because their supplier is completely shut down they can't send product components to this northern chinay cannot distribute their product to the rest of the world. these lockdowns in shanghai, supply chain disruptions really impacting american business within china and for the global supply chain also that has major complications. tom: if we are starting to think about covid zero policy that persists throughout this year, and that seems to be something that is forming a consensus, what would that mean for the appetite of u.s. businesses to continue to invest in the chinese market? michael: we did a survey at the end of last year before shanghai got hit with covid and we did a survey at the end of march. between those two surveys we can see before covid hit, companies were already telling us that if china continued its strict travel policy, people would start to invest less. it would stop executives just because it is hard to get people here. at the end of march, it was a more extreme view. companies already said their sales this year would be impacted on the number of companies were sayi

the site is reverted by both jews and muslims. china's sions who 13 spacecraft has landed in northern china, returning its 3 astronaut safely to earth. the astronauts spent 6 months in space aboard the tangled space station emission marked several 1st or the countries longest crude space mission. and the 1st time a female astronaut from china completed the phase or the future of western involvement in molly's and doubts after falling out with the country's military hunter. this threatens the future of long running international missions to stabilize the, the crisis hit, west african state. and germany has more than a 1000 peacekeeping troops station there. and he's now trying to work out it's next move. a chief international correspondent, which walker has this report from, molly. touching down in a military plane on the edge of the horror in molly, this is a dangerous place. and german soldiers scanned the air field before opening up to the desert sun. and lena burbock has come here in germany faces decision time here . and molly, should it keep her military present in a region shaken by c

struggled with an officer over a stun gun global. china's change to 13 spacecraft has landed in northern china returning its 3 astronauts safely to earth. the astronauts spent 6 months in space aboard the tangling space station. the mission marked several firsts. it was the country's longest crude space mission and the 1st time a female astronaut from china completed a space for the united states as its deeply concerned over violence between palestinian protesters an israeli security forces in jerusalem. the u. s. state department called on both sides to exercise restraint. more than 150 palestinians were injured and fridays clashes tangents a high after a series of attacks by palestinian militants and israel. and israel security operations against palestinians, which have led to dozens of death recently. ah, violence at a time when religious leaders usually call for peace. thousands of muslims gathered at the alex and mosque site in jerusalem for friday. prayers. witnesses say a small group of them started throwing rocks at israel. police police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. ent

and talking about sand, a dust storm is also affecting parts of northern china. we have a sandstorm warning in place, in places like beijing. sand is also covering portions of the korean peninsula. and some of the sand could reach northern japan, especially hokkaido on sunday. it's raining quite hard in the southern areas of japan. we are seeing some heavy rainfall on the pacific side. heavy rain will pound the tokyo area into early friday morning. rain will be gone by the lunch time hours. temperatures are going to be 26 on friday in tokyo. it will be more like mid june. sapporo's high rose to 23 on thursday t w thursday. it was more like late june. according to the japan meteorological agency, much of japan will experience wetter and hotter conditions into late may. that's it for me, stay safe. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline" biz with ramin mellegard, so stay right there. >>> >>> this is "newsline" biz, i'm ramin mellegard. finance ministers and central bank governors from the

it's looking good right back to northern china, but right on its way to beijing. the more significant right here in southern china with temperatures 10 degrees below the average, they will rise again. come monday, at least in will. hon. not necessarily for the south and hong kong gets wet by the end of monday. there is still some pretty big shadow northeast of india and rain in sri lanka and the southern states slowly creeping north was as you might expect, these big ones of prompted warnings. the northeast of india, they are dying down by monday. for most of india, though, it's getting pretty hot. ah, the stage is set and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you think was wor, inevitable. i just want to started to please don't it. they're not doing the right thing. let's leave simplicity into the headlines. join me as i take on the lies, dismantle the misconceptions. and to meet the contradictions. do we have a real democracy here in the united states? the smuggler political party, that's a radical insurgency, are mark lamond

the red army entered northern china and korea, occupied by the japanese, majuria on august 14, the japaneseurrender of japan, despite this, resistance continued for several more days on the ground. august 18 , 1945 soviet troops landed on the kuril islands bloody battles lasted a few days, on august 22, the japanese command surrendered to the soviet troops occupied 56 islands of the kuril ridge in a total area of ​​10.5 thousand square kilometers. a year later, together with the territory of south sakhalin, they were included in the ussr, it seemed that the issue of belonging to the kuril islands had been settled and was not subject to revision . andrei gromyko was collected and resolute moscow's position unambiguously the ussr will not sign a peace treaty with japan until its text is extremely clear the united states and great britain recognized japan lost its immunity to the kuril islands. however, there was not a word in the agreement that they were now under soviet jurisdiction . this means that the americans are ready to use the slightest vine to put the results of the second world war

it's fairly warm throughout the korean peninsula and northern china. but wallace from shan, down towards hong kong temperatures about 10 degrees below average. don't include hong kong in that. but it's just a bit of a cold spell with rain falling out, describing out again, even that's not particularly useful or heavy for the most part. it'll blue dots here and the beijing might see some rank back as well. but at 19 degrees, at least, to start on sunday. widespread shall strap malaysia, indonesia, southeast asia as well. with thailand, be a bit of a focus. i think bangkok get particularly wet. and sharon heard sheman joining in and we got still very big shells. dangerous one, sometimes in bangladesh in the northeast of india, so shall happen to better plato and baton. however, the rain is edging up. this eastern side of india uh through and british no disha oss is too hot for most other places. i saw air with visual airline of the journey mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver more heat than light. in any water scenario, there's always

it's looking good right back to northern china bit rate on its way to beijing. the more significant rain here in southern china, with temperatures 10 degrees below the average, they will rise again. come monday, at least in will. hon. not necessarily for the south and hong kong gets wet by the end of monday. there is still some pretty big showers, northeast of india and rain in sri lanka, and the southern states slowly creeping north was as you might expect, these big ones of prompted warnings. the northeast of india, they are dying down by monday. for most of india though it's getting pretty hot. cats ha, airway official airline of the journey. the scars of former yugoslavia civil was run deep. but for years, the bull couldn't so managed to keep a fragile piece. now with ukraine, a light in europe on high alert for russian meddling. the mood is uneasy. people in power travels to boast via, with threats to secede by. so belinda miller, rat, due date of ignited fears that conflict could retire bosnia testing the piece on al jazeera ah the other way around the top

parts of japan quiet across the korean peninsula, quiet to across a good part of northern china who stays dry and warm. certainly been on the warm side across north western parts of india. recently this area cloud here just knocking the edge off those temperatures that severe heat weigh the pre monsoon heat, but as a system makes its way further eastwards that i some disturbance think further showers over to ward cerner paul to was bangladesh towards the northeast of india. temperatures to recover his disguise clear though showers will continue across southern parts of india. more lobby downpours coming back in here shall anchor also sinks and very heavy rain over the next couple of days. but gradually easing off. hatter, airway official airline of the journey a guest with awe . the hello again. this off the roof on algebra versus precedent, where pigeon has cancel plans to storm a steel plant in ukraine for the city of variable. instead ordered a blockade of the 2000 ukrainian fighters still hold off their spanish prime minister petro sanchez. and the danish prime minister metr

and most of northern china was as warm as it should be cooling down in beijing. the rain heading your way. but south of the yank, see temperatures have been about 10 degrees below average in i'm excluding hong kong here with rain coming in. but that'll slowly change hands up to 23. about how we get to monday right now. probably hong kong at is heaviest bit north, in fact is mostly affecting southeast asia. there are a few big showers still left to come in bangladesh in the northeast of india or warnings because they're potentially quite dangerous. flashlights lightning is required strong in these storms. they're seasonal and the rain coming up through the southern part of india. but most of india still suffering the pre monsoon heat, which we'll see for another month or 2. asked the rapier balinsa bit of a breeze and a dusty one coming down to the gulf states still $37.00 in dough hall, but have a look at the temperatures and the levant, 30 or more in jerusalem. i saw airway issue and on the journey with i don't get a guest with lou . oh, are you watching out 0?

and every one in it, the northern china, this is out there, alive from london, also coming up at least 18 people are killed and explosions across afghans on including 10 as a sheer mosque in missouri. sharif months after leaving office for my home during president on orlando and others is extradited to the u. s. on drug trafficking charges. and 1st johnson's own colleagues vote for an investigation into whether he lied to the u. k. parliament over pandemic party. ah, russian president vladimir putin has declared victory in the battle for mary po. and what would be moscow's biggest gain of the war so far? created precedent or misled, he confirmed that russia controls much of the city, but denies its fallen hootin made the claim. despite canceling plans to storm the as of style still works. the cities last pocket of resistance. instead, he ordered his troops to seal off a thousands of defenders and hundreds of civilians said to behold up there. so not even a fly can get through elsewhere and the don bus region. russia has captured 42 villages across to nist and aid to lead. he's chief of

not teach his max anything chinese hamsters are naturally so agile in their natural habitat in northern chinaa and awkwardly climb up the stems of cereal plants to reach for grains. in general, these animals are very mobile and active for max. even zhenya's parents are interested in watching this hamster. it sits well on the arms. he, well, of a normal size does not bite , is not aggressive, eats hands well, is affectionate , responsive, that is, you call him. he even, in principle, in theory will come, chinese dwarf hamsters - this is the full name of the species really are considered the friendliest. among the home of domestic rodents. they very quickly get used to a person and are calmly given into the hands of other chemical dwarf species trying to escape somewhere. that is, this, in turn, leads to severe traumatic brain injuries. it 's this hamster. uh, probably, it will be most suitable for people who have children, because the child can still sometimes take them in your arms to stroke their chinese hamsters and generally get along with their relatives, although a group of even two anim

surveying the devastation after weeks of russian bombardment. russian forces have left the northern city of china. he but residents tell d w, they fear the army might come back and press is set for a repeat of the 20.

surveying the devastation after weeks of russian bombardment. russian forces have left the northern city of china. he but residents tell d w, they fear the army might come back and press is set for a repeat of the 2017 presidential election, ronald centrist leader, emanuel. my con, comes out on top in the 1st round of voting, but he faces a strong challenge from fall. right. kennedy, marine le pet ah hello m terry martin. good to have you with us. eastern areas of ukraine, or bracing for what they fear will be a new russian offensive. ukraine's president below them is the lensky warned that russian troops are carry or moving to carry out large scale military operations in the east of the country. russian bombardment struck various sites across ukraine through the weekend and denise pro, the country's 4th largest city missiles destroyed the local airport and wounded several people. meanwhile, investigators continued to examine bodies from mass graves around the capital. keith, ukraine. authorities say more than 1200 bodies have been found. so for following the withdrawal of russian forces from the

surveying the devastation after weeks of russian bombardment. russian forces have left the northern city of china. he but residents tell dw, they fear the army might come back. and france is set for a repeat of the 2017 presidential elections, run all centrist liter amount of one that comes out on top of the 1st round of voting, but he paces a stroll challenge from all right. candidate marine la pet ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. eastern areas of ukraine bracing for what they fear will be a new russian defense in a televised address, ukrainian president below to me, as zalinski warned, the russian troops are moving to carry out large scale military operations in eastern ukraine. nozzle is comments come a day after meeting with austria and chancellor, karl ne, hama, who is due to meet latimer putting in moscow today zooms over more would join out by our correspondent, alexandra phenomena who is in kip. alexander, we keep hearing that russia is about to launch a major offensive in the south and east of the country. how is ukraine preparing for this? well, the cure equaling an

they si, fi to dry across northern parts of china. but let me draw your right to southern parts of china. very heavy rain coming through here as we go on through saturday and that band of cloud and ray will sink further southwards, 5 degrees cooler in the family, down pause. we will extend across hong kong as we go on through the 2nd half of the weekend. so that wet weather will also roll its way towards the gulf of tonkin for the time being mo, 1st half of the weekend were more concerned with southern parts of vietnam, cambodia, saying some fun to re downpours 2nd half of the weekend. that wet weather, extending it in more than parts of vietnam, there is likely to be some flash flooding as a result of that. scattering of showers elsewhere across se, asia, me wanting to south asia. the story is all about the heat, some very hot weather, up towards the northwest, with high temperatures, also into pakistan. chatter airway official airline of the journey. african stories from african perspective. and the marine biologist, a business when

nonessential businesses are locked down but not all china is shuttered, some businesses in shanghai and northern chinasumed production but top leaders in the country say covid and the ukraine crisis are creating challenges for the domestic economy, wall street is cutting gdp forecast as low as 3.9%. that is unheard of. china hurts the broader global economy. anton shultz says that this. do we have the film? a film? >> the desire to bring the supply chain here. there need to be incentives. they are in scented as is. >> the country preparing to had a pause on the campaign against technology companies because of economic weakness. planning to hold off on roles that would limit the time young people spend on mobile apps. the government also considering forcing tech companies to offer 1% equity stakes to the government and a role in corporate decision-making. neil: don't know if that would be advisable. like putting me on a dietary committee. don't go there. thank you. we are talking about how the china issue puts a crimp down the road potentially on oil prices, maybe inflation and the aggregate and in the

and it is looking largely warm across central and northern areas of china. it's a similar story for the korean peninsula. and we'll see lots of warmth in northern japan by sunday. ah, the african stories from african perspectives isn't well yet. i suppose i will keep a short documentary from african filmmakers from mommy and synagogue for you. she is, you're gone. you don't then wash your 2 big mamma now cuz she's almost sure the adventures off of a car and led to africa di rights on al jazeera lou . the me. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, russia is accusing ukraine if across the border attacks are getting a fuel deaf, which remains on fire. video appears to show to attack helicopters flying over bel garad, ukraine's for a minister said he could neither confirm nor deny responsibility. ukraine says russian forces are continuing to withdraw from areas north of keith. it includes hostile malware troops. these the airport in the 1st few days of the russian invasion moscow announced with skill back its military operations in the area. on tuesday. the

and of course, the risk of localized flooding now for northern areas of china is an improving picture. we're going to see a lot of warms, come back into beijing and down in the south. the hong kong will, it does remain pretty hot and humid. now as we move over to south asia, it's all about the heat. once again, you can barely see a cloud in the sky on the satellite image, not just for india, but also for pakistan and afghanistan. there is going to be some relief down in the west for carola, we've got some storms pulling in here, one or 2 shop of thunderstorms as well for southwestern areas of sri lanka. but look at that, it's a very hot and dry picture through the weekend. that should weather update. i saw a special ed line of the journey with a, a with, [000:00:00;00] with ah, again, this is al 0. let's remind you of the main news. the south russia says that it's turned off the supply of natural gas to poland and bulgaria that's up to they refuse to pay it, statehood gas company, it rules both countries say they've made alternative arrangements. and maria, port city officials say tha

surveying the devastation after weeks of russian bombardment. russian forces have left the northern city of china eve. but residents tell d w, they fear the army might still come back. and france is set.

surveying the devastation after weeks of russian bombardment. russian forces have left the northern city of china. he but residents tell the.

and the northern city of china, golf, also russia and ukraine were to postpone any decision about the future status of crimea and the don bus. foreign minister lab rob says she has shifted its positions . however, in a signal that someone else could be pulling the strings by the neck, new to go to specify the inability to negotiate. once again, characterize is the true intentions of care and its line of delaying and even undermining the negotiations through departure from the understanding is reached. we see this as a manifestation of the fact that the key of regime is controlled by washington and italy was pushing president cilenzo keep continue hostilities for those in we would use everything. washington post article claimed at some nato countries wants to see ukrainians fighting until the bitter end in a proxy war against moscow. us presidential biden has been open about arming and training ukraine's to engage in combat against russia. meanwhile, lucky as defense minister and a senior fellow at the atlantic council are also calling for more military support for ukraine. besides the

surveying the devastation after weeks of russian bombardment, russian forces have left the northern city of china, eat. but residents tell d w, they tear the army might still come back. and france is set for repeat the 2017 presidential election. ronald centrist leader amanda wilma comes out on top in the 1st round of voting, but he faces a strong challenge from paul. right. kennedy marine, elephant ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. eastern areas of ukraine are bracing for what they fear will be a new russian offensive. ukranian president, believe me, zalinski warned that russian troops are moving to carry out large scale military operations. in eastern new crane. russian bombardments struck various sites across the country through the weekend and denise pro ukraine's port largest city missiles destroyed the local airport and wounded several people. meanwhile, investigators continued to exude bodies from mass graves around the capital key. if ukraine authorities say more than 1200 bodies have but been found so far, following to withdrawal of russian forces from the area. our corr

hello, we got quite a change in the weather across northern parts of china at present big mass of cloud, rolling all the way down to central and southern parts. this weather system slowly staggering its way further southwards and east with really heavy downpours coming in here. then as we go 13, wednesday, and that wet weather making his way toward shanghai much shift east and china, seeing some huge downpours over the next couple days. and that is likely to lead to some localized flooding the wet weather will grass. he easiest way a little further eastward. we have got to what will be typhoon malacca, making his way close by. that'll stay off shore, but quite as much of a concern, but it is still drawing a lot of moisture, some more heavy rainfall from much of japan. then as we go on through thursday, there is likely to be localized flooding. we have seen intent samples, of course, across southern parts of india, though showers remain in the forecast as we go on through the next few days or a little change going on here. so lanka, all so seeing some very, very heavy rain by the time we

get there, let's have a look what's going on in east asia, and it's an improving picture of northern areas of china. we're going to see temperatures pick up in cities like beijing, though the winds are likely to pick up as well. pushing out further east, we are going to see temperatures touch up well above the average for beijing. we have a look at the 3 day. plenty of sunshine on thursday as well, and we are going to the sunshine across the korean peninsula was so clear. skies the temperature at $21.00 degrees and it's an improving picture for japan. lots of pleasant warmth to be found here, that there will be some rain in tokyo later in the week. and the rain continues the southern areas of china, quite a bit of cloud as well, working its way east, over shanghai. but still a lot of wants to be found here. and as we moved to south asia, it's all about the heat across northern areas and temperatures. edging up into the mid forties, we've got warnings out for some hot dry winds blowing across rajah sun. we could see some dust storms here and the possibility of some thunderstorms up in the north in t

that's going to just east down across northern areas of china, pushing towards the far east of brush. but as that where to where the coming in across q shoe for thursday, big down pause. they're pushing towards tokyo close through nicely as we go on into friday. warm sunshine coming back in 27 degrees celsius. personally wet and windy weather gale force windsor into hawkeye for a time. she make her way through the remainder of the week. heavy showers meanwhile, will continue across central and southern parts of china. sinking a little further south, which as we go through the next day or so, pushing further south, we got plenty of showers there across southeast asia, in the china seeing some live the showers. cambodia. allow seeing some wet weather thailand, looking a little unsettled as well. and the usual rash of showers across malaysia, and still staying unusually wet across a good part of indonesia over the next couple of days. meanwhile, the unusually wet weather will continue to southern parts of india and blanca for a time, some very wet weather to the northeast and bangladesh.

but some shelling continued, and the northern city of china have came under heavy bombardments. ellis, get very latest. robert bry jones is not from levine at several. we have a little bit more clarity now on the russian withdrawal. that's right. i mean, the russians announced that they were scaling down some of their operations in the north of the country of north of that capital. keith, apparently having achieved their objectives and that, that said, this is seems to be what we are now seeing. we're getting reports from various cities and towns, especially north of keep up towards that, the border of units withdrawing. and for example, from the a parts of on the outskirts of keep itself from a pin and from bravery. these are scenes of something very intense fighting. over the past few weeks. we're getting reports from the authorities in case of units being withdrawn from there. also this important facility, this airport at hostile mel. this was an apple web as a military facility. this was taken you remember by the russian paratroopers in the very 1st day of the invasion. a apparent

sunshine across a good part of japan for the time being across sir crim peninsula and also into northern parts of china, southern areas of china, central parts. we have still got a few showers to come over the next day or so. southern areas, down towards hong kong, little little disturbed here. still want to shout into eastern parts of japan for a time. those will clear through, make sway ready for the next system to just punch is way out that east the side of china. q. she said some very heavy rain southern parts of honshu seeing some big and heavy downpour. sundry downpours as we go on through thursday, could cause some localized funding. some travel disruption, certainly a possibility have received some heavy showers recently straddling the equator. why the showers? they're just into southern parts of the philippines. is some really wet weather. just around indonesia, unceasingly wet here actually, java sinks a big down. pause though. shouts, running the way up across the marcher towards he and him and see, see the cloud here. plenty of showers still in the forecast easing up to was at western side

let's have a look at the weather crossed east asia, and it's an improving picture for northern areas of china. we've got high pressure in charge, keeping things largely fine and dry. the beijing that extends to the korean peninsula. lots of sunshine for sol, and we will see temperatures around this area pick up in the days to come. it's going to be cooler in shanghai and wetter in the south of china. the temperature in hong kong, well below the average on saturday. but it is going to improve by the time we get to sunday and it will improve for much of japan. a lot of the wet and windy weather has swept out further east, but we will see a few showers and patches of wintery weather here. and there now was we moved to south asia. well, it's largely settled picture, it's all about the heat. once again, across northern and central areas of india and pakistan and not a drop of rain fell in new delhi in march for the 1st time in 4 years. we usually see about 15 to 16 millimeters hot and dry and bone dry. in fact, for the next few days, we will see the temperature touch up to 40 degrees on sunday. no

it's an improving picture for northern areas of china. beijing seen the temperature pick up once again. well above the average for dusty winds blowing in by the time we get to wednesday, but further east of this for the korean peninsula, plenty of sunshine for soul in the days ahead. that sure weather update. ah, the talk to al jazeera, we oh, so what is the time table in your mind? when do you think you can be off of russian gas? we listen or, and i have seen and played football with these refugees. i look at them and they're happy. they smile in we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the store restock matter on al jazeera. i care about how the us engaging with the rough of the world. we're really interested in take you into a play. you might not visit otherwise and feel as if you were there. ah ah! you're watching elsie as a reminder of our top stories down south. russia has carried out this solid tax and also western and southern ukraine. for rick rockets hit the city of the v that killing of 7 people, wounding 11 insured on cut new cabinet ministers. ive been sworn in 2 we

and it's a similar story for the north of this, the shanghai and for central and northern areas of china. beijing, seeing the temper to sit at about the average by the time we get in some monday, with lots of clear skies and sunshine in the similar story for the korean peninsula, you can see that there, it's japan that continues to see some of the wetter and the windy weather, some unusual warmth. however, sweeping across the portal. but for tokyo, it's going to be the mid week when we start to see the heat coming back. now as we move to south asia, it's all about the heat. here in india had its hottest march since record keeping it began the temperature sitting at about $33.00 degrees, the average daily temperature there throughout the month. now the heat is going to build in the days to come. we got a severe heat wave in the north, and if we have a look at the 3 day for new delhi, we're going to be touching 41 degrees by sunday with some hot surface winds. now for the wet to whether we have to look to the northeast corner with some of that rain, edging into bungler dash casa airway off

there's a cool down on the way from northern areas of china. but ahead of that we are seeing a lot of warmth in beijing. the temperature above the average here, and that's fine and dry conditions extend across the korean peninsula and down across eastern areas of china, shanghai thing, a lot of warm and down in the south where we saw some nasty weather in hong kong over the weekend. well, things have improved the temperature touching into the mid twenties. we've got a bit of a wintry and wet weather system in the west, but that is going to ease by the time we get into wednesday. but how to look at that, the temperature dips down invasion by about 10 degrees as the winds changed as cooler winds, knocking a lot of the warmth weights, mix of cloud and clear skies this we can be there will be some sunshine on thursday and the warmth will be back now, things are going to improve across japan as well. we'll see temperatures edge up into the early twenty's in tokyo. a lot of warmth here, and it's a similar story for south asia heats. in fact, those sc

it's an improving picture for northern areas of china. beijing seen the temperature pick up once again. well above the average for dusty winds blowing in by the time we get to wednesday. but further east of this for the korean peninsula, plenty of sunshine for soul in the days ahead. that sure weather update. i saw air with issue airlines of the journey. on counting the cost latin america's inflation nightmare returns come governments bring prices down. lebanon reaches the draft deal with the i a map that will the nation implement reforms, and my staff because worth food crisis in a decade. oh, fun, the much needed a counting the cost on al jazeera. ah, we're leaving eco friendly solutions to come back to our planet. on al jazeera, ah ah, florida, this is al jazeera. let's remind you of the main news. the south russia has carried up missile attacks and pots. westerman southern ukraine for rockets hit the city of la vive, killing 7 people and wounding 11 russian president vladimir putin has told a televised b. c of top economic officials. the western sanctions of back firing. he says of

we'll get to. ♪♪♪ stephen: economist and china expert, scott waldron, grew up on the land, in beef country. his family's property, in the tweed valley of northernno. scott: hey, cattle. hey, cattle. hey, cattle. come, girls. stephen: scott waldron has also lived and researched extensively in china. he's fluent in mandarin, and well-placed to analy china's trade claims. scott: the trade barriers that china imposed on australia in 2020 are cases of economic coercion. and the intent is for china to change australian policy, including on issues of the south china sea, hong kong, xinjiang, huawei, and foreign interference. stephen: on his reading, the trade sanctions flowed from demands by china's communist party for retaliation against any perceived threats or criticism of china. scott: xi jinping has instructed china to resolutely defend ainst any internal or external threat to the communist party, and so that so-called "battle stance" has become embedded within the party, within the ministry of foreign affairs, and its wolf warrior diplomacy, and down into economic units, including the ministry of commerce, the state administrations of customsnd

people in the northern ukrainian city of china have a waiting for humanitarian assistance. now that russian troops have left some residents, say a blackout, means they're struggling to let the government know about the di, living conditions and non con, spoke to some of those desperate for health. i hope that i need you to know that will know this woman like many others in a suburb of czerny, that feels forgotten, forgotten by her government. forgotten by the media. forgotten by 8 agencies. she can't live in a home anymore. she tells us it was shelled last month by russian artillery nailer has no idea how to even tidy up, much less move back in the living room. and says that towns like butcher and her pin, near the capital of received aid help and attention while hear nothing. the girl mother this thing is done is not her apps. didn't know what happened here. i can't register the damage because the government because i don't have electricity or internet if i could register it, perhaps they might help. but for now we just have to help ourselves 9 that in a wooden district, w

off rebecca rivers, they're reporting for the western ukrainian city of levine, or the city of china in northern ukraine was besieged by russian forces for weeks following the russian withdrawal from the region. the hordes of what happened beer are only now coming to launch or corresponded alexander phenomena file this report to night, from sure in the city of journey his after weeks of siege and have his shelling by russian forces. we meet fit planner and valentino sippy and coin a local hospital. they survived but were both injured in a nurse strike that hit their house. the bullish wounded some one logan took less than a 2nd. loosely sweet. we just heard a whistle your creek, boom. the gym i screamed get down. wasn't covered my son cylinder glue, savoy. even school valentin still has surgeries ahead of him for atlanta is doing a little bit better. she shows me pictures of their house before and after the attack. there's done up on why did they attack us? i don't know. we didn't do anything bad. where civilians are still the quinn, islam. the hospital itself was not spirit either. balked and r

the rest will say that al jazeera, kia, the people in the northern ukrainian city of china. he var waiting for humanitarian assistance. after russian troops finally left, now some residency in electricity blackout means are struggling to inform the government about the di conditions in which they are living among con, spoke to some of those affected well thought on their good. and i read will know this woman like many others in a suburb of churney, that feels forgotten, forgotten by her government, forgotten by the media, forgotten by aid agencies. she can't live in her home anymore. she tells us it was showed last month by russian artillery nailer has no idea how to even tied he up, much less moved back in the living room. and says that towns like butcher and her pin, near the capital of received aid, help and attention while hear nothing. stickle mazda testing is done is not hops. didn't know what happened here. i can't register the damage because the government because i don't have electricity or internet. if i could register it, perhaps they might help. but for now, we j

open water, but clipping that eastern side of han shoot, then high temperatures for northern northeastern sections of china. so beijing 28 degrees, but enjoy this. temperatures will come crashing down mid week, bubbling up some thunderstorms. here for the far northeast of india, quiet though and bangladesh sunshine. in taco with a high of 35 degrees. we're also looking at thunderstorms at cross sri lanka, so several days of unsettled weather for colombo. 32 degrees will be the number on sunday still that high heat for northern sections of india. in fact, we're going to dial up the temperature in new delhi, up to about 45 degrees on thursday that's getting close to the april record of 45.6 . when this weather report right now in the middle east, and we're talking about some showers through parts of saudi into iraq as well. and that's going to dip down into kuwait, move in power up, some thunderstorms there that show up. they will see you soon. official airline of the journey with, [000:00:00;00] with ah ah, welcome back re capital i top stories on al jazeera, this, our ukraine's president voted means lensky

prisoners war or residents have begun. return, excuse me, have begun returning to the northern ukrainian city of china have, which has been all but destroyed. johnny was besieged by russian forces for 5 weeks . and those who stayed have been without fresh water, electricity, heating, an aide around 295000 people normally live there, but at least half of the city's population fled the invasion persona. a damaged buildings can be restored, but it's hard to overcome. the mental shock there are neighbors standing there. a poor woman still can't go outside the basement, although it's relatively calm here. i don't know how much time will pass until my mother will get bitter psychologically. i can't talk about it without breaking into tears. more than 5000 people have been killed in the besieged city of mary, a pole that's the latest tally from the men. since the area came under heavy russian bombardment, tens of thousands of people remained still stranded in the port city. they being without much food, water, or electricity for weeks. the european union's top diplomat says, mary paul has become another lepe

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ukraine is a global, say, us attempt to demoralize russia as allies of china, and so on, that is, to have a demoralized state near the northernuenced by the americans. that is, you tell me that for china for the people's republic of china in their plans sooner or later. solve the issue of taiwan, and our situation is a rear situation, when they hit on the flank on the most important flank of the northern rear, trying to knock it out and so that he actually is a very, uh, very important thesis. why? because many of our viewers seem to have this question. in fact, china can fit in. maybe it doesn’t fit, so it will work out for us, he will help us, if it doesn’t work out, it won’t help, and so on. in fact, it turns out that and if all this is true, and i have no reason not to believe it, then china in this sense is tied to us, er, by global plans, more strongly than many of us think, and we understand this. well, it's obvious to me and that's it. we saw this even before the start of the special operation. here are colleagues, i just said in a joint statement, yes, which was, and our president announced and sit-pin. and the most

a troops are also leaving the northern city of china. heave after shelling it for days. russia has pledged to reduce its operations in those areas during negotiations in istanbul taking place this week. and further, virtual talks between the warring sides are set to get underway in the coming hours . the red cross is leading an evacuation of civilians from mario paul on friday, but it's unsure if aid can be delivered. around a 160000 people remain trapped in the besieged port city with little food, water, or shelter. we go and live to have some i had better from moscow in a moment. but 1st let's bring in rob mcbride, who's joining us from the vive in western ukraine. so ukrainian officials are saying that russian forces are withdrawn from several areas north of keys. how is this withdrawal being explained? rob? that's right, we're getting reports from a number of different locations as cities and towns all between this at the area of the fighting. basically the northern front at between keys in the border with russia, the authorities of the capital a cave say there are some places on the o

in northern cameroon, nicholas hawk al jazeera, china's manufacturing has dropped to its lowest level in more than 2 years. the latest sign its economy may be in trouble. activity slowed sharply in april. shanghai came under a lockdown as part of the government. 0 could be 19 policy. factories have been closed and consumption has taken a hit that weighing as a chief economist for hangs and by china. and she says beijing, strict code 900 strategy is not sustainable. well, i am there worried on where this is going because the car allowed me shanghai has been looking like it's going to end after this may holiday, which means most people can probably walk around their neighborhood. but for most of the factories along the east coast, they are not in a very good condition because taking on what's going on in shanghai, a lot more cities are taking precautionary measures. even way to one colored cases, the whole, the whole city can be locked down. so we might be looking at a situation where 30 cities might be locked down simultaneously. that's hugely disruptive to the supply chain. this is a