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at least 9 people are dead. the us after a major storm and tornadoes sweep through the south in mid west. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera live from dell hall, so coming up, mozambique struggles with its worst color outbreak in 20 years while it faces along recovery from the impact and fight loan. friday, ukraine, condense, russia taking charge of the un security council and calls it a slap in the face. plus, we look at the us vice president's week long tour of africa. what it means to nations who need debt relief. ah,

we begin in the united states where tornadoes have swept across sick states in the south and midwest, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. at least 9 people are dead and tens of thousands are without power. consume, sheriff begins our coverage. a fierce twister, making its way to little rock, the captain of arkansas, grouping of the roofs and bowls, uprooting trees, and flipping over vehicles. a tati said dozens of people are injured. some critically, a state of emergency is in place and tens of thousands of households are without power. no older life when our 1st internet for the life of america. home, we offer you more when what the hallway, not sacrifice is all awesome. well nador good luck with the window time. yeah, i'm in the bathroom. i say abuse in arab ryan and i had to take,

i had to to save like they're about to blow. that's what it felt like a lot of person. it was quick. less than 15. 20 seconds mm. there was similar scenes in iowa. their motorists in kyoto captured this video to read along. the national weather service was tracking at. he's 36 unconfirmed to nato reports in arkansas, tennessee, illinois, and iowa. in the evening, the storm drove through illinois, ah, the roof of the apollo theater in bent the day collapsed in the concert. tomatoes are common in the u. s. especially in the center and south of the country, but find to say the current storms are unusually intense. this is the 1st time aaron, i believe more than 10 years that we've had 2 areas of high risk. that's very

uncommon. that's typically the atmosphere, a waste of focus on one particular area. but in this case today we had 2 areas of concern and a broad area of what's called a moderate risk, which is a $45.00 on the scale. so this, this was a pretty wide spread severe weather threat with a large area of concern for tornado. the severe weather comes as president joe biden was visiting mississippi. they at least $26.00 people died option a month to 20 bill battered through the state. last week. we consume, chevy, i just eva sherry mckinney is the national spokesperson at american red cross. she says it'll cost a lot of money for people to rebuild in the affected areas, either devastation throughout the area. the delta area here in mississippi homes are just leveled nothing but sticks left basically. and it is really quite

disheartening to see in person even for a hardcore red cross, or it is true devastation. and unfortunately, we didn't just ceased the worms here in mississippi a week ago. but now we're hearing of storms that have touch down in arkansas and tennessee that have left some fatalities as well. and also the sang devastation tornadoes are hitting these areas hard, and the people are going to have to rebuild. or what that means is the red cross is here providing re unification, providing shelter, providing food, providing medical care, as well as mental health care. and also not sure what that was. also we're providing spiritual care which is very important, especially here in the delta. and it cost a lot of money when you respond to disasters of this size and we have so many disasters that we are responding to. in fact, i believe i heard this morning about 16 major disasters across the united states.

so it's a very costly endeavor or the 1000000 people in mozambique have been affected by cyclone freddie, which hit the country twice and late february, the early march. the storm brought destructive floods and the worst outbreak of cholera in 20 years. the w h o says the damage to health facilities and water supplies has increased the risk of infectious diseases. when our bach, their reports cycle on friday, battered mozambique twice in february and march, destroying more than 130 homes and displacing an estimated 184000 people, water facilities clinics, and medical centers were damaged, accelerating the spread of cholera, while the color of bricks, regularly grown, was a big between october and april of every year, with more than 21000 cases currently and 95 states. this is the largest outbreak in the last 20 years. it's not only cholera. the world health organization is also

warning of a looming hunger crisis. the un estimates about 3100000 people are in need of food assistance, access to safe water and sanitation is still challenging. and about one 3rd of the crops have been destroyed, ah, for mozambique climate change is not a future problem. the effects of prolonged severe weather patterns are already evident. lena wallclear al jazeera. oh dr. paul and welcome is the regional health advisor for eastern in southern africa. unicef. he says there's a global shortage of vaccines. situation is really, very di had many respect just the 30, the situation where we have very war. what are some limitations on hygiene situations? in many faculty country, but then we are having the stifling, ready that see the quality of these, and terminated what,

which people out of habit that that's one of the 2nd movement of population. and you may know it would not be in security and making it difficult for us. it's not a little bit but global. the eastern on 1000 africa. we have issues of mobilizing boxes for clara. and this is our global prices. and you may know the international coordination room at that manages talk power to temporality, a decision that people will now get $21.00 instead of a to do that. i normally described because one to me. so what all they contribute to stop an outbreak. but if you really want to watch, really, you need to be need to duties. but person an agreement to transition sedan from military to civilian leadership is been delayed until 1st day. final deal was

supposed to be signed between army leaders and political groups on saturday. but disagreements about security reforms got in the way. the biggest sticking point has been the details of integrating the power military rapid response forces into the regular military. both sides say they'll work on resolving the issue this week. have a more than in cartoon with more political parties in sudan were hoping to sign an agreement on saturday. that would, and the turmoil which started when the military took over power in october 2021. but that has now been a delayed to april 6th, due to differences between the army and the rapid support force as the parent military group, which has been supporting the army since a former president obama was she was overthrown in april 2019. now the issue comes down to the integration of the paramilitary group. the rapid support forces are iris of, into the army. the army wants the group to be integrated into it by the end of the 2 year transitional period. they also want an assessment of the officers and the ranks off the officers of the rapid support forces saying that that needs to be

reassessed because they have not joined at the military academy. and we have been promoted in a way in standards that were not, are compatible with the standards of the army. then this, the issue of the investments of the are, is safa, the ours have have their own investment in various sectors, including gold and including of the sectors as well. now the army wants those investments to be integrated into its own investments, which in turn would be taken over by the transitional government. political parties have made it clear that they, on their side are ready and that they have agreed on majority of issues with the military issues such as a transitional justice issues such as a reform, the security sector, and issues such as dismantling the former regime of our former president on martin bashir and when it comes to the issue of integrating the rapid support forces, which has been repeatedly thing that is, is part of the military that comes down to the military and ourselves amongst themselves. a technical committee is working to try to reach an agreement in the next 5 days, so that a final deal is signed by april fixed. hip morgan al jazeera hot soon.

taiwan president is on a tour of central america. she tries to hold on to dwindling allies in the region. flying gwen has been holding talks with the guatemalan president, guatemala, and believes of the nations from the region that maintain diplomatic relations with taiwan. had trip comes off the home. juris cut ties with tie pe recognized china last month. what i was what tamala is a powerful ally of taiwan. and in recent years, we have continued to deepen our relations. a few years ago with president take, we signed an agreement that will allow for food that die through cation and innovation, in technical cooperation between our nation, with consumer. here i'm waiting for guatemala. this is a significant visit to renew and reaffirmed the full support of taiwan. we are to rating the re recognition of taiwan as an independent nation. as the one true china

with which we share democratic values of mutual respect and historic ties of brother authority. when john holman, has more from mexico city, the guatemalan president describe their relationship as unbreakable. so yes, she is getting a strong welcome there and she really need to the moment president. so i in when because her list of allies in latin america really shrinking in central america alone, she lost on us. as you mentioned, just the other day. this trip comes just a short while after that. also nicholas well, salvatore, the dominican republic, panama costa rica. they've been sort of wrested away from taiwan by china, really, the only pieces left on that board for taiwan in that region of central america. and now guatemala police. so it is important for them this trip. when john holman, has been following developments from mexico city. all right,

so that was actually, that was john home. and then let's move on to another story now and is ready forces say they've shot and killed a palestinian man near the alex a mos compound. they accused the 26 year old of grabbing an officers gun. tensions have been high since fi minister benjamin netanyahu far right coalition government took office late last year. protesters have been rallying in several cities across portugal to call on the government to make housing a constitutional rights, portuguese capital. lisbon is the 3rd most expensive city in the world to live in when the average income is compared to the cost of living. 6 house prices have risen more than 18 percent in the last year. the biggest increase in 3 decades is rushes turn to take on the rotating presidency. the un security council. ukraine says it's a slap in the face to the international community. once russia removed from the council altogether, our diplomatic editor jane's base has more from the un. every month,

the presidency of the un security council rotates among its 50 members. today, russia is assuming the presidency for the month of april. that's deeply controversial because when russia had the presidency last year was february, the month that they invaded ukraine, there are people calling for russia to be kicked off the security council or kicked out of the united nations. but if you look at the rules and you look at the un charter, those things are not possible. what we do know is that later this month, the russian foreign minister, so a lot of rockers will be here in new york. you'll be sharing a number of meetings, including one in defense of this document. the you n's, founding charter, other diplomat say that is very cynical when it's russia that is currently breaching this charter with its ongoing war. james bays al jazeera of the united nations. the international monetary fund has approved the $15600000000.00 loan for ukraine. the package will be used to stabilize the economy during the conflict. the

installments will be released in the next 4 years. the 1st going towards changes in the energy sector and return ukraine will have to increase its tax revenue and strengthen anti corruption efforts. still had all al jazeera, more and the concerns about the fake accounts with blue texts on twitter. on both ends, free verified check marks. many uses wrangler refugees and bangladesh faces difficult ramadan view and reduces today. ah hello, there will start in south asian things are looking largely settled across western areas of india. we've still got the possibility of some thunderstorms breaking out in the south,

touching up across the eastern coast of india and of course more fear storms affecting sri lanka. but much of the wet weather can be found in the north east pulling across northeastern areas of india into bangladesh. but it will start to dry up in darker. and instead it's going to be the north west that sees more in the way of wet and wintry weather, with heavy downpours across more than the areas of pakistan as that westerly disturbance moves its way further east. now as we move east to east asia, we're going to see more in a way of very heavy rain across central parts of china. you can see that front with a bit of a wintery edge to it's very northern flank. that's going to bring some rain into beijing dropping temperatures. here we'll see that mass across more sensual areas, bringing cloudy conditions into shanghai know ahead of that. lots of sunshine coming through the korean peninsula and japan, 18 degrees celsius in tokyo. it will remain largely fine and dry here, but we are going to see some of that rain start to move into beijing by tuesday.

only 15 degrees celsius maximum high. that to weather. ah. around 10 women are being murdered in mexico every day. almost always by men, an epidemic of gender based violence that threatens to spiral out of control. now specialists police squads run by women are trying to reverse the trend and bring the perpetrators to justice. but can they overcome years of natural culture and indifference? behind the scenes with the fem aside detected on an jazeera lou . ah,

welcome back to watching al jazeera time. to recap, our headlines. tornadoes have swept across 6 american states in the south and mid west, killing at least 9 people, and leaving a trail of destruction. tens of thousands on now without the electricity vaccination campaign supposed by the world health organization is underway in mozambique countries facing its worst cholera outbreak in 2 decades, driven by flooding cools by side on friday, is russia's turn to take on the rotating presidency of the un security council, the crane has called it a slap in the face and the bad joke on april, the 1st it, once russia removed from the council wall together, us vice president, capital harris is just ended a week long tour of africa. she's the 5th biden administration official to visit with continents in the past. 2 years comes as the u. s. tries to count

a growing russian and chinese influence in africa. nicholas hoc reports walking down a path where enslaved africans, whence marched in chains headed to america is the united states, 1st black vice president, kamala harris on a visit to what was a major hub for the atlantic slave trade and gone. now, the tour guide explains many of the captives didn't see a way out and believed only death would bring them freedom. i believe that we must remember to teach us not only about our past, but about our destiny and our future that we must learn in a way that we may be more than just a charm offensive. harris is on a week long 3 nation tour of africa and attempt to counter the growing influence of china and russia on the continent. russia has side you military cooperation agreements with 17 african countries. china is a continent largest trading partner with 2 trillion dollars and investments in

construction projects after the u. s. africa summit last december. harris is one of several senior white house officials to visit the continent in recent months, marking a contract with a previous trump administration. the united states is trying to catch up to, to rush on china that this is the most recent iteration of a suppose that policy with regard to africa at the u. s. has not demonstrated out in terms of investment in terms of sustain engagements, with various governments after gonna harris traveled to towns and near to meet the nation's 1st female president. she then went onto zambia, promising more american investment. but with 20 went african countries on the verge of bankruptcy, their leaders say they want that really 1st. what is keeping us down for now? vice president is that this over? we cut it did, but didn't that really is like the difficult for us to continue with us. any

possibility? kamala harris announced more than $7000000000.00 in private sector and u. s. government commitments during her trip. it is an attempt to renew relations from this shared history. harris says the united states would build a common future alongside african nicholas hawk al jazeera donald trump is due to appear in the new york coal tom tuesday, where he'll become the 1st full me, u. s. president to face criminal charges, the details of not being made public, but the grand jury that voted for the indictment was investigating a payment made to adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. deborah is on the reports from new york. a handful of protesters came out friday at trump tower, new york. as news of the former president's indictment, filtered through about 6 kilometers to the south outside the manhattan district attorney's office. the anticipation among the world's media is also building as

a date with history draws closer. but back in florida, donald trump's plain remains firmly on the tarmac, the man himself staying behind closed doors through most of the day, leaving his supporters to do most of the talking for him. i think these charges are not a legitimate charges. i think what is happening right now in our nation is very sad and i feel that the direction that we are headed is very dangerous since the manhattan district attorney's office, confirmed trumps indictment over hush money payments to a former adult film star. speculation has mounted over how trumps arraignment will play out. they've got nothing, and it's potential effect on the country. trump's lawyers say they'll vigorously fight the charges and framed the indictment as political persecution. it's believe trump will surrender on tuesday, and it's expected he will arrive here at the district attorney's office,

where he will have his photograph and finger prints take him. he will be in walked down a long hallway to make his 1st court appearance at an arraignment. when he is free to leave, the big question then is, will trump come outside to address the media? one person, apparently unwilling to be drawn into the debate. current u. s. president joe biden. yeah, no problem outside the district attorney's office. the week is on. now just days away from a former president to show up in surrender to ac judicial system that is waiting for him. gabriel sandow al jazeera new york in pakistan, a funeral has been held for a 14 year old boy. you died in a crush in the city of karachi. he was among at least 11 people,

crushed to death in a rush to collect food aid at a ramadan distribution center on friday. many and pakistan have been struggling with surging food prices and an increasing number of citizens rely on humanitarian aid. now, the deadline to pay for twitters new account verification system is arrives starting april. the 1st individuals and companies have to pay $8.00 a month for the blue, take a symbol of a count, authenticity c o l on mosque says the subscription service will reduce the number of fake accounts. but many big names and organizations say they won't for count the cash. catalina go on to is an associate professor in private law and technology at attract university. she says there's a trend among social media platforms to find new sources of revenue. what we're seeing here is a shift in social media business models. the whole industry is doing, there's not just twitter and they're exploring content monetization, namely they're trying to find new ways for users to create to,

to actually pay for their products. and twitter blue is only one example. another example that we can think of as also from twitter is the fact that they're planning to charge around $42000.00 per month for industrial access to their data, such as the twitter a p i. that's what being half a $1000000.00 for per year for services that used to be really partially free. so what i think is really changing here is that we're, we're really getting to see the true nature of social media. it's not a public square that we all thought it was what a shop where we increasingly have to be money for digital products, and we're not just being with our data. on the one hand, twitter does have the right to change the service. however, the blue badge is started out as something completely different, not just something that you would pay for, but actually this identity verification mechanism. and what is important to highlight is that in the social media world, there's still this very controversial tension between safety and privacy. and for instance, in germany, a case law shows that facebook could not ask for its users to register with their

actual official identity. so the initial verified accounts program that twitter started in 2009 after celebrities were complaining about identity theft was this reputation mechanism that, that twitter basically started building as of then. and the problem right now is that if twitter start charging for identity for reputation building, actually we should say, then we are going to get back to this pre 2009 chaotic period because there will be new incentives for malicious behavior. south africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. nearly a 3rd of its workforce is out of a job. economic stagnation and rolling power outages have made the situation worse . a recent study concluded one in fall south africans is probably depressed. one psychologist spoke about how the crisis piled upon crisis is impacting people's mental health. i'm professor sat scoop or clinical psychologist based in

johannesburg, south africa. i think the situation is one off cravings, identity and depression. because people feel totally helpless in a situation of crisis upon crisis. no people, no individual can continue with a state of psychic emergency that applies in conditions like this. so in that sense, we have been experiencing the same effects of our country that may have been at war, but effectively is at roland itself. hell, plans have increased with people are calling out for help and assistance. and it may not be an understanding that this is what's causing but the numbers are

rising and it's at the tail end of a devastating cove with 19 pandemic as well. so all of that have all of these factors have conjoined to create this psychic emergency condition layer. we simply have if it's not one crisis to day, something else to morrow and faith in leadership has been added to the lowest ever in our society. the psychological society group like that i explain symptoms to people and this pre online webinar as this helpful piece lessons. nobody who calls the psychology society is just turned away. yes, we may be despondent, but we have zillions, we've shown we have resilience in the past. and more recently, we have survived at tremendous cost and we can do it again. don't lose your sense

of urgency. you can change our anger, refugees and bangladesh is struggling to make ends meet asked of you and cut back food aid because of funding shorts. the duct shortages will, the cuts coincide with the most than fast the month of ramadan, than via chandry has more from cox's bizarre both with good rations from the you and food agencies been cut. many in this can fear they'll soon go hungry. cramped in a makeshift tank with 9 other family members mala, bono, mrs. are home in me, unmarked. she left everything behind during the crack down by the military. down and at the last i got i didn't like that right now. we are facing difficulties in getting adequate amount of ration. sometimes we have to buy items from outside with what type of savings we have back home, our family will pharmacy. so it's much easier to manage our life. unlike hair

getting number brick, when incidence of fire violence and threat of flood and landslide during monsoon season makes life challenging. here for roha kayla. it's hard living here, but somehow we are managing during ramadan with the limited rashness, we guess. but it's just not enough for a large family like ours. many rowing i said they were used to receiving different types of food aid during ramadan and previous year. but that stopped export things . the ration been provided are insufficient and any further decrees opposed, grave help problems for the ro hanger. it had the m home of leanna, mother, marcella. bishop allison mother. the recent cut in rations is wearing people as most don't have any other income shores in the bottle here in the mosque. we don't even have an after meal arrangement for the community like unlike in there a hind state in le grandmother. ah, man, with their shows more than a 1000000 drawing a muslims.