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ah, i'm cyril then. yeah, it's good to have you with us. this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up in the program, frances constitutional court gives the green light, the president, the mentor, and michael was deeply unpopular pension reforms. m a u. s. the man arrested in connection with the leak of top secret pentagon documents officially charged by a federal court and the journey to jupiter. the european space agency successfully launch is an ambitious mission to study the moons of the largest planet in our solar system. ah. so there has been a major step towards ending the 8 year war in yemen, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions for the 1st time since 2020 who is the rebels. and the saudi led coalition, a holding a large scale prisoner exchange,

more than $800.00 detainees are expected to be released over the next 3 days. and in the capital sanaa, the 1st groups of huffy prisoners have arrived home at the other him hot. i was taken detained in an area of yaktel omeka. i was imprisoned in an iron factory for 7 years. are young enough to die is victorious day. the day when my brother was released off to 7 years, we never lost hope, and i do not feel like i had in my heart. it feels clear now. well, that is all part of broader diplomatic efforts to end the war. oman has been mediating talks to make the temporary cease, fire become permanent, stuffy, deca begins our coverage. o free men at last a momentous moment. not only for them personally, but politically to ah, around $900.00 prisoners will be released as part of a prisoner swap between saudi arabia and the iran back to thes exchange will happen

over 3 days. part of the deal reached in switzerland last month. the international committee for the red cross is overseeing the transportation of these men, to saudi arabian yemen, among those being freed, yeoman's former defense minister, and also the brother of the president. the result of negotiations between the 2 sides to seek an end to the near 9 year war. i think that the visit of visit with the ambassador to sara has actually moved at this service sir, but is not a exchange ave of those. and i have seen vick leave a message to his old yadi better. they are ready afford a full exchange of but his notice in both sides with j at could be about $15000.00 . but his note is of course it's yet a quite significant step. oh, it's the bidding a gum ritual or trust between the legitimate government and dad ot and also her parents the way to that is a plan in young. oh yeah,

men's you went brokered 6 month truce officially, ended in october, but still largely holds. the recent diplomatic push comes as the 2 main players and what is often called a proxy war have made peace last month. saudi arabia and iran agree to end their 7 year diplomatic rift and re establish diplomatic ties in a deal broken by china. in a statement, the u. s. special envoy for yemen said that yemen is witnessing an unprecedented opportunity for peace. a significant moment most definitely. however, finding common ground between saudi arabia and who thes for a long lasting piece will take more work and more time. stephanie decker of g 0 al 0 is hush, my hell bar has covered the conflict extensively and he says this prisoner exchange is a major development. it has been for many is the biggest problem in emer. we should basically stand the warring fashion cinema. we're trying to come up with

a political settlement there will disagree about the prisoners exchange never works except for few occasions or sometimes clerks on tribal leaders would broke out a deal. but we're talking about few numbers of prisoners to be swap this time. second time, significant, and it gives us an indication that what we are seeing now in the m and happening could be conducive to face to, which is going to be a political settlement with an interim government in yemen. the saudis hope to see that government implemented within 2 years with that happen still have to wait and see, but this prisoners exchange is quite significant. development is spot also. the bill confidence building measures between the health is how controlled another part of the country. and the internationally recognized government, backed by saudi arabia. 2011 was the arab spring. but that obs springs suddenly evolved into something different and unprecedented level of violence and deepening,

sectarian divide. each time you would see an area you had, you have to think about hockey players result by a saudi arabia with spies itself on being the protector of sinister lamps. shia and iran prize itself on being the defender of she are islam. this rapprochement could be the beginning of the end of that deepening sectarian device. to do this, you have to have a permanent settlement in yemen. at the war and yemen created what the united nations has repeatedly called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. around 375000 people have died in the conflict. millions more have been displaced. while earlier i spoke to the un humanitarian coordinator for yemen, david grassley, and i asked him, what was the impact that this truce would have on people in yemen will, can only benefit our work. but only that bit of is the population. the only way to do to reduce it in humanitarian assistance is to find a into the conflict. so we were very hopeful that this move continues. should

yemenis have hope that there are a day to day circumstances are going to get better soon? well i think we've already seen evidence of that in the truth that was started a year ago on april 2nd last last year. or we've seen already benefits from that the ending of the air strikes, the cessation was still, it is on the front lines. major major improvements and people's day to day lives. secondly, opening the port of who data has allowed fuel and other essential commodities come in freely. the economy is starting to come back, jobs are created and that also helps us move away from humanitarian assistance. and finally, the airports in santa as not fully opened, but enough to get medical cases out so that people can get treatment, many of wait years for such treatment. so these are all very positive signs of what even a limit the truce can do. so we expect much more with a, with a cease fire,

a potential settlement of the conflict. now if the war does end in yemen, then what's the humanitarian outlook at that point? because you still have millions of people who need you and assistance. that's correct. we're. we right now there's about 21000000 people. last year we saw some progress of about 2000000 people. no longer requiring 2000000 people less, no longer requiring humanitarian assistance for food distribution, for example. but still, there's going to be a, a long time of need for assistance as recovery kicks in. it won't be over night. i so, but there will be a good start. we also have concerns on land mines of all across the front lines. land mines, unexploded ordnance remain a major threat that we see casualties. 2 to 3 times a week, people killed, maimed men, women, and particular children are so there are many things are going to have to work on.

even with a settlement, probably the biggest is the return home or resettlement of the 4 point. 5000000 people displaced by the conflict that's, that's a huge percentage of the population. they will need tremendous support to, to reintegrate back into, into any society. france, his constitutional court has now given the green lights to president emmanuel michael's pension reforms. in spite of weeks of protests demanding the bill be struck down. the court rejected the idea of holding a public referendum on the issue. the bill is said to raise the retirement age in france from 62 to 64 micro forced to bill through parliament without a vote. well, natasha butler is live for us in paris at natasha. i dont know if this is the end of the story that you've been covering for months now, but it certainly feels that way. we know that headline constitutional counsel says ok. this reform is constitutional. what else did they say?

well said nazi, what we know for now and look, it was expected that francis constitutional counsel would approve this reform largely there will be probably some modification, some tweaks suggested to the law, but it means the retirement age. and i can't race from 62 to 64. good news, of course for the french president. it is a reform that he has pushed for ever since. it was 1st, next it back in 2017. so clearly he and his government will. the police brought you can see the army, there are many protesters here in central harrison city hall bay, all gathering in close to numbers. and they are of course, unhappy. even though this decision isn't a huge surprise to the more trade union leaders. i've been saying today is even though this decision is happening, they're still going to paradise. they say they want to continue with this social move and continue to put question on the government. but even if this bill becomes norwich and now will they hope that that russia could make present?

michael scrap the nor the thing is, is really unclear which way the process will go. because of course, there will be some who will say that this decision will fuel the protest movement, even more than my advice. you can heart reflections of it. on the other hand, there'll be some people who will say, look, maybe maybe came over, maybe it's over and will no longer go out and demonstrates is unclear which way the mean will go. what happens now for the president then for a mentor? and michael, hey, we know you this week or the president michael was on a trip to the netherlands. and he said that he hoped that this decision by the constitutional council would put an end to the debate over the pension reform would greatly end close the chapter. that's what he hopes for. and he said he believes that this reform that he concedes with difficulty, conceits is unpopular. he believes that he had

a duty to push it through and crawl to thing is for michael. he was out today. i'm not a damn the cathedral in paris. he was on the build a site that protecting an image for a much business as usual, everything is fine. but will it be in the coming months and years for him? it's all to tell. he still has full years of his presidency. it's going to be challenging because he has alienated certain parts of parliament, monday nor makers were opposed to this law. they were opposed to the way that it was for 3 parliament by decree, bypassing our parliament in of course, a large section of the french public eye. is unhappy with his pension reform, so it can be very difficult to find people to cooperate with him in the future when he wants to push through future reforms. so be interesting to see what happens in the coming months and years. yeah. how much political quote will he have after this natasha butler reporting from city hall in central paris, where people are protesting after the constitutional court greenlit amendment my course controversial pension reform, the cache

a thank you. a 21 year old member of the u. s. air force national guard has appeared in a boston federal court. jack to shera was charged with the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents and materials. in his 1st court appearance, he is accused one of the largest classified information leaks since edward snowden . alright, so what do we know about jack the share? well, he's 21 years old. he's the reserve of the u. s. air force and he joined the massachusetts air national guard in 2019 he was a member of the intelligence wing to share was reportedly the leader of a discord chat room created in 2020 members of that chat room. shared a love of guns, racist means, and gaming. and a report by the billing cat investigative journalism organization suggests that the files emerged on discord in march, but actually may have been posted as far back as january our white house correspondent, kimberly elk. it joins me now from washington, dc. what happened in court? kimberly and well,

he made his 1st appearance jack to share the 21 year old air national guardsman and it was emotional. he was appearing at, in a very crowded court room, their respect, taters, we understand there were at least 3 family members there. many people had tears in their eyes as he faced the 1st of what could be potentially many charges against him. among them, as you read out there are the charges include the unauthorized removal and retention of classified information that carries a very high penalty potentially given the fact that he had a very high top secret security clearance, given his position and the intelligence wing of the air national guard, now what we should point out is that i, it's not unusual to have this kind of access with the top secret security clearance . in fact, when you're given this type of clearance, it gives you a very wide swath of information. and so there have been questions about how

someone with a low position in the u. s. military would have this kind of access, but in fact, it is or not is not unusual at all. and kimberly what happens now? well a, this is just the preliminary hearing, so there still is more to come for him in terms of the court process. in fact, he'll be back in court next week. what we know is that he's going to have a detention hearing. this will be where the judge will set the bail if you will, and given the charges against him, the price tag will be very high. it's unlikely that his family will be able to pay that price. fact meaning, in other words, he. 2 will not be freed from jail. what we also know is that there are also discussions underway in terms of the information that has become public. because what has been revealed by some of this information that has been put online as

a result of these revelations is very, very damning to many of the countries as a result of these revelations. for example, the fact that there is now known that in the case of, for example, the ukraine conflict, we know that in all now there are $97.00 special forces from nato countries that are on the ground in ukraine. and that is something that was not know previously and this has been a bit a bit of a surprise. 7 not just to americans, but to many of the countries around the world. so there have been now countries having to respond to some of the information, including the united states. the department of defense is not confirming or denying that there are american forces on the ground in ukraine, but in fact, saying that when it comes to special forces 14, in fact they have these documents have revealed saying that they are not on the

battlefield, but in fact, or in the case have been advising all along and are only in a supporting role. but again, there are a lot of policy discussions that are now taking place as a result. the revelations that jack to sarah allegedly has made as a result of these documents going online. so there's a lot to play out, not just in the policies and various capitals around the world, but also in the court rooms. kimberly allocate reporting from washington dc. thank you. a still a head on al jazeera, slow growth, but cooling inflation, the international monetary fund paints a picture of europe's economic future. ah hello, it looks like a case of all change across east asia. whether looking very mobile now or

a cloud piling in from the west, pushing further east with area of low pressure that spills out sofa eastern china, running across japan as we go through, sat dice and pretty heavy rain for a time here that we could see some localized flooding temperatures falling back around 16 celsius in tokyo. still a few showers coming in behind. just around the east, china say pushing up towards the l. a. c. been in class 3 was to go on through sunday a much better day on sunday. still a few showers there to japan into the korean peninsula, but for china general dry, fine, and sunny, that sunshine and showers across indo china, the showers a little more widespread than they have been recently. some went to weather, coming back in across a good part of vietnam, sliding through laos, into cambodia. maybe it's thailand as well, in a scattering a showers that particular cross northern parts of the philippines. they are going to be somewhat heavier than they have been recently scattering a showers to, to malaysia into indonesia and still want to showers just coming to western parts

of india. but for the most part, it's all about the heat. temperature is well above average, getting up into the forty's already want to shout into northern parts of pakistan, but still pretty hot here. ah, african countries have struggled to reclaim many of the artifacts taken by european colonizers. this is our experience of identity in the final port of the seas, museums, and collect still hold precious assets like the new booms. few have been returned, but there's still a long way to go. and progress is painfully slow. restitution africa stolen with pottery ation on old 0 lou

ah, welcome back to watching al jazeera or headlines this. our francis constitutional counsel has given the green light, the president, the manual macros pension reform. in spite of weeks of protests, the court rejected the idea of holding a public referendum on the issue. a long delayed prisoner swap is underway in yemen between who the rebels and the saudi led coalition. around 800 people are due to be released. the 1st groups of who these have arrived in santa, where they are the where they've been reuniting with their families. at 21 year old jack to shera has appeared in a boston court charged with the removal and retention of classified documents. this in connection with the league of top secret pentagon files, the pentagon says the leak was a quote, deliberate criminal acts. so today is the last friday of the muslim holy month of

ramadan had after weeks of tension and violence in occupied east jerusalem. there's finally an atmosphere of com and celebration in the alex the mosque compound, tens of thousands of worshippers gathered for prayers, but as were so sort our reports, it was a difficult pilgrimage for many in a lot, some more compound, the turn, all in side for muslims this early in the morning palestinians have started to get into the compound to perform the last friday or from this year. it's extremely difficult. as it's very occupation forces has set tens of checkpoints all around that occupied jerusalem. and particularly around the problem, occupation forces have influence and counseling. look into who me was reading through them all. and those were coming from the west bank or gas that they particularly have to go through a nightmare. when we left nobliss or don't to come here, there are checkpoints along the way they make life. so difficult,

hoping that we'll give up some i am now and, and be of is the moral can national vision use for this for the compound. when they get there got the patient forces, they pass through road. what could be the most take place and continue to the park of the me to open to a national is really israeli occupation forces usually leave him from this prototype over a week ago. that is exactly what happened is that the occupation forces have antic kibbler most over there and has beaten palestine and would not worship her injured pens of them and rushes around $400.00 many palestinians. he is really trying to change the things you school by doing so a lot of the goal is not to allow anyone to come here at all. they want to take

over the whole area and all of palestine. whatever happens in like almost compound doesn't stay here, it spills over and effect the whole, palestine, israel, lebanon, syria, jordan and even the region beyond alexa, home, home. regardless, the maxim of the region neutral system, and whoever partly knows that the full region will react. this is just the iraq occupied history. so the international monetary fund is urging european governments to maintain financial stability or risk lower growth in advance. european economies, economic growth is expected to fall from 3.6 percent in 2022 to 0.7 percent. this year in emerging economies, growth is expected to drop the 1 point one percent this year. falling energy prices and less disruption to supply chains should help ease inflation. but the i m. f is urging central banks to maintain tight monetary policies or risk crisis. alfred

cameras, the director of the european department of the international monetary fund, and he says, the priority for europe is to reduce inflation. first of all is not such a big picture because the avoided the recession, which everybody expected. if i saw shots of independent. so because of policy making efforts and decisive action that has been avoided, but what we see now is sharp economic slowdown reflecting the impact of prices, innovation of ukraine. what that led to was higher energy prices, lower purchasing power off consumers, higher cost for enterprises and less confidence. and that explains to slow down in 2023. it also explained by the fighting and have to be feat, inflation. first order of business for europe is to be feed inflation. headline inflation, we come down at cor. inflation still has not peaked in many countries and is only

expected to decline the 2nd half. that's underlying inflation. and that has shown much more persistent. and that means for monetary policy makers in emerging european economies that they need to stay tight for the euro area for the easy, it means that they need to continue on the policy 3 types. a gun is going through the worst economic crisis in years. last year, the government spent up to 40 percent of its revenue on debt payments. the international monetary fund has agreed to provisional $3000000000.00 bailout, but many are concerned. it would lead to more hardship in the future. i'm going to address reports bitter, quit doing assa fazio and what? he says, the medicines he needs to survive are running low and he can't afford to buy anymore. the 77 year old is one of thousands of people in gun invested their savings in government bonds. now they've been told they can't touch their

investment met dr. mentor. that's more serious than even put in a gun or what thy cost of living and rising poverty of pushed canyons to take to the streets, demanding the resignation of officious. they blame for the country's economic crisis. the government encouraged such as us to invest in bonds. so he could raise funds, but he'd run out of money to pay them, so they don't miss you, want restructuring was critical. but for us, it was never was assisting to involve individuals. critics blame the crisis on excessive government bodily, reckless pending and corruption. they say the economies on the brink of collapse and people are becoming skeptical about the financial system. in december, the international monetary fund agreed in principle 2 or $3000000000.00 bailout. but it would depend on the economy being structured. something most people believe would lead to hush outcomes for an already impoverished population of your life. if

by fact, times are hard, we can't sell, we can buy everything as expensive. it's a lot of hard to work to feed our families. it's very stressful. you go home looking tired, as if you went to war. as economy slows, factories are shutting down, and thousands of people are losing their jobs. investments in new infrastructure has also stored as a government seeks to meet the demands for a bailout economy. say this could mean more people like peter codes or will be unable to feed their families and be unable to afford any medicines they need. how many degrees al jazeera, the european space agency has launched a mission to jupiter to love the conditions necessary for life beyond our planet, is an 8 year journey to explore jupiter's icy moons. collin baker has more. the, the fiery start of a 12 year mission to pier below ice on another world. the jupiter

icy moons, explorer, or juice, is looking for alien oceans that might harbor life. it will study calisto europa and ganymede 3 of the biggest moons orbiting the nearest gas giant earth. as well as jupiter itself. on fact, on project ship it, they can say that jupiter is like many solar system. imagine the jupiter center is like the star in the icy words, like the planet fight. yet you scientists believe each hide the dark ocean, 100 kilometers deep or more beneath the pock marked icy surfaces on earth. jupiter is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. these moons are visible through a basic telescope, but it's 600000000 to 1000000000 kilometers away from earth. and getting there without relying on its own fuel means juice needs the gravitational pull of several planets,

including our own to pick up enough speed. after leaving earth its planned, the juice will make one orbit around the sun and then return a few months later to use the gravity of both earth and the moon to gain more speed . venus will give it a push in august 2025. before it again passes earth in 20262029. it will then travel at top speed toward jupiter. that'll catch it in 2031. it will have 4 years to find in measure the oceans are used to main caesar. reader, it all frequency reader data as a default with so and get knowledge of the subset of face of the d i. c. moons. so we look into the mysteries of the self serve face because we can penetrate for about 9 kilometers. magnetometers will measure how these oceans move juice will map materials on the moon surfaces in detail and take photographs. it will spend most of its time in orbit around ganymede, a rare moon that has its own magnetic field services. so to le k, to,

to chose the real mission that used to let find habitability does not mean life. it means the conditions for the appearance of life. but that would be a huge step. the pioneering mission is to the end in july 2035. by then juice will be withered by jupiter's harsh radiation and crash into ganymede. mission accomplished colon baker al jazeera, australia's north west coast has been hit by the most powerful tropical storm in years. cyclone elsa may landfall near port headland major hub for iron or exports. people in several communities have been told to stay in doors. many living in the cyclones path were evacuated. ah, this is l 0 and these are the top stories a long delayed prisoner swap is underway in yemen between who.