[000:00:00;00] ah, there's me, it makes me me a blue who. ready saudi arabia and iran agree to restore diplomatic ties after 7 years of tension in the deal that china helps to broker.

ah, i'm told mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. we look at how life has changed, and we're hon. 3 years after the world health organization declared the start of the corona virus pandemic, a u. s. bank that funded take stops is shut down by regulators raising fairs more financial institutions could be about to fail. and columbia's government begins negotiations for a truce with e l in rebels. the conflict that has dragged on for decades ah, up to 7 years of heightened tension and confrontation, iran and saudi arabia have a great to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. it's a deal. china helped broke up and it's involvement as being seen as

a major diplomatic when china's senior diplomat wang g said it would continue to play a constructive role and handling hotspot issues in the world's us. national security council spokesman john kirby supported the move, but said the u. s. will keep watching china as it continues to gain influence and footholds. katara the united arab emirates and lebanon were among countries in the middle east that welcomed the agreement. his ballade described it as a good development. alexandra bias begins our 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 cannon 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 agreed 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 development 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 this collision, go to disconnection. now focus on the,

on the unilateral relation that bring peace, a security to the agent here. and that means no innovation on the domestics of hers issues from iran and to saudi arabia, 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 ali hush him has more from turan then 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 had on andrea. this is a breakthrough, and this is big news in this region because on one side it's going to help this

escalate, deescalate 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 went to small understandings. what right now that is a big agreement. the 2 countries are going back to 2 exchange ambassadors that have diplomatic ties and also they will put in action 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 just 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. un secretary general antonio terrorist has welcomed a deal saying it is essential for the stability of the region. al jazeera, diplomatic is a james base, has more from the un. certainly, the united nations is welcoming this. the secretary general was briefed on it 1st thing this morning. as soon as the news emerged here in new york and a very positive reaction, he believes that this could be good news for the entire region. yemen, i think, is the one where the un will be most most interested in this. can they actually bring the war in yemen to a proper negotiated settlement? we have a very uneasy truce that's been in place. it's nearly now, 8 years in the next few days. it'll be 8 years since saudi arabia intervened in yemen and they been bog down there ever since that i'm sure is one of the

motivations from the saudi side. of course, they're important implications with regard to israel. israel is the one country i think it is not going to like this. they had been hoping that the u. s. would persuade saudi arabia to join the abraham cords or get better relations with israel and completely isolate iran. that is what prime minister netanyahu once, and it's not what he's going to get. i think the overwhelming thing that i'm seeing from this is, is, is a very different approach now to saudi foreign policy. traditionally, before mom had been sa man, who now steers the strategy for the saudi kingdom. saudi arabia very much, was in the u. s. camp on everything but this steel, it was broken to day in china. and at the same time, the saudi foreign minister was in russia talking about is good relations with russia.

ah, it's been 3 years since the world health organization declared pandemic following the outbreak of coven 19 a life in the chinese city of wou hon. the original epicenter of the virus has largely returned to normal, but governance and healthy experts around the world remains divided about its origin. he, trina, you reports from beijing. the city of ohio to day is baffling. but the strict crude of iris, locked out, imposed 3 years ago, is clearly remembered by its 11000000 residents, including shopping will manager, mark leo. you're here since you people have off. there was a lot of information that was unclear to him was we were very close to outside world. and how have you been coping with out 0 interviewed him at the time as he did his best to keep his young son busy. one was the 1st city in the world to be locked down because at the spread of corbett 19. on march 11th 2020,

the world health organization declared the outbreak pandemic, and various governments demanded answers regarding its origin. in 2021, china finally allowed a team of w. h o experts to visit with hein. but the trip was short and tightly controlled. measures paging said were necessary for preventing the spread of cub 19. china was the last country to drop it. strict corbin 19 rules at the end of last year. and now life in many cities looks very much like it did before the pandemic. but we're still no closer to knowing the exact source of the grown of ours. the w h o says a plant 2nd phase of the investigation has been cancelled lighting challenges in conducting the study. politicians in the u. s. had accused aging of a cover up the f b. i says a lab leak was likely the u. s. energy department agrees, though with low confidence, chinese officials have dismissed the findings as political height. some health experts say the hunt for patient 0 is an unhelpful distraction. we have been so

distracted by trying to chase this down. though we're not taking the actions that we need to stop it from happening again. and so i think our focus should be on, let's think, systematic me about where we can reduce risks. but mark leo says he's just relieved his work and his family's lives have returned to normal on the for his 100. you whether is business was studies or we're working harder than before and making up for lost time. like many living in the hunt. he wants to focus on the future and not the past. katrina, you al jazeera meeting. california banking regulators have shut down silicon valley bank. it's the 2nd largest failure of a financial institution and us history. the bank found to raise fresh capital on friday. it suspended, trading after cheers plummeted as much as 66 percent and pre market trading. that prompted depositors to withdraw their money creating

a 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. cornelius hurley is a former director of the federal home loan bank of boston. he doesn't think this collapse will trigger a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. a banks around the world have seen their shares planet in the last 20 for 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 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 a massive, massive 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 with other regulators should have and could have picked up on the flies in the bank where i think to fall number one. it's a highly concentrated business strategy involving technology. they got caught in the time of rising interest rates and they were dependent tremendously on short term borrowing stanley deposits. and they invested those in

long term investments, which lost their value with lifelink pricing interest rates, columbia as government and e, l in rebels have taken the 1st steps towards a temporary cease. fine valve agreed to start negotiating a truce. the breakthrough came during the 2nd round of peace talks and mexico city on friday, columbia. as 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 raged for close to 6 decades. alessandra empathy reports from bulger top . they didn't return agreements and a full bilateral fees virus hoped by president gustavo pay through, but then negotiate the sides. i've ended this 2nd round of talks, the mexican, with a number of substantial deals that look promising. moving forward in these difficult peace negotiations in front of a symbolic mural of mexican painter diego rivera. they have signed a 6 points 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 socks or the way the rebel organization is recognized as a political arm group. both very important for the yellow n lung layla in then english se on this 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, the agreement also the find the 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 the territories were also a bringing human. if there and relief to the most affected communities. columbian vice president, francis marcus, who was invited to the proceeding, says, is what colombians deserve. after decades of conflict, kiddo celia, 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 at well the 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 remained to reach peace in the country. while still ahead on al jazeera stepping up efforts to find a legal migration, france and britain reach deal to reduce the number of migrants crossing the english channel, plus and jessica washington in hong kong. when more people are buying the mentos of its past,

as it undergoes rapid changes. ah and this is your weather report for the middle east and africa. good to have year long it's the weekend. here's a forecast on saturday. seen that winds come down from the north through the go of state. so that could lift some sand and does, but we see a curl around saudi arabia. in fact, the quality or ground react has been quite poor as of late because of these winds. with that lifted sand in dust, also looking to generate some showers across western saudi arabia. certainly the risk of the fuse fits of rain in jetta on saturday. for sure. we'll see some rain inheritors this westerly disturbance rolls through some showers to be found around cobble with a height of 20 degrees. now for a turkey or it looks like this disturbed weather for that western side. outbreaks of rain, including 4, is stumble. with the high 15 degrees and i think we're going to see torrential downpours just to the east of lagos over the course of the weekend. this could

certainly give us some flooding, also rounds of rain to go for libra, veil and 28 degrees. that will pass through equitorial guinea as well. while tropical cyclone freddy has made its 2nd landfall in moose and be more than half a 1000000 people are at risk of hurricane force winds on saturday. that's a snapshot of your weather will cease and take care. ah. the wrangler then she is governed by its founding fall. this daughter, how is she facing? the challenge is brought on by the ro hang the refugee crisis. this paper should go back to their own land and his vote is prepare for a general election. will ask her about allegations of persecution, of opposition. members shake his siena talks to al jazeera. there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media spread on al jazeera government shut off, access to social media.

ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories, the salad. it's been 3 years since the world health organization declared the corona virus outbreak pandemic. nearly 7000000 people across the globe have lost their lives to coven 19 since the 1st case was reported. and brew hon. china or california banking regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, which is primarily to take stops. it's the 2nd largest bank failure in us history and is now rising fears about the health of other financial institutions. and of ron and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen

the embassies. it follows 7 years of tension after we had broke off ties with turan china helped broke of the deal, which was reached and beijing this week or relations between iran and saudi arabia have been hostile for decades, threatening stability and security in the gulf. after the randy in revolution, in 1979 to ron, began to openly criticize the legitimacy of the saudi regime. and 1987 relations between iran and saudi arabia were severed after the death of iranian pilgrims, diplomatic ties were restored and 1991. in 2001, saudi arabia and rom signed the security agreements. the pact signal the nations were ready to co operate on regional stability. as the war and human began, and 2015, saudi arabia backs the internationally recognized government and target who the

rebels strongholds around was widely accused of backing the hook. these militarily, saudi arabia, cut ties with iran and 2016 after protest as stormed at the embassy and to ron and its consulates in the city of michelle, against the backdrop of red execution of shiite cleric numer back here. l. in the middle. in november 2017. saudi arabia intercepted a ballistic missile, overreact, international import, it asserted the massage was supplied by iran. the state run saudi pris agency quoted. the crown prince saying that runs actions may be considered an act of war against the kingdom. and in 2019 saudi arabia's state front oil company was hit by a healthy drone attack. close to half of the kingdoms output of crude oil was impacted. iran denied any involvement with roberts mogul, and nikki is from the arab gulf states institute. he explained why china played

a key role in the agreements. 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 manager relations with both of these countries. it's in china's interest that there is an agreement between these 2 parties. the u. k has agreed to pay

france more than $570000000.00 over the next 3 years. and then if at the count, the number of migrants crossing the english channel, the deal was announced during a summit between president manuel mac crone and prime minister, where she's su neck. the cit, the meeting marks a new beginning for the 2 countries. natasha butler reports from paris, 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 improve them by creating a common sense of purpose. after their meeting mac, ron 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 you case 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's 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'm did u. k, the each leader faced huge domestic issues say less. so it's always good in that context to have a kind of diplomat tico success or sue next visit to parents that will be followed later this month by persons new king charles. he's chosen from for his 1st as a field trip. another saw in the despite some differences from, from britain's historic lions still stands, latasha butler, i'll just 0 paris. the italian coast guard has launched multiple rescue operations to save around. $1300.00 migrants packed on several boats off the country, southern coastline. more than 3000 migrants have reached italy by boats since

wednesday. that's more than double the number for the entire month of march. last year and rescue teams have saved nearly 50. my friends found stranded in a boat off the coast of spain's canary islands. the group included 3 pregnant women and 6 children. at least 44 people had been killed in an attack in eastern democratic republic of congo. the military says a village in north keep you province was targeted by fighters, believe to be from the allied democratic forces. uganda and the group that pledged allegiance to isolate milk and whip reports the people of the village of mac, condie, berry, the bodies of thousands of children, women and men killed in an attack by an armed group. it's not the 1st time they'd had to do this. jenna mother, even though it was evening, around 7 o'clock, i heard noises and children starting to flee suddenly, the rebels were attacking in the direction of our health center. there was shouting,

the children shouted, the adf rebels are here. the army says the adf, or allied democratic forces is responsible. it's widely blamed for killing thousands of civilians in it's hillary province over the last decade wave women, as you see in the country, it's always the same adf, which always has bad intentions towards the congo lease. so they showed up here in the village of mac, condi, the last many of our brothers, 2 years ago the government declared a state of siege. here a form of martial law is said, it would enable a crackdown on the armed groups that the attacks have only become more frequent and more bloody in their bus bar. here 3 or 4 days don't go by without us recording death. the results of barbarity from adf, terrorist. that is why once again, we repeat, we need considerable military force to come, that can contribute to the restoration of peace community. the adf originally came from neighboring you gander,

in the 1900 ninety's. the armies of those few tanda and congo, have pledged to defeat them rights group, say the military operations haven't helped, and the violence against civilians is growing worse. malcolm web al jazeera, the us delegation is in democratic republic of congo to assist the security and humanitarian situation in north kiefer. the team met with prism felix tisha, katie, and the catholic and shelter. before traveling to goma, the peacekeeping force in the region is made up of around $16000.00 personnel and is one of the most expensive you in missions in the world. at least 6 people have died off the heavy rains and flooding in northern peru. psych loan, yahoo! has left the trail of destruction and display hundreds of families since making landfill. early of this week, peru has issued landslide vollings and almost 600 districts. and in the united states,

2 people died on friday in floods. their evacuation orders and to be with the alerts will remain in place until sunday. heavy rain across the west coast resulted in flood waters that surrounded homes. and california, with george's rolling party has dropped a bill that protests, as fate would silence the media and opposition. the legislation would have for the media or because organizations and in jose who received more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. tens of thousands of protesters were out on the streets for 3 days. hong kong antique stores, experiencing a wave of popularity store under so many people are in search of old time items ranging from cas, it plays to vintage toys and jewelry to help them reconnect with the past. jessica washington reports from hong kong in a quiet alley way. and so 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 and me. i got boiler. this cup was distributed to kids in all gone by the colonial government during the coronation of queen elizabeth the 2nd in the fifty's to encourage them to drink more milk. mamma come 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 poll her long as 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 of emigrated since the end of 2019 tongue thing that 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 there's rising demand for vintage products, seen as symbols of the territories history. some customers told al jazeera, they're specifically looking at 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 gabriel. somehow to say, 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 cities evolving identity,

the chance to be nostalgic and to carry those memories with them wherever they go.