the colder korean peninsula witness says it's blossoming just after japan but not by much a rolling wave of color moving south to north as temperatures climb it's the earliest that sol has seen cherry blossom since records began 99 years ago and it's 3 days sooner than the previous record that was set only last year it coincides with higher than average temperatures and more hours of sunshine the same apparent result of a changing climate is being felt across south korea only the most southerly island of jeju was warm enough to support the growing of subtropical fruit but not any more species like passionfruit are now grown in greenhouses much further north they were nona and the areas in which subtropical fruits can be grown are expanding towards the southern central and northern parts of the country in japan in recent years the warming climate has meant more devastating summer rains and floods while the korean peninsula has suffered from more destructive typhoons the early blossom may portend a change in climate that will bring more extreme weather come the summer months. but for now i

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increasingly unsettled conditions and more rain to come also unsettled as we head toward the korean peninsula and this is all because of that system that we saw in shanghai that moved across the east china sea that is now play again both japan and the korean peninsula. port moresby the capital of new guinea is ranked one of the most dangerous cities in the us 101 east investigate the violent games easterling feel on the streets on al-jazeera a weekly critique of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left to sort through the mixed messages on a quite complex story from main street to street journalism the listening post covers the way the news discovered on josie's. the in the a. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera more than 3600 coronavirus deaths and nearly 380000 cases were reported on thursday at least 40 countries have pledged to supply india with much needed oxygen despite this elections are going ahead in 2 big states. meanwhile 1 brazil has passed 400000 coronavirus that's its health ministry confirmed another 3001 deaths on thursday brazil is only the 2n

winds but that's about to change we've got some what's a weather making its way towards the korean peninsula easing over tools to paris we go on through the weekend and also what's a weather to just coming out to central and eastern parts of china was so shaky with this weather system which will make its way out into the open waters there's that cloud or may moving across the yellow sea some very heavy downpours coming in i think particularly for south korea we could see some localized flooding in make the most of that fine day on saturday in japan because it does go downhill for sunday and also it's easter monday so some western weather coming through 20 celsius in tokyo shelter for a good part of the day by the mountain so not bad but that right will eventually make its way through bright skies come back in behind a fresh well the wind just coming in across the korean peninsula and we'll see a lot she try to across a good part of northern china central areas too badly either not too bad too across the philippines lotty dry here want to say showers into southern parts sweater weather coming

place for a time but it will be dry fine and sunny so not all bad fodder sunny to across the korean peninsula some wet weather coming towards yellow sea eastern parts of china starting to cloud over more wet weather coming through here this band of cloud of rain making is where crusts basing fully helping to clear the air here showers will stretch away to out across central and southern parts of china pushing into indochina some showers just coming through here as we go through the next day or so but some places sunshine in between the truth be known some showers there still in place there across parts of the philippines but for the most part more sunshine and shallowness. sponsored poll qatar airways this is one of them both down there no logical revelations in all of this make our planet pretty good we have to meet the c o 2 emission targets electric cars are made mitchum in motion they need to be mindful where people are just talking about the soldiers if that's going to solve. the world of business and commerce is driving the energy transition is the promise of clean energy an illusion th

huge lovely 21 celsius in tokyo but there's that wetter weather starting to slide across the korean peninsula to increase the wet as we go on through saturday and that will eventually ease out into the sea of japan we got some rather wet weather to say making its way just around the nicobar islands the adamancy we've got some very wet weather coming in here possibility of developing cycle and that's certainly one to keep an eye on lively downpours either way much of india stays hot and dry the heat wave continuing a look at the temperatures we could have to 42 celsius there in chennai over the next couple of days i'm out about 41 and 40 for the north. sponsored paul qatar airways. goodbye. when the boneless struck many died and many wrist to end the epidemic. this is their story through the lens of local filmmakers we see people making sacrifices walking off a mission this is what i want to see survivors a witness documentary on al-jazeera. your geologist there are a minder of our top stories and meanwhile there are protests marking 2 months since the military seems part of the past few hours

on through the next couple of days cloud and right is making its way out of china across the korean peninsula the cool cool weather system making its way across northern parts of japan as we go on through the next couple days there's a lot of cloud and rain then moving across the sea of japan and it does turn increasingly wet here as we go on through sunday so warm right for tokyo later on in the day temperatures here getting up to 20 celsius it will freshen up behind the winds swing around to a northerly direction so very heavy rain for a time a hunch you could lead to some localized flooding but it will brighten up as we go into the early part of next week already brightening up across the korean peninsula but too bad for that eastern side of charter but a few showers a little further west a mist and seeing some rather wet weather down towards the southwest of china some wet weather too in india china will see some very heavy rain there into thailand making its way across into cambodia financial either through the philippines but some very heavy rain into indonesia a little disturbance that

place for a time but it will be dry fine and sunny said not all bad for decided to across the korean peninsula some wet weather coming towards the yellow sea eastern parts of china starting to cloud over more wet weather coming through here this band of cloud of rain making is where crust basing fully helping to clear the air here showers will stretch away to out across central and southern parts of china pushing into indo-china some shall ask just coming through here as we go through the next day also but some places shot in between the truth be known some showers there still in place there across parts of the philippines but for the most part more sunshine and shallowness. sponsored plan of qatar airways. from the world's most populated region. and untold stories from across asia and the city. to discover the current events. with diverse cultures. and conflicting politics. when i went east on al-jazeera. the top stories for you this hour on al-jazeera doctors in iraq say at least 27 people have been killed after an explosion inside of baghdad hospital fire burned through a ward with over 100

again with some snow to play coming in over the mountains brought the skies there across the korean peninsula northern parts of china we have got disappointing visibility inequality here at present low $24.00 celsius in beijing southern parts of china seeing some very heavy rain for a time that rain stretches its way across in the china so what's the weather coming into the southern parts of myanmar because some rain see just hugging the foothills of the himalayas so when the pool butan far north of india left westley disturbance bringing some cloud and right here playing on st pete also popping off some showers out towards the faso elsewhere he's hot. support qatar airways. a 3 year investigation into the pro-gun lobby had been evacuated as we've just got to really know and was. revealed secret so you were. sitting out there i mean people outraged you know mad and connections some don't want exposed many in like a simiar. mass shooting. us with al-jazeera investigations how to sell a massacre on al-jazeera. who . my. this is al-jazeera quite mind all of our top stories this hour the democrac

it says north korea will pursue denuclearization of the north korean peninsula. course they have their own definition. but it was well-crafted i think. so denuclearization north korea is the court definition. because of united states policy as well as japan's. and i think south korea as well, thank you. >> thank you professor. as we approach the last couple of minutes i'm curious to know if all of you have sort of a quick final take what you would hope our audience members leave with about what is being done on north korea? and what you think our ways were sort of a key weight folks can change in thinking about how united states and allies. lesser through jessica. >> yes think tharp sorry about the hiccups today up of the wife fight in my house. the first thing i will say is that it is really important to understand sort of i think at the highest level possible why this issue has to be taken very seriously. i want to point to 1 survey i saw at eurasia group foundation release last september in which majority of both shrum and biden supporters believe that the uni

rain out of china and it does go to china to the yellow sea and probably heading towards the korean peninsula for the weekend the same time so the game is over open water but you can imagine the swell hitting the eastern side of taiwan that time south of all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue top the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia and maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taken it a step back off over the last 4 days and apart for a few showers in care and scattered elsewhere in the is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still is quite a few showers still to affect danny. sponsored poll qatar airways. finland has committed to cutting its carbon emissions with the world's most ambitious reduction goal carbon neutrality in just 15 years now it's very tired to actually get it and we can do it if we want to but 1st the nation must tackle the dirty legacy of a profitable fossil fuel in

rain out of china and it does go to china to the yellow sea and probably heading towards the korean peninsula for the weekend the same time so the game is over open water but you can imagine the swell hitting the eastern side of taiwan the town south of all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not that many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue top the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia and maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taking a step back off over the last 4 days and apart from a few showers and karen scattered elsewhere india is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still has quite a few showers still to affect danny. qatar airways. out just a year ago this beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the day old friends we all share the same responsibility they need it is i think clearly by that time a thing adding by using a variety of scientific techniques to bring to study their behavior we can monitor that a

saturday notice the skies clearing nicely for much of japan it stays fine interop across the korean peninsula will see some wet weather just started to ease its way towards southern parts of china by this stage and we could see some wet weather to its eastern areas of india chance of one of 2 showers just bring up here just about under protest pushing up towards addition to share with 2 to know the possibility i should also up towards the pole maybe into bhutan want to see the showers to the southwest of india elsewhere really it is about that pretty monsoon hate continuing to build we are getting into the forty's quite regularly 41 celsius there for a moderate amount about as we go on through the next couple days and that heat also extending its way into central parts of pakistan wish i was further north. at ways. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek going to meet the waves for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman of the priceless relic. the story continues that has the world's attention was drawn to her as mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apollo of ca's.

how it's been a lovely week for much of japan fine and dry a similar picture to into the korean peninsula but that's about to change we've got some western weather coming into central parts of china as a memory of high pressure for japan that's what's been keeping it settled and sunny that's getting pushed out of the way over the next day or so so the cloud of rain that winds out there will push out into the east china sea korean peninsula turning increasingly wet some heavy downpours coming into north korea particularly as we go through monday and as we go into the last part of done by the showers longer spells of right started to fade their way into q.c. southern parts of honshu and they'll continue to move across the save to pan western areas of honshu all cotta turning increasingly wet still some warmth in tokyo shot by the mountains i think it should stay dry at least until mid week 20 degrees celsius for tokyo for the droid say for southern areas of china hong kong at around $29.00 celsius in la she fought in drought say for a good part of the philippines we got some showers into so

of rain out of china and it does go to china to the other side probably heading towards the korean peninsula for the weekend the same time so the game is over open water but you can imagine the swell hitting the eastern side of taiwan that turn south of all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue towards the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taking a step back off over the last 4 days and apart from a few showers and karen scattered elsewhere india is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still has quite a few showers still to affect danny. frank assessments there are a lot of poison but the government needs to watch exactly how and what measure now taking for a situation like a man not to believe he could ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking the military positioning of the middle east wasn't just a simple act of reorganizing ministry a

next day or so so the cloud of rain that winds out there will push out into the east china sea korean peninsula turning increasingly wet some heavy downpours coming into north korea particularly as we go through monday and as we go into the last part of monday the showers longer spells of right started to fade their way into q.c. southern parts of honshu and they'll continue to move across the saved upin western areas of honshu all kata turning increasingly wet still some warmth in tokyo shot by the mountains i think it should stay dry at least until mid week 20 degrees celsius for tokyo for that right say for southern areas of china hong kong at around 29 celsius in life on a dry today for a good part of the philippines we got some showers into southern areas of the country usual rashes showers across a good part of southeast asia start to see more in the way as showers slightly cooler there into thailand show us 2 across southern parts of india over the next day or so but further north it stays very hot and sunny. sponsored paul qatar airways. when the covert $900.00 and demick hit iran. a fi

winds but that's about to change we've got some what's a weather making its way towards the korean peninsula easing over tools to pan as we go on through the weekend and also what's the weather to just coming out to central and eastern parts of china was so shaky with this weather system which will make its way out into the open waters there's that cloud remain moving across c.l.o. see some very heavy downpours coming in i think particularly for south korea we could see some localized flooding in make the most of that fine day on saturday in japan because it does go downhill for sunday and also it's easter monday so what's the weather coming through 20 celsius in tokyo shelter for a good part of the day by the mountain so not faring too badly but that ray will eventually make its way through bright skies come back in behind a fresh well the wind just coming in across the korean peninsula and we'll see a lot she try to across a good part of northern china central areas for into badly either not too bad too across the philippines largely dry here want to see showers into southern parts sweater

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increasingly unsettled conditions and more rain to come also unsettled as we head toward the korean peninsula and this is all because of that system that we saw in shanghai that moved across the east china sea that is now play again both japan and the korean peninsula. port moresby the capital of papua new guinea is ranked one of the most dangerous cities in the world 101 east investigate the violent against easterling feel on the streets on al jazeera. young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working an f.b.i. school company like nasa and after that a small step for science a giant leap for womankind in kurdistan you don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the south like to be sent into space women make science kurdistan space school on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs right now no. washington. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes hospitals in delhi overflow with coronavirus patients are struggling to breathe as concerns grow that the infections c

is considering the denuclearization of north korea and later you said the north korean peninsula. >> sorry, north korea. >> i'm wondering if you could explain why that's sort of shifted in the administration and you're no longer seeing denuclearization of south korea as part of this long term negotiation. >> well, i would say that it's just an indication that we understand that the denuclear -- i wouldn't overthink this, honestly, sometimes we say one, sometimes we say the other. but we understand the intentions of the north korean leadership are ones that we have concerns about. and that certainly is a factor. yes. >> as it relates to expanding the court, did the president speak to speaker pelosi in advance of making her comments? >> i don't have any calls to read out. i think the president has spoken about his views, and obviously we announced the commission publicly last week. >> as it relates to his views as a senator, his view was, he was speaking of president roosevelt then who wanted to expand the court by six seats, he said it was a boneheaded idea. does he still believe it i

winds but that's about to change we've got some what's the weather making its way towards the korean peninsula easing over tools to pan as we go on through the weekend we also want to weather to you just coming out of central and eastern parts of china was so shaky with this weather system which will make its way out into the open waters there's that cloud remain moving across c.l.o. see some very heavy downpours coming in i think particularly for south korea we could see some localized flooding in make the most of that fine day on saturday in japan because it does go downhill for sunday and also it's easter monday so some western weather coming through 20 celsius in tokyo shelter for a good part of the day by the mountain so not faring too badly but that right will eventually make its way through brightest guys come back in behind a fresh well the wind just coming in across the korean peninsula and was dry too of course a good part of northern china central areas very into badly either not too bad too across the philippines largely dry here want to see showers into southern parts some wetter

the colder korean peninsula witness says it's blossoming just after japan but not by much a rolling wave of color moving south to north as temperatures climb it's the earliest that sol has seen cherry blossom since records began 1009 years ago and it's 3 days sooner than the previous record that was set only last year it coincides with higher than average temperatures and more hours of sunshine the same apparent result of a changing climate is being felt across south korea only the most southerly island of jeju was warm enough to support the growing of subtropical fruit but not any more species like passionfruit are now grown in greenhouses much further north they were nona and the areas in which subtropical fruits can be grown are expanding towards the southern central and northern parts of the country in japan in recent years the warming climate has meant more devastating summer rains and floods while the korean peninsula has suffered from more destructive typhoons the early blossom may portend a changing climate that will bring more extreme weather come the summer months. but for now

small japanese islands and to taiwan but it does mean that temporarily there's no rain in the korean peninsula or in japan the sun is out to warm things up and here's the progress of the next bit of rain out of china they just got a chart of the yellow sea and probably heading towards the korean peninsula for the weekend the same time so the game is over open water but you can imagine the swell hitting the eastern side of taiwan the tarn south of all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue top the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taking a step back off over the last 4 days and apart for a few showers and karen scattered elsewhere india is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still has quite a few showers still to affect delhi. sponsored paul qatar airways. planets a wondrous diverse ecosystem but human activity is the escalating climate change and posi

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captured by the north koreans and they could drive across korea. south of the 38th, peninsula 38 parallel severing the lines of communications of all the north korean troops that had gone south turning them into a mob basically. and capturing them. and thus liberating south korea. the north so this is what he planned. his staff every member have his staff said don't do it. it's too risky. the big problem was tides the tides in the inch on area very very high. and very low and therefore the tides would limit allied access to the beaches for a good number of hours during each day. and so this became a real problem of supply and it might lead to the isolation of the american troops that actually got sure if the north koreans were able to react quickly. to the invasion macarthur insisted, however he basically said we're going to do this. and so they did it. and the inch on landing which came on september 15 19 50 was a terrific success. we landed with one marine one army division backed up by other forces. they retook soul and then drove across the korean peninsula severing the li

small japanese islands and to taiwan but it does mean that temporarily there's no rain in the korean peninsula or in japan the sun is out to warm things up and here's the progress of the next bit of rain out of china and it does go to china to the usa probably heading towards the korean peninsula for the weekend same time so the guy is over open water but you can imagine the swell hitting the eastern side of taiwan that turned south of all this and the rainy season looks like it's coming to a close the raw showers in indonesia and malaysia but not many to be honest the forecast chop shows precious few dark blue top the rather more obvious in sumatra peninsular malaysia maybe bits of thailand and arguably the rains trying to get into the bay of bengal but it's taking a step back off over the last 4 days and apart for a few showers and karen scattered elsewhere india is fairly dry quite hot in the north and still is quite a few showers still to affect delhi. still ahead on the news hour thousands of migrant workers are rushing to believe the indian capital as a surgeon coronavirus cases threaten

dry weather in the forecast for japan and the korean peninsula this weekend it's looking lovely with plenty of spring sunshine not quite as lovely central parts of china some cloud and rain coming through here but high pressure in china that's why we have that settled weather just around south korea so we're about 18 celsius in pleasant sunshine 1617 degrees for japan on saturday and as we go on into sunday perhaps a touch warm is still that wetter weather into central and eastern parts of china along the spells of right it's making its way over towards shanghai as we go through the day should be dodgy dry for hong kong with some pleasant sunshine coming through here a mix of sunshine and showers meanwhile across india china shop showers there into the philippines the wet weather will be into malaysia more heavy rain there coming into those for the thick to parts of indonesia over the next day or so so some showers to when to west flank into the fosse out of india up to key to carolyn maybe to kind of dhaka over it was east coast you could see some sharp showers here as well just aro

china the former more rain gathers and you've had a couple of dry warm days in japan and the korean peninsula take yours the weekend so we're going back 24 hours this is just disappearing off luzon there's a flood risk certainly and the danger to fisherman on the eastern side of luzon otherwise it goes out of the way but it shows where there is seasonal rain is all the way from potential malaysia's northern sumatra up through southeast asia much of indonesia now is much drier than inflates rapidly becoming no longer the wet season. it's still there quite stormy in the finals of both pakistan and india most places dry in the pretty monsoon heat is showing. sponsored by qatar airways in the fire thailand's of home in mesopotamia where the 1st settlements formed the cradle of civilization iraqi people who've depended on the tigris and euphrates for centuries can no longer make a living on rivers blighted by and pollution al-jazeera world reveals how the manmade decline of one of history's most famed ancient environments is leaving its people struggling to survive iraq's dying rivers. order. how

there it's essential in the eastern parts of china will spill out across the yellow sea the korean peninsula tutting increasingly wet but warm and dry for japan. in some time i can swear in and students of being bullied abused and humiliated by they teach it one a one east investigates thailand school scandal on al-jazeera. be the hero world needs right around. washington. we need to come to the only way to. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the trial of derek show the former police officer charged with murdering george floyd has wrapped up after another day of testimony floyd's girlfriend has told the court about their addiction to painkillers while a paramedic testified that floyd was unresponsive when he arrived at the scene. pfizer biotech says its vaccine is highly protective against the south african variant of covert 19 which had caused concerns because of its resistance to some vaccines. me and mars the pose the civilian leader could be jailed for up to 14 years after the military brought further charges against her it's been 2 months since the government was o

japan at the moment settled despite the northerly breeze you got 21 in tokyo and most of the korean peninsula is enjoying similar sorts of weather there has been rain wandering around trying to get in not really make it probably heading slowly back into was eastern china and syria go should not really been ignore it it's now over the waters it's moving out of the way and apart from the swell which will hit the coast of taiwan we can we can say is just a worry for shipping now it western china there is more rain gathering and that will start to follow its way along the young scene has is one this is the spring rain started but at the moment that is the west is past part of mainland east asia if we head south indonesia is seeing probably the end of the radio season there are significant showers in kind of montana but maybe more of this in this line that goes back toward sumatra peninsula malazan catches cambodia that's the wet season if you like persistent rain sometimes heavy and we've seen a lot of such rain and snow in northern india and there were tears running down towards nepal there are