of canister is portrayed through the prism of war. but there were many of canister thanks to the brave individuals who risk their lives to protect it from destruction . an extraordinary film, archives spanning for decades, reveals the forgotten truths of the country's modern history. the forbidden real pot for the era of darkness on a j 0 in north korea. supremely to kim jones sister is emerging as a likely successor one. 0, one east investigate north korea's most powerful woman on elgin's. iraq. ah, the chinese and russian presidents, hail a new era of economic cooperation, but little it said about beijing's proposal to end the war in ukraine.

ah, mccloud, mrs. al jazeera life and ho also coming israel's parliament folks to allow settlers to return to for illegal outposts in the occupied west bank nearly 2 decades after they were abandon imaginations warns nearly 2000000000 people lack safe drinking water is nations mark world water day and sri lanka welcomes a 3000000000 dollar bail out from the i am asked to help rescue it's crumbling economy. ah, to the leaders of russia and china say responsible dialogue is the way to resolve the war in ukraine. changing pagan vladimir putin sign a joint statement, often talks in moscow key for the west, say any peace agreement must include

a russian withdrawal from ukraine's territory. i shall barbara has this report. oh. 2 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. there her worship gowns under. 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 stark venus 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 plan merged in beijing has called on russia and ukraine to address their security concerns without mentioning russian troops. withdrawl, it's a key demand for keith. the u. s. has dismissed the peace plan as a stalling tactic. in the mean time western nations are stepping up military assistance to ukraine. luis didn't glow we minister for up today. we learned that the minister of defense of the u. k, declared he would supply tank to the ukraine, and also you renew him in rich weapons to ukraine. i think that the west will now fight russia to the last ukranian chief facing growing international isolation. redeemer put in is turning to president. g,

jumping and allies largely shaped following russian invasion of ukraine last year. after the e. u. imposed a ban on russian energy import. china stepped in, buying large quantities of tea, russian oil providing cash struct. moscow. with much needed revenue. the u. s. considers china the biggest threat to its national security and clears b. g could be exploiting rush as embattled, standing to expand its geo political influence. hush about bella. i'll jazeera that in our from journal as jojo shop of or lower who has more from oscar. the visit all been trying present to russia, called the huge wavering treasure. according to analysts is largely due to beijing self nomination for the role of pacemaker in ukraine. expectations 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 lisa village in the landscape. if china makes and little progress on the issue of a peaceful 2nd, when done, 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 life. and the influence continues to grow so many on how it's going to play out in the future. according to present pace in the countries should multiply the bullying tree. as so many are going to happen after the visit. will 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 answered with the us national security council space. when john kirby says, the way for the war to end is for russian troops to leave ukraine on ukraine. i

would 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 withdraw from all the territory inside ukraine. the territory of another member state of the un, a member that it has invaded with japan's prime minister fumey casita has made an unannounced visit to ukraine. it is the 1st time since 2nd world war that a japanese leader has visited the country during a conflict. casita met the president flooded miss lensky and keven assured him of tokyo's continued support. earlier he visited the town of pitcher, where more than 400 civilians were said to have been killed by russian forces. last year. a 3rd grader, the russian invasion of ukraine is an aggression that shakes the foundation of international order, which i strongly feel after i visited keith and purchases i,

where i saw the tragedy of the russian invasion with my own eyes are russia says it will be forced to react, if the u. k. supplies ukraine with armor piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium president vladimir putin accuse the west of deploying weapons with a nuclear component of u. k is set back using putin of deliberate. a disinformation, stephanie deca has borne from keith. moscow is always made it very clear that there against the increase of weaponry being sent from the west. 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 unless 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. a 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 sarah oliver picked up on earlier today called calling it against monetary and law. vladimir putin saying that if the west, the collective west, as he calls it, is going to use weapons with a nuclear capability. the going to have to go all the way. there are reports and israel has carried out air strikes and syria state media, se explosions were heard in and around. the city were leper sir. is defense, ministry says the international airport was hit causing some damage. will israel's parliament has repealed the 2005 law bombing settlers from living in parts of the occupied west bank? oh, it pays away for israeli settlers to return to 4 illegal outpost near the city of numbers. they were abandoned under the law juice during israel's withdrawal from

gaza on a prime minister ariel sharon palestinians have condemned the roof. most amongst i'm going to tell him why are they made him and how do they? i think when they return to the so called homage settlement and other settlements, this will show us that this government is going head with its plan to take an annex the lands and continue. it's open battle against the palestinian people. we are talking now about $88.00 matters since the beginning of the year, more than 1 march or day. therefore, i think the responsibility for the international community is bigger to provide protection for the palestinian people. for the us state department says x is it's extremely troubled by israel's latest move. we have 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 outposts. all of this would be further insight tensions and

put a negotiated to think solution further away. get a levy is an ortho and column is for the is ready daily hurts. he says, the change, the lowest shows how willing the government is to go back on past commitments. these were retreating from international commitment is early is denying the seizure of its own supreme court to return the land of those sentiments towards private. but as an owners, any also denies law. the law of these against mans, which was accepted into some 5 when, when is pulled out from gaza. in other words, you can trust any word of israel because if a commencement can be turned down like this, with a new government, then they, you know, partners, possible bothers of them says, what, what does it mean to have

a word? the 2nd word is, is what is already turning everything back. but by the end of the day, it is a better which was decided already. i mean, one more settlement or one less settlement will not change much. the 2 state solution is there a long time ago, so practically doesn't have much meaning, but symbolically has a lot of living. now there's an imminent risk of a global water crisis that's according to the united nations, which is hosting its 1st dedicated conference on water and sanitation. in 45 years in new york. the says that more than $2000000000.00 people experience water shortages for at least one month, a year, 26 percent of the world's population do not have safe drinking water. and almost half lack access to adequate sanitation. un warns at water shortages will get worse

in the coming decades, especially in cities. if international cooperation is not boosted or diplomatic yet it's a jane's base is more now from the united nations. this is the 1st conference of its type for more than 40 years. some presidents, prime ministers, as well as many ministers from all around the world have gathered here in new york . they know the problem is very serious. the estimates suggest that water demand in urban areas around the world is likely to increase by 80 percent. by the year 2050 . i been speaking to the foreign minister of bangladesh about the challenges his country faces regarding water. this is really important for one, but this because really what i am country, we were 857 rivers criss crossing the country. in addition, we, in the peep of the bell, been all and the indian ocean into specifically what is our life everyday life.

and therefore al blade to the had been locked with abuse of water and waters. so the ocean said great reserve for it on the carbon emissions the global warming. and nowadays, since we'll abuse in water, and i the chemical plastic as it is all the global warming is, these absorber is not absorbing as much of this. and we want to say this planetary and one way to save this planet, besides and esther, i mean egless he been, this is also to upkeep the waters. and therefore this conference is really very important to run by this. in addition, we also have many diverse which comes from other countries, $57.00, the rest comes from other countries and we have to develop it for graham policy. so that all the people of that are in the line and cashman should be benefit.

so what needs to come out of this conference to make it a 6? i think we need to look forward to universal code of conduct in utilizing the what are the sources maintaining the water and also you must protect and preserve the water, the cross nations. it tells us the good news that so many countries are talking about water and talking about cooperating on its use privately. though diplomats will tell you that all the commitments that come out of this week's conference will be voluntary and there will be no final binding agreement. james bay's al jazeera at the united nations will even countries with vast water resources such as columbia suffer shortages in the past 2 decades, access has been declining due to climate change and an expanding population. how does there a heard from one woman living in a poor neighbourhood in boca tom was supplies a skiff, his her story and her and was mean on bridge on our lindsay. my name is joanna

valencia. i'm 28 years old. i live in the to be no new neighborhood in the fact of quarter go miss that. i see was what i read with my 3 kids 4 years ago, displeased by the violence in the chuckle region when you while but i said she's the 1st day we never had access to water for our household course, personal hygiene, cleanings. it's very complicated. i kind of the parts of the neighborhood christine water late at night at times every 3 or 4 days. i depend on the good heart of neighbors that share some of the water with me, one of the on okay, in the web. i don't even know, but i'm working as a security guard. there are days that i don't bring any food at work because i have no water to cook it and i work tomorrow, but my uniform is dirty because i haven't been able to wash it with it. i hope same with my kids, school uniform, their shoes. i have loads of dirty dishes because i haven't been able to wash them

either. them again i, i hope to be able to buy a big tank or find an organization that could help us get on the menu them. and when it was given that this country, so rich in water, it's kind of the logic that we're living in a neighborhood where access to watch you have the main issue. but when i, when i went out, i think we have a right to watch or because water is life. you know, he, for the head here and how does era rape on the rise during conflict in the eastern democratic republic of congo will be hearing from survivors. plus the us banking sector appears just stabilize, but there are many signals from the largest economy. ah hello. it's been a little overcast recently across the middle east,

little dusty as well cloud and re starting to push its way further eastwards and south was there still be a few showers around easton, southern parts of a man over the next day or so. but the brightest guys to the north of that live the showers now moving away from mass syria through iraq, into iran, snow over the high grounds there. of course. net extends all the way across into afghanistan. more of that as we go on through thursday, but we will see more in the way of sunshine. by the time we come to the latter part of the way 27 celsius here in doha, similar value. therefore, key weight, still a few showers just around to care in wanted to shout it, creeping the way back into lebanon and northern parts of syria, just as some showers to some pretty wild weather across sir libya. very heavy rain tucked him in their system and lifted dust and sank. what a nasty system this one, making his way into egypt rainy out as we go on into thursday. good rash, a showers across a good part of west africa. now that we could see that writing pushing up towards kin fossa, good part of nigeria,

seeing some wet weather and east of the roof valley, a fair bit of wet weather in place over the next dial to some heavy downpours into townsend. there, along with kenya and uganda. ah, [000:00:00;00] with

oh, the me. what 0 might about top stories this up and the president of russia and china recording the response will dialogue to in the war. and ukraine automates you choosing thing in moscow. vladimir putin said bay james proposal could be used as a basis for a peaceful settlement. israel's parliament has repealed the 2005 law banning settlers from litigant parts of the occupied west bank. it takes away for the re lease to return to for illegal host near the city of numbers. the un has warned, looming global water crisis, it says more than 2000000000 people suffer shortages for at least one month. the leaders are meeting in new york to try and come up with solutions of magnitude

6.5. earthquake is struck. northern afghanistan and parts of pakistan. at least 11 people have died. the epi center was in the hindu kush mountain range near the northern african province of barack sean. in the pakistani city for the whole, people rushed outside following the earthquake, and then the gun capital of kabul. many spent the night out doors uganda's parliament, his back sweeping anti gay legislation, which would impose tough new penalties for same sex relationships. offenders could face present terms of up to 10 years and have you find human rights watch accused members of parliament targeting l g b t. people for political gain support to say they will protect so called family values, was charges working in displacement camps in democratic republic of congo. say that tracing at these tenant rape survivors every day. rights group say that is the conflict between the government and the 23 on group has escalated,

say to his sexual violence. malcolm web reports from the cap nigrama, the capitol of north kiva, and a warning some viewers may find positives report distressing. all of these women say they've been raped in the last 2 months. there's almost no support for survivors of sexual violence in this camp near the city of goma. so they cancel each other. most of the people here fled as the m 23 arms grew advanced through messina territory, claudia, not her real name cuz she was going to collect firewood with a group of women and girls when they ran into armed men wearing military uniforms. how can you come with doug? how can they tied me to a tree and i was raped by each of them the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, and then the 4th. the others were raped by other men. one of the girls in our group didn't survive. she was too small, she died during the rape. we spent 2 days being raped by those men. claudia says he

doesn't know which armed group her attack has belonged to peter congos army used of backing armed groups in its fight against him. $23.23 widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. those governments deny supporting the groups. in spite of overwhelming evidence and $23.00 seats, waves of territory from the government forces over the last 9 month. people ran away from their homes and their farms up in the hills because it was no longer safe but life down here and the camp comes with many other problems. whole families have been scattered people, sharing shelters with complete strangers. they've been left traumatized and vulnerable. claudia says it took her weeks to finally reached the camp. then she says she was raped again by a man who attacked her in her tent. she says it's the survivors great. that helps her feel like life is still worth living. floss

b o v k started it we 1st met her last year after she was forced from her home. he'd been helping people in the camps ever since. she has time for everyone who starts to talk or ask for help. she says she's recorded more than a 120 reports of rating new arrivals this year while i was on and i was on the m as well, the majority of them were raised by m 23 when their villages were attacked. others who hid in the bush were raised by fighters from other groups. and some also on their way here by people who are out of control, will listen to them and encourage them. we do whatever we can and give them with little we have they have almost nothing, a small shelter and a handful of donated medicines. some of the survivors told us they have infections, injuries or severe pain. but they say just being listened to help

malcolm web al jazeera delingo democratic republic of congo, protest reserve said of flares and fireworks in paris as demonstrations against frances pension reforms continue thousands, riley to day before president a man or macklin is due to give a televised interview is expected to defend his goal of raising the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00, which will anchor will received on an almost $3000000000.00 bailout from the international monetary fund over the next 4 years as part of efforts to rescue its battered economy president ronelle rick ramos and go said his country was no longer a bankrupt nation. well, fernandez reports now from columbia. the government celebrate securing a $3000000000.00 loan for leads national monetary fund that most tre, lumpkins are battling to make ends meet. foreign currency reserves. fisco management, dead sustainability mean little to many people struggling to put food on the table

. then they said are getting unlike before it is very difficult and we find it difficult to go on. things 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. besides me, i 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 bushy lanka into 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 sooner in the next 2 days or so. and so going forward and 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 destination on tuesday, and with a key beaming approving to learn. so that's real anchor has the ability to restructure its dance and will no longer be considered a barn cross country by which we can resume normal transactions and remove import restriction. as a foreign currency situation improves, creaking 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 money is end either from tax revenues or

financing from m. o lenders like us. but some have questioned how effected the program would 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, shall lanka, to buy essential goods and helps struggling businesses. but analysts see much still needs to be done to allow she longer to begin to recover minute fernandez, o g 0, colombo, the e s. foreign policy chief has warned that shanicea could be at risk of economic and

social collapse. joseph burrell says the situation is dangerous. it could lead to new flows of migrants to europe. shanicea has been through years of economic and political upheaval since the revolution in 2011. the foreign ministry dismiss burroughs comments is overblown. stocks on wall street of climbed off to the rescue of credit suisse carb nerves about a bigger banking crisis. us treasury secretary, janet jaelyn, says the local financial sector is stabilizing after it was put to the test by the collapse of the 2 banks this month. but as gabriel is under reports from new york, the world's largest economy is still facing some strong headwinds. the u. s. 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 economists to your 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, in response to federal reserve 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 economists say that 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 helped 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. but i think the housing markets best days for a while, are probably in the rear view mirror,

not the windshield and americans are working. the 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. he can alex, 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 off mixed signals everywhere. ah,