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ah, moneys, sorry, this is al jazeera alive from so also coming up 20 years after the us led invasion of iraq. we look at how dis, information from washington damaged, the credibility of the united nations. growing reports of mass killings and rapes is thousands of despise people, continue to arrive in camps in the democratic republic of congo. many people here question why the government hasn't done more to support its forces. and scientists reveal the chemistry behind the thick haze that covers new tele, every winter. ah . at least 14 people have died in could door and

one into root, often strong as quake hit off the coast of ecuador and magnitude 6.8 tremor was centered south and the 2nd largest city alex bad has more streets littered with crumbled facades. rescue teams in ecuador scrambled to save those, still trapped after the earthquake on friday afternoon. what will be vehicle balloon apart of a facade collapsed. them fell on a vehicle that had already been removed by the police. we had one victim without vital signs. a male person, a number of buildings have collapsed across the coastal state of a laurel 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. there are 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. um, while 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, and the danger isn't over yet. with aftershocks still ongoing. alex bid al jazeera sunday marks 20 years since the start of operation iraqi freedom. the us led invasion that toppled sadam hussein. the militia operation was launched without un support and light the 1st gulf war, or the invasion of afghanistan on tip cannot. again, sir james bay's looks at how the invasion damaged the credibility of the un 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 iraq, he ruler saddam hussein had ceased his w. m. d, program years earlier, but in 2003 us 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 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, i'm, 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 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 bayes al jazeera of the united nations south korea and japan are reporting that north korea has fired a short range ballistic missile towards the sea, off east coast of the korean peninsula. the latest incident follows fridays launch of a why song, 17 intercontinental ballistic missile tension. in the region has increase in south korea and the u. s. began and 11 day joint military excise on monday in the democratic republic of congo attacks by the m 23 rebel group have displaced more than 800000 people over the past year. the group widely believed to be backed by one that continues to seize territory in the east. despite regional efforts to end the violence. malcolm web reports from the city of goma josephine one

meaning and boot seed a breeder. both 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. 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 m 23 killed him. as we were running away, they caught us and separated the men from the women. many men were taken by the 23 in the bush. most of them were killed, and my husband was among the democratic republic of congo. his army says its fighting rwandan soldiers under the guise of end $23.00 wonders widely understood to back the armed group with a wonder denies it. the army has failed to stop and 23. the many people here

question why the government hasn't done more than supported for 3 years ago. but at the time they had the central international military support. busy one that was sanctioned, this time in east african regional forces meant to help randi and 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. our position 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 cease fires and denied committing atrocities.

in spite of mounting evidence, there were growing reports of mass killings and rates from the hundreds of thousands of new arrivals in the camp. but 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 the journey, which he says we need help with suffering. and we can go back to our farm below. and she recall that she lost malcolm web al jazeera, goma, democratic republic of congo person's home secretary swell. braverman has visited wanda working to expand a controversial deportation agreement with kigali. under the $120000000.00 pound deal agreed to last year. wonder would accept migrants who arrive in britain

without permission. no deportations have yet taken place as rights campaigns challenge the legality of the policy in court. more than 45000 people and in person last year by crossing the channel. the big point here is that there will be a package of high quality humanitarian support for people who will be relocated to one that combined without robust new laws will be able, will enable us to break the business model of the people smuggling gardens for the u. s president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he made the remarks on his truth social media sites. he cited what he called a legal leaks in the manhattan district attorney's office called on his supporters to protest. my county has moved 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 trump through an intermediary 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 arc and 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. of course, in pakistan's capital has counselled former prime minister in wrong cons. arrest warrants is supported clash with police outside the court in the some about and outside his home. in the whole, the case was a jones and com was ordered to reappear at a hearing on march, the 30th you phases, a number of legal cases, which he says are all politically motivated or in a whole, please enter the home of the former prime minister, breaking through the front gate and offices and calls the porter clash in the street. 60 arrests were made. he say a search of the problem to reveal weapons. a large amount of munitions. p jameer is

a political analyst, tv on current former crickets in pakistan who has played alongside iran con. he explains why khan went to court and brown has been continually saying that he will appear he'd been asking for, for a leave not to appear because of security. threats, the government didn't agree to it and then they agreed to it and then it was total confusion. then the police came with a touching, the 14th. his appearance was today and the court. and he said that, you know, he will not be arrested. because the, the warrant, we're not arrest warrants. there were ones for producing him in court. so today he, he, he, renton, and he produced himself. now, why was this all done? and the tutor, but as i said, if we wanted to arrest him, yes, we would have us to them. so then why rest public money? why the helicopter?

from islam about to law. i mean, what was the reason for all that? i mean was at the facade what was to get out or, you know, what was to really get out of the situation. serbia, in kosovo, have failed to reach an agreement to normalize ties after mouth and round of you, mediated talks in north macedonia. course of his prime minister albin courts. he said he was ready to sign the document. the blame serbia's lead alexander voltage for refusing to sign off on the plan, kosovo declared independence back in 2008. serbia has refused to recognize the split. the eas, top diplomat, describe the negotiations as difficult. maya bless f has more from north, not the dead. yes. it was so wary a long day hearing in macedonia today for more than 3 hours. the leaders of course, will answer be represented the european union and united states of america were

negotiating these so frozen, sold for normalization relations between serbia. and that's basically how to get to the agreement, how these agreements should be implemented. so there is a some sort of agreement, especially on practical how disagreement should be implemented in practical practice. there is agreement for forming some sort of association of serbian municipality in course of all that was one part of that deal that was condition of serbian, of parts to for adoption of u agreement for normalization. of the relation between of course of all and sort of be and also is agreed that everything that was agreed to during these day will be

part of european set, of course of all. and serbia. and you will be closely monitored by european union still has on out a grip or close in nigeria. vote is a choosing governess a month on the congested presidential election or on a military base and bogus her to me. some of columbia's 1st female army recruits and move in to decades. ah

hello there he is. you forecast for north american now 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, the 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 higher 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 midwest while they do pick up in minneapolis coming in at 4 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 fine 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. the rain, however, continues for heavily across belize, cuba and the bahamas. havana coming in at 28 degrees celsius, that to weather update. ah. on counting the calls will borton's new plan to bring people back into the workforce help boost economic growth. good. the collapse of silicon valley bank mino rethink all interest rights. plus australia wants to create a new fleet of nuclear power submarine. got a massive price counting the cost on al jazeera. the u. s. is always of interest. the people around the world, people pay attention to walk with lot here and i'll just, he was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. lou

ah, watching al jazeera mindful top stories this hour, at least 15 people have died off to strong earthquake hit off the coast of ecuador, the magnitude $6.00 tremor was centered south 2nd largest city guy uphill and also impacted northern route. a number of buildings have collapsed is 20 years since the south of the us led invasion of iraq. that top all saddam saying to 300000 iraqis were killed in the war between 20032019. the military operation was launched without former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on she's day in a case linked her payment made by the porn star. so me daniels,

trump cited what he called illegal leaks. he's called on his supporters to protest . i fancy large area now where they're counting is underway in state selection spaces and analyzing more than 900 assembly legislators and 28 governors. final results i expected on monday. advantageous reports from connor is voting comes to a close at this pulling station in colonel applying to scuttle the election is set to motion. the police quickly stepped in to restore order at another pulling center. an attempt to disrupt the voting was quickly brought under control. for many voters, this election for state governors in assemblies is more important than that for the prosperity. a level of government that is, closes to the people. and it is also important because

a separate eventual system of government in which a good deal of powers lay on the office of 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 says, quoting has been largely successful in most of the 20 states. now jim, what many people's biggest concern is about 11111 of those i noticed in the next few days, especially after just for special on file with security was tucked up for the vote. this can i, did, you have on the ground is enough to check commit any on towards w. m. and any puzzle who pd contest good out, am i devising him to changes 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. they have lied to live in the address . so things are going smoothly with supporting centers or to stay away. but 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 analyst. patrice elgin's eda, colonel nigeria, israelis have taken to the streets in the 11th strike week of protest against government plans to curb the supreme court's powers. critic see the plan as a threat to judicial independence as its leaders, legal experts in baton military leaders of all join the protest and some israeli reservists who threatened to stop reporting for duty of the plan becomes law. the

president isaac has arc, has appeal for the policy to be postponed. women in columbia can now enlist for voluntary military service after being bound for decades on $5000.00 women, i expected to join this year. many of them hope it will lead to a professional career within the army. i was on a ramp at he met some of the 1st batch for crates, had a military base in bogota. her early morning military drills by these new female recruits. there among the 1st 1300 women to voluntary enlist in columbus army in more than 2 decades. oh, the physical exercises are grueling and the hours long, but they say they're up for the challenge and happy to be able to serve a lot of as in apple danielle, moving on, it's a tremendous opportunity. we have the same abilities as men and the physical requirements of the same. we expect no preferential treatment for being women. it fills me with pride that we are eligible for service once again for those like men

here, duma, barry says she always wanted to be a soldier, but lack the money to pay for a military academy. she hopes this will be a gateway to achieve it. some risk pursuing a professional career is too expensive for many, but now we have an opportunity to be here and do what we always wanted, wear the uniform and serve our country recruits. we received 3 months of training here before being assigned to a base across the country, earning a monthly stipend of about $80.00. oh yes, any albert, he says she entered the program to help her mother and siblings and understands the dangers of serving in a country. still plagued by rebel groups and drug mafias. think there is on as those fed up with the risks are high, but that's why we have a chain of command and we are being trained for whatever we will have to face in the future. women leak up just one percent of the country's $240000.00 soldiers

and columbia seal relies on drafting $50000.00 men every year into compulsory military service. the overwhelming majority of them come from poor families, while wealthier colombians pay to avoid it. something the government is planning to change. president gustavo better as trying to eliminate compulsory military service, allowing young recruits to choose social services instead, while increasing the number of both professional and volunteers, including women, willingly. so a lot of weight is increasing the number of women and the army changes the culture of the institution. and the idea is to rely on the more different activities security defense where they can contribute a lot. columbus planning to enlist at least 5000 women in 2023 alone. strengthening the role and working to diversified and evolving force. allison and beauty and jesse, but with that crosses fair, domestic face in libya and rising on the same without government support

a crops wont be able to compete in the markets. and china reports from western libya. j day him is about 40 kilometers west of the lubin 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 places give bassa owns the small land with 250 orange trees. he says it's been difficult to maintain the last couple of years on la fiesta and had no lenny, 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 assad balloon as a fruit wholeseller. he says live in oranges are much better than those from abroad as the ha here. and even in 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, but it's expensive. depressive protection increases. so the family struggles, the merchant struggles and the customers can't afford it. i shall laugh as soon basil is from the ministry of agriculture and says at least a 150000 farmers have registered to get fertilizer and he was out. it ain't a man. farmers have every right to be angry. do you and stability that we have not been able to provide them with their needs a day? prices for domestic goods has increased as there is doug low. 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 libyan 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 scientists in india and europe have revealed the chemistry behind the haze that covers new deli every winter. and findings were published in the journal nature, colon bake has 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 have developed has been poorly understood. you will have a good night in getting some time, but then there are other nicer things together. they thought maybe starting with

spicy and by midnight you will start seeing that appear info hayes. and then by we us in the morning, you will find that really to case scientists know how pollutants become more dangerous in some lights of gases, react, and lead to smug, 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 the rooftop to monitor the air. what they found surprised them. as the temperature dropped and humidity rose, minute particles grew fast, forming ultra fine ones. 10000th 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. what 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 to, ah, for white heating to 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 sorry, by a much binding is not legally it's data that may also prove useful to a world that a sing more wildfires near more population centers every year. column baker out 0. ah.