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a russian fighter jet has collided with one of its drones over the black sea, but moscow denies causing the crash. ah, eileen say this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up august, donnie police clash with iran con supporters in law as they try to arrest him. his executive order helps keep firearms out of danger. chance you, as president joe biden announces a tightening of background checks for people buying guns and asian financial markets bounce back from a banking scale in the u. s. ah, the u. s. military has condemned what it calls a reckless maneuver by a russian war. played that brought down one of its surveillance drones over the black sea. the russian foreign ministry denies the claim,

insisting there was no russian interference before the aircraft crashed on approach to the crimean coast. i cannot his war from washington dc. the us confirms the n q 9 reaper drone has been regularly deployed over the black sea, which has become an increasingly crowded air space. but a pentagon spokesperson says, this is the 1st direct air confrontation since the russian invasion of ukraine. question you what we saw again we're, we're fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this you avi and then getting so close to the aircraft that it actually damaged the propeller. on the m q 9. we, we assess that it like we cause some damage to the russian aircraft as well. the russian defense ministry has a different version of events insisting the drone crashed off to maneuvering

sharply. while approaching the crimean coast. the russian ambassador was summoned to the us state department, and afterwards he gave what seemed to be more a justification or you then a denial. this ah, wrong can carry 1700. you loss of explosives. these drone can carry, if you booms, you see that what will be the issue of united states if you see such russian drawn very close, for example, to san francisco or new york. what blue will be reaction of united states, a national security liaison officer at the white house echoed the pentagon in describing the russian action as reckless and unprofessional confirming the president was informed straight after the incident. the key issue say, u. s. intelligent sources, whether the russian pilots were acting unilaterally or under command. mike hannah,

out is era washington. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has dismiss reports that a pro ukraine group sabotaged the north stream pipelines last year. he pointed a washington over the tanks and the pipelines that carry russian gas europe to move to the tissues 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 police and boxed on a locked in a 10 standoff for support. as a former prime minister in ron con, purchases outside his home and who are trying to prevent his arrest as louis currently trying to negotiate a de escalation of the situation con, was ousted his leader last year, and it's facing charges including corruption,

which he says are politically motivated, vinson monahan report, 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 his supporters. com stroke, a defiant tone, met all the studies and get under your lot. i don't, i'm fighting your fight, which i have struggled all my life and will continue to fight. but if they put behind bars or killed me, then you have to prove that without me, which is nation struggle for freedom, enjoy okie. there were confrontations between congress orders, the police call was ousted from power last year, but he remains a popular figure. please wanted 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's a case of murder, there's a case of sedition, for the case of blasphemy. there is a case of terrorism. so the every other day there's a case. but some legal experts say cons refusal to appear in court is a serious matter. then the lawyers appeared on monday and hon. i would then law, the lawyer implant fine. he just said that iran con cannot and it can come to the court due to some security reasons. bend on that it will hike, won't give directions to the police to the idea that to be want you. brown, hon. if dean doth marched in this court, because it's a non billable warrant, and a judge has to be framed while charged, you know prim that you shouldn't be in the court. elections are set to take place

later this year. cons rallies have been banned in recent days and support to say, this is just another attempt to prevent him campaigning to help his party vent. monahan al jazeera. you as president joe biden has issued an executive order, tightening background checks on firearms. he now see order at an event in monterey park, california where 11 people was shot dead by a lone gunman during a lunar new year celebration in january. the decree directs the attorney general to clamp down on vendors who failed to carry out proper checks and clarify who qualifies as a dealer. with an 8000 people have been killed in gun violence in the u. s. this year. today i'm announcing mothers your keyboard no accelerating, intensify this work to shade more lives more quickly. first was executive order helps keep firearms out of dangerous hands. as i continue to call on congress to require background checks for all firearms,

save me time. with my attorney general, take every lawful action possible possible to move us as close as we can to universal background checks without new legislation. john henderson 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 rule. 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 yet under the current congress. asians stop markets have radi it off to cheese de slump is worried about a potential us banking crisis. continue to ease the collapse of us lenders, silicon valley bank anne's signature bank triggered a sharp drop in stokes, across the region. despite washington's efforts to shore up confidence, rich akimbo has mo, from hong kong, think of stabilizing here, hong kong stuck his chinese behind me, back to regular operations really after dramatic couple of days, when most asian benchmark stock index is lost, all of the money that, that effectively generated for their investors just in the space of a couple of days, all the money from this year. the gains wipes out as a result of investors panicking because of that banking, perhaps in the us things stabilizing. now,

economists and trade as i speak to say that pretty sanguine about the impact of this us banking crisis. they think things will level out over the coming weeks and months without any major financial implications. here, there are those an interesting asian angles to this story. one big chinese state owned bank, the shanghai put on bank has revealed that it has a, a joint venture with the silicon valley bank is trying to reassure its own investors on the mainland that this is not going to cause them big financial losses . it says the situation is under control and a stable. another interesting case study here in hong kong, one of the biggest financial companies listed on the stock exchange behind me at hsbc. it bought the u. k. of silicon valley bank just around one us dollar earlier . this week, so lots of scrutiny about how that may affect investors perceptions of the bank here on the market. and the last thing to mentioned that's interesting is hong kong is trying to promote itself as a major hub for fintech and crypto development. 2 as part of its effort to become more modernized,

financial system. now this is all of course recording more regulation and the impact to seeing what's happening in the u. s. with silicon valley bank is again calling into question just how quickly and have aggressively a financial center like hong kong can do that without necessarily finding itself in the same situation with the risks like the collapse of silicon valley bank happening here in asia. china is reopening its buddhist international tours for the 1st time since the covert pandemic broke out 3 years ago. last month paging declared victory of the recent fudge and the virus easing restrictions. china is retreating from a 0 coven strategy, but it's hurt the country's economy. katrina, you has more from beijing. china has essentially really been isolated from the world, certainly from travelers. now it started to dismantle its strict 0 corporate policy starting at the end of 2022. and in many cities, had life has returned to normal, except for the lack of foreign visitors in china was arguably quite

a popular place to visit before the pandemic used to welcome tens of millions of international problems every year in 2019 those $65000000.00 visitors to china, so at the end of these border controls really do seem to spend a spell the end of china's isolation from the world. so from today on wednesday, china will stop resuming processing tourist visas waiting, also says it will honor diseases that were granted previous to the border controls being important in march 2020. now these pandemic regulations really did hit china's economy overall hard, but particularly it was the tourism and event sectors that was very much crippled. so there is working in the industry is very much excited and looking forward to some sort of recovery. but they're also aware that this is something that will take some time. of course, it will take time to process the tourist visas. and i think main obstacle now is like international flights during the, almost 3 years that we had covered policies,

many airlines canceled their routes to and from china. and they get to resume those are at the moment flight to and from trying to remain quite limited. and very pricey. south korea is scrapping the last of its pandemic measures for monday people will no longer be required to wear a face mask on public transport. the government had announced the rule would be lifted in january most a still compulsory inside medical facilities to the u. k. where the finance minister will unveil his spring budget this wednesday. economic outlook is looking better than a year ago and many are still struggling. but the soaring cost of living, jane hall reports now from coventry, where communities will be watching jeremy hunt budget to see if it does improve their livelihoods. among the world's most advanced economies, it may be, but the u. k. faces the worst economic outlook in a generation. people like jasmine, almond and her husband chris her,

found the 2 full time salaries no longer sustained. a family of 4 have really great se the high cost of living, especially child care means that jasmine was earning enough to pay the nursery fees . it worked out less expensive to give up her job as a teacher and careful daughter carina herself. if i am a wife and a mother and i have to do the right thing for our household, i am just going week to week. we survive like that and it's just life now. taste on wednesday, britton's finance minister jeremy hunt will deliver his 1st spring budget since taking the job last autumn. child care will feature but must take its place in a long queue. public sector workers on strike, again,

even as the budget he's announced in an economy left reeling, bright covey bricks and the war in ukraine. i think $11.00 area where there will be kind of a lot of focus, particularly as decisions as ramp up a site to pay. and you know, it's kind of lock pressure and that with a strike sitting rising vacancies in the public sector. that scenario we will see clinicals quite lock pressure, and it's not just families looking for help, but whole communities in towns of cities across the country were political promises to level up inequalities have not been met. and slow growth is led to colds by business leaders for a clear strategy to attract investment. take coventry, for instance, here in the west midlands, once a center of manufacturing so important to britain's economy, that hitler's air force took great care to bomb it into oblivion. coventry's damaged cathedral is testament to those bleak times. but at the heart of the d

industrialized midlands, it's a hollowed out place. even now, jeremy hunt will announce funding for new low tax investment zones, to try and spur business and growth in areas like this. such is the scale of the task that his budget will offer. no quick fix joe. to haul al jazeera coventry still has on al jazeera, at least a 190 people are killed as the southern hemisphere strongest. ever tropical cycling rips through malawi. i'm a severe drought, devastating argentina's, farming sex and look at what it could mean for the countries i challenge ah, off we go with your weather update for the middle east and africa. thank you so much for joining in, kicking this one off in the middle east and we've got some soaking rains in the

forecast stretching from or b o. box dead rate into q weight, i think in the zone $1020.00 even 30 millimeters of rain to be expected. so we could see some for the air going in for a closer look. it has been very soggy. forecast think you wait as of late, that continues with that rain falling. have 25 degrees suns out in doha with the high of 28. now things are quite right now and i've got his son and pakistan, but this is the next westerly disturbance. it's going to push out of iraq into iran, so from what, whether to be expected in ted on over the next little bit. again, let's go back. this is wednesday, this were the bulk of the action is so round that border with turkey a and syria, this is the earthquake zone. so now we're running the risk. i've seen some flooding in these areas, had this bubble of heat around senegal, and molly temperatures about $4546.00 degrees in per central africa where the rain is falling. we've got some lower temperatures. so a d,

sabbah 21 will be the high for you and as we dip toward the south white and windy for south africa, south coast on wednesday. ok, i times up. i'll see you in a bit. ah, join the debate. we know that the such regime is empowered by history, the government, unstained by the government. today they are to govern africa. health security is also a global health security. on an online, at your voice, there is no right 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. listerine on al jazeera lou.

ah, you're watching al jazeera mind, a thought top stories. our u. s. has condemned what he calls a reckless maneuvered by russian wolf plain that brought down one of its surveillance drawings with black see. hands are going to insist that the drone was over. international war says russia denies. if jets came into contact with police in pakistan, a lot in a 10 sound office, of course is a former prime minister. wrong. com for just as outside his home in the who are trying to prevent his arrest as low as a currently trying to negotiate a di escalation of the situation. i knew as president joe biden has issued an executive order, tightening background checks on firearms. he made the announcement in monterey park, california where 11 people were shot dead during

a lunar new year celebration in january the death toll from tropical cyclone freddy in malawi, mozambique, and madagascar has risen to 220 the storm hit southern africa for 2nd time in a month, last weekend, least a 190 of the dead were in malawi. it's declared a state of emergency following the devastating floods and landslides. the storm is one of the longest lasting tropical psych loans ever recorded. now it started $37.00 days ago in the western pacific and then traveled more than 8000 kilometers, gathering strength over the indian ocean. it made landfall and madagascar as a tropical cyclone from that it moved on to batter, mozambique for several days. regained strength in the mozambique channel, then hit the country again, catching the southern part of neighboring malawi, maloney's government. it's nearly 60000 people have been affected, including 19000,

forced to flee their homes. the number of debt is also expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. grief stricken families have been trying to identify loved ones. we who are, or who told chloe, leave me, leave me them off to open the door. then we have discovered that we have along the route mod alone, ohio the mar, there's a 5 by, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. and forecast as a warning of more rain and catastrophic floods in parts of california hit by a series of storms. more than 30 count counties are under

a state of emergency crews near the flood. a town of pato in the central coast region are trying to repair damage flood defenses on a swollen river. hardy joe castro reports the lovey breach on the puddle river is widening growing to more than 120 meters since friday. that's ominous for the town of pyro downstream. as more storms bear down on the farming community this week, pedros 1700 residents were told to evacuate. during a brief moment of sunshine on tuesday, families looked across the river toward their empty homes, blocked by a bridge. now only accessible to emergency workers, how's your house pass off or we don't know we're not allowed to go in or anything like that. but it's, it's actually pretty frustrating. but knowing the county of monterey has performed more than 170 high water rescues as a result of this flood, using utility vehicles, army vehicles,

to rescue people who are stranded within their homes or their vehicles. but not everyone has agreed to leave. the struggle is like them finding food and not being able to cross the bridge to go get their food. that's what worries i'm the most on . some people don't even have where to go too many also have nowhere to work. this region calls itself the salad bowl of the world, producing fruits and vegetables by immigrant farm workers. now they faced much of the suffering. if no one on or with the la corston, there is no work. i can't pay the rent. i have a family of 4 to support internet. these storms are the result of atmospheric rivers, long currents of moisture in the air that cause rain and snow fall. california has experienced no less than 10, such once rare phenomena since january, an impact of climate change and a probable trend into the future. id, jo, castro,

al jazeera puddle, california argentina's, ensuring it's hot as summer on record, with searing temperatures and lack of rainfall. damaging agriculture? sure. he's a by reports on the impact this will have on argentina's already struggling economy . roman good yearly says he stares at the sky every day in search of signs of rain. he has lost nearly all of he saw you having crofts, his ear due to crippling drought conditions affecting the south american nation. so she normally mother of a luciano this year we needed $600.00 millimeters more. that's why we lost all the crops. most of us read the land, which makes it difficult to pay rent, but inputs and other items we need to city. and through the extreme weather conditions have also cost shortages of grass, grain and water severely impacting the capital of many of the farmers in the area. these are the argentine bandpass. the heart of argentina's,

agricultural production and drought is everywhere to be seen. the drought is having an impact all across argentina. this is a field of corner. as you can see, it's dry and it's already been lost. producers are telling us that because of the lack of water, they have started to notice different types of insect insects that they tell us they had never seen before. in this part of the country. the lack of rain is linked to the landing yet climate phenomenon. at cooling of the quote hoyle pacific that cuts rainfall in parts of argentina. but this time farmer say the situation is worse than ever, about if in lieu of insect of italian there are in 6 to we didn't see before, but also people stop controlling because it wasn't worth humor guessing. as the crops were lost, we see more insects here because they have nowhere else to eat. i ah, argentina is struggling with a 100 percent inflation rate in the past a year. and a shortage of us dollars. agriculture is

a crucial supply of re venue. adding billions of don is a foreign currency to the central bank. and economy say, the severe drought will likely complicate the economic outlook of the country even further. $20000000.00 of exports, which in turn in globe a reduced her in taking their export boxes. so those hulls home frisco. so we are in the middle of a dollar shortage on this can only do q rate for a little lower shortage, fully more pressure on the exchange rate. so these are going to stress both bailey targets with the m f. so yeah, i mean, if a girl of your version thema experts also believe that the political uncertainty of the upcoming presidential elections later this year could increase economic instability in the country. but right now, farmers like roman gutierrez, are just hoping for a little government assistance. and for rein to help him save what is left of his produce. that is, i will as deceit at one aside. for you as tech,

john messer has announced another huge round of redundancies, cutting $10000.00 jobs matter, which means facebook instagram. and once i previously laid off, 11000 employees in november, seo marg, soccer bags. as the company is facing a new economic reality. after profit slowed significantly last year. jim anderson is a tech analyst at glass wing ventures. he says matters, reliance, and advertising income makes it fundable. 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. i think 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 effects 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. but pretty much anything facebook does is going to get massive regulatory scrutiny. you see significant privacy focuses, especially in the european union. us maybe not as much, at least outside of apple from a regulatory perspective. the us 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 target got narrows and the price of the advertising goes down and therefore their revenue goes down, or at least the growth rate. it started and they have fewer pass to growing the

revenue. now a new exhibition opens at london's royal academy this week, showcasing work by black artists from the deep south of united states. sol grown deep will feature sculptures and painting scene for the 1st time in europe. jessica baldwin has more. a bald eagle made of roots and salvaged driftwood, a colorful quilt of denim and cotton scraps. an animal's skull mounted on a chip to vinyl record. art that tells a story of enslavement, poverty and racism. the artists were denied access to spaces, educational spaces. i'm spaces of creation, spaces of exposition, but certainly there was a lot of passing down. i have experience of, of, of art making skills. works by 34 artists from the deep south of america.

some began working in the 1930s when the united states laws were still based on race. it's only recently that the works have found a wider audience in the u. s. and many of never been seen in europe, nigerian artist, victor, a hammond or seas. vestiges of traditional art in the works from the deep south. it is walks are not disarmed, causing sto, made. yes, of course they are made in america, but they are made by blocks that i in america. so which means with cario, our stories inside or force would carry it. we thought would have, i would go, you know, so we do not try more lights. the history of the deep south in america has until recently, been written by the white majority. this is the black americans version of it, and it's a history of poverty and depression, with resilience and survival. ah, contemporary african artist like a homeowner, also confront