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and pledge corporation on trade and energy. ah, lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. japan's prime minister pledges support for ukraine as he makes an unannounced visit to keith outrage and criticism after israel's finance minister states. there is no such thing as a palestinian. he would frequently shout at me. he called me a liar or a victim tells of her experience at the hands of london's metropolitan police, a force described as institutionally racist, sexist, and homophobic. ah, and a russian president vladimir putin says china's 12 point piece plan could be used

to end help end the war and ukraine put in met chinese president, sharing ping in moscow for talks on tuesday and set the proposal, which does not call for russia to leave ukraine could be put forward as soon as ukraine and the west. we're ready for it, but he added that he'd not seen such readiness yet. talks went beyond the war, though hootin described china as russia's leading foreign trade partner. he said they would be developing ties in finance, transport, and energy. i shall have our reports. oh, they say it's an alliance without limits. china and russia are expanding trade and diplomatic corporation. the 2 countries insist their relations are far from being a military and political alliance. but she jumping and redeemer, put in, share a growing concern of what they perceive to be an american dominance across the globe . for the chinese leader has secured an unprecedented 3rd term earlier this month.

this trip could be the moment to establish his country as an international peacemaker. yes, oh gosh, and entendre, we shall always respect and abide by the un charter. we will always promote peace and also promote negotiation and discussion. a stance is always based on fairness and justice. we will always be on the side of peace and we are always on the side of dialogue. we are always on the side of his dark fairness and justice. literally, probably he sees, but ending war in ukraine would, may not be an easy task. china is yet to elaborate on it's 12 point piece. blan merge tin bagging has called on russia and ukraine to address their security concerns without mentioning russian troops. withdrawl, it's a key demand for keith. ah, the u. s. has dismissed the piece plan as a stalling tactic. in the meantime,

western nations are stepping up military assistance to ukraine, immediately, glow women, you sit for our per day. we learned that the minister of defense of the u. k. declared he would supply tank to the crime and also you rainy him in rich weapons to ukraine. i think that the west will now fight russia to the last ukrainian g facing growing international isolation. redeemer put in is turning to president. g . jumping and allies largely shaved, following russian invasion of ukraine last year. after the e, you imposed a ban on russian and as you bought, china stepped in buying large quantities of tea. russian oil provide in cash strapped moscow with much needed revenue. the u. s. considers china the biggest threat to its national security and fears. b g could be exploiting, rushes in battle, standing to expand its geopolitical influence. hush about barbara al jazeera

journalist yoyo shop over and over has more from moscow. the visit all the chinese president to russia called makisia evergreen tries, according to analysts, is largely due to beijing self nomination for the role of pacemaker in ukraine. patients arose that the key or resolving the company could be found during shooting pains. talk with russian president vladimir putin followed by possible talk with ukrainian leads, volunteers the landscape. if china makes it a little progress on the issue of a peaceful settlement, and this will be a great victory for all, for ukraine, russia and chinese diplomacy in the hands. the russians understand how influential the chinese economy is and how it's affecting the everyday line. and the influence continues to grow so many on how it's going to play out in the future. according to present pay in the countries should multiply the bullying trade as so many off the

going to happen after the visit. well, china help russia, if a function were russian bonds they allowed in the chinese payment system. so as the visit continues, it's believed at least some of the questions will be onset us national security council spokesman john kirby says the way for the war to end is for russian troops to leave ukraine on ukraine. i will note that the 2 sides just said, called the purposes and principles of the un charter must be observed. an international law must be respected. well, we agree following the un charter would mean that russia should withdrawal from all the territory inside ukraine. the territory of another member state of the u. n. a member that it has invaded discussions in moscow included a new pipeline designed to reroute russian gas exports from europe to asia. the power of siberia to pipeline has not been formally agreed. well,

they've got to be of which you said it was getting closer. the pipeline is expected to come online by 2030. it will run from the peninsula in northwest siberia through mongolia and supply at least 98000000 cubic meters of gas and $100000000.00 tons of liquefied natural gas to china. sangree is director of democratic resilience at the center for european policy analysis. it says it's not surprising that putin is turning to china for help with his ambitious foreign policy. well, it's been a long time in the making, even in happier times when russia wasn't at war with, with ukraine in the west. it was, you're trying to build in this direction. one of the things, however, that had always gotten in the way was, was the pricing. china did itself not want to become a really dependent on, on russian hydrocarbon. seeing the buying europe and gotten itself into russia didn't want to invest without making sure it was going to get a good return. i think what we're seeing now and that russia is investing in this,

even without the a guarantee or anything of profitable export prices from china is really the power now that china has, in this, in this relationship with, with russia, it gets to set the terms and doesn't have much choice with the entirety of, of his project at the moment, both in, in the war in russia, the sisters are the war and ukraine, the sustainability of, of that war, the sustainability of his regime and his economy at home, where they are dependent on his ability to replace what he's lost in europe in terms of an export market, but also in terms of a source of finance or direction of trade with with what china can can offer. president brought him as landscape says he's invited beijing to join ukraine. his pace formula, but it's still waiting for an answer. he made the comments as japan's prime minister from you. she made an unannounced visit to ukraine. he met the president, go to miss ski and cave and offered japan support to the country that's been

battling russian forces. but just over a year is the 1st time since the 2nd world war that a japanese prime minister as a visit to the country during a conflict. the ocean, the russian invasion of ukraine is an aggression that shakes the foundation of international order, which i strongly feel after i visited keys and purchases. i, where i saw the tragedy of the russian invasion with my own eyes. russia says it will be forced to react if the u. k. supply ukraine with alma piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium president vladimir putin accuse the west of deploying weapons with a nuclear component. but the u. k is hit back. it's using putin of deliberate this information. stephanie decker has more from keith. moscow is always made it very clear that there against the increase of weaponry being sent from the wes, remember this is a conflict, not just between russia and ukraine. this is a geo political ah chess board, if you will. is one of our political endless called it recently. you have many

different countries involved supplying ukraine with different types of weapons. a stepping it up recently. of course, all the talk ahead of a potential spring offensive by the ukranian army trying to push russia back and recently, just yesterday in a written statement, the u. k. defense minister admitting that part of the challenge are 2 tanks that the u. k. will be sending at some point here to keep are going to be including armor piercing ammunition that includes depleted uranium. so this is something that vladimir putin picked up on. something that says, our lab rav picked up on earlier today called calling it against military law. vladimir putin saying that if the west, the collective west, as he calls it, is going to use weapons with a nuclear capability. they're going to have to go all the way stephanie decor reporting. now a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck northern afghanistan, killing at least 2 people. the epicenter, the quake was in the hindu kush mountain range, near the remote northern afghan province of production. it had a depth of

a 194 kilometers tremors were felt in neighboring countries. at rescue officials say 9 people including a child, died in pakistan's khyber at to inquire province when the walls of the houses collapsed in couple, some people spent the night outdoors after the earthquake. ah, israel's government is an old part of a law that ban settlers from residing in some areas of the occupied west bank. a 2005 law was brought in during israel's withdrawal from the gaza strip. under prime minister ariel sharon israeli settlers were removed from areas near nablus. the latest amendment paved the way for israel to resume building settlements there, which are illegal under international law. us state department says it's extremely troubled by israel's passage of the law. we've been clear that advancing settlement

is an obstacle to peace and an obstacle to achieving his duty solution. and that certainly what this legislation would do would be create new settlement or buildings and legalize out post all of this would further insight tensions and put a negotiated to think solution further away. the u. s. has also condemned the dangerous and offensive comments from an israeli minister, who said there's no such thing as a palestinian people at a conference in paris on sunday. israel's finance mister visit, i was not rich described palestinians as an invention of the past century, sparking affairs backlash. i hear there's no such thing as palestinian. there's no such thing as a palestinian people. do you know who's 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. around con has more from western slim the far right in israel. i've always said this type of thing. it goes back to go to my air or the as rarely prime minister in 969. she said she used to say that there was no such thing as the palestinians. this, despite the fact that the 1st recorded use of the term palestine was 3200 years ago during the bronze age on the line between the jordan river. and the mediterranean sea has always been referred to as a palestine all the way up until the establishment of the state of israel, in 1948. if that hadn't happened, it still be called palestine. but the far, i have always said that there has been no state of palestine, and that's partly true because of the occupations that the land has actually been under, much recently, or by the british in 1948. so these comments are inflammatory, they're designed to really are ratchet up the tensions. but they're also designed to play to smart riches base, which completely agrees with the kinds of things he say. and now benjamin netanyahu

through a tweet, her said now is not the time to go to the u. s. meet with prison bio. so he's actually on the back foot. now he's trying to defend her, his decision not to visit. the simple fact of the matter is, according to the state department officials, is that the simply isn't the invite there. a damning report by an independent member of the u. k. parliament is found london's metropolitan police force to be institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic house of lords member knew. these casey has called for comprehensive reform, or you force it pops, luis casey's report is comprehensive, and damming the metropolitan police is. she says institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic it needs wholesale reform. the scale of the problems laid bare shocking even to those who had seen some of them 1st hand devastating. in terms of those of your such and such and the base system and homophobia within

policing office is trying to make changes in places. it just seems that nothing has changed. some of the most searing testimony comes from members of the force, talking of discrimination against women. i have witnessed senior officers and supervisors prey on females like predators. there was a culture of hit lists, targets, and trying to sleep with female officers and stuff against seeks. one officer had his beard cut because an officer thought it was funny against muslims. i found bacon left in my boots inside my locked locker. it generates the whole series of emotions, of anger, frustration, embarrassment, and generate some pride as well as my son all but it's men and women who care about placing of london have given most the evidence from that report to louise casey 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. the report stems from the outrage off to the rape and murder of sarah everett by serving met officer wayne cousins, and it finds major deficiencies in the handling and investigation of rape cases, something kashmir, owen, who's waved her right to anonymity, recognize this from her own experience with a detective after reporting rake, he would frequently shall tell me. he called me a lawyer and then he eventually said to me that he didn't want me contacting him unless this person showed up at my house. and then he corrected himself and said, no, not just showed up at your house unless they are breaking all your limbs, then you can call me the metropolitan police told us the incident was investigated . and one officer instructed to undertake reflective practice. louise casey says public trust in policing in london is broken and to rebuild it the entire force, not just its leadership needs to be accountable and improve. frontline policing,

harris will sit al jazeera london, still to come this half hour. a 1000000 fernandez in, she'll enter that in. i am is below package is bringing home in the countries worst economic crisis, but with some paper conditions and fending off another banking crisis. rescue plan for credit suisse brings relief on wall street. ah hello. its quieting down nicely. now, across new salem, as seen, some wet weather, some breezy weather, pushing its way through things will be largely settled as we go on through the next couple days to little breezy at the moment, showers, they still continue across the southeast of australia or up the east coast see the shower cloud showing up here. heaviest downpours around the gulf, captain terrier,

far north of the northern territory. see where to where the to just over towards the, kimberly much of all it is looking fine and try and again, it's still very warm. 37 celsius they're in alice, and we're just about creeping up into the thirty's there to for perth. over the next couple of days. a shower is continuing to the southeast with me. we'll see some wet weather from time to time. going on into thursday. very much a repeat performance and where to where the southern parts of new south wales that we very much getting into the outback. here for the heavy array, eastern parts of victoria, also still seeing some showers. this is me. go on to friday. size of a chaise or showers are still wearing to the fast se, cindy, they're across the far north as well, but where to weather will make his way towards the south island of new zealand. ahead of that last you find a dry open at around 21 celsius weather to making its way across central areas of china at the moment. and as we go on to was the weekend vac cloud and brain spreading right across japan. ah,

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a responsible dialogue to resolve the war and ukraine. following talks in moscow on tuesday, putin said chinese proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement. japan's prime minister from jo casita has made an unannounced visit to ukraine at joint news conference with president savanski. she not condemned russian invasion as an aggression that shakes the foundation of international order. the u. s. has condemned as dangerous and offensive comments from an israeli minister. who said there is no such thing as a palestinian people else. much rich describe palestinians as an invention of the past century. fucking a fierce backlash. this is prime minister has announced that general elections will take place in may. it follows the country's deadliest rail, trash on record. last month. 57 people died. the trained has asked us back public outrage and mass protests with cause for greek premier career caused me to attack is to step down railway workers blamed years of under investment by the government

for the collision and conservative governments, 4 year term expires in july. and mr. douglas was widely expected to call an election in early april before the crush happened. to lanka will receive a bailout, almost $3000000000.00 from the international monetary fund over the next 4 years. as part of efforts to rescue its battered economy, the 1st installment of $330000000.00 is expected within the next 2 days. in a televised, national address, president running rick from a singer said his country was no longer a bankrupt nation. and al fernandez has more from colombo, the government celebrate securing a $3000000000.00 loan from leads national monetary fund. but mostly lumpkins are battling to make ends meet. foreign currency reserves, fiscal management, dead sustainability mean little to many people struggling to put food on the table . then they said are again, unlike before it is very difficult and we find it difficult to go on. these are so

difficult now. i really think that the cost of food is really got up. i don't know what's going to happen in the future, is that only a given the money we invest, we can't get a proper return. it was different before, but making a profit is very difficult. a series of bombings in 2019 and the pandemic, coupled with economic mismanagement corruption, an unsustainable debt of bushland going to its worst economic crisis since independence. in 1948. after months of negotiation, the government finally secured a full year loan from the international monetary fund and trash will be made available soon in the next 2 days or so. and so going forward, disbursements will be tied to reviews that take place every 6 months. the loan comes at a price with the government forced to impose

a major austerity drive to secure it. this includes taxing more people and introducing higher tax rates. the price of electricity and water have risen and fuel costs almost 3 times as much as i did. 2 years ago. prison drawn as the commissioner addressed the nation on tuesday, and what the key beaming approving to learn. so that's real uncle has the ability to restructure dance and will no longer be considered a bankrupt countryman, by what we can resume normal transactions and remove import restriction. our foreign currency situation improves cracking down on corruption and improving fiscal management is a major part of the program and central to the reform. the i m f has insisted on important importance to improve the fiscal institutions in particular public financial management, which is to improve how the public mileage is and either from a to revenues or

financing from an o vendors like us. but some have questioned how effected the program will be i am. if programs are often designed to treat the symptoms of the problem and not the cause and more than ever, i think it is clear to the i m f and everyone else that 3 long cause fundamental problem is in governance and in corruption. ah, this program as it's been published, fails to engage backed causal issues in the country. the i am if bailout will provide much needed funds to allow shanker to buy essential goods and help struggling businesses. but analysts see much still needs to be done to allow sri lanka to begin to recover. minute fernandez, o 0, colombo, but i says, have set of flares and fireworks in paris as demonstrations against france. his pension reforms continue. there were thousands of people in the french capital on

the eve of a crucial televised interview. my president emanuel, my whole police attempted to disperse, protested with tear gas. my call am to use the tv interview on wednesday to quote calm things down for british by mister boyce johnson has admitted he misled parliament about parties held at downing street during the 19 lockdown, but not intentionally. johnson is due to be questioned on wednesday by a committee investigating the so called party gates candle. in a document containing his defense, johnson said he acted in good faith. believe the ruling, guidance were followed. johnson was fine last year over the gathering impressions. wall street main indices planned on tuesday after the rescue of credit suisse. com nerves about a big banking crisis. us treasury also says it's considering what steps can be taken to further strengthen the countries financial stability. gabriel is under, has more from you. the us economy is certainly giving off

a lot of mixed signals. right now. on one hand, there's a banking crisis that has the markets teetering, but there's also some positive signs as well. i spoke to maxwell and economist here in new york city to try to make sense of it. all. most americans are nervous, some are really suffering and no one really knows exactly what's going on. inflation was a big deal last year where it reached over 9 percent in june and response. the federal reserved raised interest rates and it did the job, bringing inflation down to about 6 percent where it is today. but that's still high, because most economies say the target is around one to 2 percent. inflation will be less of a problem going forward, but we have a lot of instability risk around the global supply chain and around the conflict in russia and ukraine. higher interest rates might have help low inflation,

but it's also had a negative effect on the housing market. that's because interest rates during the pandemic, we're down to historic lows of about 2 percent. today, they're up to about 7 percent. when i think the housing markets best days for awhile or probably in the rear view mirror, not the windshield and americans are working. they us added over 5 100000 jobs just in january and over 300000. in february, the unemployment rate of 3.4 percent was the lowest since 1969. and since americans are working, they're also spending money at a record pace as well. so what are we to make of all these conflicting signs of this economy? every time we see a piece of data, we have to try to figure out if this is the new normal usual, or abnormal. that's usually how we look at things that economics is this, the beginning of something new,

the end of something old or something we haven't seen before? that confounding u. s. economy. certainly giving up mixed signals everywhere. if housing signs in yemen is convey to the agree to exchange detainees. after talks in switzerland, there's been an increase in diplomatic pressure from the u. n. and western countries. to end the fighting and analysts hope this deal could help in efforts to find a lasting peace mom in jungian report. in geneva, a major announcement, warring sides and humans conflict agreeing to free, nearly 900 prisoners national can can we had great hopes to reach this number and we were also to terminal to reach this number expertise. this is the result of talks between the internationally recognized government of yemen and her with the rebels. i mean, with assistance from the united nations and the international committee of the red cross linelle la, toughen thursday dental little s s v agreement is excellent, and it is an essential step for the release of all prisoners and detainees. d d

remark for all those involved, the deal stands as an expression of hope and then we will open. we have a level of trust with all the parties are involved in these release. ah, we have this unique partnership with the un in yemen. and i have no reason to believe that it won't be a success and a success which needs to happen as soon as possible. the prisoner swap is part of a un mediated deal agreed upon in 2018 known as the stock home agreement. the exchange of around 15000 people detained during the conflict, has been under discussion as a major confidence building measure ever since. but progress hasn't come quickly. any resolution, any progress in establishing a comprehensive end to the conflict are 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. the conflict in yemen is widely seen

as a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. earlier this month and beijing both countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations. and while there's been no official confirmation that the prisoner swap was part of that deal. tensions between outside backers of the mean factions in yemen have since lessened the hope now that a deal could boost broader efforts to into conflict that has created what many call a humanitarian catastrophe. 8 years of fighting have left millions of people facing poverty and insecurity. and with food shortages wide spread malnutrition among children is soaring. while a you and broker truce last april has largely held it expired in october without the parties agreeing to extend it, leaving many to wonder if this latest step will help towards creating a permanent piece. aahama jim jim as visitor ah.