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hello, i'm rob matheson, this is the news, our life from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, the white house reiterates that all americans should leave russia after a us journalist is detained on espionage charges. are 0 investigative unit exposes a money laundering scheme in southern africa, which implicates some of its biggest banks ah. up to 3 months in florida, brazil's former president john boston auto returns to cheering crowds and legal troubles and inflation and a weak currency, or forcing people on lebanon to change what's on the menu during ramadan is for the olympic president has hit out of critics of his plans for russian and better russian athletes, thomas buck says that they should be allowed to compete as neutral and has accused some governments of having double standards.

ah, the white us, as all us citizens, travelling, all residing in russia should leave immediately. that's after a moscow court ruled to detain a wall street journal reporter on espionage charger's. he's going to be held for 2 months in pre trial detention. evan got clovis told the cords, he was not guilty. his employer says it's worried for his safety. the u. s. citizen was detained by russia's federal security service in the city of yo katelyn berg was been working in russia since 2017, with previous jobs at the f. p. use agency. and the moscow times newspaper is believed to be the 1st american journalist to be held by russia on charges of spine, since the collapse of the soviet union were live at the white house with our correspondence. kimberly hall could 1st we're going to talk to rosalind jordan at the state department. there's been a briefing there. what is the state department been saying ross?

well, the breathing is ha, been underway for just about 15 minutes. and what the uh, spokes person of a don patel is trying to do is to underscore that right now the u. s. is priority is gaining consular access to evan garcia, vetch. he was detained as you pointed out in the yard. central of city of ya. catherine berg on thursday, but the consulate the u. s. consulate, there was not notified until he turned up in russian custody in moscow on friday. so that is the top priority. what patel has been trying to log back down are questions about whether or not this is a retaliatory act being carried out by the young russian government. he has pushed aside suggestions of washing claims that mr. garcia, which was engaged in espionage on behalf of the us government. and they don't want

to get into any other questions about tub mr. garcia, which is work beyond a statement that was put out by the sent by the secretary of state antony blank and saying that all journalist need to be able to carry out their work without fear or intimidation. and the secretary's message also was a but her hand out as it were, to rush and journalists who may have felt intimidated, especially in the past year during the course of the war in ukraine muslin. thank you very much indeed. that's rosalind jordan of the u. s. state depaula, we're going to go to a white house call us on the. kimberly hawkins, i, kimberly rose was they were saying that they state departments priority and i was trying to get counselor access. what does the white house been saying to all of us? the white house has released it, so stave and condemning the arrest of anger current in this strongest possible terms, calling it unacceptable, and also condemning the repression of the freedom of the press and the detainment

of journalists in general. the white house, as has been in touch with the reporters family, also his employer, the wall street journal, as well as the russian government, as rosalyn pointed out. the goal now is trying game what's known as consular access to evan girth coverage. and it may be a couple of days before it is able to do so. what we're hearing from the russian side is that this will be granted in due course, but the advisement of the state department right now is that citizens, us citizens inside russia should leave immediately. and american citizens who have travel plans to russia should abandon those travel plans. let's talk about the timing of this. kimberly, because of course russia under your us or adults over the ukraine war. but there are other issues at the center of this in terms of, as i say, the timing, just talk us through what the situation is. yeah,

there's some questions about the timing of this and whether indeed it is retaliatory, even though the state department may not want to be discussing that right now. there certainly is an interesting time and given the fact this is coming just days after the justice department here in the united states in fact laid down its own indictment against a russian national that is currently being held in brazil. this individual is, in fact someone who attended graduate school here in the united states, allegedly under the auspices of, of having a brazilian identity has been arrested by brazilian officials. so there are questions about whether or not this is retaliatory in nature. we should also point out that this comes on the heels of that very well. 8 publicized us prisoner exchange that occurred back in december of the very well known basketball star,

the w and b, a basketball star, brittany griner, and the fact that that prisoner swap did not include the release of pol wayland, the former marine. that was a swap for the arms dealer. russian arms dealer, victor boot. so now of course not only is paul whalen still in jail in russia, but now of course there is also adding to that list. the name of and fact evan. girl rich, the wall street journal reporter which the white house, again, at this hour is condemning in the strongest possible terms. that's our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker kennedy. thank you very much. we're back in moscow. allen gas covers his lawyer says that hearing and moscow was held behind closed doors and he was not allowed to attend. but i really don't probably look into that. look over the hell, the quick trial. i don't know, it took 3, maybe 15 minutes. and then as far as i understand, as far as we all he understand, he has taken away from here with the most you to place him under arrest gap

coverage. his employer has released a statement saying that wall street journal vehemently denies the allegations from the f s. b and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter erin gus college. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family nasir javanese, outside the court in moscow. 31 year old evan gar cove, which made us 1st court appearance here in this building behind me, i left over the court house on thursday in the russian capital. the charges that are being brought against him are that of espionage against the russian federation . the courts told the reporter that he will be held in custody for the next 2 months until may 29th, where the investigation will continue. now, if he's found guilty, you could face anywhere from 10 to 20 years in prison. these charges stem from allegedly him carrying out activities in a central region of russia where the f s. b services alleged that he was gathering

information about the russian security apparatuses in that region. now these are allegations that the kremlin is aware of. according to the mitre pest called the spokesperson for the kremlin, the journalist was caught red handed at carrying out espionage in russia. we also heard from the russian foreign ministry spokesperson, who said that this is not the 1st time something like this has happened that the accusing western people of using the cover of journalism to carry out various activities against the russian states. of course, the arrest comes at a very sensitive time between the united states and russia, and it is certainly going to escalate tensions further. we're going to bring in jody against factories, president of the committee, to protect journalist. she's joining us live from new york. thank you very much indeed for being with us. how concerned are you about other journalists working in russia?

extremely concerned and mean russia is an extremely difficult place to operate as a journalist. effectively since russians invasion of ukraine, russia has criminalized independent reporting so many independent russian journeys are no longer able to operate at all. for masha, we've seen hundreds go into exile and have to set up outside of russia. this is the 1st arrest we've seen of a, an american janice, but i think it shows the level of pressure that janessa under a cross muster itself. we've seen in the past, the journalists have hobbs. there are other work visas, either terminated or, or at least delayed, which is a lot not allowed them to work. how significant do you think it is that the russia are certainly moscow has decided to use the, the allegations of espionage against this particular journalist. extremely concerning, extremely serious espionage cases are often held as effectively with very little

transparency. so it's extremely concerning that russia should be using these kinds of charges. it makes it extremely difficult to ensure that the child and investigation is being held transparently and fairly. and we would hope that m, evan is able to get access to his own legal council, which we understand hasn't happened yet. so these are extremely serious charges using effectively national security laws. it's something russia has done consistently to do it with accused independent reported and others of terrorism and being involved in terrorism groups using these kinds of lords. and now espionage laws is a real escalation. in my view, i understand that the, the c, p cherry operates outside russia. but i do know that you have had many contacts with georgia journalists who have been working in russia and who probably have explained to you the kind of conditions they're working under. tell us what your interpretation is of what is like trying to be

a journalist in russia. it's extremely difficult. the new laws that russia introduced last year effectively forbids done it from even using the word war, talking about the russian invasion of ukraine as a human rights violation, talking about the army done is can face up to 15 years in prison. we've seen an outlet like now via gazette or which is led by nobel prize when i have to shelter because of the kinds of restrictions that russia has placed on janet it's it unbelievably difficult to operate as an independent journalist and mushy. you face lengthy prison sentences and the prison conditions are extremely poll. sorta ginsburg is present under committee to protect, to journalists, thank you very much for being with us. plenty more had on the news are included, palestinians take part in the annual land de demonstrations mocking the killing of

6 palestinian israelis in 1976, while they protested is rarely land confiscation. and in sports, we're going to hear from the former war boxing champion who says he's ready to rebuild his career. ah, auto 0 investigative unit has uncovered a money laundering operation involving hundreds of millions of dollars in southern africa. under cover, journalists infiltrated gold smuggling gangs who helped zimbabwe leaders obtain us dollars despite international sanctions imposed on them. in the 2nd of our 4 parts . if is gold mafia, we uncovered how the money is illegally moved through some of south africa's biggest banks. alexander jim's reports. dowd con is a former money launderer. he fears for his life and is speaking exclusively to out

as there is investigative unit from a safe house. he says his role was to forge paperwork, to disguise the money laundering as legitimate transactions in the office to we had a strong and in the strong room, rid boxes upon boxes of bank stamps. we had boxes of passports with boxes of id documents. head of the operation is dowd's brother mohammed khan. his street name is mo dollars. his financial services firm served as the front for the laundering. he sort of held up as the sort of shadowy figure that control with money laundering util. africa that everybody wants to find, wants to locate, want to discuss funds to catch when to prosecute or wants to use. we've obtained a trove of thousands of documents that reveal fake invoices from fictitious suppliers address to move dollars, clients, no good, no services,

purely just money is wanting. and i can tell you that with 100 percent certainty, because i done the logo, we conceal the identity of one of my dollars form of business partners, bahama county, and known from money. lord thing is because will be a 1000000 in profit to be transferring to different countries to different places and you got other connections to do that to ensure the scheme success. the longer his bribe employees at south africa's banks, you look after us, you push to all our payments. no questions asked on the specific company. and we'll match your salary every month in cash. a ledger records kickbacks paid to staff at fast in bank, who are responsible for processing foreign payments. we were actually the executive management team of the 5th and 40 x pro. sit in department your i can put it in

that way. mama was ceo of, of a company without them knowing the ledger records bribes, paid to employees at other banks to, for vin maker is a senior manager at the compliance division of standard bank, south africa. and also is the key complicated to the south african reserve bank. i can make a phone call for you now to individuals in eps of banks. that would put whatever you tell them to put on the lit they had for you. and they would, duncan mohammed khan told us that all the allegations against him with false and based on manufactured evidence, he denied bribing any one in the south african banking sector. vivian nike denied involvement in a money laundering syndicate. south fin said it was taking vigorous action against former employees, absa passed on our findings to it's forensic investigative unit. and standard bank told us it takes a 0 tolerance approach to fraud and criminality. alexander james al jazeera or

bought, evolved as it is under cover investigation, enters an airport security manager at the zimbabwe in civil aviation authority. explaining how the smuggling is carried out. unity, you need to go good lunches. maybe you lead me to me or what you are. each of the drawers will make some changes. yes it is. he for example, you're taking money. we need to know how much it big, you sure, and your money is over says this into 130. but if you're thinking, you're gracious, we know lords going to place i have alexander james is part of the our design team on covering the story says this type of

corruption involves different airports, banks and top government officials. not all of the smoking at the airport happens in hidden compartments with baggage or bribe. it's airports officials, many of the smugglers moving through the airport, carry all the right paperwork. but that's because the export deals that they handle secured by bribery and corruption, or through political influence that corruptly acquired export deals. and to, to intents and purposes is going, smuggling is trying to say that the ball boys political conditions may get incredible on who to smuggling. a recent report found that $1500000000.00 last every year. still, you go to smuggling and but really what we build over the course of this investigation, it's an international picture of the corruption. and ultimately it's all about control. and whether that is controlling an airport through official,

that you can control what goes in and out, or as, as we discover in south africa. if you can control a bank to you can move much, much more money. we're going to bring in any cross. he's a former opposition member of parliament who's a barbara, he's joining us from our very good to have you with a certain knowledge 0. what's more striking about this, what's happening? how is happening on the scale of it would be to be frank, the 2 episodes that have been flighted by jazeera so far have really not had anything that we weren't aware of. i mean, there's fairly well known that a high proportion, 70 percent of the gold auctions above we smuggled across our borders and the cigarette smoking, smoke cigarettes, tray, the activities smuggling activities of the to rutland boys is also well known

feature of, of regional. he cannot make see if i can call it that. i think the, i think the, the shocking point of the whole story for me has been to the allegations about the involvement of the monetary authorities ins above we. and the fact that this is money laundering on a fairly large scale, i'm and it, it might in influence, the international authorities. we've just been taken off the gray list as south africa has just been put on the greatest. because they thought that we had improved the way we were managing our foreign exchange flows and trade flows. and this is a very damaging from that point of view. i think also the impact on, on dubai device now the largest gold market in the world. and they won't be happy at all with these allegations of them being in receipt of god, which has no real origin. and i think the world god community is moving towards

a time when they get into band such go movements similar to the blood diamond industry. and so i think it's, it's, it's, it's very serious and none of us it at ins above we are, are, are saying it isn't, i'm, the question is what to do about it and how to regularize the situation. and that i think needs attention. the other thing i'd do, i'd say to you, your colleagues, i watched this episode to, to night and the allegations about the involvement of the president. i think a very, very shaky and i don't believe that he's involved in, in, in the sort of activity do it directly. and his allegation that $200000.00 buys an appointment to see him is just plain rubbish. and let me, i, he was a time forgive me for not telling him what his and i'm so sorry for interrupting

you. but i do want to pick you up on one thing or get you to, to expand one saying if this is so intrinsic to society. where does the responsibility for oversight lie? does it lie with the banks who have perhaps failed in that regard? or does it lie with successive governments who are aware of the situation and either cannot or will not do anything about it? i think that larger government, ultimately am. i don't think you can really blame the banks. i think the banks will take very swift action against the individuals who've been identified tonight. but ultimately, you know, i've been mapping absolutely mystified as to how 70 tons of gold trends at the south african border. and we never see anybody being arrested. and that simply points to collusion at the highest level in south africa, it's the same with cigarettes smuggling. they catch the odd consignment, but we know that figuring smuggling on a very large scale takes place across the the,

the border with south africa. the industry is massive and billions of rent are involved and i do not understand why the authorities who clearly must know about this and why they don't take more effective action. i was not but the fence, so i go on please. yeah. i see on certain outside of the fence of our weight, i think we have a real obligation to put our house in order and to do it quickly and i know we know how to do. we know what to do and it wouldn't be difficult and it wouldn't cost us any money would actually make money out of the deal. but it's, you know, that's a political decision. yeah, i want to ask you about that because a report was saying there that it's estimated is about $1500000000.00 that's lost every year to the economy. clearly that is money that any country would be glad to have. how do you break the cycle in this? because if it's reaching from the, the lower levels, right up the way to the, the highest act loans as you're talking about, where do you break that cycle and starts to change the system?

i think the 1500000000 is an under estimate substantial under estimate transparency international. rick and we've lost a $100000000000.00 us dollars since independence 42 years ago. that's more than $2000000000.00 a year. i think the losses through this kind of activity run to many billions of dollars a but look at, look at the group, the scandal in south africa. i mean, my goodness, gracious the scale of that and the or density and you know, is it just mind blowing? and let me ask you about a line that, you know, we, let me ask you about a point that you made earlier on. you said that the banks were likely to take very swift action as a result of what they've been learning. we've had already in the report. the some of them are, are already addressing it. and yet you did mention that you were not able to work out how the government was actually going to respond to this. what would be the best way for the government to respond of it to this?

well, i can tell you that to the so called am pasta, the, the, the, the, the, the guy who claim to be a christian christian pasta has been stripped of his diplomatic passport. in fact, he had his passport removed from him and the president has stripped him of all, all, all a status. he might infect failed jail time. i know that to one of the big white i go, traitors has played the country. i with his family. and i would imagine that they will be other elements inside that story against which action will be taken. but, you know, the, the fundamental problem for african states, can we identify them as just plain african? it's a global problem. this christian of corruption. and when it takes, when it takes root, the chinese, i think, have the, the right approach. a corruption is a criminal offense. and it is subject to the,

the, the most severe punishment. and it's in the book. and i, i think we've got to do the same thing here at the cross. we appreciate your joining us and i'll 0. thank you very much indeed for your time. so thank you. thank you very much. you can watch the 2nd of our 4 part series. gold mafia smoke and mirrors the full episodes coming up and algeria at 20 g. m t brazil's former president, jad bosa nato has returned home off to spending 3 months in the us state of florida . bull sonata was greeted by crowds of supporters as he arrived at his liberal parties. headquarters in priscilla. he met party officials who hope he will lead opposition against president lewis in that field. under the silver ball sonata is facing a number of investigations which could affect his ability to stand in future elections . one can i care of has more from the liberal pot. his headquarters in priscilla

also now the supporters have been gathering since the early hours of the morning 1st at the airport in the capital, brazil. yup. been here at the headquarters of his liberal party. their hopes have been raised since his return from the 3 month self imposed exile in florida. now many here are hoping that he will lead the opposition against the government of president. we've been asked to move the steel but also about a says that he will not do that. but his. c plans show otherwise, he has already planned to crisscross brazil looking for vote for the next municipal elections, which will be next to year. nope, also, mattel had planned a very big come back. he wanted an open vehicle to parade through the streets of brazil. ya. security did not allow him to do that. they also did not allow him to leave to the main entrance where his supporters were waiting to catch a glimpse of him. but he has plans of having

a very active political role he has said so. and this comes at a moment when president moonlight is starting to face his 1st difficulties to get all the support that he needs to approve. all of the government measures monica inactive, brazil. yeah. i'll just sarah. so ahead and i'll just hit it. we're going to dive into the controllers here on deep sea mining and why some sorry, it should be bound outright in sports more on what's been a hot breaking couple of days for indonesia is under 20 football tea. ah hell i would say some rather nasty weather recently across so central and eastern parts of the k a know them areas of syria just pushing across the north of iraq

some when she was still in place here. quite a brisk wind this well, just blow in him from at east the side of the met. it's right in the system will make its way through. as he go on through the next couple of days, lie be whims, to just around that is the side of saudi arabia. and then this pushes way towards the same cutter as a go on through s sunday. what a brisk shamal setting in at that stage. you can see how it does brighten up towards the caucasus as we go on through satch day to care, generally try and quiet by this stage somewhat warmer as well. if theme celsius there in akron and we will see that try and settle weather coming back into the eastern side of the mediterranean. so an improving situation going on here for a driving while across northern parts of africa, the brisk hamilton when continuing across the sahara. and then we got the usual showers, just hugging the coast of west africa as we go through the next couple days, joining up the showers all the way across. central africa towards the ethiopian highlands. big sway, the wet weather, coming through here. as per usual,

some heavy down pulls that i, which was the other side of the continent with some showers the south africa. ah. in south korea, new generation is taking the stage shaking up social media session any time when our 8th makes the world hold on al jazeera, april and root is era from to kia and syria, al jazeera reports on how earthquakes, survivors are coping during the holy month. of ramadan, one and one east meets the young russian men refusing to fight newton's war ukraine as they seek safety in past 25 years since the good friday agreement and the decades of violence. we records on how bricks is forging newly added in ours, in the lead up to date our excludes the environmental significance of action. and

inaction, paraguay holds general elections with corruption and organized crime. high on the agenda can the ruling, colorado park, you hold on to power. april on al jazeera lou ah, watching all the 0 reminder of our top stories, this our, the white house has reiterated calls for all your citizens to leave russia immediately. it comes off for a moscow courts rolled that a wall street journal reporter should be detained for 2 months on espionage charges that he denies. orders here is investigative unit, has uncovered a money laundering operation involving hundreds of millions of dollars in southern

africa. undercover journalists infiltrated gold smuggling gangs who helped us in bobbie and leader obtain u. s. dollars. despite international sanctions imposed on them, uncovered how the monetary mode was moved illegally through some of south africa's biggest spikes. brazil's former president john vall sonata has returned home after spending 3 months in the us state of florida. he was greeted by supporters gathered at his party's headquarters in presidio inflation on the currency. those lost 90 percent of its value. many lebanese can't afford basic meals during this fostering month of ramadan. the world bank ranks lebanon 3rd in the world for food price inflation. santa calder has more from northern level, one of the hardest hit regions, few in lebanon, are able to pay for a full cylinder of gas. it costs $12.00, and that's too expensive for most people struggling during an economic collapse.

the price has more than doubled for those who earn in the local currency and that's the valued by more than 198 percent dab, i don't, i mean i'm paying for dollars would have guessed that is what i'm able to afford today for a job cooking gas has become a luxury for lebanon's poor. they've turned to outdoor wood stoves. the crisis has damping the spirits of ramadan. a time when muslims, fast from dawn to sunset, the right. oh no man, i'm in the and i'm a life is become difficult more so during ramadan we don't have gas, we can barely afford food. unemployment is high, one and a half 1000000. lebanese, that's near the a 3rd of the population. rely on assistance. if i want to get but i will pay at least $50.00 times more than village in the past of the price. and that's only the breadth people have been forced to change their

diets and even the for to show valid a main dish of ramadan is unaffordable. for most young men, but i do, we no longer eat meat and chicken, but we no longer eat, let us or to matter. the prices have more than tripled since last rama my dates are among the traditional items no longer available for the star meal. when muslims break their fast food and energy prices have sword around the world, but in lebanon, the financial meltdown is worsening. the crisis, the world food program says food prices 11 on have increased by 2300 per cent says the source of the economic crisis 3 years ago. the country is rags, the 3rd globally, and food price inflation by the world's side. these sweets are some of the popular deserts during the holy month. shop owners say sales have dropped by 50 percent compared to last ramadan i q that the prices are much higher this year because of

the local currencies. devalued exchange rate and we import almost everything in dollars with the international monetary funds. as lebanon's prospects we're getting out of its deepening financial crisis is grim if the political class continues to fail to act and it warns the country as heading for hyperinflation. so whether elisha zita, northern lebanon, palestinians are taking part in the i no longer de demonstrations in israel, on the occupied palestinian territories. that a marks the killing of 6 palestinian israelis in 1976 who were protesting against longed confiscations. since then, palestinians have used it to demonstrate against more land seizures organizers and gaza plans protesting of the border friends with israel. all, jesse, this is, you know, a site is there. we're here at medical camp in the east. him borders off the besieged gaza strip. where palestinians in gods have come in great numbers about

thousands to participate and to remember one day. and they say policy and say that this event emphasizes the resilience against israel. we've seen hundreds of palestinians, men, women, and children, head back there to the border. fans, as you can see behind me. and oh though ha, mass has spread a lot of security personal in the entire area to keep palestine news from reaching the border fence. so that no violence with wrapped here today. we have seen all these numbers to reach to the fence. are these really forces on the other side of the fence responded by firing gas grenades on the protesters. and now the all been sent back to the camp where of fractions

policy infections leaders are giving or issuing statements and are holding a press conference. and although the serious event has passed with no violence mentioned, this particular place has seen a lot of bloodshed from the palestinians in the great mart retrain which started in the 2018 till the 2020. and were a more than 260 pounds to use were killed and over 7000. others were injured in clashes between them and the israeli forces deployed behind that security fence. you may see it from malika can cause this stress thousands of people have gathered in tel aviv to support as early primers have benjamin netanyahu and his delayed plans to decrease the pose of the courts. demonstrations of march across a major city highway on thursday. the rally led by far right,

organizations follows months of anti government protest. supposing netanyahu's proposals, bernard smith has been up those protests. 3 months of protests against benjamin netanyahu is attempt to overhaul israel's judiciary and give more power to politicians, appointing supreme court judges. this is the 1st time supporters of those reforms have come out to protest in significant numbers. here in tel aviv, in the liberal hearts of israel, where most of those anti reform protest have been taking place over the past 3 months. most of these people will have come from settlements in the occupied west bank and from towns and cities elsewhere in israel. the march organized by a far right group. and an indication really, although the numbers are less than those taking part in the anti reform protest, the still an indication of the real split that there is an israeli society. the people here been chanting that the people voted for reform,

a reference to the election. the returned benjamin netanyahu to power towards the end of last year, and an indication about challenging is going to be the netanyahu to balance the demands of those who forced him persuade him or forced him to put the reforms to one side. and ours says he'll bring them back towards the end of the next parliamentary session in the next policy and meant recession in april. and the opposition who just won the reforms completely shelved. the u. k has laid out a new plan to boost energy security by investing in cleaner and more affordable power sources. includes a raft of previously and, and schemes such as funding for offshore wind capture, carbon capture, and green hydrogen production projects. letting bubba has more it was going to be the prime minister's green day. in the end, it was re branded energy security day, where she sooner can his net 0 minister was shown around a nuclear laboratory as they launched their plan. we're going to create jobs across

the country. we're going to increase our energy security, reduce people's bills, and reduce our carbon emissions. the government plan includes a wide range of measures. they're launching an insulation scheme to make 300000 homes more energy efficient. there's a plan to invest around $300000000.00 in developing green hydrogen as a few, it's claimed to be more environmentally friendly. and as the formal establishment of great british nuclear, to promote the building of new power plants. critics point out many proposals are simply reheated versions of old announcements, and in many cases there's no new funding. for example, the government's pushing an existing $25000000000.00 investment in carbon capture and storage, removing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels and storing it under the north sea. many in the energy sector, a calling for the government to use subsidies to encourage investments in clean energy like those president biden's announced for us firms all lose out on jobs and revenue. we were there without thinking many years ahead of the rest of the world.

but this good most is just did that and delayed and those business opportunities that investment will have gone to the us. it will have gone to the e u because they've also woken up to the fact that hydrogen offers is huge potential. just last year, the existing net 0 strategy was ruled unlawful and inadequate because it didn't show how the u. k would hit legally binding carbon targets. the new plan makes much of speeding up things that have already proved a success, like building new offshore wind farms. but by its own admission, it won't reduce household bills in the short term. creating the long promise screen revolution remains a long term project. nadine barbara al jazeera london. there's 1st debate over the rights to mind the pacific ocean floor from minerals essential to the renewable energy revolution. nickel, copper, and cobalt are found an abundance on the sea bed between hawaii and mexico. but something deep sea mining shouldn't be allowed until more is known about the damage

that can be done to an untouched part of the planet. on environment editor, nick clark reports 4000 meters dean on the pacific sea floor. there is another world you couldn't make up. a realm of predatory sponges and sailing cucumbers move the remotest of all habitants with extraordinary life forms from starfish to invisible microorganisms buried in the sediment. but here to something else, those no jewels on the sea floor. every one of them is a nugget of nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese, formed over millions of years. there are billions of tons of them. and then metals critical for the transition to clean energy, so called battery in

a rock. low tinder. gerald baron of the metals company hopes to stop mining the null jewels before the end of the year. his company has already invested millions in research, and he says the abyss is in fact, the perfect location to begin industrial scale operations. the calling metallic modules line the missiles on 4000 meters below see on the sea floor more than a 1000 miles from the nearest community. where there are no plants and 80 percent of the biomass, that the foreigner, that means there is actually bacteria that you couldn't dream up a better place to put a very large, abundant resource than where these modules allocated. the main area of focus is the clarion clipton zone, which spans a huge sway. the ocean floor between hawaii and mexico. whether or not the metals company commence vacuuming up the nodules commercially, depends on what happens at ongoing negotiations at the international seabed

authority in jamaica. some countries like germany in spain want there to be a temporary ban on deep sea mining. while further scientific research is carried out to assess the true environmental impacts on the deep ocean. and companies like v w and valvo, they've pledged not to use any materials associated with deep sea mining in their supply chain. and that's a position backed by environmental ngo's and many marine scientists. we still do not understand the ecosystem. we're just grappling with chrome, basic questions like, what lives there much last questions about what role those animals play in the ecosystems and how much we human beings rely on. so really it's an enormous rest and not something that we should be rushing into. the concern is that if no agreement can be reached on a mining code, the practice will begin without any kind of regulation. the free for all in

a realm as yet untouched by human exploitation mcclurg al jazeera. as fan tell side a 2nd, his ocean campaigner i, greenpeace is joining us from kingston, jamaica. thank you very much. indeed for being with us. i understand that at the moment in kingston, jamaica as the last few days of the international seabed authorities governing council meeting, which is discussing the deep sea bed mining. have you been attending those meetings? and if you have, what is the mood, do you think at that meeting? thank you for having me. yes, i am attending the meeting and critical question to you. been mining in the summer is kind of the elephant in the room, but it's not really been talked about. instead, they are talking about regulation. and so are g the ribbon and the council by the interest, by a few companies to mining the see. but the summary,

i would imagine it's a, it's a, it's a difficult one to balance in it. and if the rewards for mining, this is the kind of minerals that we would find in the sea. but according to nick clark support would help to move forward renewable energy supplies. then one would imagine that that is a very positive thing in the long term. but one also has to balance that where the environmental impact as well, and the time that it would take to assess the environmental impact my offset, some of the benefits in renewable energy. how do you kind of square that circle in a sense? i think that scientists really clear that the mining that loves the bio diversity in our washing quite expensive and we are worried of the for the climate change. you bet my and to, to challenge what you had in your report. we don't think that the nodules are

needed for the transition to be energy. so what is the next step in terms of what you were seeing at the meeting that's going on in kingston at the moment? what is there any indication that people are prepared to put this on hold, at least until further studies are done to assess the environmental impact? we are really hoping that this is happening. but that the moment the negotiation to, to all the, the bit mining and the number i stole night. and that needs to be more ambitious by country to do that, to a post that. and we think that it's really necessary. tell us type in 2nd. thank you very much indeed for being with us on al jazeera. so i hadn't all 0 been sporting you season, but with some big changes for the stars of major league baseball to get used to details coming up.

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ah ah ah, i was born here son. thank you very much. robert limpid president. thomas barker has hit out that critics of his recommendation that russian and beller, russian assays should be allowed to compete, as neutrals back has accused. some governments of having double standards. he's yet to say whether russia, isabella, russia, is that will be invited to the paris 2024 olympics more than 30 countries to have their support for an ongoing band due to russia's invasion of ukraine. it is

deplorable that these governments do not address the question of double standards with their witcher. we have been confronted in our consultations. we have not seen a single comment from them about their attitude towards the participation of athletes whose countries are involved in the other 70 was and armed conflicts in the world. now the new major baseball season is getting underway in north america. all 30 teams are in action on the opening day. big name players alike. i saw here on tiny. we'll have to get used to summit new rules. we'll be seeing the introduction of a pit timer to speed up play. and there's been an increase in the size of bases that we're the aim of improving player safety. while john handling is in chicago for us, that we're the cubs are taken off the me walkie rose at wrigley field done. what

else can you tell us about these changes? well, it is opening day and people are excited for a couple of reasons. that one is that for the 1st time since 1968, all 30 major league tame teams are playing and 15 games on this same day to start out. the season hasn't happened a long time. the other is those rules that you've been talking about all designed to speed up the play of games. and that's because the games have really slowed down over the years. it seemed like he could read a newspaper between pitches sometimes. and what's happened now is that they've changed it so that there is a pitch clock that pitcher has to throw the vol within 15 seconds. if there's no one on base 20 seconds. if there is someone on base because sometimes they have to toss them out at 1st base or elsewhere. and the batter has to get up there and be ready looking at the picture within 8 seconds. that's all designed to keep the game flowing and shorten the time of the game. and as you mentioned,

those bases are getting bigger. there are a couple reasons for that. one is that makes them a little closer together that makes it easier to steal. also the players are, have been getting bigger over the years and the basis is stayed the same. so there been some collision. so for safety reasons, they did that, but they're also doing another thing to try to make based, stealing more common. and that is the pitcher can only throw twice to the base before being penalized the 3rd time. if he doesn't get the runner out, then the, the runner advances one base. so that is designed to make it a little more exciting to have a little more base stealing. and they've also change it so that the players can't shift all over the field. in order to be where a batter is expected to hit, they've got to be for infielders, 2 of them on one side, a 2nd base 2 of them on the other. and that means that each player has to be more athletic, has to cover their area more aggressively because they're not going to have back up . all of these rules are designed to make it a little quicker,

a little more exciting, and to make the game happier. over the course that these many decades since it slowed down games should be more like 2 and a half hours, the organizers say, and they've climbed at 3 and over. so this is supposed to make it faster and more exciting band or live from chicago. thank you. very much for them. and anita as president a joke or widow door says that a he sad and disappointed by a decision to remove the asian nations. as host of the under 20 mens woke up. she 1st stripped the country of its role after prominent politicians objected to the participation of israel. jessica washington reports from jakarta. fee to peaches, its under $20.00 tournament as a tunes for fans to watch the stones up to morrow. but the opportunity for indonesia is football seen to shine on the world stage, has just been taken away. after thief removed the southeast asian country as the

host of some 2 months before the event was due to start by the milan. that last night i received the report that v for had decided to counsel the under 20 world cup in indonesia. we must respect the decision about i know it has disappointed the public eye to feel disappointed. the decision is a setback for the local team who had automatically qualified to participate when indonesia one hosting. right. but i wonder why because that he had got the ongoing m. i was assigned to deliver this news to the tame. that was the hardest thing for me to do. they were very sad at some crying. it's very hard for me. they've been working very hard for this. coming up on the decision came amid opposition from high profile politicians, including the governor folly to his rails participation in the tournament. indonesia does not have formal diplomatic ties with israel, but his railey athletes have participated in indonesian events in the past. israel's team qualified for the competition last year. when player said he felt he

had lost the chance to make his parents crowd by praying in a world comp. others blamed politicians for spoiling the opportunity. the fall is one of the most popular sports in indonesia, but it has long been mod bites troubled reputation with corruption scandals and fan safety concerns getting the right to host the under 20 tournament was seen as a major milestone in the development of the local football scene in october, a $135.00 football fans died after police fight t against its spectators. at the conclusion of a football match triggering a stampede in its statement fee for says it's still committed to helping transform indonesian football. following the tragedy, the indonesian president asked the national football association to focus on negotiations with viva, to avoid being sanctioned by the yoga arrows, mo, who we cannot waste our energy, blame each other. and as the big nation,

we need to look forward and not backward. this should be a precious lesson for us, but in the short term these world cut, then we'll have to be taken down mentos of a lost opportunity. lucia and it's football, is jessica washington. i'm just here to cut her. former one is in australia for the 3rd race of the season. the opening to go and play it were dominated by red bull ferrari, aston, martin, and mercy. this that have led the chase impact a still have a lot of ground to make up in their efforts to catch the red bull pair of macs. they're stopping and sergio perez, 1st practice session in melbourne. text based on friday the last few years we've never really been that good in the beginning of the year. so i think this raise would have been different plays on the calendar than probably would have had a lot more like a lot better results here. but that's not how it is, but time. yeah, for sure. we, we do need a bit of a, a good result. her. yes,

it's an evolution from last year scar, but clearly it's, it's not enough. when you look at her where read bullies, especially in re space. so yeah, we've got a lot of work to do. we still chasing, i'm chasing. and, and, and trying to get closer to that. her front runners. so busy been only to re strikes things going to be interesting to see how things goes in melbourne on a different different track than data. um, but generally i think it's been a okay, star, a decent start. but as a team, we want to be fighting for bigger points, her former world heavyweight, boxing champion, antony, joshua insist he he is ready to rebuild his career and regain his titles. joshua faces the american, germaine, franklin, and london on saturday. he hasn't forces losing a re match with the unified champion. no, alexander was chick in august while since then, he's taken a new trainer and in the longer term is targeting a fight with w. b. c champion,

tyson fury is massive. a big fight for me, for sure. respect. my po, fully respects everything that he said he's been fruit and we're to rock'n'roll and are a spent more supporters as well. so i put in the work and our script, my coach as well. so i want to make sure i got there and i get the job done. good fashion. and that's it for me, rob. like santa now lauren taylor is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more and all the stories. don't get the website. of course all 0 dot com. i'm roberson stayed with us. ah ah. and

a steeple. he goes to prepare for around the dawn. the excitement is mixed with extension for many gods since the muslim holy month is the time to come together with family and friends to break fast and share meals. but for some, the memories of conflicts and wars when they've previously celebrated or casting a shadow of what you see behind me is called the colored neighbourhood by the people here. they painted pictures on the walls of their homes to celebrate and welcome the coming of the holy month of ramadan. light has been in stabling garza for many years with ongoing conflict and frequent outbreaks of violence. the international community has repeatedly expressed, concerned about the rising tensions in the occupied territories. the united nations has also expressed concern, but about the potential impact of any conflict on those in costa,

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