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until mccrae, this is al jazeera alive from dar ha. also coming out escaping then nightmare. and tennessee of african migrants returned home after a crackdown by president chi size the rice, his own in the philippines to contain an oil spill from a tank of that sank. but the vessel has yet to be located, plus many are leaving in the air is affected by the earthquake surviving. now, disaster zone is a major challenge. we made survivors of the youth quite center kia, who are facing a new set of difficulties off to the trimmers. ah, columbia's president gustavo petro says all the hostages at an oil facility have been released. 88 people were taken hostage by protest is in the southern province of car quitter. on thursday, a police officer and a civilian but kills protesters were demanding help to repair and bills. new roads

in the area lasandra rump yeti has more from the capital poker top. the announcements came after many hours of negotiations by the minister of defense to 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 the van velasquez the defense minister. this development was obviously a huge relief and 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 crystal. it is a gesture that mislead reconsideration of many issues around in the treatment of social conflict and columbia. i will personally dialogue with the farmers about their needs and the complaints they claims in colona austin 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. one of the protesters or farmers that live in a remote area long neglected by the state 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 is 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 present several. petro also said that now the attorney general will have to investigate and tried those responsible for the day. the you in human rights office has urged columbia to speed up the dismantling of armed groups and the country prison, gustavo petra has vowed to implement the 2016 piece accord and strike new pace deals with the remaining ripples and crime gangs at least 450000 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced during 6 decades of armed conflict. you cannot get well, um, yet in april, emma, i believe columbia has profound human rights problems which will take a long time to resolve. we have seen the governments openness to recognize human rights problems, discuss human rights problems and proposed solutions. these problems will not be solved over night. they require structural changes, development to reach abandoned territories and institutions and the rule of law to

reach these cases. migrants from guinea now back home from tennessee, it say they were living in hell after a crackdown ordered by president tiny site. he's been condemned for sang, hoards of a legal, sub saharan migrants were changing the demographic, makeup of the country. nicholas hawk reports from synagogues, capital decker. you'll notice move the lesson 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. we are really suffering here. hundreds of i volumes and unions are now

being repatriated, some injured and unable to walk after the beatings will be what not we live in fear or people are scared to go out. even those that have the right paperwork that the doctor 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 fully war, but poverty. but europeans don't want them on their continent. they have signed agreements with north african countries, like tunisia to stop them from crossing the mediterranean. according to agencies, they are 30 to 50000 african migrants living in tunisia, illegally tunisian rights activists. miriam, my story 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 geneva against black people,

even if like people are like 10 or 15 percent of the population. now people into the are in the social and economic crisis for the, the president. he uses black people as the cape, goats, tunisians are out on the streets denouncing the attack, holding time thing, tunisians come in all colors. it's not only a reminder of the diversity of the country, but a call for unity in the faith of growing bigotry and division. nicholas hawk al jazeera, the car cynical, the head of russia. wagner masonry group says the besieged ukrainian city of buck mart is almost completely surrounded. russian troops have intensified shelling of access roads to the whist, making it harder for ukrainian forces to move in and out. wagner, chief calls to the town to be evacuated, to save the lives of ukrainian soldiers. jim and chancellor ala schultz is on

a one day trip to the us, where he may at present joe biden. the war and ukraine was top of the agenda during the friday meeting in the oval office. shelton button bound to continue their support for you. crime together, work blocks have to supply critical security assistance ukraine and everything from what we've done to walk step ammunition, artillery armor tags, air defense systems. we've been together throughout this. let me just say this is a very, very important. yeah. because often very dangerous piece that comes from russia, ukraine and it's really important that we act together organized, except that we make a 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 as that's the theory that we are ready for staying

with the ukrainians as an, as long as the angry protests have continued increase over tuesdays try and crash that live. dozens of people did. the marches anticipate the key and ethan's erupted into violence, breakaway groups through petrol, bombs of police, who responded with tear gas. protests, blame the government for the poor condition of greece as rail system. riled unions say a fatal accidents for inevitable. the latest protests happened as hundreds of more than attended the 1st funeral for a crash victim. so far 52 of the 57 confirmed victims have been identified mostly with dna. 350 people were on the passenger train when it 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. then ivy and coast guard and the philippines is searching for a sunken tanka dance, creating a huge oil spill. it's threatening protected marine areas and what's being described as a potential environmental disaster. the slick now mrs. more than 24 square kilometers, the empty princess empress sank on tuesday. barnaby love has more from the oriental min, dora in the philippines, while the oil spill off the island of min, dora, 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, delphi arising 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 maureen 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 a 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 eiffel tower. so they can't find it. they can't siphoned off the $800000.00 leaders of industrial fuel oil that,

that oil tanker was carrying a bmw the 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 a 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. why to below al jazeera orient. i mean dora the philippines and the 17 people have died after a fire in a fuel storage station in the indonesian capital. the blaze for the house is in a densely populated area of jakarta,

where many people had played with their belongings. thousands were evacuated from the area. the fuel depot is operated by state run energy company. that means which is the fire has been extinguished. was the united states were republican party members holding the 2nd day of the conservative political action conference? had seen as an early test for those seeking to challenge donald trump for the parties. presidential nomination. alan fisher is at the meeting in ox, on hill maryland. ah, if you want to judge who got the best reception over the last few hours, it was steve band and the man fired by donald trump is still very close to the former president. when he talked about donald trump winning election and 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 t shirts selling portraits. he's still very much the dominant figure here in the

republican park, you know, to potential appointments for them in the republican party. i've already spoken. first of all we had from mike from killed 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 should start with joe biden,

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. no, 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 pack. he's going to make a big speech in texas on saturday, but that are supporting fear. and if you put donald trump up against one 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 with still the overwhelming favorite at this point to when the republican nomination would be donald trump, and this whole will be packed on saturday evening when he comes here to speak to c panel. a still ahead on al jazeera. i'm jessica washington and hong kong where environmental groups are working to save attaches damaged oyster. ah,

here's your weather update in a minute 15 got to have your long. we're going to begin this one in the middle east where it is all about the wind. it's coming out of the south, so that's going to boost temperatures. we go on for a closer look, good catch 22 because it is also spinning around this sand in does for a huge swath of saudi arabia. but look what it does of the temperature in kuwait pushes the up to 32 degrees. temperatures are also running above average in karachi at $35.00. same goes for ask about his while warm pocket of air here it's temperature of 26 on saturday. wet weather is happen over the aegean pushing in to that western side of turkey. so that means some showers in the forecast here, not showers, but snow and ice for the northeast of algeria on saturday, and the heat picking back up again for egypt. so cairo at $32.00 summers 10 above were, should be for this stop the year. central africa,

most of the what weather rate along the coast here for the gulf of guinea and an update now on what was tropical cyclone freddy remnants leftovers of. it's still wobbling around in the most in big channel. this thing's been go and this site quo . now for about $2627.00 days shows no signs of slowing down and it is going to pour some what, whether into that west coast of madagascar, also showers in storms across south africa, over the course of the weekend. ah. but every 3 days, the woman is killed in the murder of women and unprecedented levels of domestic violence have shocked easily to the call. the violence is more violent, violent men are young. why did they keep happening? and what can be done to stop it? this is not deprived, i want my daughter, an old, the daughters to pay. that's not the country i want witness said missy to you for me is very simply the question of power on al jazeera.

ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories. the salad full than i, he police officers and oil workers in columbia who'd been taken hostage had been freeze. they were captured on thursday during protests at an oil facility in car quit to a province ball african countries of flying this citizens out of tennessee. i'm to crank down by prison. i sighed. dozens of gideon's have already been repatriated after he accused migrants of creating a crime wife, ivory coast and molly out will so expected to fly the nationals asked. an angry protest to have continued increase so that she stays try and crash that leave.

dozens of people did protests as blind the government for the poor condition of greece's braille system. nearly a month or 2 devastating earthquakes killed more than $51000.00 people in turkey. and syria, millions have been lived homeless, 10 camps and container cities have replaced houses and apartments. but for those who struggle with disabilities, the challenges are even greater. theresa by reports from gassy on to province. ah, walking has become almost impossible for 72 year old. cathy looked on bush. he's house was destroyed by the earthquake, and he's now living in a container. cadina's wife xhylia says her husband desperately needs a wheelchair. oh, no problem. let me. oh, we don't know what to do either he needs to be taken to his special care center, or he needs an electrical wheelchair so he can go outside. he's always in doors of these crutches. and we found them in

a container and he saw here at town that like so many others was devastated by the earthquakes last month. though not the only one struggling to cope with the situation is she or stork is also living here and was waiting for surgery before the earthquake happened. and so he's had the j who's struggling with paralysis. there's over 8000000 people with disabilities into the kia and many are living in the areas affected by the earthquake surviving in a disaster zone is a major challenge because it's not only difficult for them to reach the aide distribution points, but also they're shortages of well chair, crutches and other personal care items that did not far away in another town. sylvester is 22 years old and has special needs. the rehabilitation center she attended was also damaged during the earthquakes. and that's why she's here at this kindergarten that was set up in attend for children who have lost their homes.

anela, let them know that them. i told my mother an earthquake is happening. i cried and was afraid. it was raining. children here do sports and music activities. teachers i hoping to help them forget about the struggles they're facing every day today, sir, based on that, we have 5 disabled students here. i'll specialist spend time with them individually as we know what they liked doing in the past. we do the same activities with them now, so they can remember the past was a sudden, oh, hardship is everywhere in southeastern, to kia these days. and when many are struggling to cover their most basic needs, others like a leader, don, dash, i desperate for more help and we allow them to cope with a new life. but he said, well i guess eda is here till kia israeli forces her via tier guess on international and as riley demonstrators marching and solidarity with those. and

who are in the occupied whist. bank settler sit fired a hundreds of homes and cars in the town last week. that happened after palestinian killed 2 was riley's in the area. were you and human rights chief volk. a turk has criticized israel's finance minister, who called for the palestinian village of who were to be erased. vulgar turk said the statement by basil al smarter, which is an incitement to violence and hostility. 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 that violence minister publicly called for the town of who are to be wiped out an unfathomable statement of incitement to violence and hostility. china is gearing up for its most important annual political gathering delegates and the national people's congress will begin meeting on sunday to lay out the country's policy for the upcoming year. katrina,

you reports from beijing top chinese leaders will gather 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 overhaul of communist party leadership under president. she didn't ping. lee chung will officially be confirmed as premier taking over lee could child 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 20th party, congress has 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 a so stage sector stronger. not necessarily bigger, but certainly more competitive and stronger in order to provide, ah 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 fuller's widespread protest against seized 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, seed in things grip on power will be more comprehensive and consolidated than ever before. katrina, you al jazeera teaching. the head of the you and nuclear watchdog is in toronto for talks with the government for fail crosses, visit comes days after the international atomic energy agency reported an iranian nuclear side had enriched uranium particles to ne, a weapons grade level. iran maintains its nuclear program as for peaceful purposes

and not for the pursuit of nuclear weapons. waste is a prize commodity in hong kong, but many traditional farms have been abandoned. now conservationists are working 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 king habitat. so that exemplified the ecological function as a normal i so riff this area was once part of an oyster funding industry dating back 700 years. many of these traditional farms were abandoned when more modern techniques were introduced. now conservation is so trying to restore them to help save the reefs on 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 form more of a reef like structure. you've got a head stop. 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, thy foam 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 alkie balloons. the research, a se,

restoring reefs and sustainable harvesting can go together because farm can benefit from an increase in the number of oysters. in hong kong, bustling victoria hopper researchers are deploying a different method, putting oyster shells back in the ocean to attract elder marine life. so this is the ice ensuring that we pick up into the ocean. i'm 10 moms before. so i'm, we have like a company to cure it. oyster shells and then we'd go them, assemble them and then put it into the ocean. so this i sal substrate. i'm for other mary organism to live on that. they say they were to teach people the handled belongs to everyone, including its oysters. jessica washington out to sierra hong kong. as being billed as a game changing tournament for women's cricket and india and beyond, the women's premier league is modeled on the money fueled glamour of the men's i. p l. competition and told her all ready, broken,

all financial records and women's sports is poverty miss out reports. now my car is demanding the batting trees. she's been playing cricket for a decade. it's by far the most popular sport in india con says it's the best time for women to be playing. the gentleman, ski black for men, are more platforms, more opportunities for girls. now. earlier, we only got a job in the indian railway. if we did well into misty cricket, men have many option of the new woman's premium, will give us more money and a chance to make a name for ourselves. women's quick aid us getting a new tournament. the women's premier league or w, p l has 5 teams. games will be played in the t 20 format, and players will include indian and international stars. the biggest names tend to own up to around $400000.00 for 3 weeks work. that's 10 times as much as the women's 100 competition in england, and really the women's premier league is already one of the was most valuable women

sporting franchisee leads. the teams will auction for more than half a $1000000000.00. that's more than what the man's engine premier league raised when it began 15 years ago and brought gothright sold for more than $100000000.00. 3 team owners also have franchises in the ip. daily capital says it's tapping into the growing demand for women sport to look at the price now goes to 45 percent off . 45 percent of the viewership comes from them. and so d, b is watched by those $2.00 to $40.00 millions. so we are all very, very bullish that the commercial growth of this league is going to be phenomenal. india esteem has had a strong season. the under 94 recently won the t 20 woke up and the senior players reached the semi final in the us cricket federation. the bcc, i recently announced equal match fees for international male and female players. the whole.