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ah, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha with me fully back table, also coming up a major you and report says global warming is likely to cross critical levels in the next decade and less drastic changes are made in france, members of parliament or voting on to no confidence motions against the government of present demanded michael, over his controversial pension reform. thousands of opposition. protesters riley in south africa, demanding president, seal rema poses resignation of crippling power cuts and accompanying car. ah a journey of peace and a meeting of dear friends. that's how the leaders of russia and china describing president changing things. first,

a visit to moscow. since the start of the ukraine invasion, both hailed their historic close ties as russia faces international isolation hush him. i'll borrow against our coverage with this reports. ah, this is a trip china hopes would end war in ukraine. but it's a delicate mission for chinese president g jumping. she has repeatedly said his country is neutral in the conflict, but he is widely seen as a key ally and support of russian president vladimir, put in albany, trying to values the friendship between china and russia. this has historical logic because we are neighbors and to large countries. we're also strategic partners. such a position determines that we have a very close relationship with last month. china presented a piece plan to end the war in ukraine thinking, but why it calls fun and to unilateral sanctions against russia and a cease fire,

it makes no mention of russian troops withdrawing from ukrainian territory. president vladimir put in said russia is open to a political and diplomatic solution which has been commissioned. such may be lecturing, you mean, we have considered your proposals for settlement of the current crisis. of course, we will have an opportunity to discuss this. we know that you are basing this on principle of furnace and upholding the principle of the international law and divisible security for all countries. you also know that we're always open to negotiations. we'll discuss all these issues including your initiative is wages have been following his trip to moscow. president g jumping is likely to speak with your crania leader for the demur, zalinski for the 1st time since the start of the war. but ukraine has rejected calls for a ceasefire, while its territory is occupied by russian forces. beijing also faces another challenge, convincing was to leaders who remain laws the skeptical of its best plan. first of

all, the united states said it was designed to deflect attention from china. support for put in washington has recently disclosed intelligence that china was considering sending secret shipments of weapons to russia. and if that happens, the u. s. was it may impose economic sanctions on badging. ash barbara al jazeera journalist, julia sharp, have what sharper val over has more on the meeting from moscow. we know that the informal meeting between the russian and chinese leaders have finished during the me saying, we heard from vladimir putin as saying that he had carefully read china's piece of land for a ukrainian settlement. and we also know that the russian presence said that beijing's plan could be discussed. russia is always open to the negotiation process . that was, according to the russian president. so probably an as far as we know that the

a chinese peaceful plan. i was not quite or you know, endorsed by ukraine and the western countries. so probably that plan will be a little bit tweaked or adjusted in the nearest future probably tomorrow because tomorrow is the the most important day of this visit. and he and our is katrina, you with the view from beijing. hi, ms. price wise. on the mention of it, successful brokering peace between saudi arabia and iran. and she thing is really looking at this visit, other than strengthening which led him a fusion as no pets unity to project as a global calla, as a heat maker. she didn't want to get the attention, particularly of countries from the developing world. you might be a bit to seeing the u. s. constantly as a leader, and might be more open to china as an alternative. now we've seen these openings shop closing trees in this chassis between in houston and she didn't came i think

when it comes to do politics underestimate the importance of the personal report between these 2 leaders. 10 years ago, more than 10 years ago now and president, she didn't became the leader of china, russia, the countries you visited. and he said at the time that he was holding a new chapter in moscow, paging time. and now we've had, the 2 leaders meet more than 40 times. this is present and she didn't being lifetime in moscow. vladimir putin last time and made a ice cream birthday cake, prison. she didn't think he's treated himself the said that she didn't do any state leader that he's celebration his own birthday with. i think what really crucially ties these 2 together. it's not just the fact, but they're from russia and china because those 2 countries had really complicated history. what i think is most important here is this piece. these 2 leaders of a head are carrying countries. they have

a strong leadership to have both figured out ways to manipulate the system so that they can be meters basically for the rest of their life. and the important thing that we need to watch out is meant to be music that these to show a world view. and that is that they don't believe that the world should be led by the us and other western democracies. they don't think that of world oldest suits them and that it suits all the countries. basically, they would like to see their own country, their own style of governance, or those systems of governance. more prominent or washington has dismissed china's attempt to broker an end to the war in ukraine. his u. s. secretary of state antony blanket. the world should not be fooled by any tactical move by russia, supported by china or any other country to freeze the war on its own terms. such a move would violate the you and charter, and delay ah, the fights he is me,

the will of a 141 countries who will condemn brushes, war in the united nations general assembly one party to this conflict. ukraine has already put forward a just peace formula of china is committed to supporting an end to the war based on the principles of the un charter, as called for in point one of his plan. it can engage with presence lensky and ukraine on that basis. and use his influence to compel moscow to pull back its forces. meanwhile, russia has opened a case against the international criminal court prosecutor and judges. it comes after the i. c. c issued an arrest warrant for present, put in last week over the alleged deportation of children from ukraine. russia's investigative committee says the prob, against the court is based on it's unlawful decision to see president put in the rest while the u. k. and the netherlands are hosting an international conference to show up support for the i. c. c. britain's justice secretary dominic rob says the court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for put in was an historic moment. that

since a much stronger i'm will fall, reach you message right around the world to desperate some dictators everywhere that they will be brought to justice. but they will be held to account. and as we come together today, i hope, and i believe it serves to underline the importance of ensuring that the i c c. as every support for the crucial what that it is doing. john hall has more or less from london, 40 nations represented here. that's by no means all of the signatories, the rome statute. that founded the i c. c. but perhaps most of the western ones and they will be pledges of funding. there will be pledges of board resources to help the i c. c to support it. it's ongoing sort of investigations into war crimes in ukraine that will eventually of course be a vast scope and will take many years. and we'll have to look both ways. it's not just the russians who have committed war crimes, in all likelihood. it is a country at war. but it's

a collective sort of re affirming of commitment to that journey towards international justice. the 1st big step, of course, on that journey with these arrest warrants for prison food present, president putin and his children's rights commissioner on friday arrest warrants that raise a number of questions that will be discussed here at will he ever president putin see the inside of a dock at the i. c. c onset probably not rusher is not a signatory to the i. c. c. some countries that it still does business with are those like south africa? what happens for instance in august, if president putin as expected attends a brick summit? there in august, south africa would be under the obligation to arrest him. and it also raises questions. as the prosecutor kareem con, pointed out about the very concept and efficacy of international justice, the window of opportunity to be climate change is rapidly closing. extreme weather

events will only get worse unless the world acts now to secure a livable future. for all the soc predictions are outlined in a un report that's expected to shape climate policy in the years to come. i environment editor nick clark has the details in every country on every continent, the climate emergency is taking hold. this is milan away, hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands displaced. the cause a record breaking cycling on the other side of the world in argentina, endless brutal heat compounding droughts with farmers facing losses, estimated at $14000000000.00. so now we have this latest call to arms from the united nations with what should become the fundamental policy document for shaping climate action. it is the distillation of years of work by hundreds of scientists. and these are the key points in the past decade that had been 15 times more deaths from droughts, floods, and storms, and more vulnerable regions, carbon emissions,

they need to drop and rapidly. in fact, they need to cut by almost half in just 7 years. if global warming is to be limited to one and a half degrees celsius baths a rapid and far reaching transition could pull us back from the brink. and to help do that, developed countries need to stump up hundreds of billions of dollars every year to vulnerable nations. something they've so far failed to do whether or not swelled leaders with that is another matter. it's not as if they weren't warnings long ago . and this was for men, nasa, climate scientists, james hanson way, back in 1988. altogether. this evidence represents a very strong case in my opinion that the greenhouse effect has been detected and it is changing our climate now. well, as we now know, the well didn't listen 35 years on fossil fuel emissions continue to increase along with colossal profits for the oil, johns, and temperatures. yes, of course they're going up to and now say the experts once and for all we need to

act before that window of opportunity slam shut. our peter newman was an author of a pass i p. c. siri ford and is a professor of sustainability is optimistic about mitigating climate change. well, it is reaching a culmination point because the world of finance is now recognizing that they must contribute to this change. and so we now have icy, i trillion dollars available for solving the problems of climate change. that's a very amazing amount of money that's down there. but it is essentially difficult for developing countries to be part of this rapid change that's happening unless the interest rights are enabled. so that extra 100000000000 or so from the

governments is needed to help them get access to this money. the u. s. federal reserve, another central banks have launched a coordinated effort to keep dollars flowing through the global banking system as follows. a swiss government by takeover of credit suisse bytes main wyvil, u b. s. credit suisse managers around $1.00 trillion dollars around the world. it's profit dropped significantly in 2022, falling nearly $8000000000.00 after losing $2000000000.00 in 2021. it's chairs have been in shop decline since 2021. they've now lost more than 95 percent of their value in the past 5 years. investors took their money elsewhere last week when the banks mean shareholder refuse to offer a financial help. after that even a $54000000000.00 lifeline from sicily and central bank couldn't stand pessimism. and that left the buyout solution one c b s. acquires credit suisse. it will have access to more than 5 trillion dollars in assets. well, chris grabber kit is

a bank leadership expert. he explains what the major means for swiss and international customers. obviously, uvs credit suisse. they have investment banking arms across the world, wealth management for ultra reach individuals across the world asset management across the world. so in those areas, there isn't a monopoly because there are other banks like goldman sachs, morgan stanley, barclays, hsbc. certainly for the swiss. there is an issue about, you know, there will be one major bank on the high street that said switzerland has a significant number of smaller local banks. do provide, perhaps much more than many other countries, a significant local service. so for your average swiss person who wants a current account just to keep their personal finances running there well covered in the high street, but for customers that want to take on more banking services around asset management, potential investment banking and private banking. then yes, there is

a question and the switch government need to think about that. but certainly from the perspective, all employees in credit suisse, ah, there is a problem because there is fundamental duplication still ahead on al jazeera. ah, police are out in force in kenny as the opposition, whole demonstrations against the president and the rising cost of living. and why thailand, parliament has been disowned ahead of a general election in may. ah hello, there was that in south asian things are looking a lot more settled than they were over the weekend. we had some fear thunderstorms breaking out across parts of india with some flooding in chennai will showers,

do remain behind. much of the wet weather has gathered up in the north. we are expecting a thunder some or 2 in new delhi over the next few days before. before things start to clear up, the wet weather skirts towards the north east, bangladesh seems some heavy falls, rain as well when a poor come and do see no showers through the week. we are like to see more snow on the mountains, but the west coast of india a much clearer picture. there'll be more in the way of rain coming into pakistan over the next few days. and rain is on the cars with central parts of china. we've got that system pumping, those heavy downpours across eastern eastern areas into shanghai and the rain will intensify for southern areas of japan over the next few days. we have at a clear a few days before that where to where the comes in. we will see some of that coming in to tokyo, but still the temperature remaining relatively high at 18 degrees celsius on tuesday, is the most story for northern areas of china, clear skies and sunshine coming through the cloud for beijing. 19 degrees celsius.

17 degrees celsius in shanghai, but it's so that'll see the sunshine. ah ah ah ah ah ah,

welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera at this hour. china's president changing thing has met russia's eda vladimir putin in moscow. it's a 1st visit by the chinese leader since the russian invasion of ukraine put in says he views china's proposal for a resolution of the conflict with respect. the united nations is warning that the window of opportunity to beat clammy changes rapidly closing a new report. hes extreme weather events will get worse and less to world acts now to secure a level future follow. and swiss banking giant u. b. s is buying out traveled credit suisse in a $3000000000.00 deal. the combined group will manage more than 5 trillion dollars worth of assets. in other news, thailand's deputy prime minister has announced that a request has been submitted for parliament to be these old that paves away for the election commission to set a date for

a national vote within the next 6 weeks. but campaigning is already well underway for poll. step analysts say could be vital for restoring real democracy in thailand . tony chang reports clear skies and smooth waters. it's been a relatively quiet period and tie politics. but as those enjoying a sunny weekend on the beach, no. this could be the calm before the storm. general election was now sit for me. i'm had mark up and up. this is a very important election. no, it is a chance for us to get a new administration because people have been suffering. ha, ha ha. i will folks are important because we are the people we are part of this nation. so it's all right. the generals who've ruled thailand since the military coup, 9 years ago, may look like they have everything under control. a military appointed up a house and a constitution that they put in place both favor their parties. barbara,

but the blame for a poorly managed pandemic. the rising cost of living has fallen on their shoulders . when a protest tried to question the prime minister to recent rally, she was hustled out of sight, but they still need boots, and the long arm of military control may no longer be enough. this system is game district. there's no doubt, however, ah, this election in 2003, 3. the 2023 elections. ah, is still the most consequence, consequential of elections in thailand's contemporary political history? and no one is wasting any time in getting their campaigns on the way up the election day. he hasn't even been decided yet. and still it wasn't. how's it? people are attending political rallies all over the country. odd times of gary did get back into the polling book. this early stage per time seems to be ahead in the race with opinion polls suggesting it might went up to 50 percent of the vote. part

is aligned to ousted prime minister tax, and shin was the one the popular vote every year since 2001. but they haven't been in power for nearly a decade now. this year, the sion, what name is back on the ballot. his daughter is in the running, took time minister back we did the fact. oh, do you think they allow you to do? when will they let you take care of you? when i, when i but time politics is telephone, complicated, and success of the bella box might not be enough. tony ching al jazeera chambery eastern time to find sour. president avenue my calls government is facing to confidence. oh, same parliament over his controversial pension reform, opposition. politicians are angry about my home, bypassing parliament and pushing through his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 live to natasha butler in paris at the national assembly forest. tell us

about what's been happening this afternoon at the assembly and what's been said so far was any critical day for the french government as they faced these 2, no confidence of votes in parliament. more we've been saying o m p 's are sitting in this session debating and discussing these new confidence breaks or position. and he's saying that the government use on democratic means to push through its company, so controversial pension reform bill by decree. now it is constitution legal to do so, the government had every right to do so. but the method is really being seen by many opposition law may cause as simply a sign of michael's a government political failure as being unfair because a fly past parliament. what will happen now is once these folks go through, could really go either way. if the government is to survive at the votes,

then it will continue on with his pension reform, and we'll see that bill being signed into law most probably in the days and weeks to come. if the government was to lose those votes than the french president, emanuel macro would have 2 options, one to dissolve the assembly and pull from new elections, or to reshuffle his cabinets. either way, there are a lot of pressure today of holes on the french government. and the president and i the wage seems like the protests are, will continue. the protest over the pension reform will continue. natasha. ah yeah, we've been saying these protests since the beginning of the year on and off strikes and street demons stations more. i says this is saying now is the, even though this reform bill has been full, strew the pol images on its way in effect to becoming a law. they're not going to give up the protest because they believe that they can put enough pressure on the government in the streets with demonstrations in order

to try and make the government scrap this reform mass so far. of course, the government shows no sign that it is going to stand out, but nevertheless, the protests protested. feel motivated, the trade unions of portal. another nationwide strike and protest on thursday, which we are expecting to see. many people in the st trains transport and disruption a lot of disruption across the country on that day. i'm is real feeling of not just anger with the way that this reform has been passed and reform is self, which would make people retire later in life. 2 years later, but also just a sense of the french government and the french president of once again ignore the concerns of ordinary people. that is why don't people saying this? because very much like the yellow guest movement of a few years ago, the social on rest, and this social, real disdain and frustration with the government, the people say simply doesn't understand them. natasha. thank you very much. and asha butler with an a to say from paris in south africa,

the opposition economic freedom fighters party has declared its mass protest and national shut down a success. oh, hundreds of the group members protested in the capital pretoria in other parts of the country. the calling for the president to be removed and want the rolling power outages to end police and chose were on high alert to maintain security. how much time i was at the protest. fin pretoria. oh, we're not going to say, oh wait for the country to the last that is like, you know, when in the head is a leader of the office, this is a policy, a man in the red t shirt. he's leaving you support is interested in solar about was his office, he's it is going to demand that the president revise as far as my name is concerned . he says, is national santa according to him. he said most with $100.00 have that maybe people have a not a place to remain close,

also approaches among economy, the high cost of living and the electricity prices. some is yet in gold for more than 10 hours a day without power and people off with us. and he said to debbie dad, he called me and deal with the t. minnesota people. i wondered if that invoice, some of them doing medicine help with fema right now. the throat is out of sign of, of frustration, of some people here from africa. they're saying that we need to be done about the economy and the electricity problems. how to me, how does era door in, in kenya, police in nairobi have fire t gas had demonstrated will, protesting against the rising cost of living and fuel shortages. dozens of people have been arrested including 2 opposition and peace. opposition leader. right now, dingo narrowly last last year's presidential election to william moto has called on

kenya to come on to the streets. that for spider ban on demonstrations. catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. security is very tight in and around the city. we are an opposition area. obviously, we're seeing a lot of security forces here. people are not allowed to move outside of this area. we have seen t. gus that has been deployed, young men are throwing stones, the police, and now the end game of the protest is to go to the city center to go to the president's office and state how to lay that demand. what they're saying is that they're very frustrated by the whole of leaving inflation is very high. we talk about taxes, place us, our president had said we will see some change in 90 days. basic commodities will

go down, but we are protesting because life has become so difficult. said i was. the president said no to subsidies like mayflower and fuel when the former president, who kenyatta was helping with that the project had been called by rile. oh, dear god, the opposition needs and he said that you will keep the pressure on until the government yield. and we have been talking to a lot of people here who is saying that they are very frustrated. they are angry and you can see i'm from their tone and you know all the towing and say that one of the things is that they see a very low tech government that even carrying all these expenses. yet on the other hand, the government thing it doesn't have money highest. 7 possible, it doesn't make sense to them. so that thing that they are going to keep on until that demand is met. thousands of farmers across india have marched parliament.

they're demanding financial assistance from the government. probably mid town has moved from new delhi bank by indian pharma. good luck to lead to weight that demand, any storm from across the country. the most important demand is the one thing i will meant to gary them on minimum price with the all of the government to make investments in india. they want no to be waived, monthly quote, all 3 electra. this of this guy i wrote down on you know, in the boss number, but he shut his on, bank was a lonely aware 90 percent of farmers have bank loans, but we are really struggling just 3 days ago range destroyed my feet. we are not educated enough to pursue insurance companies and have all my classes along.