mike hannah ojo 0 washington ledger cheaper closest has long been known as the silent killer. although over 19 killed millions during the pandemic, t b has killed many more throughout the decades. who may call some serif has the details. she will kill losses or t. b is a disease that's preventable, treatable and even curable. yet it's killing $1600000.00 people each year, making it a leading infectious killer after coven 19. it's caused by bacteria that spread through the air and mainly affect the lungs. the pathogen is hard to detect. no country is free of t b, but these 8 nations account for more than 2 thirds of infections and deaths globally. all age groups are at risk, but people with poor immune systems at a higher risk, like those living with h. i v. in 2021, nearly a 100. 90000 people died from h i v associated with t b. the only license that seen the b c, g is more than a 100 years old. it's effective in children, but not adults who account for most transmissions. t b is treated with antibiotics, but it's resistance to drugs is rising. with only 7 years left to reach

mike hannah, out is era washington. a russian president vladimir pierson has dismiss reports that a pro ukraine group sabotaged the node stream pipelines. last year, he pointed at washington over the attacks in the pipelines that carried russian gas to europe or close to soon to the dish to whose interested theoretically the united states is interested in stopping the supply of russian energy carries to the european energy market and supplying volumes of its own, including liquefied natural gas, even if it is much more 25 to 30 percent more than russian. though. police and pakistan are locked in a 10 standoff with supporters of the former prime minister. him rotten con. protest is outside his home in the hall and trying to prevent his arrest. earlier, there were confrontations between offices and demonstrations. con, was ousted his leader last year, and his facing charges including corruption, which he says are politically motivated than to monahan reports. ah, police in the horse around at the residence of former prime

mike hannah reports from washington dc. it was a rare moment of bipartisanship in a divided congress. welcome to the most bipartisan committee in congress. we may not always agree on how to get there, but we care about our so our national security here at issue here are free speech rights. federal control, social media and national security issues in recent days shows the 2 and his team had been lobbying in washington, including meeting with each member of the committee, the charm offensive carried on tick tock itself. i'm super excited to announce that more than a 150000000 americans on take time. that's almost half of the us. but congressional critics, we're not deterred, chick talk, is a grave threat of foreign influence in american life. it's been said is like allowing the soviet union, the power to produce saturday morning cartoons during the cold war, but much more powerful and much more dangerous. and i'm pretty sure and shown to the committee disturbing, tick tock, content that was found on the feed of a 16 year old

mike, many thanks for that, mike hannah live from capitol hill. now, united states navy is denying a chinese military statement saying a u. s. warship has been forced out of the south china sea on thursday. the chinese military said it drove the destroyer year, assess millis away from the disputed waters in the parcel islands. for the u. s. navy says it's destroyer is continuing as routine operations in the area and has not been expelled. now the news, most schools in afghanistan have reopened after the winter break, but the nations taliban leaders are still barring teenage girls from attending since the taliban to take over in 2021 lonely girls age 12 and under have been allowed to go to school. the taliban government has also banned women from higher education. united nations calls it gender based apartheid. the only option now available to older girls is a slamming schools known as some addresses. they provide religious instruction that they're selfish comerica then i thought about them address a can't help me in becoming a doctor because that'

mike. hannah joins us live from washington, d. c. said mike, how does this play into trumps bid for president? could it help him or hinder him? well, it's a very good question nerd trump himself and some of his followers indicate that they think it could help him. a trump himself prematurely announced that the indictment was coming some 10 days ago. some believed with the intent of rallying his supporters of getting them out in the streets as he nakedly asked his supporters to do. at the same time, his opponents point out that this emphasizes what they see as the many flaws and tramps characters which they believe disqualify him from holding office even running for office. so there are 2 sites, this particular coin. but what we hearing already from republicans is a chorus of this is a witch hunt, a chorus of this is attempting to influence the election from the speak of the house. kevin mccarthy. he's described this as weapon icing. our sacred system of justice against donald trump. the governor florida rhonda santos, who may well be

mike hannah, joining us from washington d. c. thanks very much, mike. of your pin government her the point to the senior official in the t grey people's liberation front of the head of a new interim. why regional government get to, to re does appointment comes just a day off the t p l f was removed from list of terrorist organizations establishing a temporary government was a crucial part of the peace deal. last year that ended fighting between to grow and rebels and government troops, the conflicts of kill tens of thousands of people enforce millions more out of their homes. well, the p still between the government and the t p l f was fined in november last year . it ended 2 years of war. the fighting started in november 2025 minutes to be met order the military offensive against the p. p l. f. in response to what he said were tax on army bases. the government declared a truce in march last year to allow humanitarian aid entity gray. the u. n. had repeatedly called for an end to the violence and using both sides of committing war crimes. but after 5 mo

mike, hannah reports now from washington dc. the white house from the national security council, the state department, there's absolutely no confirmation whatsoever of the report. a spokesman for the national security council, john kirby said, only that several western allies of the united states in particular, germany, denmark, and sweden, all carrying out an investigation into who was responsible for that attack. this investigation he says, is ongoing. now, throughout the month and since that attack occurred in september, there's been repeated speculation about who was responsible in initially it was alleged that russia was responsible. even recently there's been an accusation that it was the us. but this just reflects the vacuum that has existed within asserting blamed for this attack ahead of russia vac them less than regroup, says his fighters have taken the eastern part of backward in eastern ukraine in order message on his telegram channel. if get a provision said the units have taken the touchy to the east of back would

mike hannah out is era washington as get the nina from moscow and speak to jenny celia, chaper van of our juliet, tell us more about moscow's reaction to this incident. laska is not looking for confrontation with washington. those are the, was of the russian ambassador to the us. but he went home saying that russia considered the incident with the american join over the black sea, a pro cation, the ambassador, also summit drones flying into blind area, allegedly collect intelligence that key, and then uses this time at russian military positions. and there are also some in for reports right now that the forces or the rushing blank seat lead on full steam ahead, searching for the wreckage of the reaper while the united states and that recognizance lice will continue to that. actually, the incident took mace tuesday morning, but since then that hadn't been much information from the russian minister of defense on the issue. they live in that telegram channel, that the m p 9 re pedro li with the transponders turned off and it did violate the boundaries of the area of the so called tempora

mike hannah, i'll just 0 washington birth verbal. kathy crayton is director of cornell university school of industrial labor relations. she says that a unionized workforce is more productive and safer for employees. workers generally want to have and this is particularly with the starbucks workers. they want to have a say in their workforce, they don't want to be told what to do by a benevolent dictator. as howard schultz apparently thinks that he is work. and i think the that what the american public should know is that the a unionized workforce is really a much better workforce, not just for the workers and for the employer also, and particularly beneficial in a civil society. so where there's a unionized workforce, we have a more equitable workforce where people of color do much better up to 20 percent better than their non union peers. where the gender gap is caught in half in a unionized workforce where there's higher productivity, higher retention rate, a safer workplace, a happier workplace. and then there's all these myriad o

mike hannah, audio 0, washington o, utah's become the 1st state in the u. s. to pass legislation restricting the use of social media for minors. specific parental permission will now be required for anyone under the age of 18. to use platforms like take talk, instagram and facebook. the law is designed to make social media giants more responsible for their content. me and most military spokesman has confirmed out. is there a plan to repatriate ringo refugees will go ahead in mid april or hang arise groups calling at a p. r campaign. last week a delegation from me and ma visited a refugee camp in bangladesh to interview potential candidates for return. but many say they're too afraid to go back more than 5 years after military crackdown drove nearly 800000 ringa from their homes. dozens of people a fear that missing following heavy flooding in northern afghanistan, least 300 homes have been washed away. meteorologist say more rains expected in the coming days. during ramadan palestinians living in the besieged gaza strip usually prepare for a month, a fasting p

mike hannah is in washington dc and has reaction to the indictments reaction to the indictment has largely been along a partisan lines. republicans generally criticizing the decision to bring an indictment against donald trump. many describe it as a with an eye zation of the legal process. that is the words used by the speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy echoed as well by the governor of florida run to santos. who importantly also said that he would not cooperate in any attempt to extradite trump from florida to face trial in manhattan. this an important point should trump decide not to surrender himself to face the charges in a manhattan court. but on the other side, we heard from representative adam shift, who was typical of the democratic reaction. basically saying that trump's criminal acts as he put it, have caught up with him and saying that no matter how rich and powerful nobody is above the law. but the interesting point from hearing from republicans that the electro system has been undermined by the district attorneys decision to bring charges against donald trump. this in itself

mike hannah al jazeera washington as get e some breaking news coming out of india. now parliament has disqualified opposition. politician role gandhi as m p on thursday at court, found candy guilty of defamation and sentenced him to 2 years in prison. 52 year old is a psy on of the narrow county political dynasty, and he was convicted the comments he made about prime minister and the medi surname at an election rally in 2019 is go straight to putney metal, who is live in new delhi. so this news just asked in the last 10 minutes or so. oh, tell us a bit more. what impact will this disqualification have? political parties in india have been raising the issue of what they say is a credit attract to democracy in india. they have been protesting this for a while. and a lot of these issues have come to a heck to did as you say, just a few minutes ago we got the news, the ra, gone, the has been disqualified as member of parliament a day after. he was sentenced for 2 years for making comments. 4 years ago at an election rally, and that case was filed against him by a member

we'll go live now to mike hannah, who joins us live from washington, d. c. mike. so us officials say that closely watching developments in georgia, what more they been saying? yes, very much so they say they deeply concerned about the potential for violence within ga. first of all, the state department spokesman magnet price made clear that the right to protest is a universal one. at the same time, he called on both protesters and the government and to keep the proceedings non violent to maintain a peaceful atmosphere as these protests continue, that's the spokesman declined to directly criticize the georgian government. but at the same time, he made very clear the u. s. position on these controversial new draft laws. this is what ned price had to say. we're, as we said consistently in recent days, deeply troubled by the recently introduced draft for an agent laws which is actually made law, would stigmatize in silence independent voices and citizens of georgia who are dedicated to building a better future within their own communities. parliament's advancing of th

mike hannah al jazeera washington, thank you. so add on out there in france, anger about pension changes, his fee that takes his protest, is that by days town and the world athletics council bands transgender women taking cars in ah hey, they're happy friday. well, that exceptional march warrants we've had across a huge slice of europe while it's coming at a cost were seen an earlier start to wildfires is one in eastern spain are too far away from valencia. so cruise trying to get the upper hand here and part of the problem is we're pumping in a heat. so look at this 30 degrees in valencia on friday at some showers near. but it's going to take a lot more than that. also got warmth through central europe and the balkans as well, many spots in the 20s. but look over here, this is what it's about to change that cloud cover, shower some snow over the alpine region that will move west to east. so some big changes here over the next few days and all of this right now is in the northwest. we get these pulses of rain off the atlantic, we

there's likely, at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment from mike hannah. i'll just hear a washington. well, that let takes, has decided to ban that transgender women from elite female competition. the governing bodies precedence. sebastian co said the decision was made in the interest of fairness and protecting the future of the female category. but he said, a working group would be set up to consult with transgender athletes and monitor scientific developments. the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes that have been through male puberty from female world ranking competitions. from march the 31st this year, the majority of those consulted, stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category. many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and more and more evidence than any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category. sharon davis is a former olympic swimmer.

mike, hannah, i'll just 0 washington birth for both italy's government and back legislation that would ban lab, growing food and impose heavy fines for those who produce a salad prime minister, georgia maloney's government. so that wants to protect health and what it cause italy's farm food heritage breaking the bank would attract penalties of up to $60000.00 every then think clearly we care for the well being of our community on many ethics. we think the products made in laboratories do not guarantee quality, not guarantee will being, they also do not guarantee and let's say it with pride, the safeguarding of our culture and our traditional given that part of our society and our model. i'd also to wine with food and agricultural production. in our mosque, the founder of test land space x has called for a pause on the development of advanced artificial intelligence. systems mosque is one of more than a 1000 people who signed an open letter wanting that such systems pose profound risks to society and humanity. the letter follows the release of the full version of chat, g p t. that's an

oh mike, hannah has been listening into showed the choose that testimony for us. and mike mcmillan just reconvened, also taking a break. what's been happening so far? well, the seo has been facing pretty hostile questioning throughout the course of the morning. and this is, as was said, during proceedings, the most bipartisan committee in congress. there were questions coming from both republicans and democrats about the way tick tock operates. in particular, it was highlighted, the fear that it is a propaganda vehicle for china, that it feeds data back to china. this was denied strongly by the c o, who insists that the servers for tick tock at present are within the united states . he's also pledge to ensure that these servers are continually inspected by independent inspectors. so the congress generally very, very critical of tick tock, not only on the national security issue, but also numerous questions about the impact the app has on children in particular . and the ways in which the tick tock is going to prevent any harm to kids who use that particular f. o. w

when corresponded mike hannah is listening in to choose testimony for us and he's saying that there are many misconceptions about the company. mike, he is indeed the hearing's only been going for less than half an hour, but he is ready face pretty hostile questioning. in particular with a tick tock is a part of chinese propaganda. whether it reports on the oppression of weakness, for example. does it record the events in gentlemen squared a decades ago? and all of these, he was answering that to talk as he puts it is a safe place. it will carry news as it wants to carry news. it is not in any way influenced. he says by the chinese government earlier statements, he made very clear. his insistence that kicked up does not share data with the chinese government in any form. and in fact, not even with its parent company by dance, which is based in china. but there are a number of issues at based in these hearings. first of all, a freedom of speech issue should they use tempted to close tick tock, dom go ahead. national security issues, the f b i, director, has already warned congress that to

mike hannah, i'll just 0 washington verse for both. well, for ill on mosque, the founder of tesla and space x has called for a pause on the development of advance. artificial intelligence systems mosque is one of more than a 1000 people who signed an open letter warning that thought systems pose profound rest to society. and humanity, the letter follows the release of the 4th version of chat, g p t, and a program that can understand images, rise, computer code, and even engage in schuman light conversation. italy's government has back legislation that would ban lab growing food and impose heavy fire for those who produce so salad. prime minister, georgia maloney's government says it wants to protect health and what it cause italy farm food heritage, breaking the bank would attract penalties of up to $60000.00. the proposals which need approval from parliament would apply to both food for people and animals every day. they know clearly we care for the well being of our community on many aspects . we think the products made in the bar tr

mike, hannah joins us live not from washington, d. c. so might fast moving developments with this. what is the very latest you can tell us is indeed that when he mentioned the piece on his social media page, that donald trump is just written among those many sentences as well. he said that this is an attack on our country, the likes of which has never been seen before. it's likewise an ongoing attack on our free and fair elections. now to put this into a context yesterday 24 hours ago, unexpectedly the same social media page, donald trump wrote, i have gained such respect for this grand jury and perhaps even the grand jury system as a whole. so 24 miles is a long time because the grand jury has now indict to donald trump despite the fact that he had gained such respect for it. what happens next? well, the indictment will be served on donald trump's lawyers. he will then be given the option to surrender to a manhattan court, or if he doesn't, he could well be arrested. but then you've got a situation that trump remains in florida as he is at present. there has to be an extradition d

mike hannah out is era washington or the defense unless pavel falcon hor rights for the russian newspapers have i guess that's a he doesn't think that the incident will increase tension between washington and moscow. basically this is not very good, but it's the good news is this is not the beginning of world war 3. this is sort of dry, ron. because no lot of times we were last a so b, m, m, you 9 is not the very expensive. overly expensive drone, it's about 20 times lesser costs than the american global hawk that was shot down over the persian gulf a by the uranium several years ago. meanwhile, the russian president, vladimir putin, has dismiss reports that a pro ukraine group sabotaged the north stream pipelines last year. he pointed that washington over the attacks and the pipelines that carry russian gas to europe, occlusal, to soon to the teacher who's interested to theoretically the united states is interested in stopping the supply of fresh energy carries to the european energy market and supplying volumes of its own including liquefied natural gas, even if it is much more 25 to 30

mike hannah, out is era washington, eula chapin of i is a journalist spaced in moscow. she has more on rush as reaction to the incident. masika is not looking for confrontation with washington. those are the, was of the russian on the, to the us. but say, he was told, saying that russia considered the incident with the american train over the black, the pro cation, the ambassador, also that dr. flying into the blind area, allegedly collect intelligence that kia then uses the type of russian military positions. there are also some important reports right now that the forces of the russian blocks the please of full steam ahead searching for the webpage of the reed . but while the united states said that reconnaissance flights will continue that, that haven't been much information on the russian drug defense on the she was in the telegraph tunnel, but the m p 9 re patrol lee with the trunk pulled his hand off and it did violate the boundaries of the area of the so called temporary space climate stablish key to russian special and show creation in ukraine. and they also sai

mike, hannah has more from washington compass, referring to a case that has been ongoing in new york. there has been a grand jury hearing into hush money paid to $2.00 women, one a former porn star. this money was allegedly paid by trump through an intermediary to get them to keep quiet about having had sexual relations with him. in the past. now tramps then attorney michael cohen has appeared before the grand jury and although grand jury proceedings, our secret code has stated publicly that he orchestrated the payment to, to women in order to keep them quiet about having had sexual relations with trump. now the significance of the timing, because the payments were made during the campaign period before the 2016 election . and what the grand jury has been deciding on is whether this was in fact, a contravention of campaign funding laws, which is a criminal act. now the, the new york district attorney has given trump the opportunity to appear before that grand jury that was a week ago. and that normally does precede some form of indictment in this particular case. so this is what trump

mike hannah, out is era washington. or let's get that you now from moscow and speak to janice eula, chapel van of julia, tell us more 1st about moscow's reaction to the incident. right. as we know the incidents it plays tuesday morning, but since then we haven't heard much from the russian ministry of defense or we do you know the, the erosion, that telegram channel that and b and q 9 reba. true blue with the transponder is turned off and it's violated the boundaries of the area of the so called temper asked pace line regime, establish that g to russia special mitchell ration in ukraine. they said that in order to identify the plying object, several russian fun to just of the ad defense choices were urgently scrambled. and there were 2 of them as far as we know, not according to the defense ministry as a result of shot maneuvering at around 9 o 3 most good time. the end 9 you are the, went into an uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude, combined with the service of the black sea somewhere over the crimea peninsula.

other executives deny allegations they and equally fun per union employees and spied on work has mike hannah reports from washington d. c. for decades, howard schultz was held as an example of benign us capitalism. his company was the 1st to offer ownership equity and a strong benefits package. and now it says it offers a minimum wage of over $17.00 an hour among the highest in the country. right, the committee chair though, sees another picture over the past 18 months. starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign. in the modern history of our country, that union bustling campaign has been led by howard schultz. starbucks has become the focus of intense criticism by labor groups were legibly trying to crush attempts by individual stores to unionize. every day we wake up thinking about how we can put our people 1st, put them in a position to win, into everything we can to demonstrate the conscience, the heart, and the values of starbucks. coffee company, great. and there was support from a number of committee members don't derive one of the great american sex sir

mike, hannah, i'll just sarah washington. both ukraine and russia say they've killed hundreds of enemy troops in the last 24 hours in their fight for control of back morton. eastern ukraine. key says defending the city is important to buy time for a plan to counter offensive. russian forces aided by the wagner private military group, say, a winning back mort could pave the way for further advances. i'll just here is half and my sold re for some just sound side back want ness, my whole bacon and he knew when i heard that there you dunphy swath across for shelling is increasingly heard a time since yesterday. also, we heard mutual sharing between the russian and ukrainian forces, which means russian attempts to progress towards the west of back mood and surround the control that are ongoing. but the ukrainian forces, as they always say, are trying to prevent the russians from progressing. the russians are trying to control the western area because it is the only area under the control of ukrainian forces. still, there are ukrai

mike hannah al jazeera washington. thank you. tom has become the 1st state in the us to pass legislation restricting the use of social media for minors. specific care until permission will now be required for any one under the age of 18. to use platforms like tick tock, instagram, facebook, the law is designed to make social media giants more responsible for their content . ah, your headlines on al jazeera, poor roost, they sa beginner, the man who story was featured in the hollywood film hotel. rwanda is due to be released from prison in 2021. he was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges that has now received a presidential pardon re se. sabina is credited with saving the lives of more than 1200 people during the 1994 genocide. malcolm web is monitoring the story from gama, in the democratic republic of congo. now, his family and his associates said that the trial was, was completely unfair. he refused to participate in it. he was given that sentence and not provoked outcry, particularly in the us as the bench in the hollyw

hearings is likely at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment from mike hannah. i'll just hear a washington. thank the utah has become the 1st state in the us to pass legislation restricting the use of social media for minors. specific care until permission will now be required for anyone under the age of 18. to use platforms like picked talk, instagram, facebook law designed to make social media giants more responsible for their content.

mike hannah, i'll just hear a washington colon baker explains how tick tock and other social media platforms use data. tick tock is a leader in grabbing people's attention to do this. it needs lots of their data. users need to give access to their phones, camera, microphone, photos, video, contacts, location information, and to their behavior online. now, this is all similar to what other major social media companies ask for to. this is an industry practice as a whole to violate our rights to privacy, to sell ad. and this is why we need strong data protection. rule to end is damaging attitude that everyone is preaching privacy. so why shouldn't we most of us know about cookies, which put code from the web onto our devices. companies also use what's known as a pixel tracker to keep tabs on users as they browse the web. these are bits of code hidden as tiny images and web pages or e mails that report back to the company when you visit pixels are deployed by most big companies. on most websites. they're not always consented to, but they are mostly legal. in a study by ferret a canadian security

mike hannah al jazeera washington european union leaders are gathered in brussels for 2 days of talks with ukraine, top of the agenda, united nations secretary general antonio terrace is also attending the meetings will focus on the support for ukraine, as well as the single market economy and migration, all $27.00 e leaders are expected to be there. former russian president to meet you med vienna, has warned the west against acting on an arrest warrant issued for vladimir putin by the international criminal court. the warrant was issued for the alleged deportation of children from ukraine to russia. but very, i have said if any country moved to arrest putin is a declaration of war. but as those who have been out there, let us imagine, obviously it's a situation which is never going to happen. but nevertheless, let's imagine the situation came true. an incumbent leader of a nuclear state had arrived, for instance, in germany and was arrested. what is this a declaration of war on the russian federation? i most schools in afghanistan have reopened after the winter break for the nation's

mike hannah, out is era washington. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has dismiss reports that a pro ukraine group sabotaged the north stream pipelines last year. he pointed a washington over the tanks and the pipelines that carry russian gas europe to move to the tissues who's interested theoretically the united states is interested in stopping the supply of russian energy carries to the european energy market and supplying volumes of its own. including liquefied natural gas, even if it is much more 25 to 30 percent more than russian police and boxed on a locked in a 10 standoff for support. as a former prime minister in ron con, purchases outside his home and who are trying to prevent his arrest as louis currently trying to negotiate a de escalation of the situation con, was ousted his leader last year, and it's facing charges including corruption, which he says are politically motivated, vinson monahan report, the police and the horse surrounded the residence of 4 prime minister, m. ron con. they promised to arrest him by the end of the day. speaking to his supporters. com s

mike hannah, out is era washington, us and president vladimir putin has dismissed reports of the pro ukraine group sabotaged in nord string pipelines last year. he pointed that washington over the attacks on the pipelines that carry russian gas to europe, occlusal, to so to the dish to who's interested theoretically the united states is interested in stopping the supply of russian energy carries to the european energy market and supplying volumes of its own including liquefied natural gas, even if it is much more 25 to 30 percent more than russian or co tenable, meet his serum count about basha. our sat for talks later on wednesday present. i saw the arrived in moscow with a large delegation. the kremlin says the leaders will discuss political trade and humanitarian issues, as well as the war in syria. russia is one of assad's biggest military backers, but is believed to withdrawn some forces since invading ukraine. police in pakistan are locked in a tense standoff with supporters of former prime minister in ron con, protest as outside his home in the hall, trying to prevent his arre

mike. hannah has more in this now from washington. trumpeters, referring to a case that has been ongoing in new york. there has been a grand jury hearing in to hush money paid to, to a woman one, a former porn star. this money was allegedly paid by trump through an intermediary, or to get them to keep quiet about having had sexual relations with him in the past . now trumps, then attorney michael cohen has appeared before the grand jury and although grand jury proceedings, our secret cohen has stated publicly that he orchestrated the payment to, to women in order to keep them quiet about having had sexual relations with from now the significance of this is it's timing because the payments were made during the campaign period before the 2016 election. and what the grand jury has been deciding on is whether this was, in fact, a contravention of campaign funding laws will act no confirmation whatsoever from any other source. in fact, trumps own spokesperson confirms that this is from what trump calls illegal leaks. there has been no official notification whatsoever in malawi, people are sea

of course we're going to stay with this now across to mike hannah, who joys his life in washington dc. mike, was the political reaction. been to this? well, it's mean strongly along partisan lines from the republicans. most republicans says been a common are called a common statement that this is the weapon. eyes ation of the political sits of the judicial system as they put it. this chorus is led by the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, who has accused the district attorney of new york or being corrupt to this words are echoed by figures like the governor or 3rd of florida. rhonda santas who also speaks about the weapon, eyes ation of the legal system. interesting that wrong the santos is the possible contender for the republican nomination. should the donald trump continue to take part in that race also importantly a government. the santos has said that he would not cooperate with any attempts to extradite donald trump from florida to face trial in manhattan. this an important issue, if trump decides not to surrender himself or to hear that indictment in a manhattan courtroom. o

mike hannah has more from washington d. c. but we do know that this is yet another example of speculation about who was responsible for that pipeline attack. the new york times quotes what it calls an identified intelligence sources who provided this information, saying that the a u. s. intelligence has surmised that a was a ukranian resistance group, however, both state department and the national security council are refused to confirm or even deny this report, no discussion whatsoever about it. so as yet, this report is entirely unsubstantiated. apart from those unnamed un and identified sources, thousands of protesters have rallied in georgia as capsule tbilisi against the controversial so called foreign agents. bill protestors are worried it could impact the hopes of joining the european union. george's president intends to veto the law . 2 of 4 americans who were kidnapped in mexico on friday had been found dead to others, have been released and being treated at a u. s. hospital. the group was abducted by armed men, whil

mike, hannah is in washington dc with more on the u. s. reaction to the protests and ga they say they deeply concerned about the potential for violence within georgia. first of all, the state department spokesman that price made clear that the right to protest is a universal one. at the same time, he called on both protesters and the government to keep the proceedings non violent to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. as these protests continue, that the spokesmen declined to directly criticize the georgian government, but at the same time he made very clear the u. s. position on these controversial new draft laws. russia mastery say they've taken control of the eastern part of back. moot has the battle for the ukrainian city grinds on nato. secondly, general says it may fall to russia in the coming days, but ukrainian defenders say they won retreat. the united nations chief and ukraine's president have called for an extension of the crucial black sea grain export deal at a meeting in keith antonio ted as just visiting you and has stressed

is likely at some stage to be a protracted legal argument was based on the 1st amendment around mike hannah al jazeera washington. okay, well i'm joined by don horn, the full marketing executive deputy seo for the state of new york. he led the band of tech talk on all state issued phones within state executive agencies. welcome to the program, to look at a country where nearly half of the entire you asked us are under 50000000 users use . take talk. one your opinion. do you think it's actually so popular and influential? i think it's so popular because people's attention spans have gone down in, allows them to be able to see things very, very quickly. and some of the things on there are quite comical. so the addictive a logarithms caused them to stand there for 4 hours. and i think that's why it's so popular, because with huge influence comes concerning the f b, i raise concerns over its use in possibly harvesting data and manipulating software . all these fees grounded in fact, in your opinion. yeah, they're absolutely grounded in fact. you know, we've seen this out of the chinese governme

hearings, there's likely at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment from mike hannah. i'll just hear a washington. thank you madam. let's check up on the world. whether now he is jeff . while some of that exceptional warmth, march, warmth is about to be wiped out across central europe. hey, there are those details right here right now. all has to do with this shower activity. that's putting a cap on temperatures as it moves west to east. it will eventually make its way into places like book address over the tail end of the weekend early next week. but those temperatures are coming down at high temperatures across iberia as well. but winds have shifted. so valencia, your temperature is down by about 10 degrees in this early warmth is actually sparked a wildfire too far away from valencia. then look to the north, we've got more pulses of rain coming off the atlantic. so a soggy forecast. once again for the islands of ireland and britain is this next batch of what weather moves in western france, but it's still pulling up mile there. so not too bad. now for a searcy air,

well, mike, hannah has been listening in to show the jews testimony for 3 might is a long testimony that the tick tock seo is being given into 6 allen now to get through the highlight. this is how in the another recess and certainly he's come under a severe grilling from law makers. one of the law makers saying that this is the most bipartisan committee in the history of the united states. and certainly it is . there was an overwhelming show of possibility towards tick tock in particular on that national security issue. speaker off the speaker, putting up the issue that tick tock is sharing its data with the chinese government or making available to the chinese government. it's data also tick tock, links with by dunn's, which is its parent company based in china, and which some of the legislatures the ledge has members of the chinese government on its board of directors, but no evidence for that at all. so generally a hostile reception for the ceo of tick tock, they will also questions from legislators about the dangers to children on the tick tock platform. one, if you could, incident q

mike hannah out is era washington. i'm kind of una from moscow and speech journalist union, pavel over there. you leon laska. i see has been quite tight lipped about what happened here. yes indeed. but said many year, and we say that this is the fast direct military incidents between the united states and russia since the beginning of the russian special militia operation ukraine. we hear some analysts here called the case of boy incident. and there are 2 types of incidents, intentional and unintentional, and as far as when to stand here, that was a deliberate action. the drone was not done by a missile, but it was intercepted and lay to sign. they think the situation around, some of that they in the u. s. can run around pop rug. i'm sorry, some anti russian rhetoric that will, once again highlight the idea that russia poses a threat to the united states and the u. s. has to keep supporting ukraine and it's confrontational with russia. and also, as it was mentioned to russia's ambassador to the u. s. had summons to the

hearings, there's likely at some stage to be a protracted legal argument based on 1st amendment from mike hannah. i'll just hear a washington. thank you. and taiwan has recalled it's ambassador to honduras out to the central american country. move to establish formal ties with china on juris has been one of the few countries to officially recognize the self governing island which trying to consider as part of its territory. manuel report reports a diplomatic dispute in central america. as taiwan recalls its ambassador to honduras. this following an announcement on march 15th by 100 presidents yamato castle that honduras would be re establishing diplomatic ties with china. gentry, while you're sure what we welcome the honduran government's positive statement to develop relations with china. we're ready to establish undeveloped bilateral relations on the basis of equality and mutual respect can on tourists and taiwan. have had strong diplomatic ties for decades by creating a new diplomatic relationship with china. however, those ties could now be broken. on thursday, taiwanese foreign minister, jo

mike, hannah, i'll just sarah washington. the british broadcasting corporation has say, stay, 2nd day of last minute sporting program changes. a staff refused to work, present to say that they're showing solidarity with gary lenika, who was suspended from hosting much of the day the, his tweets about you, kate asylum policy. critics of accused the bbc of getting into political pressure that in barbara reporter from london. have you spoken to tim, davy, atmosphere? lenika standing his ground and being kept off air days on from carolyn because suspension by the b. b. c. the ripples are getting bigger. the form of football are made. social media comments comparing the government's rhetoric on asylum seekers to language used in 19 thirty's, germany. now sports coverage on the networks been hugely disrupted as commentators an analyst refused to work in solidarity. but here no is the best action from today's premier league matches. the flagship show, much of the day was a short, some would say bizarre version with no commentary or