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a worsening economy that shattered their lives. ah. hello them, nora kyle. this is al 0 alive from doha. also coming up. a landmark un report paint's a grim picture of a global crisis. 2000000000 people have no access to safe drinking water and climate change could make it less widespread sexual abuse and eastern democratic republic of congo as conflict lessons to violence in and at least 7 people have been killed and drained strikes in ukraine's key region. ah, we begin in lebanon, we're devastating financial crisis has pushed hundreds of people back on to the streets in protest against that government. if i was demonstrating retired soldiers

demanding a living wage, it comes off of the lebanese, they're a hit record low last week. inflation has been skyrocketing since 2019 making essential daily items, increasingly unaffordable and problems with the banking sector have meant some struggle to access their own money. then a honda was out in the protests in beirut year for of an economic collapse. the currency is now worthless. the evaluation started in late 2019, but in recent weeks there was a sharp evaluation. the central bank intervenes now and again to try to regulate the market by pumping millions of dollars. but many experts will say this is not solving the crisis. the li, ross value recovery little and then it depreciates yes again. and what the central bank is using is a dwindling foreign currency reserves. money that belongs to the depositors who have been locked out of their accounts. in back there is anger. people believe that

the political and business leads. if you can see many, here are public public sector servants. they believe that the political and business of the they do not want to solve the crisis because solving the crisis will involve economic reforms, structural reforms fighting corruption. if the business and political elite do that, then they lose control over the states and its resources which they have been exploiting for years. now. many believe the solution is with an i m f deal. but like i said, those in power are refusing to carry out the reforms necessary for that deal to be made. so the economy continues to collapse. 4 years into this crisis. the politicians are, have done nothing to come up with their economic recovery plan. and in the interim, there's also political crisis. the country does not have a president or a government, a functioning government in order to carry out those reform. so an economic and

political crisis and no and inside in the u. k. prices of food and now at more than a 45 year high, that last driven by a shortage of vegetables. overall, inflation rate increase unexpectedly in february after 3 months because of high food and energy bills. and all this could prompt the bank of england to raise interest rates on the 1st day, not in bava, has moved from london will after several months of falling inflation. this is something of a surprise and it poses a headache for the bank of england, which has already raised interest rates 10 times since december battling double digit inflation. so the headlong figure in them yet a february 10 point 4 percent rising prices. 3 things driving that really, 1st in the hospitality sector, rising prices for alcohol and then food and non alcoholic drinks. for example, there been shortages of some vegetable from southern europe, partly due to supply chain issues linked to breaks it. partly bad weather and

rises in general for food are over 80 percent. so that's going to hit the low income households, the hardest. and then you've got rises in clothing and footwear, particularly for children and women. now, the chancellor of the exchequer that's put in the finance minister. jeremy hunt has reacted saying that this is a reminder. no one should take a falling inflation for granted. but saying that he'll stick to his aim to cut inflation by half by the end of the year, the office for budget responsibility predicted it would get below 3 percent by the end of the year. but just on tuesday, he was calling this double digit inflation dangerously. high, it's dangerous, politically for him as well. the opposition labor party have said that this shows that nothing is working better in britain, a competitor for 13 years ago when the conservatives took power. union bosses similarly as saying that the cost of living crisis is not being dealt with

sufficiently by the government criticizing last week's budget for favoring more well off households. and so this is just a reminder that with britain experiencing the highest inflation amongst the g 7 group of developed nations. this is not just in economic challenge, but a political challenge. and in the coming hours, all eyes will be on the u. s. federal reserve, which will also decide if it weighs against interest rates. i'm by how much and use that as a tool to cool inflation, which pete's last year, but it's still stubbornly high. the cost of living her sword and millions of americans are struggling. the federal reserve has been increasing interest rate, so people start saving more and buying less as one of the wave banks around the world tried to cub inflation. the recent failure of us banks was put pressure on the fed to stop increasing rates and risk further splitting the markets. and this is raising phase of a piece of a 2008 global financial crisis,

while people and now searching the term financial crisis online. frances coupler as an economist and banking commentator. and she explains what she thinks the federal reserve will do. i personally think he went announce a small rising interest rates really just to shows that you know, the fact can't be blown off course and it's controlled lation by worries in the banking sector. they have other tools to deal with with will be banks and some of the things that have been put in place since 2000 night should make it possible for the fed to do what's necessary to control inflation without triggering or banking crisis. obviously the situation with us just mid sized banks is worrying, but i know that they are considering meshes to get they put, been putting in place mostly to deal with that. when you raise the posse rates, you're making borrowing more expensive for people. so that's gonna hit people who are looking for new mortgages. it's going to hit people who are looking for bank

loans for various other forms of debt. it will affect credit cards on the posters side. it should also increase the rate of interest on savings when it says, say banks in passing that on on all that, well, that didn't united states, people have money, market fund just no time you've been. we have been changing rates on dollars going out. so one thing that might happen is we might she more deposit light from banks to money market funds, and that will be concerning the event for rash, primary subarus johnson testifying in front of a parliamentary standards committee as part of investigations or whether he misled parliament on holding policies joining over 19 law sounds. it felt the committee, the events were wrong, but hasn't just if he did not lie to m. p. 's, to oblige it could face suspension or even lose his seat and parliament. at all times. i was entirely transparent with the house. i made it clear that i did not

intend to comment on any of the factual matters until the investigation had been concluded. i kept the house regularly updated and as soon as the investigations were complete, i provided a full correction of my honest but inadvertently misleading statements. i apologize, i apologize for inadvertently misleading this house, but to say that i did it recklessly or deliberately is completely untruth. vice president emmanuel microns as the controversial changes to pension rules, will be implemented by the end of the year. his government's plan to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64 and let to weeks of demonstrations across france. and 9th round of strikes and national protests will take place on 1st name, icons, government for 3. the amendments and the national assembly without surveyed, moves upon it as i speak to you right now, do you think i enjoy doing this reform? no, i could have done the same as many others before. man swept the dust under the rug

. maybe the reality is today, there's one thing i regret is that we weren't able to inform people of the constraints. and more specifically, the need to undergo this reform says he did the fact that i felt it was the on his disability mustn't of some. so i say this in all responsibility, i'm not wishing to get reelected. i cannot be as indicated by the constitution between the short term poles and the general interest of the country. i choose the general interest, and if in the end i have to endure unpopularity to day, i will endure it. and teresa butler has more from paris watching him, i knew michael hall pressed. imagine that this is a french present in the middle of a political and social crisis. he was very business like he was on repentance about his french government, pushing through case reform bill pension reform bill by decree and parliament look, he has the right to do so. he pointed that out. he said, this reform is necessary for the french system for people in the future to have

a pension. because at the moment the system is simply broken. he also said, look, he has every right to push the reform through parliament by decree. it is part of the constitution. however, he gave no concession only to thomas with opponents from his critics and parliament and on the streets. and i think that's why we will see protests continue trade unions, and he said that they intend to keep protesting over the coming days, a big protest ready planned on thursday nationwide strike. also, we are expecting workers from across mainly the public sector to be out in the streets. there's a lot of anger there's, there's a great sense and from that, amongst many people that the french government, the french president simply just doesn't understand them and keep you, craney and official fairly 7 people have been killed in russian drain strikes on the region. luxury sources say a civilian object was damaged in the attack, keys full since they shut down 16 of $21.00. iranian bay drains last overnight by

russia. and then crimea, russian officials or the navy has repelled a drone attack on the sylvester pole port. this comes 2 days after an explosion on the peninsula destroyed russian missiles. that's according to ukraine's defense ministry. they were intended for use by moscow black c fleet. and in moscow, russia's defense minister, so gay, so goose says a division with long range ante ship missiles has been deployed to the north pacific. the area of southern curl islands, its disputed between japan and russia. it comes just a day after japan's prime minister visited keith and offered his support so familiar casita. his visit coincided with chinese president, she didn't pings a visit to russia. he was in moscow for 2 days of talks with crescent vladimir putin, which focused on trade and energy. they also discussed china's piece plan to resolve the ukraine conflict. the 2 leaders released a joint statement on tuesday, calling for responsible dialogue to end the war. israel's parliament has overturned

part of a law that banned illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. it's been in place since 2005 when israeli settlers were ordered to leave during israel's withdrawal from garza. the move could see israelis returned to a legal settlements. they were ordered to leave in 2005. they included the villages of ha mesh, senor academy, and gun in the near the palestinian cities of janine and nobliss. homer has been a flash point between palestinians and israelis. in the past. settlers have been trying to re establish the site permanently. the 2005 just engagement plans or israel removed more than 9000 settlers from 21 illegal settlements across the region and estimated more than 600000 is ready. settlers now live in hundreds of illegal settlements and outposts across the occupied west bank. let me call some shuree reports. oh victory. please. really settlers as the nested lips have been on for settlements in the occupied bestbuy.

it allows settlers to return to illegal outpost 18 years after they were ordered to leave in 2005. then prime minister ariel sharon agreed that israel would be drawn from garza and see the sacraments under the future deal with the palestinians. israel has now reneged on that agreement. of course they are both, everything exists fair except for the people. the house is the people who are evacuated and the houses that were destroyed. now we came to fix it and there will be a town there. the palestinian authority has denounced the move my son most on at home slayer, 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 its open battle against the palestinian people. the e. u and israeli allied the u. s. have condemned the decision. last month, the israeli government announced would recognize 9 settlements in the occupied west

bank since the 1967 war, israel has established more than $100.00 outposts on palestinian land. the settlements are illegal under international law, and the un has previously described them as a war crime. israel is retreating from international commonwealth. israel is denying the seizure of it's also bring calls to return the land of those settlements, goods, dry goods, palestinian owners, any de, also denies a law the law of these engagements which was accepted into so 5 when when is earn pulled out from garza, the changes are the latest in a series of controversial moves by prime minister benjamin netanyahu so far, right. coalition government, which took charge in december. it comes at a time of height intentions, and the worst violence between israelis and palestinians. in recent years on the

consul sheriff under sierra, sara has hair on out his era 1000 spend the night on the streets in pakistan and afghanistan after an earthquake shakes the hindu kush mountain range. ah hello, we got some pretty wet weather on the cars for japan over the next couple of days. this light of cloud and brain that is spilling out a central china quad, an active weather system. this one just rolling over towards his china sea and beyond. and that will push up some pretty wet weather across queue shoe into honshu, all part seeing some wet weather by the end of thursday. warm, behind. so live around 21 degrees celsius. not too bad in basing at around 14

degrees celsius. oh for the air quality starting to improve here, farther south. there we go with more heavy showers, longer spells of rain in the anything that pops up further. as we go through our friday, we could see some localized flooding to southern parts of china. meanwhile, japan turning dry and bright up with more in the way of sunshine, plenty of sunshine, warm sunshine too. across sir indo china, northern parts of the philippines to swell a scattering of shares into central and southern parts of the philippines. though she grow through where thursday could catch a shower too, and it was a southern end of the malay peninsula, but the majority of the showers are south of the equator. you might still see a few showers into small anchor over the next day or so. not quite as wet up towards the northeast of india, but a westerly disturbance was to bring some heavy rain into pakistan and north west india. ah. joined the debate. but you know that the surgeon is empowered by the government and

they, and by the way, they're going to live today. they are to go from africa. how security is also global, help security on an online, at your voice. there is no right to defense. there is no right to protest, we can't just keep relying on aid. there has to be some work toward a sustainable economy. at the end of the day, it is ordinary objects that are paying the price. this tree analogies era with ah, again, you're watching al jazeera, his reminder of our top story is this. our police are fired tear gas that people protesting in bay roots against lebanon's ongoing economic crisis. inflation has

been skyrocketing since 2019, he essential daily items, increasingly unaffordable from our british primers are boys johnson is testifying in front of a parliamentary standards committee as part of an investigation into whether he deliberately misled parliament on or holding policies. joint cove at 19 lockdown. so the committee of events were wrong, but as insisted he did not lie to m. p. 's and ukrainian officials, se 7 people have been killed in russian. drone strikes and keep heaves forces say they shot down 16 of the 21 drones involved in the attack. there's an imminent risk of a global water crisis. that's the warning from the un, which is hosting its 1st conference on water and sanitation in 45 years. it says more than $2000000000.00 people don't have enough water for at least one month a year. 26 percent of the walls population doesn't have safe drinking water. nearly

half of them don't have adequate sanitation. the u. n says water shortages will get worse in the coming decades, especially in cities. unless there's better international cooperation. we'll have coverage of the water crisis from around the world at the u. n. where leaders a meeting from columbia and from columbia, where locals are coping with severe water shortages and from venezuela where access to clean water has been limited for decades. let's begin in new york, not mask has to james base has the latest from that conference. 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 2015 . i've been speaking to the foreign minister of bangladesh, about the challenges his country faces regarding water is really important for band

with this because really what i am country, we will eat and if, if to 7 drivers criss crossing the country. in addition, we in the peep up the bell, been lol, and the in the emotion into specifically what is a life everyday life. and therefore an album laid to the had been lot with abuse of water and water is so the ocean said good preserver 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, this absorber is not absorbing as much to this. and we want to say this plan attacked. and one way to save this planet, besides industry, i mean egless, he be indices 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, program 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 success piggly need to look forward to universal code of conduct in utilizing that. what are the sources maintaining the water and all, sir, but he 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 phase, which is era at the united nations. well, in the last 2 decades, access to water has been declining because of climate change and population growth

out there. i heard from one woman living in a poor neighborhood in bogota in columbia. last supplies, i guess his, her story in her own words mean on, but i do on our lindsey. my name is tuan 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 to my 3 kids 4 years ago, displeased by the violence in the chuckle region when you 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 watson, late at night a times every 3 or 4 days. i depend on the good heart of neighbors that share some of the water with me. well, the own, 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 of them. and when it was given that this country, so rich in water, it's kind of the logic that we're living in, in 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. well in low income areas around neighboring venezuela's capital, correct? because some people say they haven't had water in decades. they, mr. avi has more life in one of the world's largest oil producing nations, venezuelan say shouldn't be this difficult and access to a basic human right should be easy. i guess they will. they must,

they to just 2 or 2 and a half dollars for water. it's too much, we can't do it anymore because nobody can put up with that. sometimes the guys have brought us water from the well and sell it cheaper. more than 20 years. we haven't know what it's like to have tap water. no running water has long been a luxury in the sprawling low income neighborhoods around caracas. a state owned company is in charge of supplying water practically free of charge, but it is unable to keep up with rising demand. on some residents, a pottery venezuela's largest villa benefit from a nearby well where they can collect ground water, others siphoned tap water from broken pipes or any mo guy working. we come here to get drinking water every 2 weeks. the use of the house i have to fish and carry every day because we only have running water sometimes once a week and for 2 hours or an hour and a half if that. otherwise,

we don't have water shrinking wages and rising prices make access to water more difficult. even informal traders are increasing prices for jugs and tanker water. but these sources are still preferable because they are more reliable than the state for access to the most essential resource for life. zane basra v o j 0 term. he's where he in camps for people who lost their homes in eastern democratic republic of congo. they, they're supporting at least 10 rape survivors every day. rights group, say sexual violence has got worse as the conflicts between the government and m. 23 fighters escalates. now come web reports from a company, go more in north kiva, and warning. you may find parts of his 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 armed group advanced through my 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 you help me? 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 reached by those men. claudia says he doesn't know which armed crew 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 seized 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 claudius as 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 group that helped her feel like life is still worth living floors. be a week a 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 every one who starts to talk or ask for help. she says she's recorded more than a 120 reports of rape new arrivals. this year while i was on and i saw though

the majority of them were raised by m 23. when the villages were attacked, others who hid in the bush were raised by fighters from other groups and some also on their way here. but people who are out of control will listen to them and encourage them. we do whatever we can and give them what later 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, blanco, democratic republic of congo, the united nations and the us have as do candice, president, your worry mus 70, to reject the antique a bill you candace parliament to prove legislation that introduces tough penalties for same sex relationships, offenders face penalties,

including death and life imprisonment. the un high commissioner for human rights says, quote, the passing of this discriminatory bill, probably amongst the worst of its kind in the world, is a deeply troubling development. and he's 13 people have died after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern afghanistan and parts of pakistan and was sent it on the hindu kush mountains near the northern afghan province of bad action. people in kabul were outdoors when the quake here and there was celebrating the persian new year. then he chose to spend the night out doors. at least 9 people died in pakistan were hospital to place on high alert as more than 70 people were injured. several dozen houses were also damaged. chinese health officials have given emergency use approval for the 1st locally produced cove at 19 m. r n. a shot china has refused to use similar vaccines made elsewhere. the c s p c. pharmaceutical group says it's vaccine testing showed a few adverse effects amongst older p.