steers at the sky every day in search of signs of rain, he has lost nearly all of his sleeping crops is here due to crispin drought conditions affecting the south american nation. the drought is having an impact on across argentina. this is a field of corner. as you can see, it's try and it's already been lost. producers are telling us that because of the lack of water, they have started to notice the different types of insects they had never seen before. extreme weather conditions have also cost shortages of grass, grain and water to view the impacting the captain of many of the farmers in the area. ah, a palestinian israeli rams. a car into tourists televi in the latest escalation and tension between israelis and palestinians. ah,

i'm cyril then. yeah, it's good to have you with us. this is al jazeera alive from dough. are also coming up in the program and american journalist, arrested in russia, pleads not guilty to eschew knowledge. the u. s. vice president visits tennessee to rally support for 2 black democrats, expelled from the state house and cuba, as elderly struggled to make ends meet as they face of crippling financial crisis. ah. so we begin in israel where one person has been killed and at least 5 have been injured in a car ramming attack and television is really police, say the attacker, a palestinian israeli was shot and killed at the scene. it is the latest violent incident in a week of escalating tensions in the region. auto bill. hamid reports from occupied east jerusalem is the kind of threat that israeli forces cannot prevent. lone wolf

attacks that happen suddenly and randomly. this time under water front promenade in television, police are calling it a combined ramming and shooting attack. in the chase, the court overturned. the alleged perpetrator got out, but was killed under spot a few meters away. police say the attacker was a 44 years old man, a palestinian israeli from central israel with no criminal record. one italian tourist, a man set to be in, his thirty's was killed and several other tourist wounded. i was earlier prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his defense minister when to jordan valley, on the site of another similar attack, a palestinian open fire, and a corps before managing to escape, killing 2 sisters. their mother remains in critical condition and all mark i can

only say one thing. our enemies are putting us to the test again. and once again, they will discover even in this test, one that we stand together united, confident in our righteousness. and we will act together with the complete support of our forces, the id f and the security forces. the prime minister said that man hunt was under way to capture the attacker in retaliation. jewess satler's fed to the streets in various parts of the occupied west bank. here they are seen harassing palestinians driving near ramallah. do you an effort for humanitarian affairs says that on average, death 3 daily attacks on palestinians or their properties. since the beginning of the year, ah, all this comes at a time when there's widespread angle among palestinians, triggered by violent police raids inside alex, almost the spillover threatened to broaden the conflict after a barrage of rockets were fired from both lebanon and garza and israel carried out

airstrikes in retaliation. tensions are still simmering along those borders. shortly after the tel aviv attacked, the prime minister instructed both the police and the army to mobilize all reserve units. but he's the man who is coming under pressure from many fronts from within his own coalition. we're some are calling for a tougher stance from many israelis will also changed to do dishes system. and from israel closes, allied to us, which in a rare move, publicly expressed concern over did you use to re overhaul the man who for so long imposed himself as a tough mr. security? now limited in his choices, went up the other 0 in occupied east jerusalem jimanez out as a member of the palestinian fatah political party. he says, israel should not be provoking. palestinians, especially at the mosque, is one rose from its own experience with this holly site of muslims,

that every time it tries to violate the rights of the seniors in this place, this will always be found in flames in the, in the region of the whole. and we've just seen this, i believe these really government knows this, this also, but they once the condition of violence, particularly at this point in time. because the context in which these government is, is having know is the government is under pressure because it wants to do this judicial reform. and they want to drive the protesters back home using fear and a legend, existential threat. so that they get rid of the demonstrators intend to be the best way to do this from the point of view is to to have a war started in the region. so they are using scaring tactics against their own

people, thereby violating also there, i suppose, seniors in the hall, the sides germs at him. i do believe that it is really government interested in having a larger type of war in the region right now because they are interested in changing, changing the entire climate of their internal politics. and china has started conducting military drills into play. one straight type pay says the 3 day exercise is happening near the bus. she channel, which separates the country from the philippines. the defense ministry says 42 chinese plains and 8 ships cross the taiwan straits, median line. the drills follow condemnation from beijing after time when he's president saying when visited the us, china views taiwan as part of its territory. the democratic and republican leaders of the u. s. senate have issued a rare joint statement, demanding the immediate release of

a wall street journal reporter arrested in russia. us citizen irvin girl of it has pleaded not guilty to charges of spying. he's being held in pre trial detention for 2 months. the criminal accused him of spying for the u. s. government or white house correspondent, kimberly healthcare has more from the get go. as soon as the white house learned about the detention of haven't girl co, which it has always denied the allegations against him. i asked for these formal charges that have now been leveled against him. the white house is not in any way updating its response, but what i can tell you is that the state department official is saying that what it in the button administration is doing essentially is pressing for fair and transparent treatment. so really what they're saying is that they are going to continue to try and really defend him in these circumstances. and from the

bottom line is, as the baton administration is really echoing, that rare bipartisan condemnation of the allegations that we've had in terms of that statement that has come from capitol hill from the top senators. mitch mcconnell, as well as chuck schumer, essentially demanding the release of evan girth coverage, how they're trying to handle it. and so far, it's been unsuccessful, has been to get what's known as consular access, and the so the u. s. embassy in moscow has been working unsuccessfully, so far with the government in russia to try and get communication. they're trying to do this so that they can get the family in contact with the wall street journal reporter and also his employer. about what we've learned is so far, the process has been, i necessarily bureaucratic, in the words of the state department, been opaque in fact. and so what we're now learning is that it's going to be as

some days before there is any sort of communication. russian media have released footage, allegedly showing wagner mercenaries in the center of the ukrainian city of mood. earlier, a british military intelligence that russian troops are threatening to encircle the eastern city. on wednesday, ukrainian president vladimir lensky said that his troops would pull back if they risk to being surrounded. russia has been trying to take buttonwood for months, and russia is again threatening to scrap a green deal with ukraine unless obstacles to its exports are removed. the agreement allows ukraine to ship grain through a safe corridor in the black sea, russian and turkish foreign ministers have been discussing the deal in ankara. there are no sanctions on russian food and fertilizer exports. however, shipping and insurance sanctions effectively block them. what's better to move me in the building? that's why we were forced to do it. we extended that deal 1420 days and haven't seen any signs to even attempt to resolve those issue. and we have grown tired of

calling on those who are responsible for this, an appeal to their conscience. so yes, we decided to go for a slight escalation and proposed the publication of the deal for only 60 days. if the obstacles for exporting russia fertilizers remain, we will have to think if we need this deal at all. and u. s. vice president come le harris, his meds to african american legislators expelled from the tennessee house of representatives. they lead a protest against gun control laws on to the floor of the house last week. another democrat, a white woman, narrowly survived the vote to expel her. allan fisher reports we have become known as the tennessee. 33 democrats who loudly argued for gun control in the state. the feast expulsion from the overwhelmingly republican legislature for allegedly breaking rules and decorum too were kicked out. the 2 black lawmakers, vice president come le harris, me the horridly arrange trip to the state to show support from the biden white

house for them under arguments. i didn't think you did. 7 that he knew their microphones when they are thinking, ah, the punishment, the 2 men see, was driven by racism. it was a public and political lynching. it was an attempt to humiliate us, but what they did was really showed for the world and humiliate themselves, that this is not a democracy that this is not a body that is, is so petty and so weak. and so build on white fragility. but march 30th state representatives just joins and just pearson rallied with gun control supporters inside the tennessee house. but then the 2 took their protest onto the chamber floor using a bullhorn to chant no action, no piece. one week later, nearly all but one republican legislator for to, to expel the men while a white women legislator who had stood with jones and pearson just held on to her

seat. democratic officials have called the expulsions shameful. to me it's, it's a horrific indictment on the tennessee g o p and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. and the fact that they contain you to keep their foot on the accelerator when they knew the world was, was really just roles. what this republican party has has, has sunk to new lows, almost lost in the uproar. the reason why the 2 democrats and hundreds of students, teachers and parents had been protesting, a must shooting at a private religious school on march 27th. 3 adults and 3 children were killed, legislator se ultimately, gun control needs to be the focus. i'm asking folks to who are mer to stay mad. both men could be back in the tennessee house very soon. the could be appointed by their districts on an interim basis. and then they will lead the fight for gun control and to stop these kinds of expulsions from happening again. alan fisher al

jazeera access to the most commonly used abortion pill in the u. s. has been thrown into uncertainty after 2 conflicting court rulings on friday. a judge in texas ordered the u. s. drug regulator to put a hold on if epr stone, despite the pill being ruled safe for decades. soon after that, a judge in washington state told the federal drug administration it couldn't restrict access to the drug in certain states. this issue is expected to go to the supreme court. belizean chileya now legally allowed to use lethal force if they think you're in danger. president gabriel burridge has signed the new law after the killing of a 4th officer in a month. official say the government needs to declare a state of emergency to deal with a growing crime wave or latin america editor the c. a. newman reports from santiago ah, chiles president gabriella, but each tries to console the mother of the latest policeman killed in the line of duty. ah, they killed my son!

she sobs while 3 former chilion presidents watch from the front row of the church. 33 year old daniel paloma was shot into headed point blank range on wednesday. the 4th policemen murdered while on patrol in less than a month. yeah, they're big enough enough of killing those who guarantee our safety today. there is a child, a wife, and an institution that is suffering even so kicked off of the latest killing has shaken a country that until 5 years ago, thought it was immune to the type of violent crimes that plague many of chiles neighbors. now security or the lack of it has become a national priority on how your 3 policemen murdered in the last fortnight. but something that can't happen in chile, it's never happened before, and it can't continue. that will guarantee following the latest victims funeral, president bodied signed a controversial new law allowing police to use lethal force. and the presumption

that there endanger lo, hentaker infant thumb of unit decimal to the m, the situation were facing, has been growing for a long time. and has multiple causes, it won't be easy to confront its worst expression of the assassinations we've had to lament these past. we've excellent. chili has seen an upsurge in drug trafficking and illegal weapons, but also gangs and organized crime groups who entered chilly from venezuela and columbia. in the last 5 years, hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants have entered this country, including 2 venezuelans, suspected of having killed as policeman. rightly or wrongly, more and more chileans are blaming some of them for importing crime to this country . here in the capital, some mares are even demanding that the government declare a state of emergency in their counties where nearly 40 percent of crimes committed starting monday,

undocumented migrant suspected of committing the crime would be placed under preventive detention until their identity. and innocence can be established. another unprecedented step to see a newman, al jazeera santiago, still ahead on elder 0, the french president rounds off a state visit to china and overshadowed by the warning grain and wine airports. in argentine capitalist filling up with homeless who state you don't, ah the hello at that time of the day where we take a look at the middle east and africa, your weather updates and we're pumping in some warm air into buck that 35 degrees you're about a month ahead of schedule, that's the temperature you should expect to see in mig. meantime, what weather stretches from mecca getting pretty close to the golf. you're right up

against that border with the u. a. e. but let's go in for a closer look here. some of that warmth can be found in kuwait as well. 34 degrees . doha, you've got a top temperature of 31. and here's some of that. whether not too far away from jetta over the course of the weekend, boxed on fairly dry, but could see some showers or storms to develop and below just stand province. but we're also seeing those temperatures pick up as walls. so jacob, bad at $35.00 degrees. why take you to turkey? we've got cloud covered freight to over most of the country below this energy pouring into the caucasus temperatures are low. they're in tbilisi with a high of 13 degrees off to africa. some showers along the coast of libya got sand in dust in many areas as well. and then our usual showers and storms for west africa. there has been a problem with flooding for wanda and brunei. we've still got some more rain falling over top of those areas. over the course of the weekend and a cold front cut across south africa, cape town, just 17. ah,

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watching al jazeera reminder of our headlines this hour, one person has been killed and at least 5 injured in a car ramming and televi police say the shot and killed the attacker, the palestinian israeli. that came hours after 2 british israelis were shot dead and another was seriously injured in the occupied west bank. the israeli army says the palestinian attacker is targeted a vehicle near an illegal settlement in the jordan valley. you as vice president, comedy harris has met the 2 democrats expelled from the tennessee house of representatives. they were voted out after leading a protest against dun laws on to the floor of the house last week. french president, jimenez mackerel has ended. a state visit to china. trip has been marked by his repeated calls the chinese leaders shooting, paying to help end the war in ukraine. but trade was also a major focus of the visit. as rob mcbride explains, president emmanuel macaroni has been wrapping up this 3 day state visit with a trip to the t of one joe,

the main manufacturing and exporting hub of southern china. and it's of course, the business aspect of this visit, which is seen as extremely important to china, to france and the why the e u, especially given the souring of relations between china and the united states. a number of deals have been signed and possibly an indication of the importance china attaches to this visit. macaroni has been a company to go on, jo by his chinese counterparts, president she jane ping. it's highly unusual for she to accompany a visiting head of state beyond their 1st official meetings in beijing. but today, hoping, holding more talks more meetings with entrepreneurs and investors ending this visit with a private dinner. but earlier, micron visited a local university talking to students there about the escalating tensions in the world. and of course the war in ukraine were not on the,

on the school. you can harrison, the speeches this rise intention has a strategic character between the us and china. it's becoming very open and it grows with the major conflicts going on at the moment, especially the return of what europe and rushes aggression against ukraine. this was a clear violation about international law. this is a country that's decided to colonize its neighbor without respecting the rules. deploying weapons invading, deeply disrupts our international order and risks precipitating this strategic tension is given china's relationship with russia. that's been a lot of focus on whether macro and the european commission president should have on delay. and who has been accompanying him can exert pressure on she to push russia towards peace, telling him bluntly that he is the only one who can bring russia to its senses. macros leaves the region with a commitment from china that it to wants to see peace, but no firm proposals on how between them. they might achieve that. rob mcbride al

jazeera, so protesters in france have blocked access to a more sunny shell in the northern normandy region. they're angry and president michaels proposal to raise the retirement age by 2 years to 64. the crowds prevented visitors from reaching the unesco world heritage site, which is a popular tourist destination. reuters news agency is reporting that a delegation from saudi arabia is planning to visit yelman's capital next week to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with the rebels. this is part of efforts the end to end of the 8 year war between the iran length group and saudi led military alliance. last month, re added to ron restored diplomatic ties in an agreement broken by china. that's where a dean armor is the chairman of the who, the runs saw the news agency and he says that to go station efforts go way back. and that steps have been taken to build confidence between these and saudi arabia. and some of the bigger negotiations have been running for some time in addition to

the mediation efforts exerted by oman. many issues were put to discussions and fuse are converging who some understandings being reach? so nothing new has been introduced, nor has any new initiative been made of. this delegation will therefore be discussing the final points based on the previous discussions codes through the money mediators. decisive agreement is looming up. a court in the united arab emirates has denied an extradition request from south africa. the 2 brothers wanted in connection with a corruption investigation of tool and rush groups, are accused of colluding with former president jacob zoom at the sites in our state assets. but they were arrested last year in dubai. and the you, a court found that the 2 also face money laundering charges in the amorous meaning that there needs to be a local investigation. first, cuba is really from an economic crisis which has left many people feeling. they have no choice but to look for better opportunities elsewhere. theresa bo is in

havana. ah, it's not easy watching your children leave says might. as helena was mine, she's a mother of 2 whose children are among the millions of cubans now living in the united states. as a state of the community, i'm desperate to go to them. the situation here is getting worse every day. i'm alone in the country and there are no medicine or long lines to get food. i need to be with my children. this is not what i expected. i gave my life for this country, but not anymore. remember what made us father fought in fidel castro's revolution. now she's waiting for her children to apply for a u. s. government unification program that allows residents to bring their family members from cuba to america. my dear, you got him in court of son has also left. she too is alone and waiting for the same visa, mercury. there's so much stress. i level my own. the situation is sad. the hospitals are horrible. there is no medicine that we get any 7 eggs

a month. i live on my pension, but i can barely survive on it. her pension is around a dollars a month, maida, and my dear little carmen are proof of a new reality in cuba, where young people go abroad in search of a better future, leaving their relatives behind. and he say that by 2030, the average cuban will be 60 years old ones are leaving the country in record numbers, us government figure shows that over 250000 cuban enter the us illegally in a period of 13 months. this is almost 3 percent of us population here in heaven that people are also coming before the embassy to try to find a legal pathway to other countries. the economic situation is a driving force, rising inflation, a shortage of food medicine, prolonged power outages and a tweet embargo turn life into a daily struggle. many have lost hope that anything will change. the position blames the government. what is happening now is

a crisis generated by the government salaries have lost 4 or 5 times their purchasing paula, soaring inflation was caused by the government, by a reorganization of the currency. and the government knows it did not work. and of course, they'll never say they go to the wrong and will blame us sanctions for the problem . cuba has prided itself on its universal care and education system. but the increase in migration has presented a new challenge, an aging population. people who are too old to leave, but unable to survive, if they stay that he several, alas, seat have anna cuba. argentina too is tackling a severe economic crisis. government figures show more than 18000000 people are unable to cover their basic food needs. rising inflation and a sluggish economy have left more people homeless, auto, lopez, hurry on reports. this airport and argentina's capital

is filled with homeless people. it's a snapshot of an economic crisis that's getting worse. the win or site is jorge newberry airport has become an unofficial shelter for people like louder. i'm reducing lighting, they don't less oh, it does a lot of a sleeping here in a few hours. they'll be more if you come at night, it's full of people. we come here because it's cold out here at least we can sleep . roxana gets a government pension of about $200.00 a month with an unexpected exchange rate. she often ends up with less. one local charity says the number of people without a roof over their heads has sort 30 percent since 2019. to show our left little obama. if i pay rent, i don't eat and if i pay for food, i'm on the street. tell you that basket. argentina's annual inflation reach more than a 100 percent. and february, people have faced double digit inflation for years. but this is

a 1st time since 1991. it's been in triple digits. the frustration is growing. earlier this week, protestors demanded a salary increase and lying with the rising cost of living. families say a government deal to restructure is $45000000000.00 loan with the international monetary fund has yet to filter down and make a difference back at the airport argentinians like elizabeth say, they feel forced to leave. no way of that. i thing what that our white house i because i'm going to france, i found a job there were here, the situation is difficult. my salary is not enough to pay rent. it doesn't matter how much they raise my salary. inflation is too high on no matter. got them, but i'd be dad. she's among thousands of argentinians who have decided to leave, hoping one day if things get better to fly to that same airport and get back home.

katya low pavilion al jazeera, a word from home order has been issued in the tie city of chung my after it was ranked as the world's most polluted on friday. smoke from forest fires and burning crops double has blankets of the popular tourist destination levels of dangerous particles are 66 times the world health organization's guidelines. climate change activists broad traffic to a halt in switzerland by glueing themselves to a highway. they blocked the main routes beneath the alps to demand urgent action against global warming. switzerland is warming, it more than twice the global rates. hundreds of catholics in nicaragua have participated in a good friday procession. despite the government ban the marches were prohibited for unspecified security reasons. president daniel ortega cut ties with the vatican last month after the pope described his government as a quote, crude dictatorship. in 2018 catholic leaders sought immediate drink. deadly anti government protests efforts that ortega the time labeled as an attempted coup. and

pope frances has missed the annual good friday procession because of cold weather in rome. it is the 1st time the pope has not presided at the way of the cross service since the way since he was elected in 2013 hope frances did attend the passion of the christ celebration. that the vatican, 86 year old, was discharged from the hospital last week after receiving treatment for bronchitis and christians. from around the world gathered in occupied east jerusalem. the easter celebrations many carried crosses through the streets of the old city to mark good friday, were taking part in a procession at the church of the holy supposed are one of the holiest sites for worshippers and pilgrims. ah, your head lines on l 0. 1 person has been killed and.