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all tied oil and following phases of massage launched by north korea, but land nearby. ah, hello. hello robin, you're watching 0 log headquarters here. uh huh. also coming up the wrong thing. welcome to the joe biden as the he was president, visits his ancestral home of all island. re establishing diplomatic ties. serious for ministers in saudi arabia. for the 1st time since the civil war in 2011. that would lead to what i've been distribution of the security association that we speak to the head of the molly mission, the us that the un security council discusses the future of its peacekeeping operation. ah,

ah booker to the program, japan and south korea, se knowles korea has launched a missile off the east coast of the korean peninsula. japan's government temporarily sounded as sar is in a cader. expecting the missile to land near the island, the country's land ministry warned planes flying in japan's air space about the missile south graves coast guard says it could be a ballistic missile. robert bright, joseph, now from sole a robe, what more do we know about this bizarre launch? yeah, it does seem to be one of the more provocative, longer range missiles that we know north korea has and has been at testing. it was detected just before 730 a am local time, thursday morning, being launched from close to pyongyang from where the north has launched its long range missiles before now it was determined to be traveling east, as they invariably do. and it was,

while it was over the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan, that the austerity is in the northern island of her. cato issued this alert for people to take shelter, saying that they were tracking this missile. and it was it, it would eminently land the fair being that it may, of, or parts of the debris may have landed around the islands before. now, on some of the more provocative launches that the north has carried out, they have fired missiles over the top of her kado out into the pacific ocean. this actually fell a lot shorter than her kato, but it was determined to have had quite a lofty trajectory. it went up to an altitude they reckon of around 3000 kilometers . and the icbm is the intercontinental ballistic missiles that we know the north has and has been testing. they have reached an altitude apogee of around 6000 kilometer. so they're still trying to determine whether this was a medium range or an icbm. in recent weeks, rob dare i say it, even in recent months we've sort of seen various announcements from the north,

about bizarre launches. so what's of expectation is there where you are that there may be more to come yeah, there's been an increasing anticipation that the north was preparing a more provocative her type of missile test. there's been increasingly belligerent rhetoric coming out of the north about the joint military exercise is taking place this spring between the u. s. and south graham forces. also april sees a number of important anniversaries, and we know that the north will often mark those anniversaries with some sort of dramatic missile test. and we have in a couple of days here at the so called day of the sun. that's the, our 100 and 11th anniversary of the birth date of their kimmel song, the founder of north korea. and also finally, and the north has not been picking up the hotline. those hot lines that exist between the south and the north to try to deescalate tensions and clear up any misunderstandings they make in the mornings and afternoons. a regular phone call

just to make sure the lines are working well since last friday. so that 6 days nearly a week, the north simply hasn't been picking up. rob is content, the update course will follow events with you from south korea as the hours progress. thank you. to ireland now where a large crowds well could do as president joe biden. as he began a 3 day nostalgia tore of the country, i visited the town, the dog, he's in the region to visit his ancestral roots that he was given the toll of calling that castle on irish prime minister by hill martin. now the u. s. president travel south after a brief trip to north, nodded to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday. peace agreement have often said the irish, the only people in the world in 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 our res, plenty, this is because more than anything more than anything and 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. paula has both in the dawkins county love. it's been a super warm welcome for president joe botton and dundalk, despite cold and 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 1814, he stopped for an extended period here in the center of town, stopping at a gift shop which doubles up as a restaurant. and also a delicatessen. and 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 boy goes early. this just the 1st day of president boston's trip here to southern island hero sick the boxes on both the diplomatic. i'm the personal with this trip i on the people chair open for a glimpse. i'm not sure how much of redemption catching 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, iran a family. i've been my companions for most of the afghan brita riley. right. well he's, he's passed the star. we waited a long, sorry. we had to 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 time it's a great opportunity in raising really raising the profile at the time in terms of like terrorism. but i'll take novice development and investment here in the future

. like in the past. it's kind of like kind of a bit of a like bad reputation time. so it's really like showing that like independence and very positive like that's really brilliant for the time. and again, that would be such 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 printing from not the businesses. wow. they 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 up previous visit you were here when bill clinton was here in the year 2000 when you compare and contrast this one with that one. when i came to on this one, he set up a little bit longer. there was he 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 to the counselor and just mean, i mean, just good goodness, put out, put them in for good coverage. it's upright with 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 for all of the afternoon and then just as your bottom began is walk about the skies played on the rain stopped and then they call out the look at the irish open and i'll just go below the press the button with both ends tomorrow. the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement to deal with and to 30 years of violence. breakfast has threatened that peace, placing a trade border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. andrew submits, explains the from belfast. 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 know the melons future is dependent on restoring it evolved power,

sharing government or a major new campus, but 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. but 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 hard problems together. kind of draw even greater opportunities is richard for hope. the assembly and the executor will soon be restored. that's a judgment for you to make, not me. but 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 at post bricks. it 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 the 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 re she 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. be invest sooner. supported biden's views on power sharing. and i think that's incredibly exciting.

been growth jobs and prosperity in northern ireland. and i know he shows my ambition to see it's choosing to back up and running. that's what people in business is and all not. and as a president, but left for the irish republic, having made it clear, the peace in northern ireland needs bolstering. and that can't happen with political instability under simmons, which is 0 belfast. now that he has cancer and bahrain, heaven knows that thou resumed diplomatic ties. following a high level meeting of delegates in riyadh and the joint statement, the country said the agreement stems from a push to strengthen bilateral relations. unity within the region. in january, bahrain, chrome print spoke with tom amir, 6 mean been handled pony by phone. the move was seen as a sign of the 2 gulf states moving towards repairing relations. serious foreign minister resisting 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 as little back. dod was greeted by saudi foreign minister, prince fast, so been for hahn in geneva. the saudi foreign ministry says that thou discuss a political solution to the supreme crisis. we had had supported the syrian opposition of the start of the war, but ties with the government of thought in recent months. well, it's been a busy week force and diplomacy. and iranian delegation also arrived and ready to discuss reopening its embassy unconcealed general. the countries are renewing ties after days. so worst of it, 7 years ago, it comes just days after saudi delegation visited iran's capital. the un security council has been discussing the future of what software called the deadliest peacekeeping mission. it marley, several ations of announce plans to withdraw their troops. our diplomatic editor

james base spoke with you and special representative and head of the marley mission and gas in wayne. does the auction of, of increasing the troop presence in molly, the number of peacekeepers by as many as 3680. what would that enable you to do? if the security council went for that option? what i did see that we operate in a difficult environment with mounting security needs of population that are subjected to daily violence by terrorists, extremely scope or safer from anther criminal violence. we have basis in large parts of mighty that need to be supplied and those bases have to be supplied unprotected. we have to support political processes including the organization for the out of elections for which secret jazz to be provided. so the needs for enhance,

mismatched the nits out of there. so we are of a stretch that, that we actually saw the need for an increase presence is there, but there are, as you rightly pointed out, other options, one, maintaining the status school. and the other one transforming the vision into a special political mission. let me ask you about that option 3, because that seems to be the most radical option that you're proposing got. option 2 would be to reduce the, the, the footprint of the mission and reduce your activities. option 3 though, is, as you say, to transform it to just a political office and remove the peacekeepers. what would it mean for molly? if the un troops pulled out, i believe that that would lead to a rapid duration of the security situation. it will effectively dance. we could already seen areas where we are not able to operate where they might not be on top, but it, the level of violence against the dentist is extremely high and it's triggering

huge displacement, so that could be replicated elsewhere. it might take a completely different scope and it would also have serious consequences for the region. molly central, for the stablish of the teeth, the head region. and obviously if mighty, was to be overwhelmed by violence, that will have serious consequences. not only for the stupid for the region as a whole. if the security council opt to pull the peacekeepers out, convert what you have to a political office. would that be a failure of every thing that knows mer had, has done over 10 years? well 1st, i don't want to anticipate what the counselor would decide, but what i know, and what i heard today is a strong support to the mission or cognition of the word that she is doing on the ground. in spite of the core france on the challenges we are facing and a desire by the council to quote you to support my name well still had here on al jazeera, the bill in russia, the continental leaving the country and press 5 for

workers in chile. how excited about ag built testing? congress will explain white space after the break. ah. with 30, what in florida? recently and developing in the southern states, it looks pretty wet. i have to say 330 and 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 a huge warm push and it is warm temperature. the high twenty's, low thirty's, phoenix, had to record. but all base of course, of fairly recently covered in snow. so there warnings out for flood from rapid snow about for many of these northern states. but course it's not going to last

a cold is going to push back in again. denver 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 like she caught big their biggest still in the bahamas. you'll notice but feather west, mexico's cotton dam. same of truth on juris in costa rica. nothing extraordinary here. but sat 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, that's called 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 art taken while european colonizers and this is our experience of identity. in the final part of this series,

museums and collectors still hold precious assets like to put mean booms. few have been returned, but there's still a long way to go and progress is painfully slow. restitution africa stolen off with partially asia on older sierra. ah ah book back you what you all to 0 me to hell, robin dough hall reminder volatile stories. japan and south korea say north korea has lot to be signed off the east coast of the korean peninsula. japan's government temporarily sounded as sar. is it a cato?

expecting the missiles to land near the island. yos, president joe by visit ireland. crowds gathered and done dogs too well to be american leader as he begins a 3 day, the styles are told of the country and serious foreign ministers visiting saudi arabia for the 1st time since war began in 2011. the move is seen as a major step towards lending serious regional isolation. the saudi foreign ministry says about discuss a political solution to the syrian crisis, rushes up a house of parliament as approved or controversial bill to create a digital draft system that could band men from leaving the country kremlin. critics say that the bill will greatly facilitate the mobilization of bent to fight and ukraine dos of jabari has more for moscow. would you say to you of a greeny cheese, 100? 63 members of russia, the upper house agreed to pass a law, making it easier for men to be enlisted into the military. you know,

the kremlin says they will and chaos your periods of recruitment. like some reported recently at the facilities like this, people have to report here after receiving the notice from the defense ministry. russian men between the ages of $18.27 are obliged to serve a year in the military under the new law which needs to be signed by president where we are putting a new federal digital database will expedite the process and those in it will not be allowed to leave the country. men will have 20 days to report to their local and listen offices in their region. if they don't, there will be severe penalties. those include not being able to rent property, get a loan or credit card from the bank, nor to be able to buy a car or even get a marriage certificate. when you restrictions that only one politician who voted against the law and you got says are unconstitutional. mirror caterina, probably not the measure and restricting, right, so not consistent with existing law is to say nothing of constitutional law. the

penalty for not receiving it for objective reasons is inadequate. let's not lie. we all understand what this lore is aimed at. a sentiment shared by many who will be affected here in personal freedom as being restricted to me. if someone of conscription age, this is bad in the country right now. there are 2 options, either prison or war. either you go and fight and die for someone else's cause or you sit in prison. you know, i think it's a strange solution. unexpected, distrusting. it's not clear how it'll work the most the, i think electronic summons of a strange thing. you may not see this notification and have problems. i don't know how to fight this. currently, those doing their mandatory military service or not call to the front lines in ukraine. the defense ministry says it's using contract soldiers. they're got the timing of the passing of this bill is also significant. as the military is

preparing to launch its annual bring recruitment dr. rest of temper the kremlin announced that they are going to mobilize reservists. the turned out that the russian system mobilization is not really working. if they don't know where their reserve is, start, the system is not dysfunctional. so this is an attempt to make it more functional. according to the defense ministry, 147000 men will be called to do their military service this year. and now they will have little choice but to report for duty or face the consequences. doors jabari al jazeera, moscow. the international military funds estimates that ukraine's economy will fall by 3 percent this year. it's all a 30 percent contraction in 2022. despite the ongoing war in the country of the army says that ukraine is performing well. i did your castro reports from washington, dc. the i m f managing director says,

ukraine's economic performance under the devastating circumstances of war is remarkable, and called it a victory of civility over evil. despite the praise though ukraine economy has contract it by 30 percent, since russia is invasion. what to do about it was the subject of a ministerial round table. on the 3rd day of the i must bring meetings, ukrainian president below. there is a lindsey address the assembly of the video telling finance ministers gathered from around the world that ukraine urgently need more help. the country is seeking an additional $14000000000.00 by the end of june, according to the landscape. to meet the ukrainian pupils, basic humanitarian needs. the price tag of the devastation that russia has unleashed on ukraine is large, and growing the i'm ethylene, ukraine will need $411000000000.00 over the next decade to reconstruct. last month, the i'm a board approved a 15000000000 dollar loan to ukraine,

ukraine's prime minister thank the i, m f. the us and other contributing nations. but noted that the longer rushes aggression continues, the more financial assistance ukraine will need. hydro, castro al jazeera washington. well, he slashed as he called growth full construct boxes thought as well to just 0.5 percent this year and his warning, but unemployment will continue to rise. the country struggling to avoid defaulting its debt. this in talks with the i m f. a bank has more hundreds, desperately scramble for free sour. it's been handed out by the government to family struggling with the stolen cost of basic food. the demand has been overwhelming and people have chewed for hours since the beginning of the holy month of ramadan $23.00 people have been killed in peace at distribution centers across buckets. done. thousands of bags of flour have stolen the good hand along. i

accept the difficulties for the people in getting free flour or long queues and over crowder. as the people are desperate for his flower. saw debbie had registered her details and gets her free flower. it takes the whole family to get it into the home. the flower is mixed with water and made into dough. i lean at about around, around a killer. i can run it around. there wasn't anything at home to cook for my kids. and that has made me worried how to feed themselves. but i was lucky to have a few bags of free flour from the government center, which will help for a few days, especially in ramadan. children wait eagerly for the food, but it's only bread and sugar. it's simple, but it's all they can afford with millions across the country are struggling with the rising cost of living. some fruits and vegetables have more than doubled in price. the government is struggling to control the economy and implement economic reforms laid back by the i m f. but there's still no guarantee the economy will recover even with a bad,

and the country's foreign reserves are at an all time no. whatever comes out of the, i'm in meetings in washington, the still considerable skepticism hair, a patch, and i'm afraid that whether the. busy reforms the asking for actually making better for normal books or make them worse back in some of the poorest parts of the country. saudi and fam. you're hoping the flower is enough to get through the tough months. the head bake jazeera, at least 10 people have died on 3 boat carrying migrant sang healthy to his in coast. more than 30 people are still missing. meanwhile, in italy, hundreds of people have just barked in the for the silly and the port of catania. the $700.00 migrants refugee to on board a dilapidated states became stuck at sea. well, they've been out of fuel in the us any died in the most important part is the one concerning medical testing that we are performing with our medical staff. we are taking care of those who are sick that we work on where to host them. we distribute shoes and food. later we transfer the people to the hub where we hope they will

have to wait as little as possible before they be located across italy. at least 9 people are being killed in northern ecuador, please say about that he attack because we're involved in the incident in the coastal city of as morales, as they reportedly arrived in boats and cars and opened fire on the fishermen. traders and workers at a port warehouse just one day after this attack, 6 prisoners were found hanged in their cells in the city of y, a keel. local media report say that the cell block where the bodies were found is controlled by a criminal gang linked to drug trafficking. the prison complex has been the science of ecuador was trained massacres, caused by rivalries since february 2021. i repeat 8 prison massacres in which more than 400 may have been killed. chilies congress has passed a proposal to reduce work yards from 45 to 40 hours a week. to move is seen as many as a win for the left us government had to step forward for workers rights felix,

the water 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 annually. 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 our work in which 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 gabriella 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 and then we're going to 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 quality of people's lives. and many are watching to see if other nations in the region.