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at least 9 people are dead in 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 alive from dell hall, so coming up on bernard smith been televi, what tens of thousands of people are protesting for 30 the week. go against a couple of times to change out. judges are appointed ukraine condense. russia taking charge of the un security council and calls it a slap in the face class. we look at the u. s. vice president's week long tour of africa. what it means to nations need debt relief. ah,

ah, we begin in the united states where tornadoes have swept across sick states in the south and mid west, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. at least 9 people are dead in tens of thousands are without power. more than 2000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. michael, some sheriff begins our coverage. a fierce twister, making its way to little draw the captain of arkansas, grouping of the roofs and walls uprooting trees, and flipping a will 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 own the life went on 1st and in after the large romero, mom we are told, you know when, when the home or not service was annoyed with the window we,

i'm in the bathroom. i say it was an arab ryan, and then i had to take, i had to say like, they're about to blow. that's what it felt like a lot of person. it was quick. less than 1520 seconds. mm. there was similar scenes in iowa. there motorists and kilter captured. this video retold on the ground. 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 rolled through illinois. ah, the roof of the apollo theater in bent the day collapsed during the concert. tomatoes are common in the us, especially in the center and south of the country, but fine to say the current storms are unusually intense. this is the 1st time aaron. i believe 10 years that we've had 2 areas of high risk

that's very uncommon. typically, the atmosphere likes to focus on one particular area, but in this case today we have 2 areas of concern and a broad area of what's called a moderate risk, which is 4 out of 5 on the, on the scale. so this, this was a pretty widespread, severe weather threat with a large area of concern for tornado. the severe weather comes, especially joe biden, was this thing, mississippi, where at least 26 people died after monster tornado battled through the state last week. when we consume, surely, jesse and b, c journalist, amelia cather has more from the capital of arkansas for evidence of the sheer force of these storms. just about every where you walk here in little rock, arkansas,

behind me, you look at those store fronts. they are completely blown now i actually just spoke with a gentleman who was inside one of those stores. he saw the tornado closing in with such a force. he says it blow him back by about 10 or 15 feet more evidence of those powerful, monstrous winds. take a look right here. what is this describing? cars being tossed as if they were toys, this one flipping on to another, and that's the scene really across this entire parking lot. here in pulaski county, arkansas, there have been more than 50 people, hospitalized one person, according to authorities, have been husband tragically killed, looking east, were more people killed in cross county, arkansas. the governor here declaring a state of emergency as search and rescue missions continue to play out today. the other thing you'll know in the backround, you might be able to hear the sound of the beeping of construction vehicles, the buzz of chainsaws as they faced this massive clean up after an arkansas isn't alone. there were dozens of reported tornadoes across 7 states in the mississippi

valley. i'm emily caught in little rock, arkansas. sherry mckinney is national spokes post and that's american red cross. she says it'll cost a lot of money for people to rebuild in the affected areas or devastation throughout the area. the delta area here in mississippi homes are just leveled nothing but sticks left basically. and that 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 sangh devastation, tornadoes are hitting these areas hard, and the people are going to have to rebuild. and what that means is the red cross is here providing reunification, providing shelter, providing food,

providing medical care, as well as mental health care. and also not sure what that was. but also we're providing spiritual care which is very important, especially here in the delta. and it costs 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. now thousands of protesters have turned out for a 13th week in israel to stand against the primary land judicial overhaul. benjamin netanyahu remains defiant of the u. s. president joe biden urged him to abandon his plan is already delayed. the changes to reach a compromise with opposition parties, but said he won't bow to international pressure. smith joins us now live from television. looks like quite a good turn out behind you. burnett's,

or has there been any impact any slowing of the process since benjamin latino announced, propose sammy yeah. i mean, tens of thousands of people easily beyond me perhaps running into a couple of hundreds of thousands of similar size to last week. and it's been a tumultuous week in israel, politically. it all kicked off really when benjamin netanyahu tried to find his defense minister for suggesting that there was unrest, dameon porters because of this attempt to bring through the reformers or to allow politicians more. st pointing at the judges defied him. that brought out to spontaneous, huge demonstrations just about a week ago now, and then a general right on monday, eventually posting that y'all do at least say, well i'll go and have more consultations and we'll wait and see what happens in discussions with the opposition. a nap the passover holiday. we start next week. we'll bring it back. but is it not sadie shelving this more?

open to consultation. and as you were, you know, you cover these protests. what our protest is telling you bernice. i don't think he's only the protest as we've been speaking to people really believe what benjamin netanyahu. sadly, any of this week about people giving speeches of the woman giving speeches. now the said that the, the government has a danger i, the ology they've said, and they're willing to sacrifice everything for it. i think people who believe that they have to keep all the pressure on the government. they don't want the government to think that they've taken a sort of taken the steam out of this. there is still an enormous amount of frustration. a with a government hensley form, you discovery, which is probably the last major pro to see banassi before the big jewish customer holiday. we start on tuesday, i'll be sort of

a passover truce then harmon comes back. then we'll find out if there have been any successful negotiations or whether netanyahu is just going to try and force as legislation through in the next parliament assess. sorry, good stuff. bernard smith from tel aviv. now israeli forces say they've shot and killed the palestinian man near the alex a mosque compound. they accused the 26 year old of grabbing an officers gun. tensions had been high since prime minister benjamin netanyahu. far right coalition government took office late last year. now it's russia's turn to take on the rotating presidency of the un security council. ukraine says it's a slap in the face to the international community. it once russia removed from the council altogether. our diplomatic editor james base is 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 formula lab rockers will be here in new york. you'll be sharing a number of meetings including one in defense of this document, the u. n's, founding charter, other diplomat say that is very cynical when it's russia that is currently breeching. this charter, with its ongoing war james base al jazeera of the united nations. senior clergyman with the ukranian orthodox church, appeared in court on saturday. i accused of condoning rushes invasion metropolitan . paula, pavel is called the charges politically driven and he's the abbot of

a 980 year old monastery in the ukrainian capital. there's resisted government attempts to evict him and other monks from the science. john, how joins us now live from cave. so there's a bit of a back story, isn't that jonah to this situation with the church? take us through that 1st. well, this is the increasingly complicated. i have to say not just, not to mention tense standoff over the keys, perchance sky lover loaner st. complex. this is a golden domed religious complex overlooking the denise river, also known as the monastery of the caves. it is the most significant orthodox site here in ukraine and the most recent back story. there is a longer one, but the most recent back story dates the last year at between the government of ukraine and the ukranian orthodox church of the claims the government made that the church had failed to sever ties with moscow,

after having professed to have cut ties with a russian orthodox church, which you call supports the invasion here in ukraine. agents rated church property last year looking for evidence of ties to russian agents. they didn't find any. then there was an eviction notice handed to the monks, notifying them, but their lease hold of the property that they've held since the fall of the soviet union was being terminated. they were given until wednesday this week to vacate which of course they didn't. and the latest ratcheting up of the stand off came on saturday. as you said, the metropolitan part of the abbot of the monastery notified that he was required for questioning over allegations that he personally had supported the invasion last year. and that he was using religion to incite hatred and division. his property was rated his home rated by intelligence agents on saturday as well. he claims, as you said, that that these are trumped up charges political charges. he denies them, he appeared in court. the prosecutors want him put under house arrest, pending further investigation. he said he was feeling ill on saturday. and so those

proceedings have been delayed until monday or what happens next in the stand off when it goes back to court, or course on monday to decide what happens next in the investigation to decide whether metropolitan pavel should be placed under house arrest. another set of court proceedings may or may not unfold the monks of issued their own law suit to overturn the eviction order, and say that they will stay put inside the lover a complex until then. meanwhile, small but slowly growing groups of supporters from both sides gathering every day or so outside the lover. a complex in a dispute, which really is gathering heat, which is attracting claims by rusher of religious discrimination at the un and a wedge, a giant which being driven ever deeper between ukraine and russia, not just in terms of the war,

but parallel to it in terms of religious ties that were until quite recently, extremely close. right. well neither there. thanks so much john. how still ahead on al jazeera, more on the struggles in mozambique as it deals with its worst cholera outbreak in 20 years. and want my to white. donald trump in cold is the 1st formal u. s. president to face criminal charges. ah frank assessments. justice means to give them the basic human rights, not only in the camp, but also inside the me. a map informed opinions and ministration are very concerned about this development especially, or what it means for china's power on the world stage. critical debate ends up only both the legal report on the see the 3. i think that you better property in depth

analysis of the days headlines inside story on al jazeera ah t they nadine with a pushing with one or 2 global perspectives. mm. oh.

the time to recap those headlines, tornadoes swept across 6 american states in the south and midwest, killing at least 9 people, and leaving a trail of destruction. tens of thousands on now without electricity. thousands of protesters have turned out for a 13th week and israel to stand against the prime minister the plan. additionally overhaul knew enough, knows, remaining defiance of the u. s. president joe, by merged into abandon his plan is russia is turn to take on the rotating presidency of the un security council. ukraine is called it a slap in the face and the bad joke on april. the 1st. once russia removed from the council altogether, us vice president campbell harris is just ended

a week long tour of africa. she's the full 5 in administration official to visit the continent this year. it comes as the u. s. tries to counter growing russian and chinese influence in africa. nicholas hawk 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 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 in investments in construction projects after the u. s. africa summit last december, harris is when of several senior white house officials to visit the continent in recent months, marking a contract with a previous trump administration. united states is trying to catch up to, to rush on china. this is the most recent iteration of a suppose a policy with regard to africa at the u. s. has not demonstrated out in terms of investment in terms of sustain engagements, with various african governments after gonna harris travel to tens nea to meet the nation's 1st female president. she then went on to 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 by president?

is that that we cut it there. but in that really is like the difficult for us to continue with possibilities. 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 taiwan president. he's on a tour of central america. she tries to hold on to dwindling allies in the region, saying gwen has been holding talks of the guatemalan president guatemala, and believes of the nations in the region that maintain diplomatic relations with taiwan. had trip comes off to home juris cop ties with ty, pay and recognize china last month. what was what tamela 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 reaffirm the full support of taiwan. we are 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, a body member and agreement to transition sedan from military to civilian leadership has been delayed until thursday. the final deal was supposed to be signed between ami 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 paramilitary rapid response forces into the regular military. both sides say they'll work on resolving the issue this week. in

morgan is in khartoum with more on the situation. political parties in sudan were hoping to sign an agreement on saturday. that would end 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 forces. 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 rapids support forces, or r s f 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 r itself are the arse up, have their own investment in various sectors,

including gold and including of the sexes 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 5th. he bow morgan al jazeera hot, soon more than a 1000000 people in mozambique have been affected by cyclone friday, which hit the country twice. in late february and early march, the storm brought destructive flood zone,

the worse cholera outbreak 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 barclay 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 looming hunger crisis. the u. n. 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 ready evident. lena barclay, al jazeera in pakistan, a funeral has been held for a 14 year old boy who died in and 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 in pakistan have been struggling with surging food prices and an increasing number of citizens rely on humanitarian aid. protest is in full jiggle, have been rallying in several cities, the coal on the government to make housing a constitutional rights areas around the capital of lisbon. seen the price of home saw rent in the country, jumped to a record high. the last quarter of 2022 spoke. frances has been discharged from

a hospital in rome, where he was treated for bronchitis. the head of the roman catholic church spent 3 days in hospital to briefly addressed well wishes and journalists jokingly, telling them he was still alive. they think cyril pontiff has confirmed. he'll preside over palm sunday mass in saint peter's square. ahead of ethan donald trump is due to appear in the new york court on tuesday will become the 1st former us present to face criminal charges. the details have not been 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. gabriel alexander 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 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 amounted 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. ah, i divide it. i'm no common outside the district attorney's office. the weight is on now just days away from a former president to show up and surrender to face a judicial system that is waiting for him. gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york of that sits for this news show. we're back off the inside story. ah

hello, they will look to africa in a moment. first the middle east and is good news for more northern areas of the region as settled. weather starts to come and certainly by monday, that's what the weather system holds its way further east taking the wet and will. wintry conditions away from turkey will see the winds die down across eastern areas of the mediterranean and as they do, temperatures will be popping up for places like bay roots and aleppo. it's a windy story across the gulf. the shamal wind blowing down, picking up dust and creating lots of hazy sunshine to southern areas of saudi arabia, just some rain edging into western areas of yellow, but it is a large eat dry picture. now crawford, north of africa, has been largely dry, but we're seeing a weather system pulling across central mediterranean. that's going to bring some wet and windy weather to the lights of algeria, tunisia,

and northern areas of libya. the heat continues to build in the north east for egypt, and the heat remains across places like the canary islands where we saw some records broken over recent days. farther south of this, a west picture with that rain pulling away from zimbabwe is going to intensify across eastern areas of south africa and places like johannesburg, but full herrera, a launch the dry picture. certainly by tuesday with lots of sunshine that show weather. ah, many of us living with the effects of ecological breakdown. so what would be stories in which technology, the promise of salvation for the planet 1000000000 is big tech and an unwavering faith in innovation. allie, re investigates with a techno optimism is helping or hindering the fight against climate change. it's a destruction. so.