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it's great to have you with us. this is the news. our live from doha. coming up in the program today, escalating tensions in the middle east rockets, a fired from southern lebanon towards israel, and the largest attack, and more than a decade. it is follows a 2nd raid by is really forces on alexa mosque in occupied east jerusalem, and menu. and my co appeals to china's leader to bring russia to reason and end the war in ukraine. also break through in beijing, saudi arabia and iran agreed to restore relations in a deal negotiated by china. and i'm natasha butler in power. so people have been protesting against price and micros pension reform, a reform that he says, he won't scrap and i'm fine. how much would all the sports, including chelsea and now it's a temporary fix to long term problem form a coach frank lampart has been named into a manager until the end of the season. ah,

there we begin this hour with escalating tension in the middle east, where the largest barrage of rockets since the 2006 war has been fired towards israel from lebanon. is really military says it intercepted 25 or 34 projectiles. 3 people were reported injured. several buildings damaged. a number of rockets were also fired from gaza overnight. all of this coming after israeli police storm deluxe, the mosque, unoccupied, east jerusalem for a 2nd night on wednesday. they again fired stun grenades and rubber coated steel bullets at worshippers. some of them through fire crackers and stones. the u. s. is called for calm after the violence that alex the mosque and says it's maintaining regular contact with israel and with the palestinian authority. or double hamid is in occupied east jerusalem. what are so we saw in the last 24 hours. rockets fired

from lebanon rock rockets fired from gaza. how is israel responding? well, israel at the moment is considering all its options. that is actually according to a statement that has just come out from the defense ministry. it said that the defense minister, you are galant, had just finished a meeting with a senior commanders of the army and other security officials where and they had as situational assessment. now up, according to that statement, basically they looked into all the options of what could be, is rose response. that assessment now will be put forward to the security cabinet convened by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it was supposed to start in about half an hour, but has been delayed by 45 minutes. but from what we understand,

it seems somehow that israel was taken by surprise by this barrage of rocket fire that came from a sudden israel at this time. as you mentioned earlier, there had been rocket fire from garza oh, in the last 48 hours. and obviously there are detentions, and that have been ongoing. does behind me aim deep in del axa must compound so is we're really has to look at all of that together and figure out what to do next . i have to say also that the spokesman of the military has denied that earlier reports that had come out out of lebanon, that israel had actually fired, i tillery, into sudden lebanon a. well, that spokesman said that so far, there hasn't been any response. this events right now in israel are moving based on what happens in the overnight hours at alex m. oscar you getting any indications of how to night might play out. does israel, for instance,

still intend to remove muslim worshippers if they attempt to stay in prey overnight? well it is thursday night and to morrow they are no visitation rights for for the jews into the acts. i must compound, according to the status quo agreement. does visitation rights happen from a sunday to thursday? so worshippers could be staying there, but probably the police won't have that urge should try to disperse them as there is no a visits. but as you said, tomorrow is friday, a large number of palestinians. i expected to make their way here to have the friday prayer. we still don't know whether there will be some limitations on age or if everyone will be allowed to come. and obviously we don't know what's gonna happen overnight. there's a lot of balls up in the air and what the main one being, what will israel's response be?

at this stage it came under fire from several borders and people would expect them . israelis would accept the government to, to, to take some step. so everything is up in the air. tension is high, thinks going to wrap that ever at any minute, but is really very difficult to predict what could happen overnight whether here and occupied east, jerusalem, or indeed at the northern border or the border with garza or at thank you for your reporting holder. deal of eden occupied east jerusalem. a french president, dominion mccoys urging chinese leaders shooting ping to reason with russia to help end the war in ukraine. i coins on a 3 day state, visit the china coinciding with a trip to beijing by the european commission president or su lavender lane. rob mcbride reports french president emanuel macro being given the owner 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, the worst conflict since world war 2. just 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 a cease fire and peace talks. most western 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. come 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 to 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. so i hope china will tell press the macro on the one hand and then toe of on the layer on the other hand that it is absolutely import. want to have a european perspective which may or may not be exactly identical to that of the united states. chinese and european leaders hoping traditionally strong crate links can lead to a diplomatic breakthrough. robert pride al jazeera, a kremlin says that china has indeed strong potential as a mediator, but sees no prospects for peace in ukraine. russia's presidential spokesman, in fact, dimitry pest golf says the situation in ukraine is too complex for now, and requires russia to continue its military campaign. china is also playing a bigger role elsewhere on the geopolitical stage. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to resume flights between their countries and facilitate visa citizens as

part of a chinese mediated deal. this follows talks between saudi and iranian foreign ministers in beijing, assa, my hilbert reports this is the 1st high level contact between the 2 regional heavy weights in 7 years. iran and saudi arabia agreeing to reopen embassies and consulates in each other's countries. these are the 1st significant steps to was normalization says the 2 restored relations last month. the deal was broken by china as it seeks a new role as a global peacemaker. so it would add, as a good friend and partner of middle east countries, china will continue to respect the autonomy of the middle east countries and is a full supporting reconciliation, peace and harmony. in the middle east, china will work with middle eastern countries to implement global security initiatives, global development initiatives, and global civilization initiatives to promote security. riyadh sever ties in

2016. after iranian professors stalled the saudi embassy into iran that followed the execution of a shia cleric in saudi arabia. o for years, the oil rich kingdom blamed iran for spreading radical she ideology and army proxies in yemen, syria and iraq. the wealthy gulf nation prides itself on being the defender of cindy's lamb and has repeatedly golden iran to give up its nuclear ambitions. for now though, the arch rivals want to start a new chapter and competence of prime minister ma hm has been said man, widely known by his initials m. b. s. has ambitions to develop saudi arabia rapidly . this is primarily driven by a mom, had been selma's motivation, fulfilling his vision, 2030 of socio economic development in saudi arabia,

which requires stability. you can't really achieve that kind of growth. if you're being rained on by drones and missiles coming from across the border from yemen, the united states has praised the deal as a positive step forward. but washington remain skeptical. it fears it's decades long influence in the region could be eroding at a time that of its biggest rival, china is expanding. hash marbella al jazeera abdul aziz delegation is a saudi foreign policy researcher with lancaster university. he says, re added to iran are looking beyond their grievances i think why this is very interesting. and this deal is new. is because they're focusing on a, the, a positive aspect, the aspects of commonality aspects of common interest in economy. and that is then

what we'll hopefully spill over into the other aspects of the grievances and aspects of interference in affairs and american bases, et cetera, et cetera. so it's a very different approach, but time will tell how successful it will be. so i think we're going to see more cooperation i economically because i think the, the economic aspect is precisely what's driving saudi foreign policy now. so we're going to see a lot of the commonalities and not just and just resonance of an investment, of business and of culture. still ahead on the news, our analogy 0 exclusive investigation reveals how goals, smuggling operations in africa extend to devise global commodities. hm. and will tell you why the british government is planning to house. hundreds of asylum seekers on a barge also an off day for

a tani. how baseballs figure storm made the wrong kind of history. details on that coming ah hundreds of thousands of people have been rallying across france in another day of strikes and mass protests against pension reform. there been confrontations between protesters and police and paris comes after talks between the prime minister and labor unions failed to break a stalemate. i let's go live to natasha butler, in the french capital. natasha, the number of demonstrators always an indication of whether the protest movement is gaining or losing momentum. so what do we know on that this evening? look, the big picture is these, the, some of the pick a street protests that have been seen in france in decades. and since january francis trade unions of really managed to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people

again and again are nearly every week to demonstrate against the french president's pension reform. and we've seen out again today we've seen a leased anywhere between is always difficult to tell because the police and the trade unions have different figures by anywhere between half a 1000000 to 1000000 people in the streets. hundreds of demonstrations all around france, including strikes of pauses, disruption and transport, and schools and that kind of thing. so for the trade from trade unions point of view, this is a movement which is still strong. and even though the numbers can fluctuate from week to week, many people still supported this. is there a form that is still deeply unpopular pinnacle still suggested some tito, it's a french people want that reformed to be scrapped. but what we have really been seeing in recent weeks is a lot more anger, a lot more violence in some of these boats. as you can probably see, just behind me, the police are trying to clear people from this square were right at the end of this protest. now most people have gone home, but there are still people hanging around. few trouble makers earlier set fire to

parts of the square, and of course, the fire fighters had to move in one human rights groups. i've also been saying there in the past few weeks is that the police are fueling some of these tensions because they often use excessive force and target. not just the troublemakers, but processes that have often been peaceful. is there a world natasha, in which the president yields to the demonstrators and pulls his pension reform? well, that's only a world that the trade unions would like to see and live in. but i'm not sure that's the case. what we saw on wednesday was, or the trade union leaders united. ah, they called for a meeting with the french of prime minister elizabeth born. it was a meeting no, the last less than an hour. they walked out because they couldn't come to any form of agreement because what the trade unions want is for the pension reform to be scrapped. what the prime minister says is that's just not going to happen. serena

status deadlock and stalemate. we have another day like we have to day where people have come out in the street to protest. and we know the next week is going to be very much the same because the trade unions i've already called for another day for us next thursday night dosher butler reporting from paris. thank you. the british government has confirmed plans to hold hundreds of asylum seekers and migrants on a barge off the southern coast. it's designed to reduce the cost of using hotels as temporary accommodation and designed to deter a new arrivals. the vessel will accommodate about $500.00 men. now human rights group say, this is quote, cruel and inadequate. while the government says that living conditions will be, quote, basic and functional, or brennan has more from london. this is the latest in a long line of british government proposals to try to get on top of the backlog and the cost associated with that backlog of asylum seekers arriving on these shores.

we've heard, for example of trying to house asylum seekers in full spaces in our seasons, holiday camps. now this idea of a bond which will hold $500.00 people. well, the barges currently in italy as we understand it. and when you ask the government exactly when it might arrive here, some months away is the answer. nevertheless, the prime minister receives soon on a campaign visit in the midlands of the k today said something has to be done to provide value for money for the british tax pay. we call and have a situation we all collectively spend a 1000000 pounds a day on hotels for illegal as long as we can back home. be right. like said that i would do everything i could to stop by and reduce the pressure on all communities from as long as they could, being in hotels. and that's what we're doing, we're bringing for what alternative sites really can be the barge that we've been out today. that will save us money and indeed reduce pressure on hotels, all part of all plan to stop the boat. we're also putting through parliament

a new law, which will show that if you are right here illegally, you will not have the ability to say we will be able to detain you and then swiftly remove you to your own country. if a safe or alternative country alternative like rwanda, i'm all given that the government is trying to save the taxpayer. money has been using li visser rated by the opposition party. the labor party. it's the kiss sama saying today. the answer isn't more expense for the tax, but it's stopped the boats on process the claims. just one percent of those who arrived by small bows last year he said actually have had the asylum plays process . it's the backlog. that is causing the problems and the fun, i'm sorry, i missed the international also reacted saying that confining hundreds of people and i was just more of the political fear that this government has created to obscure its gross mismanagement of the asylum's system. not the reality is that

it's not a done deal. the local people, the local n p, where this barge would be situated is threatening the prospect of legal action to stop it. being more where the government wants to more it's, this is not by any means a done deal, pull, brennan, i'll just era london. well, steve valdez simons is the refugee and migrant rights program director at amnesty international u. k. and he says, an inefficient asylum system has led to major backlogs in costs a very long time ago. something broadly similar was done by the british government and indeed other european governments have done things like this. although not quite in the same context. and what's very important to understand what makes this a pulling decision even more atrocious, is that the reason the u. k is currently experiencing an enormous backlog and it's asylum system is for one single reason. the government has decided to

stop processing people's claims. what it is meant is that as people entered the asylum system, the back block has to get bigger because nobody is leaving it. they've read this system. and of course now there are more and more people stuck in limbo. and the cost of that gets bigger. but the u. k doesn't see very many people seeking asylum compared to most of the european countries, let alone countries elsewhere in the world. and it could perfectly well deal with its system as it used to. if it would only decide the claims people make. the latest now from our ongoing exclusive investigation into a huge money laundering and gold smuggling operation implicating seniors and baldwin diplomats and major south african banks. to day al jazeera investigative unit reveals the dubai connection. alexander james reports on the rival, gangs,

laundering vast amounts of money. camelot, putney is notorious, go dealer. he loaned his money using gold that he sells in dubai. he shows under cover reporters earnings from one store for cash, for the review of dollar not gone, rival gangs are competing to clean up what journalists posing as chinese gangsters say is $1200000000.00 of dirty cash for every day her coming. yes, we really did a vision india. i putney once the reporters to join his existing money laundering, set up all the good with her you know, somebody and then it becomes good. you too much of it is the laundry much was finished. you know, then you've been with 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 included anyone who is much the one we're looking for the most part. he plans to clean the dirty cash through his gold refinery allies. hell, by the way, because we can do or can you, you literally, you can pay through the 5. well, play with the people, how they can look like gold. you bet. angel is in baldwin ambassador, who is offered to launder money through gold. again, lex blog and he recently spoke to international delegates in dubai about investing

in zimbabwe, free from corruption. i was in my office with no option already. mat angel is asking for $200000.00 to arrange a meeting between zimbabwe. president, emerson, man and gaga, and out there is under cover team that guy doesn't take breaks or no one is a big difference in appreciating something and bribe, you know, he does live with on greg novak there is somebody saying, i think of way with being 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 this building job it with us. and this is my, you know, somebody was in london but when. ready somebody who had the money to spend on oh

yeah. do you give him 1000000 is like is living with communist party tonight involvement in any form of money laundering and that offered to deal with funds he knew originated from illegal sources. allister matthias said that he had never learned money or gold, nor offer to do such things. he said he had never owned any refineries in due by the other parties. feature did not respond to our inquiries. alex on the james, out of era, ends in bob way, the minister of information says, authorities are committed to upholding local and international laws relating to financial transactions, the trade of gold and other precious minerals. this is a in a resignation.

this involved with corruption. throw all info with and you can watch the 3rd of this 4 part series and the al jazeera investigation gold. matthew el dorado on thursday at 20100 gmc or i still had on al jazeera. have you wondered why eggs have gotten so expensive lately? i'm kristen salumi, looking for the answer to that question. lancaster, county, pennsylvania, and sport. the fox are heading to the playoffs as the eastern conferences team to beats, the border coming up with and so ah,

how low their the weather's turned unsettled because parts of the middle east, particularly southern parts of the region, places like yemen, seeing flooding from heavy rain we are expecting rainfall heavy here over the next few days, particularly across western and northern areas for the north of this go weather system pulling its way across turkey or bringing more wet and windy weather with a bit of a wintery edge in there, they'll knock temperatures, down across the levant, as we go friday in to saturday. for the south of this, the heavy rain picks up across central parts of saudi arabia, some heavy showers to come for coastal areas of the red sea. and wet and windy weather is intensifying across northern parts of africa. some heavy showers coming into northern in eastern our really picking up as well for to nicea and libya will see the temperatures which are sitting well below the average. for this time of year. i continue to head further south before picking up saturday into sunday for tuners with more in the way of sunshine, lots of heat across places like molly and chad with tempt,

just sitting exceptionally high. this time of year, the wet weather continues to effect tanza near as well as you gander. we could see some flooding from the heavy rains for the south of this much dry, a picture with some rain trickling into cape town, friday to saturday. ah, jump into the stream 10 percent of the population globally is responsible for about 15 percent of carbon emission joined the debate. people have already lost their life. people, how close they're called just people, how those traditions have your say. want to broaden this conversation by bringing more voices into it live on you to people commenting. i want the whole world to know that cherokee for not headed to wreckage is always resist with the powers that be. the stream on the al jazeera al jazeera sets the stage 311 here. 5, i haven't been deployed to faith just one enemy,

global experts and discussion idea of been do comes from venice dumpster and democracy. it was bound to explore and abundance of world class programming of regarding relief with books designed to inform, motivate, and inspire. you are now to sierra blue ah, washing al jazeera, your head lions, this our israel is blaming hamas for 34 rockets, fired from lebanon, and the largest such garage since the 2006 war. one person was injured by shrapnel and several buildings are reported. damaged rockets were also fired from gaza.

earlier it comes after is really forces stormed alex and mosque for a 2nd night. in a row, several palestinian worshippers were injured menu and mccoys urging china. is she doing things to reason with russia to help bring an end to the war? ukraine, french president is in beijing for talks with she yet european commission president are so live under leon. now the u. s. is currently dealing with the deadliest bird flew outbreak in its history. more than 58000000 farm birds have died or been cold to prevent the spread of the virus that has contributed to rising egg and poultry prices. as kristen salome reports, 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 of them left, he sells his birds for meat. his 4 chicken houses are currently empty. well, i've never had the disease on my farm 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 m. i. 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 of manure about the size of my finger nail, for example, would be enough to in fact, 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 state governor has also set aside $25000000.00 from next year's budget to compensate farmers. another 6000000 for testing, but as this latest strain of avian flu shows, no signs of debating some of the industry say vaccinating chicken should also be on the table. you know, $60015.00, a number of different outbreaks, billions of dollars spent on indemnification. you know, 100000000 birds put down. it deserves serious 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. now this highly contagious and lethal strain of avian influenza or bird flu has spread across the world. since october 20 2150 1000000 domesticated birds have died of avian flu. while another 193000000 have had to be cold. the strain originated among wild birds was migration patterns accelerated, the global spread, and the rates of reproduction is high. one bird can infect up to a 100 others. this outbreak is the largest ever recorded and marks the 1st time avian flu has been detected in latin america. it's also taking hold in parts of africa. nicholas hack reports from synagogue, we're an outbreak is being investigated. were in downtown car, in the neighborhood of the off and all the birds behind me among them are migratory . birds as well. live on this island, the island of york with the secret island, but also is

a natural reserve. and this is where birds from europe come during the winter months to escape the cold winter. it's also where scientists believe there is a very flu outbreak and there closely monitoring the situation because there are over 10000 chickens in a far hundreds of kilometers away from here that have been infected and called the new various of birth, h one and 5. well, scientists believe that it is highly contagious and could effect an insect other mammals, other farm animal. scientists believe though, that it doesn't pose a grave risk to human, at least for now. and there is a vaccine against the virus. but there is an economic follow to this outbreak, especially in the country like here, where most people live off of farming and hurting and also with the

warmer weather in the spring coming in europe, all of these birds will be traveling back to europe, bringing with them the virus and their fear that this outbreak could effect even more bird, an animal across the world. nicholas hawk else's iraq, the car. let's talk about dr. andrew, the car. he is head of the pen, american health organizations, infectious hazard management unit. you join us live from washington, d. c, sir. what's your degree of concern about this? while the 10th your filing, mit is after noon. yes, definitely. i think it is a situation where we need to be quite alert but is not yet of panic. that definitely in a sense, you know, what we are seeing is definitely more bios. if you want in the environment, the, the, it is in said vatike animals a semantic bird. and there is always the opportunity for spill over into, you might know up to now we have footages that in our region in the americas.

essentially only 3 human cases, which, where essentially always in contact with the 2nd in a sense. okay. obviously, after the pandemic, everybody's going to be, you know, very attentive to just how likely or, or how easily this can transmitted to, to humans. you said it's unlikely our reporter just reported doesn't pose a grave wrist to humans. but yours also saying not 0. absolutely. i think you know, it, it's, i saw a normal last part. you know, the influence of i was this, essentially of the mutating all the time. and in this case as well offer, i essentially then moving from fall aquatic fall in particular either to other species, 243, and not a domestic and my birth. but as really can of course, you know, spill over into human centers where lot mammals in a sense that it is a if you want. it's really a little bit of a chance event. in a sense the more virus you have within the bird population,

especially mugger tory birds at actually moving a longer lasha swath of land. of course, you know, you have as well more probability of a contact with either are not mammals as well as with the human usually is the typos below it. they don't go far in a sense, you know, the person or dan or the other mammals that get infected. he just, you know, the end of the chain of transmission if you am. but of course there is always santa, there's some condition. the possibilities of it says, well, it's as mission goes on. how can this be brought under control? but essentially, i think there is one part, what is the the on the must side if you want, what may be far money most. but there is really absolutely the need of detecting only all these infection and taking measures to control the disease within the animal population. within that wildlife, it's a little bit more complicated if you on but again,

the same principle in term of being able to serve a what is going on and possible as well. to caution the people in a sense about these and of course within the public sector, it is always very important in a way to establish a book communication between the different sector, whether it is a public health and the my last, the wildlife health sectors that they can really work together and talk to each other. the 2nd part is definitely what we call the main survey and in a sense, a deal or to need to really detecting the cases early. but as well, of course, by the people you know, that they need to understand that if they were in contact with that on the model or that, and i mean it was dying or very sick, you know, they show and they come down with flu like symptoms you know, within a week that they go and consult, and they tell us ways to their care professionals that they with this type of chronic. and by the way, this contact us to be fun with the family member,

what the similar contact with the non the money for based on what you're seeing now and how it's being handled in various parts of the world. how do you see this developing? what's the most likely scenario? it's a variety of possible scenarios. of course, i mean, it is definitely a concern, is that there is so much transmission within the animal, the, especially with the bus and the se, occasional low spot, they spill over to other species. but it's very difficult to say in a sense, you know, always, always going to avoid any time we have a new types of influenza virus. anytime you know, you have a space that is so large, you know, you were actually in p supposed to work on that. we did talk to animals and of course as well with humans. and anytime you know that there is still content. if 1st a type of, of infection in the nato species, there is as well today, you know, in a sense in some sense, is that something is happening. you know,

it's like a lottery, even though it's more tickets you have for a lot, the more likely you are to win the lottery. but at the same time that it doesn't mean that you're going to win it anyway. my doctor andrey, of a car. thank you for your explanations. thank you. it. mexico's president has written to the chinese leader shooting thing urging him to help control shipments of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. the u. s. is called its southern neighbor to do more to hold the trafficking of this substance. john hallman reports from mexico city. it's been a red button issue in the u. s. for the last few years. fentanyl, the synthetic o period, up to 50 times stronger than heroin, with the overdose rate to match. and some republican lawmakers had been ratcheting up the pressure met scope to stop getting into the states led by senator lindsey graham that nol is a killer,

and the people killing you. americans reside out in the open in mexico. we're going to designate these group is trying to introduce legislation to designate met, can cartels as international terrorist organizations and potentially all for the us military to head into the country to stop them. maybe a mix, cose, not happy blood, the mental. so these proposals are in themselves a lot of respect in a threat to our sovereignty on data funding for my still president lope is open. the door was speaking in his tuesday morning press conference, that he wasn't addressing the us, but actually reading aloud from the letter he just sent to the president of china. why not? because some fentanyl comes from china, intimates compose either is separate ingredients ready fully produced. and is them process and smuggled into the us lopez over the doors letter of his chinese counterpart. she's in paying for help in stopping that. but only off the several

paragraphs of denouncing the demands of the us politicians. it's just the latest in what's been largely political theater said. it's a graham's proposal to send us troops into mexico was never going to get off the ground. likewise, president, seizing thing of china is highly unlikely to intervene and still fence no precursors from getting into mexico. but it does give everyone the chance to beat that drum just before election season. meanwhile, there is a real problem may, can cartels all doing big business with fentanyl and the u. s. government is talking with met coke about how to stop them. the problem is that you can't store one drug on it. so without reforming a whole new or new system. so security, unless valko earns to actually make a dems in a criminal groups capacity to operate in mexico. you would have to fix very deeply rooted problems. and that includes getting corruption collusion out of the digital

and the policing system and also the out of the on. busy forces and so there simply is no such thing as magic bullets to solve the situation. so the outcome of all the talk likely some saber rattling until the political expediency is gone. meanwhile, the laws of supply and demand keep the river of drugs running from mexico into the u. s. john holman, i just either met her city as a or both scenario has been questioned by police, investigating jewelry worth millions of dollars, which he received from saudi arabia while he was president of brazil. also, nora denied trying to import the gifts illegally. they were not declared to tax authorities. he's also under investigation for allegedly, inciting january's riots in the capital brazilian after his election loss. at least 5 people have died after a tornadoes swept through the us state of missouri. the storm ripped through roofs from homes and brought down trees and power lines. the governor said recovery would

take a long time. severe storms have killed more than 60 people across the southern and midwestern us in the last 2 weeks. the protest is demanding government action on poverty, and inflation have blocked, busy streets in argentina, capital, more than $120.00 blockades were set up around when situs and provinces around the country. you government figures showed that poverty increased the 40 percent last year with inflation rising. above 100 percent in march, more than 18000000 argentinians are unable to cover their basic food need. it's been 4 years since protests in sudan force president tomorrow this year to step down after 30 years and power. since then, the country has been stuck in political turmoil. hip morgan has more from khartoum on how the anniversary is being marked. to come on the right, the 4th anniversary of the thoughts of

a citizen which elected to overthrow of long time president del martin bashir in april 2019 protest. as in heart of tomb and other cities in sudan on thursday took to the street to mark the day. but they also voicing their anger against the current political developments in the country. now them has been in a political term world since the military took over power. in october 2021. and in a 2 year transitional government that was meant to be put down to democracy. and the protesters have been demanding that the military handover power to civilian government and returned to the barracks. but they've also been demanding political parties not negotiate with the military thing that would give them legitimacy. over the past few months, they have been talking between political parties and the military to form a 2 year transitional government that would lead to down to elections. and the deal is to be signed in the coming days, according to both sides. the military and the political parties, those talks are being facilitated by the african union, the united nations and the regional. i got body here in sudan, but brought us to say that the fact this is happening is against their demands. i

wish they've been making since the military took over power security forces on thursday use tear gas to disperse protestors in the city of part of whom and the trinity of under man, at least a 120 protested, have been killed and anti military demonstrations. hundreds of others have been injured, but protested hearsay, they will continue to void their anger and wants to treat against the military, even if they have a small role in the upcoming government. and even if it is led by civilian leadership, to ne uganda where people are struggling to access treatments for eye diseases such as cataract ventura coma al 0 heard from the 1st and only a doctor in the car. mosher reach. oh, daughter gladys at her el. and doctor, looking in a hospital in this area and this community is purely pastoral, is community, then move from place to place. what is a problem? search committee and demik here. and so they suffer from a lot of tacoma there with c. so work on those cases, then there was a cataract,

which is the commonest cause. i'm blindness here and also in the world accessibility general to health care is so poor and is what affects the people here . and then those have believes, given that this they had to rec, area seems to be cut of they have their own culture and believe. and so they prefer to use traditional medicine before coming to that i hospital and most of them come with complications already. i have a qualified team of a co worker really fully trained. i have of the mcclintock officers, i have of this is a half the attendant to have it off. they'll make a quick meant technician. so that kind of, tim, is willis pilot specialist than i care. and those are the people i work with you know what it means actually to see. so the impact of our say here is actually that the next day for patients for vendor going surgeries, examiners, gun,

been blind for 5 years, and then you work on them. and the next day they can see. and for that, that is a kind of impact with the independent, someone comes, you know, and they're being guided by a child or some of that. and then, and then now they can work on their own. coming up after the break, you're a sports news, the more things change at chelsea football club, the more they stay the same more on a dramatic return to stamford bridge. coming up in just a few moments. ah.

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a little while frank lampart is back as chelsea's manager. this despite the fact that he was fired as the clubs a boss just over 2 years ago. for now, he's been given at the job in a temporary capacity until the end of the season. that part previously spent more than a decade that chelsea as a player probably club is still looking to high a permanent replacement for graham porter. who was sacked on sunday. chelsea are in the bottom half of the premier league despite spending more than half a $1000000000.00 on you place at the season. and a statement. chelsea is a co owner said that we want to provide the club and our fans with a clear and stable plan. now for the remainder of the season. we want to give ourselves every chance of success that frank has all of the characteristics and qualities that we need to drive us to the finish line. when you become a manager, you understand, you know, manage your company beside your car forever. and obviously i've been on

a different path since i left chelsea. but to come back in a time where the problem asks me to come and take the role, who says the most important thing? oh, so i wouldn't believe so. i can come and help the coles in this period to the end of the season, or join us now from an to says the evening stand. his football correspondent in his arkansas law is that you are at langford's press conference. is his appointment. is that a panic moved from chelsea? is he viewed as a safe pair of hands? what were they thinking? yeah, the word that was used to me was stabilizer. he's he said to stabilize things. the seasons been as chaotic as you could imagine now. tired just over and all. busy different managers in the season. i don't think i've seen many people at chelsea, the thing roman abramoff, which is a bit crazy hiring and firing managers. but now the new owners boley and been barley. they've got to do something and never did, which was 2 managers in

a single seas and we found a care manager before and bruno. so sir, and now with frank lamb, who is the kind of inter managing one? it's a good steady pair of hands, but to get to this point it's been a chaos take. it's been for a bad as well to be 11 in the premier league. that's not what chelsea wanted before the season. and, and this is the guy who's going to try and save this season. so do you think lam part is not the worst solution but for their problems, but their problems and issues are deeper than that? yeah, i think they've got huge issues in the long term, but it's about can you save something from the season? can you take something out of it? 11th in the premier league, there's not a lot to play for the funds to get in board. the atmosphere is getting really bad. the bridge. so harvard club legend, like the lease, gives something to hold on. say the players might respond to a legend as well. he is. he's a coach as well. he's experienced the chelsea before in the champions league and

primarily it's really it's the last roll the dice from the owners. it's the last chance to try to achieve something. and, and that last thing is the champions league, they've the playing rail madrid next week. i'll be there and they see if they win the competition, they qualify the champions league, they get a trophy at the end of a pretty bad season. but if they don't do well, not competition, it's going to be seen as a disaster sees and then. and rivals will rightly laugh at chelsea and think. ready it's been a ridiculous year from that going forward and who do you think will take the permanent job? think this 2 front runners right now the julian goes men and louis and re k. julian august min, former by munich, manage. he was the red bull i think as well. and they bought multi model which is. busy chelsea wants to be, he's had contact from the louis enrique as well. he's just left spain. he was at the will cook and now he's available a job and he's chosen to so that when i speak to people around chelsea,

they say they're going to in to be 5 to 7 people. they go and stay the time they've got frontline part in. so it gives them a bit more time the, the in to be and they going to really consider, it will be safe even said that they'll probably interview people that the media haven't report on yet. so it's not, it's not obvious at this stage, but julian now goes men and louis and re k, the front runners. now we've mentioned we've got our next we've got as a chelsea, if we've got the next challenge is re how madrid what can lump our do? can you fix it? i think it's a winnable game, right? i mean real madrid they didn't just be boss lona for. know. so is a scary watching not but the 2nd in the league, i think in a normal season, chelsea could easily compete around madrid. i mean they be a champions league in 2021. they were very lucky get not so actually by realm dread

in, in last season's come fish and i thought i was there come new. so the players come beat val, madrid. it's just right now at this moment in time. chelsea just to have no confidence, the lack in full, they can't score a goal that the goal school has been up so dreadful. so capable, of course they are and their younger team, the probably a richer theme than rail madrid. they need to sort of convert into performance over 2 legs. can they do it? come frontline part do it. that's the big question now. and you know, i think that i think it's came on. i think they, they really can i even incentives, football correspond as i can sell. i thank you very much for that. and all new africa, super league for the continents at top clubs is due to launch later this year. it's yet to be confirmed if it will replace or run alongside the existing champions league. the plan has to support a fee for president john an infant tino with at least $100000000.00 available as

prize money confederation of african football president. but to listen to a safer, what's epa says that he hopes that the competition will close at the financial gap on the european leaks up to 24 teams. that could take part with the super bowl. like final pencil, the in for 2024. but the precise start date is still to be announced. what we've been talking to football. right madam, is that here about how the new league may or may not work? i think it's easy to really, you know, criticize anything that has a super li label and fair enough because i think people don't really like the anti competitive nature of how it was revealed in europe. but in africa when i spoke to some of the players and just spoke to some of the administrators, they were saying that the chip is 0 in its current state is broken because travel is so difficult in africa. it can be very, very pricey to play the champions. they can, the prize money is not, you know, very rewarding. so in, in a group, the single group stage for, for example,

a few years back, remember, and algerians had to travel 35000 kilometers. and each, you know, matching cost anywhere from $30.00 to $50000.00 when you consider accommodation and everything like that. so. ready many sides, many clubs are participating this competition and are losing money every time they're participating in it. so, so for them rebranding and if that's going to be more sponsors and more money and regional qualifiers, which makes more sense than you know, playing ball hearts, we have to flight thousands of kilometers. i think do they would want that. so as long as there's no anti competitive nature, as long as it's not a close super leak, i think it could actually be walking in africa. japanese baseball star shall hell. a tiny has made some slightly unfortunate major league history. and angels playlist called at 4 o'clock violations on both the plates and mound, making him the 1st player to break the new rules as both batter and pitcher the rules were brought in at this season to speed up games. despite that set back on

the tiny team, it did go on to win this game against the seattle mariners show it i believe so. oh, brush won't even close to be in a position to throw the baseball either. well, it doesn't have to be the better. and that's always pull for me, we'll have more for you later on. but for now a hand you back to siri. all right, sounds good. thank you very much and we do wish good luck to chelsea the either season. or that's it for me, sir. hold on for this news, our mary month up next tuesday. ah ah

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