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ah. you're watching the news, our life from a headquarters in ohio area and obligated coming up in the next 60 minutes. nato calls lateral putin's rhetoric dangerous sound, irresponsible as he says, he'll stations tactical nuclear weapons in bella roofs. what an honor it is to be here in town. and on the continent of africa, you, us, vice president comma harris touches down and gonna will look at why the african continent is at the center of a global power struggle. cuba votes for the 1st time communist cuba holds an election without a castro as party leader. the selection is happening in the middle of an enormous economic hardship. wherever you go, people tell you about the difficulties they have to find. medicines and food and lebanon wakes to, to different time zones,

a dispute over daylight savings time causes cale and confusion about pete has been to the full spain begin the european qualifying campaign with a win. and more than just the game of football, a wall tune ukraine takes up the 1st steps on the road to the euros against england at wembley, ah, dangerous and irresponsible. that's how nato has described russia's plans to position tactical nuclear weapons in bella. ruth, president vladimir putin announced the move on saturday. ukraine says russia is holding bella ruth nuclear hostage and is calling for an urgent meeting of the un security council. putin said the move is comparable to the us stationing nuclear weapons in european countries. english press one good 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. snyder is the program coordinator at the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. she says the agreement between russia and bela ruth could have catastrophic consequences. it increases the risk of the use of nuclear weapons by adding more actors who might potentially have the ability to drop nuclear bomb. we create a potential for, for chaos and miscommunication. and that's a risky scenario at the best of times. and a time of conflict as it relates to stabilize and very for these weapons are if used would be, would have results similar or greater than what we saw in russia and nagasaki in

1945. they're hugely, they can cause huge catastrophic harm. and there is no recovery from any health care system they could deal with that type of catastrophe. it doesn't matter. the size of the weapon, the long term consequences are also something that we just don't have the capacity to cope with. it's highly problematic. the nonproliferation treaty does not explicitly say you cannot store weapons in another country, but the pilots in those countries are trained to use those weapons and that would require a transfer of control. and that is prohibited under the nonproliferation treaty. all the international criminal court is investigating whether attacks on ukrainian civilian facilities, including water supplies, and power plants constitute war crimes. russia has repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure, forcing teams to work relentlessly to repair the damage,

often in dangerous circumstances. i'll just there a spoke to andrew to you into an electrical engineer in charge of repairs and keep that of them. so this is one of the most extensive damage sites in queue. if 4 of the city's most important power lines were damaged here, and 60 percent of the city was without power. my team and i spent 2 days repairing the damage. it was snowing, there was frost, it was raining. the damage was extensive. all the wires were laying on the ground. it was very difficult job. done with the invoice will be more than that when we were working here. the massage tax continued. the guys were worried about their wives and children at home. the for, you know, the food is young. yup. i'm not afraid for my life. i'm afraid for my team. they're worried about their families. their families worry about them. but our work is to quickly restore power. when you got the logic of body and you buy yard,

flucker my team. i incredible people, though not afraid and work hard to bring our victory closer. their work is important because everything depends on power, stations heating system schools, hospital, water supplies, bakeries, everything that i'm out there is this about how much filbert in russia has regularly attacked our energy facilities. it was one of the most difficult winters for our country. ya, some of them was the, i'm from the don't yet region. and in 2014, i moved to mariel. there i experience. shilling and did emergency repairs after shilling. but he was completely different. but who would have thought that in the center of europe in the 21st century massage would fly over the capital of a country like ours. this is tara full 3 of them. i feel a great responsibility because we do the work that no one else will do for us. i

know there are only a few electrical work is like me who are restoring poing. keith, i work determines whether and how fast the light comes back on a given or russian state media is reporting a ukrainian dro and loaded with explosives has injured 3 people. the explosion occurred in the center of the china career of esque and russia to le region. it reportedly damaged 3 residential buildings in the town about 220 kilometers south of moscow. us vice president commer harris has arrived and gone on the 1st leg of a week long trip to the continent. she's the highest ranking official from the biden administration to visit the region in recent months. she also traveled to towns and zambia. we are looking forward to this as for the statement of the long and enduring and very important relationship and friendship between the people of the united states and those who live on the continent of africa. i'm very excited about the future about i'm

very excited about the impact of the future of africa on the rest of the world, including the united states of america. let's bring in shelby county. he's joining us from washington d. c. so quite a few visits. there was joe biden, there were sector, state antony blink, and both have been this year and the president himself, my visit later this year. what is motivating all of the she had? well, the ministration says with to along the u. s. is ignored africa. it's now time for the bite administration to reengage. actually, i should correct something i said in the last couple of hours in the sense of the u . s. mainly been involved in the infrastructure and development. the economic development africa, as china, has its belts and roads initiative and has been developing the infrastructure. but the u. s. has been very much involved in expanding its military footprint, and africans flooding the area with weapons and, and us troops and new basis, that sort of thing. but now this is a message from the administration is now we want to partner you on,

on developing countries for mutually beneficial, a beneficial economic relationship. we're not asking you to choose between us and china. we could all live together. but then we have, you know, john kirby, the national security council spokesperson, just on doing the rounds. you just in the last few weeks again thing. but when china develops africa, it's all very selfish. but we want to have mutually beneficial partnerships. so has there been any reaction from any of the african leaders to all of this? i didn't. what we saw in december and then this trip is being presented as building on the success of the u. s. africa summit that was held in washington in december. we don't have african hands of state came. adam was enormous amounts of skepticism . i mean, the u. s. history in africa is not exactly something to be terribly proud of. we're backing dictators actively fighting games, deliberation struggles with on in which many of these current leases are actually

were, were involved against us back dictators. not to mention multinational corporations, you know, just just trying to get as much as they can without actually without spreading the wealth in africa as well. everyone knows the us, china, others want the natural resources, africa. there's a scramble for those resources for electric vehicles and the rare of minerals. but what we had certainly in december from leaders was you know, we, we don't want to choose between china and the us will be straight jacket if we can't really believe the u. s. a know that when it comes to africa, we're not asking you to choose, we, you know, you can do whatever you want. they will do what they feel is in the best interest is what we, what we kept on kept on the hearing. so yeah, there's a lot of skepticism here with some questions is what happens the $55000000000.00 the bible promised in december actually over 3 years. so there's a certain amount of skepticism. but, you know, i guess, i guess leaders will, will be looking to see what sort of message the getting. okay. thank you so much. you have returned to reporting from washington d. c. well, she was just saying,

china has accelerated the global 1st for influence on the african continent when it launched the belt and wrote initiative on in 2013. and it's focused on infrastructure development. moscow as increasingly look to africa after being sanctioned by the west for its invasion of ukraine, for a minister or get live ra, visited the content, and twice in 6 months. most recently in january. he's also scheduled a russia africa summit in st. petersburg for july. china's new foreign minister at king gang went on a 5 country africa tour in january to start his term. the us 1st lady joe biden visited the may be and kenya in february. and her visit was followed earlier this month by the us sector, said anthony blanket, who stopped in ethiopia. and in the share, let's me to do day more was a senior policy fellow at the center for global development on a former liberian minister. he's joining us from washington, d. c. thanks for your time. so now we have comedy harris arriving to the continent

. she is the most senior us official from the biden administration to arrive. what is this about? is it all about countering russian and chinese influence on the continent, or is there more to this? well, thanks for having me and, and you know, because this doesn't happen in a vacuum, that's the best part of it. but i think that the, the main thing is that for a long time, at least in so far as the, the previous administration didn't see strategic value to deepen in the relationship with africa. divided administration was to step away from that. the u . s. has been present on the continent for a long time, but as mainly be through humanitarian assistance, development, aid, and security. and so engage in africa through a prism of a problem. what we're seeing now, the difference we're seeing here is engaging africa to a prison opportunity. and so this built on the, you have the new africa strategy that was launched in august of last year,

and then the african liter summit. and so this is the 4th high level visit us going to be another one day secretary of the church of the day of education is going to be in zambia. so we see this as sort of by level engagement with africa. see in africa as a partner and i sinclair problem, right? but what i'm trying to understand though is, is why are they doing this now, as you said they've, they've been in the continents on sort of and as our reporter was just mentoring and mentioning the u. s. has been there militarily. and you've said that they've been there on a sort of humanitarian basis. so. so why this shift and strategy now? well, i think for a number of reasons. so as i see reported, noted for the last 20 years, there has been a significant increase in chinese influence on the continent. china has been such a massive player in africa infrastructure, and along with back him a rise enough in china's income influence on the continent. now because the us and china are with power, competitors are the u. s. these china as a peer competitor. and so if that is the relationship in which

a 0 sum interpretation of it, it means any game for china is perceived as a loss for the united states. and so as china's influence grew, we see a decline in american interest or these, the perception of declining american interest. so that's one of the reasons that the u. s. is trying to sort of sure is, is a influence that a continent a 2nd thing is false in international affairs now is not enough to simply be a powerful country. one has to have a compelling and narrative, a compelling, a vision of the future. and just get as many countries as possible to support that vision. we seeing what's happening in ukraine, not a lot of african countries have come out of openly to compound and condemn russia. and i think from the west is seen that they have him. but as much effort into a relationship with africa outside of a and, and, and okay, so what about the african leaders and their reaction? i mean, do you think that they're going to be weary of taking sides when it comes to this

geopolitical rivalry? and, you know, to take sides between these 2 global superpowers, even though we must mentioned that the u. s. is, is keen to portray this as a, not a geopolitical rivalry. yeah. and it is live being very upfront with that. it is, you know, every statement has said, you know, we're not trying to make you choose between us and china. i think i have to do things there. one is, i think they're going to be cautiously optimistic under the trump administration. the u. s. basically didn't value the relationship on a da by the administration. it does. who knows what happens if another administration comes to fall, right? so they are going to be cautious, cautious about that. the 2nd thing is that africa is the scope and scale of the communist challenges are weighed too many and too large for any one partner to fit as so africans are gonna be very steadfast as saying we don't want to choose aside . we want to have as many partners as possible because the scale of our problem is being that we need as many partners as possible. right. what's right dressed right . and what is the significance of carmella harris starting her trip out?

im gonna gonna of course, once a pretty thriving economy now going through an economic and difficult financial crisis. so countries like gonna could have a lot to gain from this. could they not? absolutely. yeah. 2 reasons why gone as really important. one is a sort of recognizing that non as economy has is having problems because gonna isn't it in the country, zambia is having the same thing. so it's showing that the united states is paying attention to this and wants to be a partner in alphabet 2nd. plato, one of binding how to how that abiding harris. i've been to our campaign during the campaign been noted, but we're going to raise the profile of the african diaspora. and our very few countries in africa has gone out of their way to improve exchanges between the african diaspora and, and african countries and gonna so you see the 2 reasons why it ended 3rd or 4th most important news. god has democracy. but compared to his neighbors got, it, has had a stable democracies, it makes perfect sense. begai and i will be the beginning of a trip like this. okay,

thank you so much for joining us from washington. d. c. to measure. thank you for having me. plenty more head on the al jazeera news hour, including 8 years since the saudis night invasion of yemen, will have a window into what the united nations is calling the world's worst humanitarian crisis. plus on catherine's soy in kenya's not beefed. and i'll be telling you why security forces are pursuing on cattle raiders who have killed hundreds of people coming up and sport the nuggets get the better of the box in a showdown between the n b a's conference leaders. ah, but 1st voters in cuba are heading to the polls to elect a new national assembly. but there is no campaigning or opposition challengers. they will instead endorse nominated candidates, countries facing rolling blackouts and an economic crisis. the cost of living as

a major concern for voters to raise a bow reports from havana money. so morales makes a living in havana by lining up, but the market buy food and other items for other people. it's become a paid job in this caribbean 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, denny derived 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 everyone. 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 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 extension rate because it's the only way people have to express their discontent in the last municipal election. 31 percent of their 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. regardless heidi that 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 it co, 19 pandemic economy say that government has failed to transform the state dominated no. me, but i'll get a bite necessity. medical the country needs a market that doesn't need to be a market economy, but cube and socialism. the example is out 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 anytime soon. billy several and see to have an acura. while the economic turmoil in cuba has meant a record number of people are leaving the island in 2021, 39000 thought entry to the united states. that number jump to 224000 last year. many flights of south america or mexico and then try to cross into the u. s. the

cuban american population is estimated to be about one and a half 1000000 and growing. cubans in the us say they're skeptical that sunday the vote will lead to any real change for the caribbean nation. rob reynolds reports from miami record breaking numbers of cubans are seeking asylum in the us. oscar casa ne, arrived in miami, a little over a year ago. he says he was forced to leave cuba with his wife and son due to his political activism against cuban government policies. after more than a year under house arrest, state security agents gave him an ultimatum. you hop and months to abandon q are otherwise. we are going to put you in. 220000 cubans fled to the united states last year. many of them settling here in south florida. worsening economic conditions on the island were the main drivers for the exodus. now, most discontent that people are on the island. it's

basically about their daily lives. food, electricity, transportation, housing, against that backdrop, many cuban americans and recent migrant scoff at any notion that cubans legislative elections represent a step toward democracy. we find that funny, ah, when they got bogged an election, when the candidate have no opposition to have been hampered by the party to run on oppose the issue of the election. so cuba for the majority, a loss here and soft flora is irrelevant. cuban officials blame their country's economic woes on us hostility and its decades long cold war era, economic embargo. casanya says the elections won't alter the basic realities of life in cuba. we feel as q on people is. this is a kind of a theater play. out,

nothing is going to change with the selection. as cuba votes for the 1st time in the post castro era, the mood among cuban americans and recent cuban migrants is skeptical to say the least. rob reynolds al jazeera miami. last week to eli there i was a lawyer on the political analysts focusing on cuba. he's joining us from kitchener and canada. welcome to the news our. how significant are these elections for cuba? by the already say for having me, i believe that there are not any significance for the majority of the cuban people, because we're not electing anything or even a cuban people are building body and not electing new represented the they are just boating for candidates where previously elected by do communist party. so what you're saying is, do you think that they'll,

these elections could lead to any real change for people on the island? no, we're not. we're not hold been any change. we're not expecting any change in the island because the electrons in cuba are just the sign to gave us symbol of legitimacy to the regime. so any regions knit some kind of legitimacy and the electoral system in cuba is the sign for it. but why we're not going to, why do you say that change might not be forthcoming? i mean half of the candidates in this election are nominated by groups who represent broad parts of society like women's groups, like workers union. so when they be able to represent the viewpoint of people, well, the 3rd thing that we have to do in that way is that those organizations do not group resend the whole entity. that is the cuban nation. those organizations are

created and controlled by the communist party and all the represent the point, the perspective that the communist party ah create. so i can not create an organization to organize workers that do not recognize themselves communist workers that's not allowed in cuba. so when you see represented the selected for those organizations, you need to. busy know that don't represent that the skin of the people that openly make opal sequence against the regime. so. busy i think is not only g, them a selection, what those organizations and the arguments put forward by the government and by the establishment is that the system is inclusive. and the system, in fact, builds unity and it stays away from the divisiveness of party politics or the impact that donations can have on elections. if, for example,

when you look at countries like the united states. so what do you, what's your reaction to, to, to that argument? well, i can say that in cuba, we didn't have campaign. electra campaign, like you know, in the rest of the war, on least not in the way that the rest of the world know or, or create. but in cuba, with the government, the regime creates electric campaigns, only directional electoral campaigns. they have a lot of resources to those campaign. they move those for percent around the country. they have content with the people they have in the state media for them. they create content related with the candidates at blood, least with the most important. for example, the president of the republic, so just they spend money in electron campaigns, but they just spend money to elevate on their own candidates. so i don't believe that the, the idea that in cuba is the friend cuba is

a single or most special on the sign of electoral and system is just because they are, we didn't have a link for them. what do you make of the fact that this is in fact the, the 1st election without a castro is party leader? yeah. it is important. i think it's not exactly the 1st election because in 2018, it was almost previous just the end of the cost roll period, a bit in front of the government. we have an election on a general election too, but i think that it is important because the moment that is leaving the country is one of the worst in the recent years. also, we don't have in front of the country, one of those per so school polls previous 1959. right now we have just people that are really in the country because that generates, you'll select them on yes, it is important in that way. you can see it. ok, thank you so much for speaking to us from canada. thank you,

though. now a ship used to rescue a 180 migrants in international waters is being detained in the italian port line produce on the libyan coast. guard has also reportedly fired warning shots at a charity vessel as it tried to rescue a migrant boat. the e. u has trained on finance, libya, the coast guard to stop migrants reaching the continent under tennis in coast guards. as its recovered $29.00 bodies after 3 migrant both sank off the coast of the southern city of facts. it also rescued, 11 people. the coastline has increasingly become used as a departure point for those heading to europe. sunday marks 8 years since the start of the saudi led invasion of yemen. the war has caused what the un is describing is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the world health organization is calling for $392000000.00 to cover the immediate health needs of the needs. it says more than 2 thirds of the population needs urgent assistance. the bas robbie

has more shame or was only 6 when she lost her leg injured in the early years of a war that's been fought for most of her young life. and then i said, i was playing with a boy and while we were walking the shell hit us. i didn't feel anything until the next day when i found myself in the hospital and tried to reach for my leg. and i asked my father, where is my leg? he told me that i'd been injured. so i asked him, so from today onwards, i will live without a live. but shame i was lucky, the child next door she had been playing with was killed. her father encouraged her to focus on what remained not what was lost earlier mud complained that aid groups often overlooked parts of either one of them at some organizations did not include the syrian, the aid hand or the residential part of the cities in the line of fire and no aid

is entered for a while. during the women who the rebels took control of the capital santa and 2014 forcing the government into exile. the conflict widened when the saudi led coalition invaded in 2015. with the stated purpose of restoring the internationally recognized government to power despite its proximity to the fighting. earlier mate says he chose to stay because ties. 6 is his home, his daughter's lifelong injury forever. a reminder of the cost is in basra. v o 20 more than a 100 people had been killed in kenya by arms. caddell raiders during the past 6 months. internal politics and the lucrative trade have made it difficult for the government to deal with the problem. catherine sawyer reports from bar ringo county . this is a road in north rift valley that cost through 3 counties. it was supposed to make

movement in hard in communities easier, but it's a road that is hardly used because of crime, kenya security forces or targeting a 62 kilometer stretch of rolling heels, gorges as covenants and caves that are hard to excess wear cattle feats hide out we passed through an area called tatty people who live here say young man used this roads to carry out cross border talks. the community leaders in the village of charl told al jazeera that they've been stigmatized and labeled bandits. i po, mail about that with them. we are afraid even to travel to other areas. what people see young men from po court, my community that are aggressive us. they say we how guns we're using and that we have criminals in our me the summer. but we have been tainted. we're also dealing with the sim, bonded, coming to steal from us. hello, bob. oh, you are. but now who about you?

the military and police have been deployed to some pots. cattle rating is a historic problem and kenya, the government has struggled to deal with it for me. yes. remember the alternatives in these areas are very limited to various cache. the infrastructure is extremely wanting, the probably some of the most desperate or parts of the country if not for the region. and so unless we transform these communities and give them a different system of economic survival, is going to be challenging to route out. the routes of banditry. the into ethnic conflict has been made worse by a mix of climate change and politics. people here will do anything to protect the livestock and the mall theft is nothing new to heard in communities, but some say the practice has been commercialized. the government has told hundreds of people to leave their homes in areas where the security operation is

being carried out. most of those who have been displaced have moved to safer houses, but they are now living rough in crowded houses and open space is angeline looming guy. and he says, she's decided to move here because it's near a police comp leisha. but listen, life is tough. we have nothing we left most of our belonging back home. we have been robbed. we have no blanket was meant to have no cutlery. we cover ourselves with sacks at night with him to let people who live here see they hope the security operation will help. but they also, talis things may not change much. katherine saw all the 0 not rift valley, still had on the al jazeera news hour switching allegiances. honduras officially establishes diplomatic relations with china after severing ties with taiwan and a willing start for spain in europe. i and a dream

w for one of the affairs. ah hi there. well, we're not out of the woods yet for the u. s. state of mississippi. we could certainly see some more tornadoes. those details right here, right now, this time i think it will be south of that state capital jackson with this line of storm stretching from texas right through to the carolina. so again, the threat of tornadoes, certainly the risk of some large hail and those winds could whip up to a 110 kilometers per hour. we had quite a vigorous system over the great lakes. dropping some snow in canada's capital ottawa, that's now up the st. lawrence river valley pushing into canada's maritimes. halifax, i think get ready for you could see about 10 centimeters of snow through the course of sunday. western canada. it is quiet. we've got some snow flurries though for

their northern plains and it is still quite in california for now. but here comes that next batch of what weather that will move in in the days to come. so keep tabs on that windsor. pick it up through the caribbean sea, so somewhat weather from around to gucci gal rate through to panama city. and for south america, we cut a line of showers in storms. we can trace from around kito right through to floor and apple or some severe thunderstorms. there, but bulk of the action out over the south atlantic, those winds will eventually turn around from the pompous to patagonia, so temperatures on their way up over the next few days. see you later. ah frank assessments. justice means to give them the basic human rights. not only in the camp but also inside the map, informed opinions 5 administration are very concerned about this development especially, or what it means for china's power on the world states. critical debate is only

both legal root or a 3rd in depth analysis of the days headlines inside story on al jazeera blue with lou ah,

hello again. the top story on the al jazeera news, our, the use foreign policy chief is warning bellow roots not to host russian nuclear weapons saying it could face further sanctions. the comments com after president vladimir putin agree to deal with president alexander lucas jenko. us vice president comalla harris has arrived and gone on the 1st leg of a week long trip to africa. she's the highest ranking official from the biden administration to visit the region. in recent months, voters in cuba are electing a new national assembly. no campaigning has taken place and there are no opposition challengers. voters will instead, the worst nominated candidates. the cost of living is a major concern for voters. honduras is formerly broken off as a decades long diplomatic relations with taiwan and switch to china. it comes after the honduran foreign minister travel to beijing to discuss establishing ties. this

lead taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. china considered self rule taiwan as part of its territory to be retaken by force if necessary. what will happen, reports? old friends make way for new ones. that's the result of the latest round of diplomacy fall under us. as the country establishes relations with china, the foreign ministers of both countries, putting on a display of solidarity. shortly after signing a joint committee, k. for china, there is more to this than just to endure us to the republic of on juris 7th. the so called diplomatic relations with taiwan as of his day and undertakes not to have any further official relations or exchanges with taiwan. endures. foreign ministers confirmed a break and relations with k one saying the decisions based on the kinetic needs of the country. men and women, generally speaking,

they are interested in how the countries moving forward and how to continue working together based on mutual interest, defense and security, and the fight against organized crime. these are the themes that are normally on our agenda. pay once president, however, hinted china has been luring away its allies through financial diplomacy that they said the yacht and we hit, we will not compete with china in the meaningless checkbook diplomacy forward. in the past years, china has been trying, every mean was to suppress they once international participation escalate, the military threats to us and impacting regional peace. ah, they one is now left with only 13 countries officially recognizing the island as independent from mainland china. do united states being his main backer? even the washington hasn't establish official relations with the country gather. at

stake is china's going footprint and latin america, where it has so far poured more than a $130000000000.00. as salvador nicaragua, panama, and the dominican republic, have already switch allegiances from new u. s. when doris's announcement is also a blow to job biden's administration, assign washington could be gradually losing its grasp on latin america. with that, that, i mean of j 0. lebanon is facing a political and religious dispute over its official daytime hours. it's caretaker, prime minister, says daylight savings will now begin at the end of ramadan in april. that allows muslims to break their daily fast earlier, like christian authority, say they'll stick to tradition and have already put their clocks forward. an hour, zenato reports from bay roots. there is more chaos in lebanon, a country already close to collapse because of an economic and political crisis. this morning, the lebanese woke up to time zones,

usually at the end of march of this country shift into summer time. but this did not happen because of a decision, an unexpected and surprised decision taken by the caretaker prime minister, along with the speaker of parliament b buddy. this really this decision a caught people by surprise. some institutions like middle east airlines has adapted to the decision. yes, their electronic devices, their clocks remain the same, but they've had to change their flight schedule to comply with the international flight schedule. but, but there's uproar and there's opposition, and there are institutions which are rejecting to comply with the decision. the argument is it was in discriminant and it shows the way this country has been governed for decades. and it shows how officials and not state institutions are taking decisions without resorting through to parliament to cabinets. and most of

the opposition is coming from the christian community, the head of the maronite church, christian parties, because they are concerned that the post in lebanon, sectarian power, sharing system of the president is now vacant. and it is the muslim leaders who are taking the decisions on their behalf. and it's not just that, while those empowered did not give a decision on official reason why this is happening, it coincided with the start of ramadan. and in the leak video, you hear the how speaker say, you know, people will, will fast, less, less an hour during this month. so, a decision on whether or not lebanon will change to summer timings, which it really has done for, for years now. it's causing a lot of confusion in the country. let's pick to paula jacobi on who's a lebanese member of parliament. she's joining us from beirut. welcome to the al jazeera news, our as a member of parliament. what is your official reaction to this decision?

well, it's, it's chaos in bellwood, and it said about his name or christian and son about those who are blasting right now. the corruption is using again and again to $630.00 and and this is the only winning carts for them. so what they're trying to do to making this video that made that mistake here, that this video was sneaked on purpose. they wanted to show that they had some empathy towards those who are passing the scenes. i'm did you that the outcome would be a mini, sectarian or just the way it's happening right now in baby. so unfortunately, the denise unfolding again for them for their games. and the countries divided over the tiny, this decision was just a chaotic curve that me say this way is to be a decision. i mean, do you have any information for how far behind the scenes do you have any

information as to the reasoning behind why this decision was taken? it is because there's so much happening in lebanon, this the financial meltdown. we have you read the drums in the country. this is a kind of distraction day trying to divert attention from variety, social, economic problems to you know, again the 6 evian lines. this is where they can win again. this is how they can reinforce their sectarian base. they have nothing else to say. they have no, they had had they hadn't, they can do any reforms. they can't elect the president. say they go home with no 2nd guard as i described it. even though the character of her prime minister. no, she may not. he did say he was asked about the postponement of the daylight savings times and he said, quote, it saddens me that the matter has gone in this direction. and what has been decided

has been decided, but what are you expecting to say? this is the 2nd god that we use because we're bankrupt because we don't have anything to offer to put it beneath it, but who are suffering because of the corruption to this country. was stolen, we live in a condition that are not non human at all. there's no electricity, there is no heat at all. only a set of cliches that you every day. so again, they put this, gar, once again, and they divide that in the newspaper, and you see the other side also, you know, the starting to a, to a, you know, i mean, we feel that turn in a war time again, you feel that the country is divided, i mean, as if it is for the 8 is the seventy's. i was not going to be resolved. if it is at all when the issue is not the timing is going on. if it's now

awful, 7 o'clock, if it's something that they cannot change. however, what i'm trying to say you, it's a political game and they say it's all been result. we have all kinds of problems being, you know, outside the international chinese. but was worrying me. it's nice people, you know, brian again discard and, and, and struggling to, to wage war on twitter and on social media instead of not buying this. but this is my, my main concern here. nothing would happen is 3 more weeks, right? to the end of from, with everything we're back to normal. ok was for a new way to live. a nice on the read for full a i could be on. we thank you so much for joining us from bay roots. thank you. growing number of is really politicians are, is announcing planned by the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, the government to overhaul the justice system. usually it will fine had the

connecticut foreign affairs in defense committee and is calling for more time for the proposed bill to be discussed. and revised on saturday. the defense minister also called for the bill to be halted saying the public unrest could threaten national security. hundreds of thousands of israelis have been demonstrating weekly against the proposed changes. i keep an elder as a political analyst. he doesn't think there's enough political resistance to stop the legislation from being passed. now actually doesn't need the 61 majority. the simple majority is good enough time to pass this serious offer legislation. ah, and to lead us to enter judiciary crisis. and this is about how it looks like now. they know that there is one boss. do is one shoe in this down and down. the actor is benjamin antonio. maybe also his song is playing

a role, especially on tick tock. but you know, is we're is controlled by our own, put in and that the members of didn't good. oh, concerned about the yeah. their own future. and i, i, i think that in a very good day i'm, we may get 3 or 4 members of did a good abstaining, not voting against this legislation. i just because you know, day care about their own seats. still had on the out. is there a news our a big crash in the 1st moto g p. race of the season. we have action from portugal coming up in sports with cater. ah. 7 a m human equinox is southern city of smell. time for russia and his friends discount

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ah. hello again. time for the sports news years. peter. thank you very much. we start with a match that's about so much more than just football. ukraine's players will open a european qualifying campaign on sunday. if they take on england at wembley, it's the team's 1st competitive game in 6 months. as russia's war on the country continues, ukraine just missed out on the world cup and cover with a world with a play of defeats whales, despite being the wayside, hue crane or expecting over $4000.00 fans at wembley. and the english ha, have also invited more than a 1000 ukrainian refugees. and they host families as special guests for the match

news adults, you know, clearly we come on the pitch always to win. every one on the team is dreaming about playing at euro 2024. we fully realised and understand the strength of the england team. but we have to show our best performance. we have to play the best game of our lives. will be fighting for our country will be fighting for every one he'll be watching this game. so this is a huge task g, england go into the game of the back of a to one when ever italy in their opening qualifier. and despite the difficulties their opponents face off the page manager, garret southgate says he and his team are determined to beat them on it. they're very proud group of players. you can see that toe to be committed to bringing enjoyment to their to their public. and yet we of course have huge sympathy with, with what's going on and support for what's going on. but tomorrow's a game of football and we're,

we're fully focused on trying to win the game. now that the ukrainian premier league is back up and running, some of the country's national players and teen stuff had to stop a journey to win be a week ago with a travel being banned to groups of players travel by train and bass from the respective cities. in ukraine, over the border into poland, the teams equipment was also loaded into a truck and cave and driven more than 700 kilometers to the city of jewish off from poland, those layers and softly to london joining other members of the squad who arrived from across europe, earlier we spoke to ukrainian sports journalist andrew taught us about at the teams build up to this game over the past year has been very difficult to get in and out of the trying because obviously there are nice lights due to the war. so you can say that they might not have the best of preparation, but potentially compare it to england to travel, to naples, come back and everything else, they might be slightly fresher in terms of the fitness. i think it's,

it's always symbolic. it just to see the thing playing, it's showing fine. it's very, very much here. we know that school is beyond the realms of current affairs and people that watch the news. so little kids will be watching this and seeing that ukraine playing england and understanding. so the story behind all of that. how can impact that will be the same of watching that time and ukraine. they just 190 minutes where they can forget about day to day troubles. of course they'll be wanting to go through the when it would be good to start the qualifying campaign we've a victory. but as we know against england visit on or off time will be great manager said dining and all one of the top 5 teams in the wowza. so they understand the challenge ahead of them. but as we know, england can sometimes have a few blips. they've got a few injury issues, the score slides to play it, like i mentioned about the fitness problems because they've already played against it late this week. and

a competitive game had to travel extensively as well. while she kind of been relatively calmly based in london, getting about that daily daily routines and you know, i think they're as prepared as they possibly can be, given the circumstances given the timeframes and everything else. back to europe 2024 qualifying and spanish player hostile you waited 15 years to make his international debut. and when given his chance, he certainly made the most of the opportunity. the 32 year old who plays full espanol was brought on atheist minette against norway. and it didn't take long to make an impact school in 2 minutes later to put same to up. it took a miss and 2 minutes to get another 3 now had finished as spain when they 1st met on the new coach, louis de la fuente, wales may be 1st match since captain garrett bell retired from football and were up against croatia. and last year's woke up semi finalists took the lead in the 1st off through andre tremor rich wales looked to be heading full defeat,

but debutante nathan broadhead rescued a draw. in stoppage time. it was wales is shot on target in the game. and of the becoming the 1st african team to reach the semi finals of a world cup. and cutter last year, morocco pulled up another statement result. they've beaten brazil for the 1st time . rocca winning the friendly match to one in front of a sell out crowd of $65000.00 in 10 year motor g. p will champion francesco benya has won the season opener in portugal. mark marquez started on pole, but it was miguel olivera from forth on the grid. he took an early lead in front of his home fans that he wasn't in friend for long with dechaudis bonnie: i are passing him on lap 2. oliverez race was then ended on the next lap. he was taken out by mark marquez a flu later, apologized despite being pushed by a maverick vena lis vanya, held on for his 2nd victory in as many days. and he also won the sprint race on

saturday. and he did his own version of trustee honor and elders golf celebration to please the crowd in portugal. fellow italian, marco busy ki, completed the podium tennis now and after losing the indian wells final. a week ago daniel medford ever turned to action with a comfortable when at the miami, opened the fort seed began. his campaign against roberto cut biased by anna shed would have dropped just re games in the match to breathe. half the spaniards 6162. the will, number 5 faces slovakian alex mo, can in 3rd round it wasn't nearly as straightforward for the 2021. miami open champion hubert her catch the pole. last, the 1st sent to the nasty cock in arcus, before saving 5 match points on his way to victory. this encounter at last of 3 hours and $31.00 mass, making it the longest to 3 the season. oh, catch it will be up against adrian. marino in round 3

foot seed felix so dearly a theme was also made to work hard boys when they, when her brakes serve in this match against brazilian wool number, 81, tioga montera, or j aaliyah seem winning both fits in a tie break of 2 hours and 41 minutes on cooked mixer for the canadian is francisco, said a dollar. we beat at indian wells 13 days ago in the women's tournament world number 6. coke, a golf was beaten by anastasio pot up over the russian last the 1st set and was one game from defeat. but 110 of the next 12 games to clincher 1st. whenever a top 10 player in 8 months, last week's winner at indian wells elaina re back in her, came back from the brink of the feet to stay in with a chance of back to back titles. rebecca was 5 foured out in the 2nd set and facing a match point, but she turned things around to be panama dasa in $36.00. the denver nuggets came out on top against the milwaukee bucks in

a late season showdown of the n. b. s. conference leaders, m v. p. candidate snicker, your catch anviana, sent to camper, going head to head in this one, and t to compare score 24. be 31 point in the 1st softly as the box went into the 3rd quarter with a slender lead. danvers ja, catch match these greek rival with 31 points and also dish dot 11 assists. as the nuggets one at 1291 of these 6 dockets was very impressed by this bit of play from teammate jeff green cooling an amazing green pudding of a post, a dunk over empty to comp bounce. that's all the sports needs during. thank you so much, peter. thanks for watching the news. our and al jazeera back in just a moment with much more of today's news and all the latest ah ah

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