rob mcbride reports posing for the traditional family photo. the top diplomats of the g 7, still firmly committed to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. they agreed to keep sanctions in place and to stop moscow from trying to get weapons from the countries after accusations north korea is already supplying them. and fears that china might start away with family, reject any you need to attempt to change the status quo by falls or rushes aggression against clain. as well as the threat of use of nuclear weapons. the foreign ministers criticized rushes decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in bella ruse as the only country in the world to be attacked with atomic bombs. japan has condemned russia's repeated nuclear rhetoric and its g. 7. presidency culminates with the lead to summit next month in hiroshima, the location of the 1st nuclear attack. the foreign ministers also reaffirm that commitment to a free and open indo pacific scene as a pushback against china as growing power and influence in the region. and an answer to the continu

rob mcbride reports now from caraway's our this meeting ended with a strong condemnation of russia for its continuing war in ukraine, reaffirming the g seven's commitment to sanctions and stopping moscow getting weapons from 3rd countries. with the g 7 nations accounting for much of the heavy weaponry now being prepared for the long anticipated counter offensive against russian forces. this was the message of unity. now, as ukraine prepares to launch a counter offensive to take back its land to liberate its people and occupied territories to stop the missiles, bombs and drones which continued rain down and civilians. we stand with ukraine. the foreign ministers also called for greater action to counter the growing influence and power of china in the indo pacific, with a strong message of support for taiwan, which china seas as a break away territory. and that it's threatened to take by force if necessary. as the only asian g 7 nation, the host japan fears if russia can act with impunity in europe, china can do the same here. rashonna could i not to the security of europe and the securi

rob mcbride al jazeera. so while the criminal says it has been falling talks in china, described them as quote important, but it cast doubts on whether vision would change his position on the ukraine conflict under outside influence. earlier russia said it would be pressing on with its military campaign. and so, no prospects for peace. the international monetary fund has issued its lowest global growth forecast in decades, warning poverty and hunger rates will increase as economy struggle to recover from the coven 1900 pandemic. it also cited the impact of russia's invasion of ukraine, global growth for the next 5 years to remain around 3 percent. this is our lowest medium term growth for cra forecast since 9090. it is well below the average of 3.8 percent. we sat in the pre call with the gate and it makes it even harder to reduce poverty, to huge decon nomics because of the coffee, the crisis to provide new and better opportunities to all getting up this hill would require major step changes argentina as ta

rob mcbride reports from sol. the missile was detected early thursday being launched from close to young young and it was towards the end of its half hour of flight tracking east over the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan. that all thirties in the golden japanese island of her kite, raised that alarm, telling people to take shelter, fearing that the mis, all the debris from it could fall in or around the island of her cato itself, in the past north career. and some of it will provoke to launch it has sent missiles over the top of her kite, out into the pacific ocean as it was with this launch. the missile fell far short, but it did have a lofty trajectory, reaching out to, to, to some, 3000 kilometer, which is led people to speculate whether this was an intermediate range, ballistic missiles or a longer range, heavier intercontinental ballistic missile. the kind of giant weapons that north korea has been showing off at its military parade, which it has resumed development and testing off in the pa

rob mcbride, al jazeera, ganga county, south korea. a conference in ivory coast seems to present space exploration is the key to unlocking social and economic transformation in africa. the goal is to make space programs a larger priority across the continent. nicholas' hoc reports senegalese astrophysicist saw muscle eyes searching for solutions to some of africa's most pressing challenges. but looking into space is not enough. she says, yeah, i live on it. i would like to go to space because if i can go to space, i can gather precious information that will be useful for generations to come. it's essential that michael, since the 1st man in space in 1961, hundreds of astronauts have blasted off. but a black african is yet to make the journey. my gossip guy is scientists from burkina. faso says it's about time vis changes. she sing part in the new space, africa conference in ivory coast, where scientists, companies and investors gather, hoping to change perspectives of space. research suffer produce less on thought book in f. s. so has

all right, rob mcbride there, thanks so much. while those meetings were happening in beijing, china sent an aircraft carrier to conduct patrols and inspections in wards is around taiwan. taiwan defense minister says the timing of the operation is suspicious. the government has lodged strong protest against the move. amelia. how may i get you on this occasion, a maneuver by the shan dong aircraft carrier is different because although it's been out on the open sea many times, this is its 1st time in the south china sea. this is also part of training. that's how we see it. but as this is a quite sensitive period, there is a reason for that. and our military is also doing its research. we may have plans, but i won't be going more into that. a 3 day chinese operation was launched. soon after a highly symbolic meeting between taiwan president, sighing, glen and us. how speak kevin mccarthy and los angeles, china claims taiwan as its breakaway province and had warned of retaliation if those talks were to take place. my cana reports the

rob mcbride al jazeera, so my call and she have been holding informal talks and going, jo, china's president said, russia and ukraine must meet half way to create the conditions for a political settlement to the long conflict. she said a political solution was the only correct way to end the war. the kremlin says it's been following those talks in china, calling them important. moscow says beijing will not change its position on the conflict in ukraine on the pressure from abroad. kremlin spokesman dmitri pest golf cold china, serious global pow thing, it holds its own sovereign physicians on the ground in ukraine. british military intelligence says it's very likely, russian forces have made major advances. that tries to take the center of backwards . it's the latest report suggesting troops are threatening to encircle the city. on wednesday, ukrainian prime minister then ski said his troops would pull back if they were at risk of being surrounded. fight about what has been the bloodiest of the war. rushes foreign minister has been meeting with this turkish counterpart to discuss an anchor,

rob mcbride al jazeera. so protesters in france have blocked access to the eye clinic site, the more semi shell in the northern normandy region. their angry president demanded mccombs proposal to raise the retirement age by 2 years to 64. the crowds prevented visitors from reaching the most michelle, which is a unesco world heritage site. reuters news agency is reporting that a saudi delegation is planning to visit yelman's capital next week to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with the rebels. this is part of efforts the end of the 8 year war between the fighters linked to iran and a saudi led military alliance. saudi arabia and iran have no formerly restored a diplomatic ties in the agreements brokerage by china. natural dean armor is the chairman of who he runs. saba news agency, he says the negotiation efforts go way back. and steps have been taken to build confidence between these and saudi arabia or not. so some of all the v on foot rock bigger negotiations have been running for some time. in additi

thanks so much, rob mcbride there. let's continue this now though with arial beside those, the journalist at japan forward news website joins us now from tokyo. good. have you ever so 1st of all, what do we know about this suspect? we know very little actually because as was just mentioned, the suspect is not cooperating with the authorities. but according to the document that was found on him and he gets because gigi came off from hugo. perfect. sure. which is region not too far in the cause. i region of japan, and this is about all we know and that he is 24 years old. so the motive and the background of the, of the, the crime and, you know, for example, whether he acted alone is still being, it's still being searched and the police at this point has not announced any more details. and as we just mentioned, also the way that the crime was carried out, it's still unclear how it happened. i mean, it was mentioned that an object was thrown from the crowd. local media has speculated whether the object for the to sort of a

as rob mcbride explains, president emmanuel macaroni has been wrapping up this 3 day state visit with a trip to the t of one joe, the main manufacturing and exporting hub of southern china. and it's of course, the business aspect of this visit, which is seen as extremely important to china, to france and the why the e u, especially given the souring of relations between china and the united states. a number of deals have been signed and possibly an indication of the importance china attaches to this visit. macaroni has been a company to go on, jo by his chinese counterparts, president she jane ping. it's highly unusual for she to accompany a visiting head of state beyond their 1st official meetings in beijing. but today, hoping, holding more talks more meetings with entrepreneurs and investors ending this visit with a private dinner. but earlier, micron visited a local university talking to students there about the escalating tensions in the world. and of course the war in ukraine were not on the, on the school. you can harrison, the speeches this rise intention has a strategic charac

for that, rob mcbride lie for i say in cato, can we see one japan? thank you. that china says it's willing to have close strategic communications with the russian military. the statement came from beijing defense minister elisha full, full, met russian president vladimir putin on sunday. it follows a state visit to russia, the chinese president cheating being last month. the leaders discuss beijing's p span for ukraine. i caught in iran, her sentence 10 members of its head, defense forces to prison for the downing of a ukrainian passenger plane 3 years ago. all 176 people on board were killed when yvonne's revolutionary guards shot the aircraft down over tehran at a time of increased tension with the u. s. c. association victims families call the child sham and want the case brought before the international court of justice in france accord is set to war on a landmark case in the crash of an air france jet in 2009, 220 passengers and crew were killed when it plunged into the atlantic. the verdicts will decide whether the plains manufacturer, advice, or the line

rob mcbride, i was just era. so ganna has become the 1st country to approve a new vaccine for malaria that researchers are calling a world changer. vaccine known as are $21.00 is to be used on children age between 5 and 36 months. lena block reports researchers are calling get a turning point in the struggle against malaria in a global 1st gonna has approved a vaccine against the mosquito borne disease. the united nation says more than $600000.00 people die from the disease each year. on average one child dies every minute and it's children who faced the highest risk of death scientists, the oxford university in the u. k. say they've spent decades researching the vaccines and gone on is the 1st african country where it will be used and on young children between 5 months and 3 years old. the world health organization is also considering whether to approve the vaccine. $200000000.00 doses are to be produced annually signed to say it's a game changer in the battle against a virus that is one of the leading killers o

rob mcbride reports, 3 days of exercises involving chinese military aircraft and warships have height and tensions across the taiwan strait bay ging says the drill simulated precision attacks against targets on the island. and it's complete encirclement and involve the sion dong aircraft carrier. taiwan scrambled fighter jets in response. it follows last week's visit by ty, once president, saying when to california, where she met us, speaker of the house cabin mccarthy, bay ging says the exercises send a clear warning to any fractional forces in taiwan who may be seeking full independence for the island, which china regards as a breakaway province, totally at edward financially. this is a stern warning to the provocative activities of taiwan independence succession asked forces and collusion with the external forces and a necessary moved to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. ty, one's defense, ministry has condemned the drills accusing bay jing of destabilizing the region and declaring the island will continue with its own system of government. and forces will u

the most unpopular president of south korea has had since the 1990 rob mcbride, i'll just era. so the great war is causing labor shortages in russia. luster's mass verbalization affected 300000 people. nearly a 1000000000 ball russians escaped abroad. while our officials say that they need at least 600000 workers to fill the gap dosage of our explains from moscow. there are plenty of visible signs of how russia's business world has been transformed by the invasion of ukraine. and the sanctions that followed. stores belonging to the spanish clothing, brown zarbara, or to reopen in june as mag owned by a firm registered in a you a free zone. congress. ikea has packed up its flat packed furniture and left the russian market. bella russo swede is filling the gap, but there's a deeper problem that new signage can address these re open businesses need staff is taking into account the historically the minimal unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in the country. there are simply not enough work as in many areas rushes government says the economy is short of 600000 workers. that's partly ca

rob mcbride reports posing for the traditional family photo. the top diplomats of the g 7 still firmly committed to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. they agreed to keep sanctions in place and to stop moscow from trying to get weapons from the countries after accusations north korea is already supplying them. and fears that china might start away with family, reject any need to attempt to change the status, go by false, or rushes aggression against clain. as well as the threat of use of nuclear weapons . the foreign ministers criticized rushes decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in bella ruse as the only country in the world to be attacked with atomic bombs. japan has condemned russia's repeated nuclear rhetoric and it's g. 7. presidency culminates with the lead us summit next month in hiroshima, the location of the 1st nuclear attack. the foreign ministers also reaffirm that commitment to a free and open indo pacific scene as a pushback against china's growing power and influence in the region. and an answer to the continuing

rob mcbride reports in cartersville. this meeting ended with a strong condemnation of russia for its continuing war in ukraine, reaffirming the g seven's commitment to sanctions and stopping moscow getting weapons from 3rd countries. with the g 7 nations accounting for much of the heavy weaponry now being prepared for the long anticipated counter offensive against russian forces. this was the message of unity. now, as ukraine prepares to launch a counter offensive to take back its land to liberate its people and occupy territories, to stop the missiles, bombs and drones which continued rain down and civilians. we stand with ukraine. the foreign ministers also called for greater action to counter the growing influence and power of china and the indo pacific, with a strong message of support for taiwan, which china seas as a breakaway territory. and that it's threatened to take by force if necessary, as the only asian g 7 nation, the host japan fears if russia connect with impunity in europe. china can do the same here. ra

and the war and ukraine train has also been a major focus of the visit as rob mcbride explains. president emmanuel macaroni has been wrapping up this 3 day state visit where they trip to the city of gwan, joe, the main manufacturing and exporting hub of southern china. and it's of course, the business aspect of this visit, which is seen as extremely important to china, to france and the wider e u, especially given the souring of relations between china and the united states. a number of deals have been signed and possibly an indication of the importance china attaches to this visit. macaroni has been accompany to guam, joe, by his chinese counterparts, president she jane ping is highly unusual for she to accompany a visiting head of state. beyond their 1st official meetings in bay ging, but they have been holding more talks more meetings with entrepreneurs and investors ending this visit with a private dinner. but earlier micron visited our local university talking to students there about the escalating tensions in the world. and of course, the war in ukraine will not don't. dade, on the

rob mcbride al jazeera cairo is our japan french president. manuel micron is expected to address the nation in his 1st speech since his government's controversial pension changes became law. my cross signed the legislation on saturday, visually raising the retirement age for 6264. france was seen months of strikes and demonstrations against the changes. many of the protests of turned violent and hundreds have been injured. tasha butler joins us now from paris. so what are we expecting? micron to say well, what present macro is looking to do with their speech is really try and put an end to the debate around the pension reform to turn a page and encourage france to move on. that's only what he would like. he signed this reform into law just a few hours after francis constitutional court approved it on friday. so he is expected in his speech to reiterate some of the reasons that he believes that this reform is necessary. he's often said that he believes the pension system needs to be a modernized, in order for it to be sustainable for a future generations. but the lisa is also said tha

rob mcbride has more from so this is china very much expressing its anger at the visit by time when he's president, saying when to the united states, that meeting with us how speak a kevin mccarthy. just hours after she returned to the island of taiwan. these drills commenced, they began on saturday 3 days of drills are going to wrap up today. monday, but over the course of the past few days, the taiwanese reported scores of aircraft and ships taking part, some of those aircraft crossing over the so called median line. it's this line that runs up the taiwan strait. it marks the halfway point between the coast of china and the island of taiwan. the us justice department is investigating who lead dozens of top secret military documents that surfaced online. the files appear to provide a grim assessment of russia's military capabilities in the war and ukraine, as well as classified information on the middle east and on china. hundreds of protesters in the georgia capital are demanding the release of opposition leader in the higher suckers. really. the former president is serving a 6 year se

i try to change the status quo with a neighbor out there as rob mcbride reporting live for from calories are what many thanks, rob. still to come here on al jazeera, it's all crumbling critic has sentence to 25 years in prison after being convicted of treason. at least 11 people are dead, dawson is more or in hospital as the temperature and parts of india it's record highs. ah well, the turkish spring has not yet arrived. there was still looking distinctly unsettled . i'm coming to western turkey is more cloud and rain fell persistent. now admittedly, in the se is looking for a dr. denise at about 30 degrees and cypress is enjoying the sunshine, which is true all the way to answer the levant as well. recent high temperatures have dropped a bit in egypt because there's a wind direction already say we're in this forecast, and you'll notice showers in the blue bits on the higher ground. and particularly in saudi arabia, just inland from mecca. you could well see some big thunderstorms in the sky. a settled she made. 33 for dow harwich persists in to wednesday in the shower in the had to go

rob mcbride, i'll just era. so craig mark as a professor of international studies and killed it, su women's university in tokyo, and he's saying thanks pyongyang, his goal is to disrupt renewed efforts between south korea and japan to come to the north. it just shows the ongoing danger of the north korea's position that they determined to show that they have a threatening capacity to deter any attacks upon its territory. and they wanting to maintain attention, made all the other international crises, such as the chinese military exercises around taiwan this week. and of course, the ongoing warn you crate, the japanese in the south korean defense ministries, restoring their ties in sharing intelligence, the potential cooperation for emergencies involving north korea. and of course, the united states. hilda large scale military drills with south korea. and of course, the united states is also has many bases here in japan. so we're trying to disrupt this cooperation would be an objective of the north koreans. howev

our senior asia correspondent, rob mcbride as more. this is a european show of unity, the 2 of them visiting beijing together. micron is already started his bilateral now with c, jim paying was given the red carpet treatment in chinaman square meeting. she didn't ping in front of the great hall of the people a macro, and of course, has been one of the more conciliate tree voices amongst nato leaders. the china has suggested a possible roadmap for trying to broker some kind of peace between russia and ukraine. and while those meetings are happening in beijing, china sending crops carry on war ships and waters around taiwan full patrol. taiwan defense minister says the timing of the operation is suspicious. the government has lodged a strong protest against the move was right. the forces have stormed along some off for a 2nd night in a row. several palestinian worshippers were injured or fears tensions, will spiral into further violence during ramadan and the jewish holiday of passover, saudi arabia and iran have agreed to resume flights

rob mcbride went on a media visit to part of the frontier in gang county which borders north korea. a media talk to a part of the border previously off limits the now will be opened up to visitors. the idea for the so called peace trails is to remind the world of the deep divide that still exists. 70 years after the end of the korean war, i think the demilitarized, so it was a good place not only for the untouched nature, but also the division and security situation of the 2 korea. north korea is just a little less than 2 kilometers away across the han river on the opposite bank. groups of workers clearly visible and beyond them, fields and farms for south koreans and the growing numbers of tourists coming here . a glimpse of a society even more isolated. after several years of the corona virus, pandemic defectors and families displaced from the north by the war, live in many of gung while counties towns. now 83 kwan gray ha was brought here is a 10 year old and doesn't know if he has any family left to call her father. we have a nephew here, but i don't know if any relatives are st

rob mcbride, i'll just era. so china has spent more than $200000000000.00 bailing out struggling countries as part of presidency, jim paying signature belt and wrote initiative that's according to a new study into chinese lending programs that highlights risks for deaths or is richer timber reports from hong kong and ambitious proposal to link asia to europe and the rest of the world through a network of infrastructure development. since launching in 2013 china is built and road initiative has expanded into africa, latin america, and beyond, and significantly broadened beijing's reach. this being clearly and open the job because i mentioned in the project quiz. very, very, very simple is to increase the channels influence is a global self and to enhance and deepen. global south country is dependent upon china to turn those country into chinese friends and chinese allies. a study by the world bank, harvard 8 data, and the keel institute suggests many participants have been struggling to repay their loans. and the

rob mcbride, al jazeera stella had on al jazeera fighting, and me and mara forces thousands of people to lead their homes and cross into thailand. we had to side of the city in lebanon, keeping the spirit of ramadan alive, in spite of a nationwide economic crisis. ah, your tendency, your weather update for asia. nice to have year long will kick this one off in india and that a lot of activity going on to be honest. but what we should talk about is that pre monsoon heat buildings, i want to take you toward the end of the week. here we are on sunday, in the northwest deli, 39 degrees westbank, all state calcutta at 43, and in bangladesh, taca, i have 40 degrees. the pre monsoon heat, also building in pakistan through same province, but really from ted on hundreds. cobble all of these temperatures above average for this have the year. se asia is remarkably quiet because most of the energy is being drawn around this tropical cyclone in the northwest of australia. different story for the philippines. i think this could cook up into a tropical storm. let's go in for a closer look. already s

rob mcbride has more from so these latest belligerent statements come at a time of hiking tensions on the korean peninsula and seem to be in direct response to the recent joint military exercises between us and south korean forces. north korea state run media says leader kim junglin was chairing a meeting of the ruling parties. central military commission, when he reportedly told his generals that they had to expand their war deterrents in what he called a more practical and defensive manner. but what's got much of south korea media talking is that in one of the photos released by the north, kim seems to be pointing, although it's been purposefully blurred at the map of south korea. and more specifically, at the area of the main u. s. military base here, north korea has increased the frequency and variety of weapons tests in recent weeks, especially short range tactical weapons, such as nuclear capable, underwater drones that they say are able to create a radioactive synonymy. amid speculation that with important anniversaries coming up later this month, it could be planning more prov

be smiling for the cameras, in spite of allegations that one ally has been spying on the other, rob mcbride al jazeera, so chili's congress has passed the proposal to reduce working hours from 45 to 40 a week. the movers seen by many as a wind for the left us government and the stepped forward for workers rights. felix near warner reports. ah, a breakthrough in she lays congress for 6 years. politicians, i've been debating whether to reduce the length of the working week. this was the moment many who argued for that change had been waiting for getting more money for that. and i get, honestly, we want to express great joy because we've shown that it's possible to advance towards a better quality of life for the workers of our country. 127 out of 155 members of congress voted in favor of cutting working hours in chile. it now joins ecuador introducing the working week to 40 hours. 14 voted against say, a shorter work week will damage as more businesses. if dorsey look at our work, your more to this is much easier for large companies who can adapt working hours, but is harmful for smaller medi

rob mcbride, al jazeera, so macro, and she has been holding informal talks in glenn. joe. china is present, said russia, ukraine must meet half way to create the conditions for a political sentiment to the long conflict. she said a political solution was the only correct way to end the war. the kremlin says it's been following those talks in china, calling them important for moscow, said beijing will not change its position on the conflict in ukraine, on the pressure from abroad, kremlin strokes and dmitri pest golf cold china, a serious global power saying it holds its own sovereign position. russia's foreign minister has been meeting with his turkish counterpart to discuss an anchor, a broken deal that charles grey can be safely shipped from ukrainian ports. so collaborative says russia isn't happy with the deal because the interest of russian supplies haven't been protected, both or more. we, when there's going to be, that's why we were forced to do it. we extended that deal one's 420 days and haven't seen any signs to even attempt to resolve those issue. and we ha

be smiling for the cameras, in spite of allegations that one ally has been spying on the other, rob mcbride al jazeera, so us president joe biden is in northern ireland tomorrow. the 25th anniversary of the signing of the good friday peace agreement. andrew simmons is in belfast for us . so what's going to be getting up to today? ah, well, it's a fairly short scheduler has to be said in the next few minutes. in fact, i minutes or he'll be meeting richie soon at the u. k. prime minister. after that, the only public engagement is here at the university of auster, a brand new campus, a shining example of how northern ireland does move forward in this quarter. that used to be a dingy, very, very depressed part of belfast. more than 25 years ago. now a vibrant area of the cathedral quarter. so much to celebrate according to the white house, very much so because of the u. s. involvement in that good, good friday peace agreement reached a quarter of a century ago. it changed the lives of everyone here in northern ireland and it brought peace, a really serious, solid piece that still exists. but th

rob mcbride, i was just era. so well, let's take this home because peter andrew rankoff is a professor of history to cook. gwinnett university in the director of the career risk group at n k use which specializes on north korea joined us live now from so under a link of welcome. first up. what do you make of this? what the aim of these continual tests, what zip ministration in north korea hoping to achieve? well, 1st of all, they want to finally have certainty. as it, at any time they make a decision to take the united states. they will be able to do it. if they want to have long range intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of destroying american cities, and they want to use it partially for defensive purposes, but largely as a way to blackmail united states to make sure that in case of when you were in korea, i, americans would not get involved. so the neat, basically miss silas capable of taking the united states. they already shifted session styles. but they all use fuel, which actually you added means it

has recently tested what it's described as a nuclear capable, underwater attack drone mo, from rob mcbride. and so this exercise was led by the us aircraft carrier limits and its escorts, which have been in the waters of the korean peninsula, conducting large scale exercises with the south korean counterparts. exercises that have also involved drills between air force jets and land forces in the largest scale drills to take place here in 6 years, much to the anger of north korea, which has responded characteristically with multiple missile launches. this trilateral exercise. now, with japanese war ships, we are told involved anti submarine drills and also search and rescue the intention being to increase the preparedness of the 3 navies in the face of increasing threats from north korea, but also sending a message further afield as a counter to china and its growing influence in the region, much to the displeasure of paging itself to ship and i'm sure we hope the old parties will move in the same direction, resolved the legitimate concerns in a rational manner and maintain peace and stabil

rob mcbride, al jazeera caraway's, our japan, the russian and ukrainian presidents had visited some of their forces with both sides pours for a potential spring offensive. the conflict in ukraine has become largely deadlocked with heavy fighting in the east. will march report mortars grenades, an automatic weapon, fire, the sound tribe to a city back moot still on the sea. is fitted released by ukraine's small remaining group of fighters, now largely encircled by russian forces an arrow so south ukraine's president. below them is zalinski meeting and greeting exhausted men with military metals and heavy expectations. notably in them, she has watched him. it is a pleasure for me to see you. shake your strong hands and know that you hold the future of ukraine in your hands. lambert, no grain lose his office. also releasing this video from a hospital ward, one of hundreds in ukraine, the injured here among the 10s of thousands wounded in a war that grinding on into its 16th month. meanwhile, in russian released footage president vladimir putin greet subordinates flanked by security. no si

be smiling for the cameras, in spite of allegations that one ally has been spying on the other, rob mcbride al jazeera. so now the budget ministration has proposed water cuts in several american states to prevent the colorado river's reservoir from dropping to critical levels. its source is in the rocky mountains, and it spends more than 2300 kilometers. 7 u. s. states rely on the river for their water supplies are also areas in the north west of mexico that depend on it to rob reynolds has more. after 23 years of severe drought, the colorado river in its reservoirs have dwindled too alarmingly low levels. if they dry up even further, it could cut hydro electric generation and water supplies over a vast area. worst case scenario where everyone void with you know, water. busy river are available to the river to serve. busy nearly $40000000.00 people in the west depend on the colorado for drinking water and electricity together with billions of dollars worth of foreign products. even though we have a largely above snow above normal snow pack in the colorado. we still, it doesn't mean we're go

rob mcbride, elgin's era. so a course in the united arab emirates has dismissed the request from south africa to extra di brothers, apple, and reject group to the businessmen or accused of clothing with former president jacob, the syphon all state assets. they were arrested last year in dubai. after the 2 governments negotiated an extradition treaty, they're facing fraud, money laundering, and corruption charges that africa. justice minister says he'll appeal and call the u. e non cooperation unprecedented. well, kathy powell is associate professor in public law at the university of kate town and she says the south african government might not seek help from into pull. the group is a very big part of a huge corruption enterprise will fare so big that it will capture it for tackle you. report of the previous published detector, which you discovered should cross off the book as a doctor did in control of it. if that's an issue, what topic they had in the that and then the matter was investigated in detailed, by

rob mcbride, al jazeera caraway's, our japan, japan's prime minister from you can see that has promised security will be tight for the g. 7 meeting. it comes a day after an explosive was thrown at him. during a campaign event, he escaped unharmed and a 24 year old man was arrested. and oh, okay, been a see to a heard investigations will be conducted as the investigation into his incident progresses. in any case, starting with the summit, we have to make every effort to ensure security and safety on the schedules were dignitaries from all over the world, cather, i want to do my best to ensure safety. i said i had her on al jazeera, controversial pension reforms assigned into knowing france, but union say protests will continue. thus, activists celebrate the shutdown of germany's last remaining nuclear power plants. ah, the hi there. thanks for joining in. lets get going with your weather update for the middle east and africa. still seen some downpours across saudi arabia just the other day. we had a hailstorm not far away from mecca. and that caused quite a bit of damage. those wind stil

rob mcbride has moved from so this is one of the most heavily policed parts of sol. it's the location of the japanese embassy and often the scene of anti japanese demonstrations, giving an indication of the long and troubled relationship between the 2 neighbors . going back to the last century, 2 world war 2 and 2 decades of colonial rule. it was during a particularly bad downturn in relation several years ago that south korea japan off the so called white list defrosted trading pot. and that was seen as retaliation and trade dispute with japan, sparked by a court case against japanese companies, are using war time, korean force labor. since the current conservative administration, the president took y'all, has been in power. big attempts have been made to try to restore relations partly to help trade, but also partly for joint security, given the increased threats for north korea and also the expanding power of china. as president union begins, a state visit to washington, all of this improvement in relation certainly has the approval of the united states as it ties

rob mcbride, al jazeera, ganga county, south korea. ah . the washing out just here are. these are the top stories. now. sedans, army and power military rapid support forces have agreed to extend to cease far by further 72 hours. the u. n. the african union on the u. s. have all welcomed the move saying they hope it will lead to a permanent end to hostilities. heber morgan has more from cartoon and it looks like those who are trying to mediate between the 2 sides are having issues bringing the 2 sides together. but right now people in the capital are focused more on whether this the fire that the 2 sides agree, agreed on, will hold the theme, the previous, the fires, they were able to hear the artillery strike. they were able to see the fight, the jets and the air strike in their residential neighborhood. so they're concerned that this upcoming sees that both sides agreed to would not hold and that they would continue to suffer as a result, united nations security council has unanimously condemned a ton about administration, enough gunners done for banding. women from wor

carrie was our where the g sub before ministers, a meeting on sunday, rob mcbride reports the attack happened as prime minister fumey ok. sheeta was about to speak in support of a candidate and an upcoming bi election. there was commotion when someone threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb from the crowd. a suspect was quickly wrestled to the ground as casita was hurried away by his security. for everyone in japan, this attack recalled ross july's assassination, a former prime minister soon. so ave again, not to public event as he was campaigning. i know this is yolanda people thought it was the same when it happened with former prime minister avenue. i was shot this something like this happened again, like ah, look on as soon as it came on elephant. we're seeing similar incidents and given that this case with cuz she did follows on from what happened to abbe i think people are reassessing. the idea of campaign speeches, but anyway, i'm glad that cuz she days fine. cuz she has continued his campaigning, saying the democratic process must go on a singular michigan acount going assume

be smiling for the cameras, in spite of allegations that one ally has been spying on the other, rob mcbride, i'll just era. so the nice nation says it's considering ending its mission enough gamma stand because of the caught bonds ban on women working for the organization the you and says the restriction violates international law. the thought of honors reimpose strict regulation since returning to power in 2021. they include banding women from education. they're also not allowed to work for agencies. most of the public sector. columbia authorities, a warning, the nevada ruiz volcano could erupt anytime putting hundreds of families at risk. many people are refusing to leave the surrounding area. folk has been billowing from the volcanoes, crazy for days all the time that i'm here to report from the other devil is carrying few belongings to mothers and children of the families who live in high risk areas close to the nevada. that is reasonable cain or, or reluctantly heating the government's call to evacuate. but, but this is obviously you get scared, especially with the kid. my husband on h

let's go back to rob mcbride and sell from all that. so is china's naval patrol seen as a kind of message over the taiwanese president, visits and meetings in the us? yeah, certainly from taiwan perspective, it is seen as of them sending a strong message. i mean, i think we were always going to expect some kind of angry response from china. you, we, we always get that when ever. relations between taiwan is in the united states are concerned on thursday morning. they issued a strongly worded statement condemning the, the meeting between saying when and speak and the coffee and also we coding to the taiwanese or authorities that has been a part from the aircraft. carriers shut down, being spotted, they say, 200 nautical miles. east of the island of taiwan that has been other ship activity around the island of taiwan and in the east china. see what we haven't seen so far are some of the launches of across that we have seen. we saw if you recall back last august, there was a visit by for miss be can nancy pelosi to the island of taiwan that

rob mcbride reports french president emanuel macro being given the owner of a state visit. welcome by his chinese counterpart, she's in pain. one of your most influential leaders coming to ask china to exert its influence on russia to bring an end to europe, worst conflict since world war 2. just to show who will keep you. i know that i can count on you to bring russia to reason and every one to the negotiating table. this was c g and paying visiting russian president vladimir putin last month since most goes invasion more than a year ago. they ging had stayed neutral and proposed a roadmap for a cease fire and peace talks. most west and leaders including macros have criticize the plan. but the french president has been one of the more conciliatory voices among nato heads of state. 2 weeks before russia's invasion, he met president, fled to me. putin in the kremlin, under spoken to him several times by phone over the past year. many and now watching to see if macaroni she together can provide a breakthrough where others have failed goals on kinship chairs, china insists on

go live to our senior asia correspond, rob mcbride. it's also one of those talks going a great deal of importance being put on this official state visit, given china's unique position, its relationship with russia. the fact that it is able to influence what moscow does. so that was highlighted by president macro in his bilateral session with c g and paying his chinese counterpart saying, i only you, he says, can bring russia to its sense is saying that china has the ability to bring all of the parties to the negotiating table. china has laid out a roadmap for possible cease fire and then talks to between ukraine and russia to try to bring about a resolution of a peace, peaceful settlement. it has been largely dismissed by many western powers. it has also been criticized by macros himself because it is seen as basically giving far too much seating far too much to russia, leaving russia are in control of vast tracts of ukrainian land that ukraine would never accept it to begin with. but macro being seen as more of a conciliatory figure a

rob mcbride al jazeera, so a powerful category. 5 storm has made landfall on the northern coast to western australia . severe tropical cyclone elsa crossed the coast near port headland just before midnight. local time. on thursday, a red alert was issued hours earlier with thousands of people ordered to take immediate shelter. forecasters had warned a storm could bring very destructive winds up to 275 kilometers per hour. record rainfall has triggered widespread flooding in se florida, 30 centimeters. a rain fell no matter of hours on wednesday, in what the national weather service describes as a one in a 1000 years event run ways of also flooded at fort lauderdale airport. forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, and a sandstorm sweeping northern china has enveloped beijing's skyline in a cloud of dust. the national weather service as the conditions could last until sunday, and is advising residence to take precautions as air quality worsens. the storm originated in mongolia, but deforestation, and land erosion in china are contributing factors. ah.