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m robinson, this is al jazeera alive from dough. have also coming up a u. s. bank. the funded tech stops is shut down by regulators raising fears. more financial institutions should be at risk. doctors without borders causes a hospital and haiti's capital. as gang violence gets worse, plus i'm jessica washington in hong kong, where more people are buying the mentors of it's pass as it undergoes rapid changes . ah, it's been 3 years since the world health organization declared a pandemic following the outbreak of covert 19 for signs of the virus were seen in the chinese city of wu, han life. there is returning to normal. but governments and how folks parts around the world are still divided about the origins of the virus. jenny, you reports from beijing. the city of hon to day is bustling. but the strict

grown 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 will hold off. there was a lot of information that was unclear to watch. we were very close to also and how have you been coping 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 of 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 han, but the trip was short and tightly controlled measures. beijing said were necessary for preventing the spread of carbon. 19 china was the last country to drop it. strict. corbett 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. and the w h o says a plan, 2nd phase of the investigation has been cancelled lighting challenges in conducting the study. politicians in the u. s. have accused paging 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 change the style that we're not faking the actions that we need to stop it from happening again. i'm and so i think our focus should be on, let's think systematically 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. or whether you turn good,

your weather is business. we're studies or we're working harder than before. making up for lost time. like many living in behind. he wants to focus on the future and not the path between you al jazeera meeting and the more senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization. thank. thank. he's joining us live on skype font beijing regular to have you alyssa, al jazeera and as soon as the outbreak was identified, a china was immediately targeted with accusations by western governments, particularly the united states. do you think that if it hadn't been facing those accusations that china perhaps would have been more prepared to be transparent and often about what was going on? well, thanks for having me. first of all, i'm certainly, i think the tensions and the even outright aggression unprovoked attacks by the united states were not helpful in

a public health context as they were not helpful in trade or other issues as well. that being said, i'm not sure that this notion that china has not been transparent or played a constructive role in the global fight against the pandemic is correct in the early stages of, of the virus. and there were investigations of going in on inside china and obviously to try and find out what had happened as happens in so many other countries. much of that was down to attributing blame that through officials as opposed to finding the actual source and trying to solve the problem itself. as i say, it's not just china, this happens all over the world. how much do you think that got it that basically derailed any possible investigation of finding a solution earlier to the situation? well, you know, again, i would say that there are really competing narratives here. so maybe i can

characterize it as the western narrative is, is the one you've largely i've been describing. but i think from the chinese point of view law that the ham demick who was a disaster, it was a crisis, but that the government and the chinese society are responded actually rather effectively. odd to it. yeah, i'll give you a quick example, and this feels a little bit like ancient history. but if we go back to the very early days of the pandemic, china's 1st the government's 1st move was to locked down the entire country. and at the time that was met ah, in some western media and in some official circles in the west as ridiculous and counterproductive. and it was only after a year or 2 in this that there was a grudging recognition that in fact, china could do this and it did help contain the more deadly delta variant where we are today. again, of course, is the western narrative seems to be that, you know,

china's not being transparent. it did not go to do a good job manning managing the 2nd phase, which was much more infectious, but much less deadly. and you know, again, we have to wait and see, i wouldn't completely discount this western quite negative narrative course. i think there were things that china could have done better. but the view in china, the official view, and i think the view supported by many in china, is that a, this was largely well done ah, in containing the echo of the epidemic in china and china played a very important role global. i think about the p. p e, again, feels like ancient history. but at the beginning of the pandemic, countries all around the world were scrambling for personal protective equipment. and so many businesses in china almost were night pivoted from whatever business they were in to producing. ah, p p. quitman, that really played

a very positive role globally. so i would say, you know, again, there are competing narratives that work your oscar about the lot, the, the longer town social effects of what is, what's happened in china, particularly because with a lockdown that you said it was put into, into plays almost immediately across the country, ultimately we did see pushback from members of the public who resented the fact that they were being kept inside their, their, their houses. they felt that the cities were being locked down unnecessarily. hasn't been a subsequent change in dynamic between residents of china. some china's chinese cities and the local authorities. absolutely. and i think here we have to recognize that the coven pandemic all around the world. but especially in china, was not only a public health problem. it was an economic problem and a social problem as well. and these were all intertwined. and again, you know,

i think the, the chinese narrative is that, of course, all of these factors have to be considered. and fortunately, ah, as this virus a mutated and evolved, becoming much more infectious, but much less deadly. that this abrupt pivot or change ah, was possible in that be public health costs were considered acceptable. and therefore the priority should be on economic recovery and restoring daily life a to it's a pre coven days. as always, it's waiting to get your thoughts on this and a mock. thank you very much indeed for being with us. thank you for having janice parliament is sworn in the lead chung as the new premium, a closer law of presidency. jean thing chang was. party secretary for shanghai, the obvious saw this, it is to month locked out last year. he replaces lee her chang, who's retiring after a decade in the role. the premier's, the head of government,

and the highest position under president cheese. 3, hong kong activists who helped who organized the annual gentlemen square vigils have been jailed for more than 4 months. that part of a pro democracy alliance and they were convicted under the national security law for failing to give information on the group. last year was the 1st time hong kong held no public vigil to marks the 1989 gentlemen square crackdown of demonstrators in beijing, the national security laws been used to target pro democracy groups. iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and re open embassies . it comes after 7 years of hiding tension and confrontation. china helped broker the deal. alexander via supports 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 shows the earth that 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 treaty 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 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, only hash hm has more than to wrong. then beijing, the secretary of iran, the supreme national security council, and his counterpart 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 escalate 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 were so small understandings were right now. that 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. california financial regulators have shut down silicon valley bank. it's the largest failure of the us bank since 20 a. wait. the firm failed to raise fresh capital to being affected by higher interest rates. it's suspended. trading also shares plummeted, prompt depositors to withdraw the 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 in should be a matter of concern cornelius holly's,

a former director of the federal home loan bank of boston. he explains why this collapse won't trigger a repeat of the 20 o a financial crisis. banks around the world have seen their shares climate in the last 2448 hours. but this, this is really a concentrated issue. i think the take away from this is a really 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 provide 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. that strategy theory involving technology got caught in the time of rising interest rates, and they were dependent tremendously on short term borrowing stanley depositors. and they invested those in long term investments which lost their value with lising raising interest rates. i still had an al jazeera, we look at how children in syria have been affected psychologically following years of war. and the recent ah

frank assessments, this treaty provides a specific hopeful moment what countries could come together and stop putting in place. the rules allow us to treat the global cummins with the attention of the inside story on al jazeera of the 85 years broadcasting to the our world. a last goodbye from the bbc's arabic radio service. news read a mock would almost already has been the stations signature, voice for 30 years. fittingly, when i read the final bulletin, b. b cost cutting is led to nearly $400.00 job losses at the bbc world service. the number of foreign language radio channels being close, one full must offer. i spoke to this week, told the decision to end the service a gift to dictate us, most millions of years. this could have the ability years various wrong, soft bar. the radio service ends with beauty, 5000000 listeners a week. some of them, particularly devoted to la abdel rockman says without it,

there's no point in keeping his radio. i've been listening to it more than 30 years . precious on the bbc's finances had been mounting, requiring eberhardt choices to many inside, outside the organization. this has been a saturday, hulu. ah, ah, you want your, oh, does it home? i drove the top stories this. so it's been 3 years since the world health organization declared the corona virus outbreak upon damage. nearly 7000000 people across the globe lost their lives the cobra 19 since the 1st case was reporters in the chinese city of yukon. china's parliaments of sworn in lee chinese,

you premier places who could shine entirely officer decade on the wall. the premier is the head of government on the highest position on president. she didn't think it on, and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations on reopen embassies . it comes off to 7 years of hype intention and confrontation. china helped broke the deal. the united nations is warning about the psychological impact of february powerful earthquakes that had seldom to kia and northern syria. it says many of the $3700000.00 children in the affected areas of syria. i've lost any sense of safety . after enduring years of war. xena caught me speaking to a few of them in the opposition controlled northwest. many of the victims of february's earthquakes that hit southern turkey and northern syria were children. those who survived still live the tragedy. bahamas abdullah is from the syrian village of ein shorter. he lost his parents and other members of his family. he

also lost his hand. this young boy's life has turned upside down. and ab myra, i'm all right now. while on there i can ma'am. oh my darling, my dad is why she was a marble but a mamma said the record only for her though bade also lost his parents. he is now living with his uncle's family. the whole fly off the bottle, saw them wildly. well, i mean, it was gone. well, bloom, the natural disaster has had an emotional toll on children in the opposition enclave in northwest syria. some of them have still not healed from living through war. now they say they need to hear from a different kind of experience for had says he can't forget his father's last towards going on with him. a voice for jolla. well guys, telephone. oh,

meet. nice. don't. can i regarding the meet gather john away. i'm sure it oh, who is jed juliet? i sure the mothers muscles were funny news. hello, dasia. muslim duck, who will be the sir? boy of the united nation says more than 3 point. 7000000 children across syria have been affected by the quakes. and it says many will need psychological support. they've lost any sense of safety. while many others are displaced yet again. and there are those who find themselves alone. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on to that because mohammed lost many of his friends in the earthquakes,

then other l. shahita to palestinians have been killed as violence continues in the occupied west bank. a 21 year old man was shot by an israeli saddler on friday. meanwhile, a funeral was being held for a 16 year old boy's short wires when he forces he was taken to hospital but died later from his injuries. 79 palestinians, including children, have been killed by his really forces or settlers since the beginning of the year. at least 13 israelis have been killed by palestinians in the same period. doctors without borders has temporarily closed its hospital in cities. so lay one of the poorest parts of haiti's capital. puerto plants is the latest sign. the gang warfare is getting worse. united nations human rights commission is calling it a living nightmare. john homeowners, more in haiti, an already chaotic situation is getting worse, gangs swallowing up yet more territory as a non functioning non elect to government loses more control of the capital. the

police are powerless under threat themselves. one officer told local journalists, yvonne valise that they will allen in the government, doesn't serve and protect the seat in the police. there's no reason to stay in this country because the hands of the gangs who shoot us massacres, assassinate us. and there's nothing that happens to them. his colleague living proof of what happens to some when they tried to fight back. that was one of those . we had been conducting an operation for 3 days to dislodge the gang that was causing panic. i received 10 and 14 bullets, 6 of my stomach, 3 in my right leg, and to my left leg. they took me to hospital immediately. here, one of the men there off against a soldier from the so called 5 2nd gang notorious like many of us for its brutality, is against fight for territory from resources. kidnappings become a daily threat for many haitians rape

a reality for women and girls. but the gang soldier blamed the government will lack of it for the violence can these and does use gaskin, we will always keep our weapons until there's another government so that the country can function properly so that the authorities to polluting the country then we can decide to return our weapons so our children have a better life than katie was already teetering on the brink of anarchy before the murder of president john l. moyse. in 2021. after that, it tipped over there have been efforts to get together and international fools to try and help the police bring order. post show the majority of patients want it. but no country wants to leader worried of the past failures. meanwhile, things are getting worse. doctors without borders an org, i say she used to operating was owns this just closed its hospital in city. so lay this interview was shot just before that. we can, for example, talk about bilingual foundations that have been happening

a few times since the beginning of the year. few meters in front of our hospital institute, italy, in the neighbourhood of julia, an in which our staff had to stay in the sick rekey rooms without being able to keep patience for hours. because of the bullets that were flying over the hospital . many haitians are seeing that their only hope is to flee rickety crafts like this one, leaving the island for those who stay this little sign of a solution. on the near horizon, john home out visitor, at least 6 people have died out. a heavy rains in flooding in northern peru site on yackel has left a trail of destruction. hundreds of families in our homeless since the cycle hit land earlier this week, peru has issued landslide warnings in almost 600 districts. more customers are

pushing through the doors of hong kong antique stores, store, or say many people are searching for items ranging from cassette players to vintage toys and jewelry. to help them. we connect with the past. jessica washington reports from hong kong and he quietly way and shown 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 hong kong by the colonial government during the coronation of queen elizabeth the 2nd in the fifty's to encourage them to drink more milam on mac. i'm 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, 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 201910, something like i have some customers who are leaving hong kong and they loved 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 on it. say this 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 ricky lands, 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 he still of his customers an opportunity to better understand the city's evolving identity. the chance to be in a style, jake, and he carry those memories with them wherever they go. jessica washington, out as her uncle. that's it for me. well, madison news is going to continue here and all the sarah also inside stolen by ah, we're now done with a snow just quite yet across ireland and britain. hey there. here's her forecasts for the weekend on saturdays. i think for northern england through scotland,

23400 meters above sea level, we could pick up to about another 5 to 10 centimeters of snow. but it's bad as that is. i think that snow will be worse through the baltic states. maybe even getting into some blizzard conditions. south of this we're, the weather is warmer. this is falling as brain through the coast of portugal. the northwest has famed look at the wind is doing here, valencia at 31. you're closing in on a temperature record for the month of march. now for a turkey, we've got so disturbed weather for that's west coast, outbreaks of rain that includes for its stumble, but it southerly breeze hears. so watch what he does. the temperature is in the balkans. this is really where most of the warm air is. we can draw the line around the alpine region north of that, cooler to the south, there's that warmth zagreb, at 15 degrees. let's go to africa right now. it's a windy pitcher through the north west. our format wind gusts, a new ox shut about 30 to 40 kilometers per hour and tropical cyclone freddie making it 2nd landfall in mozambique. more than half

a 1000000 people at risk of hurricane force winds on saturday. that's it. that's all too soon. ah. the water scarcity has become a major global issue. the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down, turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit. just because it's life doesn't mean it cannot be priced. what about the guy that can't afford it? that guy told me, is water. al jazeera examines the social financial and environmental impact of war to privatization. you know, it's a full on al jazeera. she's in thing is formerly appointed for a foot thomas, china's president, all powerful of home. the faces, big challenge is elsewhere up against the u. s. and i'm a polarized world. so what would be the impact of she's the term and.