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a rabid jennine in the occupied west bank. protest said ben, jerry, an apple has us defense secretary lloyd austin, cuts short his visit to tell of eve. ukraine says 5 people are dead as russian muscles had multiple cities. is the 1st attack targeting energy facilities and weeks, and a salvi, delegation of wives and russia with the warn ukraine on the agenda will be live in moscow. i'm driving ash with sport paras, optimize white for champions league title guys on that software. leno, messy and his teammates and lock southridge, the competition by bind munich in the last 60 ah, it's just past 10, g m t, and we start once again in the occupied west bank where there's been escalating violence in the past few days. israeli forces killed 3 palestinians and java south

of jeanine early on thursday. they were traveling in a car that witnesses say was targeted by snipers on rooftops as well as the palestinians were fighters carrying weapons and explosives. neither abraham has moved from java. there's a lot of anger or a lot of sadness we are standing here at the cemetery. of jeb, it's a town in jeanine, but it's very close to nablus. and we've been seeing the growing phenomena of armed men uniting and working together to shoot carry out. shootings to words is wally targets here in the occupied west bank. this, these are the grades here in the cemetery that belong to 2 other palestinian fighters who had killed less than 2 months ago. here in jeanine. they belong to the jabar, a brigades, and just shortly or just next to these 2 grave. 7 other graves are dig up to a bury the bodies of the 3 palestinians who had killed you're to day. and jimmy,

there has been a force palestinian who was announced that he has been killed after he succumbed to his wounds. after he was shot wise radio forces a few days ago, he's a 14 year old child. is the 14th child to be killed wise re the forces since the beginning of this year. a protest of the israeli government's judicial reforms has fullest to us defense secretary to curtail has a visit to israel. lord austin will confine his visit to a location with an anger and april clowns. demonstrators had been out protesting for more than 2 months against the over hole. had spoken our correspondent and mon kahn. he's joining us live from west jerusalem, us official having to change his plans because of protests in israel and mando that give us an idea of just how big a challenge these protests, ha or their last is the logistical challenge.

this actually came at the request of the israelis these res, said to lord austin's team, look and we know your space be arriving on wednesday. can we cut come cut it short and can you arrive on thursday and can you stick to the airport? normally meetings like this between the defense ministers would take place at the defense ministry that's not happening. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and the defense minister jo of galant, are actually going to go to the airport to a building where that houses the aerospace industry is the actually gonna take that meeting. now, there will be a press conference a little bit later, but this is one of the biggest political crisis or that the, this government earth has certainly faced. and certainly probably one of the biggest crisis in is ross political history. the fact that thousands of people are out on the streets, many of them out the airport protesting prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a trip to italy. he's actually going to rome on a private visit, shows you the level of anger within the society. and the fact that it is,

it's not business as usual here in israel any more, those changes are being made. like i said, they had to fly in via helicopter to be able to make that meeting. now, what's going to be discuss of the meeting? well, less likely to be iran, probably quite high. and the agenda also defense spending. israel gets about $3500000000.00 a year in military aid alone from the u. s. so clearly, and that's something that the secretary of defense lord austin will be speaking about, but we don't know reading it again to be talking about other you'd be talking about the escalation of the tensions in the west bank. well, it doesn't look like that's happening. any time soon you heard that report there from my colleague, nit, abraham. so let's see what comes out at the press conference, but it's likely to be whatever is being discussed. will not be what we will hear about in any kind of detail. the press conference will simply get to people suggesting that things are normal. meanwhile, things aren't normal on the streets in the past. his minds, with those ongoing protests in the nash, security minister as calling the protest has their plans to block roads. and i key

adding, we can't allow anna key to happen in the state of israel. that's very much been the and that's what the government is trying to, how is trying to paint the protest as isn't it? as an eye kiss is that the case doesn't run i mean, i'm a kiss very. that's a big word to use against people who are effectively middle class members of israeli society who are out on the streets, protesting in a fairly calm and peaceful manner. when we don't really see the kind of bonus and so in occupied is through some of those that have been tensions this last week. so it's a surprise to the protest movement. first, such language is being used against them. and currently this protest movement is very much the kind of upper echelons of his writing society. it's the elite that are out protesting. there's a silent majority here. the actually supports a prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and his reforms that they see him as being

a strong man and the own the way that his role is of all the society is with a very strong leader. so the kind of language that is being used against the protest, this is a complete surprise to them. and ron, thank you very much for that. that is a wrong con, joining us with the latest from west jerusalem. thank you all. going to stay with the story we're joined by my val sunshine, senior analyst from the international crisis group. and she is joining us live from tel aviv. i thank you very much for your time. so the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin's visit is coming at a time as we've been reporting of height and tensions and the occupied territories . and also protests in israel, which of these 2 issues do think concerns the us more well, to be honest, i think the u. s. is concerned more with russia, ukraine, and with china, and would prefer that the israel palestine conflict not come on. the agenda at all . the u. s. is probably very concerned about it. even more exposed to violence during ramadan, which is something that all officials have been talking about. also,

jordan and egypt are concerned about it. but i think over considering the impunity with which the us treats israeli policy we, we aren't going to expect to see a difference on the ground. thus, as you mentioned, this is not a u. s. administration that seems to willing to intervene in the israeli palestinian conflict. certainly not compared to previous us administrations. why is that? well again, as i said, i think about it in his direction came in focusing on other issues pulling out of the middle east. it's happy to promote the abraham records. it's happy to try and support israel in its mission to prevent iran from achieving nuclear weapon that something that had said, but on the israel palestine issue. and it is not interested because it has seen in the certainly in the obama administration that putting any kind of political capital into that it's usually doesn't come out with much result. well, yvonne does seem to be the biden administration's biggest priority in the middle

east. and it usually works with, as well on the us that cannot work with israel, f israeli government to so distracted with these protests against the judicial reform and the ongoing tensions in the occupied territories. right, well i, i would argue that the israel palestine conflict is the most urgent issue that ever it involves israel today in the u. s. as its biggest supporter should obviously put a lot more effort into it. but of course, israel and the us are concerned about iran, they are mutually concerned about it. whether or not they're willing to take the same kind of action clearly not the us favorite diplomacy in israel has talked about building up a credible military threat. so there they are not really on the same page about that and as far as the u. s. is concerned if, if, if, if, if, if israel wants support from the u. s, that it needs to keep the palestinians quiet. i think that's really the message and you're not the only one who does the thing that is where you palestinian conflict

of the occupation is the biggest challenge facing the israeli government. and yet it's not that conflict that scott and thousands of israelis out on the streets at these proposed changes to the judiciary. that's re, are many, many israelis are out in the streets. they would like to preserve the status quo as they see it. they want to preserve a liberal democratic mechanisms that really only serve the jewish population. there is a very small minority that understand that you can not have a democracy with occupation and with the de facto annexation and creeping apartheid . so it's unfortunately not on the agenda. however, the more israelis come out and protest in favor of democracy, the more they will have to come up and deal with the fact that there are millions of palestinians living stateless and under occupation that eventually they will have to confront and reconcile with my rob sunshine on the international crisis

group joining us live from tennessee that thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. thank you. plenty more had on the news hour, including ah, poor leaders and dough harm drawn out a road map to base a decline in economic development across the world forest countries to people that convicted an indonesia for negligence, for the stadium stampede that killed a 135 fans last year and spoken and things to remember in the pocket fancifully as coming up with jemma. ah, malaysia's former prime minister and will you the new asset is due to face corruption charges on friday. magazine has been summoned to the offices of anti

corruption investigators. the questioning was prime minister for 17 months between 20202021. after losing elections to an alliance led by, unlike abraham in november, will you then and his party have faced multiple investigations? or he soon is a senior fellow with singapore institute of international affairs and also a former political secretary to form a malaysian prime minister at nigi la. soc is joining us from honju and china. very good to have you with us on al jazeera, you surprised with the charges against? will you the i think after though you say most, the one in the series self, i'll scan those most malaysians in santa de sensitized about the series so far, corruption to scan those and uses. but the latest in the series. boeing various senior politicians, while the opposition will say that was not the opposition of saying that this is

purely political persecution. what do you make of that? well, i think of cause they are different perceptions as to what discharges or impending charges would be. they are, those who are more reform minded leisure would thing that this is in the sense that cleaning up what has me packing malaysia for a long time, memory, corruption and collusion. but of course, the thing that this is nothing but political persecutions, but that's a sign of the division, the malaysian politics nowadays. and where does and why behind stand and all of this, do you think that he is the man, the leader to clean up corruption, malaysia? well, i know abraham has been a long readout around the world for being a political prisoner. and then

a champion for reforms in malaysia and after a quarter century he is finally the prime minister, malaysia. i think a lot of patients, especially from the more progressive malaysians as to how he would clean up malaysia politics as well as even in the business sectors. but the also, as i said, a sizable proportion on malaysian voters whose seemingly do not quite care about the series of and large corruptions for them. perhaps the countries directions, whether the country is moving more to what they would perceive more conservative. and so i think that to them is much more important. that's very interesting. oil and joining us live from hong and china there. thank you for your time. thank you. staying in malaysia and flood waters in the

southernmost stays in the country, continue to rise. more than 41000 people remain at relief centers unable to return . as they homes still wash logged. florence louis reports from the hardest het district but to part when more than 30000 people have been affected. unseasonably heavy rains lashed, jer horsed, 8 last week. and the impact is still being felt that we added on. we're gonna, we're gonna miss watkin racing. on monday, a monday the labor overflowed with spanks and water just kept coming into the house and a made the decision to leap. it was too risky. he's going back to check on his home and belongings, but isn't too hopeful. they'll be much to salvage. and any others are doing the same. wagner, though it's bad, really bad water up to my knees. how can we go back home? but there's no way. there's also no way to tell when flood waters will completely

dry out. many people here say this is one of the worst floods they've experienced, far more severe than the one in 2006. yet there are some who are still reluctant to leave their homes, even though they've been advised flood waters could continue to rise. fire department personnel have been ferrying people to safety. the area is inundated, partly because authorities recently released water from a nearby dam and water levels in rivers are still high. some people from nearby villages are pitching in to help this food truck organized by a group of friends, visits affected areas to dish up meals to any one who need to slow either bananas, ramsey, madonna, vicki. the grab one. i have helped out during a flood before, so i know how tiring and hungry can get, especially for aid workers. i did it. so now i tried to help you, but it's also out of a sense of solidarity. don't forget that fallen tears will be needed for the coming days and weeks. a local official has already. the state will need help with post

flood cleanup as soon as waters receipt. whenever that may be. florence louis back to perhaps, jo, horse, date, malaysia, to indonesia. now where 2 people have been convicted for their roles and a stadium stampede that killed a 135 people, the crash and milan city happened last october and it's described as one of the worst football dissolved, isn't history. an investigation found the main cause was police fire and tear gas into the sands. judges have sent him to football official to a year and a half in prison. and given a one year sentence to a security officer, bears go to our correspondent jessica washington. she's joining us live from jakarta, so 5 people on trial including police officers. jessica, what's been happening in court today? well, that's exactly right. these proceedings picked up in january more than a 150 witnesses have been call. and so there are, as you mentioned,

5 suspects to match officials and 3 police officers. what we've heard this morning was the verdict for those match officials. the head of the organizing committee will the m, f. c or milan local football club, and also a security officer. now, their defense has argued that it was not their responsibility. it was not their fault that the tragedy unfolded that the situation was under control. even though the stadium was over crowded. it was under control until police took the decision to fire tear gas. prosecution argued successfully that it was the responsibility of the master officials. well, coming short of spectators was safe to ensure that they had access to exist and that the exits were in fact open for spectators to leave safely as needed. now, what remains to be seen as the verdict with the 3 police officers who were involved in some capacity in the decision to fire tear gas. and that is really, he,

the decision that is, is certainly attracting the most attention, particularly from the relatives of those who were killed in this stampede, which claimed the lives of a 130 by people, including 38 minus. and you've been speaking to victims families. jessica, what have they been telling you? that's right. we've been in touch with the families tinfoil in my lung in october on the ground as the tragedy are folded. some of them express chars that they really just happy and grateful that the situation is sort of coming to a close and they can put this part of their lives behind them. but the majority have expressed are also feeling of disappointment and even disbelief at the sentences which they believe are true. lenient considering the seriousness of the tragedy that on all that one of the worst sporting disasters in the world. one of the most serious incidents that indonesia has certainly ever experienced with

regards to loss of life of spectators. so as a sense of disbelief. one father who his 22 year old daughter was one of the victims, said that he is shocked and he will never stop in his quest for justice for his daughter, and that he holds each individual accountable. those who are responsible for the over crowding at the stadium. those who were responsible for firing t a guest at innocent spectators. not only those that were on the pitch, but also those that were still just in the stand. and he will continue to seek justice and is pushing prosecutors to appeal sentences, which he believes are far too lenient. jessica, thank you for that. that is jessica washington. now with the latest from jakarta, legislators in georgia say they were drop a controversial bill that many had feared with silence independent media. and critics. thousands of people have been protesting against the proposed law in the capital tbilisi for 2 days. ah,

the sound of the police outside the parliament building continued through the early morning. the bill would have required all organisations which get at least 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. supporter said the bill would have created more transparency about foreign influence. caca burke, amy kid say, is the political secretary of the opposition party called for georgia. he says, the decision to drop the bill as a victory for georgia society. i think 1st of all, it's the result of the high pressure from the georgia society costs 85 percent of the georgia societies. very european and the european perspective is written within the georgia constitution. and these dropped law introduced by the ruling party, was directly on reminding the georgia constitution in i seeing the withdrawal of these straw floor by the link party. he's at particle the result of the societies ah, extreme anger, what we have been facing within the last 48 hours. this is the country we

transition economy transition. oh, democracy at the same time where you think the institutions right now and what might be working in western countries, each might not work in the office itself. georgia, this is ultimately the in the outgoing b is exactly, well the one which was pretty much, let's say you worry well spread within the georgia society was what would introduce by the same model and device arrange night in 2012, in more school in russia that was all done 50 marching, the same manner, nbc, just 23 days ago. what all the indigo these law was pretty much similar. what the russians used to have back 10 years ago to suppress the alma n g o sector to suppress the t. v stations to suppress independent media. and

generally, to somehow talk the independent, let's say criticism, which might be all right. so for the sake of democracy in georgia right now, ah, the largest russian stripes on ukraine in weeks have killed at least 5 people. most of the deaths were in the western region of leave are the targets include the capital key, the black sea port, odessa, and the 2nd largest city concave energy facilities have been targeted. the crane says the strikes can't electricity to these updates. he had nuclear power plant while the wall is taking place in ukraine, political conversations on the sidelines continue russia's foreign minister. again, leverage is missing his sound. the counterpart, friends 5, been 500 south in moscow. it was just now into it's 2nd year as top of their agendas. daniel hawkins with a journalist from joining us live from moscow. need to fight. have said too much

about this meeting. daniel, what are we expecting from it? well the meeting was delayed around half an hour with the saudi delegation actually being kept waiting by 4 minutes. the 2nd law for funding the both sides have really kept the some of the reps pending some sort of joint press conference, perhaps in the coming hours. been for a hall. of course. this was his 3rd major visit in that 2 weeks. he has come back from ukraine where he met a how to historically that meeting president valenze sky. he then travelled to london to meet the case foreign secretary james cleverly. his visits from moscow really is symbolic of saudi arabia's position as a neutral states, as a state that seems to be a mediator between all parties. moscow, key of an satellite to try and bring dollars, come to some sort of consensus. and that was very much reflected in the comments made that public part of the meeting with ben for hon, saying that he hopes agreements reached that the meeting will suit all science be

satisfactory to everybody and such a lover of also saying he welcomes the increased initiative the increase interest of saudi arabia to resolve global and regional issues. so very much expect an announcement on some of those key topics at this press conference and south is relationship with russia. it hasn't been black and white has it. are there any signs that it's trying to position itself as a possible mediator when it comes to talks about ukraine? absolutely, it will. russia's relations with saudi arabia haven't been very much affected by the conflict in ukraine. in fact, they seem to have grown even stronger than corporate very closely and stabilizing energy market prices cutting a oil production with saudi arabia, raising prices for europe and asia been for hon at the music security conference last month. said that talking to russia, having dollar for russia with russia rather benefits every body and that's been reflected in saudi arabia's success and having some sort of variation already. know

to be in the release of the as a battalion, prisoners from murray, you pull, the king of saudi arabia was reported to have a strong role. and that saudi arabia was very much be hoping to be this mediating figure between moscow, key of and its allies. and bill and success is had already, and while always the condemning russia, the you, when very much strength thing relations in some of been actual investments and energy corporation as well. so we very interesting to see what comes out of that joint press conference in the coming out all i daniel that daniel holcomb joining us live from moscow. thank you. that have been new accusations about the possible involvement of the pro ukrainian group and the attack on the north stream gas pipeline last year, german media, se western investigations believe a 6 person team launched from germany, plum to the explosive ukrainian authorities have denied any involvement how false,

that reports the gas leak ended months ago, but the answers as to who carried out the attacks on the nord stream pipelines may at last be surfacing reports in the u. s. and now the german media suggest an anti russian government group based in ukraine. was responsible, according to the german reporting, 6 people all carrying forged passports bought a rented yard at the german port of rostock, on the 6th of september. last year. the yacht sailed up the coast to the town of v come das. and on the tiny danish island of christiane, so close to the explosions that hit the pipelines on the 27th of september, almost immediately, western nations suggested rush, it might have sabotaged its own pipelines to create further chaos in europe's energy markets. russia accused the united states of being behind it to remove russian economic leverage over germany. a theory endorsed last month in a report by the investigative journalist, seymour hersh. now, these revelations becoming a major topic of discussion at wednesday's european union defense ministers,

summit in sweden. there are ongoing national investigations and i think it's right to wait until those are finalized before we st. him more about who was behind that has been the line from western nations since the attack last september somehow suggest it was a deliberate one to shield keith as it sought more weaponry from germany, the country, from where without its knowledge, the attack was reportedly launched. kennedy released to what he says or shall i know the reports about this investigation. i read thought with great interest, and we have to distinguish clearly yes, whether it was a ukrainian group. so it could have been on ukrainian behalf or a pro ukrainian juan without the knowledge of the government. but i caution against jumping to conclusions. the story is also said it could have been a russian full slag operation. ukraine continues to deny involvement. for me, it's a little bit strange story because it's not, it's the story that nothing with us. and i think the investigation of official

authorities will describe every detail because it's like a compliment for our special forces. but this is not our activity. if this attack can be proven to have been the work of a pro ukrainian group even if not ukrainian state, that could still prove tricky for a german government needing to bolster falling public support for military backing of ukraine. these latest lakes and emerged well after germany pledged advanced ed offense and tanks to cave harris will sit al jazeera, still ahead on the news. our concentrations in august on between police is a former prime minister. in non con, they ignored a bad on values in the form and enforce catch of the day a fuse to let go. the pool coming up with

with we've got quite a divide going on across europe. thank you for joining in. so a shield of snow is moving across the republic of ireland central and northern england. and over the highest elevations, i think we could pick up to 20. maybe even 30 centimeters of snow winds have shifted around. so it's a southerly porch. that means the temperature in london now in to double digits, where paris at 15 that cooler air though, around scandinavia. now for portugal in spain, of course this will be falling as brain, but some heavier bursts of rain for northern portugal and the north west of spain. and speaking about that, divide again through central europe a. so look at this for warsaw. i think about 5 to 10 centimeters of snow, but south of that through the balkans is will be falling as a warm rain after turkey a right now and it's gloomy conditions for that western side. could see the odd shower mixed in there. nothing real major either the capital region on kyra could

also see a passing shower of to africa and our her mountain wind is certainly picking up. so lift its sand in dust. certainly the name of the game there on thursday. and here's an update on storm freddy. it is the equivalent of a high end category one hurricane again to make landfall in central mozambique. i would say probably late friday, early on saturday. lot of rain and wind will be the concern here. ah, i for the dakota oil pipeline snake through indigenous land, but no without resistance broke right in front of the bowl and they were beaten, arrested, and shown as protested. they all beat it and so proclaimed, which had protected the women of standing rock on al jazeera,

examining the impact of today's headlines. this was probably one of the deadliest disasters in the history of setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions. this is the one that's been hitting 50 sharing personal stories for a global audience. do you talk a little bit about what life is like more african luminous programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today? on how to sierra ah ah ah, watch of a new sound me elizabeth quantum enjo reminder of our top stories, the sour israeli forces have killed 3 palestinians and java just south of janine

and the occupied west bank. witnesses say they were traveling in a car which was targeted by snipers, positioned on rooftops and indonesian court has jailed 2 people for their role from the stadium stampede, in which a 135 people died last year. the crush started when police fire tear gas into the stands and rushes foreign minister say again, after all this meeting has saudi counterparts and spies and been funnel south in moscow. saudi arabia says it's willing to mediate the ukraine war. that meeting came hours after wash a fight, a barrel of missiles at ukraine, leaving parts of cave without power. acid bag reports an all too familiar sighting ukraine's capital keefe. according to the ukrainian air force. $81.00 missiles were fighting the early hours of thursday morning, including 6 hypersonic missiles, which can travel up to 8 kilometers a 2nd. ukraine said it intercepted 34 cruise missiles,

but doesn't have the ability to intercept the hypersonic missiles. 40 percent of keith is now without power. oh, you're truly earth. listen, i heard the very loud explosion, very loud, real quickly jumped out of bed and so one quarter and fire. then there are other cars caught on fire. isreal, the glasses shutter done to balconies and windows. it's very frightening that child got scared and jumped out of bed. rescue services have become accustomed to dealing with the aftermath of air strikes, fire some of the sun. so thoughtful, i woke up from the explosion quite a strong waterloo, and i could never imagine that it would happen in my back yard, which, when i went outside, i realised those casa in the yard 0. it is hard to explain how i feel because one meter left, all right. and it could have been my apartment, so i have no words left. oh. in the west for people who killed one missiles, hit solid shift ski ukrainian say residential buildings were destroyed and the attack elsewhere in the east,

the batters obama is intensifying with the russian st. they now controlled the east of the busy city. ukrainian military though, still hanging on for now. he could forced on gather up both. oh, look at the theme of the tongue has fire from the concealed position at the enemy position louis july, the target is hit. the boys are good school. we've sent our greetings to their own invited guests that came to a country back, move it standing. we will when you are. the attention continues to be in the east with the heaviest fighting has taken place. but russia has reminded ukraine with this latest set of attacks. it has the ability to strike anyway. a sad beg i'll 0 to the philippines now were volunteers in the coast guard struggling to contain an oil spill off the island of men. dora, it's been leaking from a tanka, which sank a week ago, threatening marine life and businesses in the area. barnaby low reports from manila for generations to people of the island have been doro, in the central philippines,

have lived off the waters around them. but the tanker carrying 800000 leaders of unrefined fuel sent off their coast last week causing an oil spill that has devastated their livelihoods. swimming has been ban because of health concerns and thats hitting businesses that cater to tourists. so wrong latino, a big the effects are massive because there are no visitors arriving for vacation or it's unwind. nobody is renting our cottages because of the swimming restrictions of it. and there is no one checking in. it stinks. and the sand is full of oil. lumala would come with with shot and because all the tourists booked us for the summer season and the upcoming holy week of already council of this march, we have already had to cancellations. after hearing the news of the oil spill the effects of the oil spell, a huge, huge, not only on jobs and businesses, but on marine life as well. several towns in the province of oriental min,

doro had declared a state of calamity, as well as one in neighbouring antique it, which is more than 100 kilometers away from where the tanker sank. scientists say as much as 36000 hector's of coral reefs and men groves, art risk of damage. rebecca? yeah, it will take a long time. it might take years because the marine bio diversity will be damaged the marine protected areas where the fish lay eggs. if those are destroyed, will lose the fish reserves in our ocean. it's possible that the fish will lead the area and not spawn there again. and the fisherman will not have any catch. authorities are now racing to contain to lee, with booms around the area where the vessel has been located. a submersible machine is on its way to siphon off oil that's left in the cargo. but cleaning it all up may take months or even years. barn below al jazeera manila, now temperatures are rising rapidly and china weather presented. jeff harrington is

here with more bad. are we going to see a repeat of last year's heat wave? you know, at this point, elizabeth, i think it's still too early to say, but certainly we know that this has happened before. so if we talk specifically about summer 2022, by the way, put the colors on darker, the orange and red that is more intense heat. so summer 2022 was a record heat wave. longest lived heat wave. more than 70 days. we had temperatures significantly above average. now the previous record was actually $62.00 days in 2013, but the heat started in about june or july and most of it was concentrated along the gang see river valley. so for chung ching, we had about 6 weeks of temperatures, 8 to 10 degrees above average. it was in just a heat, it was a lack of rain. so actually parts of the yang see river valley even started to dry up. that was then let's talk about now already, early march we got temperature is in the thirty's along the yellow river valley. so young jo at 30 degrees. but let's talk about what exactly that means. that is 15

degrees above average for this sum of the year in march, we'll take the colors off. we'll talk about precipitation right now. will that batch of rain moving across the yangtze river valley? we're also gonna draw down some cooler air from the north. so this is the forecast on friday. watch what happens on saturday for a young jo, you go from 30 degrees down to 17. whoo hahn is at 18. so again, elizabeth, too early to say whether we will have a repeat of the heat wave that we saw last year. jeff, thank you for that. you're welcome to athens now greece. more protests are expected in the capital city. laser off to anti government rallies on wednesday, turned violent public sector unions angry about the train collision that killed at least $57.00 heath of last month. but with an election dinning, there are brought grievances, john, throttle, us reports from athens. greek use, no strangers to show downs with police had reason to be angry. it was mainly young

people going back to university who were killed on february 28th. when a passenger train collided with a freight train, the government blamed it on human error. and it's the young who grew up in the recession after the post 2008 global financial crisis. the new democracy, conservatives came to power in 2019 promising prosperity. but the coven 19 pandemic, and now high inflation because of the ukraine war, have largely sunk their agenda for that it is a lot of job insecurity. someone my age doesn't earn enough to pay their way and live with dignity. there isn't much opportunity. it's a general situation and people of all generations are disillusioned with what they see as a failing state. greece purchased automated warning systems for its railway in 2014, but still hasn't installed them everywhere or trained every one to use them separately. this should have been monitoring off the train on the control board

where is visible for 5.5 kilometers. after left, the station, if that had happened to the action would have been avoided because it would have been clear that the train was on the wrong tracks. rail workers unions admit there was human error, but blame that on greece is 8 grueling years of government spending cuts and a botched privatization of rail operations. let us get of it. this is the government says if the safety systems ran pace, we wouldn't have had these deaths. yes. but why didn't we have them all these years? because we had personnel, we had station masters and technical support. we had maintenance, we had left the company on a skeleton staff lacking at the limit of its ability, maybe in other countries, privatization works very well. but here it hasn't. various political opportunism here. public sector unions with grievances against the government are riding on this train accident to express their dis is sanctioned in this largely left swing opposition generated protest. however, there is true nation wide discontent as well because the government and the states

have seemed indifferent and dysfunctional and with an election and fewer than 5 months from now. the prime minister and his entourage are nervous about how far this reaction will ram of the government says it will nearly double its budget to 80000000 dollars this year to improve the rail network quickly. higher, more stuff, and install automated tracking, signaling and emergency breaking throughout the system. but it's too late for those young people killed hair. and it leaves many wondering why it took this long for politicians to act. jobs are awful, us al jazeera athens. after a closely fort presidential election, nigerians returned to polling stations next week to elect state governors. 28 seats will be decided along with hundreds of seats for state assembly members. that document address reports from gun bay. the governing party faces a tougher challenge. this time nigeria is recent presidential election has

shaken habits governing party. although it won the vote, it has also lost a lot of ground to the opposition in battle ground states like carnal and ali, say the losses could spread to the next round of election for some state governance . this governors do not perform because they do my will not the need of the people on behalf dice papa. i wanted to upgrade the i confused niger as governing party is in charge in the northern state of grumpy. the governor acknowledges the setbacks of the presidential election, but says his party is unfazed by us tab and open issued. well, we'll comfortable. and now let's see what goes out of the governor. see that's coming up. i believe. if you see to was to win more states and at least meant 10, what they will have before was state governors and legislatures closer to voters of the presidency and the parliament. these elections are expected to draw more waters

rising follows property and economy decline have brought hardship to many and our debtors. this has generated anger and book apathy in the pebble returned to quiet residential malesky. now as they go to the boys again, some more to say they want the quantity better preventative for that dismal performance. in order. in nigeria, the office of governor carries a lot of responsibilities, but also wills a lot of power. including helping to decide who becomes president, reasons that political parties he had desperately what to keep the states the old. and when more, how many degrees al jazeera were b, nigeria. one leaders have gathered in doha, dissuade for the 5th united nations conference on the least developed countries. the u. n. says these 46 countries account for 14, the world's population. a majority of them citizens live in poverty. as natasha, the name reports officials working to reverse and decline and economic development

since the pandemic. ah, this dance through from k as the media is by the sampling of youthful passion and promise in the world's least developed countries. nearly 3 quarters of them live on the continent of africa. this is the greatest innovative. ah, you know, knowledge hungry generations. that's a biggest potential. but we have natural resources, but are being exploited by others is not depend on, on somebody else to come and do what we need to do. let them become partners in development for a real while we set the vision and they help us fulfill it from the solomon islands to sal sudan, and haiti. this week, the un spotlight has been on the world's poorest people. once in a decade, un conference on the least developed countries in doha has been touted as

a quote momentous occasion to implement a path forward of progress. a lot of the least developed countries have quite a low level of revenues. domestic revenues compared to g d, p. as a lot of potential left them to find more resources and what the i m f. does our teams provide a lot of capacity building help. the doha program of action is a road map for the next 8 years. it's main components include eradicating poverty, enhancing international trade and combating climate change. an online university and an investment support center are also part of the plan. with only 19 percent of women and girls in these countries connected to the internet. leaders say gender equality is vital want we want to focus on closing the gap between men and women and technology innovation is science. if we don't,

it will be hard to reach gender equality. the un hopes this week, the world has revived a commitment to transform the potential of the more than 1000000000 most vulnerable people into prosperity. natasha named el jazeera, doha still had on the news. alice hated the road to trade at the cricket pitch in the prime minister, welcomed australia's lead at than that angel mowdy stadium and disappointment for tottenham, patent and light ac them on after they reached the champions league. cool to find those that's coming up in sport. ah ah

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ah, the ending in astronomy and prime minister as a pitch in crockett and diplomacy at a meeting and am the bob anthony albany. and that ends remotely inaugurated a test match of the walls biggest cricket stadium in the western indian city. they are expected to also discuss trade intentions with china. bombing metal is joining us live from new delhi for more on this and what happens off the field as important as what happens on at omni now, cookie diplomacy has added some much needed zing. and what has, frankly not been a very exciting cricket series. now india love's cricket. it is the most what sport and a big sort of source of soft power and cricket diplomacy of this kind is not new. you know, india and pakistan have played many friendly matches over the decades, especially when the 2 countries,

which sort of trying to repair relations and australia is an important ally. it's a big cricketing nation in australian india. both part of the quart grouping. but it is roger of u. c is also sort of made for t v event one that prime minister the reins removed these government is seen to be very good ad. take the location, for example. this is the range of mo, the stadium in the city of and about in good drug. and this is a state that prime minister mode the was the chief minister off for about 12 to 13 years. you know, this has the pitch has seen historic innings cricket wise, but has also served as a political arena in february 2028 holsted a mega road show of ben u. s. president donald trump and prime minister marines. ramadi. not to these roach . also comes at an interesting time for india globally. india is the g 20 president this year. it is

a duty that new delhi takes very seriously and opportunity to sort of project itself as the voice of a bill of the global south voice of developing nations, taking the lead on issues like climate change, inflation dead include security. so if all the 10s of thousands of people who came to watch the match today, it was in just about cricket or family. thank you for that omni mitchell. joining us live from new delhi. well, let's get the latest from that match between india and australia. jemma, what's happening on the well elizabeth, i can tell you that australia have made a solid start to the 4th test against india, which they need to win. if they're to avoid a series of defeats monosyllabic chain was out cheaply for just for reruns. but osman collage is still there, unbeaten on $96.00 switches. his 3rd half century of the series is now of course approaching that century. the aussies are currently 235 for for if india, when they'll book

a spot in the world and test championship final against australia into history was made in the pockets on super late english class. and jason roy smashed the highest individual school ever seen in the piazza and beaten a 145. 63 bowls, playing for the quatre, plenty. that performance help them chase down the highest p f l run. before she was out by 8, we can pick up the points and to be on they have a team full of see to see pathology like little messy, of course, that power something miles white went, a champions league title goes on after they would knock down the competition by, by an munich p s. c, went into the match, trailing one mill or from the 1st leg. and that became even harder when the former player eric max into promoting, put by and one up on the nice that left p. s. see it needing a 3 goals, but it was a jam inside who scored another such can every making it so you know, to send by and 3 and on aggregate and full time security happens when

a fire reynolds to the pitch towards leno. messy, have now failed to get past the last 16 full time situation i felt was do we'll make sure that we win the french championship? i'll let the funds decide if it's a failure to end the season with only the french li, title of a seat. there were lots of expectations for the champions league, which is normal. my regret is that we didn't play to our full strength during this knockout stage. taught them also needed to have a ton of one go deficit to progress. they have christian rivera sent off with just start with 10 minutes left. as i matched with a cane went place the fuzz in stop. it's fine, but it finishes mill mill. meaning milan one, the tie, one mill, an aggregate to reach the 1st champions league war to final for 11 years that this bus is 15 years and counting without a trophy in that coach. and tony county is out of contract in june. but you said

you were going to do with the we that we thought and then thought and i know very well that which is my thoughts. and i the end of this, he's on the yeah with me to and then we make a decision. i'm really sorry. for the funds, but we can not to invent the window to help in the one miracle one day that the trophy oh, go into our 20 round or into our beach. we're to build the biggest gulf event of the year so far he's off later, but there's just one thing missing at the players championship a defending champion, cameron smith, that's because he's banned from the pga tour for joining the saudi arabian back rival live golf series in fact the top 3 from the players last year, smith and amanda harry ample. casey, have all joined lives. despite their absence, organizes a confident the torment known by many as the 5th major will still provide the usual drama. there are a few more famous holes on the iconic island 17th pa, 3 at c,

p. c, sawgrass, and the winner this year we'll walk away with a record 4500000 dollars to answer your question directly. yes, it's awkward. but you know, ultimately that's a decision he made and we've got an unbelievable field here there this week. and the history and tradition that one of these $144.00 is gonna go see to go to the m b. i and kevin durrant missed what was supposed to be his 1st home game for the phoenix suns after injuring his ankle in the pre game. warm up. luckily for the sun's devin because steps up to lead him to the convincing win over the oklahoma city thunder. he scored a $44.00 points including $63.00 pointers. the san circuits at 132 to one i want to rack up there for when in the right. the boston celtics breaker free game losing streak, jason se sum for 30 points as they be support in blazes. 115 from 9 to 3. the

southwick's remain 2nd in the eastern conference behind the leading noble box. while portland of now 69. let's quickly round up with some of the other sport stories for you now, starting with the tennis, the indian wells, that was a dramatic finish is chinese wildcard, leaving the face down to the ground when he left his racket technically to the point. this is the night before we had bounced twice argued this facility, what is the match to wait last night became such tiny play? when i forget how about this incredible cat in the world baseball game between panama and i want animals right? feel like it was you may have a rabble, but he still held on the ball. very impressive about what the claim us ever went in

the classic taking this one while by she's, i'm told france champions had i forgot to has taken the overall lead in the parish to lease cycling race. the civilian writer, for tough a frenchman david, go to declaim stage 4 as the 1st in the mountains. we got to goes 10 seconds. claire at the top of the general classification. that is all your sport for now. i will have more like, generally very much for that. we're going to recap our top story. the sour protests over the israeli governments judicial reforms have forced us defense secretary, a to curtail has visit to the country in lloyd. austin will confine his visit to a location within ben garren april grounds. these ally touches of those protests that are taking place leah been given a port. i bet austin has landed at the airport. he was due to meet at a nearby venue with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the defense minister

demonstrators have been out protesting for more than 2 months against the proposed overhaul of the countries judicial system by israel's extreme right wing government . they have blocked many roads around the airport on thursday. that's it from me, elizabeth from from this use our the do stay with as ra matheson as yet and just a few minutes with more for days. ah ah. a week to look at the work still busy stores from global markets in

economies to construction of small businesses to understand how it affects hot day, you die counting the cost on al jazeera, the dumpling in bond with is an important part of indian culture. it's no surprise and many people want to but can be one dancer and one could be on the back side, about family expectations and cultural tradition. i guess the way now with the reality of working in the giving you destroying poly with we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter how you take it out, 0 will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you count as

they are in the blink of an eye. many lives when lost thousands of people buried alive and more left homeless. were shocked by the number of sites. we were shocked by the number of picked them out. here it goes to the most afflicted region in syria. here in northwest syria to see those affected by the earthquake m, it's severe shortages, humanitarian aid, the full report, syria, the continuing tragedy on al jazeera ah, protests against israeli government have been go to an airport as you, as defense, secretary lloyd austin, cuts shorts, his visit is reading forces killed 3 palestinians in a rage near janine and the.