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until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from dog ha. also coming up. we look at how life is changed and woo harms. 3 years after the world health organization declared the start of the corona virus pandemic. a u. s. bank that funded tick stops is shut down by regulators raising fears. more financial institutions could be about to fail. and columbia's government begins negotiations for a truce with e allen rebels. the conflict that has tracked on for decades ah, up to 7 years of heightened tension and confrontation, iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. it's a tail, china helped broke up and its involvement as being seen as a major diplomatic when china's senior diplomat wacky said it would continue to

play a constructive role in handling hotspot issues in the world. u. s. nash security council spokesman john kirby supported the move bout said the us, we'll keep watching china as it continues to gain influence and footholds. cut off the united arab emirates, and lebanon were among countries in the middle east that welcomed the agreement has been described as a good development. alexandra buys begins l 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. hey suzy us, that the consumer 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 southern to you 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 unilateral deletion that bring peace, a security to the agent here. and that means no innovation on the domestics of hers

issues from iran, into 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 alhashan is in to ron, was more on the restoration of relations than be gene. the a and secretary of iran says 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, the escalate, the tension on the other. it's kind of a result of 2 years off meetings between delegations,

from iran and south that have yeah, there was a mediation before in, in by that of that or didn't really go a lot a forward and they were so small on the standings were thrive. now that is a big agreement, the 2 countries are going back to a, to exchange ambassadors, they'll have to provide the thighs 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 this the escalate, as we said in the beginning. but the important thing here is the chinese roll. this region has been known for years to be under the u. s. influenced, this is the 1st time that china is playing sought should, all, and this means that the chinese are having more leverage in the middle east

relations between iran and saudi arabia have been hostile for decades, threatening stability and security in the gulf will, after the iranian revolution and 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 around signed the security agreement. the pack signals, the nations were ready to co operate on regional stability as the war and given began and 2015. saudi arabia, back to the internationally recognized government and targeted 50 rebels strongholds. iran was widely accused of backing the cruces militarily. saudi arabia, cut ties with iran and 2016 to protest the story that sympathy and ron and its consulates in the city of ma shot against the backdrop of red execution of she

cleric nemo bucket elena, in november 2017. saudi arabia intercepted a ballistic missile overhead, international airport, it asserted the massage was supplied by a rum, the state run. saudi press 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 run oil company was hit by a hoof. the drone attack, close to half of the kingdom, the output of crude oil was impacted. iran denied any involvement. roberts morgan, nicky 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 act of 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, it's been 3 years since the world health organization declare the pandemic following the outbreak of covered 19 life in the chinese city of wu han. the original epicenter of the virus has largely returned to normal,

but governments and health, the experts around the world remained divided about its origin. katrina, you reports. the city of hon today is bustling, but the strict group of iris locked out employers 3 years ago is clearly remembered by it's 11000000 residents, including shopping will manager mark leo shipping from. so there was a lot of information that was really clear to me was we were very close to outside . and how have you been coping with algebra interviewed him at the time as he did his best to keep his young son busy. what was the 1st city in the world to be locked down because of the spread of carbon? 19, on march 11, 2020. the world health organization declared the outbreak of pen demik and various governments demanded answers regarding its origin. in 2021, china finally allowed a team of w hatred experts to visit with han. but the trip was short and tightly controlled. measures. aging said were necessary for preventing the spread of cut. the 19. china

was the last country to drop its 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 rona virus. the w. h has a plan that can phase of the investigation has been canceled. fighting challenges, conducting study. politicians in the us have accused staging of a cover up the f b. i says a lab leak was likely the u. s. energy department agrees door with low confidence, chinese officials have dismissed the findings as political height. some health experts say the hunt for patient 0 isn't on the helpful distraction. we have been so distracted by trying to chase this down. the we're not faking the actions that we need to stop it from happening again. and so i think our focus should be on, let's think systematically about where we can reduce risks. mark leo says he's just

relieved his work and his family's lives have returned to normal on his own contract. whether it's business with studies working harder than before. making up for lost time. like many living in hon. he wants to focus on the future and not the past. katrina, you joins us now live in katrina, just how much his life changed there over the last 3 years. well it's interesting because if you walk through the streets evading indeed many cities, including han and other parts of china, it seems that life is returned to normal, but people still are wearing mass. and i think in the back of people's minds, the still aware that there is a threat of possibility of catching corvette 19. now, begging says that they shouldn't worry. we have seen from aging, the lowest official figures when it comes to the death toll from corporate 900 compared to many other countries to markedly low just over 80000 officially. and

that's low when you consider that china has a much bigger population than some of the other countries who are also heavily affected. and that chinese officials have admitted that at least 80 percent of tron is $1400000000.00 population have already caught corporate. so this has raise a lot of criticism from health experts around the world, and certainly it does not reflect that we ourselves so reporting on the ground these past 3 years, especially at the end of the strict harvard 0 policy. in december, we saw overflowing mold orifice blowing, hospitals and analysts abroad. some of them estimate that the real death toll could be closer to 1000000, and one and a half 1000000. now, aging has rubbish. those claims, it says that it has been transparent since the very beginning that it has worked with the w h o or but of course, as we just saw, w h over says that had mean challenges and getting accurate, proven 1900 information from aging. okay, thank you so much. that's katrina you for us in beijing, california banking regulators have shut down silicon valley bank is the 2nd largest

failure of a financial institution in us history. the bank failed to raise fresh capital on friday. it suspended trading optic. she has plummeted as much as 66 percent and pre market trading. that prompted deposit is 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 as 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 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 med settle 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 $1314000000000.00 that could easily that could easily have been the warning sign that other regulators should have and could have picked up on the flaws in the bank where i think to fall number one, it's a highly concentrated business strategy involving technology. they got

caught in a time of rising interest rates, and they were dependent tremendously on short term borrowing family deposits. and they invested those in long term investments, which lost their value with lising rising interest rates. columbia's government and yellen, 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 raged for close to 6 decades. alessandra amputee reports from bo gotta bid them 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 fixed point for gender, a sort of roadmap for the talks, that spells out some of the most thorny issues, such as the participation of society and the thought or the way the rebel organization is recognized as a political. i'm group both very important for the yell en langway. we're 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 every month. 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 territories where also a bringing human if they're in relief 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 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 will day 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 that many obstacles that, that we may to reach. peace in the country was still ahead on al jazeera france and britain agree to step up if it's to fight a legal migration and reduce the number of migrants crossing the english channel. plus, i'm jessica washington in hong kong when people are buying the mentos ethics path

as it undergoes rapid change. ah, with. and this is your weather report for the middle east and africa, good to havea long it's the weekend. here's a forecast on saturday. seeing that winds come down from the north through the gulf states. so that could lift some sand and does, but we see a curl around saudi arabia. in fact, the air quality or round rod has been quite poor as of late because of these winds . with that, lift it sand in dust, also look into generate some showers across western saudi arabia. certainly the risk of a fuse fits the brain in jetta on saturday. for sure will see some rain inherited. this westerly disturbance rolls through some showers to be found around cobble with a high of 20 degrees. now for a turkey here,

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 to rental 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. vill many degrees that will pass through equitorial guinea as while 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, i said the dakota oil pipeline snakes through indigenous land. but no without clifton right in front of the building and they will shoot, beaten, arrested,

and show as protested. they are beat it. i'm so proclaimed which i protected the women of standing rock on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching l. just hear a 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 lost their lives to code is 19. since the 1st case was reported and brew hon china, california banking regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, which is primarily to take stops. it's the 2nd largest bank failure in jewish

history and is now raising fuse about the health of other financial institutions around and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish a diplomatic relations and reopen the embassies. it follows 7 years of tension after we had broke off times with 2 rom, china helped broker the deal, which was breached in beijing this week. the italian coast guard has launched multiple rescue opperation to save around $1300.00 migrants packed on several boats of the country, southern coastline. more than 3000 migrants have reached italy by boats since wednesday. there's more than doubled the number for the entire month of march. last year and rescue teams have saved nearly 50 migrants found stranded in a bug off the coast of spain's canary islands. the group included 3 pregnant women and 6 children. the u. k. will pay france $557000000.00

over the next 3 years. in an effort to count the number of migrants crossing the english channel, the money will go towards more border forces and a detention center. the announcement was made during a meeting between the british and french leaders in paris. it's the 1st such summit and 5 years and both hailed it as a new start. the anglo french relations were announcing a new detention center in northern from and you command center, bringing our enforcement teams together in one place for the 1st time, and an extra $500.00 new offices patrolling french beaches all underpinned by more drone and other surveillance technologies that will help ramp up the interception right. and the legislation, the u. k, is introduced this week, supports it. because it's designed to break the business model of the criminal gangs and remove the poll factors, bringing them to the channel coast. now we will always comply with our international treaty obligations, but i am convinced that within them that we can do what is necessary to solve the

shared problem and stop the boat. a city gaskin with this, what we've decided is height and coordination on our activities. and new initiatives we compel each other and we must act together in a fully shared framework. but also to be able to do this with all the europeans who are concerned with the transit and crossing place in germany. say a gunman who killed 7 adults and an unborn baby at a jehovah. witnesses hall and hamburg was a former member of the religious group. police say he shot himself dead as officers entered the building, william peacock reports ah, mobile footage records a gunman. following many rounds inside a building, well, a bible study meeting of jehovah witnesses was taking place outside a stream of police. vehicles and ambulances were quickly on the scene. anthony storm were building, finding dead bodies and many injured and escorting survivors to safety. hambrick

police had confirmed the gunman was among the dead shooting himself on the upper floor of the building. after police entered below, they described to miss philip f. a 35 year old german citizen and former member of the jehovah witnesses who left the community on bad terms 18 months ago, possibly suffering from mental ill health. the motive remains unclear, but terrorism has been ruled out. i've often by lead ish lead to he appeared to be unmarried. i lived and worked in hamburg since 2014 philip at phillip f, had a gun license for sports purposes and was in legal possession of a weapon type, heckler and cock p. 30. pete, which was the weapon found next to the perpetrator to c o. official slavery, had received an anonymous tip of warning. the gunman might have an undiagnosed mental illness, but they say women visited his home, they had no ground to take away. his license questions will now be asked about where the germans gone those me changing to try and cover some 5 and

a half 1000000 weapons held legally in this country. overnight witnesses described a frenzied scene. yeah, no, it's been unwilling to you me. i'm a resident up here and i heard loud gunshots, so i went to the window to get an idea of the situation. then i saw that a man was shooting out of the window with a firearm. there were people being carried out and there will probably $25.00 shots at least that i heard. and after the police got there, there was no gunfire for a long time. then after 5 minutes or so, there was a single shot as forensic were continued. police said the gunman had $59.00 magazines of ammunition during the rampage. the coincidental presence at the time of highly trained armed offices live at your house with his building. they said and saved many lives. william peacock, come back to you in delegation is in democratic republic of congo to assist the security in humanitarian situation in north kiva. the team met with president felix, the she kitty in the capital,

in shelter. before traveling to goma. the peacekeeping force, in the region is made up of around $16000.00 personnel and just one of the most expensive you in missions in the world they have, as it comes off, the more violence and the east of the country, at least 44 people were killed in the village in north keep province, the military says it was targeted by fighters, believe to be from the allies democratic forces. a you gained an armed group that pledged allegiance to isolate malcolm width reports. the people of the village of candy 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 marina, 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 that 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 italy, province over the last decade, who wave women as you see in the country. it's always the same adf, which always has bad intentions towards the congolese. so they showed up here in the village of mc condi, we lost 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. you see in the past here 3 or 4 days don't go by without us recording death. the results of barbarity from adf terrorists. that is why once again, we repeat, we need considerable military force to come, that can contribute to the restoration of peace. the adf originally came from neighboring gander in the 1990 s. the armies of those few, canada and congo, have pledge to deceit them. the rights groups say the military operations haven't

helped and the violence against civilians is growing worse. malcolm web al jazeera l. a 6 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in northern peru cycle. yahoo has left a trail of destruction and displaced hundreds of families since making landfill. earlier this week. peru has issued landslide warnings and almost 600 districts, hong kong and take stores, experiencing a wave of popularity. so on a site, 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 hong home 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 and 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 pull 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 time 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 tons hunting. 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 tape 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 out 0, they're specifically looking for items from hong kong to take to their new countries. i just moved 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, the gabriel, somehow, as 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 an opportunity to better understand the cities evolving identity, the chance to be nostalgic and to carry those memories with them wherever they go. jessica washington al jazeera uncle ah.