leading to a new wave of palestinian retaliatory action. you are one of the most one did. what is that? how does your world investigate to you on proofs? any public support and meeting is ready for us is head on the west by the new palestinian background on al jazeera ah al jazeera. when ever you. oh no. pakistan's former prime minister imran con shows up for court in islamabad, but doesn't enter as

a supporters fight with the police. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is r, as they are alive from go, are also coming up a powerful earthquake. it's southern ecuador, at least 12 people are killed and many others are trapped under rubble. for my years, president donald trump plains he will soon be arrested and calls him his supporters to take to the streets. and 20 years after the us led invasion of iraq, we look at how disinclination from washington damage the united nations and the root of law around the world. ah, a court in pakistan's capital as canceled the former prime minister in one cons arrest warrants. his supporters clashed with police outside the court in islamabad, and outside his home in the hall, the case was adjourned. on con was ordered to reappeared, a hearing on march 30th. he faces a number of legal cases,

which he says are politically motivated. well, in law police and to the home of the former prime minister, breaking through the front gate as officers and can support as clashed in the street. at least 60 arrests were made. authority say a search of the property reviewed weapons and a large amount of ammunition come. i'll hide a report from islamabad, focused on political joy, sometimes are made at ballard bulk. and iran con has so many cases against him, which shows that the government is determined to jail him, to nail him somehow or the other, primarily because of their writing popularity and the opposition between the budget on democratic alliance and the wrong party is one of the most popular leaders in the country, however, read all the case against them that have feared that the government wants to marginalize him by have disqualify him dam. you'd whatever matter,

did the guardian raymond on con, to nullify him so that they can have a clean sweep at the elections which are due and upon job on the 3rd year, and then reduce the country. there are the national election and october george, very difficult to say. where did m, ron han will be able to show why the storm had certainly determined. he had been determined and had always said that he's willing to go to any limit in order to try and achieve your objective. then of course, he's always been saying that he wanted it done peacefully. constitutionally, at least 12 people have been killed off to a strong earthquake, hit the coast of ecuador, the magnitude 6.8 tremor was centered. 80 kilometers south of the 2nd largest city, going to keel. a number of buildings collapsed and landslides, the blocks multiple roads. several people are also believed to be trapped on

a rubble in the coastal state of florida. and the trend was felt as far as northern through for my us present. donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he made the remarks and truth social media site from cited what he called illegal leaks in the manhattan district. attorney's office. he called in a supporters to protest a . 2 not going anywhere with our great president, donald j o. my kind of has more now from washington d. c. trump is referring to a case that has been ongoing in new york. there has been a grand jury hearing into hush money paid to, to a woman one, a former porn star. this money was allegedly paid by tram, through an intermediary,

and to get them to keep quiet about having had sexual relations with him in the past. now trumps, then attorney michael cohen has appeared before the grand jury and although grand jury proceedings, our secret code has stated publicly that he orchestrated the payment to, to women in order to keep them quiet about having had sexual relations from now the significance of this is it's timing because the payments were made during the campaign period before the 2016 election. and what the grand jury has been deciding on is whether this was, in fact, a contravention of campaign funding laws, which is a criminal act. now the, the new york district attorney has given from the opportunity to appear before the grand jury that was a week ago and that normally does precede some form of indictment in this particular case. so this is what trump is referring to,

no confirmation whatsoever from any other source. in fact, trumps and spokesperson confirms that this is from what trump calls illegal leaks. there has been no official notification whatsoever. now sunday marks 20 years since the start of operation iraqi freedom. the us led invasion that toppled saddam hussein. the military operation was launched without un support on like the 1st gulf war or the invasion of afghanistan. our diplomatic editor james base looks at how the invasion dumped the credibility of united nations un weapons inspectors in iraq, their job to track down the countries chemical and biological weapons. we now know the wound tourney, a former iraqi rulers. saddam hussein that ceased his w. m. d, program years earlier, but in 2003 u. s. president george bush is backed by the british prime minister, tony blair was saying he was hiding a huge stock pile. and they claimed they had the intelligence to prove it. the u. s

. secretary of state colin powell now known to have been privately skeptical himself try to make the case in the security council, even wielding a vile he said could be anthrax about the u. s. and u. k. bitterly opposed by much of the international community, including france and germany, failed to get a security council resolution to authorize a war they launched one anyway. in the aftermath, one british diplomat who worked as his country's expert on iraq in the security council resigned. do you think the united nations ended up damaged or strengthened by the war 20 years ago? i think without doubt, it was damaged by the 2nd general at the united nations didn't assert his authority to say that the war was the legal and should not happen. which later, he admitted, and i think collectively the quote unquote un, this sense of a global community of nations. a sense of a share set of rules took

a very big hit as a result in iraq or so where does that leave things now? 20 years on. once again, the security council is deeply divided and there's no doubt that the invasion of ukraine by russia, a permanent member, was a breach of international law and of the un charter. but western diplomats, when you speak to them privately, will tell you that their efforts to put pressure on moscow are even now hindered by the memory of what happened 2 decades ago. the run up to the war in iraq in 2003 was marked by defiance and disinformation, resulting indeed damaged to the un system and the rule of law around the world. so much may have changed since, but the repercussions of events that haunted the you and then a still being felt. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. so let's bring in a keel abass. he's an iraqi political commentator and joins us live from washington,

d. c. m a kill good abbey with us and look, i'm in the legacy of iraq was very much still being decided still being written. but you think the invasion by the coalition was a success or a terrible failure. thank you for how the new york show, i think, to from a military point of view, of course, it was a success in terms of, of the realization of a democratic regime in iraq. i think the jury is out, of course we out a long period of failure. we had the civil war. now iraq is more or less and are in influenced. but i think this gets, you know, not really acknowledged in many of the analyses. the tendency is to look at the formal principle powers, the u. s. u k. the iraqi government and society in iraq does not get notice. and i think society starting 2019,

probably this summer of 2018. we've really seen the young people organizing, standing against the government, asking for a different set of rules more or less forcing the system to democratize. but the, the government, because of a deep corruption hasn't responded. so we're still in the process. society now is in the lead. now the government, that's an important point to make a keel because many people say so what about iraq today that, i mean, many observers still see as you say, the political system is deeply corrupt. the sectarian divide is still a huge issue between shia and sunni and malicious to operate so. so what real progress has been made then for ordinary rockies on the street? i mean, in terms of the sectarian divide, i don't think it functions or it's that effective as it used to be. i think there is the rise of iraqi nationalism mostly defined against iran and then malicious.

the militias and iran are really isolated in terms of the iraqi society. now we have a grass roots movement emerging out of the tissue. in october process movement. these people are now forming parties. they come from a liberal understanding. you know, they want to basically have the say around the table and this will not happen without participating and elections and the u. s. b, u. k, the international community should work to ensure that elections are fair. the rules of the game are respected. they don't get changed in the middle as what happened in the 2021 election. somebody won based on the rules, but then any other lawyers, judicial felicity, they changed the rules and then the same old guard ruled. i think there is hope, the hope is with society. okay. what about then the institutions of civil society,

the democratic process is like the rule of law human rights. and as you've just mentioned, the electoral process, are they being protected and nurtured enough on the new iraq? fortunately, no, no, i mean what we have a government who, who is afraid of this is really a party is political parties that have turned into feudal parties and they see state institutions as their field dumbs. but iraq, and this is one benefit of the invasion despite there are many bad things out of it, is that you are relatively freedom of speech. and you haven't to look total process and you don't have one single power in iraq that is strong enough to silence others . so basically, it is the competition with different powers. and that allows a room for disagreement, allows that, you know, a measure of freedom of expression. and that is very important to maintain and

deepen. i q just a final thought to how do you think history will remember operation iraqi freedom? i mean, this was a war that didn't have you in support. they didn't find weapons of mass destruction . yet the us led coalition still went to war anyway, on discredited intelligence. how will the invasion and its aftermath, me remember, do you think? i think the outcome and iraq will decide this and the outcome is not yet decided at the moment. of course, there is the doom and gloom scenario is you know, not talking about the u. s. and the u. k. did a foolish thing. maybe it was illegal, but it opened a process. who is the result is a still not clear with us. and 1520 years from now, we might see the results very differently if iraq succeeds basically iraqi society succeeding in our democratizing the state to more or less. so the jury is still out for me. i can of us really to get your thoughts and your analysis. thank you very

much and have for talking to us. ok, thank you. thank you. thanks for the time for a short break here now to 0. when we come back about with holes, clothes in nigeria, voters are choosing governors a month after a healthy, consistent presidential election. and why harvest season and libya has meeting a solid taste for many fall. it's more that ah hello, there he is. you forecast for north american, i'll after a brief dry spell, we've got more wet, wintry and windy weather, pulling into western parts of canada and the u. s. west coast more rain on the

cards for california. you can see it working its way into san francisco on sunday in to monday. it turns to snow in the high ground, working its way across the rockies. now ahead of that, across most central areas is an improving picture here. we have had exceptionally low temperatures in the mid west while they do pick up in minneapolis coming in at 4 degrees celsius on monday, still very cold calls, central parts of canada. but much of the snow start to sweep its way away from the north east of the us and canada, leaving behind find a drying conditions across that east coast. some rain, however, moving across florida. that's gonna knock the temperature down in miami. and we have had some exceptionally low temperatures across northern parts of mexico. well as that rain starts to pull its way further south bringing bus of rain to the yucatan peninsula, we will see some recovery in that monterey temperature. the rain, however, continues for heavily across belize, cuba and the bahamas. havana coming in at 28 degrees celsius,

that to weather update. ah. but an app that sees for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. a young australian engineer is inventing tools to help people gain independence with or side of that will put the ability to recognize objects of the firm so that people with a vision would be able to recognize everyday object. women make science robo gals, episode full on al jazeera. ah ah,

welcome back to pick them out about top stories this i'll at least 13 people have been killed off to a strong earthquake hit off the coast of equitable magnitude 6.8. treno was centered south of the 2nd largest city, glad keel. a number of buildings collapsed. according to pakistan's capital, as counselled for my prime minister in one cons arrest warrants. his supporters clash with police outside the court in islamabad. he's been ordered to reappear at a hearing on march 30th and former years president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and a case linked to a payment made to point. star stormy daniels prompt cited what he called illegal leeks, is common to supporters to protest. now, a deal allowed in the export of ukrainian grain from black seaports has been extended. ukraine was seeking an extension of 4 months, but russia only agreed to 60 days. ukraine is one of the world's biggest supplies of sunflower oil, wheat, and grain. stephanie decker reports from kavitsky. ukraine feeds

the world. the words of this farms owner. victor sharon etta gives us a tour on a cold march morning on the outskirts of keith corn, wheat, barley, and where ukraine holds po, position globally. and flour fee, which i know was an well $1.00 that the grain deal gave us hope, because our internal prices dropped almost 3 full during the war. but after was sign prices rose and of course not like before the war. but they increased in this gave us hope that we can work and sell our harvest in the future. despite this deceivingly peaceful moment, this is a country at war. and what happens in these fields has global implications. ukraine is one of the world largest produces and sunflower oil. and although weak and great, one gets produced here an export, it has a direct effect on food prices around the world. it's one of the main reasons why

this deal was brokered, the global need to bring down soaring for the prices that resulted because of the war. russia controls access in and out of the black sea, which ukraine needs to ship. it's produced to the rest of the world. the deal is said to be renewed every 4 months. russia now says it only wants to renew it for 2 citing sanctions affecting its own exports. but ukraine's deputy had of infrastructure who's been part of the team negotiating the grain deal, tells us such a short term deal does not offer stability, but is important to the farmers to see there for august, how they will export it. products unit next, marketing gear. they go, sir, and in case on the farmers for see you and for masses offer me as j. it is also small period. we are asked our partners to make minimum one year. farmers have also complained of russia delaying checks on vessels transporting, produce which costs more money, move, move name, or for yet,

we know russia want to only extend for 2 months, but this is not as it should be. also the vessels that go to ukraine are delayed by russia in the buffers, and we end up paying for this because the vessels don't reach us on time. currently, the western border with poland is working, but we cannot fully sell the grain that we have by road. we need to see the journey out has begun. russia holds great leverage in just how far they will reach. such tiny seeds and grains with major geopolitical implications. stephanie decker al jazeera, yet kavitsky, on the outskirts of keith, is rainy's of taken to the streets. ne 11th straight week of protests against government plans to curb the powers of the supreme court critic see the plan as a threat to judicial independence. business leaders, legal experts and retired military officers, have joined the protest and some as rainy. reservists have threatened to stop reporting for duty if the plan becomes law. the president is sac hertzog,

as appeal for the policy to be for sound to nigeria. now where vote counting is underway in the country state elections. voters are electing more than $900.00 assembly lawmakers and $28.00 governors. final results were expected. on monday, augment interest reports from connor is voting comes to a close at this pulling station in coddle. applying to scuttle the election is set in motion. the police quickly stepped in to restore order at another pulling center. an attempt to disrupt voting was quickly brought under control. for many voters, this election for state, governors and assemblies is more important than that for the presidency. dave level of government that is, closes to the people and it is also important because it's a presidential system of government in which

a good deal of powers lay on the office of the executive violence and intimidation have been reported elsewhere in the country. but the use of electronic voting machines let to less destruction than in the elections in february. then a broader commission sized coating has been largely successful in most of the 20 states in our general. what many people's biggest concern is about 11 on one of those. i noticed in the next few days, especially after just for social security was tapped up for the vote. this did i, did you have on the ground is enough to check commit any on towards go below me and any possible pd contest. good out. am i devising him to change his my i had of the vote technical glitches during the presidential election at february had raised concerns about the ability of the electoral empire to conduct

a free and credible governorship collection. there have lied to live in the address . so things are going smoothly. so pulling centers, water stayed away after several people were killed in the elections 3 weeks ago. and some were concerned that that could happen. result for the governorship election. i expected by monday, and many people are waiting to see whether the streets remain calm after the and host it rece. i'll just either cuddle nigeria. now serbia and kosovo have reached a partial agreement on normalizing the nations serbian president alexander, to pitch and cost of our prime minister alban cutty se. they'll take steps to implement a you backed deal, kosovo declared independence in 2008. but serbia refused to recognize the split. used up to the man described the negotiations as difficult while my abs epsco joint me live now from north macedonia, where there's talks are taking place. my us,

the leaders have agreed on some points but not and others. what more can you tell us? it was so wary a long day here in our community in north macedonia. today, for more than 12 hours, the leaders of kosovo and serbia, we representative of the european union and united states of america were negotiating these so fro says, sofa normalisation dilation between course awareness, serbia. and specifically, how to get to the agreement, how these agreements should be implemented. so dary is a some sort of agreement, especially on practical step, how disagreement as should be implemented in not practical in practice. there is a agreement for forming a some sort of association of serbian municipality in course of all that was

one part of dead deal that was precondition of serbian, of part 2 for adoption of u agreement for a normalization of the relation between of course of all and the serbian also is agreed that everything that was agreed sir, you're indeed day we'll be fired, told her you wrote be unfair to of course several and serbia and you to be closely monitored by european union. so us, so special representative for these 3 john guy re gabriel escobar is here. he greeted her agreement between course of all and her sir b. r. o saw be her customer premier sale i'll be in terms of good tea. few minutes ago he has, he said that he was so ready to sign the agreement of florida implementation of the

agreement for normalization dilation between casa by serbia. but dead sir, president of serbia alexander, of which was sent her ready for debts that her today. all right, michael exempted their live for us and already know of macedonia. maya, thank you. now, prices for domestic fruit in libya had been rising pharmacy without government support their crops won't be able to compete in the markets. my trainer reports from western libya. j day him is about 40 kilometers west of the libyan capital. tripoli, it's known for its plentiful foreign lands and great tasting oranges and grapefruit . they are big, bright, and juicy for the orange harvest will soon come to an end. farmer fois would give bassa owns the small land with $250.00 orange trees. he says it's been difficult to maintain the last couple of years. oh, come on, law seasoned am and

a nolan. there is a clear lack of support from the government. we are suffering because there is a severe lack of fertilizer and pesticides in the market and the government no longer subsidizes them. the government should encourage and help us by providing our needs so we can increase domestic production and not rely on imports. in the past, oranges from western libya have accounted for an estimated 70 percent of the nation's needs. they were even exported to neighboring countries, but not any more. a sod balloon is a fruit wholeseller. he says, living oranges are much better than those from abroad as the ha here any. when the last couple of years, the government has not been able to provide farmers with fertilizer, so they have to buy it in the private sector labor. it's expensive. the price of jackson increases, so the farmer struggles, the merchant struggles, and the customers can't afford it. so as soon basil is from the ministry of

agriculture and says at least a $150000.00 farmers have registered to get fertilizer. and he was out in palmer and farmers have every right to be angry, due to instability that we have not been able to provide them with their needs. so day prices for domestic goods have increased as a result of the lack of affordable for eliza and pesticide has allowed foreign fruits, especially from egypt to gain a much bigger market chair. it's also made living oranges significantly more expensive. farmers like faithful hope the government acts quickly sold their crops can freely compete in the market and earn them a living. mo trina ultra 0 western libya more protests that followed 2 nights, a violent demonstrations across france against pension reforms, or to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. the bill was pushed through this week without a parliamentary vote in the north western city of nonce, protest as clash with police who fired tear gas. australia's new south wales is

dealing with the largest number of fish deaths on record. millions of dead fish of washed up near a major river, west of sidney authorities say an ongoing heat wave and receding flood waters, partly to blame nor con report. this white blanket and darling river is made up lilian dead. fish. the routing remains of mainly bream, cut him perch, a clogging australia 2nd longest, rather and disrupting the lives of people in the small town of men. indeed, are you walking around under a draught up medicine and near smelling as putrid smell, and a set of terrible smell and a horrible to say all those dead fish, local authority say unusually hot weather has led to a lot algo bloom in the rivers. this coupled with receding flood waters and drying river beds have starved fish of oxygen. in a statement, the new southwell state department says the hot weather is exacerbating hypoxia. as

warmer water holds less oxygen, the cold water, the fish have higher oxygen needs at warmer temperatures. this is the 3rd mass dial for fish in the darling river in 2019 nearly 1000000 fish perish them. but the new south wales department of primary industries says the latest is the worse. with hardly any fish being left alive. as just i feel no hopeless earth said that nick, no one wants to take any responsibility for it. and really all we want is to maintain a healthy river authority, say fish populations, usually boom, during the floods and then full as fatwas as receipt. the local people blame poor water management, they say more needs to be done to improve the drainage and quality of water to prevent another wool of dead fish. laura han al jazeera.