see, on your part of the listening post on the al jazeera, this is the image of home comb with councils visitors, a bustling glamorous city. but under ground, a different reality appears. official figures released in november show the number of people experiencing homelessness is the highest in a decade. and this shop rise in the number of women experiencing housing insecurity . that report also said there's need for better services and more funds for hostile accommodation as the situation worse since it's the middle of winter here in hong kong, and the temperature often drops below 10 degrees at night. people in this underpass of repairing for another night exposed to freezing conditions. ah, police and pakistan confront hundreds of support as the former prime minister in

wrong con, ahead of his possible arrest and the whole. ah, hello there i'm this darzy. attain this is al jazeera life from durham, also coming up u. s. inflation figures cool slightly. but markets remain and turmoil following the collapse of 2 major american bank. at least a 190 people die in southern africa after tropical psych current freddy barrels through that region for a 2nd time. and russia says it's agreed to extend the black sea grain deal out of good. well, but with a 60 day time, ah, a pakistan 2nd largest city la whore is on edge. hundreds of police officers have been confronting support as a former prime minister in ron con, ahead of as possible arrest their police of 5 tear gas water cannon. but supporters

are staying put pakistan's interior minister has vowed to arrest con and present him in court by the end of the day. con, for his part is called on people to come out of their homes and fight for their freedoms. police would jail me, but the police has arrived at my residence to arrest me. and they think if i will be arrested and imprisoned, then the nation will sleep. but you all should prove them rob, you have to prove your living nation. and the followers of prophet mohammad. you have to fight for your right and for the real freedom, you have to come out and have to struggle. i'm fighting your fight. i have struggled all my life will continue to fight, but if they put him behind bars or killed me, then you have to prove that without me this nation struggle for freedom. while that speed from all higher, he's across the forest from is run a bad come all it looked like it got pretty violent there at times. do we have a sense of what's likely to happen in the coming out?

well, the situation indeed is quite serious. he's got phones between his supporters and the police. continue. according to the latest reports m. ron cons residence and amman, paul, good. now on to see did a protest, now it opting across the country? even in the city of karachi, they have been fraud. there sat 7 locations and the likelihood that disco go much beyond law an effect on the city. where am ron han has a huge support. emergent, one of the most popular need is a government i had sent in a game that i did earlier in the hall. they said they had dest waters for them, in a case pertaining to state gifts that he bought from the, the board tree, and then started off. however, there's also now a list that guys come out, which of course finds there's all focused on, you know,

federal gains. prime ministers have been buying those gifts for a bit, then sometimes without being any money for it. and this is seen as a political vendetta. we met them on a few days ago, and now hor, when the police use force against the rally and stopped him from going out the door . does that the government wanted to create a lawyer in order situation so they could run away from elections because he knows he said, he knows that they opposition. it's good that they've been doing the elections badly that the government is now using heavy handed tactics against them, but there are 10 change we have seen for days, and images of dear guys shows falling inside emron honda. all we have also been informed by some of the leaders that enron conduct not afraid to digest, but they said after all, our red line, according to his party, to a board who said that the rest of the former prime minister would be

a read 9. it is also important or nor does m, ron lawyers have been bleeding that enron as always, never by the law, by he has appeared in the court whenever he has been door to out river after that such a nation attempt on him. he said they did a fears for the life on the bus and who tried to assassinate them. it also given a special concession to appear on video link, i just bought it. those cases are concerned because of the imminent take to it life . however, i am wrong, con had been denied that same right. he said he is not running away from the law and he said that he would have come out reject relations that will expose the ruling a need has no indeed. a very 10 situation focused. 4 on at the crossroads, and that also at the time when elections and do keep robbins is due on the 3rd year of april, april, and upon job. particularly. this is one of the most popular provinces in the

country. an enron has strep, don't buy elections in that province, which showed that the mood of the upon job to abolish of the fun job, the people to support them. ron han as their leader, the government or the other hand, is saying that they will at a stem that are feared for the knife and of god. the situation is quite serious. indeed, milan you talk about the tension then is obviously still a huge crowd of supporters outside his home in the hall. i'm curious, what you think of the interior minister has promised that he is going to arrest and, and present him to court by the end of the day. is that like a well the government has that boy guides the coercive power of the stay. this particular interior minister, a scene as of a controversial figure and he was accused of using a brute police force against a religious cleric or tyrell of god. 3 in law horde and rich, 14 of the borders would gain 70 were wounded by police bullets. so are going to

refer a controversial figured indeed and of god that is a feeling emerging across budget on that the government. it's been a king a day looking for an excuse to run away from the elections because the economy and dr. disarray lacked. andrea had not been able to clinch or deal with d i m f inflation, is that donna or dime high and this is after all our government that game in to paula accusing him, ron con of inflation. but since then, the prices of its enjo commodities have skyrocketed. an emerson's popularity has become even did become even more popular. because of the failures of this ruling coalition, richard and the short men of all, barger dungeon parties come on high to that across all of that for us from his i'm about to situation will continue watching closely. thank you so much. come on now moving on and off to a turbulent few days on the stock market. bank shares of opened hire new york on

tuesday. and the weekend collapse of to us banks was tom while, but investors have been reassured by report showing inflation marginally slowing in the u. s. that could also take some pressure off bank says economists expect the federal reserve to suspended streak of interest rate high. well that speak to gabriel, alexander. he is across this for us. gabriel has present biden and you didn't been able to come the markets it appears so in the last 24 hours, the message from the white house was basically relax your money is safe. there really were trying to do 2 things here and that is one contain the damage that was done with the silicon valley bank. closure as well as the signature bank collapse here in new york as well. they did not want that to spread to the wider banking system in the united states. so they wanted to 1st guarantee that the deposit that those 2 bags were safe for people that had money there could get their

money. they appeared to have done that. and now they're focusing on trying to make sure that this does not spread. and it appears with the markets opening just about 30 minutes ago here in new york that, that appears to be working, at least from the market standpoint. the markets are all in the green, the s and p. the nasdaq, all about one and a half percent above. i've gained about one and a half percent or so in early trading. all of the regional bank, some of which we stock fall 405060 percent on monday. those have all gained back a lot of those losses. so what the market is essentially signaling here is that it appears that the worst is over and that this will not spread to the wider banking sector in the u. s. at least not yet. and gave, with these new inflation figures, is the fed now on the increasing pressure not to high interest rates is expected

ah, it's hard to say, quite frankly, the fed federal reserve expect to make their decision next week. and it's really anybody's guess at this point. the inflation rates have come, have come down. that was due to re write the fed raising interest rates over the last year. so to bring down inflation. but now it's still creeping up. it's still about 6 percent of where it was last year. and so what we're getting now is does the fed feel they need to increase interest rates again in order to continue to come back this? that'll be the real question. we simply don't know yet. it could go either way. crack frankly. kevin was on the cross all of that for us from new york. thank you so much game. while meanwhile, markets in hong kong and turkey dropped sharply on tuesday as international investors remain rattled. and europe markets did open cautiously high despite a point 7 percent drop and bank shares. will it speak to andrew simmons?

he's in london. andrew, it seems london in europe ferrying better than the asian lockets that today. that's right. so basically your a perm, the pan, your opinion stalks are index house showing and in fact something like nudging around 0.5 percent up on the banking sector or after those really bad losses earlier on tuesday. that's encouraging in the u. k. a it's, it's less, it's less in the way of improvement, but calmer, much calmer than it had been before. and also you have now a feeling that providing the u. s. a doesn't get into more trouble with its big banks. or then this could, this could not become contagious and it could actually level out, but there's no escaping the fact that the value of banks across the globe has

dropped by hundreds of billions of dollars in a matter of days. so the fear a is also an issue of confidence in the banks in whether or not interest rates can be tackled. or if they could at least stay still, the wouldn't be so much pressure on banks that the over reliance on government bonds which were purchased. so well ahead of the inflation rates are doing what it's done and in the subsequent interest rate. so as gabby was saying that that issue of the us showing are the lead with the possible or freezing of the his interest rates. what by the fed next week is something everyone's looking towards. there is a feeling of unease. it has to be said, but not disaster. and he is, and if i want you markets for us from london, thank you. angie well from one banking crisis to another. turning to lebanon now, where the local currency has continued plummeting. it's now hit record lows. just 3

years ago, $1.00 was trading at around $2500.00 lebanese nearer, and now it's unofficial value, has nearly reached hundreds 1000 lire against the u. s. dollar. the government is now making attempts to stabilize the market and is pushing for reforms. santa has more from beirut, lebanon local currency. the lira continues its free fall, its been sharply div valuing since the onset of an economic crisis in late 2019. but in recent weeks, we've seen a sharp evaluation. it is now trading at $100000.00 lire to the dollar. at the start of this year, it was trading at $50000.00 lire to the dollar before the economic crisis in late 2019. it was trading at $1500.00. so this is the 100000 bill. this bank note is the biggest bank note in circulation before the economic crisis was worth

$67.00. dollars. now it's worth a dollar. now this is causing a lot of suffering because the majority of the population earn in the local currency and lebanon is an important dependent country. it imports almost everything, it needs, so prices keep on on rising. in fact, if you go to supermarket, everything now is priced in dollars because store owners are not able to keep up with the fluctuating exchange rates. what are the authorities doing? the central bank has tried to stabilize the market a few times by pumping dollars into the market, but it's just not working. in fact, what is happening is that it is damaging the foreign currency reserves before the crisis is there were $30000000000.00 in the central bank. now, $10000000000.00 also is the for the authorities to carry out much needed economic

structural reforms. reforms that will hurt politicians who are in power. they've been reluctant to do that. but unless they do that, then, then the currency, which really is worthless. you can, you can barely buy anything with this at now. we'll just continue to devalue even further. on the law, he has declared a state of disaster. after tropical psychos freddie had the country for a 2nd time in less than 3 weeks. the department of disaster management affairs has said the death toll there has now risen to a $190.00 victoria gate can be reports. they dig to find survivors buried under the mud, but hopes of finding people alive or fading fast. dozens of missing from this village in malawi, after tropical storm freddy, tall through it with you have i have heard of it. i am helping to find the victims . i knew there are more bodies that are still buried so far between 20 and 20. 5 bodies been recovered from the debris and ruined houses. most of them have been very to the hospital,

but they all looked dead. i think freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. and the longest lasting little was spared by the storm. renewed watch. um i'm in a hurry muscle so now it was too bad in the night. but now that it is day time, i can feel the loss. i have never seen something as terrible as this. my neighbor's house is all organic. the family members are gone. they are missing a some cases the father is alive, but the wife and the children are gone on the same storm pummeled central mozambique on saturday, ripping reeves of buildings and bringing with it wide spread flooding. tens of thousands of homes that damaged. the un says more than half a 1000000 people could face a humanitarian crisis in one of the world's poorest nations. in malawi, people have been urged to move into temporary shelters, and the government has declared a state of disaster. because you really went as if this is the 2nd time this has happened in 2015 wheels experienced

a disaster. but this time it's far worse. i think the number of dead here is likely to rise. scientists say climate change is making tropical storms, more powerful as oceans absorb heat from greenhouse gas emissions. here i'm allowing many a suffering the consequences, despite having done the least to cause it. victoria gates and be al jazeera holy. i spoke to julius and go and he is the national coordinator at the civil society network on climate change in malawi. he says the science behind the extreme weather in the region is very clear. the muslim become channel is actually warming and we did the i they did the years coming by. we expect that more for 5 cycles are going to be happening. and this is a belief that most of the millennials i live in different states have at the moment, looking at the fact that from the last 3 years we've been having cycles happening.

what was the price of the times a year? and they've been getting spring each and every year. so that's, you know, you know, you're not my belief that we are going to be facing the cycle as every year and they're going to be becoming strong on solar. we only have seen countries coming forward to, for me to maybe provide financing biologically. for example, up in the 6 we saw the government giving it to media and you know, for me to maybe to, to last and damage funding. but at the moment, we are yet to see more and more countries for meeting to to such a cost. but we are expecting that this maybe this is a less on looking at how now the impact of becoming more and more frequent hostile had here on out is it leaks, testimony in greece, shed light on what may have caused the head, untrained collision,

killed 57 people ah hello, whether not looking too bad for japan over the next couple days. it will be a little bit of rain. the main ray bounce in the process of pulling away high pressure just not into not its way in behind for a time. and the temperature is doing very nicely. thank you. 17 celsius in tokyo on wednesday, be getting up to around 20 celsius on thursday. this is sorta temperature we should have at the end of april. and the cherry blossom has arrived around 10 days early. so some significant changes going on here. what's the weather comes back into that western side of han. she went to her. kyra credential generally dry. it's cooling off a touch, but it will be bright as well, with some decent spells of sunshine, bating it around 12 degrees celsius. wet weather though,

does slide its way across. western and central parts of china over the next couple of days to where we were at whether to just making its way into central and southern parts of the philippines. a rush of charles to the north of that, russia showers there, across much of malaysia, pushing all the way down into indonesia. the malay peninsula is lossy, dry and sunny. now, as is the case across a good part of south asia, but we do have a rash of showers and i think the shout becoming a little more widespread as we go on through the next couple of days. whether stacy's, where to, whether pushing into or bangladesh into the far north east of india into me, and mar pulling way. and then a rush of thunder showers coming behind. ah, join the debate. you know that the such resumes empowered by going through the government unstained by this really going to live today. they are to go from africa . how security is also global, help security on it online. at your voice. there is no rights to defense. there is

no right to protest, we can't just keep relying on aid. there has to be some work towards a sustainable economy. at the end of the day, it is ordinary objects that are paying the price. this green on al jazeera lou. ah, ah ha, they're watching al jazeera. i'm the styles you take here. and dora, let's remind you about top stories and pakistan. hundreds of police officers confronting support is a former prime minister in ron con, head of his possible arrest and the whole. pakistan's interior minister has vowed to a restaurant and present him in court by the end of the day. after tabula few days on the stock market's bank, she has opened to hire in new york. on tuesday,

the weekend collapse of 2 u. s. banks cause tom with us. investors have been somewhat reassured by report showing inflation marginally slowing down un malawi has declared a state of disaster off the tropical side current. freddie had the country for a 2nd time and less than 3 weeks. the country's disaster management agency says at least a 190 people have now been killed and ukrainian present thought him is lensky. it says a russian missile strike in the city of comma tours has killed one person coming to oscars just under an hour away from the eastern frontline city block, much which has been almost completely destroyed and near constant shelling. savanski says 3 people will say winded, and 6 buildings were damaged and the attack, he said the buildings were residential and again accused moscow's troops of targeting civilians. a hassle masoud reports now from coming towards the missile attack care attacked this area that is in the center of chroma tourist. and

as we can see, the shelling a had a several buildings. at least 9 buildings were attacked eh, by this a missile attack. here this morning and people were living here sleeping here and starting their morning. some people are left already. the area and other people were living in this area that caused one person killed and at least 7 injured other shelling a happened in the days been before, and love yonce care. the city close to here to chrome authoress and donuts treason and also other cities like echoes something you've got as being child all the time . oh, so not only here though, the shutting also was announced in the south a few korean,

especially in or there saw while her military administration for this i said that a for and missiles were at targeting get the coastal for this. so they would hits butts, and these are misses caused some damage at that caused the crash damaged the several buildings there. and once school as the mid 3 of for a, that my station m a minister of administration and, or this up said and announced. or meanwhile, russia has agreed to extend to the ukraine gray next 40 or after talks with the un, but only for 60 days. that's half the length of the previous agreement. the grand export packed though has helped ease the global food crisis, triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine last year. more than 24000000 tons of grain has been exported under the deal. and is doing yeah, meanwhile, has designation, russia mercenary wagner, force a terrorist organization. and it uses a private army of systematic,

serious crimes of aggression in ukraine. wagner has been fighting on the front lines in the east of the country, especially in bucks. us believe there are about 50000 fighters in its ranks, including 40000, recruited from russian prisons with the promise of freedom. china says that a stray layer, the u. s. on the u. k. on a path of error and danger. that's also the 3 nations announced a nuclear power submarine deal in the face of beijing's rising influence in the asia pacific. monday's day and under the august security pack will provide a trailer with 3 american manufactured nuclear subs. john henson reports from san diego. it is a bold effort to shift the balance of power in the pacific. the leaders of the us, the u. k. industrial. yes. cementing a plan to deploy nuclear powered submarines from the australian coast or press it at a trilateral cooperation. i believe is testament to the strength of the longstanding

ties, the united and our shared commitment of ensure the endo pacific remains free and open. prosperous is secure. the plan will take decades to complete. the defense alliance called arcus, has already begun with the 1st of hundreds of australians embedding in u. s. and u. k. submarine building programs. more u. s. subs will start visiting australia this year, while british subs will increase rotations from 2026 by 2030 to australia, plans to buy 3 nuclear powered subs containing conventional weapons from the us, with the option of buying 2 more. and sometime in the 20 forty's, australia expects to have its own nuclear, so built by the u. k. and australia using us technology. the orchestra gram up we confirmed here in san diego represents the biggest single investment in australia's defense capability in all of our history. the biggest threat in the pacific comes

from an increasingly aggressive china, which has built new fortifications in the south china sea. it's a situation that china has, as created and brought upon itself very much like girl russia has in the ukraine. china's she's in pain has called the august plan, an effort to encircle and contain his country view as, as missouri. here is a nuclear powered virginia class. attacks of mine, the kind of us will send to australia is that country developed the capacity to build its own nuclear subs go longer, farther and faster than conventional subs, and that's a big advantage. the new fleet replacing australia's aging diesel force requires the u. s. and u. k to boost their nuclear ship building capacity and to build one in australia from scratch. but ultimately, the defense of our values depends, as it always has on the quality of our relationships with others. with china engage

in its own submarine building program and flexing its muscles in the south china sea. the 3 english speaking arcus nations are betting that together. they can better counterbalanced the size of china's naval force. john henderson, al jazeera san diego. a judicial inquiry is underway in greece to bring justice for the 57 people killed when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train last month. some of the responsibility for the crash could also for on the italian state railway is free, which operates grace's passenger trains. as john strapless reports, man from athens throughout greece, there is fury with the government by its own admission. it failed to install safety systems that could have told human operators, 2 trains were on a collision course. many of those killed were students, one of them, a colleague of fans, vanities it's just unimaginable that on a country's my central rail route. you wouldn't have

a backup system that tells you what direction to train for traveling and whether they're going to collide. greek rail has largely relied on humans systems centered on this room inside the hellenic railways organization headquarters. this is the nerve center of the greek rail network, a central traffic coordinator since at this desk trained driver's give him their whereabouts through this vhf radio system. and he plots their progress on this paper chart. but this completely manually operated system is not all knowing a local station master can switch tracks without telling the coordinator. that is what happened on the night of february 28th. when, according to leaked testimony, a station master's switching mistake sent the north bound passenger train. 62 up a south bound track into an oncoming freight train. killing 57 people. a veteran head of rail security says that mistake wouldn't have happened in the days when 3

people sat in this room. and as other wash head brush, they used to be an experienced train driver and an experience train inspector who sat with a traffic coordinator. they were in contact with station masters and trained drivers across the country. if any mistakes happened, they were fixed within 2 or 3 minutes. he had a new train did away with that institution in late 2020. what is it? with your line hellenic train is the hellenic railways. organization subsidiary that runs greek passenger trains. it was sold to the italian state railways group in 2017, to cut costs. the italian management abolished route checking inspectors on trains over examiners. if the inspector's duties had been left intact, train $62.00 wouldn't have left the station on the wrong track. and if he had, he would have used the emergency brake. yeah. if the attending company doesn't want to enforce safety rules that they can return the shares in hellenic train under the .