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malawi appeals for international support. after severe flooding in the wake of cycle on friday, hundreds of people are dead. aah! on the problem, and this is al jazeera live from doha, also coming up, rising tensions between russia and western allies, as, as poland says, it will provide ukraine with 5 to jets. the u. s. release is dramatic. new video of an incident involving one of its drawings and of russian fighter jet over the black sea. and the european central bank goes ahead with the plant interest rate hike off to credit suisse receives a financial lifeline from the swiss central bank. ah, we begin in malawi, where the president has appealed for global support. tropical cyclone friday had

been east of southern africa on the weekend for a 2nd time, maloney's commercial hub. lantern has seen the most damage with shutting and months lives, at least 326 people have died. hundreds of missing rescue scramble shall be survivors mostly around bland, time after friday, smashed into the country and neighboring mozambique triggering flood landslides. the government has promised $1500000.00 to assist the 10s of thousands of allowance affected by the storm. but there was an anger about the lack of rescue services from the miller has more from milan g. this is milan, joe, west, just outside of the commercial capital, bland tire. we infrastructure such as roads, telephone poles, as well as electricity poles have been completely destroyed. now this road behind us is a gaping hole, and people have placed logs across it so others can cross, but they can only cross if they can pay people who place these poultry or

a charging or not. everybody has the money to use this. make sure bridge, they don't have the money they have to you as an alternative route which is far more dangerous. now people are using those logs to move everything from food to water, bicycles, motor bikes, as well as bits and pieces from destroyed homes like window frames. they're trying to get across to mylanta over the bridge, just ahead of us, and even then that's covered in debris. ah, poland has become the 1st of ukraine's allies to commit to sending keep fighter jets polish president andre duda says warsaw will deliver 4. meg 29 jets and full working order in the coming days with more to come once they're checked. ukraine has been asking the west for jets for months to help her. it's defensive efforts that spring in our correspondence, stephanie decker. she's joining us from keith. so as we said, stephanie,

ukraine has been asking for these fighter jets for months. so how significant is the pledge from poland? what are they saying about it? yes, so ukraine's really been asking for jet since the beginning of the war. it's significant, of course it is the 1st time and need to ally ukrainian allies says that it is going to send. now you mentioned therefore make 20 nines. there will be more in the next coming days. interestingly, proteins prime minister yesterday saying that they were going to send jets, but within 4 to 6 weeks. so a very quick you turn now a commitment of immediate and it seems, delivering them in the next coming days. it's something that the allies have been discussing is something that keeps been asking for for a very long time. it is certainly a step up in the commitment of its allies when it comes to providing weaponry. it's also was seen the arrival of some of the leper tanks and from poland as well. 9 other countries. vicky also mentioned by the us secretary of defense yesterday,

secretary of state lloyd austin, say 9 countries committing to sending around a $150.00 leper tanks to ukraine and they will be arriving before the end of march . the timing of all of this is very interesting, of course, because there's a lot of talk that ukraine is planning a counter offensive. as the weather is getting warmer, as the ground is thawing to push russia further back, there is a real, severe lack of ammunition and weaponry if you will, the weapons manufacturers that have been supplying ukraine. pick the also, the american saying that this war is, is, is firing through the ammunition quicker than the weapon suppliers can supply them . so it's not only the bigger weapons that we're talking about, like like tanks and aircraft. it's also things like shows and munitions that are much needed on the ground. so certainly this is a welcome move from poland. it will be welcomed here and kids. and again, a lot of the allies seeing that they're discussing ramping up even further support

. and would the war come countless human rights violations? stephanie of the human rights council has just released the details of its investigation into those violations. what did they determined? yes, this is the most powerful tool, if you will, at the hands of the human rights commission. and they've been looking into allegations of war crimes committed by the russians. what they've said that many of those do amount to war crime, even some of them could be crimes against humanity, fighting incidents like attacks against civilian infrastructure attacks against the, the power supply, torture not protecting the civilian population. and as far as again, torture, rape, sexual abuse of many different kinds and saying that these need to be investigated . the commission doesn't have any power if you will, to hold anything to account. but it's believed in its hope that this kind of

investigation will then add to the paperwork that you have, and also being carried out by the international criminal court. at the moment that recently announced that it would be looking into opening a case against russia when it came to the cases of potential war crime, citing things like again, attacks against civilian infrastructure and also the forcible deportation of children of ukrainian children to russia. so a lot of files on the table, you also have the ukranian chief prosecutor looking into allegations of war crimes, particularly things like sexual abuse and rape. these are things that are very difficult to investigate because of the stigma attached because of the shame attached to the victims and they find it very hard to come forward. but a lot of these cases are now in process being investigated. data being collected to certainly at some point ukrainians will tell you hopefully come to some form of legal action. holding perpetrators to account. looking in the past, we know is very, very difficult, but certainly these are all steps in the right direction of stephanie to help with

the latest developments from ukraine live in keith. thank you. stephanie and the u . s. military has released video of an encounter between a russian fighter jet and a u. s. thrown. the pentagon says the russian aircraft unsafely intercepted the reaper drawing, which then crashed into the black sea. russian foreign minister sergey leverage says the us was ignoring russia's airspace restrictions and that the drone flights near crimea will provocative our white house correspondent kimberly health that has more from washington on the release of the footage. it is roughly 43 seconds in total that has been released and what it shows is the m q 9 reaper drone. and the moment that the fighter jets, those russian fighter just as you 27 are intercepted at the rear of the drone air. but before that, it is dramatic. what you see are 2 passes of the fighter jet and the footage is

taken from the under side of the drone and you see the saturating of the drone as it is covered in jet fuel before the rear propeller is struck. and that is where the collision occurs. now, this really differs with what the account by the russians are saying. they're saying that it was a sharp maneuver of the drone that ultimately caused it to crash into the black sea . what we do know now is that it is at the bottom of the black sea, and well there are efforts to retrieve it, given the depth that it is unlikely. still, that is a major concern of the united states that this could be retrieved and that this intelligence could fall into the hands of the russians. so this is certainly something that is of a major concern to the u. s. i. and also just the fact that this is one of the 1st known confrontations that has occurred between these 2 super power since the russian invasion of ukraine occurred more than

a year ago. europe central bank has raised interest rates by half a percent and none with its inflation. tackling measures the high comes from and fears a further market terminal. and after the failure of 2 u. s. banks only a credit swishes rebounded from wednesday shop fall when it announced it would borrow up to $54000000.00 from switzerland central bank. the ac says europe's finance sector remains resilient. in a moment we'll hear from kristin salumi, who's at the new york stock exchange. but 1st, let's go to andrew 7th. he's watching the european markets from london, and that you see be sticking to this plant weight height despite all the market, tim lender. yes. and despite speculation that it might call off for 0.5 percent increase, that's just take a quick look at sir the markets. not the pan european stock, 600 moved her from a small gain to a small loss of 0.15 percent. and we're talking only of this decision being made an

hour ago or being announced should i say. and then bank stock, sir, at which rallied that at 2.6 percent at the start of trading on thursday are down now by a 0.5 percent. now, credit suisse, which is the major, 2nd largest bank in switzerland. well, situation there is that sir, that's rallied to 20 percent higher, and it's staying there right now. having had $54000000000.00 us dollars a loan to it by the swiss central bank. now i'm the control the see over these interests over over the whole interest rate wise. is this in that inflation a has to be tackled. there's no doubt about that. it is, christine le, god has been saying and still actually talking, i think. and she is saying that sir, inflation is here and it's got to go. she said that so the has to be

a 2 percent median. so medium term target. and so she says the euro area, bank banking sector is resilient, it's got strong capital and liquid liquidity positions and remains in place. i can fully equip itself to give support to any banks that might fail. now she, she is basically supporting this decision a, it's because it's something of a see saw what's going on here. you have on the one, the need to tackle inflation with higher interest rates. and then you've got the end result, which is bonds. so many banks or, or in the have invested in bonds are fairly high prices, and these bonds are falling away. so this is, it's maybe oversimplifying things slightly, but this is the crisis that's going on now. it's certainly not going away. and we thank you for that, that is there andras, in his life for us in london and spain,

our cost one, kristen saline, his life for us from the new york stock exchange. so credit suisse has bounced back and now the e. c. b is going ahead with interest rate hikes. kristin, how a u. s. markets reacting while u. s. markets remain trading lower and negative territory. all 3 of the major indices here in new york are down, although not as bad as they were yesterday, wednesday, they're less than one percent down. and this, despite efforts to shore up suisse bank and mid ongoing concerns about interest rates and where they are headed. of course, this crisis started before credit suisse with the failure of to us banks, what's being called the largest, 2nd largest failure of u. s. banks. in history and so the banking sector continues to bring down the markets and particular regional banks are trading lower. one in particular that's really down like 30 percent is 1st republic. it's another regional bank like

silicon valley, which was one that shuddered last week in california. and has similar characteristics and issues to that one. so we're seeing a jittery market. and as that's happening, we've got treasury secretary, janet jaelyn now appearing before a finance committee in the senate attempting to reassure the american public as well as investors. i'm sure about the soundness of the us banking system. she actually released her remarks ahead of this appearance, presumably to calm markets on another unpredictable day. she said that the banking system remains sound and americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they're needed. didn't she also talked about decisive action on part of the government to shore up banks and pointed out that taxpayers will not be footing

the bill for this. instead, it will come from fees, but clearly the markets are nervous and the american public is concerned about their savings and their deposits as well. and right now, all eyes are looking ahead to next week when the federal reserve, the u. s. central bank meets and decides whether or not it will continue with its policy of raising interest rates in the, the better seems split on whether or not that will happen going forward. as a result of everything that's happened this week, but the markets are certainly very in tune to that decision. kristen, thank you for that. that is kristen salumi with the latest for us live in new york . thank you. still ahead on al jazeera, japan and south korea agree to resume shuttle diplomacy and resolve train dispute as leaders of both countries meet the 1st time and 12 years and a quarter. indonesia hands down. it's the 3 police officers charged on to last year . stadium crush. ah

there's your other story for asia. thank you for tuning in and i'll tell you what about 70 percent of india under cloud cover or shower stretching from tamela do right up into b har and mahar roster. and for some of us, this is out of season rain for tom on the duke, and i typically get about $1.00 to $3.00 millimeters of rain. and now we've got 3 days of rain in the forecast. there's a change for the 1st time in a while, karachi dips below 30 degrees since february 22nd. we've got some act of weather here as well. around karachi pushing up into pakistan administered kashmir on friday. and really this activity, this wave of showers will be with us for the next little bit, some hail storms mixed in here as well. it does turn quite across indonesia and malaysia, but still getting pelted with rain for west chapel providence. on friday homes have

been destroyed in thailand, the capital bank hawk, with some flooding that we had there, but a dryer pitcher on friday, 33 degrees, and some pretty intense rain just to the north of sabu city. meanwhile, this rain is falling west to east across the yangtze river valley, driving temperatures down over the east, china's sea. this rain will pour into japan's q shoe island so as saga forecasts in cargo shima on friday. that's it. that's all. well susan ah blah blah blah will say year just dallas the ballade never lately. my bottle know him in my thought that the national food have you done your eyes? she was the visit on maybe now you will not be as good. ah

lou ah ah! watching out as they are with me, elizabeth randeman, doha reminder of our top stories. the sour monopolies president has appealed for global support auto. tropical cyclone had the east of southern africa, its commercial hub. blan tie has seen the most damage with flooding and mud slides . 326 people have died. poland has become the 1st of ukraine's allies to commit to sending fighter jets to cave polish president andre dude us as warsaw will deliver 4. meg 29 jets and full working water in the coming days. and

europe central bank has raised interest rates by half a percent and lined with its inflation. tackling measures the height comes off to fears a further market turmoil, the e. c. b has europe's finance sector remains resilient to france. now where the government will force controversial pension reforms through without a vote in parliament. after failing to convince a majority of empties to back the bill, these alive pictures from the national assembly in paris. the changes will raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. president manuel mac holland says it's essential to cover pension deficits as been widespread opposition to the plan. millions of people have taken part in protest, marches, and strikes across france. let's bring in our correspondent natasha butler. she's joining us live from paris. i mean, forcing through this bill without a void. it's not going to be popular as it natasha.

no, not at all. and it's certainly not the outcome that the french government would have hoped for. they were planning to put their a proposed pension reform bill to vote in the parliament this afternoon. but it seems that they simply couldn't guarantee that they had the numbers that they needed enough lawmakers on side in order to win that vote. so that is why they have decided to force a 3 by decree. look, it's constitutionally legal. they have every right to do so, but it's really forcing through bill by degree is something that's done rarely it's seen as really a bit of a failure whole it takes in many respects us anyhow. many of the people behind me assume that protesters are there many a workers. some of them have been protesting now on and off for the 1st few months . because this bill has been deeply unpopular with a wide number of people in the population. opinions both suggest anywhere between 2 thirds and 3 quarters of the french public are against the bill that they see is

unfair, is eroding their rights as of rooting a social model in frauds has existed for decades and that they cherish and, and again, putting the bill through this way, it's not going to help the perception of macro that he is a president who wants to rule by decree. is it, i mean, why is it so important for him to pass this pension reform bill? the press, the micro may, to performing the pension system in frauds one of his campaign promises in his 1st term again in his 2nd term, he says, it is a system that needs more denies it because it's unwieldy, very complex. it costs a lot of money and is not going to be sustainable. he says, for generations to come me also say look, people are living longer, therefore they can work longer and it would bring francis a retirement system and retirement age more in line with other countries in western europe. that's his opinion. that is why he's tried to push through with this reform . that is why the government just now pushed it through by decree. but it is

a very controversial measure, as i've said. and what trade unions have been saying is that no matter what happens today, whether at this reform was voted upon a vote, his bond, whether it was pushed through by decree, they would continue to probably just continue to strike because they say it's simply unfair. natasha. thank you for that. that is natasha butler with a very latest lie for us in paris. thank you. in a significant diplomatic effort. south korean president units of your own and japanese prime minister for me. ok. she does have come together for a crucial meeting. the latest aim to tackle regional challenges and resolve long standing tensions between their nations. from the bride reports from sol, the landmarks summit between south korea and japan comes at a time of increasing regional challenges for both nations. just a couple of hours before you'd, scipio departed on the 1st bilateral visit by serving south korean president to

japan. in 12 years, north korea launched a long range missile in the same direction. the weapon was confirmed as an intercontinental ballistic missile of the kind north korea has been developing and showing off at military parades in the past couple of years. video released by the japanese air force shows what seems to be a missile coming down after re entry into the atmosphere. the launch comes in a week that marks the start of annual military drills between south korean and us forces that will include large scale field exercises. washington wants to see closer relations between it's to east asian allies, not only as a counter to north korean threats. and the growing military might of china, but also to maintain a technological edge in the production of strategically important semiconductors. we come bit,

we have confirmed the importance of vigorously promoting security cooperation between japan, south korea, and the united states. japan announced its lifting export curbs on materials needed for high tech manufacturing, imposed during the recent spat with south korea. president noon is trying to restore ties that have salad considerably in recent years. but in south korea, it's a highly controversial move. relations have been scarred by decades of colonial rule from tokyo during the last century, which culminated in atrocities committed by japanese troops in world war 2. weekly protests still held against the enforced use of so called comfort women, in military brothels. and you and has proposed settling the issue of koreans forced to work in war time, factories by compensating victims from a voluntary fund. instead of finding the japanese companies involved a bold offer,

seeming to prove, uni sincerity and strengthening ties. a priority to john on going forward, we will continue to actively communicate and cooperate through shuttle diplomacy meeting as often as necessary, regardless of format. but opponents back in south korea accuse him of a diplomatic climb down in this deeply troubled relationship. rob mcbride al jazeera, so just hours before the meeting, north korea fight an intercontinental ballistic missile and water between the korean peninsula and japan. it's the 3rd missile launch by young young this week. japan has called a national security council meeting in response to the latest test. ben will hardy shot john as an adjunct professor of political science and international affairs at temple university, japan. he says there's no solution to north korea's nuclear prob program because of what it represents to the regime. these ballistic missiles have been on the radar

or for north korea for many years now. for north korea, ballistic missiles represent, in addition to their new program, be ultimate, to deter and having a reliable number arsenal, ballistic missiles, along with our new nuclear program, is from the perspective of young and the best way to ensure and guarantee the security of the kim jong in the regime, so that's one of the reasons why they are developing and launching the missile. but there's other reasons as, while north korea is currently trying to send a strong message. because right now this week, the american south koreans are conducting large scale military drills with also a message of opposition to the to indonesia. now, where police officer implicated in a faithful, faithful football stadium crush has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. 2 other offices have been found not guilty. $135.00 people died when offices 5 tear gas

into the stands after a pitch invasion. the east java city of milan going to tober. jessica washington has more from pseudo via geek squad commander off the east java mo brigade who was charged with or ordering his subordinates to find a t, a guest. so facing that charge of criminal negligence, resulting in death and injury. he will now face 18 months in prison. now the judge noted that the defendant had failed to anticipate how the situation could have turned out. and it should have been a situation that would be easy to anticipate. and that there were other options, rather than using tear gas, but also a consideration. and he is still in the, his deliberations what the behavior of some spectators, the defense had argued throughout this trial, that some spectators were violent and posed a safety threat at the lives of security officers. so that was the 1st that we

heard today. but the other 2 officers are the head of operations of milan police, and also the head of prevention. both had been acquitted and found not guilty of negligence. and the judge recommended that they can even be returned to their positions within the milan to police. the reaction in serbia has been rather subdued. just a few family members. the relatives of those who lost their lives in this tragedy came to court to day. only a handful of them. there were some tears in the courtroom as the verdicts were read out. but many more decided that they would stay in my lung that they wouldn't make the journey to court to day because they felt the lives of their loved ones. the lives of survivors had been disrespected by this process by sentences which they consider to be true. lenient i rose president, dean. i bought a water. it has declared a veteran. merger, merge and see and has ordered schools be closed and 400 districts that soft, high clone jaquenn battered the nation. marianna sanchez reports from one to admiral, sir. oh, this is

a community on alert police pushback people as a river of mud and debris rumbles through the center of the coastal district that most landslides caused by cycling yackel he pumped at most or twice in less than 24 hours. may are geared more for man, this says they were taken by surprise. hello, my name is even lower go. the magnitude of the water was so big. we would have never been able to tell. it would be like this. men and women carried sand backs to build contention walls to guide the mud and debris straight into the ocean. but it overflowed along most of produce coastline. thousands of homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands of factors of agriculture. land has been flooded. on wednesday a child was saved from the deadly current precedent. dena will not be, has declared a state of emergency and announced measures to deal with a disaster affecting more than 400 districts. and more they play down. what is the

last? we've began a fairies of actions to address the emergency in the northern regions of the country, both to evacuate those affected and to provide them with support and humanitarian aid. although the cycling yackel didn't hit land, the national hydrology and meteorology service says it expects the storm to dissipate in the next few days. authority, se, although cycle and ya course more than a 1000 kilometers on the coast of the pacific, it will continue to produce more rain, more damage, and more misery to a large part of the country improved that most a neighbors were bucket mad from flooded, homesick, polar keep what we've made teams and we are in every home supporting each other in this heavy machinery is helping people to clean up. but for now the force of nature continues its deadly path. medina, sanchez, i just heat up a bit masa. ah

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