say just a few bodies and the more coverage compared to the number of people missing and the search has been made all the more difficult at the right continues. people use make sure bridges to escape the widespread flooding. and as the search continues with whatever is available, men's bodies found within the muddy hills and around him what remains a bits and pieces of other life at once. why? ah, the u. s. and philippines launch their largest joint drills a day off to china, completes is defense exercises around taiwan. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dall hall. so coming up,

somalis forced to leave their homes in search of food and water. the winds chief is on a visit as the country struggles with this severe drought. this was an evil act of targeted violence. b, u. s. recalls it's 100 and 46th mass shooting this year after a bank employee opens fire and his colleagues in the city of louisville, kentucky doctors in the u. k. walk off the job, going on strike, to full days to demand besset pain working conditions. ah, the philippines and us of launch their largest ever joint military drills organ, 17000 troops are participating in the exercises which will take place over the next 2 weeks. washington and manella have recently agreed to resume joint patrols in the south china sea. the deal also gives us forces access to for more philippine

military bases, including mon, near taiwan, choose angle china, on or below has more from manila in terms of the timing here. the international community definitely will be watching closely these ballot them exercises as they're coming off right off the bat of 3 days of military rules by china in taiwan strait in response to taiwan. president irene was visit to the us also later today a 2 plus 2 ministerial meeting between the philippines and the u. s. in washington, d. c. on monday, you as worship sailed near the miss, cheap breed, where china had built a manmade 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 and still timing here is very

significant to scale. also very significant. 17000 troops, 5000 from the philippines, bob 1000 from the us. another 100 or so from australia as well as observers from other regional allies, all participating in these ballot then exercises. also for the 1st time, light fire exercise act seat in the south trying to see all the properties 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. meanwhile, tensions continued to simmer in the nearby taiwan strait. 3 taiwanese military boats are patrolling the match 2 islands after the defense ministry reported 8 chinese warships around the island bay. jing wrapped up 3 days of military exercises, practicing encirclement of taiwan on monday. richard. hi, damian is a senior lecturer in international relations at the university of philippines, joins us now from manila. good to have you with us. so all the exercises aimed at

sending beijing a message. well, there's a lot going on here. so one back stories, of course, the tension iran, taiwanda, we try and conducting large exercises there. but the other one is also the philippines. p butting away from the more aging friend the foreign policy or previous president of the good to the and now under very good on market. junior, the philippines is emerging at the new start of the united states is emerging. the people at the element of the u. s integrated during strategy against china. so this war games are happening and it's all trying to see. but initially some part of this war games were supposed to be in the north part of the philippines, which are close to pie one batch. your position from senator i mean marcos, the sister of the current president, perhaps convinced the military to kind of replicate them. nevertheless, the size, 17000 troops. more than 10000 american troops. hundreds of troop from australia, from japan and thousands of troops from the philippines. deployment of pietro

michelle systems, obligation of tactics or strategies learned from ukraine front by the nato forces. all of these things are coming to get her not to mention war games that are going to simulate potential war. we try 90 area when you put all of those things to get her. that message is very clear. the philippines right now is a p with an element of us strategy in the region against china, or i, and we've got a situation where the u. s. is now allowed to use for more philippine military base is how much of a strategic difference does that make in the south china sea? right. so there were only generally 5 basis that were supposed to be open to americans not permanently, but on a rotational basis. but president to therapy, the former president wanted to keep a good relationship with china, so he did not implement that's really no mark as it's coming in. he added even or more. so we have 9 basis being open to the americans among the for additional bases towards 3 of them will be in the north of the philippines in korean. and it's

a bela, they're very close to pie one. so it's very important. but i think president markets, you know, he's still trying to hedges bits and not totally provoked china because the base has not yet opened up in the northern most base as it has basis in missouri. central the islands are just over a 100, not calling miles from taiwan south shores the on have not been open yet. but so for the philippines has made a major move towards revitalizing and upgrading as a lives with the united states. so it remains to be seen what will be trying that responds in the coming days and months. always seeing the rising tensions over taiwan now, maybe resetting or redirecting some of the relations in the entire region. yeah, absolutely. there's a lot of re alignment happening here. so everyone has been discussing the australia united states and u. k. the all chris submarine built the audit trail doctrine that is going to get

exactly to japan, philippines, and u. s. i called that the job was alliance office. and job was there part of why the larger group is coming out australia, philippines, to find us. all of them have one thing in common. them are bought a joint effort by us. and it's our late to be terry china invading one is not to provoke china. but to deter, trying to raise the cost of an invasion of buy one because that was extremely important to world economy. and it's at the fact that i left the states not to mention just to close to the philippines and japan ignore. and what is happening, how all relations with the you being realigned? we saw recently visits by you lee, this china. where is that going? yeah, i think as far as europe is concerned, there's a lot of internal re alignments hopping very so our understanding over the past few years that the united kingdom, although you clause netherlands germany, bronze, all of them have been expanding their military presidents in this part of the world

there was an understanding that a european powers. busy in america would kind of be in lock step in sending a strong message to china, but president of minor microns recent visit to china, where he talked about strategic autonomy, where he seems to play down the potential role and speaks for your call to tie one issue that is kind of jumbled things. i think that has kind of shuffled things, but putting micron in front of site. i think there's an understanding that more of european powers, more or less share america concerns in this part of the world. even though they don't want to be as frontal and aggressive as the united states, but by all indications we are already in the middle of a new cold bar. and in the philippines were very much feeling that all right, thanks so much for your thoughts on that pleasure. north korea, as a kim javan has called for his country to expand, was terrans capabilities in a more offensive way. he says it's in response to what he calls aggression by south korea and the us from brian has moved from salt. 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 kim junglin was chairing a meeting of the ruling parties. 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 under water, 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 is 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. robert bride al jazeera, so a wildfire in south korea has destroyed around a 100 homes. strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly through residential areas in gang yawn city motion, see responders have been deployed to evacuate locals. un secretary general and tony garages arrived in somali, afford, is. office is described as a solidarity visit during the most the month of ramadan. somalia is facing the

worst ralph in its history, which has killed around 43000 people and displaced over a 1000000. catherine soil reports from somali as capital mogadishu. bar wacko mohammed, cedar and her 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 louis she ballet, but here she has no food. some of her children are sick, and she is still grieving the death of her husband and child, she argued, play the thornton bell. my husband and 4 year old child died on our journey from the village to mogadishu. we had to bury them in shallow graves by the roadside where young from to another half of the so miley 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, or whether 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 means that most of the people who are displaced from the farms, their farms are not being currently tended to or, or have been from that news. the production may be affected because before these people, some of them tried to go back to their farms. possibly by that time will be on the sitting. we'll call the 3rd week of the in the season. and there will be not enough so much at all to take on there the rest of the crew to maturity. this means most of mileage 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 good terrace will meet a with the president, somalia. he will be talking to displaced people the last time he was here. ah, it was 6 years ago. there was another drought. and 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 other camps. it started raining heavily, just as people were preparing to break their ramadan fast. oh wow. many here will slip hungry, wet and colds. catherine's soil, alta 0, mogadishu. his ready forces have arrested 5 palestinians in the city of janine and the occupied westbank during a series of armed raids. one of the houses that was rated belong to a man accused of carrying out a shooting his hack on a bus in the jordan valley in december last year. the miserably military as ramped

up the lumber of raids engine in nablus and recent months. pentagon officials say the leak of classified us defense documents is a very serious risk. the national security. the documents have appeared on several websites in recent weeks and cover a wide range of topics, including details about ukrainian strikes and the countries add defense vulnerabilities even exposes the size of some of the cranes meant for units. descriptions of the russian mercenary wagner groups alleges contact with to kia and haitian government officials. predictions about china's potential response to korean strikes inside russia. an assessment the young gang has likely exaggerated its intercontinental ballistic missile threat to the us. my canada reports from washington d. c, the documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in 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. i'm just not going to get into the specifics specifics of this beyond thing. what you've heard others across the inner agency 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. it will kill way to go. 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 incident do not occur. the white house isn't a mode of fool 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 to meet. 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 now still hadn't al jazeera abandoned that see,

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u. s. of launch their largest ever joint military drills more than 17000 troops are participating in the exit sizes, which will take place over the next 2 weeks. the un chief is on a visit to somalia as the country struggles with the severe drought, the dry, spotless force. thousands of people from their homes, many are in search of food in wolf. is ready forces of arrested 5 palestinians in the city of janine and the occupied west bank. one of the houses rated belong to a man accused of carrying out the shooting a tangled boss, the job valley in december last year. 5 people have been killed in a shooting at a bank in the us state of kentucky. police say a 23 year olds, bank employee opened fire inside the branch for he was shot dead. john, 100 reports. ah, gunshots ring out in downtown louisville prompting police to warn passers by to

take cover. 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 locked 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 did die at the scene. but by that time, 4 people were killed at a bank where kentucky's governor keeps an account. a 5th victim died later. we lost 4 children, a god to day. one of whom was one of my closest friends tommy eliot, help me build my la career, help 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 the man at a louisville community. college and fled. police say it was unrelated. john henry al jazeera, a democratic politician who is expelled from the state of tennessee legislatures been reappointed. nashville city council voted unanimously monday to send justin

jones bank to the state house to fill the vacancy great advice and ouster, republican politicians expelled jones and, and all the democrat last week after they protested on the house floor by the legislature stamped on gun control. that action came just days after a mass shooting school in the state. england is bracing for health care chaos. those tens of thousands of junior doctors walk off the job for a full day strike. it's expected to be the most disruptive job action in the history of the national health service. busy those striking want to pay rise and better working conditions will and marks reports from london for a british junior doctor like ashley macklin. dockets eat free time away from what is rare and fall from relaxing. she's a cancer specialist with a young child at home and she's currently struggling to pay her bills and britain's capital. also, it's most expensive city. when on waking up at 2 in the morning,

worried about the patient i've just been giving came therapy. say i want to, oh, i feel i, i don't have to also wake up worrying about the credit card bills in the gas bills in the energy. you know, the things everyone else is worrying about as well. thanks in part to these financial pressures. she's joining tens of thousands of all the doctors in strike action that starts today. it's the 2nd sub strike this year with the medical union that represents young doctors demanding a 35 percent pay rise from the government. after years below inflation wage increases. macklin daugherty says, due to the government spending choices you k health care is like a sinking ship or if you're in a system where the walls are crumbling around j and which i think is very much linked to pay cuts, ease and get to have a kind of critical points where you have to either stand up for what he,

what you believe in an oh, you just accept and leave such stress as driven thousands of british doctors out of the profession or into depression with some even considering suicide. according to zayed out in the jaw, they struggle more than easter and mainly gain casey and lack of resources now and the conditions under which they have to work. and that's been exacerbated by the a pandemic. alma jaws, the medical director of an organization that treats doctors with mental health difficulties and says many of their problems are systemic, given reduced resources and staff shortages. a lot of it is thinking, excessive workload and working conditions at worry about making errors worried about causing harm. worry about not being able to provide what is the effect he could provide going into the profession. burnout rates and british medicine were

high before the pandemic. the precious, now driving them even higher, so many doctors feel strike action is the only remaining recalls to help the public and politicians realize these problems are real and require rapid resolutions than a marks al jazeera london violent protests of broken out in the bolivian capital law passed where teachers rallied against the new school curriculum proposal. police used paint pallets and pepper spray against demonstrators who responded by throwing fireworks. the ministry of education's plan has been criticized for its more liberal approach to politics, sex education, and gender. a major rescue operation has been underway. the mediterranean sea, where the italian coast guard is assisting to my room boats with 1200 people on board, saw the hierarchy reports 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 think it is leaking with 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 to not intervene, not the 1st time that martha defied not to intervene. and indeed that the brother port,

they're both to continue and navigating in those very dangerous conditions. do not take the responsibility for their rescue and delegated to 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 lam, producer it cities, interior ministry, figures say that 28000 migrants have landed on its shores since january the 1st. now that's almost 4 times higher than last year. i don't know 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 survives saw to hide at al serra dozens of migrants of rush to mexico's border with the usaa crossing in texas

. after room is circulated on lines, rules for asylum screenings been relaxed. access was walked by us for the gods, comes as the by the administration is set to test the system for faster screenings as part of a plan to end cove at 90. both restrictions in ne that's it. so for this show, it's inside story next. ah, the now a lot of the lovely spring warm from spring feedings being rather swept away from western europe. this is big fancy. some expands is bringing with wind lower temperatures, cloud a certain amount of rain and its sweeping trough such that during tuesday it will

be into germany, trying to get into poland and telling of cross the outs where it'll start to produce spring snow. now this is, this was the warm but of europe is still quite warm. on tuesday in spain and portugal that has been near record hot in madrid, but that will not last. the real cold. that's not really shifted, much is still there in central eastern europe, said about 14 in sarajevo. there's a spinning, lo, which is deepening just off the coast of bulgaria that would be well run, present by the through bulgaria and threat turkey. and then towards the north of egypt, it's called a strong wind cloud and significant rain with temperatures still the disappointing side of where they should be. if i tell you to wednesday, all that happens is the rain goes into spain, not boundaries temperature back again. more significant spring snow falls in the alps and the still plenty of rain and a rather cold and windy field across the british south. not a tall spring like in north africa though it's still very hard hot and windy and dusty, hence the orange this, particularly in this l. o. d. yeah. ah,

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