degrees celsius on monday, still very cold across 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 will, 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. at the rain, however, continues for heavily across belize, cuba and the bahamas. havana coming in at 28 degrees celsius, that to weather update. ah, ah, a powerful earthquake hit southern ecuador. these 15 people are killed and many

others are trapped under rubble. ah, hello, i am dire in jordan. the soldiers are alive from dalton, so coming up 20 years up to the us led invasion of iraq. we look at how this information from washington damage the credibility of united nations. growing reports of mass killings and rapers thousands of displaced. people continue to arrive in camps and democratic republic of congo. and we have more on the allegations of filipinos being targeted traffic to enforce them to a life of crime. ah, of these 15 people have died often a strong earthquake hit off the coast of ecuador, the magnitude 6.8 tremor was centered south of the 2nd largest city guayaquil alex barrett, has moved. st. slitted with crumbled facades. rescue

teams in ecuador scrambled to save those still trapped after the earthquake on friday afternoon. what will be vehicle balloon? a part of a facade collapsed. them fell on a vehicle that had already been removed by the place. we had one victim without vital signs. a male person, a number of buildings have collapsed across the coastal state of alberto and us. why in the andes that gathered all i can to sally at, people ran out, they yelled in despair. all the people got out of their cars. i don't know how an earthquake would feel in a car, but they were desperate. they ran, they yelled, yodi cried. they were ports of damage to infrastructure across the region and landslides, blocking civil roads. the tremor was also felt across the border and northern peru, where a young child was killed. when her home collapsed, where the hollow, the baby was playing, where the stain of blood is. she was playing with my other niece and the brick fell

on her ecuador and peru, a prone to earthquakes. they straddled the so called ring of fire in the danger, isn't over yet. with aftershocks still ongoing. alex bid al jazeera sunday marks 20 years as the start of operation iraqi freedom, the us led invasion, the topple. saddam hussein. the military operation was launched without un support . unlike the 1st gulf war of the invasion of afghanistan. our diplomatic editor james bayes looks at how the invasion damage the credibility of the united nations un weapons inspectors in iraq, their job to track down the countries chemical and biological weapons. we now know there weren't any, a former iraqi rulers. saddam hussein had ceased his w. m. d program years earlier, but in 2003 u. s. president george bush was 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, tried to make the case in the security council, even wielding a vile he said, could be anthrax about this. 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. and the aftermath, one british diplomat who worked as his countries 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 sector 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 shared set of rules took a very big hit as a result in euro 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 or 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 in deep damage 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 fossil al is to body his

a former iraqi diplomat and founding director. the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university joins us live from bloomington, vital, good to happy with us. so look the legacy of the iraq war. i think is very much so being decided still being written. but do you think the invasion by the us led coalition was a success or a disappointing failure? well, it was a little bit of both. it has been disappointing to those of us who went back to iraq after spending years in exile to try to rebuild the country to realize that the forces armed against us. we're a little brother, stronger than now. we had anticipated and i myself made the decision that there was no particular point in my continuing. so i i resigned as ambassador and left a bottom on the other hand, ah, a brutal tyrant. ah, one who had terrorized his own people killing hundreds upon hundreds of thousands

of iraqi civilians and who had invaded to ah, neighboring states ah, was removed and that i will be remembered i think by history as an absolute good. okay, so, so what about iraq today? i mean, many iraq, he still see the political system as deeply corrupt. the sectarian divide between sunni and she are, remains problematic. militias still room around. so has real political and economic progress been made for ordinary rockies on the street? not what should have been made known, ah, the economic problems of the country have not begun to be addressed by any of the successive governments. and that's deeply problematic. ah, unfortunately, we have a bad governing system which favors these sectarian divisions that the political class saw has benefited from. ah, if you speak to ordinary iraqis in the street,

you will find they're not nearly as divided as their political class. but the system drives it sort of this the, the governing system is iraq, is almost a living organism which has its own drive to survive. and that is a deeply problematic but, but the rockies have to day that they did not have 20 years ago. is hope that the future will be better than it was if the americans on their allies had not removed saddam either. he or one of his 2 sons would be ruling iraq to day pfizer. you're a former iraqi diplomat and you represent that iraq at the u. n many experts say look at the say the you in a time failed to exercise its authority and stand up to the u. s. and the u cane saying the war was illegal. how much damage did this due to the credibility of the united nations? do you think? well, there's a couple of things to keep in mind. first of all, on the a, 2002,

the security council passed resolution 1441 under chapter 7 of the un charter holding that iraq was in material breach of its disarmament obligation. so let's keep that straight. there are ample legal arguments for why the war was legal. i'm a lawyer myself. i can make those arguments. i won't trouble you with them. but me answer your question. that yes i was. i represented iraq in 2004 and for a number of years thereafter at the united nations. and the fact of the matter is that the united nations security council, which is the body, we really mean the secretary general, has no power to stop a member state from doing anything. it's the security council by design, the security council can only act when there is unanimity amongst the 5 permanent members. as you're set up, peace pointed out the there were only 2 members who were advocating for a security council resolution reauthorizing. the use of course,

the other 3 were against. so that's how the u. n. is designed just at just a final thought to you. 5, how do you think history then will remember operation iraqi freedom? i mean, this was that war, as you pointed out, 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 now discredited intelligence, a how will this invasion and its aftermath me remember, do you think? well that's going to be in the eye of the beholder. the same is true of kosovo. ah, there was no un security council authorization for kosovo. there's absolutely no question that the cause of a war was illegal. a u. n. commission appointed by coffee and on set. so although it called it illegal but legitimate, which is a, an incoherent phrase. and so it's, it's how you view the war at the time. 20 years later, it's kill how you're going to view it. if things work out in iraq, history won't my, i won't be bothered by the, the legal subtleties of 2003 and iraq has

a 7000 year history. i'm not going to rule it out after only 20 years fossil allister body when it get your thoughts and your analysis vital. thank you very much for talking to our da 0. thank you, sir. my pleasure. thank you. now in the democratic republic of congo attacks by the m 23 rebel group have displaced more than 800000 people since last march. the group want to believe to be backed by rolanda, continues to seize territory in the east. despite regional efforts to end the violence, welcome web report. the city of goma josephine one weaning and boot seed, a breeder. those told us their husbands were killed when the n 23 armed group attacked their villages. many people in this camp on the outskirts of goma tell similar stories that one is josephine says she went back to her village last week and found her husband dead among about 30 men who were killed with machetes and left, barely buried in shallow graves. dick in the runs and throw em 23 killed him as we

were running away, they caught us and separated the men from the women. many men were taken by the m 23 in the bush. most of them were killed and my husband was among them. democratic republic of congo, his army says its fighting rwandan soldiers under the guise of end $23.00 wonders widely understood to back beyond group with everyone that denies it. the army has failed. and 23, the bonds these many people here. question why the government hasn't done more supportive for the 3 to 3 years ago. but at the time they had some international military support. busy and one that was sanction this time in east african regional forces meant to help the indian soldiers of the latest to arrive. that is not clear if any of the countries contributing troops did not have the

political will or the resources you got to fight and $23.00 or even were wanda. here in congress general constance fema is the 3rd commander to take over condos, military operation in less than a year, just as a regional deadline for m. 23 to withdraw is due to expire. your opposition in the bio was attacked earlier today. this is why we have to repeat that we still have multiple violations of police by m 23 blame the congo. 4th is for breaking the cease fires and denies committing atrocities. in spite of mounting evidence, there are growing reports of mass killings and rates from the hundreds of thousands of new arrivals in the camps. ca says her husband was trying to protect the herd of capital last month when em, 23 fighters tried to forcibly recruiting and killed him when he refused to say, did what she says, we need help with suffering. and we can't go back to our farm. and she recall

that she lost malcolm web al jazeera goma democratic republic of congo. for my yes, president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he made the remark on his truth. social media site from site did what he called illegal leaks from the manhattan district attorney's office. he called me and his supporters to protest a . 2 not going anywhere with our great president, donald montana has more now from washington d. c. trumpeters, 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 tramp through an intermediary or 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 are secret, cohen has stated publicly that he orchestrated the payment to, to women in order to keep them quiet about having had sexual relations with trump. 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 trump the opportunity to appear before

that 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, not, not. so to come here now to 0, including why half a season in libya is leaving a sour taste for many farmers. and scientists reveal the chemistry behind the thick haze. the covers much of new delhi. each winter more, nothing. ah hello, they will look to east asia and now that area of low pressure has pulled away from

japan, was a much finer dryer conditions behind it. we got high pressure in charge here, the temperature in tokyo and so the korean peninsula heating 15 degrees celsius. lots of sunshine coming through here soccer at 17 degrees celsius and those high on average temperatures are reflected across northern areas of china, where it is relatively quiet. it's down in the south. we are seeing a frontal system. we need some heavy rain to more central and southeastern areas, certainly by monday, still from spotty showers, remaining here. and if we talk about rain where we have to go to south asia, because we've had unusual wet weather for much of india, severe thunderstorms that cause flooding in chennai and tumble. now do we are expecting that to continue across the east coast. those storms breaking out, rushing up into the northeast and pulling into bungler dash. the good news is, however, by the time we get into monday, it's much clearer for that west coast, stretching down to the south. a few showers here and there. we are expecting that

rain to continue in new delhi. however, on monday thunderstorms, a brief pause on tuesday, but by wednesday, a chance of some light rain in the afternoon. ah. the coveted beyond wealth, with paycom, without hesitation, fought and died for power. defines our world, we live here, we make the rule, not them, they find an enemy, and then they try and scurvy people with people in power. investigate, exposed it and questions they used and abused of our around the globe on al jazeera. ah

ah, welcome back of your promot about top stories here at this hour. at least 15 people have died off to a strong earthquake, hit off the coast of ecuador, latitude, 6.8 tremor was centered south of the 2nd largest city, quite a key, and also affected norman peru. number of buildings collapsed. it's been 20 years since the us led invasion of iraq toppled saddam hussein. up to 300000 iraqis were killed in the war between 232019 military operation was north without un support. until more years president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday. the casement to a payment made to form a porn star stormy daniels comstock and what he called illegal leeks is coolant and supporters to protest. now a senator in the philippines says she has uncovered an operation that traffic filipinos and possibly other nationals and forced them into

a life of crime. she says victims were learning to call center jobs in cambodia and me and math, but then pressured into taking part in fraud. barnaby, la reports from the philippine capital. so nice. i love us long timing young area. this clip was taken by filipinos held at a combo deon police station. in january's, they say it shows they were victims of human trafficking, them by phone number 2 of the group of says, returned home and told al jazeera, their experiences were horrific, though with underwater. bruno doesn't want to reveal his identity and says he was me to travel from one country to another illegally. and by boat, 17 guy, me, me my lit up or there was have been in the 1st in a small with in bold, including an infant and luggage. and that was the most dramatic park we cause to vote with god's sakes and its aim. and no one would find out if we dana, this was her destination in cambodia. a large business complex with many buildings

. mile says there were given customer service jobs, but then forced to carry out online fraud. st. pin. the 3rd day of chatting is when we offer potential victims fake crypto investments. the lowest offer is $50.00, but it can go up to as much as $50000.00 a month. but unlike bruno miles was florence come bodya posing as a tourist. what are the more common routes and methods, according to victims, filipino trafficking victims who come forward said they're usually question at border checks when leaving the philippines. but they pass through with relative ease. they say at least one immigration officer stamped their passports, let them straight through. at least 6 officers are being investigated by the bureau of immigration or b, i. following senate inquiries, the b, i should not be a scene of the crime. it should be the last line of defense for our migrant workers . so it really has 2 cracked down on the syndicate or syndicates still operating

within human trafficky during the legislative hearings. it was also revealed that the government had rescued. $200.00 victims caught in a similar schemes up on board. there were not only from cambodia, but laos and me on mar, that's raced. fierce many more crimes like these are going undetected. barnaby low al jazeera manila brazilian security forces of launched a major crackdown on criminal gangs out of 4 nights of violence in the north of the country. at least 3 suspects had been killed and nearly a 100 people arrested since tuesday. the operation was launched off the gangs torched cars and shop at government buildings across dozens of cities. li say the crime wave was organized by jailed gang leaders to protest prison conditions. serbia and kosovo have failed to reach an agreement to normalize ties. after a marathon round of e. u mediated talks in north lasonya, casa rose prime minister alban, kurt. he said he was ready to sign the document and blame serbia's leader alexander,

to pitch for refusing to sign off on the plan. casa road declared independence in 2000 made. but serbia refused to recognize the split. the use top diplomat describe it talks as difficult. maya basilica has mona from north macedonia. it was so wary a long day here in all katy in north macedonia to day for more than 12 hours. the leader of course, of all and serbia read, representative for for european union and united states of america. we're negotiating these so fro says, so for a normalization deletion, 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 specially on practical step. how disagreement should b. i implemented in not practical in practice. there is

a agreement for forming that a some sort of association of serbian municipality in course of all that was one part of dead deal that was sir precondition of serbian, of part to for adoption of for you agreement for a normalization of the relation of course so vol and 30 would be and also is agreed that everything that was agreed sir, you're in these day we'll be part of you wrote the unfair to of course of all and serbia and you to be closely monitored by european union hungry says it will agree to finland's nato membership a vote to schedule for parliament to ratify finland's bid on march 27th. later, members hungry and turkey had been holding back approval for the countries to joined the defense block. since last july,

more protests are followed 2 nights of violent demonstrations in france against pension reforms that will raise the retirement age of 62 to 64. the bill was pushed through this week without a parliamentary vote in the northwest and said he had not protest as clash with police firing t. i guess paris is quiet after police ban gatherings and ongoing rubbish strike has left of 10000 tons of garbage on the streets. prices for domestic fruit and libya had been rising pharmacy without government support their crops wont be able to compete in the markets. malik, trainer report from western lydia. j de him is about 40 kilometers west of the libyan capital. tripoli. it's known for its plentiful foreign lands and great te seen oranges and grapefruit. they are big, bright, and juicy for the orange harvest will soon come to an end farmer places as good

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 fees. and am in a knoll any 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 livia have accounted for an estimated 70 percent of the nation's needs. they were even exported to neighboring countries, but not any more. as a balloon is a fruit wholeseller. he says, living oranges are much better than those from abroad as the ha here, anyone know 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 bank. it's expensive. depressive

protection increases. so the family struggles, the merchant struggles and the customers can't afford it. sherlock, as in bas year, is from the ministry of agriculture and says at least a $150000.00 farmers have registered to get fertilizer. and without any income. and farmers have every right to be angry, due to instability that we have not been able to provide them with their needs. they prices for domestic goods have increased as a result of the lack of affordable for eliza and pesticide has allowed foreign fruit, especially from egypt. to gain a much bigger market chair, it's also made living oranges significantly more expensive. farmers like facial hope, the government acts quickly so their crops can freely compete in the market and earn them a living. mal, trina ultra 0 western libya. now dozens of afghan business women have displayed their goods at an exhibition in dubai as work options for women shrink under the

taliban administration. the 3 day exhibitions supported by the un development program includes $26.00 businesses run by afghan women. due to the difficulty of arranging visas and travel restrictions, they joined remotely. i said restrictions on women in public life found the country's struggling economy. the hampering that businesses, scientists in india and europe have now revealed a chemistry behind the haze that often covers new delhi. each winter that findings are published in the journal nature. colin baker has the story every year polluted air in india's capital city between november and january contributes to the deaths of thousands of people including children. although air pollution in new delhi has long been a problem. how the haze develops has been poorly understood. you will have a clearly nice in getting some time, but then did other nicer. this case will go very fast, maybe starting respite me. by midnight, you will start seeing that

a beautiful haze. and then by we arse in the morning, you find that really to case scientists know how pollutants become more dangerous in sunlight, gases react and lead to smog as has been documented in beijing. but it wasn't clear what was happening at night in new delhi. so chemist in the city, deployed 1400 sensors on rooftops to monitor the air. what they found surprised them. as the temperature dropped and humidity rose, minute particles grew fast, forming ultra fine ones, 10 thousandths of the width of a human hair. they were mostly made up of organic molecules, so the scientists realised they must have come from vapor from burned materials like wood. the molecules turned to vapor, then condensed like seeds in the cool air, then grew in the presence of water. that connection had not been known before.

whatever it is getting bought are gonna be combusted in that at all. that he is simply contributing to this haze formation. the process, piqued after midnight, before tapering off as commuters headed to work before 9 am. when the haze was thickest, now that the transformation is understood, it could help city planners and public health and aviation officials. but some say they faced substantial challenges. we don't have infrastructure for white heating, so they low income vocational the city. we don't have infrastructure to provide tank, okay. as of now and they're building it, as long as these problems are not sore by a much binding is not legally it's data that may also prove useful to a world that is seeing more wildfires near more population centers every year. colon baker algebra ah.