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ah, i, melinda, this is al serra lie from dough. so coming up in his main opposition parties go to the supreme court accusing talk. government agencies of targeting opponents of the governing b. j. p. al jazeera goes on to cover in zimbabwe. an investigation finds that a senior department offering to launch at millions of dollars and displaced and disabled we look at apply to some of the most vulnerable victims of conflicts in the democratic republic conquer. ah, the united states navy has asserted what it calls navigational rights and freedoms after sound off for the chinese military in the south china sea. beijing says that

a u. s. warship was driven out of waters near the parasol islands for the 2nd time this week. washington denies any wrong doing, saying that it's vessel. the u. s. s. millis was conducting a routine operation in international waters which on a claim sovereignty or over almost the entire south china sea, despite an international court saying that the claim has no legal basis as guitar. corresponding katrina, you must live for some beijing katrina. this is the 2nd time this week, as we have been reporting that a u. s. worship has been driven out of the waters near the paris for islands. what is going on here? that's right, so on thursday we initially had a report from china's navy that as a new guided missiles destroy the u. s. s 1000000 illegally and without permission entered what the china considers its own territory called she showed near the

parasol island and that it was followed by the chinese navy and ultimately driven away then accused us of creating instability. and then our laser, we had a counter statement from washington saying that what china said was false and that the u. s. s 1000000 was in fact continuing what the us says is freedom of navigation operations in international waters. and now the following day, we've had get another statement from china navy saying it's done the same thing that it's driven the same destroyer, the 1000000 out of its waters again. and we're still waiting for any come back from washington on the 2nd time. now this does seem to be getting a bit more serious. it's not uncommon that we have these incidents between china and the us in the south trying to see. but what is called that is that to be the same incident to then come back again. the next day, usually one or the other ship or one of the other vessel backflow than we don't really hear about it. but it is unusual that the u. s. and ship seems to be

sticking around to the very big consternation of the chinese government. now this area where this is taking place is an area called she showed by the parasol islands . it's about 7 kilometer 7 square kilometer is wide. important to know that this area is also claimed by taiwan and viet nam and those claims are basically ignored by china claims. most of this resource rich south trying to see. and it has been despite competing claims from many of its neighbors erecting artificial islands and intense, intensifying military drills. and of course, the u. s. has accused china, not only of doing that legally, but as well as a bullying other countries with its navy vessels as well as it's coast guard. do you get a sense that tension is escalating as result of this incident? i mean, the language from china at least does appear to be getting more tense. so

this one, the statement it warned again that the u. s. should stop these provocative acts, but a very stern line. they're saying that the u. s. should bear the consequences of any unforeseen incidence. now of course, this is not the 1st confrontation in the south china sea, but what makes this very dangerous and risky is the timing were at a time when china us relations are at an all time low and distrust between the shoe countries is at an old time high and both government and seem to be having is increasingly hawkish, attitude towards each other. should there be any incident that happened in the south china sea, things could spiral out of control in many endless lives spoke. would you say that could be even a potential conflict or something that could be a to lead lead to was so i think of china is warning against that. we have heard this language before, but the stern warning does give you a sense that china is saying, look, if, if there's no change here, things could escalate in a way that neither government wants to see. okay,

thank you for that. katrina, you that 1st life in beijing north korea says that it's military as tested what it calls a new underwater drone. same media says the leader kim john oversaw and attack simulation using the device as well as cruise missile tests. young young has stepped up muscle testing this week to coincide with joint military drills between the us and south korea. rob mcbride has more from sol this would be the 1st time north korea has tested what it calls a nuclear capable under water drone. it was apparently conducted earlier this week when the drone traveled under water for nearly 60 hours before hitting its target. it's claimed it would be capable of unleashing a radioactive sin army against an enemy's naval facilities. and it comes as the u. s. and south korean armed forces conduct large scale joint exercises the largest in

6 years, which include joint naval exercises. north korea's state run media says the test was overseen by leader kim jong, who was also pictured attending the launch of new types of cruise missiles or part of the north efforts to develop it tactical nuclear arsenal, to threaten its neighbors with south korea and the u. s, do to hold more exercises in the coming week. so the weapons testing by north korea also look set to continue. robert bride al jazeera, so united states is carried out what it calls precision air strikes on targets in east and syria. the pentagon says the operation came after 5 american soldiers were injured and a contract and was killed in a suspected iranian length drone attack earlier on thursday that tac targeted a us led coalition base near her soccer in the northeast. some

linear main opposition parties are coming together to keep the governing b. j. p. a vastly misusing its government agencies. the party say that the agencies have been used to target opponents, while members of the party itself are rarely investigated. the b j. he denies the accusations and says that the agencies function independently, the 14 opposition parties have filed the case to the supreme court. of the metals been falling developments from new delhi opposition parties are expected to keep up taking up this issue as they have over the last few weeks inside parliament outside on the streets. they have been protesting this as far as the case is concerned, the supreme court is expected to hear it on the 5th of april. that is the date we have as of now, what the timing is important context over here. india is headed for general elections next year around this time actually. and so opposition party say that

these cases are tactic by the government to sort of intimidate them and make sure they don't stand a chance ahead of those elections. now the criticism that on these allegations are not new, it's not just opposition parties. even human rights groups have been saying that since prime minister more the became the prime minister in 2014 india has witnessed a shrinking space for descent. you know, the sentiment is that if you criticize the government in any form and you could be an activist, you can also be a movie star. or you can expect a barrage of cases that could range from allegations of tax evasion. to, you know, just comments that you've made in public and so opposition party said they will be even outside the court be taking up this issue. they are expected to be protesting over the next few days. out, as there is investigative unit, has uncovered

a scheme in zimbabwe involving talk, government officials. a senior diplomat had agreed to launder more than a $1000000000.00 in cash in a meeting that he believed was with chinese criminals. is part of investigation by al jazeera, into networks and parts of africa that used goal to launder vast sums of money. you bet, angel is a british zimbabwe. businessmen and the presidential envoy. he claims to have made it on to the africa. forbes rich list in 2013 is net worth, his believe to be around $60000000.00, and he calls himself the profit of success. alexander james has this exclusive report to see him under cover reporters posing as chinese criminals. meet one of cimbawe boys most senior diplomats that i'd like mom was a bit of a compass, but on the special envoy, i'm a representative of the prison. that means i can find conference, i can find to deal with government without the prison getting involved. women with

the trip. no. libertine jill 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. ladies. angel was personally appointed by president emerson, man and gaga, 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're going to do it right. i want to make the call right now and it's done with the presidential farm. my mine has a decision right? this minute. the president of zimbabwe minus federation is henrietta rash. wire,

the warning prison, golden by golden babies in the privacy. big biggs, up gold every week. i do it over. $5000000.00 can be cleaned every week. we get go with 5000000 in me here. remember bigler, the ambassador is not bothered that the cache is being laundered. it's money cannot be declared in the country or in kindergarten countries did that. we don't. ready the know we don't want to, so he explains a plan to smuggle the dirty cash into zimbabwe using his diplomatic status. pregnancy drug with 1.2 video and written, written diploma. conducted under the vienna convention states agree to exempt diplomatic luggage from apple searches with

elizabeth with a good man. okay, and did you politically ambassador angel henrietta rash way and president, man and gaga did not respond to our request for comment. alexander james al jazeera and he can watch the 1st f r 4 part series and the out is there investigation. gold math here the laundry service. late on friday, at 12 g, empty. the head of the worlds fastest growing social media has faced 5 hours of questioning us house committee, tick tock, c. i was grilled about teenage safety and data security. i had a reports from washington, d. c. it was a rare moment of bipartisanship in a divided congress. welcome to most bipartisan committee in congress. we may not always agree on how to get there, but we care about our, our national security here at issue here of 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 eating each member of the committee, the charm offensive carried on tick tock itself. i'm super excited to announce that more than 150000000 americans on take on decimal 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, it's 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 alleged the content contributed to his 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 talk 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 us law. and under the control of the u. s. that security team, i will a few liberal men of the house of oppose the move to shut down to talk. 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 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 tick tock

down, but the move was stopped by the court and whatever emerges from these hearings. this likely at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment grounds. mike hannah al jazeera washington, thank you. so add on out there in france, anger about pension changes, his fee that takes his protest, is that by days town and the world athletics council bands transgender women taking cars in ah hey, they're happy friday. well, that exceptional march warrants we've had across a huge slice of europe while it's coming at

a cost were seen an earlier start to wildfires is one in eastern spain are too far away from valencia. so cruise trying to get the upper hand here and part of the problem is we're pumping in a heat. so look at this 30 degrees in valencia on friday at some showers near. but it's going to take a lot more than that. also got warmth through central europe and the balkans as well, many spots in the 20s. but look over here, this is what it's about to change that cloud cover, shower some snow over the alpine region that will move west to east. so some big changes here over the next few days and all of this right now is in the northwest. we get these pulses of rain off the atlantic, wendy conditions as well, but more steady rain for that western side of the baltic states on friday. quite a vigorous system in the eastern mediterranean mostly impacting africa, so we'll pick up this story there. this is for the northeast of libya, northwest egypt, a reign in winds combo here is not looking good. also not looking good in south africa's western cape province. areas have been doused with rain here about 3 or 4

times the march rainfall average in the span of just 24 hours, but things are improving on friday. have a great weekend. ah. with lou.

oh, you're watching al jazeera mind if our top stories, as our china says that a u. s. warship was driven out of its territory in the south china sea of the 2nd time this week. washington denies any rome doing some of the dears, main opposition parties accusing the governing b. j. b of misusing government agencies to talk and opponents. the b j. p denies the allegations and says the agencies function independently and al jazeera investigative unit has found that a senior diplomat from zimbabwe agreed to no one to more than a $1000000000.00 in cash. but angel was filmed, meeting al jazeera journalists, posing as chinese criminals, a been more protests across france against president emanuel microns plan to raise the retirement age. in the city of bordeaux demonstrates

a set high to the front of the town hall. that stays on rest was some of the most violent and widespread in 3 months. earlier they were confrontations between protesters and security forces in paris. dozens of people arrested half of francis high speed train services were counselled, and part of the capitals made international airport was also blocked. natasha reports from paris, whatever for him and beg musicians over the thousands of people and the last day in central paris to pay synonymous with the french revolution. and with protest. a lot of people who are here angry with the french government pension were for the bill. they say on justice on that it is going to impacts poor workers much more than others. but it's not even that good sport people out today to say the fact the person macros government of pushed through this pension reform bill by decree, bypassing parliament. people say that just jose the michael has no respect,

poor people in the street, and he has no respect for false is institutions. they say, let's talk a nickel financial sunday. 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 of mcroy, want him to go, he's not democratic with us. you see when a lot of the demonstrators all for the public sector teachers help wilkens. gov. it's collected energy work. of course, that's of course a lot of disruption across the country and they've been demonstrations like this in cities and towns across from you, even if you there are some jobs where you can't keep working until 64. we fired fighters are fired under broken. so our much the government under president is we are angry and he must hear us all these demonstrators, all garbage collect doesn't suit workers here in paris has been on strike now for maybe 2 weeks. rubbish is be highly up in the city. the protests have been,

may be peaceful, the happy, some focus avoidance, but all of this put pressure on president a manual, michael. he says the pension river is necessary to say future generation, the plaintiff isn't it, but he feels he has a duty to do it. with these demonstrate to say that they're going to continue protesting until government reform, israel's defense minister as counseled an address to the nation, not to be called into meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you are a gallant was expected to call for an end to a controversial overhauled the judiciary. the judicial changes, proposals have prompted months of protests, but the prime minister is refusing to bite down before we can ship. we are determined to responsibly promote the democratic reform that will restore the proper balance between the authorities and yourself con. i will do everything. everything to calm the situation and unite the rift in the nation because we are

all brothers. or earlier on thursday strives parliament passed a law that limits the grounds for removing a prime minister from office. can only be for health, all mental reasons, and only the prime minister will government to make the decision. critics say the law is specifically designed to protect miss yahoo, who's facing corruption charges. steven eunice is a professor political science at the university of san francisco. he says, despite the protest, netanyahu can push ahead with the changes because he knows he has the support parliament or in a connection. yahoo may be a crook and with autocratic tendencies, and i'm a racist and repressive in all these things. because a very skilful scuffle, politician and he's been able to buster, the kind of a coalition necessary to push through these so called reforms that will protect him from criminal or prosecution and move israel in

a more authoritarian direction. basically what nursing yahoo'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 a old to kind of push, legislate and push through legislation that that lives up to their, their rigid theocratic ideals. i, he's let these very overtly anti air races. so parties run a mock who's seen what happened in the, in the and it was been happening in the west bank in terms of the attacks and full grams and, and our son and other, other atrocities by these rampaging settlers. i mean, he's a, he seems to have a, it 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, but what's upsetting are the many israelis is that or that is in question know. and

so they are primarily fighting for their rights as a, as israeli jews to maintain this israeli jewish democracy. and unfortunately, had, 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. fighting in eastern democratic republic of congo has displaced more than 800000 people in the past year. when you see lead to say there are thousands of people in camps who have disabilities. and on in need of help out there is malcolm web reports from blanco camp, which is near go, my fellow may bush us. she'd

a says her leg was sprayed with bullets 15 years ago. it was during a conflict between the rwandan backed armed group and government forces here in democratic republic of congo. he struggled to walk ever since in last month, the n 23 armed group attacked have village. i mean, you don't know. so that's the only thing i can remember is many soldiers running away. i shoot. and so everybody started, ryan, i was in my house and there was nothing i could do by luckily a young man came and carried me away on his back and everything including my wheelchair, was left behind. one, follow me. one is dozens of people with disabilities in this camp. he wanted to speak to us, some of them lost nobility at birth, or later in life from untreated illness. most of those we met said they were injured in past conflicts, and they told us that struggling there, among more than 800000 people has been forced from their homes in the last year as

m. 23, widely understood to be backed by neighboring. rwanda has taken swathes of territory from government forces in the east. rolanda denies backing the group. the ground here is made up of these sharp broken volcanic rocks. not a great place to make a camp, but there's nowhere else to go. most people sleeping without even mattresses on the floor and it makes extremely difficult for people in wheelchairs room crutches. to get around. there are a few wheelchairs here since most were abandoned when people fled. one like this, made a bicycle parts welded together, costs about $75.00 about him up, up to people don't even have enough seed. i don't think i was if queuing just to get a russian card. and then another day spent queuing as the food distribution for some lentils and rice, which this man can't carry back to his tent without help is sonya is trying

to find all the people with disabilities in this camp register. what help and need he's had shrapnel is leg 15 years. charities estimate about one and 7 people in congo have some kind of disability. that means they're nearly a 1000000 people with disabilities who's been displaced. and this is why people with physical disabilities need to be protected, just like any other person. because the human medical services here are inadequate . they might be able to treat somebody with malaria, but they can't do anything in this. come to help people like me who need specially treatment or surgery with decades of conflict and lacking health services have already made life hard. and now yet more conflict has made it even harder. malcolm web al jazeera will and democratic republicans. well, the athletics has decided to ban transgender women from elite female competition.

the new rules come into effect. at the end of this month, governing bodies, president sebastian co says the decision was made in interest of fairness and protecting the future of the female category. the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes 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 british olympic swimmer. she welcome the band saying it's wrong to put

transgender women in the same category. female athletes is just basically unfair, you know, in school is all about fairness. that's the whole principle of sport. we have lots of different classifications. we've done a lot 15 year olds, for example, to identify the under 12. we've done away a lot of heavy weight books is to identify as bantam, wait, some race in a fight, people much lighter than them. so this is all about categories to put across society to create level playing fields to get the biggest opportunities for whole of 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 puberty to have the dynamic strengths. but that male biology brings. and so now in sports 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 fema will punch hunt.