storms and not the dash. also, some thunder down boars across sri lanka, as while

a westerly disturbance is moving into pakistan. so for a syn, providence and blue, just on got some what, whether on the forecast there and look at those temperatures in karachi, $35.00 degrees that is well above average. and when gus here of about 50 kilometers per hour, it's been pouring rain for days in southern malaysia and singapore. but the worst of the rain now over the open water. but you're still going to get striped with some showers. and we know tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes here because of the flooding much quieter. picture though, and indo china and the philippines, no weather alerts to speak of here. so what do you say? we go to china where it is all about the temperature story, well above average from the yellow river valley rate down to the pearl river valley . so young joe, at $21.00 degrees as the temperature we would expect to see for the month of april, warm weather across japan as well. so that means the snow pack is unstable in the mountains on honju island. so we could see some avalanches there sees him. ah,

the in depth analysis of the day's headlines from around the world to try right. extremely there is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible. frank assessments. your guy has failed. it's time to back a new old joline. why do you get to get out of that minute over by those dialect and use how big the informed opinion goes with north dorky. this is an appointment inside story on al jazeera. ah ah, watching out as a reminder about top stories,

now guineas and militarily that has criticize what he called the d grading treatment of sub saharan africans. in tunisia, dozens of giddeons have been repatriated, offered to this is president accused migrants of creating a crime waiting on an 18 police officers, an oil workers in columbia. we've been taken hostage have been freed. they were captured on thursday during protest. well, besides in quite a province, senior member to t is 6 party opposition. alliance says it's pulling out of the blog. it comes off the lines met on thursday to try to select a joint candidate to contest the presidential election in may. human rights chief volker turk has criticized remarks by israel's finance minister, which he called fully ha, student village of who are to be raised. took, said the state went by, it was without spots which is an incitement to violence and has 20. the attack was

strongly condemned. by the president of israel, who called it and i quote, criminal violence against innocence which harms us as a moral society and a lawful country. yet the finance minister publicly called for the town of who are to be wiped out an unfathomable statement of incitement to violence and hostility. what the night had states now where republican party members are holding the 2nd day of the conservative political action conference. it's seen as an early test for those seeking to challenge donald trump for the parties. presidential nomination and fisheries at the meeting and oxen hill, maryland. ah, if you want to judge who got the best reception over the last few hours, it was steve bannon, the man fired by donald trump is still very close to the former president when he talked about donald trump winning election in the next presidential election that brought the crowd to their feet. certainly by far and away the biggest response, we've seen it. if you what runs the holes here. you will see many people wearing

compet competition, selling trump portraits. he's still very much the dominant figure here in the republican park, you know, to potential appointments for him in the republican party. i've already spoken. first of all we had from mike from kill the former secretary of state. he wasn't afraid to take on donald trump by name saying that donald trump added to the national debt when he was an office, and that is something that has to be rectified. and then he talked about rejecting celebrity leaders with fragile egos. who could he possibly be talking about? asked for nicky healey. she of course is a declared candidate, but this was our 1st real test. she was out of the comfort bubble of supporters in south carolina coming here to what essentially was a less than half fool whole to speak to the rank and file. and she started her speech with a criticism of both joe biden and donald trump. when i lights my campaign, i said, every politician over 75 years, all and should be required to take a man on competency test. have you seen daisy lately?

we shall start with jo vine and we shouldn't stop there. if you want to talk about the elephant, not in the room, then that's the florida governor on desantis, nor many people would suspect that he would be a very strong opponent for donald trump if he were to run. and many people think he will declare. but he's decided to opt out of c park, he's going to make a big speech in texas on saturday. but there are supporters here. and if you put donald trump up against ron de santis, who is very popular in florida and is brought in some policies that are very popular with the rank and follow the republican party, he does very well. but still the overwhelming favorite at this point to win, the republican nomination would be donald trump. and this hall will be packed on saturday evening when he comes here to speak to c pack. china is gearing up for its most important annual political gathering. delegates at the national people's congress will begin meeting on sunday to lay out the country's policy for the

upcoming year. quarterly reports now from begging top chinese leaders together on sunday for the 1st national people's congress since the start of the pandemic. in recent years, the meeting has been postponed or shortened, but in 2023, a full program is in place and it'll include an or if a whole of communist party leadership under president sheet. and king lee chung will officially be confirmed as premier taking over lee could shall, who's held the role for 10 years. a slew of top economic and political positions will also be filled, including central bank, governor, vice and state ministers, all by officials reportedly close to see. the re shuffle followed the 20th communist party congress in october, where he secured an unprecedented 3rd term as china's supreme leader, who for the 1st time in 10 years that segan paying is going to have his people leading all of the major organs of state power. in china,

so the outside of that is that we could see more efficient policy implementation of she's priorities. but the downside is that after the 20th party, congress is become pretty clear that stage and paying wants to continue taking china in a more ideologically controlled, more economically statist and more diplomatically assertive direction. there will also be an extensive reorganization of state and party institutions giving see more control of china's financial system. last year's growth rate of 3 percent was the slowest and half a century. a new target for gross domestic product or d. d. p will be announced. economists say a relatively high figure of 6 percent, ne point to more aggressive pro growth policies ahead. the one thing that the government can control is to make that assert stayed sacto a stronger, not necessarily bigger, but certainly more competitive and stronger in order to provide are enough support

for growth. this is congress comes as china faces increasing headwinds at home. the government is grappling with an aging population and unemployment crisis abroad. beijing is navigating and increasingly adversarial relationship with united states and sanctions on technology threaten it's access to the global market. oh, it also fall is widespread protest against east 3 years, 0 curve. it policy analysts are divided over how far they damaged confidence in the president's leadership. what is clear is following this meeting. see didn't things grip on power will be more comprehensive and consolidated than ever before. katrina, you out a 0, beijing the navy and coast guard in the philippines are searching for a sunken tanka that's creating a huge oil spill and threatening protected marine air is in what's being described as a potential environmental disaster. with a slick now measures more than 24 square kilometers. the empty princess empress

sank on tuesday or below has more from the oriental monroe in the philippines. while the oil spill off the island of min, doro, which is where we are right now, has shrunk to about 3 kilometers long from 6 kilometers in length. yesterday, that's based on the aerial surveyed, that the philippine coast guard did earlier in the day. officials of the philippine coast guard doubt theorizing that the bulk of that oil spill is a diesel oil from the engine of the oil tanker rather than from the 800000 liters of industrial fuel oil from that oil tanker. now it's important because industrial fuel oil is unrefined oil, so that would be more harmful to marine life here. although of course we're not saying that these an oil is not harmful, they're still testing water samples. they have yet to determine whether it's diesel oil, really, or if it's industrial fuel oil. but the authorities are also saying that they are facing the number of problems right now, including strong currents and winds. that's preventing them from installing booms

to contain the oil spill. but also more importantly, that oil tanker has completely sunk in so they can't pinpoint the exact location of this oil tanker. the waters here, very deep, almost twice as tall as the i feel tower. so they can't find it. they can't siphoned off the 800000 leaders of industrial fuel oil that, that oil tanker was carrying a 1st. it's beyond the capability of technical diapers. second, we don't have submersible mechanical equipment. now the problem isn't just at the main site of the oil spill. oil has been found in a few coastal towns in this locality. the oil that has been found is thick. it is smelly, and it is black, which are size that it could be industrial fuel, oil or unrefined oil. now within these localities are a number of marine protected areas. the university of the philippines, marine science institute warning that $24000.00 hectares of coral reef is at risk

from this oil spill. barnett below al jazeera oriental min, doro, the philippines, oysters or a prize commodity in hong kong. but many traditional farms have been abandoned. well now conservationists, so we're going to restore them as part of efforts to repair damaged reefs and protect marine wildlife. jessica washington reports on hong kong north western coast. tom chan spends his mornings trying to bring back a chapter of the territories past. we want to are, we saw this abandoned oyster far bad to a more natural lo king habitat so that each amplified the ecological function as an almost i saw reef this area was once part of an oyster foaming industry, dating back 700 years. many of these traditional farms were abandoned when more modern techniques were introduced. now conservationists are trying to restore them

to help save the reefs. hong kong once had thriving oyster reefs, but a number of factors including coastal reclamation, pollution and over exploitation have led to a decline in oyster populations. over the past, a 150 years, signed to say restoring. the old farms is a fast and effective way to boost oyster populations. one of the, the big benefits with something like an a, an abandoned noise to farm is that you've already got oysters growing. if you can consolidate that structure, bring it together to fall more of a reef like structure. you've got a head start. researchers estimate about 80 percent of oyster reefs around the world have been removed or damaged. professor russell says, restoring them is important to revitalizing marine ecosystems. they form reefs. they formed big structures which provide habitat for other organisms. and so this thousands of species which live in and around oyster reefs. oyster reefs also help

mitigate coastal erosion and help reduce toxic al keep loons. the researchers say restoring reefs and sustainable harvesting can go together because farmers can benefit from an increase in the number of oysters. in hong kong, bustling victoria harper, researchers are deploying a different method, putting oyster shells back in the ocean to attract alba marine life. so this as they are censuring that way into the ocean. i'm time moms before. so i'm, we have like a company cure it. oyster shells and then we go them, assemble them and then put it into the ocean. sir, this i said shall substrate for other mary organism till they found that they say they would teach people the haunt, belongs to a free one, including its oysters. jessica washington al jazeera hong kong oh.