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i'm thorough venue. it's great to have you with us. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up today. humanity is on thin ice, and that high seas melting fust, and your warning from a un chief or ramp up the fight against climate change or face more extreme weather events. the former us president donald trump facing legal trouble as new york's district attorney investigates, alleged hush money payments, plus racist, sexist, and homophobic a damning report on the state of london's police force polls for urgent reforms. ah, russia's president has told his chinese counterpart is open to talks on beijing's plan to end the war in ukraine. shooting ping is visiting moscow for the 1st time

since the russian invasion. he and vladimir putin hailed their close ties just days after the international criminal court accused putin of war crimes. i shall borrow 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's widely seen as a key ally and support of russian president vladimir, put in all good trying to values the friendship between china and russia. this has historical logic because we are neighbors and to large countries were also strategic partners. such position determines that we have a very close relationship with last month. china presented a peace plan to end the war in ukraine. you. but why it caused fun and to unilateral sanctions against russia and a ceasefire? 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 community. essentially, people are doing, 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 negotiation, so we'll discuss all these issues, including who initiative we'd have been following his trip to moscow. president g jumping is likely to speak with ukrainian leader for the de mer zelinski 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. badging also faces another challenge, convincing west to leaders who remain largely skeptical of its peace plan for

the united states said it was designed to deflect attention from china. support were put in washington has recently disclosed intelligence that china was considered in sending secret shipments of weapons to russia. and if that happens, the u. s. wars, it may impose economic sanctions on badging. ash my brother al jazeera, a journalist jojo, chipotle over reports on the meeting from moscow. this is, of course presentation pay his 1st trip to moscow since the beginning of russia special military operation in ukraine. he also said that he chose russia, his 1st destination after being re elected something. what he had done 10 years ago to the 2 leaders had an informal meeting at the kremlin. the chinese president called him a page of his dear friend and reiterated that a close relationship that the 2 countries and enjoying should continue during the meeting were heard from him in person saying that he had carefully read china's

plans for the ukrainian price of settlement. and the res room for discussion and russia is always open for the stations. and just to remind you that chinese please plan has been presented around months ago prior to she's visit to moscow. the main program, michelle for tuesday, that so many expect that the conflicts in ukraine will talk dutch and it is now into 2nd year. and it doesn't show any signs of a basing. besides the cranium crisis, there will be other topics on the table. chinese number one, it can only partner russia in 2022. the tray turnover between the countries increased 30 percent. and we also see that g to the ukranian complex. russia has lost menu, but a long time friends had partners and to, to, to sanctions imposed in russia in connection with its military operation. china's role it has increased massively in terms of economy. it has become russia, laundry, can only partner and the largest consumer of russian, oil, gas,

and cold. so obviously, the russian chinese trade issues, as well as the corporation entities and the military technical cooperation between the 2 countries are still to be discussed. so how does china look at all this? well, here's katrina you with the view from beijing time is trying to capitalize on the mention of its successful brokering piece between saudi arabia and iran. and she thing is really looking at this visit, other than strengthening ties, which led him a fusion as no paternity to project. as a global calla, as a peace maker. she wants to get the attention of countries that have 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 opening shot pleasant trees, and this chassis between dive in houston and she didn't came i think when it comes to do underestimate the importance of the post war 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 pay the only 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 that they're from russia and china because those 2 countries have had really complicated history. what i think is most important here is this piece. these 2 leaders had authoritarian countries. they have a strong leadership to have both figured out ways to manipulate the system so that they can be need is basically for the rest of their life. and the important thing

that we need to watch out is meant to be to the 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 kind of world order to them, and that is other countries. basically, they would like to see their own countries. there are saw of governance or their own systems of governance become more permanent. the united states, however, has dismissed china's attempt to broker an end to the conflict in ukraine. 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 un charter and delay the 5 use me the will of 141 countries who are the condemned brushes war and the united nations general assembly one party to this conflict. ukraine has already put forward

a just peace formula. if china is committed to supporting an enter the war based on the principles of the one charter, as called for in point, one of his plan can engage with president soleski and ukraine on the basis. and use his influence to compel moscow to pull back its forces. and japan's prime minister is on his way to ukraine on an unannounced visit. it will be for me, you can shoot as 1st trip to the country since the russian invasion, a year ago. he's expected to assure president volunteer the lensky of tokyo's continued support. the japanese government says it wants to focus on reconstruction and humanitarian aid for ukraine, while pushing the har sanctions against russia. ukraine says an explosion in russian antics crimea has destroyed a cache of russian cruise missiles is happened in john coy in the north of the peninsula. the crane in defense ministry says the missiles were being transported via rail. the russian install, the head of the region confirmed the air defense systems had been activated. he says, at least one person was injured in

a house with damaged russian. president putin has pledged to supply free grain to african countries if a deal allowing exports from ukraine falls apart. on saturday, russia agreed to renew the so called black sea agreement, the 2 months keep turkey and the un wanted to extend it for 4 months. the agreement was reached last year, the ease of global food crisis caused by the war south korea is banning the exports of items linked to the north korea satellite development program. the foreign ministry has put $77.00 items on a watch list, including solar cells and gps technology. showing yang has said it plans to launch a military reconnaissance, south light into orbit. last week it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile . the latest in a series of weapons test, police in new york are tightening security as the city braces, the possible criminal charges to be filed against donald trump. the former us president posted on social media that he expects to be arrested this week,

that in connection with alleged hush money paid to adult film. star stormy daniel's, by his former lawyer, michael cohen trump has called on his supporters to protest. gabriel elizondo has more from new york. this is the center of the political world right now, at least here in the united states were in this court house behind me here in new york city. there is a grand jury that we believe is in the final stages of making a decision if they will bring a criminal indictment against donald trump. if they do, it would mean trump is the 1st president ever in us history to face criminal prosecution. the man had district attorney has been investigating trump for several years. the case revolves around stormy daniels, a former adult film star, who claims she had an affair with trump and threatened to take her story public right before the 2016 election. knowing that the embarrassing claim could derail

his presidential campaign. trump allegedly had his then fixer michael cohen kaye daniels, $130000.00 to keep quiet. but as part of that payment, the grand jury is investigating if whether trump also falsified business records, which would be a felony. police in new york have stepped up security. trump denies all wrong doing . but his called for his supporters to take to the streets in protest should he be indicted. as a potential indictment looms, media attention has increased its indicted. trump would need to turn himself in. and the spectre of a former president walking into a court house to surrender to authorities. it's something that would have never been seen before in us history. it's important to point out that even if trump is indicted, it does not necessary rarely mean that he is guilty if he's indicted. it would go to a jury trial,

and it would be those jurors that would ultimately decide if he's guilty or not guilty of the crimes. he is accused of. now if he is found guilty during a later trial, the prison term could be up to 4 years in jail, but there is no mandatory prison required. and most independent analysts say it's highly unlikely that trump would ever serve any time in jail. for this case, gabriel is on to our new york and you un report says the world must slash carbon pollution by 2 thirds by 2035. if it wants to avoid climate catastrophe, it also says the window of opportunity to beat climate change is holding fast. our environment that it's a new clerk explains. in every country on every continent, the climate emergency is taking hold. this is milan away, hundreds dead,

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i p. c. c, details. humans are responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years. the rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2000 years. concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest him at least 2000000 heres. the climate time bomb is ticking. but these i pcc report is a how to guide to the fuse the climate time bomb. it is a survival guides for humanity. still ahead on al jazeera, the push for peace in yemen, gathers pace as warring sides reach an agreement to swap hundreds of prisoners and a government of french president men. maxine survives a no confidence vote. days after forcing through unpopular passion. ah,

well i, we got a lot of like the weather in the forecast across the middle east over the next couple days, a fair but a cloud up to was a north that same area cloud rolling across iraq, iran, dara cross c arabian peninsula as well as we zoom in to the golf, we'll see some wet weather on the other side of the waters therein. to iran, stiff old shamal, wind setting in and that will produce some lifted dust and sand as we go on through tuesday clearing through. as we make a way into the middle part of the waste, a thing should gradually begin to quieten down. but you can see that where's the weather that runs all the way up towards the caucus is up towards the caspian sea. not too bad. now intricate part of the care, good part of syria should be try as we go through tuesday in the same is true, is gone into where to say the wet weather starting to slide a little further east with some snow there, around northern parts of iran and much quieter here and caught her down to was

a you a but a few showers still clinging on to the far south of the arabian peninsula. as he maker went to northern parts of africa and live, he wins here as well. nasty little circulation just around algeria and libya and we'll see some wet weather coming into libya as we go on into where to stay. a few showers there lifted dust and sand and a few showers for the gulf of guinea. ah, in a concept all in baghdad, away from the conflict and tales from the war, sectarian violence and sanction the rocky national symphony orchestra has full to perform classical and traditional arab music. in the face of all adversity, ah, al jazeera will tell it's challenging story. symphony for iraq on al jazeera

lou ah, watching al 0 reminder of our headlines. russian president vladimir putin has told his chinese counterpart that he is open to discussing beijing's plan to end of the war in ukraine. president shooting ping is on his 1st visit to moscow since the russian invasion ukraine says an explosion in crimea has destroyed a cache of russian cruise missiles that were being transported by rail. that had the region said air defense systems had been activated. un report says the world must flash carbon emissions by 2 thirds by 2035, which it wants to avoid of climate catastrophe. the un secretary general has also

called on rich countries to quit cold oil and gas by 2040 a damning report by an independent member of britain's house of lords has found at london's metropolitan police forces institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic boys. casey says, officers are not properly vetted and calls for wide ranging reform. hurry faucet report. this report was born of a crime that shocked him, sickened an equal measure. in march 2021, sir, everard was abducted tortured, raped, and killed by a serving officer in the metropolitan police. wayne cousins was jailed for life. that case prompted another woman to come forward accusing. another officer, david carrick was convicted of more than 20 rapes of 12 victims spanning 17 years. and that failure in his duty to bet offices and protect women and children central louise casey's findings. rather than see one person or a bad apple or a roman, what you should do in a situation like this is look at whether your entire system is copper bottomed,

to reach out the predators and not allow them in, in the 1st place. in her report, she also finds that police protection for children and women is failing, saying an overworked, inexperienced workforce police's child protection rate and serious sexual offenses . offices have to contend with overstuffed, dilapidated, or broken bridges, and freezes containing evidence, including the rape kit to victims. she points to bullying racism and sexism within the specialist, firearms unit, and calls the parliamentary and diplomatic protection unit where cousins and carried both worked a dark corner of the force. but the whole force, she said, was institutionally homophobic, massaging stick and races taken as a whole. this report is entirely condemning of this organization. it says the metropolitan police has lost public support, and consent needs to wake up and engage in comprehensive wholesale reform. i accept diagnosis about the racism. so if i'm, if i been the organization and also that we have these systemic failings,

nice findings, cultural failings, i understand her use of the institutional is not term i use myself. i'm a practical place officer. i have to use language, that's an ambiguous and they say political campaign as though we're already worried that reforms won't go far enough. the subs theresa the matter is that report off to report to the police space intensive individuals and that may conduct as well as the institutions to tom shells and collect dust. luis casey says, recommendations from specialists, sexual assault units, to new systems for dealing with misconduct. the bringing in external expertise ought to be picked from but to be implemented as a whole. otherwise, she says the force may need to be broken up. harris will sit al jazeera london. the government of french president emmanuel mccaul has narrowly survived to no confidence votes in parliament over its controversial pension reform. the 1st fell

just 9 votes. shorts of the number needed to bring down the government. it means the bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in france, has been adopted now by the lower house, the result sports protests in several cities across the country. there's been widespread anger at this after the government bypass parliament to push through this change of cash. butler reports from paris for the french government in the short term. is there any good news? they have survived to these 2? no confidence or votes in the parliament, even though it was from a very tight march, and they can now press ahead with their controversial pension reform bill. and what that means is, in the coming days, we can imagine that that bill will then go to constitutional court. and within a few days, a weeks it could get signed into law. so in the short term, good news with the french government, but there is no doubt that the political crisis that they face to day is far from over. because in order to continue with the manual macros presidential term the

government to going to have to work with other parties in the parliament. they do not have a parliamentary majority. they're gonna have to reach out to politicians on all sides of parliament. if they want to go ahead and press ahead with other legislation, but that is clearly going to be extremely difficult after these no confidence motions off to the government pushed through their bill by decree and parliament bypassing and peace. that is infuriated in peace. who now say that they have little faith in the government, and there's no doubt that the french government has been severely weakened. israel's ultra nationalist finance minister has sparked a fierce backlash after saying there is no such thing as palestinian people at a conference in paris on sunday. bessolo smart rich claimed that palestine people are in his words, an invention of the past century palestinian prime minister says the comments are an incitement to violence. you foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, has urged israel to disregard those comments. a warring sides in yemen have agreed

to free almost 900 prisoners, the internationally recognized government and who the rebels have been and talks in switzerland on the exchange of thousands of detainees. it's part of a un mediated deal agreed upon back in 2018. the conflict in yemen has been widely seen as a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran, who restored diplomatic relations. this month. we have a level of trust with all the parties involved in this release. we have this unique partnership with the un in yemen, and i have no reason to believe that it will be a success and a success which needs to happen as soon as possible because we all know that my dad is coming and i think we can't lose a single day to have those detainees, united comedies, gerald virus 9 and the former us ambassador at the m in and he says the prisoner released could be an important step in efforts to end the conflict. i. it will be

a morale booster for our many emmys around around the country. and so now from that aspect it's, it's a positive sign. any time that you're releasing detainees as a good thing. the key of course, will be the implementation because we've seen are these agreements struck in the past or that have not been fully implemented? any resolution, any progress in establishing a comprehensive end to the conflict? or really requires agreement among the emmys themselves. a lot of people are looking at the saudi, iranian, or agreement as of perhaps an important step either or saudi arabia who these have been talking are for some time. and there have been some progress there . but those things are not critical. i to resolving the real meat of the matter, which is the i,

the disagreement among the yemenis themselves about the way forward for their country. if the iranians indeed are willing to add their voice to those in the international community that are urgent. who tease to and this conflict, and to come back to the negotiating table with the internationally recognized government. that's a positive thing about the hudy's have also been very clear and saying that they are not bound by any obligation that they owe to the iranians, who it is, will make their own decisions. and up until now, or they have not been willing to make the decision. i to i to resolve the conflict and establish a negotiated solution. a u. s. aid worker and a french journalist who were kidnapped by armed groups in west africa have been released. 8 worker jeffrey would key was kidnapped in the chair and held hostage for more than 6 years. and journalists to olivia dubois was taken in neighbouring

molly in 2021. vishal say the circumstances surrounding the 2 men's release are not clear. as many as 43000 people may have died last year in somalia is ongoing drought research by the government and you and agencies says half of the victims were children. under the age of 5. the report says the rate the fatalities could rise in the 1st half of 2023, with as many as $34000.00 deaths projected it is feared the crisis could be worse than somalia last major droughts. in 20172018. thousands of people have marched through the streets of south africa, cities calling on presidents several rum, oppose at a step. doubt, security forces were on standby to prevent violence and looting. how are metasource has more from the capital pretoria? this protest has been called by supporters of south africa's 3rd largest party, the economic freedom fighters. and they say it's about the rising cost of living, unemployment, and crippling pockets. bailey that julius molina says he once president,

so ram apaloosa to resign. he accuses him of corruption and mismanaging the countries energy crisis. if he doesn't resign, what is your next step? what does this not an event? it's good tune was, is not the 21st birthday pot. it keeps on broadly. we're on the streets. what in their part was in parliament would want to know to fight until he stops dog. yeah. some areas in south africa can go without electricity for more than 10 hours a day. the par disruptions are affecting businesses homes and slowing down economic growth. president philip was a recent vehicle to the country. smith, electricity, minister, some people, yes, it is gauges. i mean to help ease of use. it is the prices either or not. so companies people who must stay as far as they are concerned mondays, national shut down was a success in some parts of the country. shops and banks were operating no money,

but in places like the capital pretoria, there was an increase in security and several businesses didn't open them up forces administration. they just waiting on turning around the economy and improving electricity services. ah, but africans who marched to the presidential guest house said they are growing impatient, harder, matessa al jazeera pretoria for ah, this is al jazeera and hear your headlines. russian president vladimir putin has told his chinese counterpart that he is open to discussing beijing's plan to end the war in ukraine. president choosing thing is on his 1st visit to moscow since the russian invasion. meanwhile, japan's prime minister formula casita is on his way to cave to meet with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski community discussion pleasuring you me.