follow to clinical psychologists with the turkish red crescent into this camp for displaced people. they listen, hold, hands, offer pass on the back and play games with children. sometimes just offer you a blanket or a cup of coffee is comfort enough. in that moment. the psychologist say in the upheaval of earthquakes, aftermath, children are particularly vulnerable. the president of the turkish red crescent says its ability to provide mental health services to survivors is co humble, considering the enormous need required in the coming weeks. months and years ah, depends prime minister heads to keys in a show of solidarity that coincides with the chinese lead his trip to moscow.

ah, hello there i'm espouse the attain, this is out there at live from doha. also coming, trailing has economic crisis from protests to a bailout, where in colombo, with reaction to in the, a $3000000000.00 loan from the i'm an invasion without a plan. we look at the u. s. decision to disband iraq's army and the impact it's had 2 decades on and for me, you as president, donald trump, faces legal trouble. as the new york district attorney investigates, alleged cash money payment. ah. now the japanese prime minister for me o key, she does, making a surprise trip to keith, to meet president louisa lensky. and coincides with the chinese leadership beings high level discussions with russian president vladimir putin, which i currently underway in moscow. this will be killed as

a 1st trip to ukraine since the russian invasion a year ago. now, he's expected to assure president lensky of tokyo's continued support. the japanese government says it wants to focus on reconstruction and humanitarian aid for ukraine, while pushing for harsh sanctions against russia. rob bright is following the story for us from sole, and has more on kitchen at the show of solidarity. here with ukraine. japanese prime minister for me. ok, shita was just wrapping up on the official visit to india when he decided to make this surprised detour. india is hosting this year's g 20 series of meetings. japan is chairing the g 7 series of meetings, which once again as last year are likely to be dominated by the war in ukraine. and casita had expressed an interest to a visit to ukraine before they take place is obviously using this now as an opportunity to do just that. but it does create this very interesting split screen

that while you have in moscow, she jim paying the leader of the world's 2nd biggest economy, talking with the russians and developing that relationship. there. you have the leader of the world's 3rd biggest economy, japan and a country that is very much in the west and camp. now meeting and as a counterbalance to that with blood managed lensky in key. japan has been a big supporter of the ukranian cause pledging mold and $5000000000.00 in financial assistance and other non lethal equipment and defensive gear. japan traditionally takes a not assertive role on the world stage because of its post. second world war pacifist a constitutional low in recent years that has been changing. and when it comes to ukraine, than japan has very much been in favor of sanctions against russia and rallying

support for ukraine. and this visit is very much a part of that. rob mcbride al jazeera, so meanwhile, the russian president has tells his chinese counterpart that he is open to discussing beijing's proposal to resolve the contract in ukraine. she's in vain. vladimir prison held their close tires when they were met in moscow. and sasha marlborough 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 kia lion support of russian president vladimir, put in all buildings trying to values the friendship between china and russia. this has historical logic because we are makers 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 peace plan to end the war in ukraine. but while 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 was increments essentially, privileging, 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. we'd use the 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. 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 the war should not be hauled by any tactical move by russia are supported by china or any other country to freeze the war on its own terms. such a move would violate you on charter and delay. ah, the fire, excuse me, the will of a 141 countries. washington has recently disclosed intelligence that china was considered in sending secret shipments of weapons to russia. and if that happens, the u. s. was it may impose economic sanctions on badging hash, about butter al jazeera or yes, as obviously watching very closely. rosalyn jordan has the view for us from washington. the biden administration is viewing with

a lot of skepticism and some disdain, the visit of the chinese presidency asian team to moscow for 3 days of meetings with the russian president vladimir putin. the u. s. does not believe that china has the ability to act as an honest broker in trying to bring an end to the war between russia and ukraine. one, the u. s. argues that beijing does not have the moral authority given its own human rights record. and the recent indictment of vladimir putin for alleged war crimes, namely the removal of children from ukrainian territory to russian territory. the u . s. also believes that china is still just trying to decide whether to give heavy weaponry to the russians who have essentially blown through much of their stock during the year long war. and then there's this. the u. s. also believes that china is trying to supplant the united states as the global superpower. and it believes

that it is doing so by forming an alliance with moscow, one that they don't think here at the state department is actually going to work out. the u. s. has been trying for more than a year to convince china that aligning itself with moscow is a bad idea. and it has held the threat of sanctions over the government in order to keep it from building a closer relationship with moscow. certainly anything in the u. s. is view that could give russia time to rebuild both it. so trope force as well as rebuild is heaven. weaponry would be a very bad, especially for the people of ukraine. so depending on how the chinese want to play this, the u. s. said essentially the bar is very high for success. rosalyn jordan elders, era, the state department i meeting on and south korea is banning the export of items linked to north korea. satellite development program. the foreign ministry has put

$77.00 items on watch, less, including solar cells and gps technology. john young has said it plans to launch a military conason satellite and obit last week and launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. the latest in a series of weapons tests on sri lanka will receive an almost $3000000000.00 bail out from the international monetary fund. part of efforts to rescue its battered economy. colombo will receive the funds over the next 4 years, but the 1st installment of $330000000.00 is expected within the next 2 days till anchor is facing west economic crisis and decades. mass protests against skyrocketing inflation and shortages of basic goods force. the president from office last year, when i speak to michelle fernandez, she was following this for us from the sri lankan capital manella. i recall this i am a flo. me was saying was agreed in principle, last september its taking more than half a year. it's actually happened just how much of a difference will it actually make on the ground.

well, that's what people are waiting to see. i mean, essentially the disbursement which we're expecting $330000000.00 in the next 2 days . the present run every promising her in reacting to her in the early hours today has said that this mean sholandra is no longer bankrupt. he has talked about that 1st round of money being used in the most needy errors. he's talked about medicine, his talked about the tourism sector, that these funds would be used to show up those sectors that are really, really facing the brand of the economic crisis. now that disbursement, unlike previous i m f programs or the government has actually got the okay to use it for budgetary support, which means that the government can use it for its imports of fuel, of essential food items like the president said medicine. so for the average, an ordinary sri, lankan, what all these numbers and negotiations actually boils down to is that possibly the

availability of things of might be addressed that it might be easier. and this a mind you particularly like, for example, medicines, it's daughter cannot afford to go to private hospitals, private doctors and health care that seek government funded free health care. and in the recent few months, they've been going only to be turned away without medicines, without tests and things like that. so are the i m f does say, obviously there's a huge range of conditions in that money that it is giving shall anchor. it has set a number of things like inflation. a corruption is a key issue and there needs to be progress. but all of these things are expected to bring some kind of respite to ordinary. she luncheons a some respite when al, that as you say, plenty of conditions attached, can you talk through what some of those might be absolutely, and some of these conditions have really begin to bite from the beginning of this

year because the government had to 1st show its commitment toward the conditions laid down by the i m f and now those include a huge hike in income tax. so people are basically paying a massive amount. now this, in this instance where the i'm, if social anchor is one of the lowest tax regimes in the world. so the government revenue needs to be ratcheted up through taxes. people are big, have paid a much, much more on electricity on utilities. i mean 1st the 75 percent increase and then a 60 percent increase. people are really, really struggling to pay their bills at the end of the month. loans have gone up, loan installments, interest rates have gone up. so these are all things that need to be addressed and the government has signed up to addressing them. they say it's the only way for sri lanka to get back on its feet by securing this. i am if rescue package you but people on the other hand seat, as you know, our sorority measures that are really,

really are squeezing the life blood out of them. they said that there is no money. you know, in, for example, small businesses, there are several that have basically been on the brink of closure because they can't continue running and let alone having to pay a huge amount of tax. are you having to pay higher fuel bills, higher electricity bills. it's, it's a difficult balancing act. so as much as the government says, this is the only way forward. people say they have to be able to survive, businesses have to be able to have a turnover in order to assist this process. of course. so very complex put to there in columbus, michelle fernandez from the sri lankan capital with all the latest, thanks man, warring sides in yemen are due to relief and nearly 900 detainees and a prisoner swap deal. the internationally recognized government and 50 rebels agreed on the exchange as part of a un mediated deal that was agreed upon back in 2018. it's unclear how many

prisoners are still being held, but the number is thought to be in the thousands. the conflict in yemen is why the saying that the 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 ramadan is coming, and i think we can't lose a single day to have those detainees. united with the families who gerald feinstein is a former us ambassador to yellen, and he says this prisoner released could be an important step and efforts to try to enter the complex i. it will be a morale booster for our many emmys around around the country. and so from that

aspect it's, it's a positive sign. any time that you're releasing your 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 arabian, who these have been talking of 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 urging booties to and this conflict, and to come back to negotiating table with the internationally recognized government, that's a positive thing about the hoodies 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 while still a head here on out is era by mexico push to go green is fueling a rift with us. oil and gas produce ah

hello, there are lots of spring weather to be enjoyed across europe at the moment. things are looking largely womb, a temperature sitting one above the average in many places that thanks to warm air wafting up from the salt southwest. but we still, but from bits and pieces of rain about and wintery weather, particularly across more northern areas. but down in the south, it is an improving picture ticket at that where to where the moves away from central parts of the mediterranean. moving to the east, taking that rain to greece and to western areas of, to keep leaving behind, largely fine and dry skies. they extend old way to spain and portugal where temperatures will continue to rise on temperatures off fitting high in the north west. but we want more rounds of rain coming in the island of island and britain, heaviest up in the north, still from bright to spells in the east of england. but there will be more rain coming in as we go into wednesday. and the winds pick up, they'll blow a bit of a wintry mix into southern areas of norway. wet weather is well cooking into the

south of sweden, snow across the north and into fand and temperatures. his sitting low, of course, most central areas. it is a warming picture, things certainly dry up across the north of italy, 19 degrees celsius to be enjoyed in milan on tuesday. ah, with lou.

ah ah. hello again. you're watching al jazeera, i'm just as you take here and our ha, that's remind you of actual stories. japanese prime minister for me. okay. she does, making a surprise trip to ukraine to meet president rodney zalinski and comes a day after chinese. either she isn't being met, russian president vladimir putin and moscow, sri lanka, president says the country is no longer bankrupt after the international monetary fund agreed in the a $3000000000.00 bailout colombo set to receive the 1st installment in the next 2 days. the warning signs in yemen are due to release nearly $900.00 detainees and a prisoner swap deal. the internationally recognized government and who the rebels agreed on the exchange. as part of the un mediated dia agreed upon it back in 2018

and the french government has narrowly survived true, no confidence votes and parliament over its controversial pension reforms. the 1st fell 9 votes, short of the number it needed to bring it down. that means a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, has now been adopted by below a house. the results back to protests. as you can see in several cities, widespread demonstrations have been held since the government bypassed parliament to push through these reforms. usaid waka and a french journalist who were kidnapped by armed groups in west africa have both been released, aid worker jeffrey would. he was abducted in new jan. more than 6 years ago, journalist olivia dubois was taken hostage in neighboring molly in 2021 official say the circumstances surrounding their releases are not clear or 2 decades on many rocky is, are still criticizing how the united states invaded their country without a plan. among what they say were failures, it was the decision that to disband the iraqi army a lot has since changed,

including the rise and fall of security forces, as well as the emergence of new threats. a warning of some of them job aids report from back that does contain some disturbing images in the battle of iraq. the united states and our allies have prevailed. the iraqi army essentially was dissolved either they were killed or they've gone back a back to their homes. one of the 1st decisions the us led forces made after invading europe was to disband the country military, which used to be one of the largest in the middle east. 20 years later, the country is still dealing with the repercussions. one former commander of the reconstituted forces glebova, it was a calculated move. as for carol ally, that it was the worst decision it led to the destruction of a rock, we are paying its price until now. i think the decision was deliberate. a lack of forces enabled months of robbery. the rashid military camp was the biggest in the middle east, and there was an estimate of theft of 810000000 weapons,

such as the one that by my products are the reformed in part to this us led coalition forces and demanded their withdrawal, sectarian fighting between cheers and sundays was one of the results. it killed tens of thousands of people. the chaos let the rise of armed groups such as alk either an iso and the newly formed army fled when i sell fighters to mosul, iraq 2nd city, only to later unify. but she, a militias at the forefront to liberate almost 40 percent of the country now took on iraq. our favor been was toa, one of the biggest problems was the relation between security forces and citizens. now iraqi security forces sol, loyalty is for iraq and the military enterprise, regardless of their sectarian ethnic or tribal affiliation. these an international coalition comprising more than 18 nations, has helped it off to rebuild its on forces and counter threats from on groups. the

international coalition, which came together to fight against i, phil has taken a much smaller advisory role now as the rocking forces they, they are confident that they can defend their own homeland. but questions remain about the powerful militias and security and forces. 20 years on the threats have evolved. don't check in without any doubt. the biggest challenge in iraq is drugs law. we're trying to eradicate the rising drug trade. then there's the challenge of electronic unorganized crime. terrorism now comes 3rd or 4th, after the development of our security forces on the retreat of the terrorist groups . or what in the battery threats have changed and the forces protecting iraq have been rebuilt. but many people here say they still don't feel completely safe. we'll go from a job with other 0, but that not israel's finance minister has sparked a backlash after saying there's no such thing as the palestinian people as a conference in paris on sunday,

bestsellers smarter i could describe palestinians as an invention of the past century. oh yeah, there's no such thing as a palestinian. there's no such thing as a palestinian people. do you know whose palestinian? i am palestinian. my late grandfather whose 13th generation at jerusalem night is the true palestinian. the palestinian people are an invention that is less than a 100 years old. are the is foreign policy chief theresa barrel has urged israel to reject the statement. and the palestinian prime minister says the comments were an incitement of violence in local city. had to look the idea behind was utilized statements made by the israeli minister smarter. it's saying that there is no palestinian people and that it was invented in the last 100 years, is conclusive evidence of the extremist racist zionist ideology that governs the parties of the current israeli government. no, no, levine, i'll play merely fearless theme is maha. we are the ones who gave palestine its

name and the land. it's values and status. this land is ours in israel is a colonial state established by the colonialists and settlers, and it expanded like any settler colonialism on police and new york are tightening security as the city races for possible criminal charges to be filed against donald trump. the former u. s. president posted on social media that he expects to be arrested this week is in connection with alleged hush money paid to an adult film. star stormy daniels by trump's former lawyer, michael cohen trunk, meanwhile, has called on his supporters to protest. gabler xander has moved from new york. this is the center of the political world right now, at least here in the united states. we're 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 manhattan 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 and 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 indicted. trump would need to turn himself in. and

the spectre of a former president walking into a court house to surrender to authorities is 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 necessarily mean that he is guilty. if he's indicted, it would go to a jury trial, and it would be those jurors. they 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. now the u. s. climate envoy john kerry is visiting

mexico to look at ways that the country can speed up its transition to kane energy . but next to the goal of energy independence is slowing and move towards renewables. and it's also feeling a rift with us. oil and gas produces money rapidly has the details from mexico city . yeah, mexico's president and it is manuel. nobody's over the lord wants his country to be energy independent from cima. in the coming year, we will, which is gasoline, or over the world to fulfill his promise of energy self sufficiency. president lopez over the world has doubled down on investments in domestic oil and gas production, favoring the country's estate owned producers over foreign private enterprise. when it comes to mexico's energy sector, this protectionist energy policy expert say, has come at the expense of the trade dispute between mexico and its north, their neighbors area, where the problem is rooted in deals made and the free trade agreement between the

u. s. canada and mexico agreement specific to generating energy. critics, to see mexico's energy policies have also flowed progress on renewable energy, undermining north american energy integration and competitiveness for his part mexican president and manuel office over that order has pledged that 35 percent of all energy consumed in mexico will come from clean and renewable sources by the year 2024. earlier this year, president lopez over or announced the launch of a $1600000000.00 solar form in the sonora desert, the largest of its kind in latin america. the president has also announced plans for 10 new industrial parks that will harness wind energy along mexico's trends is mac corridor. while critic say president loaf is over, that seemingly contradictory attitude, some have even called it double speak when it comes to fossil fuels, and renewable energy, has put the country at an energy crossroads policy. experts instead argue that

pressure from the united states into the us, mexico, canada free trade agreement, or u. s. m. ca has force mexico to slowly open its doors to private investment. that puts you on it. all of this pressures under private companies and the potential sanctions that could derive from all of these have led mexico to change course. though, current policies in mexico have prioritized energy independence nationally. experts warn that it's critical for mexico to look beyond its political disagreements with us in canada for the sake of a more integrated north american energy market. one that can also meet the regions long term goals for sustainability. one visit up a little al jazeera mexico city. now in the 6th year running, finland has been named the wild happiest country. and the world happiness report is published annually in ranks happiness and more than $150.00 countries. and criteria include social support, income health, the freedom generosity, the absence of corruption this year. and then it was ranked number one.