slow how muslim minority cope with the shortest and longest fasting. alice on the planet was actually quite difficult. i had the chief by 3 feet, so water of some days that i will have to add those base to why fast after amada at amada, on north and south on al jazeera a week, the look of the world's top business stores, thousands of people go on strike, i've been paying high cost of living from global markets and economies and small businesses of the export restrictions really impacted, tried as autonomy to understand how it affects arcadia. counting the cost. oh, now jazeera ah arousing welcome for joe biden. as the us preston's visits his ancestral home of eyes,

ah, he's out to sara live from death. i'm carry just also in the news. re establishing diplomatic ties, series foreign ministers in saudi arabia for the 1st time since the civil war and 2011 ukraine's president urges, well, leads us to act as he condemns a video which appears to show russian forces be heading ukrainian soldier un security council meeting to discuss the future of the peacekeeping operation in molly several countries announced withdraw ah, we begin in ireland, where large crowds welcomed us president joe biden. as he began the 3 day nostalgic

toll of the country, ah, biden visited the town of dun dog. he's in the region to visit his ancestral roots . here he was given the tour of calling for the castle by irish deputy prime minister me how martin. u. s. president travelled south after a brief trip to northern ireland. tomorrow the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement have offered said the irish, the only people in the world my view, who actually are nostalgic about the future. think about it. no style, jake, about the future. i think we all are no matter where we live, if we have ours plenty, this is because more than anything, more than anything in my experience, hope is what beach in the heart of all people, particularly in the heart of the irish hope, every action is about hope we can make things better. full brennan has more from

donald in county south. it's been a super warm welcome for president joe botton and dundalk, despite cold on wet weather conditions for most of the day. this county county allowed one branch of his ancestral home the finnegan's off from here before they left for america. in the 1840s, he stopped for an extended period in the center of town, stopping at a gift shop, which doubles up as a restaurant and also a delicatessen. on the whole town has been festooned with stars and stripes. flags from lamp posts, from window sills, and you can hear the chairs as the presidential home boy goes. currently, this just the 1st day of president bob who's trip had to sell on the island hero, took the boxes on both the diplomatic. i'm the personal with this trip and the people check open for a glimpse. i'm not sure how much of redemption couch through those very darkened

windows for their excitement. very much present. now let's talk to some of the people that room standing here in the crowd with me for so long during this, after that, around the family. i've been my companions for most of the afternoon. breeder riley . right, while he's, he's passed and thought we waited a long, sorry, wait on time, but it was really worse. what, what does it mean to you as a bundled residents to have the president coming here? i think it's a great honor and i think at some tacit for the pain is a great opportunity in raising really raising the profile at the time in terms of like terrorism. but i'll take novice about an investment here in the future like in the past. aside kind of bit of a like bad reputation time, so it's really like shown that like a very positive like that's really brilliant for design and to give everybody a positive thing. he didn't rush, did he hung around for quite a long time. he really got to know that. okay, fantastic. i'm from not the business is wow. you don't get that publicity? it's brilliant with. thank you very much. it's been a long way now. i'm also going to spin around as well. jennings, up

a. you are. that's an all previous visit you when bill clinton was here in the year 2000 when you compare and contrast this one with that one. when i kind of on this one he set up a little bit longer. there was she had a cell phone here, but you know, we're still here. it was good. what does it mean to have the us president come here to come? doctor counselor and just mean, i mean just good goodness, put, put some talk on the map again for good purposes. it's a pride that his family heritage is from this part of the world. yet it means allow the public to the people off load just just the 2nd time the president has been in the country. so it's really good. thank you very much a day for so i'm going to say it was raining of the afternoon. and then just as your bottom began is walk about the skies,

play it in the rain stop. stop in the cool at the look at the irish hope and, and i'll just go by and was in belfast tomorrow. the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreements. the deal ended 30 years of violence briggs, it has threatened that peace, placing a trade board between northern ireland and the rest of the u. k. andrew simmons reports from both us joe biden had 2 main messages in belfast. congratulations on a deal. it's given a quarter of a century of peace. and a warning that norm, allen's future is dependent on restoring it to evolve. power sharing government or a major new campus for also university. he addressed a mostly young audience. many who weren't born before the good friday agreement. much of his messaging though, was to politicians that i believe democratic institutions established the good friday agreement, rank critical to the future of not allowed

a government that works to find ways to heart problems together. kind of draw even greater opportunities, richard for hope the assembly and the executive will soon be restored as a judgement for you to make that made. i hope it happens. it's here the seat of devolve government, stormont, where power should be shared between nationalists and eunice. the democratic unionist party, the d u p, walked out in protest, a post breakfast trading restrictions more than a year ago. and its leader doesn't show any sign of changing position despite the presidential warning. so it's quite something really when you think about it, the president of the u. s. not only pointing the finger at northern ireland and saying, you know, you need to work harder, especially elected representatives. it's a sort of plan to have hon always cinemark caesar and hell, and that requires like ship census to take up their responsibilities. people in northern ireland are divided about the u. s. president. many union, this se his visit is more like

a stop over on his way to the republic of ireland. no walk about for joe biden, because security is so heavy. but that's not the reason for the shortness of the shed. you. only 16 hours in northern ireland, and only a brief meeting over coffee with the u. k. prime minister richie soon act downing street said relations with the u. s. were good at the white house, firmly denied a claim from a former democratic eunice leader. the biden hated the u. k. been that sooner supported biden's views on power sharing. and i think that's incredibly exciting or been growth jobs to prosperity to northern ireland. and i know he shows my ambition to see if students here back up and running. that's what people and businesses and all not deserve. president biden left for the irish republic. having made it clear, the peace in northern ireland needs bolstering, and that can't happen with political instability. andrew simmons al jazeera belfast

cutter and bahrain have announced they will resume diplomatic ties following a high level meeting of delegates in riyadh. and the joint statement. the countries said the agreement stems were pushed to strengthen bilateral relations. and hans unity within the region. january bar ain't crown prince spoke with catalyst amier shake. time in been hammered. al fanny by telephone the move was seen as a sign the 2 gulf states were moving towards repairing relations. sir, is a foreign minister, is visiting a saudi arabia for the 1st time since the civil war began in 2011. the move is being seen as a major step towards ending serious regional isolation by so my dad was greeted by saudi foreign minister, prince vice out, been for hand in jetta. the saudi foreign ministry says they will discuss a political solution to the syrian crisis. re add, had supported the syrian opposition at the start of the war, but ties with the government of thought in recent months. and it's

a busy week for saudi diplomacy. and iranian delegation has also arrived in riyadh to discuss reopening its embassy in the consulate general. the countries are renewing ties after they were severed. 7 years ago, he comes just days after saudi delegation visited iran's capital us national security advisor jake sullivan, has spoken on the phone with saudi crown. prince muhammad been so man where they discussed steps aimed at ending the civil war in yemen. or saudi officials have visited the capital santa mani envoys to engage in talks with, with the rebels, a prisoner swap that was expected on wednesday, between the rebels and the internationally recognized government has been delayed. many people in aden, a strong hold for government support, have expressed hope for an end to the war. he shall amola the god willing visit of

saudi on omani delegations will result on the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement for yemen through which yemen will achieve stability on both the country and its people will resume our normal lives. cheered with door alert. we commend tennis efforts that have moved the stagnant war to him because dominion citizens have reached a split of the spirit due to the on and off was slammed shack, lamb i, pam, and matt, as your many citizens, we hoped that the situation will return to its peaceful form and various fields will be norman life permanently have shackle guy, and we are breaking news just in now. japan and south korea st. north korea has launched a miss sol of the east coast of the korean peninsula. or japan's government has issued an evacuation order and told people to take cover in its 2nd biggest island of her kinder. saying the missile could land near the island. south korean top ross sate could be a ballistic missile. more in that as we get it un security council has

been discussing the future of what's often called the deadliest peacekeeping mission. in molly, several nations have announced plans to withdraw their troops. but with the worsening violence. marley's government is increasingly turning to russia's wagner group on to the matic editor james bass has more darla mckinney. the security situation in molly remains dire with a number of deaths reported by the you and rising greatly in the last year. almost a decade ago, this was the ceremony. when peacekeepers from the un mission menace murray started their work. but 10 years on minerva is struggling efforts to reach a peace deal with armed groups have failed a constitutional referendum to put the nation back on a path to democracy was due to be held last month, but has been postponed. france, which had its own force, and molly pulled out all of its troops. and in the last year, sweden, the u. k. and jordan,

all remove their peacekeepers from the u. n. force. germany has said its troops will stay, but only for one more year. the un secretary general antonio terrace, has laid out 3 radical options with the security council to beef up the mission with thousands more trips. secondly, to close some bases, reducing the footprint of the mission, or the most extreme option of all. pull out all of peacekeepers. what would it mean for molly? if the un troops pulled out, i believe that that would lead to rapid duration of the security situation. it will affect the dumps we could already seen areas where we are not able to operate, where they might need to put it, the level of violence against the reject. these extremely high triggering huge displacements. so that could be replicated elsewhere. it might take a completely different scope and it will also have serious consequences for the region right now. it's not clear which of the sectors general's options the

security council would choose, but there are real divisions, particularly on human rights. western nations accuse russian mercenaries from the wagner group, which was invited by the government to molly of carrying out widespread abuses. james bay's al jazeera of the united nations, to tennessee, lawmakers who were removed for protesting gun balance have now been re appointed to their posts. justin pearson and justin people of color, but voted down by republicans last week. they held peaceful protests against gun violence after school shooting in nashville, a 3rd lawmakers white to participate in the protest as well, but was not removed into accusations of racism. ah, ukraine's estate security service has lost investigation after

a video image and naturally sharing the beheading of a captured ukrainian soldier by russian soldiers, president of the merits. zalinski says the act will not be forgotten nor forgiven. the kremlin says the footage, it needs to be verified. you and your opinion have denounced the video and pledged to hold a war criminals to account for the whole has more from keith. this footage appears to be children. a mobile phone appeared overnight. it is extremely gruesome to watch in no way fit for broadcast. i must ad we cannot independently verify it, although he's getting an enormous amount of traction on social media. here in ukraine and ukrainian government is certainly treating it as though it is genuine to videos. the point of fact, the 1st appears to show the corpses of 2 ukranian soldiers lying on the ground beheaded beside a destroyed military vehicle. the 2nd video,

much more graphic than that appears to show russian soldiers torturing a ukrainian prisoner of war and then beheading him. and at the moment that the beheading begins using a knife is there are signs that this soldier may, in fact have been alive at that point. as i say, no independent means of verifying this video nor its context, nor the units involved, nor where or when it was shocked. although the lush green foliage, particularly the 2nd video, indicates that it probably took place well before the beginning of winter. last year. ukrainian reaction, as you can probably imagine, has been swift and angry. ukrainian politicians suggested that russia be stripped of its presidency of the un security council, another the foreign minister dmitri coo labor likening russia to the stomach state . and of course, president zelinski has made a video statement which he called on every world leader to react that he said,

don't expect this to be forgotten. we are not going to forget, here's what he had to say. says something that no one in the world can ignore how easily these beasts kill this video. the execution of the ukrainian captive, the world must see it. there are no people for them. a son, a brother, a husband, some one's child. this is video of russia trying to make this a new norm such a habit of destroying life. there's also been international reaction here in ukraine. the un mission says it's appalled by the video. and the european union says, if confirmed this, these images are yet another brutal reminder about the in hope, inhumane nature of russian aggression. you reiterating its commitment to holding all perpetrators and accomplices of war crimes to a cow. ukraine's military has rejected russia's claim to have captured more than 80

percent of the city of buck moot. ukrainian soldiers posted this video to social media, showing themselves walking in the streets of bach mood. on wednesday, the head of russia's wagner mercenary group, had said his forces were advancing in their bid to seize the city after months of fighting. moot is in the east and on yet, sc region. a small city has seen some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict with thousands of soldiers killed well still ahead on al jazeera, running low on water. how several western us states and mexico are like to buy the drying up on the colorado river. also workers in chile are excited about a new bill passed in congress. re explain mine ah

ah, through fairly what in florida recently and developing in the southern states it looks pretty wet. i have to say threats as in probably friday as well. there is more mountain snow coming in as you might expect was still changing the season. but the contrast between these 2 is huge. warm push and is warm temperatures and high twenty's, low thirty's, phoenix hit a record. but all this, of course, of 30 recently covered in snow. so there warnings out for flood from rapid snow belt for many of these northern states. but course it's not going to last. the cold is going to push back in again. denver and casper come down in temperatures. that code isha pushes in, but the meantime, the flood warning still sits throughout the caribbean. sadie quiet now, but in puerto rico, hispaniola shower seemed actually quite big. their biggest still in the bahamas,

you'll notice, but further west, mexico's quite an down. same truth on juris in costa rica. nothing extraordinary here. but sas in south america, where we've seen flooding in northeastern brazil the concentration is probably going to be a bit further. south paraguay seems like to get some flash flooding from this because as coming up from the south as cold southern hemisphere. so it's an active frontal system knocking temperatures back. i'm producing giant thunderstorms. ah, african countries have struggled to reclaim many of the artifacts taken by european colonizers. and this is our experience identity. in the final part of the series, museums and collectors still hold precious assets like the been a few have been returned, but the still a long way to go and progress is painfully slow. restitution africa stolen

with arnold, missouri. lou ah, watching al jazeera reminder about top stories now. japan and south korea sate north korea has launched a miss saw of the east coast of the korean peninsula. japan has issued an evacuation and told people to take cover on it 2nd biggest on into becoming saying the missile could land near it. us present. joe biden is an island crowds gathered and done, told to welcome america begins with 3 de nostalgia towards the country. ukraine, the present when a mess, wednesdays,

urging low lead us to act after video emerge, and actually showing the beheading of a captured ukrainian soldier by russian forces keep, has launched an investigation. russia says the footage needs to be verified. ukraine's defense minister says dozens of leaked. pentagon documents contain a mixture of true and false information about his country's military. lexia as me coughs believes the leaks are deliberate to attempt to so discord among keys allies . shuttle suitable to co mind you as for the lake, it was certainly unpleasant to hear things like that. but i carefully reviewed information which was available publicly. there is a lot of information there which does not correspond with reality. so it's a mix of truth and untruths. therefore, i assure that was done deliberately, i call it a special information, psychological operation from which the 1st 3 months of the year have seen

a surgeon, people trying to reach your opinion union across the mediterranean, according to the un. 3 times, as many people made the dangerous journey in the 1st quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. over all the e u agency, from tex reported 54000 irregular crossings by all routes into the book. un migration agency says he documented 441 migrant deaths on the central mediterranean route between january and march, making it the deadliest 1st quarter on record in 6 years. at least 10 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank of the 2 museum coast. while the 30 people are still missing me, mine is the hundreds of people have this and barked, and the sicilian port to catania. the $700.00 migrants who are on board investing old boat became stuck at sea and they ran out of fuel. italy's government has

announced a state of emergency due to the sharp rise and people crossing the mediterranean. the biden administration has proposed water cuts in several american states to stop record hirata rivers reservoir. dropping to critical levels with its source is in the rocky mountains. 7 u. s. states as well as areas in the north west of mexico rely on the river for their water supplies. we will have a report from john, home and from mexico city, but 1st, his hours here is rentals from the factories. after 23 years of severe drought, the colorado river in its reservoirs have dwindled to alarmingly low levels. if they dry up even further, it could cut hydro electric generation and water supplies over a vast area. worst case scenario, where everyone void with,

you know, water river available so low in the river to serve yearly. $40000000.00 people in the west depend on the colorado for drinking water and electricity together with billions of dollars with a foreign products. even though we have a largely above snow above normal snow pack in colorado. we still, it doesn't mean we're going to have great run off at this point on top of the fact . the drought has been such a long standing drought over the last 5 years to a decade. plus that it's going to take a number of years to overcome this deeper drought that we have western states or allocated water under the terms of a 100 year old treaty. but despite protracted negotiations, the states have been unable to agree to changes and cuts needed to address the shrinking water supply the by did ministration, proposes equal across the board cuts for each of the 7 states in the compact up to

25 percent. if approved, that would certainly cause some pain, perhaps, especially for farmers who use 75 percent of the water pipe from reservoirs. but also for city dwellers certainly will transition or adapt to less phase sure cuts more additional out here in the western united states. we've seen extreme rainfall over the past several months, but scientists say one wet winter is not enough to make up for 23 years of severe drought. so it seems that one way or another, the people of the west are going to have to get used to using water more sparingly . rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. you just seen in rob's report about the river, colorado and the problems that it's going through in the united states about same

river in so runs across the border and through northwest mexico. and they used to be thousands of cubic meters of water doing just that. but when you fast forward for more than a century of dams and canals on the us side, turning parts there into agricultural hot lands and agreements between the u. s. and mexico. there is no longer those thousands of cubic meters of water. at to the extent that now it does leave, or most of the time arrived to the sea of cortez. and with that much of the delta there in mexico is also gone and the wild life and the plant life that went with it . but there is a 1944 treaty between the u. s. or mexico, that guaranteed this country a certain amount of water that's mostly stopped at the very last time. and then administered between farm lines and between different cities. but subsequent agreements between the united states and mexico meant that when there's cuts in the united states and scarcity in the united states. and there can also be cuts made to

mexico's water supply. so this country's going to be looking at the situation right now. perhaps a little bit nervously. at least 9 people have been killed in northern ecuador. please say about 30 attackers were involved in the incident in the coastal city as morale does. they reportedly arrived in boats and cars and opened fire on fishermen, traders and workers at a port warehouse. and just one day after that attack, 6 prisoners were found hanged in their cells in the city of guayaquil, local media report say the cell block where the bodies were found is controlled by criminal gang linked to drug trafficking. prison complex has been the sight of ecuador worse jail massacres paused by rivalries since february 2021. there been 8 prison massacres in which all the 400 inmates had been killed. chinese congress has passed a proposal to reduce working hours from 45 to 40

a week and movie seen by many as a wind for the left us government and the step forward for workers rights. alex, now our reports. oh, a breakthrough in she lays congress for 6 years. politicians, i've been debating whether to reduce the length of the working week. this was the moment many who argued for that change had been waiting for getting more money for that. and i get, honestly, we want to express great joy because we've shown that it's possible to advance towards a better quality of life for the workers of our country. 127 out of 155 members of congress voted in favor of cutting working hours in chile. it now joins ecuador introducing the working week to 40 hours. 14 voted against say, a shorter work week will damage as more businesses. if dorsey look at i work in more

to this is much easier for large companies who can adapt working hours, but is harmful for small medium enterprises that are struggling to survive and economic crisis. president gabriela burridge, came to power last year, promising social and economic reforms ha, but his approval ratings have plummeted as the economies or send and inflation has risen to nearly 12 percent. a new constitution he championed last year, was widely rejected for his administration. the passing of this legislation is a much needed when walkers, in the capital santiago, welcome to the changes of them. we're gonna give them a him, it's good because people have more time for the family. and with today's wages, people can find another source of income. so it's not bad. latin america has some of the longest working hours in the world. but chili's government says it's possible to improve productivity and the.