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rush at all in a taking on chelsea in london. ah, at least 6 palestinians have been killed in an israeli army rate and occupied west bank is really forces of stormed a refugee camp in jeanine, fighting broke out between israeli soldiers and palestinian gunman after a house was besieged as go live now to santa clara, who's following developments from ramallah, what's the latest that you are hearing, sarah? well, that right is now over. it took almost 3 hours to these ready forces to kill fix palestinians. most of them are in the twenty's and we have at least $24.00 palestinians injured in that right now. these really forces have released a statement confirming that one of those killed believes to be a 49 year old man was killed because they believed that he is the person that

carried out an attack on to israeli settlers. just over a week ago in hawaii, which is also in occupied west bank. now this, the raid comes after time when there's plenty of rays are increased sets up by the israeli government. and we've heard. c from benjamin netanyahu, and he released a statement in that statement. he says, i promise whoever homes off his blood will be on his head now quite a strong statement coming from him because those number of the have increase justin occupied with banks of 73 palestinians killed in a little over 2 months since the beginning of the year we've also had the palestinian reaction from both on the president's office, cooling the rates, a clear israeli decision to start a war against palestinians, and they're also demanding international intervention. sorry, you and our teams there have been for the last several weeks monitoring the raids and covering the rates that have been going on and the,

the tensions that have been rising. does this signify any sort of a escalation it absolutely does. while this raid was happening in jeanine refugee camp, another raid was taking place in another refugee camp in occupied west bank, where 2 men were arrested, said to be the sons of the person that they believe carried out. that the type was seen, an increase in demolitions is seen an increase in res. we've seen an increase in the number of deaths among palestinians, but all post secondary types is readily set. and the all saying the rather people are saying thompson is saying that they are being fueled by this new altro. right wing government is renew israeli government that has set the within that government . all of this is the time when the international community be condemned and placed in her water where several funds and shops were destroyed by that says against palestinians. i was missing recently, but it doesn't seem to be crushing all the pensions that are happening that seem to

be escalating day on day in occupied was fine. thank you very much. i sat on talking to his from ramallah while i'm joined biologist, a senior political analyst model, one shot a one. these are these. they are saying that they believe that they have caught the individual that they held responsible for the killing of 2 young men in hawaii. does this mean that these rates are likely to end? probably not. we've seen them go on. and on endlessly over the last few years, i was a few decades. we just glanced back to 2002 at 20 years ago. that's one of the big grades on jeanine happened some 50 to most innocent people, women and children died by these railey attack. and we've seen that continuing over the past 3 years, even the past few months. last year our colleague was killed during another such raid. so they don't get blocks. absolutely. so they don't stop and it

feels even sometimes when there is no reason to go in, they go in under the pretext of prevention or under these are looking for what 10 shall suspects even this time around. we have absolutely no idea. there was no trial, there was no investigation. we don't know who they killed. we don't know of the personal they're killed actually is responsible for that, that we don't know. this is one of those extra judicial killings. assassination. and israel keeps carrying there because it feels that's what brings us security. what we understand looking at the history of this is that places like jeanine, la garza, like hebron and other, but a senior citizen and refugee camps, the more they have been attacked, the more they have been repressed, the more they're been humiliated. the stronger, more resistant and steadfast they've become. so janine, after years and years and years, decades of repression and killings and suffering has actually become even more

resistant, become a symbol of resistance, become the sway toe of palestine of apartheid better side. and it's probably continued to be so they will continue to resist because if they stop, the occupation will continue. if the occupation ends, perhaps we could have peace solder was telling us there about the, the increase intention than that we've been monitoring since the, the, the, the institution of the far right coalition under benjamin netanyahu. these recent rates, however, is railings would say, would be down to that that would be the responsibility of the palestinians because it was, they say it was a palestinian gunman who killed these 2 young israelis. how much responsibility do palestinians have for the situation that they are currently finding themselves with it, but a scene of thought there has done over the past several years. several months also were stretched to contain many of those young fighters by offering them protection,

picking their guns away and offering them some sort of alternative things to do. and few dozens remain and fish like janine and nobliss and other. the problem there is that while that been seen or thought they could do certain so much. in the end of the day, the increasing occupation and the increasing illegal settlements. and their rowdy via learned settlers that are burning villages or houses attacking peasants, and farmers and innocent people on so on, so forth. they are in fact aggravating the situation because at the end of the day, this is not a fit for that right. when the one hand, we have a country with the biggest military in them, at least the most powerful country them at least another hand. we have few dozens young fighters in the 20s. they may have been born for their parents, but they've been conceived by the occupation. it is the occupation that is a system of violence that is responsible for the current and past violence. not

that it for that. and then you there the i said earlier that the young policies are gonna have to resist for their freedom. israel bombards, in order to perpetuate occupation. and 2nd, i think it's very important for us to really understand the dynamic is going on. israel has become more and more radicalized with the occupation the past. 50 years . we moved from sort of a center left liberal government to the most extreme. religious fanatic. right winged nationalist, hyper nation is government that anywhere in europe and the united states, then we'll get them in there. say, how could these be our allies? these are really total fascists of sort. they've been called that we within israel itself. so you have a situation where the occupations, but which are waiting violence and it's also but which are waiting extremism. just as you're talking there, we're looking at some pictures. neither are coming out of jenny. this is clearly the responsive of palestinians. are going through the center of the town,

not that long ago. there was a meeting in october in jordan where there were representatives of israel's authorities that were representatives of the palestinian or takes. there were representatives in the u. s. and other interested parties. the idea of that missing, while one of several meetings was to try to find a solution to the kinds of problems that we're seeing right now. where do those meetings stand in the light of what's being half? you know, 1st of all, i'm not sure that they've been done to find solutions. i think the by that administration's trying to protect then anthony, how government you know, from the outset that it by the administration said, ah, we will judge the israeli government not according to personalities by, according to policies. even though it every, you know, and, and harry know that they are fascists, herb radical fundamentalist and so on. so forth. and they, we've seen them the past few weeks carrying some of the fascist policies,

not only against the palestinians, but also legislating and doing things within israel proper. right. and yet the, by that of miss vicious, won't do anything really in order to pressure the nathan ya government to behave right. instead, they call these sort of cosmetic me things right when they've been given a one, and they pretend to be some kind of moderators or mediators all of peace. what the americans really want asking the palestinians, and this is to do is to train pennsylvanian forces. so that they can take over genuine douglas, which probably mean more massacres. engineer now this one too. why would the panacea for it? and why would the young people are nervous? and janine armed themselves under a martin a training right. to protect the israeli settlers? it just makes no sense for the seniors are living on the occupation. the not to say says why don't we, on the partition or 40 so that together with the young people in under occupation,

they will protect the occupation. passengers don't want to protect occupation. they want to end the occupation. they don't want to live in humiliation there when it live in liberty and freedom. so things must start not by cosmetics and helping the israelis repressed the palestinians and help at a senior authority, police, the palestinians, and protect the settlers. it just, i buy a diplomatic, a diplomatic, not a security conference, a diplomatic conference that says there are guidance. busy for a 2 state solution, the i step sides behind it, we need to end occupation. and if not, then ya, government does not. we of the united states it's patron, are going to take measures because we subsidize it to the tune of $40000000000.00 over 10 years. and we're going to stop protecting it in at the united nations and international organizations and within the region. that's the way forward to peace and security, not more arms, not more depression and certainly not more occupation. moreland bouchard images is

a senior political analyst, as always. thank you very much. thank you. this early on. he says it's going to investigate soldiers who were filmed, dancing with satler's in holiday in the occupied west bank on monday, 5 palestinians including a 2 year old child, were injured when his early settlers stormed the palestinian tongue to abraham reports. when videos like this emerge, palestinians say it's not the exception. israeli soldiers dancing with settlers who entered the palestinian town of her water on monday night. oh, the only difference is that it was caught on camera. this was to the security camera footage shows how is really settlers attacked palestinians and water injuring 5 members of the same family, including a 2 year old girl who they was shooting out as we live ammunition, god helps us. my wife was sitting the back behind the driver and she hugged our

daughter to cover. we could have lost her. there was real danger to our lives. she had cell, emmy who owns a supermarket, tells us they were out numbered, and couldn't push them away. the women mostly all, even when the palestinian cars of the was damaged and attacks took place against families and children. but the army treats palestinians as suspects is really sought. their attacks have been on the rise, palestinian see, the settlers are often emboldened by the army which was deployed to the town south of nablus in recent weeks. the presence of these railey army doesn't make palestinians feel safer. many here at salus, the soldiers should do more to prevent sutler a fact and that's for spell athenians out of their home in the guise of keeping them safe. these really forces escorted that most family out of their home after the settlers attacked them late in february. the grandmother was with her daughter

and grand children in the house when the settlers set it on fire. these really are me released this picture of and she dock news saying the soldiers were protecting the palestinians like her sydney and sheriff says she was not protected. get been involved. the media, the army only protects the settlers and that the palestinians eat when they saw us, almost getting burned and the health they took us out. they're here to guard the suckers out loud. one of the 8 is ready. settlers arrested after the attack on palestinians and her water only to our own, their house arrest. this 4 kilometer stretch of me enrolled in her water has become a flash point in the growing tension between palestinians and israelis living in illegal settlements. one many here worn could easily escalate. ah, neither ever he elijah's eda, the occupied westbank. people have been running a current in cities across france and the latest nation. my protests against

proposed pension reform has been rising. public anger over the president's plan to raise the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00. teachers transports off on sanitation workers of walked off the job. bush, old years from gutsy. suppose you working until 64 is impossible for us sanitation workers need to retire at 52 or 57 years old. yeah, but it's not possible because the pensions are too small. so everyone pushes and pushes and pushes on. but we have colleagues who die before or just after they retire. we're fall seriously ill often with cancer come because they only have a couple of years after retirement or in their sick at the end of their lives. my life natasha battle has more from paris. we've seen thousands of people walk through paris is certainly very big demonstration and it's pretty much the similar picture across the country where there are hundreds of similar protests and demonstrations. this is a nationwide strike. you've got people from across the public sector who have basically walked out of work schools or shot transport,

disrupted many bus metro and train services a cancelled or at least greatly reduce the same thing. also for a flights in and out of the country. there's a lot of anger amongst workers over the french government, sir, plans to reform the pension system, particularly raise the retirement age by 2 years to 64 people telling us this is an erosion of their rights. being able to retire earlier is something that they very much cherish. they also resent the fact that they will be made to work longer in order to be eligible for a full pension or trade union say that they want to try and bring the country to a standstill. that this is going to be the 1st they say of a number of ronan strikes. mackerel says it is essential because the pension system, he says, is complex, unwieldy. it is out of date, and it costs the state a loss of money and is simply not sustainable. in the long term, tell you more ahead on the news our, including the british and french leaders prepared to hold our 1st bilateral some

within 5 years on hold. brennan and cali, looking at our policy on the small growth crossings, has so far failed. and his forge baseball funds in 3 countries are getting ready for the world baseball classic ah, you get government has unveiled a new bill aimed at curbing the numbers of refugees and migrants arriving on british shores is to fulfill the prime minister his promise to deport any one entering the country illegally, the home secretary said in parliament that the volume of what she called illegal arrivals had overwhelmed the country's asylum system. you k prime minister issue. so next says his policy is quite straightforward. it is this country, and you will government who should decide who comes here and not criminal gangs. now the 1st step is understanding the nature and scale of what we are dealing with

. the number of people entering the u. k. illegally in small boats has more than quadrupled in just the last 2 years. those illegally crossing the channel are not directly fleeing a war torn country, or persecution, or an imminent threat to life. let's take a closer look at this proposed law. it's going to allow the government to devote anyone who enters the country on bolts without authorization, they be sent to what the government considers act safe 3rd country. a deal was recently signed with romando to receive some of those who sent away wants to ported . these people would be banned for life from returning to the u. k, claiming asylum, or even seeking british citizenship in the future. rights groups are criticized the plan, seeing a violates commitments the u. k. has made and a human rights treaties the you and refugee convention recognizes that people fleeing persecution may have to use irregular means to reach safety and they cannot

be penalized for doing so. well that concerns the bill, puts the fate of thousands of migrants in refugees trying to cross from in the u. k . from france in limbo, pa brannon, reports from color. it's bitterly cold and damp. and these flimsy tents offer very little protection. this camp on the edge of cali is mainly refugees from sudan, just a 100 or so of the estimated 4000000 people who fled the horrors of civil war in that country. is it that desperate that you would put your life on the line that you would risk your life? but let my guy have alive, you know, i don't have a life. i don't have a loan. my counter mohammed arrived here just a few days earlier. it's very risky. would you take a boat if you had the opportunity? yes, of course. i would owe the numbers using small boats to cross the narrow, but deadly stretch of water between france and england. have grown exponentially

from just a few 100 in 2018 to nearly 46000 in 2022. in global terms. those numbers are small. but to the u. case right, when government, the boats have become a totemic issue, we will pass new laws to stop small boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed since 2021. soon, next, government has promised $140000000.00 to the french for extra police patrols and improved security. the u. k. also plans to deport migrant to rwanda, although none have actually gone yet. and yet the crossings continue. and so to the efforts of the charities trying to offer support there being sissler criminals. well, actually they are people fleeing conflicts and persecution. there people who are looking for safety, who wonderful friendship and a safe pathway to safe, legally humanitarian visa similarity. the cleaning fee would be a perfect solution to and

a lot of policies. the french police go through the motions every 2 days they break up the camps, but with nowhere else to go, the refugee simply return immediately afterwards. louis whitter has spent the last 6 years photographing the situation in cali, said, put this in strategy is absurd, garcia's q because every 40 hours people expect from their camps, there are no solutions offered to them. there are no centers open to welcome there, for example. they're just told that you have to leave these places you rebutted the . the british prime minister has pledged to stop the boats. the question is how and the related question is, why do you treat it as a criminal problem to be tackled or is a humanitarian crisis? to be sold, either way, tens of millions of dollars have been spent until the tide has not been turned poll brennan, al jazeera kelly. let's bring in jeremy hutton, is the researcher of the think tank migration what she keys, joining us now from london. so thank you very much indeed for being with us. can

you help me out with some context here because it, as i understand of you in refugee convention, as i was mentioning before, recognizes that people fleeing persecution may have to use quote, irregular means to reach safety. they can not be penalized for doing so. this bill seems to, by default, brand these people as criminals, and then encourage them or are allow them to try to prove their innocence. how does this actually work? what's your interpretation? so the key point is that these people, if they're entering u k, going travel directly from, from belgium, or the netherlands, or maybe of the places that seeing a conflict, they're not coming from unsafe place. that costs quite a few countries where they could have easily claimed asylum and they're going to go to great lengths to make this dangerous. and well, it is a legal, it is a full legal entry in steve k crossing by the english channel. so that's the main

level. this is that they're not coming directly from the place of persecution at all in your interpretation. then do you think that this bill, as it stands at the moment, is enough to start to change things? very concerned because the bill is extremely ambitious. in fact, i think that level of vision is necessary and is what the british public a well i really wanting at the moment. however, there are a lot of legal and practical search wanted to come, for example, will that be more to get into other countries? will that be sufficient detention in the u. k. so it's not going to be easy for the government to make it work, but they certainly seem to take their reputation on it. so i do believe they are going see the best shows. how much of a problem is it that in the eyes of the public, not just in the u. k, but in many countries around the world that there is a conflation of people who are making journeys like this summer, migrants, summer,

refugees. but everybody just sees them as a potential threat or a potential risk, or in this case, possibly a potential criminal certainly, i mean, i don't. so i have to see for people who are mis rumbly labeled as you know, potential terrorists or, or anything like that. unfortunately, we have had the experience in the and, and so, so the european countries just from partners to place a recent months and years, all the phone seekers who actually haven't game full asylum, but it just stuck in the system and then getting on to come to miss is crime, such is the case with emerge to a final the phone see here in a young british man over se to speak for no reason unless you had previously met with people in a, another european culture before lying and making their way in steve case there was a massive public safety angle and i think the public are absolutely right. be

concerned. however, the reason this is happening is because you do get people as you keep saying, jumping between you and seeking to m c k, lately rather than through the root. so this seems to be designed predominantly as, as a threat to deter people from even attempting to make the journey in the 1st place . having said that, there are many, many people already in the u. k. and it, it is very likely in practical times that it will not to tell people because other things have been tried and people are still coming. is that come of them focusing on the wrong thing? should it be focusing on the actually improving the system by which people can legitimately apply for asylum in the u. k or refugee status and get processed in not just abroad, but also when they get to the u. k. as well completely. however, issue there is ultimately, you kelly has already got a solid system that is, well cranking at the seems would be under doing it. it's basically all your part

would be a song back. but just stretching back years, in terms of accommodation, it's really struggling now to actually put these people up in any way, whether there's that to come. so we got that point, we're having welcome to him. but if you people are significant, significant period of time. we just have to draw a line and start to do 10 things down a little. so if some people do id for more safe routes from other countries. however, ultimately, that's not selling the problem. it's just changing the question. if you didn't do that, i think you'd still have a lot of people trying to m c. k illegally. out of that, you'd also have a lot of people that you are bringing in through other routes as well. so ultimately you have a lot more people which would be a much larger problem to the country to deal with cherry model from migration. watch you, kate, thank you very much. indeed for being here as president joe biden. once top honors

to pay more to help fund the federal government's health insurance program, the extra revenue is to help keep the insurance plan solvent until at least 2050 biden is set to make this proposal as part of his budget presentation on thursday. kimberly hawkins got more from the white house. the u. s. president said on the campaign trelin as since he's become president, that his goal was really to rebuild the middle class in the united states. so to close the wealth gap that he sees widening in the united states, where essentially that the top income earners are increasingly getting more and more wealthy and the rest of america is sort of being left behind. and so this is an attempt to try and sort of rebel as the scales if you will. and to do that, he's trying to bolster some of social programs that are really in trouble. namely in this case it's medicare. and this is a social program that is really designed to protect the elderly americans in the

united states, from 60000000 that count on it for their health care. and what the problem is is essentially that it's running out of money in about 5 years. it's going to be in trouble, and so this is going to allow for it to continue. what the proposal is, is that the top wage earners in the united states making over 400000 would have their taxes increase from 3.5 percent to 5 percent. and this would fund that program. in addition, there would also be a reduction in the cost of prescription drugs. in order to see this continue for decades to come. in mexico, officials say 2 of 4 americans were kidnapped from friday are dirt, while the other 2 have been released. ammonia some joined by more money will rock low in mexico city. my will bring us up to date. we're fortune huffman rob, in just the last hour or so. we received confirmation from local reports in the state

of family, but the 2 of the 4 americans have been transferred from mexico across the border and into texas. now, mexico's president and manuel lopez over the other held a press conference early on tuesday with the governor of the state of demo leap was where they did confirm the deaths of 2 of the 4 americans. they also said that the, that 2 of the survivors were released, they also confirmed that at least one of the alleged kidnappers was detained as well. mexican president also said that mexican security forces had been working in close collaboration with us f. b, i n d agents to secure the release of these americans. some other details that were able to share with you today as we're still getting more information in this cases that these americans were found in the village of pick called that, which is about 24 kilometers away from the us border city of math models, which is where this kidnapping took place on friday, we should note that this is an area that is home to warring factions of the gulf

cartel, we should mention as well. that at least buzz state is one of about half a dozen states that were named and they do not travel list by the us state department earlier this year. and a lot of the information that we do know that we have been learning since this incident took place on friday, is from video and photographs that have been circulating on social media that appeared to show the moment of that abduction when shortly after these 4 americans crossed into mexico from the united states. their vehicle was targeted by gun men who fired upon the vehicle. moments later, the video appears to show those for americans being dragged away. one eye witness even saying that 2 of them appeared to already be dead. of course, any conclusions that we may be trying to, to draw from this right now, we'll still be pending an investigation into this, which is in just a matter of days already become in the international incident by no rat below. and mexico said to my mom, thank you very much. indeed. in stella had an alt is either the battle for buck

mode, ukraine's president says his military will defend the besieged city. as russian forces inch closer, plus, english sports. chelsea had a big chance to turn their season around and is going to be here with that story. ah color, the weather is looking rather unsettled across northern parts of the middle east. we have got outbreaks of right sleet and snow spilling out the care, making its way across syria where to stay some more heavy showers longest, both afraid pushing across iraq into iran. and that wet weather will continue to drive its way a further eastward. it links back across some central and northern parts of saudi arabia, bits and pieces of brain also are coming in here because the wet a weather will slide out of at east side of iraq. we are light speed,

see some localized, if not flash, flooding across parts of the region. here as the system makes its way for winds now in the process of dying out, but still a few roach, showers just trailing in behind one or 2 showers into the far north west of africa . they are easing, though it will be largely dry across north africa. over the next few days, hamilton wind picking up dust and sand just around the sa hell southern parts of west africa, seeing some lively showers some big and heavy downpours in the forecast over the next couple of days. here, as is the case to still in that southwestern corner of madagascar as a tropical cycling, freddy continues to make his way back into the mozambique channel. it is re strengthening and is heading towards that eastern side mozambique. ah, from the al jazeera london broadcast then test 2 people in thoughtful conversation

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. ah, watching or does it remind over top stories, this are at least 6 palestinians have been killed in an army rate on jeanine in the occupied west bike. that comes days after 2 israeli settlers was shot dead in honda vases of french workers on strike and protesting against the president's plan to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64 teachers, transport staff and sanitation workers have walked off the job. but a champion, a debating a bill aimed at curbing the numbers of undocumented migrants arriving on british shores is to fulfill the prime minister's promise to deport anyone entering in a way the government describes as illegal.

the greatest president laudermill zalinski says his troops will keep defending the besieged eastern city of bock, mood, dismissing reports that they are preparing to withdraw is one of the bloodiest battles of the war. a wind for russia will give president vladimir putin a symbolic victory. bernard smith reports it a village, 17 kilometers west of buck mote, ukraine's military digs. you trenches a suggestion. perhaps this could be a new line of defense to give it up a fleet we're leaving. we remained until the very last. we want it to stay. but how can we, it's a kind to go to them as the last remaining residence leave ukraine soldiers move in ukrainian government says it's not withdrawing from back mot. anesha those us, but you didn't meet the russians. don't count losses. neither personnel nor military vehicles. they push it to take back moot as a matter of principle for them. and for us it's

a matter of principle to defend it. so it's not just a city, it's a symbol or a fortress of back moot. ah, the strategic value much is far outweighed by symbolic value. russian forces had been waging an intense campaign for months to seize control of the small city they call arty or mosque. if they take it, it will become the russians 1st significant territorial advance in more than 6 months. as our button is turned on, the road should postmark, you are the liberation of art. your mouth continues to see these. an important hub for defending ukrainian troops in the don bye system, taken it under control and will allow further offensive actions to be conducted deep into ukraine's defensive last week. worse not boiler boil was the says, it's annex nearly a 5th of ukraine in territory. moscow's forces have made clear gains around back not, but elsewhere. the russian winter offensive hasn't yielded territory in other major assaults. further north and south,

along the front line. bernard smith al jazeera. unicef says that long intrusion among pregnant women and girls has soared in the past 2 years. the number of pregnant and breast feeding adolescent girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition is up from 5500000 to 6900000. that's an increase of 25 percent. some of the world's poorest countries such as of ghana, stands somalia, and yemen have been most effective yourself. estimates that more than 1000000000 women and adolescent girls worldwide are malnourished. we're going to bring in higher taller. she's in nutrition specialist at unicef global headquarters. she's also an author on the report and she's joining us from york in the united kingdom. very good to have you with us, ma'am. thank you very much. indeed. just reading that short list of, of countries there. and obviously the list is significantly bigger. it's hard to imagine that in some cases that things could actually get any worse. why earth is nutrition becoming such an issue in some of these countries?

well, it's true to say it has been an issue on several time, but what we're extremely concerned about is to see that 25 percent rise in a number of severely malnourished women of the course the last 2 years. now we know that these are countries that are extremely hard hits 5 conflicts by climate emergencies, such as drought and underlying quality. but the fact that the situation is getting worse is extremely alarming. and we know that to rising through prices around the world or having a knock on effects on these countries. i'm making it even more challenging for women to access to nutritious diets. they need. these countries also have very fragile health systems. and so pregnant women find extremely difficult to access quality care. and on top of that, they're facing discriminatory social and gender norms. in many, these countries are girls, mary young. they have their 1st child as children. and they have very little

control over household income or decisions about what they do when they can access health care. and we often find from our discussions of these mothers, that they're often the 1st to cut back on their food. when families are struggling, says all of these complex issues affecting, it's clearly very important to draw attention to the situation as you have done, however, how is it possible to get basic nutrition to women and girls and some of these countries, when it is actually in some cases almost impossible to get basic aid to some areas within these countries. you can we please. but we, we know clerks and what we need is to make sure that these are these girls and women not, not left behind any other going on. we accounting of government, italian, and partners to invest in essential nutrition programs for the go. i'm not just

gerry, pregnancy, a for pregnancy, so the and so pregnancy with nutritional status and what they urgently need is social protection programs and such as cache transfers or boucher's that they can use to access nutritious food including 40 by grades. so these are programs that are going on, but we need to get much more attention to our guesses. girls and women as part of this programs. really interesting to get sure expertise in this harriet on us. thank you very much indeed for being with us and all the 0 the u. n. is appealed for $876000000.00 in funding to help ro, hanging refugees in bangladesh. on sunday, by large fire and accounting cox's bazaar destroyed more than 2000 homes schools and hospitals, 12000 refugees, and now homeless. once again, tanveer chandry has more from bud cali and cox's bazaar. nearly 6 years on there don't hang a refugee crisis, showing no sign of winding down more than

a 1000000 refuge is living in a very densely packed area. what is now the world's largest refugee camp? that faces all kind of challenges on daily basis. frequent fires, inter gang rivalries, political gang rivalry is, and violence is a daily occurrence in this camp. now, just on last sunday, there's been a major fire, as you can see that trying to rebuild their homes more than a half of the population in this camp are children. a whole lost generation without education. many of them will hang out face nutrition deficiencies due to limit that food available. they haven't very limited freedom of movement. many of them even try to live this chem and venture out into the dead sea to had to have se, asia for a better living on the process. many dies and very recently the world food program and on the album ration card for the rowing guys due to serious fun shortage is in

response. the bang of those government, the u. n. n, it's partner is going for a joint, respond and fund the appeal. sometime shortly, seeking more than $800000000.00 for their hang us, as well as for the nearby host communities. but it is very difficult and complex to manage more than a 1000000 drafts is in se profits. countries sandwich. audrey o jazeera barlow, cali, cox's bazaar. i'll just isn't it clogs? i've done with bangladesh as prime minister, she economists, i siena, and he asked her about conditions in the come some what the future holds for wrecking gear. refugees, the routine, good situation, given the fire that has taken place there and the many thousands that have lost their homes. what's your reaction to that? first of all. and secondly, how can you reassure people and the 1000000 plus ringo refugees who lived there? that's something is being done about their situation. well,

when this incident started and people went door turned murder, then we had to so many things happen actually which will be bad. then we open our doors, be and fives them. they allow them to come and louis make all that is meant for shelter teacher band, or this stays on him and it turned gown said beside, we started talking to me or monsoon, that this via your seat is an issue, tick them back. unfortunately, they are not responding, they positively, i feel that this people should go back to their own land on home. but it's impossible because the security situation and as you say, meanwhile, you can't even talk to them. well, in the national community, they're putting pressure on them then the but this is really,

really difficult. we have our ins accommodation in a separate place. that is a good, less than good accommodation in last until is it a good place to look very good is very overcrowded and non busy day. very good players and they're good for how the and the good is been for the children. but what about the living conditions generally, because this fire has just taken place and thousands, 12000 plus another place to live now in the camp in cox's by their situation is not very good, but now they haven't started fighting with each other. they in does, in different type of activities, lay, duct african armed thinking, human trafficking, and also they have their own conflicts. but this one become more difficult because the whole forecast is now on the

war and that he threw his ear from the queen. he can watch the entire interview with bangladesh. if i'm an associate i see now on talked to all jazeera that's a 430 g m t on march, the 11th at least 5 people have been killed in floods after days of torrential rain and malaysia. some houses have been submerged, tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. foreign st. louis has more from punch or in southern malaysia. some roads are still impossible like this one here that leads to punch or town. the only way in through this route is by boat. now while we were here, some residents came by hoping to be able to go home to retrieve some of their more important belongings, like documents, but they weren't able to. now one man we spoke to also said he doesn't expect to have a source of income for the next 6 months because he doesn't thing. the old palm trees in his plantation will survive the flood. i read,

lawyer laid book on. you just have to accept it because this is god's will and not man's. this is nature. we are side, but what can we do? we just have to accept the situation. and they've been in the field because we lost a lot of things. so like no, no human lives last flood waters here will likely take several more days to receive authorities. recently released water from a nearby damn. now some places into hole received an unusually heavy rain in the last week. in some places it was the most rain recorded in more than 30 years. some environmentalists say the severe flooding cannot be blamed on heavy rains alone. the several factors that contribute to this deforestation over development and soil erosion are factors that have made places less able to cope with extreme weather patterns. cubans are struggling with an ongoing energy crisis. most of the island nation's power plants were built in soviet times in the break down frequently. but the government doesn't have enough money to build new ones. it augustine reports.

while havana, the capital is mainly 3rd cubans throughout the countries provinces. a facing power . michelle vega says he often has to put up with 6 hour blackouts. why don't know so i'll see him and when the lights go out, you can't sleep until it comes back. i have an 8 year old child who has to go to school the next day. so i have to be by his side, keeping the mosquitoes at bay so we can sleep. it's an issue for the work for food and the all important agriculture production relies on power. no one guy know we can't crush sugarcane because we need electricity. and so if there's no electricity, we can't mill the cane rocks, you can't work, you can't, and money expert say it's a problem that's been brewing for you. if you was electric grid is, is old. it's more than 35 to 40 years. that's being operating.

so it's always tie aries in efficient is obsolete the system of the a term, electric power plants and 20 units. right now, for example, only about 40 percent are working on operating the island need for dates, it records the infrastructure, but it doesn't have the money. keeping energy crisis stems from its deep economic crisis and inefficient land economy and all out from the found demik. a key factors, but going to say us sanctions make a bad situation worse, starving the country of billions of dollars in revenue. now that's less money to import fuel, to build new power plants and to invest in renewables. the communist party wants to avoid the repeat of the summer 2021 process when tens of thousands set the street across the island. those protests started after a 12 hour power cut in a small westerly town. and then last august, lightning struck the country's main fuel death,

causing an inferno and widespread black house. by last october, the average given household was going 10 hours a day without electricity. since then, cuba has least more floating power stations from turkey. an expensive found a solution, and let's say the one that pumps more megawatt into the system in the short term, and russia ascending more petroleum to cuba to make up for ukraine related sanctions imposed by the us and europe. it's helping but summer, where energy demand goes up is on the way, and with black out still a common occurrence and with more shortages of electricity and liquified gas, expect it. some people here or that in to chuckle. their patient is being tested. at augustin al jazeera, come away, cuba good. still had it on all 0 in sports or an update on the major league baseball player who to come nasty knocked during spring training. ah

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ah ah, the sport here is on the thank you so much rogue. well, we'll so now the 1st quarter finalists for the seasons champions league europe's form seen brush a dorman that taking on chelsea in london. dormant of one all of them at she's in 2023. that 2nd goal difference behind by music in the gym and bond is legal. now. i mean for the 11th consecutive picture, they have a one know advantage heading in to the 2nd leg of this last 16 sigh. we sit down and we try to find solutions. and this is what we did over over the woke up break. and then we start to work really hard and very early and now we're getting the

results. the results are gaining us some confidence for sure. or chelsea year have the chance to revive their season with a when they did beat leads in the premier league on saturday, only their 2nd victory in 11 games. the club is spent more than $600000000.00 on new players. in the last 2 transfer windex, we just have to be together and we are, ah, and we have an amazing group. ah, the coach is with us. we are with the coach. so that's perfect. ah, and the, the situation will change for sure. one of the game about to kick off portuguese team ben, fake. they're in a good position to progress in the last day for a 2nd straight season. they're at home against the belgians, high club rouge and have a to nil late heading into that gang. and what was your opinion governing body? you a full refund, little fancy, bought tickets for last season's final and independent report. conjoin had primary responsibility for a chaos outside the stadium pre game in paris. but some law firms representing

thousands of pounds, who said the refund does not go far enough, and they will continue to see legal claims. now for a 6 year weight, the world's largest baseball tournament is making its return on wednesday. the games will take place in both united states and across asia, australia. they'll come up against one of the games, biggest stars when they face japan. sarah clock reports, australia warming up to what's expected to be a tough fit, a pool games in the world baseball classic. they'll say south korea, china and then japan. a team right? second in the world, which post some top players and putting one of the most popular stars of major league baseball in the united states. they've got names like so high autonomy. so of course we're expecting a tough game. but i'm expecting boys to lift lift to that environment and you know, we've been, we've been pretty close in the past, and asia has a long and established history with baseball. it's the number one sport in japan,

south korea, and taiwan. the 2021 told me was cancelled due to the pandemic tickets. the astronomy of japan game sold up in minutes, but the crowd came to get a glimpse of a tiny team is popular enough without putting heads out and he takes it to another level. a tiny is off the job he's. he's that, you know, no one has been able to seems baber, if pitch and be one of the best pictures in a lay and hits and be one of the best he does. he like, it's not just a popular sport in japan training programs across countries, including china, pakistan, cambodia, and india. a driving growth with participation now levels and never before seen in the region. it's running baseball league is growing not just domestically, but also internationally with teams from south korea now based here in australia and playing in the strategy and competition. there are also plays from japan and taiwan competing in australia, national lead during their countries off season. i think obviously the the growth

throughout asia with. ready sport and how big it is over there being able to tap into that. netflix been huge. that's also helping you're struggling. done. grow with the next generation of players tend to get a chance to play at the highest level. major league baseball. i feel like everyone's dream is to continue to play vice for a very long time. of course, one of my dreams is why i'm obey or even go overseas to play college. obviously, the plan m o b like that. but just going over to plan any professional labor, be awesome. team usa, the defending champion from 2017 gang football, baseball classic will take place and but the united states and in asia over coming weeks, faircloth out 0. brisbin. well, we've been talking to baseball, america's a senior writer called glazer. he says the tournament has helped the sports global development. it is certainly a help when you look at the growth of the game in places like the netherlands, for example, and other countries in europe. the world baseball classic has really been the

primary driver of that. we've also seen a lot of latin american countries get very, very investor, the baseball classic, puerto rico, the dominican republic, etc. much more so than the b. a webex. the olympics doesn't have the best players playing in it because the summer olympics take place during the major 2 week regular season. so the world baseball classes and takes place during spring training at as only 8 days before the start of the regular season. 9 days before the start of the season, excuse me. and so a lot of general manager's owners front off officials are very, very worried about injuries. lot of these players are still building up from the off season. they're worried about the wrapping up too fast, going to hard to early getting injured of them. not having these players for the regular season, which is obviously what these teens are both interested at and care about the boast and then manager is on the field. obviously they want their full teams, they're just to get into a good rhythm established chemistry. not having some of their best players on the

field for the box spring trying to get something. a lot of managers don't care for . and boston red sox play. justin cerner has now been allowed to leave hospital after taking a nasty hits in spring training. he needed 16 stitches. thanks to all my way would pitch during a game in florida. are the 38 year old is still being monitored for concussion. not surprising me. the to time all star is on a one year 15000000 dollar contract with the red sox. after spending the last 9 seasons with los angeles conscious, i'm sick to my stomach. you know? that's okay, more from in a couple of hours, but that is how your sport is looking for an arab guy. and i thank you very much. indeed, my mazda is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stores. i'm roberson place will be with me. good bye. ah ah.

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