with people in power, investigate, exposes, and questions they used and abused of our around the globe on now to sierra examining the impact of today's headlines. this was probably one of the deadliest disasters in the story of setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions. this is the one that's been hitting cities, sharing personal stories for a global audience. do you talk a little bit about what life is like for african luminous programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today? on how to sierra ah ah,

i'm the bulkhead this is the al jazeera and use our life in london coming up. the u . s. federal reserve booths interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for pressure on the banking sector. could pause any future rises and go over an action in bay route protests against the devastating financial crisis that shows no sign of ease increase reports of sexual violence linked to m. 23 rebels in the east. and d. r. c. survivors tend to each other for support and more than a quarter of the world without access to clean water. un says a global water crisis is imminent. ah, welcome to the news our. the u. s. federal reserve has announced its hiking interest rates by $25.00 basis points to 5 percent. the fed says the rise is aimed at raining in inflation. that's cause a cost of living crisis policy makers of indicated that could be what more interest

rate hike this year. for the recent term, all the banking sector will weigh on economic growth, the federal reserve working with the treasury department and the f. d. i see took decisive actions to protect the u. s. economy and to strengthen public confidence in our banking system. these actions demonstrate that all deposit or savings and the banking system are safe. with the support of the treasury, the federal reserve board created the bank term funding program to ensure that banks that hold safe and liquid assets can if needed, borrow reserves against those assets at par. this program, along with our long standing discount window, is effectively meeting the unusual funding needs that some banks have faced and makes clear that ample liquidity in the system is available. and how does your castro has more from outside the federal reserve in washington dc? the decision to raise the interest rate for the federal target fund by

a quarter percentage point is a result of 2 competing forces. on one hand, the federal reserve was under pressure to increase the interest rate higher in order to bring down the inflation that americans have been experiencing now for more than a year. however, there was that other pressure which was a result of the banking crisis that appear to develop over night 2 weeks ago. really, there had been tensions bubbling under the surface for a long time. but essentially what happened was 2 medium sized banks. silicon valley bank and signature bank ran out of money to return to depositors. why did that happen? well, their assets suddenly dropped in value. the bonds were no longer as valuable after the many interest rate hikes that came out of previous federal reserve board decisions. so seeing this hike of a quarter percentage point is essentially finding a balance between those 2 competing forces. oh,

speaking shortly after that us rate rise, treasury secretary janet yellen said she would work with the senate on legislation to ensure those responsible for bank failures were held accountable yellen drawers with that. even the failure of a small or community bank could trigger bank crumbs as much as a larger bank failure. she said the top priority was stabilizing the banking system and improving public confidence in it were cody. some is founder of psalm consulting, and a former federal reserve economist. she joins been alive from washington, d. c. welcome to the news, al. let's start with an easy one. shall we, can you explain the logic of raising interest rates to curb rising cost? the idea of raising interest re, what the federal reserve has been doing now for some time is to make it more costly to borrow more costly to invest, cooling off demand. and that takes pressure off of inflation. that is the way that the federal reserve can work in the economy. that's what they've been doing. that's what they did today. the added twist is,

bank failures and turmoil factor also raise the cost of borrowing. so we've actually got 2 forces at play at one. so we've seen 9 rises so far, the united states. where are we in terms of this rate rising cycle and, and how does what happens over there in the us affects other central bank decisions we are well into a hiking cycle. so the reserve today made it clear. again, they may need to do some more work. they have to figure out exactly how much tightening came from the banking, but they're no longer signaling. we're going to go 7575. we're the big catch up phase. the rate hides how much more happens depends on does inflation start coming down? is what they've done in the past. really working j, how had today, there are signs of disinformation. there are signs that this has been working in a lot of other forces bring out inflation. it's a matter of time, but the fed will stay with it until they get inflation down the effect of what the

united states does in terms of their interest rate policy. absolutely. how affects around the world, whether it's in exchange trades or even just setting the path for central banks the, or is further along in terms of their increases. and yet, you know, this in the global economy. great. there are inter linkages, right? well, as you say that we are seeing signs of deflation, but of course that doesn't come without short pain. and of course, as the interest rates rise, we've seen him in the u. k. borrowing cost on things like mortgages, etc, go up. what is all of this been for consumers, at least in the short term interest rates or price? we're training one price for another. we need to get inflation down the, the cost at the grocery store, the cost when you go to buy a car. and, and we're going to get the cost down when it's going to get more costly to borrow the money you need, either buy or this. so yeah,

there is not when the federal reserve is using the tools when central banks are losing the, using their tool. there is, there is no painless way of doing that. we have seen some of the inflation come down because getting out of coven, dealing with the war new crate, right, there are some things that can happen to bring inflation now that aren't like pain . yet with central banks there, that's really the path. they have to cool off demand, which just means we have to spend less. that's not nice. what does this mean for government to raise capital food stocks and the bond market? so you know, in the u. k. and, and other european countries, many governments are looking to spend to stimulate the economy in the wake of the pandemic. that, that's a tricky one. how this interacts with the fiscal policy you interest rates are absolutely higher. that means that there is a cost, the cost of borrowing is higher for the government, as it is for business,

is what we need to remember, governments are not like household. they do have a capacity to print money to, especially in the major economies. we're not going to run up against the constrained where people don't believe in the dollar. don't believe the new euro or the pound rate. so we're not there, but it does. it complicates things, but everyone is committed to. we need to get inflation down. this is bad for the citizens, for the people in these countries. so, and the overarching message is a spend less, claudia, some founder of psalm consulting and a former federal reserve economy is really great to have you and use our thank you will record for the record food costs rather cause an unexpected rise in u. k. inflation for february inflation last month came in at 10.4 percent was the 1st rise in 4 months and had been expected to be full to 9.9 percent. the rising cost of food and drinks, clothing and footwear, as well as restaurants and hotels,

were the main drivers expect to be increased pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates come on thursday. the dean barbara has more 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 headline figuring 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 vegetables from southern europe, partly due to supply chain issues linked to breaks it. partly bad weather and rises in general for food are over 18 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 britain's 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. 2 the opposition labor party have said that this shows that nothing is working better in britain compared to 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 an economic challenge, but a political challenge. the devastating financial crisis in lebanon has pushed hundreds of people back on to the streets in protest against the government. police fire tear gas to break up demonstrators on the streets of the capital bay route. many of those are retired soldiers demanding a living wage. inflation has been skyrocketing since 2019 making a sensual daily purchase is increasingly unaffordable. and problems with the banking sang to have meant some struggle to access their own money. they know hodder reports from beirut, lebanon has become a cash economy. it's the result of the 4 year old financial crisis brought about by decades of mismanagement and corruption. the banking sector is crippled and the country is close to bankruptcy. it's the biggest threat that the government on the country is facing because it is a very, very, very dangerous the empire economy. as a cash economy,

all the money is going to the private sector. the solution is only in one place that is to normalize and finalize the restructuring of the banking system. law. restructuring is one of the reforms required for much needed international support to revive the economy. but that means the political and business elite will have to compromise their hold on power, something they have resisted so far. in the meantime, money transfer companies have stepped in as have other financial institutions, many of which are not regulated. 50 to 60 percent of the daughter d, d p. actually considered to be in the shadow economy. so outside the states, this includes 2 types of activities. you have information activities, which means enterprises who do not declare the employee is that they have to declare their exact revenues,

but also you have the elicit part of these activities. this is causing concern, particularly among western nations. that tracking elicit cash transactions will become more difficult compromise in the fight against money laundering and the financing of armed groups. an estimated $8000000000.00 is exchanging hands outside the radar of this state. that includes the illegal activity theater smuggling across the border to syria. the informal economy is also growing the international labor organization estimates that 60 percent of the workforce is not taxed and doesn't benefit from social protection. the government is unable to provide services and its struggles to pay public servants, although the salaries are negligible given inflation. and with the cash economy means big losses. the government loses around 20 to 25 percent of expected revenues because of corruption, bribery,

and tax evasion. all the while many war in lebanon is operating outside the international financial system. frantically their elders. eda beirut, coming up on al jazeera, this news, our israel's parliament over turns passed the law, the bound, the legal settlements in the occupied westbank. june easiest president is accused of a crackdown on descent. the families of jailed opposition figures asked the u. k. government for help, ah, ukrainian officials say at least 7 people were killed in russian drain, strikes only key if region to dormitories and an educational facility research she of south of the capital with damage to be attack. according to the regional police chief, 20 people were taken to hospital and several are missing. stephanie decker reports from keith crating military saying that 16 out of 21 drones were shot out of the

sky over night air i sirens did sound the ukrainian president calling at the quoting the murderous drones and referring to the russian president vladimir putin saying, well, as he talks of peace are the orders are given for these kinds of attacks. it's the 1st time certainly that there has been a hit on a residential building in the surrounding areas of the capital. i since december, for the attack in the key of region was followed by another russian missile strike on to residential buildings in separate regions. at least one person was killed. ukrainian, president vladimir zalinski condemned the attack. at least 25 people were taken to hospital after 29 story buildings were hit. and in crimea, russian official say, the navy repelled a drone attack on the sebastopol port. 2 days earlier, an explosion of the peninsula destroyed russia. missiles, ukraine's defensive industry. they were intended for use by russia's black sea fleet unit shop of oliver has more from moscow the morning attempt to hit rush and

targets and crimea and 7 topple with 3 drones. all devices were destroyed by 2 women offices, both well received state awards. so this is the laces from survey showing good. the russian defense minister, basically the rest of information we have on the semester latan comes, could see over gather notes of us total and the high residential drive and his telegram channel. so the truth tried to get into the bay that's according to resume jive, russian. the russian sailors fire fired a small arms at them and there were no casualties. but some windows in into residential buildings were blown out. g, 2 explosions caused by destroyed drains. and after successfully repulsing the drone of tacos to topple the ukrainian knots is according to reservation. if again, on his telegram channel, they launched an informational tank. but crimea is safe according to the governor.

and if anything, basically anything dangerous is going to happen, that people will be informed by the authorities. and this is not the 1st recent attack by ukrainian trends in crimea, as we know not so long ago, a massive tried by several ukrainian. these was carried out in john coy on the crime in peninsula late monday evening. on march, the 20th chinese president g ping has left moscow after 2 days of talks of president, bloody napoleon. the 2 leaders issued a joint statement on tuesday, calling for responsible dialogue to end the war and ukraine. putin says paging proposal is to end the conflict could be used as the basis for peace settlement for the key in the west do not appear willing to resolve the situation. b, u m has voice concern. after a new report found, the beller uses committed systematic abuses, including the repression of protests and dissidence. the could amount to crimes

against humanity. human rights experts say violations include the widespread unnecessary and disproportionate use of force during mass process against election results in 2020. they describe torture and arbitrary arrests that appear to have been part of a campaign of violence and repression. the report was released on the same day senior staff of the country's largest independent new site were handed long jail sentences. the verdicts are the latest in a long running crack down or critics of president alexander lucas shenker. early this month, nobel prize winner and rights activists are less. vilicki was sentenced to 10 years in jail. most opposition leaders have now been sentenced to jail, including maria college. the culver who is in a bell, russian press a prison and veronica sub carlo and svetlana taken off sky of both fled the country over the past 2 and a half years or so. it is in belarus, have arbitrarily arrested andy tens, tens of thousands of people, many of whom,

for taking part peacefully and demonstrations related to the 2020 presidential elections on 27 and 28th february of last year. about $1500.00 persons were also arbitrarily detained for taking part peacefully and demonstrations relating to the 2022 constitutional referendum and the armed attack on ukraine. they were later prosecuted on charges of violating the procedure for organizing or holding mass events. in other news charities working in camps for people who've lost their homes in east and democratic republic of congo. say they're supporting at least 10 rapes of ivers every day. rights group say sexual violence has got worse, was the conflict between the government and m. 23 fighters escalades. the m 23 is one of more than a 100 arm groups based in eastern congo, and emerge more than a decade ago when fighters seized the city of goma on the border with veranda. they say they're defending the interests of the ethnic tootsie minority. in 2013,

the congolese army and un back force is defeated. the m $23.00 and it's fighters fled through wonder in uganda. m 23 splintered into several factions. but earlier this year, 2 of them united to launch the latest offensive mark aware of reports from a camp near gomer in north keyvi on a warning, some viewers may find parts of his report. distressing. oh, all of these women say they've been raped in the last 2 months. is almost no support for survivors of sexual violence in this camp near the city of goma. so they counsel each other. most of the people here fled as the m 23 armed group advanced through messina territory. claudia, not her real name. says she was going to collect firewood with a group of women and girls when they ran into armed men wearing military uniforms. and you come with doug, how can you some local, 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 rate we spent 2 days being reached by those men. claudia says he doesn't know which armed crew her attack has belong to peter congos army, the accused 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 is seized, swathes 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, have been left traumatized and vulnerable. claudia says it took her weeks to finally reached the camp. then she said she was raped again by

a man who attacked her in her tent. she says in the survivors that helps her feel like life is still worth living. flow of be a re 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 every one who's stopped to talk or ask for help. she says she's recorded more than a 120 reports of rape new arrivals this year. when i was done and i was one, no r m event on the majority of them were read by m $23.00 when they were villages were attacked. others who hid in the bush were raised by fighters from other armed groups. and some also on their way here by people who are out of the control, will listen to them and encourage them with do whatever we can and give them what leader and 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 helps malcolm web al jazeera will ango, democratic republic of congo. ethiopia parliaments is removed to crime people's liberation front or tpl air from a list of terrorist organizations is a major step in establishing an interim government in the northern to cry. region t p l are fought with the government in a conflict that began in 2020 and was branded a terrorist group. the following year, tens of thousands of people were killed. millions are rooted in the war that ended late last year. israel's parliament as overturned part of a law that banned the legal settlements in the occupied west bank, has been in place since 2005 when israeli settlers were ordered to leave during his rails withdrawal from garza. the move could see israelis returned to a legal settlements, they were ordered to leave in 2005. they include the villages of her mash. so look

at him and gun him. they are near the passing of cities of janine and nablus, or mash has been a flash point between palestinians and israelis. in the past, settlers have been trying to re establish the psych permanently. the 2005 disengagement plan saw israel remove more than 9000 settlers from 21 illegal settlements from the region and estimated more than 600000 is ready. settlers now live in hundreds of illegals settlements, and outposts across the occupied west bank. o miracle soon, sharif has more. ha, vicki for his really settlers is the method lives have been on for settlements in the occupied best man. it allows settlers to return to illegal outposts 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 seconds under the future deal

with the palestinians. israel has now reneged on that agreement at courtly and both everything exists fair except for the people. the houses, the people who were evacuated and the houses that were destroyed. now we came to fix ups and there will be a town there. the palestinian authority has denounced the move most amongst. i'm not a toma lawyer. i think when they return to the so called homage settlement and other settlements. this will show us that the government is going ahead with its plan to take an annex the lands and continue. it's open battle against the palestinian people. the you and israeli allied us have condemned the decision. last month, the israeli government announced it would recognise 9 settlements in the occupied westbank since the $967.00 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 is retreating from international commitments. is there is denying the seizure of its own supreme court to return the land of those sentiments to its private, but as being an owners any also denies it law. the law of these against mans, which was accepted into some 5 when when is pulled out from gaza. the change for the late is in the cds of controversial moves by prime minister benjamin netanyahu was far right. coalition government, which took charge in december. it comes at a time of high and pensions and the worst violence between israelis and palestinians in recent years on the consumed sharif others eva, u. n. middle east peace and voice has told a security council meeting. he remains deeply troubled by continue disrupt the settlement expansion. tor well as land also criticize israel security forces for

spike in palestinian death and the occupied westbank. these rated security forces operates in the occupied west back and subsequent clashes that lead to a staggering number of palestinians to the injured. i read to it. the security force is much used for the work strictly unavoidable to protect life and must, from the authority investigate all in depth and injuries resulting from these views . holding those responsible accountable. i have the clearly or pull the children continue to be candid, and in these large numbers, children must never be targeted of violence used or couldn't archway. at least 5 african migrants died when the boat sank off the coast of to new jersey and 5 people were rescued and 28 people remain missing. they left the juniors, the city of fox in an effort to reach italy, according to

a local rights group. fox has become a major departure point for people fleeing conflict and poverty in africa. ok, still to come on out as they were this new user. for me you k prime minister voice johnson answers questions. ovid, downing street parties doing cove, it in a hearing that could decide little feature international outrage at a uganda and bill make it a crime to identify as l g. b teach you ah hello, it is mile if not warm across much. if you're a pet, maybe there's a fair bit of clad into western parts. is this cloud? rain, sleet makes its way in across the good part of the west to slipping in from the atlantic tale packed ice, abbas a breezy as well. there will be showers all longest bells of rainfall some but the

central air is this glorious looking warm sunshine, $21.00 celsius in vienna. 10 degrees above the average. even key very much on the warm side as we go on through our 1st a recent present sunshine. few shout out towards the southeast and they set wet weather up to was about estates for scattered, mega, little bit of snow for type across and norway and or blustery showers, just rolling in across sea aperture. charles island, seeing some where to where the to was. he some went whether they're just spinning in a cross wilding with into scotland, nor the pas are processing some of that time whether by the time we come to friday, you might even see a little bit of snow just coming back in over the high ground. there for the outs, but to that should clear through it, make a way to wall so we can chose of a little bit of wet weather into the east side of the met. it's rain is spilling down across all eastern parts of libya, easing over to ward. so good part of northern egypt as well. some wet weather coming through here, but elsewhere across north africa. it is dry, but sharp showers for the gulf of guinea. ah,

the around 3 quarters of sub saharan africa's cultural heritage is on display in western museums, but it didn't happen overnight. we were rob color time. the 1st episode reveals how european colonization removed tens of thousands of artifacts and the appeal struggle to reclaim restitution. africa stolen on episode one blunder. oh, now jazeera examining the impact of today's headlines. this was probably one of the deadliest disasters in the history of setting the agenda to my eyes discussions. this is the one that's been hitting cities, sharing personal stories for a global audience. can you talk a little bit about what life is like for african women programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today?

on how to sierra lou ah, welcome back. reminder the top stories here now to 0. the u. s. federal reserve bank is increase interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 5 percent is the highest level since 2007. the fed also indicated it might not have finished lifting rates. low rate rise is expected in the u. k. 2, that's following a surprise increase in the inflation rate here. record food costs, so inflation in february, jump to 10.4 percent. we had actually been expected to fall to 9.9. ukrainian official say at least 7 people were killed in russian drone strikes,

all the key f region to dormitories and an educational facility, recent chief south of the capitol with damaged in the attack. regional police chief said 20 people were taken to hospital in several a still missing now the u. k. government has been asked to sanction to news years president over a crackdown on opposition, voices within the country in 2021 a decade after the ab spring present. case i had suspended and then dissolved parliament overturned the countries post revolution constitution and granted himself wide ranging powers was since then, there has been a steady erosion of rights and freedoms. within tunisia. last month, the un high commissioner for human rights volker turk, voice concern over a deepening crackdown against sides opponents. sentiments echoed by international rights groups who lay february 8th, i had launched 80 arrayed against migrant,

some sub saharan africa, sparking a wave of violence against those communities which promote which prompt did several western african countries to organize repatriation efforts. the request to sanction sired and his allies was made by 4 families, including that of science for john, and he was arrested without a warrant on february the 27th. he is yet to be charged with any crime. while i'm joined now in the studio by cofer for journey, the daughter of sired for john e. thank you so much for coming here to speak to her. firstly, asked you about how your father is. have you been able to speak to him? and of course, where is he? and we know he is still in prison and we haven't spoke, we've never been able to speak to him. and the last we've heard of his condition was probably over a week ago before his lawyer resigned. and his health did deteriorate because of his hunger strike. and he was sent to hospital and he lost consciousness once or twice because doctors weren't allowed to remove his handcuffs when retrieving blood

work on his since stopped his hunger strike to prepare himself for amazon. but he will be going back to that method of protest. and what do we know about the grounds for his arrest and his detention? what are the charges for his? there are no charges. he was actually initially asked to come as a witness on an instant lingo. a conspiracy. the judges themselves have said that my dad was never named in the conspiracy. his purely there as a witness. and then as time went on, they decided to detain him until they find evidence. and again, this isn't the 1st time he's been in prison. he was also jailed when he was so 30 to tell us about that. i was actually 3 years old. and when that happened i, it's a memory that as i actually stayed with me, and i remember hidden on the kitchen floor or paint road policeman on top of him. and since then, and he was actually tortured and methods. i am uncomfortable to talk

about that they were all legal under international law. his back was broken at times his torture was so severe. he ended up in a coma for 5 days. i appreciate the difficult things to talk about and your father sort serb sanctuary for 20 years. is that right in the united kingdom? yeah, around 21 year. and during that time he didn't actually seek british citizenship. where did he? but at the same time, you're asking british law makers to step in and intervene in this case. what are you in the rest of the family looking for? well, firstly, where british citizens. secondly, when my dad was in the u. k, he was a community activist as well. he, he as much as he still remembered advocating for tenisha. he actually worked along side here, the communities here and also were asking the british government because they have made it clear that they have certain standards when it comes to human rights. and we want these sanctions that they have per on are the dictators to put them on

cases. well, you same as sanctions, would hope. i think i and sanctions would actually send a clear message to chris and his enablers that crack down on political dissent and dismantling democracy will not be ignored. we have of course, seen similar situations where british nationals of people with close affiliations, the united kingdom, ended up being released in iran most recently, of course. but that required a tremendous amount of effort. multiple foreign secretaries, multiple prime ministers came and went, do you have much faith in the british government's ability to for your father? well, the difference is with the the current situation and tenicia ice is not a continuation of authoritarianism. we had 10 years of not a perfect democracy. we had a revolution and i think it would be a tragedy for us to go back. and i hope that the u. k. government see the importance of stopping this before it goes into further authoritarianism because

your father wasn't the only person who arrested i got there was 16 others in total . what. what more do we know about battling? rather, i think there's a lot more now and they actually are cross party. they're from a cross political spectrum. and judges are, are also in jail. nidia, human rights activists. we know one particular judge, his in jail, surely for doing his job. i mean, the judiciary have so much pressure right now. the judge in particular that's in jail. the judge that sent him under false imprisonment, told him, told his family, it was either meal you that should is your course as well as both places of the arab spring houses for you to see the country in a position where it is. and now politically, it's honestly disheartening um, it's really sad. i think it's unfortunate that when the queue initially happened and when a lot of our voices and turn is in voices internet, here we're calling

a qu, we're asking for help. no one listened. ah, and no one saw where it was clearly headed cover many thanks for coming and who therefore journeyed the daughter of side for journey. thank you. though french president emmanuel, my crown says the controversial changes to pensioner rules will be implemented by the end of the year. is government plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 has led to weeks of demonstrations across france. a 9th round of strikes and national protests will take place on thursday. the touch of butler has more from paris to the defiant in his 1st t v interview. in months, the french president said he had no regrets about his and controversial pension reform bill were forcing it through the french parliament by decree, saint clair family in this freeform is necessary. and i say this, the french people's will if i don't enjoy doing these days out of a sense of duty that i committed to this solidity in order for me,

like crawford no concessions to opponents of the reform. i said you wouldn't re shuffle his cabinet or change his prime minister, leaving some a position and peas, unimpressive on if you're somebody want to fight symbolically defying frances working class. that if mr. micron has highlighted his contempt for a part of the population through the contempt that was the hallmark of his tensions bill. oh, frances trade union said the reform is unfair because it raises the retirement age by 2 years to $64.00 and will have a greater impact on poorer a workers. since january they glad strikes and protests in the country against the griffin. in paris, destroyed by garbage collectors, is in his 2nd week prison. macro will certainly hope that the arguments that he made in his television interview will calm the situation and quell the protests. for now though, that seems unlikely. oh, some students and teachers demonstrated outside the higher education ministry in

the city. these teachers say that governments, ignoring people's concerns, the government is acting as if for nothing is happening on the street. and that as if for having music, people protesting peacefully, it doesn't mean anything and doesn't change anything. it's not her. just a, an education issue. it's all public services which are being really destroy, bye. are these neo liberal policies to day. so this made house stacked up and now people are claiming the streets because there is no other way to be heard to day. pretty new leaders hope the continued protests will put pressure on the government to scrap its reform. for now, there's no indication that the president who back down like or says the reform will help sustain the pension system for future generations. and he wants it to be signed into law soon on natasha. about like my al jazeera new paris, bel former buquet prime minister boys johnston has testified before you k parliamentary committee that could decide his political future. johnson's accuse of

deliberately misleading parliament over parties held during coven 19 locked downs is being investigated by the privileges committee that examines matters refer to it by the u. k. parliament than involve possible contempt of parliament, or breaches of parliamentary privilege. it is comprised of 7 am peaceful conservatives, and 3 opposition members. johnson admits misleading parliament, but denies doing so deliberately or recklessly. and if the privileges committee finds against him, it would recommend a sanction. and those possible in sanctions include an all or written apology as suspension from parliament for a certain number of days or even expulsion from parliament and peace. miss a vote whether to ratify the recommended sanction. if a suspension of 10 days or more is ratified, there would be an automatic recall petition meaning johnston could face a new election for his seat, shown hall as more some have called it boris johnson's last stand. this

colossal figure of british politics, demeaned under close questioning by a cross party committee of ant bees. well, i said, what have you this very good point. i was whatever, whatever your interpretation of the guidance may be. what matters if i may respectfully say is what i believed to been our efforts to follow the guidance why i thought that they were credible and, and how hard it was to ask you to allow sir bernard asked his next class course at issue here is whether johnson lied to parliament about locked down parties in number 10, downing street. no, but time sure that whatever happened either guidance was followed the rules upon it at any time. the form of prime minister is adamant he did not. i am here to save you handled heart that i did not lie to the house. johnson concedes

his statements were misleading, but uttered, he said, in good faith that you've been told by aids, the events in question were work related and within the guidance. my honest belief that it was when the rules was based on what i was told by senior advisors. the fact that this was my honest belief is supported by the fact that so many other people honestly believe that we were doing nothing wrong. the committee at one point described johnson's defense as flimsy, and said that to the man who was prime minister at the time, who made the rules and who broadcast them frequently to the nation, it should have been obvious that what was going on was wrong. johnson's retort was that therefore, it should have been just as obvious to others who were there, including current prime minister, richie sudak sooner was fined by the police for breaking the rules as well as

johnson. in this bid to clear his name boris johnson, apparently happy to tarnish the name of others. i think it's quite clear to everyone that he misled every wanting everything. but do you blame him? could anyone have done any better? i think he'll come back to the forest johnson. it's more, more life and still popular in some quarters. but johnson's hopes of come back looking, slimmer and slimmer. it will be for the privileges committee to decide whether he knowingly lied to parliament. a decision that in turn could see the form of p ejected as an mp jona whole al jazeera london. now the white house says uganda's anti gay bill as the world's most extreme law targeting the algae b t q. community, uganda. parliament has approved a law making it illegal to identify as gay, along with tough penalties for same sex relationships and include the death penalty

. in certain cases, the united nations and the u. s. have urged present your wary must have a need to reject the bill. the white house is warned, there could be financial implications. ready to put. the political crisis in pakistan shows no signs of ending with general elections postponed until october. former prime minister, enron con, continues to speak out against the government and military parliament holding a session to discuss how to deal with con and his party. after recent confrontations with police. as a big reports from the hor ah, former prime minister emerge on will be allowed to hold a rally. authorities have ruled the decision comes after his party boxed on that he gave himself gave assurances including the writings would be peaceful. but harm took to a youtube live address to make serious allegations. he said there was a plan under way to target him, be a governor, a former cricket star turned leader has win. i'd spoken against the pakistani military involvement in politics,

as well as the traditional governing parties. but our sub go mad jail madame, though young magick which i am wanting all of you. if i am imprisoned or killed, then you have to stand a never accepted as a defeat 12, but you have to fight till the last board met somebody. again, i am telling you they're going to eliminate me sooner or later so that they can get rid of me of the movement we started against these thieves have lew to this country for decades. hon also showed video of what he said was he support is being attacked by police. cons rallies and core to princes have been marked by violence. they have been confrontations between his supporters and police, but its members of his party to say they are the victims. a mom, fucked on that. he contempt outside his house. in the city of the hor, members of the movement for justice are convinced their presence is needed to protect their leader. the gates resembled the military barricade. but instead of soldiers, it's guarded by can't support us. the armina berman come to see our seasoned allowed. we will eliminate the military that are involved in politics give. they

think that the brown car will be no more and will be eliminated. we will vote for the party and this movement will continue. it can't be wiped out into people's heart article. either pakistan will progress or it will be torn apart. talk morning, she han himself traveled with high security, fearful of a possible attempt on his life. members of the governing coalition see him as a disruptive force within the country. ma'am whitaker, now he's making allegations about a plot to assassinate him every day he's making new claims and it's just a drama and so far is not presented. any evidence as night falls in the whole more supporters radio rank hands housed in anticipation of another pretty straight. many here believe the ruling coalition. government wants to see america. and if the porters go away quietly, the ark will my son to bend his party. but so far, every move against con, only thing to increase your popularity. i said vague. i'll just sarah. the horn bucket on south korea says north korea has test launch multiple cruise missiles

towards the peninsulas, east and waters. it coincides with souls alive, scale life, fire military drills with the united states for robert bryan visited the city of patrol on the border where the exercises took place. these annual spring drills haven't been held on this scale since 2017. for the past 6 years, they have been drastically scaled back partly because of the pandemic, but mainly to allow the process of dialogue to work with north korea. this extended period of summit diplomacy. that now seems all but a memory, as well as this live fire exercise, which allows south korean and us forces to put its armor and our hillary. through its paces, there are aircraft drills involving some of the latest jet fighters and also nuclear capable bombers from the u. s. air force out at sea there on navy drills

taking place, involving a u. s. aircraft, carrier group, and also marines in joint time, february landing drills. these exercises always infuriate north korea, which claims their approach you to war. but according to the south koreans in the us allies just the opposite is true that by having this level of preparedness, it acts as a deterrents to any attacks ensuring they say, the continued peace and stability on the peninsula. everything we're doing right now is defensive in nature. we are not being offensive, we're being defensive in nature. and it's what we expect to do in conflict and need to be good at it, which i think everybody in south korea in the world wants us to be good at it. we have to train at north korea has been expressed and gets ango with a series of ballistic missile launches, including last weekend, with drills that were overseen by north korean leader, kim jong. and. and what state run media tell us was a rehearsal for a tactical nuclear counter offensive against its enemies. robert bride al jazeera

poach on south korea. still to come out as they were this news, our london piccadilly circus slide stopped for ramadan. for the 1st time ever ah, ah with

with ah ah ah un has warms there's an imminent risk of a global war to crisis says more than 2000000000 people don't have enough water for at least one month a year. 26 percent of the wells population doesn't have safe drinking water and nearly half of them don't have adequate sanitation. you ends warning water

shortages will get worse in the coming decades, especially in cities, unless there's better international corporation or to product had said james base has ball. 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 why 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. we're back with this because we had a developed country, we were 857 dreamers criss crossing the country. in addition, we in the peep up the bell, been lol, and the indian ocean into specific region. what is our life everyday life? and therefore at al blade to the had been locked with abuse of water and water is

so the ocean said good preserver for it on the card when emissions the global warming. and nowadays, since we're abuse in water, and i the chemical plastic as it dissolved, the global warming is these absorb but is not absorbing as much to this. and we want to save the splinter. and one way to save this planet of, besides and esther, i mean egless, he been deceived, 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 a program. policy said that all the people of that in of the divine and cashman should be benefit. so what needs to come out of this conference to make

it a success? tingley need to go look forward to universal code of conduct in utilizing the what to the sources, maintaining the water and all, sir. but he must protect and preserve the water, the cross nations. it's almost 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 bays al jazeera at the united nations. well in low income areas around venezuela's capital cracker. some people say they haven't had tap water for decades . they mr. harvey reports 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. again, the name of the matthew health, they charge us 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 helping us water from the well and sell it cheaper for more than 20 years. we haven't now and it's like to have tap water. 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. ah, some residents of pottery, venezuela's largest for villa benefit from a nearby well where they can collect groundwater. others safe and tap water from broken pipes or any more guy lucky we come here to get drinking water every 2 weeks for use at the house. i have to fetch and carry every day because we only have running water sometimes once a week and for 2 hours or an hour and a half of 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 g 0 live in countries with huge water reserves such as columbia, i'm having to deal with shortages al jazeera, heard from one woman living in a poor neighbourhood in bogota, is her own story in her own words mean on, but i had you on our lindsey up thing. my name is joanna valencia. i'm 28 years old . i live in the d. v. normally in your neighborhood, in the south of boca vehicle miss that i see was what i arrived with my 3 kids 4 years ago, displeased by the violence in the chuckle region. when you're says, wow, wow, yeah, with it. but i said a lot. and since the 1st day we never had access to water for our household course, personal hygiene, cleanings,

it's very complicated. i know that parts of the neighborhood receive water leads at night as times every 3 or 4 days. i depend on the good heart of neighbors that share some of their water with me. one of the owner came law. nope. well, i don't. i don't know if they are what, what is it merely i'll buy some work. he is a security guard. there are days that i don't bring any food at work because i have no water to cook. this is that and i work tomorrow, but my uniform is dirty because i haven't been able to wash it. they go and me that i all the 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 the only other i hope to be able to buy a big tank or find an organization that could help us get a while on the nino. but i them, i don't fall and given that this country is so rich in water, it's kind of in logic that we are living in a neighborhood where access to water is the main issue or mayo there. when i the i can, well i would a episode of i guess about, i think we have a right to water because water is light. before we go,

something uplifting for the 1st time. london's piccadilly circus has been lit up with the ramadan lights to welcome the stomach fasting month. lenders 1st major city in europe to host a so spectacular light display to month to month with mass studied con, calling in a symbol of the capitals. diversity. ramadan is celebrated by muslims world wide with people abstaining from eating or drinking between sunrise and sunset. okay, that's it for me. ball. okay. you're watching al jazeera. ah ah

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