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but moscow denies pausing the crash. ah, don't carry johnson this is out. is there a lot from so also coming up pakistani police class with him, ron can't support his in the hall as they try to arrest him. also was executive order helps keep firearms out of dangerous hand. u. s. president joe biden announces a tightening of background checks for people buying guns. and at least 190 people are killed as a southern hemisphere strongest. ever tropical cycling, rips through monopoly. ah, the u. s. military has condemned what it calls a reckless maneuvered by russian war plain that brought down one of its surveillance trends. the pentagon says the fighter jet hit the drones propeller as it was flying over the black sea,

south of ukraine says the military had to crash the unmanned aircraft because of the damage. the u. s. insists the drone was, obey international waters and pose no threat. rushes defense ministry denies its jets, came into contact with the aircraft. moscow says it crashed due to shot maneuvering near the crimean peninsula. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. u. s. air forces in europe, air forces, africa, routinely fly aircraft throughout europe, over sovereign territory and throughout international airspace in coordination with applicable host nation and international laws. in order to bolster collective european defense and security, these mission support allied partner and us national objectives. as the u. s. air forces in europe air forces, africa commander emphasized in european command statement, quote, us and allied aircraft will continue to operate in international airspace and we call on the russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely. when the us

state department summit, the rational bassa, he spoke to reporters after the meeting. there are some problems regarding international waters. for example, we can see the crimea as a part of russia, figuration. united states does not recognize the status and of course its contribution. but does it mean that it's necessary to provoke russian media or russian air force on this issue? we have to be very cautious regarding our actions taken into account what is going on in europe. so you'll see that we're, we prefer to not to create a situation where we can face unintended collision or unintended incidence between the russian federation and the united states. this drama can carry 1700 kilos of exploded. these drone can carry,

if you bulbs, you'll see that what will video it should of united states. if you'll see such rush and drawn very close, for example, to san francisco or new york, what blue will be the action of the united states? for me, it's clear for you as well and the american must media will show us the unpleasant way for my honda has more from washington d. c. it sounded a bit more like justification, then a denial we have heard from the russian fund, a ministry that denied that the incident took place, saying that the drone went down under its own power. but there we heard from the russian ambassador implying that it was justified the russian action because the drone was too close to what he defines as russian territory, which is the crimean coast. however, on the recall though, the russian foreign ministry statement still stands this rejected by the united

states, which is sharply criticize the incident in the air. we heard from the national security liason officer at the white house saying that president biden was inform shortly after the incident happened. repeating the words that we heard from the pentagon, as reckless and unprofessional. russian president vladimir putin has dismissed reports that the pro ukraine group sabotage the north st pipelines. last year, he pointed out washington, over the attacks on the pipelines that carry russian gus to europe. that's just to look to the teacher who's interested theoretically, the united states is interested in stopping the supply of russian energy carries to the european energy market and supplying volumes of its own, including liquefied natural gas. even if it is much more 25 to 30 percent more than russian or potential me to various count. aside for talks on wednesday present,

i saw the rise in moscow with a large delegation. the criminal says the leaders will discuss. let's go trade and humanitarian issues as well as the war in syria. russia is one of the biggest military backers, but it's leafy withdrawn, some invading ukraine, focused on they have been clashes between supporters of former prime minister him on con and police trying to arrest him. offices, $510.00 gas water, canada, hundreds of protest as i thought his home in hong kong was ousted his leader last year and his facing charges including corruption, which he says politically motivated. vincent monahan reports the police and the horse surrounded the residence of 4 prime minister, m. ron con. they promised to arrest him by the end of the day. speaking to the quarters construct, a defiant tone. met all the saudis and get under your lot. i don't, i'm fighting your fight, which has struggled all my life and will continue to fight. but if they put behind

bars kill me and then you have to prove that without me this nation will struggle for freedom, enjoy okie. there were confrontations between congress orders and the police con, without from power last year, but he remains a popular figure. please want to detain him for failing to comply with order to appear in court to face dozens of charges. speaking exclusively to al jazeera, he denied any wrong doing. this is absolutely a fabricated allegation. it's not even a doesn't nothing. it's not even contested by us is just a judge, an allegation made by the police, by the government. now, the cases against me just to let you know in the last few months, every other day, there's a fresh case. so if there is a case of murder, there is a case of sedition. for the case of blasphemy. there is a case of terrorism. so that every other day there's a case,

but some legal experts say calling refusal to appear in court is a serious matter. then the lawyers appeared on monday and under the like the law the lawyer of implants on he just said that iran cannot, it can come to the court due to some security reasons. then on the high court give directions to the police to the id that to be want you. brown. hon. didn't 18th of march in this court because it's a non billable warrant. and a judge has to be framed while charging a frame that you should be in the court. elections are set to take place later this year. cons rallies of abandoned recent days and to support to say, this is just another attempt to prevent him campaigning. to help his party, since monahan al jazeera will come out harder, has more on the staff from his mom about well, it appears that day at aisd will take place sometime within the next few hours that ga, to report that we are getting a,

a 10 standoff still continued the police in lobbying gear. yeah. shared into him ron hahn's residence, examined fog, where hundreds of it's the borders have gathered and up pushing the police back. the government has also instructed to powder military forces to also a beef up the police. and the apprehension is that enron hahn is likely to be arrested sometime. deny deja already announced an emergency committee office needed the. the thick needed of his party who indicates self is that it will be making key decisions. but in the meantime, are people have come out in other cities as well. in other provinces? are there's been pro days, many arrests have been made. and according to the latest information that we're getting appraised. now rand have been brought to examine fog that did them, ron cons. residents are that is anticipation that many of the borders will be

arrested, add to police more than an attempt. stewart ext him us present. joe biden has issued an executive order, tightening background checks on firearms. biden announced the order at an event in monterey park, california. 11 people was shot dead by lone gunman during a luna new year celebration in january. the decree directs the attorney general to calm down on vendors who fail to carry out for the checks and clarify who quantifies as a dealer. more than 8300 people have been killed in gun violence in the us this year. to day, i'm announced another executive order l accelerate, intensify. this work to shave, more lives more quickly. first, as executive order helps keep firearms out of dangerous hands. as i continue to call on congress to require background checks for all firearms sale me

john needs i. my executive director, my attorney general, would take every lawful action possible possible to move us as close as we can to universal background checks without new legislation was on engine that has more now from california. the president seeks to enhance background checks by cracking down on or by requiring the department of justice to crack down on those people who are selling guns, but not performing the background checks either because they're doing it. i mistakenly thinking they don't need to do the checks or by scarf laws who are not carrying out those checks. it also asks the government to do a study on how gun makers are marketing to minors. and it encourages red flag laws . those are the laws that temporarily remove guns from people who are deemed dangerous and gun storage rules. so the president's executive actions are

really designed to do what he can on his own without enacting new legislation. but he also asked for new legislation from congress, something he's not likely to get under the current congress, the death toll from that tropical cyclone freddy and malaria, mozambique, madagascar has risen to $220.00 a storm head to southern africa for 2nd time in a month last weekend, least a 190 of the dead were in the laurie is declared a state of emergency or in devastating floods in landslides. a storm is one of the longest lasting tropical cyclops ever recorded. he started 37 days ago in the western pacific and has travelled more than 8000 kilometers, gathering strength over the indian ocean. you may landfall in madagascar as a tropical cyclone. from there it moved on to batter mozambique for several days. he regained strength in the mozambique channel, then hit the country again, catching the southern part of the neighboring young waist. when i was, government says now it's 60000 people had an affected,

including 19000 forced to flee their homes. number of dead is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. re fixed recon families and trying to identify loved ones. we hear a voice of for, for of the child clay. believe me, believe me, been after opening the door. then we have discovered that we have a landed with mud along our house. the mud over there is a month. you see, this is the, was acquired by how there was a porn piece of one other thing. broke up. it broke down for me, the miller has more nor formula was capital along with more than 12 districts. in

milan, we have been affected by tropical cyclone friday, including the main city of bland ty, with thousands of people have been affected. the malawi government has said at least a 190 people, have been killed due to the storm due to mud flights flooding, as well as very strong wind. 60000 people have been affected at least 20000 of them have been displaced. the government has said that it's sitting up camps to accommodate these people to ensure that they have some way to go now in neighboring mozambique. the picture isn't as clear because telecommunications have been brought down as well as electricity and internet services. so it's been difficult getting a peer, a picture from them being where tropical cyclone freddy has now hit for a 2nd time in a month. this is one of the longest lasting tropical storms on the record and had just become very concerning for people in the region. just given the extent of the

damage which in a country was and because been difficult to determine, they have been measures put in place including age agencies, trying to reach some of the worst affected areas and cleaners and be the region where at least 900000 people in wasn't be, have been affected, but governments in both countries saying they're closely watching what's going on and trying to put in place emergency services to assist as many people as possible . around 5000 supporters of senegalese opposition leaders, man sancho have been demonstrating in the car sponsored sand. the 3 day protests to show support for the aspiring presidential candidate who faces a libel case set to resume this week. because hawk has more from us. nicholas capitol. we're in the suburbs of the capitol, the car, and there's still a crowd trying to get in. we're talking about thousands of people gathered here in this meeting a rally of a coalition of the opposition led by opposition leader guzman sancho. so why is

this happening now? well, in 3 days time, he's supposed to appear in court. he's been accused of defamation. a was during a rally like this one that he accuses a government minister of corruption. he's convicted, he will not be allowed to run in the upcoming presidential election that are going to take place in a year's time. but the reason why you're hearing so many people here is not just in support of this month. it's also about whether or not president lucky, self is already done to mandate. we'll do the mandate after you change the constitution. and for many people here, they're showing up to defend less the opposition put more democracy in sending on nicholas hawk al jazeera and us in the still to come analysis era more misery for tech workers in the united states. as facebook's parent company meta announce, is thousands of shortcuts. now, i'm headed to a castro in tahoe,

california i'm farming talent already half way under water embracing for another round of flooding. ah frank assessments. this treaty provides us with this hopeful moment what countries could come together and stop putting in place the rules allow us to treat this global cummins with the attention it deserves inside story on al jazeera. ah,

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calls a reckless maneuver by russian war play, but brought down wanted it. surveillance drains over the black sea pentagon insists was over international waters. russia denies its jets, came into contact with the aircraft. they've been crashes in pakistan, but to supporters of prime minister in hong kong and police trying to arrest him. con, was ousted last year and is facing charges, which he said so basically motivated us present. joe biden has issued an executive order, tightening background checks on firearms. he made the announcement in monterey park, california for 11 people was shot dead 2 in that new year celebration in january us tech giant meta has announced another huge round of redundancies, cutting $10000.00 jobs matter which owns facebook, instagram, and what's up previously laid off. 11000 employees in november, c o. mark zuckerberg says the company is facing

a new economic reality. after profit slowed significantly last year. was that sir? bring in jim anderson now he's a tech analyst and also social media sector, lead that glass swing benches. he joins us from new york, welcome to the program. so what do you think is the main factor that's driving these huge job cuts in this social media sector? yeah, i think the 1st thing to remember is that facebook's generate 95 percent of its revenue from advertising. they very much want to branch out and diversify their revenues, but it's a tough time to be an advertising. whether you want to talk about regulatory headwinds or the changes made by apple to preserve privacy, it's just a very difficult market. you add to that the slowing economy, it's clearly a tough time for facebook and other ad supported businesses. now, matter has invested huge amounts of money in its method. first, the virtual reality project is that weighing heavily on the company and tools? it's your seems to be, it's funny. your mark zuckerberg has complete control of a company from a voting perspective. if he did not,

i'm pretty sure you've seen significant cuts to the meta vers investment. there's huge skepticism i myself and i'm pretty skeptical about that. it just doesn't seem to be something that consumers want that being said, you know, mark tucker berg is immensely wealthy. he's in control, he's a visionary, you know, so he has the ability to see if he can prove everybody wrong. and, you know, he doesn't seem to really much care that the market thinks that that's not a very good investment of resources that he wasn't as, as in firm control as he is. i think we would have seen a pretty significantly pretty, pretty good time ago. but you touched on on this a little, despite all the technology and virtual reality. i mean, it's good, old fashioned advertising that drives it's revenues, isn't it? is it not getting enough, then it's not. it is good, old fashioned, targeted advertising, right? as you get more specific about what you're trying to reach or who you're trying to reach more accurately, the price goes up. and so facebook was a master of being able to know that, ok, somebody is a 46 year old male, they live in the northeastern united states. they're interested in puppies and race

cars, and they can charge a premium for that kind of thing. now apple comes along and make some significant changes to the iphone, which affects a significant portion of facebook usage. now, all of a sudden they can't target those. as nearly as precisely the prices go down, the effectiveness goes down. and sure enough, you've got what amounts to a massive economic headwind on their advertising business and regulatory scrutiny on social media platforms. then, does that make matters worse? does it make it uncertain for them? it certainly does. you know anything facebook does get scrutiny now. they're oversize, they're still with all of their troubles. they $500000000000.00 market cap company . there are a market leader. clearly tick tock is encroaching on them. tick tock has its own challenge is being owned by a chinese company. but pretty much anything facebook does is going to get massive regulatory scrutiny, and you say significant privacy focuses, especially in the european union, a us maybe not as much, at least outside of apple from a regulatory perspective. the u. s. lags in terms of privacy,

but those kinds of things. again, when you start talking privacy, the amount of information or data you have with which to, to target gotten narrows and the price of the advertising goes down and therefore their revenue goes down, or at least the growth rate. it's stunted and they have fewer pass to growing the revenue with all of this than what does the future, i mean, how many job cuts can they have? and still the efficient. you know, that's the real question we saw with ellen musket, twitter, and i don't think anybody would admire the way he went about the flash and burn approach at twitter. there's many things to criticize, but the blunt reality, the matter and you know that the ceo looking at this is he cut 75 percent of the staff at twitter and yet twitter continues to function. one can argue maybe tomorrow, next week, next month. there will be repercussions. i think twitter has got his own regulatory challenges because it's not necessarily living up to consent degrees. but the fact of the matter is, is they have 75 percent fewer employees than they had when elan must took over the platform still functions. and so you have to believe that mark zuckerberg took a look at that and said ok,

when i'm trying to decide how many employees i need to realize facebook vision, maybe i don't need nearly as many as i thought i did. and i think that's happening with a lot of the big tech ceos and you're therefore seeing them, you know, be, be a lot more conservative about certainly headcount growth. and then, you know, flipping over to outright headcount reductions whenever revenues aren't supporting what they thought they might be to madison, we very much appreciate your time and insights. thank you. thank. thank you. a market in the us has stabilized off to volatile a couple of days caused by the collapse of 2 major banks at the weekend. bank shares opened and closed higher on the new york stock exchange. bestest. have this showed by slowing inflation that could take some pressure off banks. as economists expect the federal reserve to suspend its repeated interest rate hikes. gabriel is on to has mono from wall street. well, a sigh of relief is saw all of the major indexes, both the s and p. nasdaq and dow jones industrial averages are all trading and

positive territory throughout the day since the opening bell at 930 this morning here. local time in new york, there's a real sense that the, the 2 banks did have collapsed. the damage from that has somewhat been contained and not spread to the wider banking system in the united states, as some had feared. as president biden came out and said on monday, saying, your money is secure and safe trying to add confidence to the market. and we're clearly seeing that here on tuesday, as even the smaller regional banks that saw declines in the market of 30405060 percent in some cases, all have made up a lot of those losses for monday, i made him up here on tuesday, but the medium and long term projections are a little different. moody's the analyst in and ratings agency, downgraded the overall banking sector in the united states,

from stable to negative outlook. they say they did that because of their word, the rapidly deteriorating operating environment. so you get a sense of, well, there's a bit of a sigh of relief on wall street, at least on tuesday. the medium and long term outlook is a little bit more delicate, full costs as a warning of catastrophic floods in parts of california hit by sous of storms emergency cruise. now the flood a ton of poorer in the central coast region are trying to repair damage to flood defense is on a swollen river. on $8000.00 people had to be evacuated from an area with dozens of rescues carried out. while you jo castro has mornow there was a brief moment of sunshine this morning, but as you can see, the wind is really picking up now all around me because yet another storm system is coming right behind it. another week of rain is with anticipated to fall

a top pa her row, and that is very bad news for the people who call this farming community home. they're not here right now. they were all forced to evacuate after that. levy breached on friday, and now they're across the river that went over its banks and they have been spending the morning just watching, wistfully wondering what has come become of their homes. we have been able to go around of it and there are homes that have been inundated by a flood waters. these waters have receded, but again, because more rain is anticipated, they will likely grow in level once again, 1700 people call this community home. many of them are immigrant farm workers, so it's sort of a double whammy for them and that not only are their homes damaged, possibly lost, but also the many fields in this area that calls itself the salad bowl of the world, producing fruits and vegetables that get shipped all around. well,

those fields are now under water right at picking season, which means lost jobs for those farm workers. as well as more atmospheric rivers are predicted to bring more precipitation. here. china is re opening its borders to international tourists for the 1st time since a covered pandemic broke out to 3 years ago. last month, beijing declared victory. a recent surgeon, the virus i easing the restrictions. china is retreating from 0 heavy strategy. that is, her country's economy can find more knees and features on a website. they're dressed for that is al jazeera dot com. that's it for me. for now, denise continues on al jazeera after inside story. stay with us. ah, the

here's her forecast for wednesday, march 15th, across asia. good to see we're going to kick this one off in india where increasingly there are more outbreaks. sundry rain across the country, some hail storms mixed in as well. but i think the bulk of the action is going to happen in the foreign northeast of india. now for i've got to stand and pockets dawn, things are quite right now, but here comes our next westerly disturbance moving out of iraq into iran. so prepare for a tater on. got some downpours in the forecast for you on thursday. those rains are finally back in, off, across malaysia. so it is a dry day in places like call them poor with the high 33 degrees. and for that southern sizes, sumatra island, there have been some land sites there because of the how much rain has been falling . and unfortunately, there's still more to come on wednesday. severe flight adviser is in play for mindy . now island in the philippines is this like of rain dips to the south and we're also seeing that rain getting going for the western yang see river valley will travel across the basin knocked down temperatures in places like wool han,

wednesday to thursday by almost a good 10 degrees, we've had our 1st blooms and the cherry blossoms in tokyo, that's of late temperatures, while above average, and a beauty of a day on wednesday. 17 degrees the high for you. that's it, got her jet. the scarcity has become a major global issue. the demand is going right 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 afford it? and that guy told me to water ah, al jazeera examines the social, financial, and environmental impact of water privatization loads of water on al jazeera, a decades long complex, and a region which with natural result.