a 1700 residents were told to evacuate the county of monterey has performed more than 170 high water rescues. as a result of this flood, the storms are the result of atmospheric rivers, long currents of waste, your in the air that caused rain and snow fall. california has experienced no less than 10 such once rare phenomenon since january an impact of climate change and a probable trend to the future. ah ah, about goes on a shooting spree inside the bank in the us state of kentucky, killing 5 people. ah, bugs of a robin watching over luck. my headquarters here in bo also coming up the us in the philippines. stuff up the defense alliance as they share concerns over china's

dominance in the region. abandoned at see the italian coast guard carries outflow peroration to rescue 2 boats carrying hundreds of people and call to the cycle of violence and drought. the un cheese is expected to visit somalia, where millions of people have been displaced. ah, welcome to the present. we begin in the us, where 5 people are being shot dead in the state of kentucky. police a 23 year old man opened fire inside the bank where he was an employee. several others were injured including a police officer. the gunman was killed in the shooting john 100 reports. the gunshots ring out in downtown louisville prompting police to warn passers by to take cover. the police arrived within 3

minutes of an 8 30 am call that a gunman was firing inside old national bank smashing through the glass of the lock bank. they engaged the gunman, killing him. officers arrived on scene and encountered the suspect almost immediately sco fire and gun gunshots. officers exchanged gunshots with that suspect, and ultimately the suspect die at the scene. but by that time, 4 people were killed in a bank, where kentucky's governor keeps an account. a 5th victim died later. we lost 4 children, a god. today, one of whom was one of my closest friends. tommy eliot helped me build my law career. helped me become governor. gave me advice on being a good dad. one of the people i talked to most in the world and very rarely are we talking about my job. he was an incredible friend. 9 victims have

been taken to the hospital including 3 police officers, one shot in the head. the gunman has been identified as connor sturgeon, a 23 year old bank employee. police say he stream the entire attack on social media . hours later, a swat team searched his home. let's be clear about what this was. this was an evil act of targeted violence on day 100 of 2023. it was the $146.00 mass shooting of the year according to the gun violence archive. a little over 2 hours later, another gunman killed demanded a louisville community college and fled. police say it was unrelated. john henderson, al jazeera, the saying in the u. s. the state of tennessee, a democratic lawmaker who was expelled, has not been reinstated. nashville city council voted unanimously to allow justin james to return to the state house on monday. republican politicians expel james

and another young black democrat legislator last week over the gun control protest on the house floor. they would demonstrate to go over the legislature, bills stands on gun control, following a mass shooting at the private school. 6 people were killed in that attack, including 3 children, romesha, bari, and tennessee, senate minority leader. she explains why they're expulsion by the republican lighthouse was extreme. i think expulsion is one of the most drastic and extreme actions that can be taken against the law maker. and it should only be used for the most severe actions and behaviors like committing a crime or, you know, causing some sort of physical damage to the structure or threatening or causing physical violence against another member. but these 2 young men were expelled and it completely negated the wishes of their voters and gifts for simple breach of decorum. and so i think it is encouraging that the national metro council

reinstated justin jones this evening. and that just in pearson will be reinstated by the shelby county commission in memphis. on wednesday, the philippines of the us have launched our largest joint military drills more than 70000 forces participating in the exercises, which will take place over the next 2 weeks. chinese government toes warned the philippines against grunting the us access to more military facilities on the below has the latest from manila in terms of the timing here. the international community definitely will be watching closely these values them exercises as they're coming off right off the bat. of 3 days of military drills by china in, in high was straight in response to taiwan. president hygiene was visit through the us also later today a 2 plus 2 ministerial meeting between the philippines and the u. s. in washington, d. c. on monday, a u. s. y ship sailed near the miss,

cheap breed where china had built a man made island, but this area is very close to the philippines. so a lot happening in this region. definitely heightened tension so you can understand how these exercises could be seen as provocative. but keep in mind that these exercises are an annual exercises and they have been planned for months and months . still. timing here is very significant to scale. also very significant. 17000 troops, 5000 from the philippines, 12000 from the u. s. and other 100 or so promised value as well as observers from other regional allies, all participating in these violet that exercises also for the 1st time life fire exercise at sea in the south trying to see off the progress of some bias in the northern philippines. there will be a simulation of the sinking of a decommissioned ship, which will serve as a market enemy ship. no need to came junglin has called for his country's war

deterrents to become more offensive in nature as tensions increased with south korea and the u. s. the speculation, the north could be planning more provocative tests after recent search and the number variety of missiles that it's been launching. robert bride has more from south korea's capital. these latest belligerent statements come at a time of heightened tensions on the korean peninsula and seem to be in direct response to the recent joint military exercises between us and south korean forces . north korea state run media says leader came junglin was chairing a meeting of the ruling party central military commission when he reportedly told his generals that they had to expand their war deterrents in what he called a more practical and defensive manner. but what's got much of south korea media talking is that in one of the photos released by the north, kim seems to be pointing, although it's been purposefully blurred at the map of south korea. and more

specifically, at the area of the main u. s. military base here, north korea has increased the frequency and variety of weapons tests in recent weeks, especially short range tactical weapons, such as nuclear capable, underwater drones that they say are able to create a radioactive synonymy. amid speculation that with important anniversaries coming up later this month, it could be planning more provocative tests. adding to the speculation is that whenever the south has tried to make the regular morning hotline phone call to the old system, that was set up to avoid misunderstandings. and these tensions for the past 5 days, the north has not picked up from the ride al jazeera sol, all foreign cells. greer has destroyed around a 100 homes strong winds cause lava to spread quickly through residential areas and

young city firefighters have been deployed to evacuate locals to safe areas. the un secretary general antennae guitarist is due to arrive in somalia in what his office is described as a solidarity visit for the muslim holy month of ramadan. smalley is facing, it's was drought that's killed and estimated $43000.00 people just last year. catherine sawyer reports now from the capital, mogadishu borrower call mohammed seattle. and had children recently arrived at a comfort displaced people in mogadishu, she joins about a 1000000 others who are clustered on the outskirts of the city. she came from a farming village in lower she ballet, but here she has no food. some of our children are sick, and she is still grieving the death of her husband and childs she. are you playing the fountain? and then my husband and 4 year old child died on our journey from the village to mogadishu. we had to bay them in shallow graves by the roadside. my young from to

another. half of the somali population has been affected by the drought. thousands have already died. 2000000 are internally displaced, while others have moved to neighboring countries. 5 rainy seasons, half failed in the horn of africa. the situation is dire. it's been raining in some parts of the country. a weather experts say the rains will not be enough to make things better. the rain started earlier than expected this year. i saw that early onset of the rain stuck. most of the people who are displaced from the farms, their farms are not being currently tendered to or, or have been from the news. the production may be affected because before these people, some of them tried to go back to farms. bush bill by time will be on the 2nd week or the 3rd week of the revision, and there will be not enough, so you must have to take on there the rest of the crew to, to,

to maturity. this means more so miles may be making their way to such camps. the un secretary general will be in the country to help mobilize humanitarian support. the un secretary general, antonio gutierrez will meet a, with the president, somali i, he will be talking to displaced people. the last time he was here, it was 6 years ago. there was another drought, as so a lot of somalis, a, we have talked to say that they want to see more action so that they can be able to break the cycle of violence and routes. either comes, it started raining heavily just as people were preparing to break their ramadan fast. oh wow. many here will sleep hungry, wet and colds. catherine saw all jazeera mogadishu. hey, major rescue operation is underway in the mediterranean sea,

where the italian coast guard is assisting to migrant boats with 1200 people on board. the international organization for migration says the central mediterranean does not become the most dangerous journey in the world. despite the dangers, it's the most commonly used route for migrants and refugees attempting to reach europe or cairo report. so the latest rescue operation. another boat. another rescue mission on the mediterranean sea. this time, 400 people on board, including women and children, stranded between greece and malta, reportedly abandoned by their captain. i. it is leaking with boom, boom, boom. thinking to anyone with

a job not over yet as the italian coast guards attempt to another rescue. 800 people on board, another boat of the coast of sicily, the german migrant rescue group. see what says 2 ships tried to help one of the boats, but were told by the maltese authorities to only provide fuel. there martinez, toy decided not intervene, not the 1st time that martha defied not to intervene and indeed that you rather port. they're both to continue and navigating in those barre dangerous their condition. do not take the responsibility for their rescue and delegate you. and one of the most common destinations for migrants from north africa is italy. it's been a difficult easter weekend with more than 2000 people. rescued in just a couple of days. many have been taken to the italian island of lamb producer. italy's interior ministry figures say that $28000.00 migrants have landed on its

shores since january the 1st. now that's almost 4 times higher than last year. i don't know, one of her, the central mediterranean roots is the most dangerous migration roots in the world . most of those attempting the roots leaving behind wall of a t in human rights abuses while they all dream of a better future. not all of them survive. thought ohio, all 0 well still had here all the al jazeera, thousands of protest against the ethiopian government, will tell you what's fueling the latest tensions in the hollow region. i'm with eddie stribling, havana, cuba, where dilapidated buildings like this one that you can see. right, there had become an example of the severe economic crisis in this country. ah,

it's about to get wet strap, middle east, i suspect lots of pixels. social media of people stuck in for by falls because a flash flooding and emanates from this circulation that's with quite a strong one east about guerria that's been over took here for a was spreading rain and snow eastwards through georgia, armenia into all syria and even iraq and all were down the left and on coast to was nolan egypt, a spell of spring wetness and it'll feel cold for some then it expands further south. so you'll see it even on tuesday in northern saudi arabia, for the peninsula of am, or for the re being places, generally speaking of fine, a quarter wall pictures 32 at the moment in doha. but look at wednesday, how that rain develops, flash flooding seems likely. somewhere in the middle of saturday. every possibly medina unlock period reality. quite likely in kuwait and certainly in iraq. hence the pictures on social media. unfortunately,

that's where the rain stops. we'd like to see more in the hall of africa and he's been trying, and we got a few months still to go. but the moment the very nice, very light here, the concentration is further west, particularly in d. r. congo, and possibly in parson nord 9 gold at equally it's raining in the northeast to south africa and southern mozambique ah. on counting the cost will opec plus is decision to cut oil production make? inflation was the u. k. agreed to join the asian pacific trade block and figures thomas fields and breakfast boss. why has africa received any 11 percent of the billions required in climate funding calculate cost on al jazeera? we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across a taken will be the news and current affairs that matter to you. a

the me don't, you know, is there at least the whole robin and reminder of all these stories? 5 people have been shocked at in the us state of kentucky. please say a 23 year old man. they've been farm inside the bank, but he was an employee. several of us were injured including the police officer, because he was also killed. the philippines and the u. s. have just launched that largest joyce military trail more than 17000 horses all participating in the exercises of the over the next 2 weeks. trying to government says all the philippines against fronting the us access to more military facilities. italy's case, god is conducting rescue operations to save 2 micro votes having a total of $1200.00 people for vessels before the board has been addressed in the

waters of the greek coast. the other vessel was about $800.00 people, is off the coast of china as a teaching, paying on the brazilian present luis and saluted a silva. i scheduled to meet this week. luda is expected to london, shanghai on tuesday of rappel and take a look at what the state of this high profile meeting brazil is seeking to establish stronger diplomatic ties with china and the visit by brazilian president . we see mass, you lead a seal, but to beijing this week will formally kick off this new phase of the bilateral relationship. one n t die at home, baffling adult china look forward to working with brazil to the president will as visit as an opportunity to hold constructive discussions on promoting the development on bilateral economic and trade relations. ahead of his trip,

president lula expressed a desire to work closely with beijing and mediating peace talks between russia and ukraine. no income in the brussel can make an extraordinary contribution to putting an end to the war and return to peace. though brazil is not the only latin american country that's refrained from taking sides on the russia, ukraine conflict, president lula has stood apart from other western leaders when it comes to foreign policy. you'll know the us in several european countries express concerns after president lula applauded a recent meeting between the chinese and russian presidents in moscow. and president lula as decision to allow iranian war ships to dock and rio de janeiro last month, also raised eyebrows among brazil's western allies foreign policy analysts. however, see these actions don't fall out of line with brazil's tradition of diplomatic non alignment. if anything, it seems to all be part of president lou, less desire to take a more leading role on the international stage. lula returning also to play

a role in global affairs in the united nations. brazil is looking for the expansion of the security council or number of members. brazil will host the g 20 next year, is beginning to prepare for that. in 2009 china surpassed the u. s. s. brazil's main trading partner, president lula visit to beijing, could reposition brazil as an international power player, which many se deteriorated under lulu predecessor jade ball. so now, if i got a record of that going to less, then we must remember that and lula, the bricks are found in which is a group of emerging powers, including china, brazil, russia, india, and south africa. to create a strategic balance of the other world. paul is, i think you click on michel, brazil's ministry of foreign affairs,

says at least 20 bilateral agreements are expected to be side. manuel rap, a low al jazeera, subtle arisen, easy of yours. i'm horror. region of those restrictions on movement follows violent anti government protests, sparked by the federal government's decision to dissolve regional special forces. barbara anchor hospital protest is in cities and towns across ethiopia in horror. region have rallied in support of their local forces for 5 days in a row. they what the federal government to abandon its plans to integrate that regional fighters into the national military or police violence. now i'm horace board to have to gray for some areas to impose curfews and restrict public transport. they're gone to the historic town of gondor, which is a unesco recognized town, has called for a few tried trying to and this public defiance against ethiopian government that

insists there won't be any kind of compromise and kind of ending the special forces in which them hara regions as well as other regions have benefited from in the past . the plan will apply to 11 regions which have their own fighting groups and use their own languages. the government of prime minister abbey arm, it says it's critical for the national unity of ethiopia. but it's not been well received, an and hora, his regional forces supported the federal army, and it's 2 year conflict with rebels and to grey that began in 2020. since then, i'm horror leaders have accused the federal government of ignoring attacks on ethnic i'm horace, living in the neighboring arabia region. they fear dissolving their regional forces will leave them vulnerable to further attacks and prevent them from defending themselves. barbara and grampa alto, sarah, he was roasted 3 fe, is the chairman of the association of america. he says,

people in the impala region are afraid, the decision to dissolve. regional forces is only the 1st step. the, i'm her people, how do not have trust in the a prime minister. i be asked net ali. the purpose for disarming is really dissolving and really not incorporating, incorporating them into the european military is really to this arm and dissolve. and the purpose behind it is to wind up people defenseless again. and also i know the extension of an issue. i'm her on hands back into the piano. that is why many of her classes region have been protesting millions for the past 4 days and looking awesome. that is clear. it's got the i'm, how are we didn't have the power in the constitution to also establish regional forces a did this without communicating to the i'm how people explaining the reason behind

it. this is just a unilateral and an illegal move by prime minister at the, at a time with the country no longer needs this, this level of instability. now, the state department of family determined that the wall street journal reporter, arrested in russia has been wrongfully detained. of english fitch was arrested in march on a field charges the kremlin is accused him of spying for the american government. he's pleaded not guilty. pentagon officials say the release of top secret military intelligence posted on social media poses a serious risk to us. security officials say that the documents were formatted in a similar fashion to updates given to senior leaders. it could be the most damaging release of government information since the publication of documents by licky weeks . my canada has more documents, appear to include sensitive information regarding the boy ukraine, in particular,

us intelligence assessments, stop the performance of both ukrainian and russian forces. the pentagon has confirmed that many of the documents appear to be in the similar format used to provide updates to senior leaders, which would imply the leaks occurred at a high level and just not going to get into the specifics specifics of this beyond saying what you've heard others across the interagency say, which is that the department of the fence and the intelligence community are reviewing and assessing the validity of these documents. there is no question of course that they present a risk to national security, but i'm just not going to get into specific. the leak of the documents was 1st reported by the new york times. and in addition to revealing intelligence about the war and ukraine, they also expose the extent of us eavesdropping on key allies, including israel and south korea. the reaction in capital like sol has been angry, spilling over into the south korean national assembly. we will kill way to go on if

we strongly regret that the top us intelligence agency has been illegally spying on allies like our country. we strongly demand a thorough investigation and urge that similar incidents do not occur. the white house is in the mode of food damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington. dozens of my girls rushed to mexican border with the u. s. schools and

a temporary closure of the conceal monday. rumors that circulated online that ever restrictions would be lifted. the border has since we opened as a job by mid of the new immigration policy in january to try to cope with the record numbers, the people entering the country illegally. the least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured in the bus accident in peru. the double decker bus drove off the highway and turned over to ravine and was carrying more than 70 people from central period into the capital lima. cheapest government wants to revive the tourism sector with glossy new hotels. but families in the capital, a living in aging dilapidated buildings, inflation, the u. s. blockade and mismanagement of the economy. many people are forced to choose between having food on the table or roof over their heads. teresa by report so from havana it's

a unesco world heritage site and it's crumbling older than i was founded in 1519. and was one's the largest ford in the caribbean. but know many houses are falling apart from the medium and also says, the ceiling collapsed just before we arrived lot. but with the high prices, it's almost impossible to fix the house. i'm retired and the problem is salaries are low and what we earn as pension is, isn't enough. so we can't afford to repair our houses. i q by struggling with a throwing inflation, economic mismanagement, and the us embargo, 4 years, the government has been trying to restore the old city. and even though it has managed to renovate some historic buildings, the people living here, i read constant risk. 2 the housing situation is particularly dire in old have on a local news report show that quite sweet point being this one where we are right now . that wall, that you can see there last october, last year and

a 5 year old mother got to be north of house, looks uninhabitable. she says it's an example of what is happening all across the country. she has been asking the government for help for years because she cannot afford to buy food and pay for repairs. without them we look at the everything is falling apart, life in cuba to difficulties, days, but we have to keep going. i was born here and i would like the authorities to fix our house. my mother is in the united states. as soon as i can, i was to leave and go there. ah, the coven! 19 pandemic devastated the already struggling economy. the government is desperate to attract tourists and has been investing in hotels, which bring in foreign currency. when architect says, the korean problem stayed back to when barack obama was us precedent, and there were hoped that cuba would open up. i mean that it's

a fundamental mistake. it has to do with state money that's being invested in things that i believe are not priorities. the thinking was that with obama things would improve that didn't happen. and then trump imposed new sanctions and tourism did not increase. now they've constructed new buildings, but many people still have nowhere to live in door. and people in older vanna know that all to well, they say their houses are the symbol of an economic system. many believed in that has now failed. that he said, well, i'll just cedar havana, cuba ah georgia of 0 me so robin's horrible. to have all top news stories. 5 people have been shot dead in the era state of kentucky. please say a 23 year old man opened fire inside the bank where he was an employee. several others were injured including a police officer. the gunman.