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devastation in mississippi, as tornadoes ripped through the southern us state, at least 25 people are killed. ah, hello, i'm dar jordan. this is out as they are alive from dell are also coming up on dearest, which is diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china. us warns beijing often makes into promises. russia says it will station, nuclear weapons, and bellow roost. and the 1st such move outside the country since the 1990s. the u . s. has reacted cautiously and former pakistani prime minister, inborn con, holds a massive midnight rally in the hall, continuing his fight against the government. 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. town c reports reading 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 tornado. debris was reportedly framed thousands of meters into the air. we got o muzzle a howl damage to get people, not a can afford to time. probably to my we hello all full can all the damages that people did that in place daylight revealed a town devastated around a 3rd of the residence here were reported to have lived in mobile homes. a state of emergency was declared in the western mississippi counties struck by the storm and across mississippi and alabama. there were reports of leveled, buildings, overturn cause down power lines and trees. given the scale of the destruction, there were fears that the death toll could rise. search and rescue teams with floyd

saturday morning to find those traps. we lost everything. got outlined. told him a truck car. 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 northeast, across the region. for over a 130 kilometers, we can think that it's only one single tornado tracking over a very long distance. but as those 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. 28, i see. so it's just beginning in the south and already there have been several devastating incidence meteorologist say this storm system was fueled by the extreme weather patterns and high ocean temperatures that have become so common now as climate change bites, shebra times the al jazeera, the u. s. s played down and announcement by russian president vladimir putin,

that he will place tactical nuclear weapons in bella, luce, who, to and said he struck a deal with bell russia president alexander lucas shanker. that doesn't violate nonproliferation agreements. but the u. s. department of defense says it sees no reason to adjust its own strategic nuclear posture. and there's no indication russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon which isn't supposed to alex and lucas shinkel is right. he said, listen where your closest allies, why do the american deployed nuclear weapons at their allies on their territory, train the crews pilot? how to use this type of weapon if needed? we agreed there will do the same without violating our obligations. i emphasize without violating our international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons or mouth pump as a senior fellow at the james martin center, a nonproliferation studies. he says, the announcement was made to intimidate and rattle the nato alliance. they 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, within 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 prayer as it and g that countries should not, station nuclear weapons abroad. 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 was trying to change the subject though be certainly been some countries that will get nervous about it. and 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. and right now it should be clear, the russians are not actually going to move any weapons at least until july. oh impudence announcement. he said they would build a 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, ponderous as formerly broken off decades long diplomatic relations with taiwan and switch to china. it comes after the honduran foreign minister, travel to beijing to discuss establishing ties. it leads taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. china considered self rule taiwan as part of its territory to be re taken by force if necessary. the u. s. says honduras, his action is a sovereign decision, but one that china often makes empty promises what taiwan is accusing china of coercion and intimidation. the chinese always try to manipulate that he

vent ah, to distort our diplomatic relations in scenes. the president's visit to our diplomatic elyse, believing in guatemala, ah, and is being a public. and therefore, the way the chinese has been doing this seemed to equal related it. we also got the information a lot earlier that dom, that discussion scene between honduras and china ah, doesn't seem to be all coming to an end stage in therefore is, you know, ah, our suspicion and your suspicion are the same. that china seems to be doing this our intentionally. so let's bring in william young. he's the east asia correspondent at deutsch of ela. news. he joins us live from taipei, william, good to happy with us. so honduras becomes them the latest country to cut ties with taiwan. how significant is this move because tie one seems to have an ever shrinking circle of friends. i think symbolically. this is important and the blow

again to tie one's international efforts to try to maintain a visibility, but at the same time we need to highlight how a lot of these remaining allied time we had our smaller in developing countries. in fact, i need a lot more foreign aid from taiwan in. on the other hand, the tony of foreign ministry has really been stepping up its efforts to really deep an unofficial ties with the larger countries in north america. and also in europe. we are currently seeing the how speaker from the czech republic visiting taiwan and just last week, germany, education ministry is also here in taiwan. so i think time one is trying to find the balance between maintaining the diplomatic allies that they still have, which is 13 countries. and a lot of them are in the caribbean and central america at the same time trying to find one go deep and ties with other countries. william duping some countries. that breaking ties with taiwan because they see perhaps a new geo political reality with

a much more emboldened and aggressive china. and they don't want to face the wrath of an angry beijing. right. i think that's certainly one of the consideration for a lot of these countries, especially in areas of central america where china has really been increasing its influence and expanding its influence. but at the same time, i think we need to look back to a lot of these countries facing dept and also need to develop their infrastructure and compare it to time one. china just has a lot more in its resources to deploy and also you launch these so called check diplomacy to lord these countries to ship their depend that magic of recognition. and it's interesting because you point to the south. on the other hand, many eastern european countries like the check republic, poland back here, they're looking to strengthen ties with ty, pay, presumably they understand the threat that rushes allied china poses to taiwan, given that they themselves experienced russian occupation in the past. right. i

think you point out something very important which is shared history. they had the experience living under authoritarianism. they understand the threat and also they understand how important and fragile it is at the same time do defend democracy. so we are seen lithuania, the truck republic, deepening tice with taiwan, and taking a very bold step. they are not trying to be threatened by china's economic leverage, but so i think this is becoming a trend in that part of the world. whether this is going to extend to other parts of europe, it may be william just just a final thought to you on us tie one relations. many observers say the relationship between washington and ty pay is actually strengthened over the last 2 administrations. and that's created more space for countries to get closer to tie one, especially because of china's more aggressive foreign policy is. and it's tacit support for russia's warn ukraine. yes,

i think the domestic us domestic view on china play the big role about the importance of strengthening and deepening ties with time, one on multiple fronts, time one not only on the military firm which has been happening for decades. but we're also now see talent in the us discussing a potential trade deal that has been going on for the last year. and the us just today announced encouraging other countries to also try to deepen ties with taiwan . so we're seeing that the us is not only trying to support time one defense, but at the same time it's encouraging and helping time one to accumulate more unofficial. but important support from other countries that are lying on the value of democracy and human rights. william young, really to get your thoughts and your analysis. thank you very much and have a talking to us with him. thank you. not more than 2000 migrants and refugees of arrived by boats on the italian lightened of lam, produce up in just 24 hours previous years of seen. the higher numbers of arrivals, but never this early in the year. the coastline of sax in tennessee has become

a major departure point for europe. meanwhile, at least 19 people have died off to a boat carrying mostly african refugees. migrants sank off the coast of tennessee on friday. official sets the 5th boat to sink of their coast in the past 2 days. let's take a look at the number of people trying to make this journey. in 20212022. there are more than $6000.00 refugees and 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, ivory coast and guinea, and at least $78.00 people have been rescued in international waters off the coast of malta by the crew of the n g o vessel emergency. international organization for migration says the central mediterranean has now become the most dangerous migration route in the world. but under the patriots is from the center for european policy, italy, he says the e you needs to focus on saving lives. in my opinion,

the 1st action should be to enact area european save and rescue an action which was actually before some years before really working and being the top 2 in the previous years. and so the 1st thing is, i would say for european union to save life, which is actually one of the main concept of do a p and you know, at the low organization for sleep. and then to realize that in this room and as a structure of the, redistributing the migrants which achieved europe doesn't matter which country 1st, but they must be clear that all the $27.00 members they must be engage in this action for, for, you know, for the quality of life of people who arrived in europe. natalie, natalie, european union should basically find out legal measure to force all the members to take their part. the responsibility if they want to be in the union

should take all the part of being and not only the advantage, but also the rest of your no obligations been pocket european union. israeli forces have stormed alex or master arrest, a number of worshippers. on the 3rd day of ramadan, a q, some palestinians, a barricading themselves in the mosque after prayer had finished, then he worship, as from the occupied west bank, also prevented from reentering the money. and he's really, army says it's been a shooting and the palestinian town of hawaii era in the west bank to israelis. a wounded after they will find out from a moving car. i was responsible, i believe, to still be on the run, attach a name has more from her mother any hope of this being a calm beginning to the holy month of ramadan, evaporated on this 1st saturday of the holy month with this shooting in hora? 2 soldiers were shot in a drive by shooting on saturday evening. they were near a military post. one soldier, according to the israeli military,

has been severely injured. the other soldier is facing moderate injuries, and the hunt is on for the shooter or shooters. the popular front for the liberation of palestine has claimed responsibility in a message on telegram in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the main thoroughfare of who was closed. checkpoints going in and out of horror were also closed. as were to surrounding checkpoints, shops were closed, people were prohibited. remember, this is a holy month and on a saturday evening it would be typically that area would be quite full. people were prevented from moving on the main thoroughfare. and we were told again, as the israeli army moved in, in search of the shooter or shooters. there were clashes between palestinians and the israeli army. there were no reports of injuries. we've spoken to activists in the town. they say that the israeli army has moved out of her laura, and there is

a bit of calm that has been restored. but there's definitely very much a sense of calm for now. and the big question is, what kind of repercussions may people face in the city of hora? israel's defense minister has called on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to hold controversial plans for an overhaul of the justice system. y'all got said the deepening internal divisions could hom, israel security. hundreds of thousands of israelis have been demonstrating against netanyahu's plans. could you say he wants to reduce the power of the supreme court to protect himself from ongoing corruption charges? lots of company are now just there, including reclaiming their cultural identity. why the return of these sacred artifacts from germany and freedom? many people encountered more on that. ah, ah,

the winds are the big story across the golf. hi there, thanks for joining in. it's the type of win that you're driving your car, and it just jolts you around. talk more about the numbers in a 2nd. we've also got some rain mixed fin as well. it's moved across the levant into iraq, and it's now dropping down into the gulf. so here we go for a closer look. i don't know, we could certainly see some showers or thunderstorms on sunday winds. remember, we're chatting about it. i think it's about 50 kilometers per hour. if you think that's bad on sunday, who's a 3 day forecast. those winds could be up to 65 kilometers per hour. on monday, there were some torrential downpours in northern pakistan drove down the temperatures, but things have required very, quite nicely on sunday. but here comes that next westerly disturbance pushing out of iraq into the zacharon mountains of iran for turkey. a still raining in that southeast corner here. and we've also got some showers swinging across the boss for it. so it's stumble has a high of 12 degrees,

much quieter for the top end of africa. we've had some pretty big downpours along the gulf of guinea. and for the south, east coast of tanza, near some heavy rain is falling there. so alerts in plate as we dipped towards southern africa right now, those were ins are picking up. it's going to pump up the temperature and mar, put so to $34.00 on sunday. ah ah, ah, ah, with lou.

ah, welcome back. a quick reminder, the top stories here. this a state of emergency has been issued in parts of the us state of mississippi. where rescue efforts are continuing after tornadoes and strong thunderstorms on fight a night. at least 25 people were killed and many more left homeless. foreign minister upon juris is in beijing to discuss establishing ties up to formerly ending decades long diplomatic relations with taiwan. us says it's warned on curious that china often makes empty promises. and the u. s. has played down and announcement by the russian president that he'll place tactical nuclear weapons in bella, luce vladimir putin said he struck a deal with a better russian president. but doesn't violate non confirmation agreements. now,

thousands of supporters of former pakistani prime minister eman con, i've been rallying in the hall. internet services were cut ahead of the people arriving. the government had been gatherings in the city last month when he tried to hold an election event as a big as mona from level not this friday was delayed and only took place after him . ron pon and his party, barry against all gave assurances to the authorities, including that the supporters would remain peaceful now. they have been a series of crashes between his supporters under police, including here in the hall outside iran. ponce hi is my bill some doctor about the turn out of this ruddy. but upon him, ron bon food people have come out in the month of ramadan was they have been fussing throughout the day now. you was here in the hall over 10 years ago. the iraq on hold is record breaking. ruddy dustin into the political main stream had made him a serious contender. the elections passed since then had been removed, us prime minister in a boat, no coverage as i have gone. 1 to make some serious claims,

he has said that there is a plot to assassinate him, and today is the 1st time that he will be giving his speech behind a bullet proof street that the future battle will be taking place in the country's coat. the provincial elections have been delayed until october, and ron conner called upon the court to uphold the constitution. but the coalition government wants to see him on con, standing court to answer for one over 100 cases against him. and he think out with him on con, can maintain this kind of momentum until october. and if he is found guilty of any of those charges against him, it could mean that is not allowed to stand in those election. i start baked under the whole bucket on nearly 2 months after python earthquake struck turkey and syria, millions of dispensed. people are still in dire need of proper housing. the turkish government has already started some major reconstruction projects, but safety concerns remain artist. there's wrestle, sought a report from carmen marsh. this rocky hill is being prepped to house

people displaced by the earthquake. the construction workers have laid the foundation. they said the 1st section of the $310.00 structures will be completed in 4 months. to kilometers away how much she can live in a 10 city. if she lost 4 of her relatives in the quakes, she desperately needs to move into a new house. i love it and on these other loves that were thought absolutely. we want the government to give us a house. we've received little i'd so far. we have no other options. if we at least get a house, we can mourn in a decent way. live in her village, pens of houses have collapsed or had been heavily damaged. the village used to have a population of 90 people, one 3rd of whom have died up lovable more than 2000000 people in turkey are now living intensities across 11 provinces. people want to moving to houses as soon as

possible, an official safer way than permanent accommodation is a priority. but for men, experts here lane, the foundations, now maybe risky because of, of the shocks in less than 2 months, but to kill whole general elections. unit coach must, is an engineer living in common manish. his warded that the government is rushing into construction to avoid the political cost of earthquakes. he says, dividing effort meant in the city without a master plan will result in city losing its centre. in numerous book another, our main concern is that as an aftershock still continue, the ground is not stable and samantha cries, but he more re me only if we don't act according to a master plan, the city will gradually get closer to the fault lines again, a proper planning is needed because of the massive destruction customer's estimates . half a 1000000 new buildings would need to be built in disaster every us. despite the government promised to complete his large undertaking in a year,

he believes it will take much longer to rebuild the diversity. the cities missile said that al jazeera, carmen marsh, southeastern took care, terrence says that u. s. strikes and iranian back groups in syria will draw a quick response. the u. s. military carried out as fights on friday, against targets linked to iran and syria. will those follow the drone attack that killed an american contractor, an injured 5 soldiers on thursday? cubans are heading to the polls on sunday to elect a new national assembly, as no campaigning or opposition challenges. instead, voters will essentially endorse the nominated candidates countries and during rolling blackouts and an economic crisis with the cost of living, a key issue for voters to reusable reports in the capital, havana, money. so morales makes a living in havana by lining up on 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. on our way up the gully, there was no ground beef, then it arrived. and 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 crises, worthy inflation weight this year has been over 60 percent. and with the economy ravaged by a u. s. 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 eyes are going to be on the ifs tension rate 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 effect or 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 the most recent crisis on trump era sanctions. and it co, 19 pandemic economy. say that government has failed to transform the state dominated economy rather by necessity medic go, the country needs a market that doesn't need to be a market economy, but cubans,

socialism. the example is that of vietnam and china, we need to have an example of a one party system that has 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. but he said, well, i'll just eat a havana cuba. no, a number of german museums of agreed to return sacred objects looted from cameroon during german colonial rule. but indigenous, come in to say it's a slow process out as there was nicholas hark reports on cameron's capital yonder 3000 miles from cameroon, locked in a museum in berlin, a centuries old de g, named in gonzo, a 1st time that i learned that console us and the museum, i was angry. i was totally angry. i was mad for the 2000000. and so people in cameron's english speaking region, the in guns a day, he was pillaged by german colonizers, tv,

and job to is asking germany to release her. the question of justice we have to write to our heritage. the return of these object means that it's a real weakening of for the common person to think about identity to be on colonial boundaries. from 188421900. 16 cameroon was a colony of the german empire at time of bloody conquest and frequent to rebellion . this neighbourhood in downtown yo, wendy, is called a may key in the local language. it means a pond of blood communions. believe that this was a sight of a massacre committed in 1907 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 choked to this shape. germany has not publicly acknowledged the killing. germany has agreed to return to the looted colonial artifacts to africa. he didn't

effort to confront some of the brutalities of its colonial history in the adults use just as well just to elect the german colonial army, identified the 2nd objects and would steal them intentionally to subdue the population. rebels like they had failed, the german authorities have not returned and goes yet, but this statue has been taken down from the exhibit in berlin tomb bolt for museum . and job to says, this is the 1st step in setting her free and for millions of in so people to start re invoking their cultural identity. nicholas hawk al jazeera yolanda cameron. well, our award is a journalist, specializing an awesome culture. she says, all african artifacts should be returned. when you think about at the facts like the elgin marbles, it really shows you what african countries have to have to really do to shit the ground in this matter. because the condescension even with which is the use of like

the british museum would talk to the places where i mean that, that european after class i think it's important to privilege the voices from the call to us with the active folks have been taken and full of british is to show us not to talk down to people speaking in the cultures but, but this is british institutions not to say that, oh, we're keeping these all people all over the world to see well, the best place for the police after the so the places where they have been taken, and i also want to say that how many africans, for instance, can see the been brought this at the british museum. how many africans can get us to get these up for the average africans to get these out to, to the u. k. l to you to euro is an uphill time. so what needs to be done is for these conversations to take place.