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hundreds of people are dead. the president of malawi tells me some communities cannot be reached. ah, i'm thorough venue, it's good to have you with us. this is al jazeera alive from doha, a possible showdown in france. the president says you will bypass parliament and push through his pension reform despite weeks protests. at least for palestinians are killed by under cover is really forces in a raid and a busy shopping area. and jimmy and markets respond after the european central bank heights interest rates, despite turmoil in the banking sector, will be light from wall street. ah, so we start in malawi, where the president has appealed for global supports. after tropical cyclone freddy hit the easter regions of southern africa on the we can for

a 2nd time allowing commercial hub blan tire has seen the most damage with flooding and mud slides, at least 326 people have died and hundreds are missing. rescuers scrambled to reach survivors mostly around land tire after friday, smashed into the country and into neighboring mozambique, triggering floods and lance lights. the government has promised one and a half $1000000.00 to help the 10s of thousands of millions affected by the storm. but there is anger about the lack of rescue services for me to miller has more on this from ology. this is milan, joe, west, 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 poles. they are a charging and not everybody has the money to use this makeshift 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 trying to get across to mulanda over the bridge, just ahead of us and even then that's covered in debris. oh we're, i spoke to the president, i'm allowing louse restaurant queerer. i started by asking him if malawi is receiving the aid it needs. mallory is the 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 reconstruction. we'll definitely need more

help, but immediately we need food stuff. we need tense, a shelter. that is we need blanket and we need a amenities that will help with water and sanitation provision to the people because we do not want another outbreak of waterborne diseases. 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 help from the united nation from the us, from others that have a promise. amola williams have reason to the occasion and they are donating foodstuffs. they're donating are plastic 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, to be had with cars like i see at the last 3 days. or even visibility has been a big problem. and so the air lifting anything would have been are 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 entire, and he told al 0 that so far they've received no help from the government. and some lauins 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 or they may be one or 2 other places where like i say it help is hard to get there. but the government, i had cabinet meeting, we have provided us 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 and my desire 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 have been to see now is a devastation and seen before this time that the french government will force controversial pension reforms through without a vote in parliament. after failing to convince a majority of in peace to back, the bill is a live pictures where protestors have gathered outside parliament in paris. the changes will raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. president emanuel macklin says

that this is essential to cover pension deficits and has been widespread opposition to his plan. millions of people have taken part in protest, marches, and strikes across france. natasha butler has more from paris. but they started with the french government, hoping to put this proposed pension reform bill to a vote, but they simply didn't know whether that get enough support from some opposition and piece in order for this bill to pass. and i thought was the case they decided to push it through by decree, it's not a total surprise me with a little bit in the, in the last few days it was a course of action that the government might have taken a vote. they decided to take now nevertheless, it will be seen by many of the failure politics of the failure of president micro to really convince people about reform that is proved to be, let's face it, unpopular some, 2 thirds of french people up to 3 quarters sometimes in opinion polls say that they

are against this reform because they say it is unfair erosion, social rights, and erosion of the french social model. from my point of view, he says, look, the pension reforms, the pension system in falls, is complex. it is, i should say, to cost too much money. it is not sustainable for future generation. that is why needs to be modernized. the 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 and the protest and we've been speaking to protest and 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 are very angry, very upset that this bill has gone through europe. central bank has raised interest rates by half a percentage point, the aim to curb inflation. but the increased comes amid fears of market turmoil after the failure of to us banks. earlier katie st shares rebounded from

wednesday's sharp fall when it announced that would borrow the $54000000000.00 from switzerland central bank. the e. c. b says europe's finance sector remains resilient. andrew simmons is in london with the latest on european markets. markets were jittery even before this announcement, but now they are really nervous. the european central bank announcing a 0.5 percent increase in its main interest rate. it's up to 3.5 percent. it says that inflation projected remains too high for too long, and it said it was resilient with strong capital liquidity positions right across the euro zone. so they didn't really feel that this was too risky. they would seem, but that isn't the view of every one. the situation with the market says that the european stock markets dropped what not substantially, but the pan european stock, $600.00 index,

immediately moved down into the red by 0.15 percent bank stocks, which had rallied at 2.6 percent were down by 0.5 percent. what is this all about? well, interest rates are high anyway. they've gone up further. there had been a real consideration amongst many financiers and many experts that there could be a small, arise by the c, b or non at all. but it went through, there's a see saw here, the with the inflation rates are going up. and then the problem with, with stocks, the problem with government bonds that they really need lower interest rate. so many banks invested when the brakes were higher. and now selling these off, well that's, that's certainly a disastrous business, as we've seen with the bank crashes that have already happened this week. so the situation right now, nervous and very difficult remains to be seen. what the other major institutions

will do world wide about interest rates. let's find out with kristen salumi, who is in new york. christian, how a markets doing where you are all the markets have rebounded nicely since their morning lowes, broadly speaking, the major indices are trading and positive territory. but there's a lot of volatility and ongoing concern about the banking sector which led the lows earlier in the day. the negative trading, especially regional banks that are less regulated here in the united states and lead to the closures of those 2 institutions in the last week, which started this whole crisis. some positive news has come out. that seems to be booing. investors feelings overall, however, and that is that chase bank and other financial institutions here in the united states have made offers to shore. a regional bank known as 1st republic,

one that was feared to be teetering on the brink of failure for reasons similar to what took down silicon valley bank last week. also the us treasury secretary janet yellen has been appearing in washington d. c. before the senate finance committee talking about the recent crisis and defending the administration's response to that, she reassured the american public that banks are safe and their deposits will be there when they need to withdraw them. so all of that seems to be having a positive impact on the market, although certainly very wary investors when it comes to the banking sector, like kristen salumi, new york, thank you very much. the palestinian health ministry says at least 4 people have been killed in an israeli raid on the occupied west bank. an undercover units of these really forces carried out the rate in a busy shopping area and jeanine on thursday. one of those killed was

a 16 year old child. 2 others have been identified as leaders of a palestinian group known as the janine battalion. 86 palestinians have been killed in the occupied territories since the start of the year. protesters across israel have pressed ahead with demonstrations against traditional reforms after prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejected a compromise deal is really presidents isaac 1st saud put forward alternative changes to the plan on wednesday. netanyahu says, hurts on his plan, fails to address what he says are imbalances in the legal system. seeking during a visit to germany on thursday, netanyahu said the chain change is being proposed will not weaken the judicial system. our spokesman for the libyan warlord halle for half dar, says that they found the more than 2 tons of uranium that had been reported missing by the un nuclear watchdog. the 10 drums of radioactive material was located near the border with chad, after spokesman says that whoever sees these barrels likely thought they contain

weapons or ammunition. still ahead on al jazeera, have to weeks of strikes by medical staff, the british government and healthcare unions agreed to a payoff for that workers will vote on the leaders of japan. and south korea meet for the 1st time in 12 years will tell you what came out of those talks. ah ah, there's your weather 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 my roster. and for some of us, this is out of season rain for tom on the do to, 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 jap, a province 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. me while 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 islands so as soggy, forecasting cargo shima on friday. that's it. that's all. well, susan, ah,

inspiring stories from around the world ah, human life capture. last one. ah groundbreaking. with what is going on in years with on a just either lou ah, watching al jazeera, a reminder of our headline is theme allowing the president has told l 0. his

country is in need of international support. after tropical cyclone hit, the east of southern africa will always commercial hub has seen the most damage with flooding and mudslides. at least 326 people have died. the french government will force controversial pension reforms through without a vote in parliament. after failing to convince a majority of m. p 's to back the bill, the changes would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is been widespread opposition to the plan. the europe central bank has raised interest rates by half a percent in line with its measures to tackle inflation. the height comes after fears of further market turmoil. nbc b says europe finance sector remains resilience the u. k. government and health care unions have come to a final pay offer which could end strikes affecting the national health service. the offer to unions representing nurses and ambulance workers includes additional pay for next year. unions have already voiced

a mixed reaction to this offer and the deal does not cover junior doctors. we're also holding strikes. very faucet is in london. so harry, what is this offer? what is this tentative deal that's on the table? and tell us more about the early reactions to it. well as you say, it's not a deal fully done yet, but it is a major offer and it does look like a major step forward in this a very damaging industrial dispute that's been going on and, and really disrupting the national health service. what it offers is on top of the 4 percent pay rise for last year, which was already bedded in there is a further 2 percent, one off bonus payment for all of these staff. they are, as you say, ambulance workers, paramedics, nurses and support staff cleaners, security guards, and like that's more than a 1000000 people. and on top of that bonus, there will be another bonus of at least $1500.00 per person, or they're calling that an an h. s. backlog bonus,

a payments to reward staff for helping me service come out of the coven 19 pandemic. and so that represents about another 4 percent on average. we believe. so that's about a 6 percent bonus on top of a 4 percent pay rise for last year. pretty much dealing with the kind of inflationary rises in cost of living that people have been seeing. and for the next financial year, which starts next month, april, there'll be a 5 percent regular pay rise as well. so that is something that most of the unions involved have put to are putting to their, their members that they are supporting our study, the big 3, which is very important. if their members vote in favor than it is pretty much destined to go through. there is one unit, the united union, which says it won't support these, but of course, there are lots of other industrial disputes going on throughout the public sector as well. just to day barrow further strikes going on with our transport workers. teachers are still out on strike as well,

or the head of the office for budget responsibility that the independent sort of forecast or, and financial watchdog for the government. it says that if all of these unions get the same kind of deal that could be more than $13000000000.00, that the government has to find. harry far said in london, thank you very much. the poland and become the 1st of ukraine's allies to commit descending fighter jets to keith polish president. andre, do the says warsaw will deliver for mig 29 jets and full working order in the coming days with some more once they're checked. stephanie deckers and key with more 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 need to ally, ukrainian ally 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 seeing the arrival of some of the leopard tanks and from poland as well. and 9 other countries pick you 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 . and the us military has released video of an encounter between a russian fighter jets and a u. s. drone. the pentagon says the russian aircraft unsafely intercepted this reaper drone, which then crashed into the black sea. the russian foreign minister says the u. s.

ignored russia of airspace restrictions, so a lover off insists the drone flights near crimea were provocative. our white house correspondent, kimberly alca joins us from washington. d. c. kimberly, i mean it's dramatic footage that we saw. why is the pentagon releasing it? the pentagon's releasing it in order to underscore it's version of events which differs in dramatically from the russian version of events. and so this is an attempt to get a leg up on the differing narratives. the video shows the yeah, what is an apparent collision between the drone and the russian fighter jet? something that the russians say simply didn't happen. it's 43 seconds of footage. i, you see the russian fighter jack making several passes, drenching the drone in jet fuel before ultimately the drones propeller is struck.

and it careens into the black sea where we understand it will not be able to be retrieved, given the depths of the waters. now, russia denies this and says that this was not intercepted, but instead was as sharp maneuver that sent it into the ocean. so this is the reason that the military released this video. now, russia is saying that the, the united states must cease it surveillance flight says near the borders, but the united think says it will continue. this is a direct confrontation between the us and russia, something that in both sides, certainly the u. s. have been trying to avoid since the beginning of the war and ukraine. what's the u. s. going to do? no. well, the united st says that this is an example of aggressive behavior on the part of russia, and this is a pattern. but what russia's saying is that i, it is the united states that is being aggressive,

that these surveillance flights are something that have come dangerously close to its borders. and so what you've got is kind of a tit for tat and a dangerous escalation in terms of provocations. now, what this is exposed is an escalation of hostilities. but this is really the 1st direct confrontation, or known direct confrontation between washington and moscow and both sides know just how dangerous this is. that is why we know that on wednesday, i, in fact there was this summoning of the u. s. or rather, the russian ambassador to the united states where the united states said, you need to stop this. this is dangerous, you need to count this down what both sides are accusing. the other is provocation . and the concern and all of this is the threat of retaliation. kimberly elca reporting live from washington dc. thank you very much. it is significant

diplomatic effort. south korean president units, look yo and japanese prime minister for mucous shita have come together for crucial meeting. the leaders aim to tackle regional challenges and resolve, longstanding tensions between their nations. rob mcbride 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, 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 have china, but also to maintain a technological edge in the production of strategically important semiconductors. we come bid, we have confirmed the importance of vigorously promoting security cooperation between japan, south korea, and the united states. japan announced it's 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 soured 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 and 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 uni sincerity and strengthening ties, uphold audio to johnson going forward, we will continue to actively communicate and co operate through shuttle diplomacy meeting as often as necessary, regardless of formalise. okay, now got, but opponents back in south korea accuse him of a diplomatic climb down in this deeply troubled relationship. rob mcbride,

al jazeera soul of court, and indonesia has sentenced a police officer implicated in a football stadium crash to 8 months in prison. 2 others were found not guilty. a 130 for 35 people died when police fired tear gas into the stands after a pitch invasion. survivors and victims relatives are disappointed by the court's decision. jessica washington reports from east java. in milan, east java really 6 months after his son died. we anto says every day is a struggle for this printer. i just miss him so much. it's so hard. i can't get rid of this drama. i just can't. his son was one of the $135.00 people who died when police fired tear gas at fans at the end of a football match. after some spectators entered the pitch, it resulted in a crush at the exits of the overcrowded stadium. people tried to escape only to find many gates lot. now he says his heartbreak is mixed with disappointment. said

he get them all. yeah, we'll just, what i wanted was for the people connected to the shooting of tear gas to get the punishment they deserve. at the sir, by a district court one police officer, a squad commander of the mobil brigade, who ordered his offices to fire t gas was sent his to 18 months in prison. 2 other local police officers were acquitted. the prosecution had asked for a 3 year prison sentence for each of the offices. newton court was subdued only a few relatives of victims attended proceedings many to hold down to 0. they felt the lives of their loved ones. had been disrespected. he said to sud a 16 year old brother was one of the victims were definitely disappointed. we regret the judge's consideration was lacking in thinking about the loss of a 135 lives, but to stay away from court. this week, many survivors told al jazeera they a to traumatized and disenchanted with what they call

a lack of accountability from authorities. i always think about and seeing my friends sal dead in the hospital, i have lost my friends how come the punishment is so unfair. the site is now an unofficial monument to what happened that night. the shoes of spectators still lined the steps of the stadium a sign of how they desperately tried to escape. yes, the la la la la la. i have been following the case closely because it's about a 135 lives. and now it's like nothing happened at all the law, the case was handled quiet. think of it. like many and milan, he feels the seriousness of the tragedy and the devastation. it caused for this community has been undermined by this outcome. jessica washington out, his era east java police in senegal have fired tear gas to disperse supporters of opposition leader osman sancho. he has been in court facing libel charges for accusing the torres minister of embezzlement. there is concern that this could sideline a political.