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ah, so it is just past 1500 g m t and we start in malawi, where the president has appealed for global support. after tropical cyclone freddy hid the eastern regions of southern africa on the weekend for a 2nd time and will always commercial hub blan tire has seen the most damage, with flooding and mud slides, at least 326 people have died and hundreds are still missing rescue is scrambled to reach survivors mostly around land tire. after freddy smashed into the country and into neighboring mozambique, triggering floods and land slides. the government has promised one and a half $1000000.00 to help the 10s of thousands of millenniums affected by the storm. there is anger, however, about the lack of rescue services for me to mila has more on this from milan. gee, this is milan, joe, west, a. just outside of the commercial capital blan 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 placed these polls here, a charging and 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 melinda over the bridge, just ahead of us, and even then that's covered in debris or the president of malawi, lazarus, chuck, where it joins us now. and he's in the city of blan tire, which was one of the hardest hit areas in the country. mister president, thank you for joining us on the program. it is difficult time from allowing you have appealed to the international community for health. what does your country

need the most at this point thank you for having me. truly my larissa state of morning. and we do have needs that we almost have to have now and i've been to many of the devastated places i have met people in camps and i have witnessed the barrier of so many people that have died. what we need are more medicines. we need tense. we need equipment that can i help repair some bridges temporarily because 36 roads in the southern part of malaria have been cut off bridges washed away. an event internationally

with mozambique, the river that borders malaria and mozambique i'm, you know, has cut off the road because of the mud slides from behind your mountain. and so our infrastructure has been destroyed. we will need to make sure that we have better bridges done immediately. they're camps without any access at all. and so they don't have any food as we speak. they don't have blankets, they don't have any clo them because everything has been washed away. whole villages have been washed away and so we need immediate help. we need helicopters ah, now that it's cleared up, some hot so that we can air lift some food stuffs and our mother equipment to these camps in mind, yolanda over 50,

some are camps and, and bland tire and then lower down as a sheree of our into corolla and sanjay, again, they are cut off because there's no axis and so ah reconstruction. we'll definitely need more help. but immediately we need food stuff. we need tense, a shelter. that is when it blankets. and we need down a amenities that will help with water and sanitation provision to the people because we do not want another outbreak of, of water born diseases. and mr. president so far have you received any response to that appeal for help, whether it's from your neighbors or from the wider international community? so far we have received a hair from the deb, you not nation from the us,

from others that have a promise. millenniums have risen to the occasion and they are donating foodstuffs . they're donating or plastic job buckets and other things and even blankets. and so we are happy that everyone has begun to respond. we have sent out an s o s to our neighbors here in order for, for the help to be had because like i said, the last 3 days or even visibility has been a big problem. and so air lifting, anything would have been not possible. but now it looks like a friday has lifted and therefore we would need that kind of help. as of now. so al jazeera spoke earlier to a lawmaker in one of the horrid hid communities around blan tire, and he told al jazeera that so far they've received no help from the government. and some allowing, simply don't know where the next meal is coming from. how long will it be before

your government can provide direct help to those in need? government has already begun to provide help that they may be one or 2 other places where like i said, a help is hard to get there. but the government, i had the cabinet meeting, we have provided something to start with and food is being hauled everywhere in the camps. and so that may be an example of the fact that in some places somebody may have been missed out. but my gall on my bizarre is let everyone be accounted for and for those that are are found. let them be assisted with all of the amenities that are needed. and then we will decide what to do next in terms of

reconstruction. but climate change is real and what we are having to see now is a devastation. and since before this time, you 13 months, 3 devastating cyclones. and we're trying to do the best, we can pull ourselves by boat traps. it cannot happen with that international help . we cannot happen with that ever one rollin behind us and say, and what is happening to us can happen to anyone, anywhere. and are we just need the kind of multilateral response that says, while mallory is trying their best with all the constraints that we have in terms of our budget. let the world come in and help malory's because we cannot afford to be going backwards instead of forward in terms of all of the provisions that marianna need and the development that we so desire. and mr. president,

you told us that some of the communities in the country that are affected are still cut off with no. it and it's and teams have not been able to reach them because bridges have collapsed or rose or um impassable. is there any communication and contact with those communities or they completely stranded there is some communication because of tele phones and so forth, of lack some because of this subsiding of their waters. a, some are used in logs to try and get some graph event. i take something on their heads in order to provide some little food subs systems to somebody they know somewhere. now much of their waters half of subsided and therefore it's gonna be a little easier to get to everyone. but it's been tough. it is been desperately

a situation that says, we need help and we need it now. but we can sometimes even get it to the people who need most. mr. presidents, we heard your message, lazarus, chuck, where a president of malawi, thank you for joining us on the program today. here on al jazeera and poland has become the 1st of ukraine's allies to commit descending. keith fighter jets polish president under as duda says, warsaw will deliver for mig 29 jets in full working order in the coming days with some more jets. once they are checked. stephanie, deckers and keith with more on this ukraine's really been asking for jet since the beginning of the war. it's significant, of course it is. it's the 1st time and a to ally ukrainian allies says that it is going to send for make 20 nines. there will be more 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 seeing the arrival of some of the leper tanks and from poland as well. and 9 other countries. picky. also mentioned by the us secretary of defense yesterday, secretary of state and lloyd austin saying 9 countries committing to sending around 150 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. 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 . stephanie decker there. now the u. s. military has released video of an encounter between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the pentagon says the russian aircraft unsafely intercepted this reaper

drone, which then crashed into the black sea washing footage. now, the russian foreign minister says the us ignored russia's airspace restrictions. survey lever off insists that the drone flights the drove lights near korea were, quote, provocative. well, our white house correspondent, kimberly, how could join us from washington, dc. kimberly, why did the pentagon choose to release this footage? what's the play here? well, it's to back up the accounts that right now, is it odds with the russian account of exactly what happened? the russians argue that this drone fell into the black sea because of a sharp maneuver and that there was no interception by the russian su 27 fighter jet. but the video shows that in fact, that is absolutely not the case, but in fact, there was direct contact consistent with the

a story that was put forward by the u. s. military on wednesday. and so this video backs up exactly what the military was saying. what this 43 2nd video shows are 2 passes by the fighter jet, where the video captured by the camera that was positioned underneath the drone, shows not only the fighter jet passing by the drone, but then being drenched with jet fuel before the propeller is struck by the fighter jet, causing it to corinne into the black sea. now in terms of recovering this drone, it's unlikely given the depths of the black sea, but certainly that is a concern of the u. s. military given some of the sensitive intelligence. but once again, the reason for releasing this footage is to back up the story by the united states . and of course there is concern about all of this in terms of the escalation.

given the fact that this is the 1st known direct confrontation between washington and moscow, kimberly russia says that it is provocative as their word for an american drone to be flying in the syria over the black sea. is it fair to assume that the u. s. is going to continue to fly drones here. that's exactly what the military says is going to continue to do. they say that these are surveillance flights that are being conducted legally lawfully and consistent with international law over international waters in international airspace. but the position of the russian military is that this is really becoming provocative, that this is aggressive. and so this is what is causing so much tension between these 2 superpowers. what you're seeing and what this is expose are very dangerous, high risk escalations in hostilities. what we know is that both sides are now

accusing the other of provocations. and what was the big concern? isn't all this is, of course the threat of retaliation on both sides are kimberly health reporting. you're at the white house right now. thank you so much for your report. play morehead on this news, our including markets responding after the european central bank heights interest rates. this despite turmoil in the banking sector will be live from wall street on that and the leaders of japan and south korea meeting for the 1st time in 12 years . also, a football veteran is called back into sweden spiders. they try to qualify for the euro's that's coming up with peter and sport at the bottom of the out. ah, the french government will force controversial pension reforms through without

a vote in parliament. that's after failing to convince a majority of m. p. 's to back the bill. a flip of the live pictures right now. we're protesters have gathered outside parliament in central paris. now the changes in this reform will raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 to get a full pension president. demo mcenroe says it's essential to cover pension deficits, has been widespread opposition to this plan, as millions of people have taken part in protest, marches and strikes across france for many weeks now. natasha butler is with us now from paris in tash oak. when french governments used this measure to bypass a vote in parliament in parliament, it means they're desperate. it means they're in trouble. what are you learning? it means those things, but it's also legal under the french constitution. look, the french government has done what are the governments has done before and what they themselves have done. and that is use this decree to force through the pension

reform bill. they can do it. as i said, it's legal. of course though it is seen by many as a failure of politics, but the day started with the french government hoping to put this sir, proposed pension reform bill to a vote. but they simply didn't know whether that get enough support from some opposition. m. p. 's, in order for this bill to pass. and as that was the case, they decided to push it through. by decree, it's not a total surprise. there was a little bit in the air in the last few days. it was a course of action that the government might have taken an overseas decided to take now nevertheless, but as i said, it will be seen by many as a failure. policy takes us a failure of present macro to really convince people about to reform. that is proved to be, let's face it, unpopular some, 2 thirds of french people up to 3 quarters some times in opinion polls say that they are against this reform because they see it is unfair and erosion of social rights and erosion of the french social model. why is this tension reform so

important to mr. mccullough's presidency or press a man, kroll has made reforming the pension system. a campaign park promise both in his 1st term and in his 2nd term. now he wanted to try and push it through in his 1st turn, but other things got in the way, including mainly i should say, a code of it. so that's why he's presented again this pension reform bill to parliament in this 2nd term from macros point of view. he says, look, the pension reforms, the pension system in france is complex. it is out of date, it cost too much money. it is not sustainable for future generations. that is why needs to be modernized. he also says people are living longer these days, therefore they can work longer, and it would bring the french pension system more into line with other countries in western europe. but people don't feel the same, you know, we've seen that on the streets over the past 2 months. the strikes in the protest and we've been speaking to protesters,

there were some behind me. they've dispersed now, but they were saying they will continue with protests and strikes in the coming days because they're very angry, very upset that this bill has gone through natasha. thank you. very much, we are staying in europe because europe central bank has raised interest rates by half a percentage point this in line with its inflation tackling measures. so this interest rate hike comes amid fears of further market turmoil after the failure of 2 u. s. banks earlier said he'd serious shares urge. curtis re shares rebounded from wednesday shortfall when it announced that it would borrow up to $54000000000.00 from switzerland central back. the e. c. b says europe's finance sector remains resilience. so a lot happening on the markets today in a moment. we'll be hearing from kristen salumi, who's at the new york stock exchange. but 1st, let's go to andrew simmons was watching european markets from london, including this latest move by the european central bank. there was speculation, andrew, that the e c b would maybe hold off on increasing interest rates,

given the turmoil that the banking sector has been in, and the opposite happened. that's right, or what up the last minute the speculation was still rife that that would be a reduction of something like a 0.5 percent instead of the 0.25 percent rather than the 0.5 percent we've seen happen that's are going up from 3 percent of the main rate to 3.5 percent of the reason for this was the, a whole crisis with banks in which a billions of dollars was stripped off the values of these institutions. because of this crisis, the feeling had been that the major players, the central banks would have to step down on increases to give these banks a chance, particularly with thirdly, the whole process of borrowing be more expensive on causing more a more crises within their ranks. so what we're seeing now is the

e c b saying that in inflation remains too high for too long. christine la guards saying that they a, c, b banks would really be resilient with strong capital and liquidity positions. she also predicted that if that were problems, the e c, b would be there in the euro zone to help out with, with any other problems that credit suisse. i was given a region of 454000000000 dollar injection of loans from other swiss central bank. credit suisse remarkably is, is now fairly buoyant. it hasn't touched that money yet, but will do it is in a, a bad state because of the crisis. and there was a lot of nervousness on the markets bordering on panic yesterday because of kitty's reese and the situation that it's in the trouble. it's had recently where the markets land on that to day, given everything you've told us. well the,

the pan european stock, $600.00 index is showing a, a 0.15 percent loss. it was in the green when the markets opened this morning. bank stocks, which ray, which were actually rallying at 2.6 percent. now down 0.5 percent, or the f t index is just about hanging in there, 0.2 percent an hour ago. so what we're seeing is really a nervous, a set of markets here are very much concerned about these interest rates. will the other major players follow suit? that's a question, and there is no doubt that this is a very, very turbulent market. now. it's been going on all week worried as the reporting from london. andrew, thank you very much. let's go to kristin kristen salumi. she's in new york for us. kristen, how are markets responding to all of this in the us?

well, the us market seemed to have rebounded since their morning lowes. all 3 of the major stock indices are now trading in the positive territory. bank stocks, which had led the earlier declines at the opening bell, still appeared troubled. many of them are in negative territory still, but there has been positive news in that 2 major us banks. morgan stanley, j. p. morgan chase are in negotiations to shore up another regional bank, which was feared to be on the verge of collapsing, like those 2 other regional banks in the united states that lead to this panic in the markets in the last week. and that seems to be reassuring investors and the broader market somewhat. also we've had janet yellen, the treasury secretary of the united states, speaking before a senate finance committee this morning, also sounding words of calm and reassurance for americans and lawmakers and

investors saying that the u. s, banking system remain sound and that the americans can feel confident that the deposits in their banks will be there when they need them. all of this seeming to calming markets a bit. kristen, the, the, the day of trading is still young, where you are, what are you going to be watching to does a possible indicator or indicators of where this might all be added? well certainly if there is a deal announced to sure up this one bank that was faltering, that will likely have a very positive effect on the markets over all. but really the big picture is more long term looking to next week. when the federal reserve meets again and has to decide whether or not to stay on track with its plan to raise interest rates a half a percentage point. same discussions that have been going on in europe are going on here in the united states as well. and concerns about whether or not it's safe to

keep hiking up interest rates when we are seeing these issues in the banking sector . so investors will continue to be watching on that front to see how that plays out in some are betting that the u. s. will not raise rates as much as they were planning to and some are thinking that they won't raise rates at all, but all of that will have an impact on the markets for sure. and not to mention americans pocket books. right. kristin salumi reporting from new york. thank you very much. still ahead on al jazeera court in indonesia hands down its verdict to 3 police officers charged after last year's football stadium crush. olivia says it has recovered more than 2 tons of uranium that the u. s. nuclear watchdog had declared as missing and the olympic medalist has been banned for 18 months. details on the way this story with peter ah.

the who's off we go with your weather story for the americas and remnants leftovers of our last step. miss ferric river now spreading a swath of snow to the upper midwest and in canada as well. so i think for northern ontario could see a bull's eye about 50 centimeters of snow rain to the south of this. it will be rain for them, but we're great lakes. we've got some activity coming off the rockies meeting up with warm air being pumped up through the gulf of mexico. that's going to spark some storms. i think the most severe stuff will happen over dallas, texas after western canada pacific northwest high pressure in charge here. so that's deflecting systems up and around, and with the sun out. it allows the temperature in portland to get to 14 degrees is also a dry pitcher for california. as f 15 l a at 18 degrees. it was said to party nor'easter

the tail end of it is freddy and some rain eastern cuba. his van jala kroto rico right through to jamaica and central america. while for pe, ruth capital lima, about 2000 homes have been destroyed by cyclone yahoo! and still we see what weather in bolivia and amazonia state in brazil. now south of this, the heat is still on and argentine a but storms are helping to cool the atmosphere, especially around the river plate. so month of the day or 20 for you on thursday. see later. ah, what is katie has become a major global issue. the demand is going straight up and the supply is going to straight down, turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit. just because it's life doesn't mean it cannot be priced. what about the guy that can't afford it? guy told me it's water. al jazeera examines the social,

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they're watching al jazeera reminder of our headlines them allowing president has told al jazeera his country is in need of international support. after a tropical cyclone hit, the east of southern africa will always commercial hub as seen the most damage with flooding and mudslides. at least 326 people have died. a poland has become the 1st of ukraine's allies to commit descending, keep fighter jets polish president andres duda, says warsaw will deliver for mig 29 jets and full working order. in the coming day . europe central bank has raised interest rates by half a percent in line with its measures to tackle inflation. this height coming after fears a further market turmoil, the e. c. b says europe finance sector remains resilience in a significant diplomatic effort. south korean president, yon secure and japanese prime minister form yaki shita have come together for a crucial meeting. the leaders aim to tackle regional challenges and resolve longstanding tensions between their 2 nations. robert bride reports from so 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 career, 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 wartime factories by compensating victims from a voluntary fund. instead of finding the japanese companies involved a bold offer, seeming to prove units, sincerity, and strengthening ties. i pulled already to john's island going forward. we will continue to actively communicate and co operate through shuttle diplomacy meeting as often as necessary, regardless of format. little cannot, but opponents back in south korea accuse him of a diplomatic climb down in this deeply troubled relationship. rob mcbride, al jazeera sole. and north korea's missile testing program has increased dramatically under kim jones tenure. the impoverished country has spent tens of billions of dollars developing a wide variety of missile systems,

of increasing sophistication from summary, launched may files to those launch from trains and increasingly long range missiles or icbm is that could hit any target in the united states. in january this year can join announced that he would be increasing the frequency of missile tests with plans to launch more in 2023 than ever before. but all of the shock pies in a junk professor of political science and international affairs at temple university in japan. he says there is no solution to north korea's nuclear 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 represents, 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 young 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 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 a spokesman for the libyan warlord holly for half star says they found the more than 2 tons of uranium that had been reported missing by the us nuclear watched on the 10 drums of radioactive material was located near the border with chad after spokesman says that whoever sees the barrels likely thought they contain weapons or ammunition in my body as a nonresident senior fellow of the atlantic councils middle east initiative. he joins us live from toronto, emma, and we thought this was a very different story. when we asked you to come on the program because until about 1015 minutes ago we didn't know that uranium had been found right. we were sitting on this story of 10 drums of uranium that just vanish disappeared. and now

here it is. it's been found your 1st of all, your reaction to that no, i mean do allegation that these would be shut in groups actually displace or took mistook these barrels for weapons. i don't think as a realistic assessment, i think the threat for the international attention and the media coverage of the displacement or the stuff of this uranium actually has a significant pressure on the libyan national army. actually come out and clarify what happened now, whether they were responsible or after after the fact i'm not entirely certain of but the fact remains very unlikely that it is a challenging group, sees these weapons and subsequently displaced them thinking those were guns or

whatever. so what do you think happened here? and i'm not asking you to necessarily tell us who took the uranium, we don't know that. but why would somebody go and take that that? let's start there. but i think that there is, i mean, the ellen is involved in a wide variety of illicit businesses whereby it sells scrap metal that's involved in drug trafficking. human trafficking and i here talk about the libyan florida author as an umbrella for a number of this. so it is very realistic that a group or a faction, whether it be a domestic group and i live in one or foreign group, would be involved in the fact of, of this uranium in particular for financial gain. what is the risk when uranium is stolen? or what's the risk when uranium is stolen? what, what happens if it falls into the wrong hands? well, obviously the risk in this case would,

would be that it would be enriched essentially and become a nuclear weapon or such. so that, that is part of the reason why this story has been widely covered. now there are obviously a number of other elicit businesses that the libyan national army is involved and they don't attract as much coverage. but they do operate in similar fashion because of the because of the number of territories that this controls and even pointed out by the, in its statement this area falls outside of the government of outside of government control. so there is a number of areas that have a nice territorial control, allows it to benefit financially from things that are essentially under its control, whether it be oil, refinery, petroleum export facilities, et cetera. is it fair to say that it requires a good deal of 50, if

a sophistication to pose a pull off something like this because you have to sell it to a group that is then capable of using it? i mean, i don't know how much planning went into this, and it seems that if any funding went into it, it was quite careless. so i actually don't think that they expected the media attention that came out of this and acted quite quickly to counteract to the image that the l. n. a was involved. but i do not think that requires a significant degree of sophistication to conduct the operation as such. but as you pointed out, that it would require a significant amount of sophistication to actually enrich the uranium that was the amos such. but clearly since they were found a day later, i don't think it's realistic to assume that there was much planning and ball in my body. thank you very much for joining us. thank you very much. the palestinian

health ministry says at least 4 people have been killed in an israeli rate in the occupied west bank and undercover unit of the israeli forces carried out the rate in a busy shopping area. and janine on thursday, one of those killed the 14 year old child and 2 others have been identified as leaders of a palestinian group known as the janine battalion. 83 palestinians have been killed in the occupied territories since the start of the year. a protest is across israel have pressed the head with demonstrations against judicial reforms. after prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejected a compromise deal is really president these her saga record alternative changes to the plan on wednesday. netanyahu says, hurts on the plan, fails to address what he says are imbalances in the legal system. a police officer implicated and a fatal football stadium, crushing indonesia has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. 2 other officers have been found not guilty. 135 people died when officers fired tear gas into the stands

after pitch invasion in the east java city of milan. and october jessica washington has more from sewer by the 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 my island 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 the 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 life in his tragedy came to court to day. only a handful of them, there was some tears in the courtroom as the verdicts were read out. but many more decided that they would stay in milan, 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 police in senegal have fired tear gas to disperse supporters of opposition leader osman sancho. he's been in court facing libel charges for accusing torres and minister of embezzlement. the trial has now been adjourned. the government band rallies by sancho supporters ahead of

this trial is growing concerned. the president mackey sal could run for a controversial 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. nichols hack is outside the courtroom in the car. they smoke billowing in the air. those are protesters, have set tires on fire, and there's demonstrations from supporters of use my sancho all across the capital, despite heavy security presence. i mean, i haven't seen so much security on the streets of this capital since they're worth other demonstrations. when we spent sonco came to court in march 2021. schools are shut. all schools across the country are shot and in the our shut down for the day . a lot of businesses have also shut down for what is happening inside this court room. that was months uncle made his way towards the tribunal. we followed him. there was a convoy, there were thousands of people following him as he was making his way to the court room. and then suddenly the police came in,

took him out of the of his vehicle and brought him to court inside. we know there's discussions between his lawyers and the judges about this particular event in the way that he's been taken out forcibly from his vehicle. there is a lot of tension around this court case that has really brought to a, brought to the front, the, the political divisions that there is in this country that's known for its stability. tens of thousands of farmers in india or marching to ma'am bye. at the 200 kilometer walk started from the city of messick in mar, rush tra, state. they are demanding government compensation for their losses. an onion crops after huge dropping prices. the government blamed a surplus in production for the fall in value. india is the world's biggest exporter of onions. family mito has more from new farmers in western india are in a dire situation. thousands of them in the state of my russia,

marching to the city of moon by which is the state capitol. it's a difficult journey. do 100 kilometers on foot in this heat. they have a list of demands, the major one being they want financial assistance from the government. after onion prices crashed in wholesale market. marcia is in does largest producer onions, but price has have plunged to about $3.00. 100 kilograms, that's a fraction of what farmers would normally get. this is partially because productivity has been higher, production has been higher. and the other oh reason. and the more concerning reason is panic selling an earlier. c and more intense, some are in high temperatures, are threatening the crops. and so farmers are trying to sell them as soon as they can and get whatever money they can foreseeing prices to drop to a level that for some farmers it's been easier to just bond the crop than to

actually try and spend money to transport it to other areas still ahead on the news hour re framing the narrative and exhibition of photographs by writing or refugees opens. here in doha and in sports with 12 countries, boycott the women's world boxing championship because russian and bella, russian athletes are allowed to compete. ah

for a whole lou. ah ah megs the mission of photographs taken by writing or refugees documenting their lives in bangladesh is opened here in guitar. the photographers hope that their

work will refrain the current narratives of violence. death and victim hood that often describes refugees experiences. victoria, get me the tory getting the reports o images that represent everyday life in the world's largest refugee camp. taken by young ro, hanger, photographers. he fled a military correct down, and mamma, and now live in cox. his bizarre in bangladesh, their work is on display as part of that as we're photo festival in doha, which attracts an international audience. marlin as m o spoke to us on video link from cooksey's bizarre. when i go out of my shelter, i take photos of people who are having difficulties suffering from a lack of food, but also the children playing outside. those are the photos i capture, called a chance to breathe. the exhibition kept his everything from the emotions and

happenings of daily life to the desperation of living in a refugee camp. as most home in cooksey's, bazaar was destroyed in a huge fire earlier this month. or when the fire broke out, i went to the area and saw people who had lost all the possessions, but then started taking photos and uploading them to social media. at that time, i was very emotional. the rights, grateful to rights and cattle foundations, doha debates provided training and equipment for 4 years to allow them to document their lives. through this exhibition, the photographers say they want to amplify and elevate the voices of the 1000000 refugees who live in cox's bazaar. but this is also a personal and life changing project for the photographers who hope to afford your career and ultimately earn a living from their work. am allen as a mo,

use instagram to showcase their photographs, which have already won a number of awards, including assurity, which recognizes outstanding work on social media. this is the very 1st time on global speech data case. there what is being showcase. and i think like for people to see their walk and to question about their life, it's something that is very unique for us. as the festival starts in the crowds, poor in the organize is an artist, hope their work will influence the broader public. not just in cattle, but also the rest of the world. oh, toria. gay to be al jazeera, doha and it is time for sport with peter who has all our coverage on the leadership at the very top of world international football. it is exactly. we were going to start so. fee for president gianni and from tina has been re elected unopposed for 3rd. tim, the formalities were completed at the 7030 for congress in kigali rwanda. it comes

off to a fee for confirmed the next $48.00 team woke up. we have $104.00 games and the club world cup will be expanding to. this has been met with criticism in europe, but infant tina is promising record revenues. so from 6.4, which became 7.5 in the last cycle, we go to 11000000000 u. s. dollars. and actually the new global copies even not included in that. so i think this figure will increase still by at least a couple of billions. title, hold israel, madrid or through to the champions league, quarter, finals of the beating liverpool 6 to on aggregate that were already leading 5. you from the 1st leg? i little boss, you're going to up admitted they only had a one percent chance of sending things round. what even that disappeared when corinne benjamin struck the only goal of the game at the boone about one though was the final school and it's the 3rd straight season. the good have not liverpool out of the competition that we played a knockout stage against a strong team. and we did very well with the 2 games. this may help us to make it

into the semi finals. we'll have to play against very good teams and surprising teams because nobody was expecting to see 3 italian themes in the course of finals with napoli are among those italian teams. moving into the last 8 victor. awesome in twice as a crust. i'm frank food 3. no, on the lights and 5 on on aggregate. it's the 1st time the city our leaders have reached the quarter finals where they join fellow italian clubs, inter and ac milan. but the build up to that match was overshadowed as fans crashed on the streets of naples. 8 people have been arrested 5 napoli, fans, and 3 from germany by contract be banned from attending the match. frank for the fans, had holes problems during the 1st leg, and the club was also find of the trouble at a matching ma say earlier in the season. european club football takes a break next week for euro qualifies to take place, and there's been a surprise call up for sweden. 41 year old latin uber,

him of which has made the squad a year off. the last appearance for his country. the ac milan forward has been out of action for much of the season because of a knee injury. and there's no guarantee he'll play against belgium or as a beige on later this month. the women's boxing world championships have begun in india, but a dozen countries have boycotted the event. that's because athletes from russia and bell, ruth saw competing with the flags and anthem's the international boxing association, which is led by a russian businessman lifted the band last year. going against guidance from the international olympic committee which came in following the invasion of ukraine. we spoke to eve angler, an activist and author into run to questions the logic behind banning roger, russia and belarus from sports events. i'm okay with it if there's a consistent principle. so were us athletes band after the u. s. invaded iraq? 20 years ago, we're canadian athletes band,

after canada led the nato bombing of libby in 2011. the answer is no. so it seems hard to me to believe, to understand why the athletes from those countries are calling for a russian rebel or russian band. at this point. i think the russian war in ukraine is illegal, is brutal, but i wouldn't compare it to what the us did in iraq. russia has far more security justifications for what is doing in, in, in ukraine. again, i don't, i don't agree with it, but there is at least some, some understandable justifications. the u. s. one half way across the world to invade a country with absolutely 0. that was actually 0 thread in any way to the u. s. and killed hundreds of thousands of people. now with regards to israel, palestine, i think it's slightly more complicated. in that case, we're talking about, you know, 75 plus years of dispossession. occupation that almost all the world considers we go for more than half a half a century,

constant destruction in gaza. the don't dynamics are slightly different, but i think that the, what israel is doing to the policy and people is certainly on par with, with what with rushes doing and ukraine. and again, not even mentioned, i don't know any canadian journalists, not even a one column raising the idea that israeli athletes should be banned from international competitions. rush in santa star de niel made. madame says he feel sorry for ukrainian players competing on through with a country in turmoil. the world number 6 was speaking of his quarter final, when at indian wells, and said he wanted peace, all over the world made would have reached the semi finals apple tournament in california for the 1st time in his career. he beat alejandro. the village for keena in straight fits for his seems consecutive when after collecting 3 titles over the last few weeks, you'll face another semi final debutante in france's tear fo next. the american

beat britton's camera nori 6464. to reach his 1st atp masters, 1007. in the women's competition world, number 2 are in a sub olenka, one murph final 7 games of her match to beat 6 seed cocoa. gov, the by the russian running 646 love to reach the semi fire. the australian open champion will play world number 7. maria soccer easily battled past patrick vets of her 2 sets to one to reach her 2nd straight, semi final head. in the in wes, tokyo olympic saw the medalist raven saunders has been banned for 18 months for violating anti doping rules. the 26 year old american shot put her, caught the eye in 2021 with her green and purple. hey, and joker mosque. she's been punished for missing 3 tests, but it's not tested positive for a banned substance. she missed the sears world of linux championships, but we back to compete at the paris 2024 olympics to the n b a and the boston

celtics of kept up the pressure in the race for the eastern conference title, the beat, the minnesota timber wolves, and a close game, $100.00 and for $102.00. jalen brown scored a game high. $35.00 points and grab 10 rebounds. it's boston's 3rd when in for games, but they still trail the n b a leading milwaukee backs. right behind boston in the race, you'll find the philadelphia 70 sixes in 3rd place. they built the cleveland cavaliers to make at 6 winds in a row, jo m b had 36 points and 18 wheel balance. and in the west, steph curry scored 50 points for the golden state warriors, but they still lost to the eli clippers co. i leonard got 30 as they made it 4 winds in a row. the clippers are 5th in the standings. one place above the warriors in 6 to time will baseball classic champions, japan of power their way into the semi finals they threshed italy 93 earlier and they call the final in tokyo consumer or camacho. and the master tucker yoshida

hits home runs with a japanese with booked a final full meeting on monday in miami. they will face either mexico, puerto rico who play on friday. the united states remain on track to defend. they will title mike trout drove in. 3 runs in phoenix as they be columbia to reach the quarter finals. the usa will face venezuela in the last 8. i'll be are again with more sports is a bit later. so. all right peter, thank you so much for all that sports coverage. i am back in just a moment with more world news. stay with else. ah, ah. and

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