gave warren violence when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and breakdown misconceptions. the st on al jazeera in 543, a broad takes on the big issues. this isn't the one off. he's talking about a systemic issue here. black labs and don't really matter in the police world unflinching questions is war with lawanda a minute rigorous debate. people who are dying because of lack of medical treatment, challenging conventional wisdom. the fact that people are starting to get angry about this is in itself a sign of progress. join me, mark him on hill for upright. what al jazeera ah allow jazeera investigation uncovers a senior diplomat in zimbabwe, caught on camera, agreeing to load up a $1000000000.00 in cash ah,

on the box, this is al jazeera, alive from london. also coming up, britain in switzerland, central banks, raise interest rates to combat inflation must, despite recent term oil in the banking, thanks. and the i m. f forms crisis hit lebanon face is a dangerous moment of the little progress a much needed for forms. and marking ramadan, it makes shift moss, many face a tough holy month after surviving to keep and serious, devastating earthquakes. ah, as any a diplomat from zimbabwe has agreed to launder more than a $1000000000.00 in cash and what he believed to be a meeting with chinese gangsters. i'll just hear his investigative unit as found. the diplomat was videotapes making the offer in

a meeting with undercover reporters as part of an investigation by al jazeera and to networks in africa. the use goal to launder vast sums of money. but angel is a british and barbarian businessman and the presidential envoy. he claims to have made it on to the africa. forbes rich list in 2013 is that worth is around $60000000.00, and he calls himself the profit of success. alexander james has this exclusive report. good to see you under cover reporters posing as chinese criminals. meet one of the bar boys may senior diplomats. i'd like a mom as of if i can. but on the special envoy, i'm a representative of the prison. that means i can find conference. i can find to deal with the government without the prison getting equal women with the trip nif. huberts angel is also an evangelical preacher. that only goes, he says he has the gift of prophecy with powers to heal the sick. it takes the power of god, but it takes somebody to believe it was something to happen,

like this angel was personally appointed by president emerson, man and guy, glad to bring investment ins as in bob way use my assist ambassador. it lodge assigned to promote zimbabwe brand. zimbabwe economy has been devastated by corruption and more than 2 decades of sanctions imposed by the united states and europe. the local currency has no international value. the country's biggest owner of us dollars is gold. you want to gold, gold, we can do it right. and we can make the call right now and it's done with the president off. um my, my has a decision right? this minute the president of zimbabwe minus federation is henrietta rush. wire. the warning president, golden by gordon, maybe send a private, big, big some go every week. i do it for

$5000000.00 can be cleaned every week. we get go with 5000000 in me here. 5 miller. the ambassador is not bothered that the cache is being laundered. its mummy good cannot be declared in the country warren, who regard comes with. ready no, we don't want to, so he explains a plan to smuggle the dirty cash into zimbabwe using his diplomatic status, plano, again, with one point to video and literate and reading diploma he conducted under the vienna convention states agree to exempt diplomatic luggage from apple such as a with a live ambassador angel henrietta rash, where and president,

man and gaga, did not respond to our request for comment. alex on to james al jazeera hopewell to know is, is in bobby, an antique corruption activist and documentary makeup. he says, the revelations will not surprise people in his home country. the findings are shocking to the outside world, but that they're not shocking to generalise. oh, investigative, i just like myself because when i was reported up all these things, but what i'll do is done, which we were not able to do, is to put the evidence and to have the people speaking themselves about how they are involved in the looting of public funds, the plan of about was natural resources, the smuggling of these resources and the laundering money using state institutions, as they say in the documentary film. most generally in this country that have come across this information, afraid to report about it because they will be thrown into prison while the

government is not just wanted officially. but the ruling party is used to one of the 3 that handles to dismiss the film on the basis that it does not involve a government minister or it does not involve a civil 7. but the fact that the ambassador lodge was appointed by the president of the republic. and i was using vote not only in the smuggling of bouldering money, but also charging people to have access to the president is creamy now. so we are now waiting to see whether the government is going to prosecute these people. but we are not hopeful, based on what is up in and she can watch the 1st of the 4 part series and the out there investigation, gold mafia, the laundry service. that's a 20100 g m t. so just under an hour from now, ah,

the bank of england has raised interest rates for the 11th time and 18 months moved, follow similar measures by other central banks, including the u. s. federal reserve and swiss national bank. the quarter of a percentage point rise takes the rate to 4.25 percent. the central bank se curbing inflation remains a priority. despite market concerns about turmoil in the banking sector. on wednesday was reveals that inflation unexpectedly rose in february hitting 10.4 percent. it was driven by high food and energy prices. all brennan has more from london u. k. interest rates were already at a 14 year high before today's monetary policy committee meeting. and this 11th consecutive monthly rise, puts more pressure on beleaguered businesses and you came mortgage holders. but the policy makers here at the bank of england really had their hands forced by recent economic data. firstly,

there was an unexpected increase in inflation up to 10.4 percent announced on wednesday when many economists expected it to fall below 10 percent. second of all, there is food inflation and that's running even higher than headline inflation. the latest increase, 18 percent in the price of fresh food and non alcoholic drinks. and the cost to borrowers is also significant. the average tracking mortgage compared to december 2021. now $394.00 pounds per month. more expensive for mortgage hold us. some or borrowing pain for businesses and mortgage holders here in the u. k. at least in the short term. but there are some signs for optimism from what the bank has had to say. first of all, the monetary policy committee was not unanimous in deciding to increase the rate 7 voted in favor to were in favor of keeping the rates where it is done. the thing was that it was a quarter percent rise, as opposed to the recent monthly half percent rises,

that the bank has imposed. and finally, the bank of england is now forecasting that britain will avoid recession in 2023. the bank now forecasting that there will be a slight increase in the u. k. economy, or that means that there is the hint of something more positive in the months to come pull brennan al jazeera at the bank of england. the swiss national bank has also increased its interest rate by half a percentage point. switzerland's. key rate now stands at 1.5 percent. the bank signaled more hikes were possible. move comes on the heels of turmoil in the swiss banking system. the state broke a deal for banking j u b. s to buy its troubled rival credit suisse. on sunday. the international monetary fund is warning, lebanon urgently need reforms to prevent hyperinflation. their conditional agreement was reached last year on a $3000000000.00 loan to save its economy. but the stipulated changes have not been made for testers tried to storm government headquarters in bay reed on wednesday.

police fire tear gas to break up the crowds. many of those retired soldiers demanding a living pension, and i'm f delegation is currently in beirut, talks we live on only so the moment is that the gross rose, we are in a situation where is that the school, the continuation of police in action we're seeing is going to leave the never ending traces. i mean salaam is lebanon's economy and trade minister. he says, there needs to be political will for recovery from the crisis to be possible. we have witness that, you know what lebanon is going through now. is it really a transition period from an old system to a new system? we are working towards a complete change. we want to start with a clean slate because we know that the old system, the old way of doing things within the government. whether it's a monitor,

the fiscal or economic policy, it has proven failures. and we're trying to really start on a new with a new framework with i m f. that's why we are emphasizing the importance of the items because it's putting a new framework that over 3 decades. none of that have any government passed liberties. government have managed to put together to be a through economy to build a true financial system to build a resilient economy with a vision. this is what we're trying to do. the fight between the system and the system is really that the store made a point that we are all now fighting over is where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's determined to proceed with the country's controversial judicial overhaul. on thursday, as ralph parliament passed the 1st of several laws that make up the overall,

after spite nationwide protests against the changes which limit the powers of the supreme court critic say it threatened democracy. hundreds of demonstrators have been blocking roads and protests. these are life pitches from benet, brack curb to him, ron khan, who joins us live on skype form occupied east recently. and im ron benjamin netanyahu on sunday said that he wasn't going to tolerate any kind of anarchy in the wake of protest. and now he appears to be sticking to his guns and his later statement. that's absolutely right. and you have to question why he stuck to his guns. why he's sticking to his guns. and the reason is very simple. one of the key ministers with in his cabinet, you got on to the defense minister. it has been described as an adult in the room, a voice of reason when it comes to the protest make. and now he's the difference. and it's that one of the reasons he's very worried about this protest movement is

because so many of his reservists, afo's pilots, people who are crucial to israel security and actually joined the protest movement . he seeing it through security and he's understanding the actually is role security as a threat because of this purchased mix. and so he was about to give a statement in direct contradiction to what netanyahu wanted saying that you need to slow down the movement that you need to slow down the passing of laws. we need to have a conversation, he was about to do the integrity when premise of benjamin netanyahu called him to jerusalem. he went to jerusalem. officially, it was a meeting to discuss israel security arrangements. but that speech that he was about to get a quote on n yahoo to slow down at the possible bills didn't happen. instead, premier said it's been netanyahu davis statement and he said to prevent a rift in the nation. each side must seriously. ready take the concerns of the

other side, but many of the nation failed in the supreme court is run as a closed club. he went on to say, when determined to promote responsibility, a responsible democratic reform that were still the proper balance between the authorities. and that will not be an unlimited escalation close, it won't happen. i intend to enshrine in all the video, individual rights and will, is ready citizens. now if you're reading between the like this, this sounds like it could be a compromise between jo gallant, who wants to back to protest as in some ways. but it also says that the protestors need to listen to the government or it could be netanyahu sticking to his guns. that's something for the analyst to discuss. what this statement does do however, is make a pause. it keeps the coalition together. it keeps everybody in the coalition on the same side, it satisfies the far right members of the coalition. what it doesn't do is say that

we're going to pause that. we're going to stop these reforms from being read in the can i say, and eventually become law. so it might not go far enough for the protesters, and indeed, because of the way the laws were passed just very recently on thursday night, allowing the attorney is stopping the 10 again, rather from declaring the prime minister fitz office. it's likely that we're going to see more people out on the streets on saturday. so it's a bit of a pause, but it isn't the kind of. ready post the protesters wanted. ready or the opposition wanted, but it's something that netanyahu can sell to the coalition price. so tensions within the coalition and still tensions pervade on the streets as well. american and occupied history of the many thanks. protests to continually cross france against the government plan was to raise the retirement age. sir, protested for would police in paris for security forces firing tear gas off of francis high speed train services were canceled and rubbish is still piled up in the streets of the capitol because of stoppages by rubbish collectors. a defined

president, my chrome said on wednesday that the pension reforms wouldn't necessarily natasha butler has more from paris, whatever for him and beg musician say, for that thousands of people, a central power supply synonymous with the french revolution. and his protest. a lot of people who are here angry with the french government pension reform bill, they say it's, i'm just different that it is going to impacts poor work is much more than others, but it's not even that good sport people out today will say the fact the person macros government of pushed through this pension reform billed by decrease bypassing parliament. people say that just shows the makeover has no respect poor people in the street, and he has no respect for false is institutions. they say, let's all clinical financial sandy. we're waiting for the union to bring the country to a standstill. that's the only thing that will stop micron. we've had enough. a i want him to go,

he's not democratic. that's you see when i go to the demonstrators hall for the public safety that teaches help. welcome. gov. it's collected energy work because the cool saturday schools a lot of disruption across the country, and they've been demonstrations like different cities and towns across from the meet you. there are some jobs where you can't keep working until 64. we fired fighters are fired under broken. so our message, the government and the president is we are angry and he must hear us. all these demonstrators, all garbage collect doesn't seem to work is here in paris. they have been on strike now. oh, maybe 2 weeks robin hiding out in the city. this with

government reform, silicone without a 0, the head of tick tock in the hot seat, fighting for the very survival of the popular video sharing app in the united states. and schools reopen in afghanistan. the teenage girls are still bod, my telephone officials ah hello. as we head towards the clocks moving forwards for rest, summer time daylight saving hours across a good part of europe. temperatures will start to slide away, say we got winds coming in from the atlantic, bring again some moll rapper. use. wet animals is windy weather. so the back across north western parts of here, wester. weather to into a good part of frost mold. in areas of spain. and portugal to the 5,

whether at the moment that's located i which was the east i, which was the balkans asian for the hungarian plane escaping it. settled for the time being, but the weather weather will gradually went out. so there we go. temperatures 40 batch around 13 celsius in london. the 16 therefore paris, blustery showers, streaming in some way. whether maybe some wintry weather, justine, stabilizing things there across the alps. as we go $13.00, friday at ray, making his way up towards the baltic. states seeking further south was 25 in belgrade on friday. 90 degrees is that right sets in for rest saturday, north and west of that generally looking at more unsettled weather down towards a southeast, it's an improving pitcher course at east side submit. it's right here much of southern year, it will be fine and try say improving patient. we do have some watch whether across that east side of the met for time. that'll make his wife further eastwards. 20 cooler in cairo. ah,

it's a $1000000000.00 money. no drink operation for coal mafia is big of in the company with financial institutions, regulators and governments complicit about with it. right. i've described that in a full pod series. al jazeera investigative unit goes on to cover in southern africa, pittsburgh, we can fill 90 percent of the government once it's to the following. it's practically brandon. good. part one on al jazeera. ah, ah, booker back. a reminder, the top stories here, one out 000 is investigative unit, is found a seen the, a diplomat from zimbabwe, agreeing to launch it more than

a $1000000000.00 in cash. even angel was filmed, meeting with what he believed to a chinese gangsters. the bank of england has raised interest rates for the 11th time and 18 months and a bid to curb inflation. the quarter a percentage point rise takes the rate to 4.25 percent. it follows similar measures by other central banks and the international monetary fund is warning lebanon urgently. these reforms to prevent hyperinflation. the conditional agreement was reached last year on a $3000000000.00 loan to save the economy. but the stipulated changes have not been made. tick tock, c, e, o. shoes, e, true, or is battling the survival of the hugely popular video sharing app as he testifies at the u. s. congress hearing chiu is facing questions about the social media platforms, allege relationship with the chinese communist party. and it's use of data take talk has been under immense pressure across western countries with government

officials in the u. s. u. k. and canada, forced to deleted from lead devices for the session, began with the committee chair providing hove you of the threat posed by tick tock, tick, tock is a grave threat of foreign influence and american life has been said is like allowing the soviet union, the power to produce saturday morning cartoons during the cold war, but much more powerful and much more dangerous. banning your platform will address the immediate threats make no mistake. this committee is also looking to the future . american needs to be prepared to stop the next technological tool or weapon china will use for its own strategic game. we must prevent any ap website and platform like to clock from ever sign on americans again. only response, the head of tape talk made a series of promises to the us politicians that more than a 150000000 americans who love our platform. and we know we have

a responsibility to protect them, which is why i'm making the following commitments to you and to all our uses. number one, we will keep safety, particularly for teenagers as a top priority for us. number 2, we will firewall protect the u. s. data from unwanted foreign access. number 3 takes out where we need a place for free expression and will not be manipulated by any government. okay, over to mike, hannah joins us live from capitol hill for more and this might take talks normally reclusive boss, clearly fighting for the company is very existence than the us who i says congressional hearing taking place, a tool. yes, he is indeed, but he has been very high profile in washington in recent days, lobbying members of congress meeting individuals, each member of the committee that is hearing the evidence today. and certainly he faced a very, very strong grilling from all members of the committee. welcome to the most

bipartisan committee in the us. history was one of the comments from one of the legislators, but the control to the legislators. questions was kick talks, relationship with china. its parent company by dans is based in china, the tick tock itself is based in singapore and los angeles. and they were questions about whether there is chinese government interference in the affairs of the parent company. and also whether there is a sharing of data collected by to talk with its parent company and also with chinese authorities. so this is what legislators were content absolutely centered on. but they will also questions about pick talks influence on teenagers in particular. remember that an estimated half of american teenagers have the app on their devices, and there was evidence lead of a 16 year old who committed suicide off to viewing material on tick tock,

which the legislator attributed directly to the content of tick tock. now the c o has pledged that safety for teenagers is top of the apps priorities. these guaranteed ways in which they will be a firewall around the data. but still legislators here, very skeptical of whether this can be achieved. mike, as he say that this bipartisan grilling really shows the strength of concern over the company's influence, say, in the united states, what if tick tock proposing when it comes to eating? especially can security concerns was a c, e o spoke about what he called project texas. now this is a blueprint drawn up by tick tock, in terms of which it will be moved to the united states. the servers we placed in the united states, there would be a u. s. technical company, which oversee and monitor though service to ensure that the data is not misused.

this said the c o is more than any other social content company has done. but the legislators really not attracted much by this at all. they are arguing that they are more in focused on what tick tock was doing what it's doing now rather than what it proposes, it may or may not do in the future. but some observe is also arguing strongly that all these measures and all this campaign against tick tock has one primary end. and that is to leverage us control of the company and thereby restore tick dominance to the united states. something which at last with the rise of tick tock . mike, many thanks for that, mike hannah live from capitol hill. now, united states navy is denying a chinese military statement saying a u. s. warship has been forced out of the south china sea on thursday. the chinese military said it drove the destroyer year, assess millis away from the disputed waters in the parcel islands. for the u. s.

navy says it's destroyer is continuing as routine operations in the area and has not been expelled. now the news, most schools in afghanistan have reopened after the winter break, but the nations taliban leaders are still barring teenage girls from attending since the taliban to take over in 2021 lonely girls age 12 and under have been allowed to go to school. the taliban government has also banned women from higher education. united nations calls it gender based apartheid. the only option now available to older girls is a slamming schools known as some addresses. they provide religious instruction that they're selfish comerica then i thought about them address a can't help me in becoming a doctor because that's done through the schools. and unfortunately schools are closed but still them address. it is good for increasing our religious knowledge and it's a good place to enhance our skills over matters. i want to get all the time, day and night. i imagine may be sunday schools might reopen and my education will

progress further and i'll be more knowledgeable. i will never lose hope and if it isn't through schools, then maybe through the mattresses or online courses, because now there are telephones and the internet militia. people in turkey are observing ramadan as they struggled to recover from last month's devastating earthquakes. thousands of still living intense and depending on aid to survive. russel sir der reports from a camp for displaced people in the southeastern city of audi. amen. o, an unusual drama than in at the among the 1st prayer of the muslim holy month is held in a makeshift moscow. oh, grandmother is not only about fast him. it's also a time for joy and celebration. oh, but not this year. father. sure it is difficult. to slip away from are done in a 10 city conditions are difficult. i would never have imagined slip, brayton ramadan without a roof over our heads. monmouth gazelle and his family used to live in

a 3 story house. it collapsed when the 2 portal earthquakes structure kia and syria . in early february. the gazelles are among about 5000 people who, how south shelter here. they all depend on your mac, on his mit, a video that we provide to meals, p dave tower and to hold in the cabin days will also have a temporary stage for traditional blaze to be performed to help people overcome the psychological trauma of the earthquakes out of them, jewelry others. but mommas wife came at says it's impossible to forget what happened. she was trapped under the rubble of the home for hours. i can her grandchild and wait him to be rescued. dotala yellow did scala, gal. yep. so long. they provide psychological support, but what use is that after we've lost everything, we built that house with every penny we saved throughout our lives. during ramadan i used to prepare meals for my family. now i don't even have an oven to cooks the

hall for them. the earthquakes destroyed around a 1000 buildings in idea ma'am. more than a 1000 people died. those who survived have turned to prayer, especially during grandmother. 2 0, many people who see the whole of their time in pants will be short and that they will be able to move into houses quickly. but nearly 2 months after the earthquakes, that optimism is fading. life here is becoming increasingly difficult and they're struggling to get used to the new normal resources that i'll jazeera or the amana. so this church here, david gagging goes around to 0, dot com for more. all our stories, including the exclusive investigation, is the money laundering. and sim bob way ah.