with people and power investigating exposed is and questions they use them to be that of our around the close on out. is there the latest news as it breaks? evidence in a place like this, where people say just a few bodies have been covered compared to the number of people missing. with detailed coverage of the government policies are making it difficult for them to export on climate change. have also impacted a supply from around the world to their rescue play and showed their confidence in 1st republic bank of all sides of which are critical to their functioning of the financial system. ah tough questions for take talk. the ceo of a chinese social media giants gets grilled before the u. s. congress. open data

privacy. ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera life from also coming up and al jazeera investigation finds a senior diplomat in zimbabwe involved in the gold smuggling scheme. the world athletics council bands transgender women athletes from elite competition on france seas, one of its worst days of unrest, says the start of protests against pension reform. ah, the head of the worlds fastest growing social media at face 5 hours of questioning by u. s. house committee take talk, seo at shoe z. chew was grilled about teenage safety and data security. mike hannah reports from washington dc. it was a rare moment of bipartisanship in

a divided congress. welcome to the most bipartisan committee in congress. we may not always agree on how to get there, but we care about our so our national security here at issue here are free speech rights. federal control, social media and national security issues in recent days shows the 2 and his team had been lobbying in washington, including meeting with each member of the committee, the charm offensive carried on tick tock itself. i'm super excited to announce that more than a 150000000 americans on take time. that's almost half of the us. but congressional critics, we're not deterred, chick talk, is a grave threat of foreign influence in american life. it's 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. and i'm pretty sure and shown to

the committee disturbing, tick tock, content that was found on the feed of a 16 year old, who killed himself by jumping in front of the train. it's the ledge, the content contributed to this suicide. we must save our children from big tech companies like yours. number one, we will keep safety, particularly for teenagers as a top priority for us to insist tick tock didn't share information with the chinese government, saying the company would take steps to ensure independent monitoring of data use. all protected us data will be under the protection of u. s. law. and under the control of the u. s. that security team, i will 1st a few liberal members of the house of oppose the move to shut down tick tock. the primary fear that this would be against the 1st amendment, the freedom of speech clause in the constitution. but it appeared the majority support either shutting the app down or forcing the sale to a us company. the f

b i director has told congress that tick tock represents a national security threat. the federal government has ordered that it be removed from all federal devices. the previous administration attempted to shut, pick, talk down, but the move was stopped by the court. and whatever, merges from these hearings, there's likely at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment from mike hannah. i'll just hear a washington senior diplomats from zimbabwe has agreed to nanda more than a $1000000000.00 in cash. what he believe to be a meeting with chinese gangsters i'll to 0 is investigative unit, has found diplomats was videotaped to making the offer in a meeting with undercover reporters as part of investigation by al jazeera, into networks in africa that use gold to learn the vast sums of money to angel is

a british, zimbabwe, in businessmen and the presidential envoy. he claims to have made it to the africa folks rich list in 2013. his net worth is around $60000000.00, and he called himself the profit of success. alexander james has this exclusive report undercover reporters posing as chinese criminals. meet one of the bob boys may senior diplomats like a member of our country, but on the special invoice. i'm a representative of the prison. that means i can find contracts i can find to deal with a government without the prison getting involved. women with a trip in between jewel is also in evangelical preacher. how do we go and 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 something to happen, like the angel was personally appointed by president emerson, man and guy. glad to bring investment ins as in bob way,

you know that it lodge assigned to promote them, but we brand zimbabwe. it's 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're going to do it right and we can make the call right now is done with the president of um, my, my house's. and 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 up go to for week. let me do it for $5000000.00 can be cleaned every week. we get go with 5000000 in re me green. finally, the ambassador is not bothered that the cache is being laundered. its money cannot

be declared in the country warren, who devoted attention that we don't. ready even though we don't want to, so he explains a plan to smuggle the dirty cash in t, as in bob way using his diplomatic status, plano, again, to do i did with one when do video and put a written, written diploma. he conducted under the vienna convention states agree to exempt diplomatic luggage from airport searches with elizabeth was invalid. and you're good. mm hm. okay, and did you politically ambassador angel, henrietta rash wire and president, man and gaga did not respond to our request for comment. alex on to james al jazeera hopewell, to know is, as in bob when anti corruption activist and documentary maker,

he says the revelations will not surprise people in his home country. the findings are shocking to the outside world, but they're not shocking to generalists. oh, investigative, i just like myself because when i was reported about 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 is the same 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 has not responded officially. but the ruling party is used to one of 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 that one is involved not only in the smuggling of golder money, but also charging people to have access to the president is criminal. so we're not waiting to see whether the government is going to prosecute these people, but we are not hopeful, based on what is up in the past. and you can watch the 1st of the 4 part series in the al jazeera investigation, gold mafia, the laundry service. on friday, at $1200.00, g and t, the bank of england has raised the interest rates for the 11th time and 18 months. it's heights the rates of 4.25 percent us federal reserve took similar measures to

combat inflation on wednesday. the right rise in the u. k. comes just a day off the announcement that inflation went up last month. hitting 10.4 percent . it was driven by high food and energy prices. earlier on thursday, the swiss national bank increased its interest rate by half a point. switzerland key rates now stands at 1.5 percent. the bank signals more hikes were possible. the move comes on the heels of turmoil in the swiss banking system. the state broken a deal for banking giant, u. b. s to bites troubles rival credit suisse on sunday. there been large protests across france in the latest show of anger, against the present, the monument crohn's plan to raise the retirement age. in the city of odo, demonstrators set fire to the front of the town hall, thursday's unrest to some of the worst student. 3 months of protests and strikes

earlier, there were confrontations between protest isn't security forces in the capital, dozens of people were arrested with assa butler has more from paris. whatever, benefits and thousands of people in central time to pay. none of us with the french revolution. and process, a lot of people who are great with the french government pension bills, they say justice on that it is going to impact for workers much more than others. but it's not any that the people are today is a 5 person micro government of pushed through this pension reform bill by the clean bypassing column. and the people say that just shows the michael has no respect for people in the streets. and he has no respect for false institutions. they say, let's see, the actual sunday were waiting for the union to bring the country to a standstill. the only thing that was stopped macross, we've had enough. they want him to go. we're not democratic. he was all of the

demonstrations on the public key to help work and got disconnected. and it was cool with that because a lot of disrupt across the country and living chemistry seems like this is 50 pounds from your dbi. meet you. there are some service where you can keep working until 64. we fire fighters are tired and broken. so our message is the government and the president is we are angry and he must hear us will be gentle. i called collect workers here and say has been like now who is doing robbing, finding out in the city the prototype. i'd be happy, some focus a little bit pressure on the president a minute, michael, what he says the pension reform is necessary. this has been, he didn't ration but he feel,

i think well, the athletics has decided to ban transgender women from elite female competition governing bodies. president sebastian co said the decision was made in the interests of fairness and protecting the future of the female category. but he said, a working group would be set up to consult with transgender athletes and monitor scientific developments. the counselors agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes. her being through mail puberty from female world ranking competitions from march the 31st. this year, the majority of those consults, it stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category . many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and more more evidence than any physical advantages

have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category. sharon davis is a former olympic swimmer. she welcome to ban saying it's wrong to put transgender women in the same category as other female athletes is just basically unfair. you know, spot is all about fairness. that's the whole principle of sport. we have lots of different classifications. we don't like 15 year olds, for example, to identify the under 12. we don't away allow heavy weight books is to identify as bantam white, some race in a fight, people much lighter than them. so this is all about categories that have been put across society to create level playing fields, to give the biggest opportunities for whole a society to be competitive in sports. and we were taking that away from half of the world which are biological females. and it's not that we're better or worse, it's just that we're different. we have different biology and it doesn't enable us to have male pivots

a to have the dynamic strengths. but male biology brings and so now in sport it was anything between 10 and 30 percent. and for example, in something like a punch, a male or equal weight and size to a theme, i will punch a 160 percent harder. so in contact sports, it was incredibly dangerous. north korea says the military has tested what it calls a new underwater drone state media. se leader came on over sort of attack simulation using the device on tuesday, tanya, and has stepped up missile testing this week to coincide with joint military drills between the u. s. and japan, which 1st on thursday said a head on al jazeera, a bump on the columbia's fragile path to peace. as the president orders mitchell operations against a major ongoing and in economy in ruins, we speak with pakistan is struggling to soar in cost of living.

ah hello, we've got some wetter and windy weather, hopefully clearing the air in beijing over the next couple of days. we've had some really poor rac quality recently. rather more cloud to started to slide its way through the thick a cloud is further south. we got this weather system here, just winding its way away, pushing over towards search japan. that will sweep through 25 celsius in tokyo, some warm sunshine of the warm spring sunshine for friday afternoon. that wet, whether that's making his way across southernmost past may go a little bit of cloud and some re absalom when she flurries for a time just pushing across bating over the next couple of days. temps is here falling back to rat 8 celsius. the saturday afternoon, the ray clearing away for at east side of japan by that stays the rain setting in

across southern parts of china. by that stage. not too much rain to the south of that across indo china, northern parts of the philippines. too large. she dry, central, the southern areas into malaysia. we'll see some heavy right and big downpours there wants to get across a good part of indonesia, particularly into java. now we got some big down polls gathering across pakistan that spilling out of afghanistan, nasty little system. this one, we have orange warnings in force for the time big. it will make his way further east was into the himalayas. ah, the when the news breaks, some buildings that had already been damaged, have been further pushed over to one side. others that were close to collapse when people need to be heard. and the story told, i couldn't tell them that i was a musician. while i was supposed to be burned with exclusive interviews and in death to each centimeter of this stuff represents a year of life,

al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and lives. oh, a watching. i'll just remind you of our top stories, if tick, tock, see, show. the shoe has testified a tense us congress here to face questions about the social media platforms, alleged relationship with the chinese communist party on its use of data. here is investigative unit, has found the senior diplomat forms in bob li, agreeing to known to a $1000000000.00 in cash. angel was filmed. meeting al jazeera,

janice hosing as chinese gangsters. the bank of england has raised interest rates for the 11th time of 18 months. in a bid to curb inflation, the course of a percentage point rise takes the rate to 4.25 percent for a similar measures by other central banks. israel's defense minister has cancelled an address to the nation after being called into a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. your guidance was expected to call for an end to a controversial overhaul that the judiciary, a traditional reform proposals had prompted months of protests for the prime minister was refusing to back down the only solution. we are determined to responsibly promote the democratic reform that will restore the proper balance between the authorities and yourself call. i will do everything everything to calm the situation and unite the rift in the nation because we are all brothers are not earlier on thursday. israel's parliament passed

a law that limits the grounds for removing a prime minister from office. it can only be for health or mental reasons, and only the prime minister of government can make the decision. critics say the laura's specifically designed to protect nathan, yahoo is facing corruption charges or stevens sinners is a professor of political science at the university of san francisco. he says, despite the protest, netanyahu can push ahead with the reforms because he knows he has the support of parliament or in a canal now who may be a crook and with autocratic tendencies and a racist and repressive and all these things. because a very skillful, skillful politician and he's been able to muster the kind of a coalition necessary to push through the so called reforms that will protect him from criminal or prosecution and move israel and the more authoritarian direction. basically what netanyahu's,

unable to do is to give the various factions what they want. he's, for example, the ultra conservative religious parties. he's an able to push legible and push through legislation that, that lives up to their, their rigid theocratic ideals. i, he's let these very overtly anti ara racist. so parties are run. a mock we've seen would happen in the, in the and what's been happening in the west bank in terms of the attacks in full grams and, and our son and other, other atrocities by these rampaging settlers. and he's a, he seems to have a seems to, it seems to recognize that israel as a country has moved well to the right over the years. israel, despite all the terrible things is done to the palestinians over the years to its credit has been a democracy for its jewish citizens. and what, what's upsetting are the many israelis, is that or that is in question now. and so they are primarily fighting for their

rights as a, as israeli jews to maintain this israeli jewish democracy. and unfortunately had they had not been able to, they have not been a willing to really address the very the core issue of the palestinians. but there's a, there's a link and has the thing is that is no question. that is the 3rd that the, that decades of occupation has basically a hardened the israeli attitudes to help bring about this authoritarian shift and, and in there. and, and their politics focused on, is negotiated with the international monetary fund to unlock one point. $1000000000.00 bailout for the i, m f is insisting on reforms. the deepening economic crisis has left many pockets. don is struggling to put food on the table. i said, beg reports from the whole desperate for flower the government announced there will be free distribution of it for those in need. and boxed on is in the middle of an

economic crisis. inflation is at 40 percent. basic food prices have more than doubled. why the wages have stayed the same? it's the worst economic crisis since the countries independence gaze over the agreement. the prices have gone up by 300 percent before a $100.00 a month used to be enough. but now even if you get $200.00, you need to borrow money. we can't buy flower sugar, so many things. and that's why i'm here by enclosed my children. we can't afford new ones that delegating the hor stands as a reminder of more affluent times during the moral empire. i time before british rule, when this regions act put, accounted for nearly a quarter of the world's economy. the people passing through it to day or more focused on the price of basic foods. prices that sometimes change over night. we're lucky bod. what a ha, the situation isn't very bad. i curse, those that are running the country from last to like the price of flour has almost

doubled. we don't want your for your flower. just lower the prices focused on is we spoke to don't what handouts, they want stability, the government to control the economy and food prices. your hello johnny. even getting one meal a day. it's very hired. my husband died a month ago. i had to take my 2 children out of school to work. the prices have gone up so much for the poor. it's unspeakably difficult swapped omby, the nation is now importing more than it's ex 14. and it still waiting for an international monetary fund package. but the i m f once reforms but some say that government needs to do more reach. not just that you would with the americans. will you go to the sol? deed and japanese hope brussard the m f. then our associate look at all the things that you've not done. why are you not doing your own job? so we after now look at introspect and roku at ourselves. that what is it that we're doing wrong? what does it that we are? wait there, so many bucky studies from herbert who could r g a talked to poor,

are not able to get jobs are not able to make any meet that i redone in this country correctly or not. an estimated $8000000.00 people are unemployed and boxed on foreign currency reserves are only enough for a month of import. when you speak your people here, it's clear they're struggling. those are previously h to me other day. now i find it difficult to eat once a day. families have taken the children out of school, others put up, going to the doctor, all to save money to feed their families. and with the political turmoil in the country, there appears to be no end in sight. with those in the red light. as i beg, i 0, the whole bucket done. most schools in afghanistan have re open door to the winter break, but taliban authorities are still barring teenage girls from attending since they tele bands takeover in 2021. only girls age 12 and under have been allowed to go to school. the taliban has also banned women from higher education. people into kia are observing ramadan as they struggled to recover from last month. devastating

earthquakes. thousands are still living intense esl said. our reports from a camp for displaced people in the south eastern city of are the among o, an unusual rather than in the on the 1st prayer of the muslim holy month is held in a makeshift mosque. 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. braid from are done in a 10 city conditions are difficult. i would never have imagined slip rating 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 video that we provide to meals p dave tower into a hole in the coming 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 julia, but mama's wife came out, says it's impossible to forget what happened. she was trapped under the rubble of the home for hours. i can her grandchild and waiting to be rescued. dotala yellow did scala gal give to school on. 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 cook the whole 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, columbia, the president, has ordered the military to conduct operations against one of the countries biggest armed groups. fighters are accused of recently targeting security officials and of being behind an ongoing minor strike. i saw under amputee reports from the capitol auditor. i'm like, i thought you, after weeks of attacks and troops trying to end the miners strike present, gustavo peter says he has had enough. so glenville wolf was 30 for us if the gland, a goal for his behind the strike, as the evidence shows than they clearly have nor will for piece,

a president has ordered the armed forces to reactivate military operations against the clown, the gold for an armed group, that had previously agreed to a ceasefire with the government who was the latest setback for peters signature policy of total peace, which is trying to negotiate the agreements with remaining rebel groups while promoting surrender deals with drug mafias in exchange for judicial leniency. a policy that after showing progress has been bogged down by on groups taking advantage of the truces conceded by the government to gain territorial control. critic say that some of the setbacks are the consequence. that precedents beatrice, hurry to produce results. his majority in congress may not last very long, and he only has 14 year term to demonstrate that he and the political left can change the country for the better. him turn back to the like, i you, the leading negotiator of the 2016. successful piece deal with far gravels,

argues the government has been too generous with the groups. large groups have all the time in the world. gorilla don't have full yet turn on. i think one of the suggestion is that the government shouldn't show so much anxiety. supporters of the plan say the criticism is unfair, murderous or scared? we are not. we've already shown more results than the previous government in 4 years or not. we have at least 4 solid negotiations that are moving forward. communities are in a hurry, not office. some international observers say the government needs to learn from mistakes already made mainly in it, more clarity on its methods on his plan to pursue his forward. and he needs to work on as a security policy to protect the population as incentives for us to be successful. while everybody agrees on the governments goodwill some fear, it's a mission could end up over.