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hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera die from dough are also coming up. a u. s. bank, but funded tech stops is shut down by regulators raising fears. more financial institutions could be about to fail. stepping up efforts to find illegal migration, france and britain reach of deal to reduce the number of migrants crossing the english channels and columbia. government begins talks with for a truce with ian and rebels and a conflict that has dragged on for decades. ah, well off to 7 years of heightened tension and confrontation, iran and saudi arabia have now agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. it's a deal, but china help broke up and its involvement is being seen as a major diplomatic when china seen at diplomat wang and he said it would continue to play a constructive role in handling hotspot issues around the world. us national security

council spokesman john kirby support the move, but said the u. s. will keep watching china as it continues to gain influence and footholds. cattle, the united arab emirates, an lebanon, where among countries in the middle east, that welcome the agreement, has bla, described as a good development. i'd xandra bias begins coverage. this deal harold's a new chapter in the middle east. bitter rivals, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties all in secret with chinese mediation. he shoes the after her canon her. we have been here in beijing for 6 days. i held talks of my saudi counterpart that led to the agreement to normalize relations. we agree with saudi arabia to open a new page based on the interests of the 2 countries and, and on regional security, and to promote stability instead of exacerbating tension. so we hope this will contribute to the establishment of security and development in the region. the historic agreement will see both nations exchanging envoys. 7 years after severing

relations. china's role revived a process that brought together officials from both countries in iraq and oman. during 20212022 i did on the agreement basically focus on the respecting the international law. the agreement also talk about the vienna teacher with regard to the diplomat and political and diplomatic facilities. so that is also important. it talks about respect of the sovereignty of the state, which is very important. if we take all of this in account and it says it's a new badge. so basically what we're saying, we're trying to stop all the escalation, go to disconnection. now focus on the, on the her unilateral solution that bring peace or security to the dejan here. and that means no innovation on the domestics of hers issues from iran. and to so did a view which is very important. while the deal itself could have major implications

for regional security, it's also evidence of a wider shift. saudi arabia has long prioritized its alliance with the united states. this agreement highlights beijing's growing influence in the region. alexandra buyers al jazeera food. it is a pleasure to reach such an agreement. today, it is the result of the in depth discussion that we had this week and that gained the support of the leaders of our 3 countries. they also included detailed review of the causes of with agreement and how to deal with them. the kingdom was came that such discussion will take place in the framework of the brotherly ties that bring together the 2 countries and the opening of a new chapter. a chapter based on the commitment the principles and objectives of

the taxes of the united nations and the organisation of islamic cooperation and other international treaties. and look at a house that has more now from tara, then that beijing, the secretary of iran, the supreme national security council. and his counterparts from saudi arabia met over the past few days. and they agreed on exchanging ambassadors between to her and real. this is a breakthrough, and this is big news in this region because on one side it's going to help this escalate the escalade, the tension and the other. it's kind of a result of the 2 years of meetings between delegations from iran and so that it yeah. there was a mediation before and in baghdad that didn't really go a lot forward and they want to start a small understandings. what right now there is a big agreement. the 2 countries are going back to 2 exchange ambassadors that have

diplomatic size, and also they will put inaction, the 2001 security fact between them. that means no, none of none of them is going to interfere in any other countries interests. and they will try to have good relations, how this is going to be reflected on the region. many say this is going to have yes, the escalate, as we said in the beginning. but the important thing here is the chinese roll this region. i've been known for years to be under the u. s. influence. this is the 1st time that china is playing such at all. and this means that the chinese are having more leverage in the middle east, robert mogul. nikki, is from the arab gulf states institute. he explained why china played a key role in the agreement, any initiative or agreement that lowers the regional temperature and reduces the likelihood for conflict in the region, especially a conflict between saudi arabian iran will absolutely be welcomed by the white

house. that being said, we live in an increasingly multi polar world, and the u. s. is not expected or willing to be involved in every negotiation. and every issue in this particular agreement, china was in much better position. arguably, the u. s. could not have completed this agreement because it does not maintain formal relations with iran. china does. china maintains very strong relations with saudi arabia and it maintains very strong relations with iran. but look, this was not an active diplomatic charity on the part of the chinese. the reality is that there is a very tense rivalry between saudi arabia and iran. and china manages relations with both of these countries. it's in china's interest that there is an agreement between these 2 parties ah, to california now where regulators shut down. silicon valley bank marks the 2nd

largest failure of a financial institution in us history. silicon valley bank failed to raise fresh capital on friday. it suspended, trading offered shares plummeted as much as 66 percent in free market trading. this prompted depositors to withdraw their money crating or run on the bank. there are recent developments that concern a few banks that i'm monitoring very carefully. and when banks experience financial losses, it is it should be a matter of concern. well, cornelius hurley is a former director of the federal home loan bank of boston. he says he doesn't see this triggering a repeat of the 2018 financial crisis of banks around the world have seen their shares climate and the last 24 or 48 hours. but this is really a concentrated issue. i think the take away from this is a, is really

a us issue. primarily it demonstrates that the coordination among the bank regulators in our system, which is complicated. we have so many players. we have the federal deposit insurance corporation. we have the then the federal reserve, we have state thinking agencies. and then lurking in the background, we have an agency that almost nobody has ever heard of. which provided massive mounts of liquidity to silicon valley bank. as much as 6 months ago. i'm talking about 1314000000000 dollars that could easily that could easily have been the warning sign that other regulators should have and could have picked up on the flyers in the bank where i think to fall number one. it's a highly concentrated business strategy involving technology. big got caught in a time of rising interest rates and they were dependent tremendously

on short term borrowing, namely deposits. and they invested those in long term investments which lost their value with lising rising interest rates. the u. k. has agreed to pay franz more than $570000000.00 over the next 3 years. in an effort to cut the number of migraines crossing the english channel, the funding will go towards a new detention center and more board of forces. the deal was announced during a summit between president emanuel macro and prime minister. we should, soon as we said, the meeting marks a new beginning for the 2 countries that are about to report from tax a chance to reset ties. the french president warmly welcoming the u. k prime minister in paris for the 1st franco british summit in 5 years. relations between paris and london have been strained since briggs it, but the war in ukraine's helped improved them by creating a common sense of purpose. after their meeting, macaroni c, like pledge,

continuing support for keith, i to jointly, train ukrainian forces, mother mammogram, and on dick we are both un security council members founding members of nato to powers of real shared interest. and we want to work together to build concrete solutions for our future. it was a change of tone from recent years. france and britain have router the issues, including fishing whites, covered under submarine contract. tensions continue to simmer though over cross channel migration. the u. k. on called for france to do more to stop the people it says, arriving in britain illegally by small boats. false as long said, it needs more money to do so. soon as i said, person will now give france more than $570000000.00 over 3 years to help. and now we're announcing a new detention center in northern france and your command center, bringing our enforcement teams together in one place for the 1st time,

and an extra $500.00 new offices patrolling french beaches. my course only seems to have a much better working relationship with soon act than he had with former british prime ministers less stressful. boris johnson. and this summit was very much an opportunity to show that france and britain are very much united, revived ties between europe. biggest military and only nuclear power sends a clear message to moscow. but it's also likely to play out well for domestic audiences. at a time of social unrest in both countries. in france, i need your k, the air each leader faced huge domestic issues, see less who it's always good in that context to have a kind of diplomat tico successful. soon. next visit to paris that will be followed later this month by britons new king charles is chosen france for his 1st overseas trip. another sign that despite some differences, france and britons historic and lions still stands. natasha butler. i'll just 0

paris roscoe, teams of save nearly 50 migrants, found stranded in a boat off the coast of spain's canary islands. a group included 3 pregnant women and 6 children. last year, more than 15000 migrants crossed by boat from africa to the canary olives. columbia's government anneal and rebels have taken the 1st steps towards a temporary cease fire. they've agreed to start negotiating a truce. the breakthrough came during the 2nd round of peace talks and mexico city on friday. columbia's president, gustavo petro has vowed to stop hostilities and bring total peace to the country. almost half a 1000000 people have been killed in the conflict, which has dragged on close to 6 decades. alice are on petty reports from boggart off. didn't reach an agreement and a full bilateral ceasefire as hoped by president gustavo petro. but the negotiating sides have ended this 2nd round of talks in mexico with

a number of substantial deals the look promising. moving forward in this difficult piece negotiations in front of a symbolic mural of mexican painter diego rivera. they have signed a 6 point agenda, a sort of roadmap for the talks. that spells out some of the most thorny issues, such as the participation of society in the talks, or the way the rebel organization is recognized as a political. i am group both very important for the yell m long. we were in then english se on it's a new negotiating agenda that we are signing here is a powerful tool that we have named the mexico agreement with which we will call on all of columbia to participate in a common vision of peace. that really meant also the fines, a number of steps to reach that cease fire and a number of actions that the sites are promising to put in place immediately to try and reduce violence in remote that territories were also a bringing human, a fair and relieved to the most affected communities. columbian vice president,

france marcus, who was invited to the preceding, says, is what colombians deserve. after decades of conflict, kiddo se, today's message is peace and i want to tell the e l in that this is the 1st time in my life that i look in their eyes without fear . now that there is that clear agreement on the agenda that comes the most difficult part carrying get out the negotiations will now move to cuba for another round of talks that will do where the parts will start working on each of these points. and while the glass might look half empty to some here in columbia, it also shows the willingness to overcome the many obstacles that, that we made to reach peace in the country. last not so to come here and al jazeera, including bringing pinocchio to lie frame by frame. close up. look at the sense of the oscar nominated stop motion from plus and jessica washington in hong kong. when people are buying the mentors at the past, as it undergoes rapid changes,

ah, it's going to be a hot weekend for western india he there. here's those details right now. up and down the western gas. i think some states temperatures will exceed 40 degrees down the other side of the country for the east coast west bank all state, we're gonna power up some heat of the day. thunderstorms at not tough to see why when you considered the temperature in calcutta of 3536 degrees on saturday, westerly disturbances moving into afghanistan, that's going to drop some rain inherited is also bringing down the temperatures to 24 degrees. while this is not good news, more rain is falling on top of flooded out areas in malaysia. also get into some torrential downpours and call them poor as while steady rain for that west coast of

sumatra. island west javert province, and that western side of borneo island on saturday is a con pitcher and indo china textures coming back just a bit in bangkok at 32 and a big change in whose temperatures along china's yellow river valley. the other days. young joe set a record for the month of march, 31 degrees on saturday, just 17. and we see that cooler air come down, cross the yangtze river valley, so will han at 16 degrees, and for japan up and down the country, plenty of sun. tokyo 21 for you. that's it. that's all season. with the hood breaking down the headlines still exposing the power attempting to find in through halting. what did you do? what did you investigate? why didn't you ask the facts to question? there are many during the fence or people have, but you think effect on subsequent stories. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is covered to suppress moderate. and in some cases,

amplify the content you see on your part of the listening post on which is the era lou ah, welcome back. a quick reminder about top stories here. this, our iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. it follows 70 years of tension. after we had broke of ties with tara china help broke with a deal which was reached in beijing this week. california banking regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, which caters primarily to tech startups. it's a 2nd largest bank thing in u. s. history and is now raising fears about the health of other financial

institutions. the u. k. has agreed to pay france $577000000.00 over the next 3 years. in the latest attempt to cut the number of asylum seekers crossing the english channel from france, the funding will go towards a new detention center and more border forces. georgia routing party has dropped to bill that protest is feared which sign into the media and opposition. the bill would have forced media organizations and, and jos received more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. tens of thousands of protest as were out in the streets for 3 days . when a smith has moved from a capital tbilisi, there is a low relief here outside parliament. the popular protest seems to forced georgia the government to back down and kill this bill. the ruling party, georgia, dream said it would conditionally withdraw the bill. it supported without any reservation, but it accused what it called the radical opposition of spreading lies about the

bill. how many people here in the hands of russia? the bill was called an agent of foreign influence. bill was a very similar sort of law was passed in russia and it was used to crack down on opposition groups and human rights watch says that here in georgia organizations and jose would have faith owners reporting requirements and inspection that includes electron monitoring, group corruption, monitoring group independent media, anyone who got source more than 20 percent of the funding from overseas, the government, but simply that this law was necessary to root out foreign agents and spies the kremlin when a specifically about this law that that they had no influence on. i'm not involved in this. lauren, georgia. 36 people have reportedly died off the heavy rains and flooding in northern proof. so i can. yeah. crew has left a trail of destruction on displaced hundreds of families since making landfill early this week. the roof has issued landslide warnings and almost 600 districts as

more severe weather is forecast in the coming days. and heavy rain across the west coast of the united states resulted in flood water that surrounded homes and california evacuation orders and severe weather will remain in place until sunday. now the former malaysian prime minister market in the us in has pleaded not guilty to corruption and money laundering charges is accused of abuse of power and misusing covered $19.00 funds. mccaden says the accusations are politically motivated, francois reports are column for he's the 2nd malaysian leader to be charged for corruption after losing power. we didn't, yes, in his pleaded not guilty to all 6 charges. 4 counts of abusing his power to obtain $51000000.00 in bribes for his party and 2 charges of money laundering a sum of $43000000.00. he's alleged to have committed these offences during his tenure as prime minister from 2020 to 2021, and faces up to 20 years in prison,

and a fine if found guilty. this is part of political and select the position is not that it, this corruption cross you have will go fought and let the court decide what the real situation and i am in the sun until proven guilty by the court. the charges relate to a government economic stimulus program launched during his time as prime minister o outside court, dozens of his supporters rallied to defend him and debbie and i did god. was it wrong that he helped us? he's here in court because he was helping people. what's wrong with this? what's wrong with this government? the charges come less than 4 months after meetings alliance lost a general election. the polls were closely contested and returned a hung parliament is very hunter, they receive a rival annoy. abraham was eventually appointed, prime minister,

6 out of 13 states are set to hold local elections by the middle of this year. that again, expect it to be closely fought and seen as a referendum of sorts. on the new administration's performance, we didn't support to say the charges an attempt to weaken the opposition. florence li al jazeera while alone, poor. the hong kong antique stores are experiencing a wave of popularity store owners say many people are in search of old time items, ranging from cassette players to vintage toys and jewelry, to help them reconnect with the past. jessica washington reports from uncle. any quiet alley way in some one district is unassuming, store of as a window to hong kong past. and how important moments in history connect with the everyday lives of its people. i mean, i got boiler, this cup was distributed to kids in hong kong by the colonial government parent during the coronation of queen elizabeth the 2nd in the fifty's to encourage them to drink more mila mammogram since the queen passed away last year. i got many

people want to buy these cups. now. mito opened the store nearly 20 years ago since then he seen his city change and the items in his store to i'll pull her along. i normally do not need to introduce my products to the customers. they often see the beauty of these vintage products, which gives the sense of the old times in recent years, a series of political and social changes, including a crackdown on descent have also changed hong kong. thousands have emigrated since the end of 2019 tongue thing like i have some customers who are leaving hong kong and they love to collect old furniture from government offices, but they weren't able to take these items to other countries. so they sold it to me . and in a rapidly changing environment, many young people are keen to learn more about the past. from cassette tapes to old on the lopes and colonial era cutlery. shop owners say this rising demand for vintage products, seen as symbols of the territories history. some customers told al jazeera,

they're specifically looking for the items from hong kong to take to their new countries. i just moved to 6 months ago. so right now i'm in canada. so to come back here and just like admire and appreciate some of the hong kong histories, very special. most people come to re lans, antique store, to look for toys made in the seventy's, when hong kong with the largest toy manufacturer in the world to represent very little somehow to us i, i played these toys when i was a kid. i feel emotionally connected to them. why do they also tell the story of old hong kong? there are also some customers who look for vintage products. they associate with their childhood memories to take with them before leaving hong kong for good. he says his store of his customers and opportunity to better understand the city's evolving identity. the chance to be in his style, jake had to carry those memories with them wherever they go. jessica washington out a 0 uncle. some small zone brazilian football star named mas undergone successful ankle surgery. the parasite july player had an operation to repair ligaments that

cut out ospital hospital, which specializes in orthopedic. i'm sports medicine, hospital says name i will undergo a period of rest and recovery is been ruled out though the rest for the season. several runners in the palestine marathon at on the late auto 0. john is sharing a booklet nor a car report. it's an early thought and a long and challenging road ahead. the palestine freedom of movement, marathon sets off from bethlehem manger square it start and finish line. local media says it's attracted, run it from over 90 countries. many with a message i'm here to support the the rung, the freedom of movement, of which we, i personally believe in very much. and i want to be in solidarity with the palestinian people, asking them young. i know me and my family came to participate and show what he means to run for palestine. as too many people have been killed recently include an

innocent youth who had their lives ahead of them. bethlehem is encircled by illegal settlements. these ready wool and checkpoints. it doesn't have to stay for a full mouth, of course. instead runneth take 2 loops, the path along the occupational wool and 2 refugee camps. before turning back at miss rady checkpoints, as many as come to honor the memory of al jazeera journalists, sharina our atlas, who was killed la fear by an israeli soldier. we bought company in a kilometer on she'd reported on almost every marathon here since it was established in 2013 as a healthy in us. i have the yeah, he's a journalist. everyone knows her. every one loves her in palestine, and she was lovely west side from its mark is location that lands also known fritz hills. another challenge for the run is before a well deserved rest. in may describe laura han, i'll just there up. now the sense of the oscar nominated version of pinocchio are

at the center of a new exhibition in new york. the museum of modern knots display shows visitors the painstaking process of stop motion, animation goblin is under reports. ah, we shall call. yeah. tina mexican director. guillermo del toro st. pinocchio is the latest adaptation of the classic children's story of a wooden boy whose nose grows when he lies in new york's museum of modern art, is giving visitors the chance to see the care and craft behind making the movie. in an exhibition fittingly called crafting pinocchio, unlike most modern animations, pinocchio was made not with computer generated graphics. but with traditional stop animation techniques, a painstaking process in which the movie is literally made frame by frame. there

are a full scale stand emission sets from the film just as i appeared. this is the largest one. this is the fastest re education camp we've installed on one of the studio cameras. and it's taking one still image at a time between each till image the enemy is, would move all the puppets and then take one photograph. and when you run it altogether, you've got a of the see. up to 40 animators worked simultaneously on pinocchio often at home during the pandemic. the scenes that last just a few seconds, sometimes took months to make life such a wonderfully while though the results are stunning. oh yeah. street, i control that movie is set in fascist italy in the 19 thirty's and visitors can also see the designer's attention to detail in recreating scenes from

that era, as well as some of the monster's as fantasy mixes with reality. ah gernado toros! pinocchio is nominated for the best animated feature film oscar. it's already won that category in the golden globes. but this exhibition here at the moma is about a lot more than just recognizing the director, the show ends with a board with all the collaborators, photographs, everyone who worked on this film. i think people leave and see the faces of the people, the crated. what they've just experienced, it'll be inspiring for them, and exhibition that's as much about those who made the art as the art itself. gabriel's ando al jazeera new york. ah, suffolk of the headlines here on al jazeera iran.