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hi, my name plate. this is al, does their life and also coming up. chinese leaders easing pain calls for the resumption of peace talks over the ukraine war. on the day of high stakes meeting, the top menu leaders al jazeera investigative unit reveals how goalies smuggling operations in africa extend to devise global commodities hump. and have you wondered why eggs have gotten so expensive lately? i'm kristen salumi, looking for the answer to that question. lancaster county, pennsylvania. ah . is there any forces have rated oxy motzkin hockey pod east, jerusalem for the 2nd night in a row? several palestinian worshippers were injured off to israeli forces on t gas and stung grenades. natasha game reports for monkey potty strickland.

awe. wednesday began and ended with violence inside his slams 3rd holiest site. police say, as worshippers were praying in the evening, dozens of young people through fireworks and stones, into l ox, a mosque. then they try to barricade themselves inside israeli police evacuated the worshippers and forced their way in throwing stun grenades, tear gas, and firing rubber bullets. ah, several palestinians were wounded. eye witnesses say some paramedics were barred from reaching them. palestinian say this morning is really police for young people from praying inside the mars. looked for dawson publish religion. they said they will allow us in the end. they didn't allow it. they said only people 40 years and older can enter. that began to throw stung grenades while we were standing. not doing anything. is really police dispute that account and say people,

young and old, were allowed inside the mask to pray. tension intensified elsewhere on the streets of occupied east. jerusalem. ah, a 15 year old boy was shot in the shoulder inside the old city. witnesses say he was attacked by an israeli settler from the li say the boy is being investigated for attacking the elderly man with a stick with them 1st. oh wow. in northern israel, police confronted palestinian protestors condemning the violence inside l. ok. so mark, a post symbol for all palestinians living under israeli occupation. maybe this is exactly what this is there any government once they want to distract attention from their internal division for them from the demonstrations that are taking place inside israel against this government. and they want the drug, the horde region into a totem, a. busy explosion this latest cycle of

violence began early wednesday morning is really police emptied out ox, a mosque before jews were expected to visit the compound on passover. the palestinian president's office, the arab league and did your damien foreign ministry have condemned the violence. there are international efforts to de escalate the situation with the ramadan passover and easter holidays overlapping this weekend. the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on thursday. natasha game l. g 0, occupied east jerusalem. and israel says rockets have been fired, firm, southern lebanon, less gay. to hold out of the hamid who is in east jerusalem for us. what more do we know about these rockets? what we're not getting very much detail from the is really are we. what we do know

is that rockets were fired from southern israel into, from southern lebanon, rather into northern israel. it happened quite quickly in a short span of time. in about 10 minutes. we also do know that some of those rockets were intercepted by the iron dough, air defense system that israel possesses. and we also know, and that's coming out from the actually beneath state agency that israel has retaliated using artillery fire into sudden israel. we don't have more details than that, but we haven't heard any reports of casualties. we've been also monitoring these re re media as been rolling on this news for the past hour or so. what they are waiting for is to hear from prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he is supposed to convene with his security cabinet in the coming hours. this would be the 1st time

he actually convenes with the security cabinets since february. he will have to sit at the table with the his defense misers her with whom he has a very bad relationship at the moment. and maybe after that would hear a more complete as statement about maybe what israel is planning to do in the coming hours or in the coming days. but at the moment it appears that the situation along that border is called and we haven't heard any more reports of any kind of fire in either direction. i'll, i'll just mention a wire that's just flashed and or it says the israeli defense officials say that the military is still assessing the situation after those rocket strikes from lebanon. and so, yeah, pretty much status quart. the time being we've also had tensions rising in occupied east jerusalem as well. yes,

absolutely. thin. tension rising in that focal point, which is the most component actually inside that most for to will morning. in a row, israeli army has actually stormed into the mouth, trying to remove were shippers from inside. that was using quite heavy handed ways, using stun grenade gas. the rubber bullets. so all sorts of things and those pictures have gone absolutely viral and have infuriated palestinians even more because you have to remember that changes are always simmering and occupied east jerusalem because of many reasons. house, the militia and house eviction. all sorts of constraints, the palestinians are living on the, on a daily basis. but during this month, do remember that this is a time where people go to the most with people stay in the month. they really are

me, storm free, don't twice, 2 days in a row, it making those people also hating and flapping while escorting palestinian women and children out of the complex. socially that has created a lot of tension, has infuriated palestinians. and god has in $48.00 by listing is living across the border in lebanon, and has infuriated, also many muslims around the world. so all this comes together really at a time of extreme tension that could really erupt in any direction. this is how things happen here. and it puts prime minister benjamin and now on the lots of pressure, especially that he has his own domestic issues at the moment. okay, thank you for the update of the me that for an east jerusalem, we will indeed keep across the store. if you any more developments we will bring them to you. so let's move on a french president in my new macro is urging chinese leaders using ping to reason

with russia to help bring an end to the war and ukraine. the leaders have been meeting in beijing to discuss the conflict. macro is on a 3 day state visits, and he's been joined by european commission president or savant lyon. while mcbride of this report, french president emanuel macro, being given the honor of a state visit. welcome by his chinese counterpart, she's in pain. one of your most influential leaders coming to ask china to exert its influence on russia to bring an end to europe, worst conflict since world war 2 is going to show who will keep you. i know that i can count on you to bring russia to reason and every one to the negotiating table. this was she jane paying visiting russian president vladimir putin last month since moscow's invasion. more than a year ago. jane had stayed neutral and proposed a roadmap for sci fi and peace talks. most west and leaders, including macro,

have criticize the plan. but the french president has been one of the more conciliatory voices among nato heads of state. 2 weeks before russia's invasion, he met president vladimir putin in the kremlin, under spoken to him several times by phone over the past year. many and now watching to see if macaroni and she together can provide a breakthrough, where others have failed goals on kinship check. china insists on a peaceful resolution and as willing to work with front to maintain the rationality of the international community and avoid actions that could further escalate the crisis or let things get out of control. in a show of european unity, macro is accompanied by european commission president us, you live on de leon who has taken a much tougher line on china's failure to condemn the russian invasion. the europeans are looking at the very least,

to dissuade china from supplying russia with arms. we also count on china not to provide any military equipment directly or indirectly to russia. because we all know arming the aggressor would be against international law. and it would significantly harm our relationship, the signing of lucrative tre deals on this trip is seen as beijing's attempt to maintain good european relations, even as ties with the us sour. i hope china will tell president macro on the one hand and then toe of on the layer on the other hand that it is absolutely import to half a european perspective which may or may not be exactly identical to that of the united states. chinese and european leaders hoping traditionally strong craig links can lead to a diplomatic breakthrough. robert bride al jazeera on china is also playing

a bigger role elsewhere on the geo political stage. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to resume flights between the 2 countries on facilitate visas for citizens. all part of a chinese media to deal and follows talks between saudi and iranian foreign ministers in beijing. the 1st such meeting in 7 years, say ron and riyadh and now working to reactivate trade deals and re open embassies, abbas as lonnie's, a senior research fellow at the center for emily, strategic studies. he laid out what's next for iran in saudi arabia, as the 2 sides establish new relations. these 2 countries have had ups and downs and lots of tensions in the past decades. and they have been mostly focusing on rivalry and tensions, but now they are talking about focusing on common grounds which includes 2 previous agreements back in 90982000. and one earlier,

one includes cooperation on economy, trade industry on the to read them as well. they have been stressing, cooperation on economic and faith filled in the for the past week. and we have to watch how they will proceed with the process and how they will walk that talk. but it seems that they are somehow determined that according to their stances, in order to expand their cooperation, i think mostly on regional issues and cases including yemen, serial iraq and lebanon, bought in the bilateral level. they will also plan some, let's say, travels or visits by the people that these 2 countries, as well as, let's say, cooperation may be on economy. but what, to what extent they can go ahead that depends on how so these, you know, act because iran has been on the economic sanctions by the worst. that's why we have to see how they will proceed. ok. hundreds of thousands of

people have been rallying across france for another day of strikes and mass protests against changes to the country's pension system. these alive pictures from paris. we have ongoing confrontations between protesters and police, which about iraq to the in the north west demonstrators, through projectiles and police responded with tear gas. all this comes on the talks between the prime minister and labor unions fail to break a stalemate. union chief say they will continue fighting the overhaul, which includes raising the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00 or president emanuel has insisted that the changes are necessary to sustain francis pension system. meanwhile, french police have been accused of indiscriminately targeting protested during the demonstrations that began in january. a touch up on the reports.

ah french ride police charge and a pigeon refilled, protest in paris, and no command to the ground. elsewhere, some officers beat people with boss homes and fire tear gas rights groups and france. say the police are increasingly using excessive force against administrators and intimidates re tactics, including all poetry, arrests. oh, we did nothing. a legal we were carrying nothing, a legal, the arrest and detention was really aggressive and totally unjustified. i was arrested and i wasn't even taking part in the protests. i was just in the street name by last week, thousands of people gathered in the city to demand change. these people have come hair to demonstrate against what they say is growing police violence in the demonstrations. there was so much police violence sharing the elevator movement and

then things seem to get better. but now it's really about again, they just want to stop as protesting before come. but this is the sort of violence that the police say they face. a minority of troublemakers who infiltrate some protests and often target officers like this one carried away unconscious by a colleague of to being hit in the head by paving stone. didn't move any good easy . these radicalized elements from the ultra laughter trying to hold trade, union demonstrations hostage. they come to break, hurt and kill police officers and john, dom suited their goals, have nothing to do with the pension reform. i found it. okay. but some say it's the government's approach to policing. that's part of the problem later. it's as if the french day doesn't know what to do other than to respond to violence with more vitals. this police union spokesman says there's also a lack of training in parts of the force along over just report the problem is with

training both at the start in school and then during a korea unfortunately, it's not very good. and france, milford awful smell, was my trade union say that people should be able to protest without fear of violence. and the police should focus on the trouble makers, not peaceful demonstrators. so father, there is no sign that police methods will change all that the pension reform protests will end a volatile situation. the could get worse. natasha butler, al jazeera paris sla had on al jazeera will tell you why the british government is planning to house. hundreds of sign him seekers on a barge. ah hello there. the weather's looking largely quiet across much of south asia. at the

moment. we're expecting lots of sunshine to come into pakistan as well as northern areas of india further south. this is where we see the cloud and the heavier rain picking up friday into saturday from showers as well, edging into coastal areas of corolla and the potential for some storms popping off in sri lanka to the north east. it's a quiet to picture as well, with lots in the way of sunshine come in to bangladesh and for pakistan where we are expecting some heat to pick up the horse seeing 30 degrees celsius on saturday . that temperatures may be on the up here, but they certainly coming down places like japan as we move to east asia. that slow moving weather system. finally edging its way further east from friday into saturday'd. still gonna bring some heavy rain on fridays and southern parts of japan, trickling down into taiwan, but it does edge its way further east behind it. lots of fun. enjoy whether to be found with sunshine stretching across northern parts of china, down to coastal areas in the east temperatures,

picking up the shanghai as well as beijing and even as far north places like mongolia. lambert, tar coming in at 14 degrees celsius on saturday. that to weather update. ah, a lou

ah, welcome back here watching out. as a reminder for top stories this out is rarely media reporting that missiles have been fired from lebanon in northern israel. israel's foreign minister says the country will take all necessary measures to defend itself. earlier israeli forces stormed alex the most for a 2nd night in a row. several palestinian worshippers were injured. many fear tensions could lead to move on and during ramadan and the jewish holiday. emanuel mac wise urging china, using pain to reason with russia to help bring an end to the war in ukraine. french president is in beijing talks with g, an european commission president or slot on the land. the british government has confirmed plans to hold hundreds of asylum seekers and migrants on

a barge of the southern coast. it is designed to reduce the cost of using hotels as temporary accommodation and deter new arrivals. the vessel will accommodate about $500.00 men. the government says it will provide basic and functional living conditions. human rights groups have criticize the plan as cool and adequate for brandon has moved from london. the body is currently in italy, and it is not clear exactly when it will arrive on british shores. but when it does arrive, it will be taken to a very picture spots on the south coast of england endorse at co portland bay, where the local council, the local m. p. that of threatening the prospect of legal action to try to prevent it. being able to take on any migrants or asylum seekers. the government though is pointing for the statistics as far as the backlog of asylum cases that it's having to deal with on the cost of housing. those people while the claims are being

processed. there are some 160000 asylum tases currently in the system. $51000.00 people are currently in temporary accommodation and the government saying that the cost of that is extraordinary. certainly the u. k. government seems to see the migration asylum problem as it calls it, as through the prism of the criminal gangs and wanting to clamp down on the criminal gangs who are exploiting people wanting to pay money to come across the english channel on small votes. the opposition, though, the main labor party opposition cast thomas saying it was absolute evidence of failure that the government should be seeking to use a barge in this way. he pointed out that only one percent of those people who arrived by small boats last year have had the claims processed. and that is the reason why there are many are in temporary accommodation. you fix the process, be those people through the system. you wouldn't have the people in hotels you will need to be paying for these barges. a barge by the way,

the cost of which is not yet clear. the home off is not revealing its figures, so does it save money for the tax path. we simply don't know now for the latest from all investigation into a large scale, money laundering operations, spawning southern africa and the middle east. the al jazeera investigative unit has uncovered evidence implicating high ranking diplomat since and bob boy on the some of south africa, the top banks. the gold, matthew invited on the cover report is to visit the headquarters in de bye, where rival gangs loan to value amounts of money. and i found a james has his report. comments. putney is in a tourist, go dealer. he lost his money using go that he sells into buy. he shows on the cover reporters earnings from one store. does the cash? yes. this is us dollar. rival gangs are competing to clean up what journalists posing as chinese gangsters say is $1200000000.00 of dirty cash for every day

coming here everyday. the vision, you know, like buying putney, once the reporters to join his existing money laundering setup or not like, you know, somebody and then it becomes a gentleman from the loan to finish fluctuates like no, then you've been involved in what you want to buy has set themselves up for being the middle of the gold trade. the key to being a money laundering haven is you have to have the financial infrastructure and they have blacks laws and no enforcement. allister matthias is also based in dubai. he uses gold to clean money for corrupt politicians. oh, is there any current?

only you included, anyone who is much lower than most, but he plans to clean the dirty cash through his gold refinery allies. hell, by the way, because we can do or can you you, you can pay through the 5. well, play with the people, how they look like gold. you bet angel is as in bob when ambassador, who is offered to launder money through gold. again, like the glory, he recently spoke to international, delicate cindy, by about investing in zimbabwe, free from corruption. i was in my office with no russian or any math. angel is asking for $200000.00 to arrange a meeting between zimbabwe. president emerson, man, and gaga,

and out there is undercover teen. that guy doesn't take bribes. oh, no. one is a big difference in appreciating some waking and bribe, you know, he, at this level google don't pregnant. there is somebody saying, i think. ready within that you are doing for us and it him big difference. angel says president, man and gaga can help with the money laundering for a fee. i think he's in any trouble with your goodness. and this is my you know somebody i was another. but when. ready somebody with the money to spend on oh yeah . you you give him 1000000 is like is living the communist party denied involvement in any form of money laundering and that also to deal with funds he knew originated from legal sources. allister matthias said that he had never wanted money or gold, nor offer to do such things. he said he had never owned any refineries in dubai.

the other parties featured did not respond to our inquiries. alex on the james al jazeera, also by way minister information says the authorities are committed to upholding local and international laws relating to financial transactions. the trade of gold and other precious enrolled government issues with this is lee. this is bob with pro or info with you. and you can watch the 3rd of the 4 part series in the out their investigation, gold mafia el dorado on thursday, a 20 g empty. now the united states is currently dealing with the deadliest bird

flew outbreak in its history. more than 58000000 farm birds have died. open coal to prevent the spread of the virus is contributed. rising egg and poultry prices. kristin slimy reports from lancaster county in pennsylvania. chickens are more plentiful than people in lancaster county, pennsylvania, but a severe strain of avian flu is taking a toll on the poultry population here and around the country. and restrictions meant to prevent the spread of the virus are taking away a source of income for farmers like jeffrey mitchell. so how long has it been since we've had chickens here? it was january 27th. when the last others left, he sells his birds for meat. his 4 chicken houses are currently empty. wow, i've never had the disease on my form that i know about. so, you know, they're being being kept away from me for safety reasons. i'm because of the

diseases in the area. it's in the quarantine area as a mine, avian flu, along with inflation help drive up the price of eggs as much as 70 percent last year. in the united states, the world's largest producer and 2nd largest exporter of poultry. the virus is carried in the droppings of migratory birds. this latest variant has not only spread like wildfire among poultry. it's also been found in mammals as well. raising the specter of a human outbreak. a drop what of manure about the size of my finger nail, for example, would be enough to infect a flock very easily of scientists at penn state university are working to educate backyard chicken owners, as well as farmers to reduce the spread. humans should not be worried simply because only 2 percent of our population is actively working in agriculture. and so the majority of our, our public are consumers of our poultry and eggs. and those are safe because

they're inspected before they're put out into the supermarkets. i think for us, the worst case scenario is seeing this continue to spread which the states governor has also set aside $25000000.00 from next year's budget to compensate farmers. another 6000000 for testing. but as this latest of avian flu shows no signs of abating. some of the industry say vaccinating chicken should also be on the table now says 2015 a number of different outbreaks or billions of dollars spent on indemnification. ah, you know, 100000000 birds put down. it deserves serious sir. consideration at this point in time. they say more needs to be done to keep this vital food supply safe. kristen salumi al jazeera lancaster, pennsylvania. ah, this is al jazeera, these year top stories, as early forces have stormed, al,

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