regulations and governments complicit my ways. ok. what is this? is it right? i've described that in a 4 part series out here is investigative unit goes on to cover in southern africa, pittsburgh. we can fill the 90 percent of the government once it's refined, it's perfectly brand new. part one on al jazeera, 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 on the government policies are making it difficult for them to export on climate change have also impacted a supply from around the world. their rescue plan showed their confidence in 1st republic bank so all sides of which are critical to the functioning of the financial system. ah,

devastation in mississippi as tornadoes ripped through the southern new estate at least 25 people are killed. ah hello, i'm darned, jordan, this is out as they are alive and also coming up. russia says it will station nuclear weapons and bella luce and the 1st such move outside the country since the mountain ninety's. the u. s. has reacted cautiously. honduras switch, his diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china. us warns beijing often makes empty promises and from jail. birds to book ones. how prisons in the philippines are supporting inmates education for a better future. ah, at least 25 people have been killed by tornadoes that swept across the southern us state of mississippi. dozens more were injured. the powerful storm system was

accompanied by thunderstorms and rain. tens of thousands of people in mississippi, alabama and tennessee remain without power jabber times the report. the town of rolling fork in the rural mississippi delta took a direct hit from a tornado on friday night and accounted for the majority of the casualties. such was the power of a toy. later daybreak was reportedly trained thousands of meters into the air. we got a muzzle home damage to get people not can afford the time. probably, we will fool count on the damage people to inflate. daylight revealed a town devastated around the 3rd of the residence here were reported to have lived in mobile homes. of state of emergency was declared in the west of mississippi counties, struck by a storm and across the mississippi and alabama. the reports of leveled buildings overturned cause down, power lines and trees. given the scale of the destruction there were fairs of

a deaf toll could rise, search and rescue teams with deployed saturday morning to find those traps. we lost everything. got our line sold in the truck and there were multiple reports of tornadoes amid the storm system and the national weather service and investigators to ascertain whether many of those reports were for the same tornado tracking north east, across the region for over 130 kilometers we can think that it's only one single tornado tracking over a very long distance. but as the damage surveys are conducted, they can see those missing points between tornadoes and determine if it was one long tornado or multiple large tornadoes produced by the same storm, which is equally as impressive when they see. so it's only just beginning in the south and already there have been several devastating incidence meteorologist say this storm system is fueled by the extreme weather patterns and high ocean temperatures that are become so common. now, as climate change bites,

she ever times the al jazeera, the u. s. has played down an announcement by russian president vladimir putin, that he'll place tactical nuclear weapons in bella luce coach and said he struck a deal with bell or russian president, alexander lucas shanker. that doesn't violate nonproliferation agreements. the u. s . department of defense says it sees no reason to adjust its own strategic nuclear posture. and there's no real that there's no indication russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon. so the bush breath loaded in solution. alexander lucas ankle is right. he said listen where your closest allies, why do they american deployed nuclear weapons, add their allies on their territory, train the crews, pilots. how to use this type of weapon if needed. we agreed. there will do the same without violating our obligations even i emphasize without violating our international obligations on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons. so let's bring in miles pampa, he's a senior fellow at the james martin center, a non proliferation studies. he joins us live from washington, dc,

miles good to happy with us. look, put in says this move would not violate nuclear non proliferation treaties. he says it's the same as the u. s. stationing it's weapons in europe is poaching, right? yes, he is. it will not violate the nuclear nonproliferation treaty because russia like the united states in its with its nato allies, will retain the nuclear weapons with its own arsenal, with its own, under its own military command until the time of war. so it does not violate the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. however, it does violate, ah, a statement that president putin made only 4 days ago with president g. the country should not, station nuclear weapons abroad. so within 4 days, he's changed his mind to barely an and miles the u. s. says it doesn't believe russia's preparing to use nuclear weapons. it sees no reason to change what it calls it. strategic nuclear posture. is this washington saying, look, we can play this game too, but we're not going to escalate this development. well,

i think the u. s. is accurate in the sense that this doesn't really change the military situation. russia could have used weapons from its own territory. i including clinical rad, which is a russian outpost, a very close to europe on the other side of lithuania. and so this doesn't really change their options. this has more to do with politics, are both domestic and international in terms of trying to scare people in europe, especially countries like germany and in terms of telling the russian public that there he found some way to use russian nuclear weapons. what it really says to me is russia's losing the war in ukraine and put in is trying to change the subject. and is this move then by putin also meant, as you say, there to rattle new european nerves? i mean, how worried will countries like germany, italy, and turkey a, b as, as u. s. nuclear weapons are deployed on that territory?

oh, there be certainly been some countries that will get nervous about it. i, it's, this is what, why they do it. there are, there's always an active movement in countries like germany, he against nuclear issues, nuclear weapons, and they know that's a, something they can use to try to divide the alliance. i don't think it'll succeed in that endeavor. the alliance is really held together well during ukraine war, but this is a traditional tactic of the russian government and they're just deploying and again, miles, just a final thoughts on nuclear command and control if and when russia does deploy nuclear weapons to better roost. how safe would they be and who would actually be in control of them? who has the finger on the button as it were? or russia would still have the finger on the button. it would be under the control of the 12 gamma, which is the nuclear force in russia, in charge of all their nuclear weapons, they would be building the bunker. although these weapons were supposed to go in awe and right now, it should be clear. the russians are not actually going to move any weapons at

least until july, oh importance announced when he said they would build the bunker ah, to how's the weapons. so this is an announcement for the future if it happens, but it's more about saber rattling and my view mouth pump. i wanted to get really good to get your thoughts and your analysis. thank you very much into the talking to us. thank you much. thank you. on tourists as formerly broken off decades, long diplomatic relations with tie one and switch to china. it comes off to the honduran foreign minister, travel to beijing to discuss establishing ties. this leaves taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. china considered self route tie one as part of its territory to be re taken by force if necessary. the u. s. said that on during his action is a sovereign decision, but one that china often makes empty promises. meanwhile, the check republics, parliament speaker is visiting taiwan. the czech republic does not have formal diplomatic ties with tie one, but it maintains informal contacts. i, one is high tech companies are significant investors. the move has angered china

and europe check. republic has joined lithuania and expanding ties with taiwan in recent years. former us president donald trump has held a campaign rally in waco, texas. trump is facing possible criminal charges and mixed holding ahead of next year's republican primaries. man, if his die hard supporters say the legal threats and nothing more than a witch hunt, that'll tempt being rather ignited for maybe a possible restaurant this week. and i think that's just the far left again, just another attack on donald trump and they're getting very tiresome. and again, donald trump is for america any fights permanent. alan fisher has more now from washington, dc. this was donald trump's 1st campaign rally in 2024, although he did speak to c pack just a couple of weeks ago. and he held it and waco, texas scenario, which voted overwhelmingly for donald trump in the last presidential election. it's

also the 1st rally. he's held since he predicted on social media that he was about to be arrested after the district attorney in new york were bring charges against them for illegal campaign, financing and false reporting. that all surrounding a payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election. you remember that just in the last few days on true social, donald trump said that if he was arrested, it would lead to death and destruction and would be catastrophic for our country. while he didn't reference the district attorney in new york directly during his campaign speech, but he did say there was growing evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. but as far as the, i can see, the abuses of power that we're currently witnessing at all levels of government will go down is among the most shameful, corrupt and depraved chapters in all of american history. it's happening right before your eyes, but we're gonna end up winning the biden regimes,

weapon ization of law enforcement against their political opponent is something straight out of the stalinist russian horror show. it's important to point out that the grand jury in new york is still considering evidence, even though there was no concrete action of an arrest in the last few days. it's also important to point out that donald trump is also facing front of their criminal inquiries in georgia for a potential election interference when he tried to find votes after the election, asking the secretary of state there to intervene. and also, of course, in relation to the riot on january the 6th, at the capital building, and the part he, me of played in inciting the right there. more than 200000 migrants and refugees of arrived by boat on the italian island of lamb, producer in just 24 hours previous years have seen the higher numbers of arrivals, but never this early in the year. the coastline of sparks in tennessee has become

a major departure point for those heading to europe. meanwhile, is 34. people are missing. after boat carrying mostly african refugees and migrants sank off the coast of tennessee or on friday. officials say the 5th boat to sink off their coast in the past 2 days. well, let's take a look at the numbers of people trying to make this journey. in 20212022. they're more than 6000 refugees. migrants who reached italy by boat in the 1st 3 months of each year. but in the same period of 2023, that number is already 4 times higher. more than a 3rd of those arriving this year come from just 2 countries. i've re coast and guinea and at least 78 people have been rescued into in international waters off the coast of motor by the crew of the n g o vessel emergency. the international organization for migration says the central mediterranean has now become the most dangerous migration route in the world. but despite the dangers, it's become the most commonly used route for migrants and refugees attempting to reach europe. conflict has driven

a great number of people from african countries to seek new lives there. bought the buys a syrian refugee who crossed the mediterranean in an overcrowded small boat. he shed his story of survival. recalling all these memories now, 9 years later, it's still not the easiest, but in general, what happened was that the 1st few days where where okay, yes, the small, small boat was kind of a problem, especially with that amount of people on board. we were around 100 refugees, different backgrounds, some syrians and some addictions. and. ready the boat was 15 meters long and along with the crew, want to call them back to people basically driving this boat. and we were not given an exact date on when we are actually we were giving the

probability or a percentage of the survival rate, which is 60 percent. so we got on the, on the boat knowing that there is a 40 percent chance that we will not committed over. we filled it after 6 days in the sea actually to exactly 9 years ago that we called the coast guard after facing a storm. and the small boat couldn't handle it anymore and it cracked down. and with that, the around midnight when he says of marsh 14, it was the best moment of my life when i knew that it's not going to be a certain deck that we so lights. and we knew that the coast guard is on their way to save us, and they did tactfully. and that was one day before reaching italy, so on the shore officially was worth it. i found a better life,

but that is only individual. i can only speak of myself, but we know how many people, unfortunately don't, don't make it, which is a huge percentage, which is terribly sad. and i would say to think about everything more than one more than quite if there is a possibility that life could be better than do it. if there is another way that it can be it that your desired destination can be reached without facing these consequences. it's much, much better, but after all, like we said, the thing that you wouldn't do anything unless you have been going through something worse. time for a short break here on out there. when we come back, cubans are electing m. p. 's and the worst economic crisis in decades. but right group, se opponents of the communist party are not allowed to run and reclaiming their cultural identity. why? the return of these sacred artifacts from germany means freedom to many people and

come a little more i here's her headlines for the america nice to have your long and the situation looks like the severe thunderstorms in the southeast of brazil. now, beginning to push into the south atlantic. meantime, the winds will turn around from the pompous to patagonia. so look what happens by monday we painted on the colors dark, the red hard, the temperature, and by your blanca and commodore over dad, via temperatures up to 27 degrees spec to the here. and now there's been some flooding in the south west of ecuador, still big pulses of rain, not too far away from now where there has been some funny. it is a quiet pitcher in central america, just a few showers floating around here, but nothing major. but it looks like once again for the u. s. gulf states, we could have some more severe thunderstorms. the potential tornadoes here from

texas right into the weeds, deanna pushing into the carolinas on sunday. the vigorous system over the great lakes. now over the st. lawrence river valley pushing into canada, the maritime provinces. i think halifax, get ready for you could see about 10 centimeters of snow. it's quite for western canada and the pacific northwest. just a few days ago we saw some snowflakes flying around portland as the snow levels, dip to 500 meters, and for the us state of california, still dry, 13 degrees, the top temperature for you in san francisco on sunday. okay, got a jet bye for now. ah, on counting the cost, the u. s. high interest rates, again, despite financial turmoil, plunged into darkness, county south africa, fixed id say like christie crisis was 20 years off. the invasion of iraq, whose do you meant to be economy of opec, 2nd largest spoiled, produce counting the cost on al jazeera. we understand the differences and

similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. oh, oh, oh, well come back at her grandma about top stories here. this state of emergency has been issued in part of the u. s. state of mississippi rescue efforts while continuing after tornadoes and strong thunderstorms on friday night at least 25 people have died and many left homeless. the u. s. is down play than announcement by the russian president that he'll place tactical nuclear weapons and been a ruse about him at future and said you struck a deal with a been a russian president of doesn't like non proliferation agreements. and honduras was

formerly broken off decades, long diplomatic relations with ty, one, i'm switched to china leads, ty, one with only for the team, didn't want to college leaders some spanish and portuguese speaking countries, attending the i bureau, american summit, one that rising inflation and migration are risks to the stability of the region. the host, dominican republic, and costa rica, also called on the international community to take action on haiti, which is facing a political and humanitarian crisis. this anyone reports from suffering leaders of the more than 850000000 people in latin america and europe who speak spanish and portuguese, had gathered in the dominican republic under the banner of creating a more just and sustainable i bureau america. yet it was the passionate plea for military intervention in french speaking, haiti, which has been overrun by criminal gangs that took the summit by surprise. is thar

moss or akila report? here we are on the same island of a failed state with unbridled violence. and the world is again looking the other way. and as a costa rican, i think it's unfair to us the dominican republic to send its troops to its neighboring countries. this is a global responsibility and we are ignoring our responsibility. can only get former that wonderful. my dear father, because julie will do hate is to pacify it. the only way to help id is to press 5 to go. the call came on the heels of a meeting between the presidents of the u. s. in canada, who reportedly also debated the option of sending a stabilizing force to haiti. summit there is try primarily to focus on concrete measures to offset the ravages of climate change of the increase in hunger in the region, and also the digital divide. but it wasn't long before shark divisions amongst them came to the surface. hello,

chili's president lashed out at nicaragua as president who did not attend for the banishment of hundreds of opponents. letting the oda to lately dictatorship in chile taught us in the most brutal way, the risk of seeing human rights as something relative. never under any pretext, can we allow exceptions. thus, why esteemed colleagues, we believe it is unacceptable to remain silent about the family dictatorship. ortega emory, in nicaragua, columbia's gustavo federal said that the imprisonment of peruse, former president pedro castillo, was equivalent to a cool because he was deposed without a proper trial to link lexia. in the end, there was at least consensus on the need to continue working together on what they can agree on with spain and portugal. promising to bring the voice of latin america closer to europe. to see in human al jazeera santo domingo, cubans are heading to the polls on sunday to elect

a new national assembly was no campaigning or opposition challenges. instead, voters will essentially endorse the nominated candidates countries and during rolling blackouts and the economic crisis, the cost of living a key issue for voters to isabel reports from havana. but he, sol morales, makes a living in havana by lining up at the market to buy food and other items for other people. it's become a paid job in this carry be a nation and made chronic shortages of food and medicine. and the lines get longer, every day went out on our way up the gully. there was no ground beef done. it arrived in as things arrive, you come and you keep getting it. we come here with a card where it's all written, what we get. it's very difficult for every one. hardship is everywhere in q where these days and experts say it will have a major impact on the legislative elections happening sunday. cubans are voting for 470 members of a national assembly. that was survey for a period of 5 years,

and this is happening in the middle of a severe economic crisis. worthy inflation weight this year has been over 60 percent and with the economy ravaged by a us trade embargo since 1962. the majority of the population in this country is struggling and the government tolerates no descent. and that's why all lies are going to be on the spanish and wait because it's the only way people have to express their discontent in the last municipal election. 31 percent of the population did not vote and many are expecting that figure to be much higher this time. for many inflation constant power blackouts on the detention of hundreds of anti government protesters in july, 2021. make this the most complex election since the collapse of q was mean but a factor of the soviet union in 1993, hundreds of thousands of people have left the country heading to the us, spain and other nations. with galahad yvette says,

the situation is difficult for every one of the situation is turns we have needs of many things. i am 81 years old and i don't think this will change. the government blames that most recent crisis on trump era sanctions and that co, 19 pandemic economy say the government has failed to transform the state dominated economy rather by necessity medic out. the country needs a market that doesn't need to be a market economy, but cube and socialism. the example is that of vietnam and china, we need to have an example of a one party system that is managed to survive. the government is urging people to vote promising greater reforms that will improve their lives. but many here have stopped believing that real change will happen any time soon. billy said, well, i'll just see that havana cuba is really forces of, stormed alex, a moss, to arrest the number of worshippers. on the 3rd day of ramadan, they accuse some palestinians of barricading themselves in the mosque after prayers

had finished. many worshippers on the occupied west bank but also prevented from re entering the mos. israel's defense minister has called them prime minister benjamin netanyahu to hold controversial plans for an overhaul of the justice system. you have gallant said the deepening eternal division could harm israel. security. hundreds of thousands of israelis have been demonstrating against netanyahu's plans . critic say he wants to reduce the power of the supreme court to protect himself from ongoing corruption charges. i mean was of order only in recent days and weeks during conversations and discussions behind the scenes, i presented the security situation to various parties. i asked reason it and said that at this time the process must be stopped so that we may sit and talk. but now i declare loudly and publicly for the sake of israel, security, for the sake of our sons and daughters, the legislative process should be stopped. the philippine government has partnered with the united nations to install libraries in prisons. the programs called read

your way out and has been cautiously welcomed by human rights activists. falling years of violence in the so called war on drugs. barnaby le reports from devout city. when mark was arrested for drugs possession and dealing, he thought his life was over. what i had, they'll stop would be good attorney. there was president of the philippines and his cracked on on drugs resulted in the killing of thousands of suspects. but mark says he's found hope, even though he's a prison. we are given the opportunity people. the one thing our studies, we can't reveal marks identity as his case is still in court, along with dozens of other detainees, he studying for college degree in the building next to his self. it was built in 2017 with the help of a non profit organization during the height of the so called warn drugs into turret us hometown, davos city staff members at this jail are pioneering the use of education to reform,

drug offenders and other criminals is also the 1st president in asia to offer college degrees now is one of the 1st in the philippines, the institutionalized reading program. ongoing president, ferdinand marcus junior, has taken an alternative approach to narcotics crimes. together with the united nations, his government plans to install more libraries like this in at least a dozen more detention centers. this is just quite unbiased. i love that he was his then that we need to provide for them to help on in enabling environmentally there . on, especially once they get outside of jail and they will no longer come back a inside knowledge in facilities. time spent in the library and studying is considered good behavior, which in turn reduces time in detention. philippine jails are overcrowded. my nearly 400 percent human rights advocates, welcome the education initiative, but insist to turn to be held accountable. there's no way you can approach the drug

probably in the philippines in the humane and human rights way, without taking into account accountability for bust abuses. and particularly in the past 7 years. to that end, they have been urging the government to submit to an investigation by the international criminal court. but it just as secretary is defiant through the due process. hearing the legal process here, you're going to take over our justice system. none of the local drugs, cases being prosecuted or investigated, however, have implicated the 30 victims family. see it shows they can't count on philippine courts to deliver justice. barnaby low al jazeera, davos city sudden philippines. now a number of german museums of agreed to return sacred objects looted from cameroon, during german colonial rule. but indigenous, committed to say it's a slow process. nicholas hod reports in the common room capital yonder. 3000 miles from cameroon, locked in a museum in berlin,

a centuries old data named in gonzo. the 1st time that i learned that gonzales and the museum, i was angry. i was totally angry. i was mad for the 2000000. and so people and cameron's english speaking region, the gonzo de t was pillaged by german colonizers, c, v, and job i to is asking germany to release her. so question of justice. we have to write to our heritage. the return of these object means that it's the reawakening of, for the common, some person to think about, ident, it, to be on colonial boundaries from 1884 to 1916. cameroon was a colony of the german empire at time of bloody conquest and frequent rebellion. this neighbourhood in downtown yolanda is called a talk may key in the local language. it means a pond of blood communions. believe that this was a sight of a massacre committed in 19 o 7 by the german colonial army. hundreds of people were killed and the

local chief was beheaded. his head was then taken away to germany as a battle trophy to this shay. germany has not publicly acknowledged the killings. you're not sure that germany has agreed to return some of the looted colonial artifacts to africa in an effort to confront some of the brutalities of its colonial history. it is a party of just as objects. luckily, illogic. the german colony, an army identified the sacred objects and would steal them intentionally to subdued the population. their books for like they had filled their dirty. german authorities have not returned and go so yet, but the statue has been taken down from the exhibit in berlin's whom both for museum and jabar to says this is the 1st step in setting her free and for millions of. and so people to start re invoking their cultural identity. nicholas hawk al jazeera yonder cameroon. ah.