you're watching the elders there and use our lives. my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. ah, is 20 years since the u. s. invasion of iraq. we look at the daily struggles of its people in the face of political and economic instability. spending ties around foreign minister says he's agree to meet his saudi counterpart after years of hostility and driving around murray upon president vladimir putin tolls the city that russia annexed from ukraine last year. and a health crisis in gonna, a shortage of vaccines leads to an outbreak of measles amongst children. i'm john gosh rosco with the sports is tutton coach antonio contain let's record his players describing them as selfish and dreadful. sergio perez pinch his position for the 2nd year in a row. a rating ah, but these are we begin with iraq and that's been 20 years since the start of the u . s. that evasion that toppled president saddam hussein the military operation was lost without un support, unlike the 1st goal for and the invasion of afghanistan. so vania takes a closer look at what happened 2 decades ago. so let's take a look at the main events leading up to and during the iraq war. 1991, the gulf war ends, the un security council demands that iraq give up all weapons of mass destruction in exchange for lifting sanctions imposed after iraq's invasion of kuwait. during the 19 ninety's, iraq promise is repeatedly that it has turned over all it's banned. weapons, not true. several or later discovered in 1998, president bill clinton signs the iraq liberation act that makes removing saddam hussein's regime. the official policy of the u. s. government, after the $911.00 attacks clinton's success, george w bush identify the rock as part of an axis of evil. that speech widely seen as laying the groundwork for american military action in november 2002 as the u. s. is preparing to invade. the un security council passes resolution 1441, giving iraq a final opportunity to disarm the united nations carries out 700 inspections for weapons of mass destruction. and what do they find? no, w n d 's. still on march 20th, the us invasion of iraq begins area bombardments, 1st been a ground invasion. within 3 weeks. us forces take back that. and this becomes a defining image of the war. the statue of saddam hussein pulled down and further square elsewhere in the capital. there is widespread arson and looting. american forces do little to stop that. iraq's army loses on the battlefield, but many soldiers go into ground and form armed groups. as for saddam, he is captured by us forces in december 2003. but the insurgency continues for years. officially, the u. s. leave the rock in december of 2011, but it still has troops there to day 2 decades after the invasion. sullivan, java join us now from baghdad and a sub already it's been 2 decades of change on the people for the people of iraq and a lot of time to reflect on what's happened as well. we're here at alford, those square, the famous square, rare that statue of saddam hussein was pulled out those iconic images that everybody saw. emblazoned on their tv screens 2 decades ago. but 20 years later in rockies will tell you that life really has not improved for them as they expected to. they will tell you that the security situation now is better, but there's a constant dread, a constant fear of what will happen to morrow. and they're still struggling for basic services such as education, health and infrastructure. to discuss that further, we have a prominent iraqi commentator and somebody who's been advising the former a government of iraq, mr after c. thank you very much for being with us up to decades on what is the legacy of the u. s. envision and rock. well, the most important legacy is that we lost oh, or in dependency, we lost the most important thing. is that partnership in decision making, which actually ended ended with a loss all ah, political pluralism, and with affecting 20 years affecting the social ah, a social situation in iraq and ending also with loss of a social fluid, autism. that means we are going deep into local community culture and also more sectarianism. but now the situation seems to have improved, hasn't it? you can st stand on the street without the risk of a suicide bombing and buildup, for instance. and iraq has seemed to be that seems to be wreaking in billions of dollars from oil revenue. yet the people of the rock are suffering. i've travelled from the south to the north. and the situation is really bad. which show you that, that this is a very important issues, need to be managed well. corruption, unemployment, infrastructure, rebuilding all those important issue for the life of iraq was going to do it. and i don't know, it's supposed to be the political blocks that responsible to make a healthy political process, which it looks like it's not healthy at all. so because we are seeing what's happening now. yes, we have security. on the other hand, we have so many damaged sectors, specially especially the 2nd up doc concerning. busy infrastructure concerning unemployment concerning rebuilding rehabilitating the society, the local societies in the governor. it's so you can imagine what's happening now, especially without losing the most important privilege of that we had since 2003 is our parliamentary system. and we, oh, so what's happened in the elections? in 2022 and october 2022 and the raising of of independence i m p 's present and in the iraq parliament, which supposed to be a major success for the what's happening on october 9, 2019 and but now we are losing it even even this, this privilege we are losing and, and some political blocks saying we need to change the political process from fundamental assistant to presidential system. hoping that the situation will change very quickly. a lot of the rockies point the fingers to words americans to iranian, but surely there's a lot of responsibility that falls on iraqis themselves. brennan. yeah, yeah, correct, correct. the political blocks, the most important sector, that's responsible what, what's happening now in iraq. because if they manage to a prevent losing the iraq, he national identity from the people. this is the major success for them. but they are more intact with regional and to national relationship rather than iraqi shoes . and i think eventually we need to see someone who can lead the rock probably and more successful way in a way to return to the or image of iraq that it's supposed to be one of the major a political play i was in the region. thank you very much. i am adversity there. and this is the view from bud than most people will agree with that. that yes, there is a government. yes, there is a political system, but it remains divided. it dreams remains fractured. and iraqis continued to struggle despite all of that oil wealth for basics, such as clean drinking water a some of the jobs that for us in baghdad. thank you. though diplomatic added to james bay's looks at how the offensive damage the credibility of the united nations un weapons inspectors in iraq, their job to track down the country's chemical and biological weapons. we now know there weren't any former iraqi rulers. saddam hussein had ceased his w. m. d program years earlier, but in 2003 u. s. president george bush was backed by the british prime minister. tony blair was saying he was hiding a huge stock pile. and they claimed they had the intelligence to prove it. the u. s . secretary of state colin powell now known to have been privately skeptical himself, tried to make the case in the security council, even wielding a vile he said, could be anthrax about this. the u. s. and u k bitterly opposed by much of the international community including france and germany, failed to get a security council resolution to authorize a war they launched one anyway. in the aftermath, one british diplomat who worked as his country's expert on iraq in the security council resigned. do you think the united nations ended up damaged or strengthened by the war 20 years ago? i think without doubt, it was damaged by the 2nd general at the united nations. didn't assert his authority to say that the war was the legal and should not happen. which later he admitted. and i think collectively the quote unquote un, this sense of a global community of nations, a sense of a share set of rules took a very big hit as a result in iraq or so where does that leave things now? 20 years on. once again, the security council is deeply divided and there's no doubt that the invasion of ukraine by russia, a permanent member, was a breach of international law and of the un charter. but western diplomats, when you speak to them privately, will tell you that their efforts to put pressure on moscow or even now hindered by the memory of what happened 2 decades ago. the run up to the war in iraq in 2003 was marked by defiance and disinformation, resulting in deep damage to the un system and the rule of law around the world. so much may have changed since, but the repercussions of events that haunted the you and then a still being felt. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. well, hans blix says the former head of the un weapons inspections mission in iraq and joins us now live from the swedish capital stock home. mister blix, it's nice to have you. back on al jazeera, it's been some time. i mean, looking back, the politicians run roughshod over your fax, your information, your verification that iraq had no w, m d, up to 2003. how do you feel about that? looking back on the situation 20 years, the past. i think that day of parallel that was draw on a moment ago to the ukranian situation is israel in the us disregarded their reality. and they felt so powerful that they could create their own reality. and they got from the intelligence, the air, their reports that they wanted rather than supported their, their wish door spooky polluted, has also got the reward from there. if this be the russian intelligence that he wanted it, and he claim to go to or to eradicate not system that was more so than both cases, a departure from the factual world. and we as inspectors were called by the security council to give the facts. and we did, and i think that's very valuable. that one can civil service in the national civil service can here produce real fact. we carried out $700.00 that under inspectors professionally. and he was 30 sites were inspected, which had been given to us by americans, are the jo king and found nothing. and we want them, we war them in the security council. and i warn courtney blair and i talked to police our eyes and said that we, we thought there, they're a deuced legends to be evidence was feeble and shave been said, mr. brooks, i just get in there because how difficult was it to get president bush or prime minister blair's administrations to read the facts for themselves or where they just blinded by the need to topple saddam hussein and the need for conflict? well i think they have those stem difference between blair and bush, blair in the unit you k had that better seliger regard for the you and charger. and they were striking. they're striving very hard to get there a solution that will authorize the war. but the majority of the security council, i think, were alerted by the fact that we didn't see any, any evidence of every match days or they wouldn't go along with the war. and the us had factions in their heart, on their hawkish side of the bush administration. they all the time wanted a war. i'm not sure that they were so convinced about their mess with as a mass district. they talked about, i think for them, it was a question of fighting the axis of evil. this was of 9. the attack on iraq was a large measure, a revenge show the 911. they talked about the axes to leave little that was afghanistan. it was iraq and it was iran. so and so this was, this was a main in incentive, i think. i mean, you work very closely with the then un secretary general, the late kofi and on. i mean what, it was very difficult position for him to be in a very difficult position that you were in. i mean, what were his thoughts? well, i mean he wanted more inspections and the majority of the security deposit wanted more inspections. and i, i would so suspect that also a call empower, wanted more inspections, but the hard wing in the washington, they wanted route, further revenge. and they were still imbued with the idea they were, the u. s. was strongly the uni, the alone, super power left in the world. there was no risk that the russians or the chinese with an a intervene. and they had an illusion that they could, it could create your mocker. i think that was idealistic in a way. and the air of sprague, we were many who are happy that they're of spring, but i think that it was not, it is not that we have not given the u. s. or the okay. the task of being there was policeman. how important and how significant were the issues, all sort of sadam hussein and, and the a side regime, a government in syria, in terms of the doris. it's status quo with in the middle east. they were the 2 thorns in the side. certainly for a country like israel, and certainly for the, for the u. s. and perhaps even, even saudi arabia, there was instability in the region. and this has been going on for a long time. ya. but i think the essence of it was the wish to do away with saddam hussein. you remember that in 1991 when the it bush, the elder led d u. n. in to venture and they're thrilled throughout iraq from kill life. it bush stopped at after having liberated iraq a q like, but many of the hawks in the u. s. were there did dissatisfied or that and felt that he should have gone on to, to go through. ouch, said adam, the same. well said, i'm was, it was a terrible dictator left that i think one has to realize that anarchy can be, than bush than a dictatorship and anarchy was what they had. and which gave rise to the, i say, it's a, i, it is isis. and, and the term only i had since, so i think it's important that conscious respect the un charter, the, they talk a letter today about the, the rules based international system without explaining that should be the un charter and the u. s. and he ok, the others, they breached the you and charter 91 and said amen, put in today as breached the you and charter in ye. okay. and we should, we need to get back to that rule space did last as has them, which is preached, but should be respected. we should see what happens is good to get your thoughts is good to have you back on out there. so thank you for joining us. on this anniversary, hans blix there before the head of the un weapons inspections missions in iraq. thank you. thank you. still had here on the out there and use our we report my jerry where ballot counting is underway. after millions of people voted for state governance, also at least 15 people are killed in an effective shaken southern ecuador and northern pro route. and the spanish teenage tennis sensation moves to within one when of the world. number one, sculpture coming up. ah, quotes constitutional court has declared a parliamentary election last september null and void. the court has ruled that the previous parliament should be reinstated. last year, kuwait's crown prince dissolved parliament and called to early elections in a bit to end political feuding and stringing bother unsafe. he's an assistant professor of history at kuwait university, joins us now from quite city via scott. good. have you ever, sir on the program, sir? i mean, how unprecedented is it to have elections, adult, and a previous parliament reinstated kuwaiti politics defies the obvious that this isn't actually a precedent. we've had one happened before. so we've had a parliament and old in 2012, which was also voted in 2012. it took a bit shorter than this one, this current one state for 6 months only. while the previous case that i refer to has lived on for 4 months. we've seen a growing assertion of a co, 80 constitutional court, and the constitutional affairs of the country. which only makes sense because the court was built and put in place to look at ambiguous issues that arise when the constitution is not observed. and this has happened yet again. it feels like the job would 2012 and reality. so it, with the constitutional court having interceded, are we looking at a constitutional crisis, or are we just looking at a sort of holding pattern until elections happen again? well, the constitution is quite clear what a parliament is and all dissolved you have 60 days until the new elections come through. and this is not the case because you have a parliament in place right now. so you already have the 2020 parliament in place, but what i see happening is the same reasons that led to the dissolution of the 2020 parliament, the unconstitutional dissolution. now we know from today's ruling will probably lead us to yet another dissolution. but it behooves the government at this stage because with the court to points the fingers to as some government malpractice, they should have done their homework better. they should have researched a much safer way to dissolve the parliament and hence the grounds will be placed now. so that they can prepare for that last moment. so now we will see the 2020 parliament. we can beat the parliamentarians, for example, that were never elected to parliament before will not be considered and peace if they were only elected in the 22 parliament. and i foresee a new parliament coming through and new elections in the coming months. what do you think the co, 80 public make whole make of all of this? i mean, you say, obviously there is president's 2012 is what? 11 years ago, the public changes the demographic, the demographics, change, the politics change. how do you think the quality public again, to react to this and i will it change the makeup of any future parliamentary body that we see in kuwait city? let me tell you co eighties are exhausted we. we feel that this hat the been taking much of the steam that is required and the energy that is required to develop the country. there is much ridicule mode out there today concerning the b, cyclic ality of the says them, they need to be a major reset. and that major reset as i for many of my pieces in the past, requires no thinking. we need to think of a new political packed. we need to think of a new constitution. we need to think of new rules of engagement. so trying to continue in the same fold hasn't been helpful. it hasn't helped kuwait in the near past, and it will not help it in the near future. we say what happens, but there i'll say thanks for joining us from quite said he. thank you. thanks. vote counting is underway in nigeria after millions of people voted for state governors, violence and voter intimidation were reported in some cities. photos cast their ballots from all the 900 assembly legislatures on 28 governors. those results are expected on monday. i mean address has more from cano they vote, county or encounter is progressing very, very well. and everything is calm. unlike in previous elections, where we had cases of counted violence across the street when the police notice plans to disrupt the pose. yesterday we saw how quick they was in stepping in to sort of bring everything under control and that gave some level of confidence among the populace and around the state. however, in other parts of the country, there was reported cases captive cases of violence in lagos. in particular, elections are being re, run today simply because of events of yesterday why polls were disrupted in such an area of lego state. now to talk about the situation here in kind of why we are and why vote counting and telling is in progress is the commissioner of police county state what, how much was saying? so talk to us about your assessment of what happened yesterday and today and what are we expecting? we expect in trouble or your office admin up to that does what other hearing and what you want to say. thank you very much idea before the commitments or go to how serious of engagement we take hold of one of my team on this or this was an agency which that were on talk to talking to our sales on how best we can give the people of districts that they don't help us, the best security that they can pull this data right or voted without modification open. if you president vladimir putin has visited russian, occupied mario, paul in ukraine. the city and the dynette region was antics by moscow last year, peach and driver on several districts on saturday, and were shown restoration work at a theater and the diversity the his trip comes out to the international criminal court issued a wall of his arrest on the suspicion of unlawful deportation of children. stephanie decker has bought from the ukrainian capital. the kremlin has made it very clear that they don't consider the arrest warrant by the international criminal court in any way, legal or valid. yes, 123 countries can arrest. the russian president, if he visits there, it's certainly not going to be in crimea, or mario poll, which is now under russian occupation. the amex crimea in 2014, which is why putin made his appearance there to mark those 9 years and marry a pole which is a city that endured the most horrific of sieges in the course of this war, just 3 days ago was the anniversary you may remember of a theatre bombing deadly theatre bombing. we're civilians were sheltering that killed hundreds of civilians that was on the 16th of march 2022. so now you see vladimir putin driving himself round the city. and also, i think a statement there to the international community that he remains very much the power house that he is and doesn't take the arrest warrant. seriously. talking about reconstruction of a city, a city that really was left half of it, a carcass avoids you to the, the, the brutal mess of the assault by the russian army palestinian authority, disraeli officials are due to meet in egypt, coastal city of travel, trig there holding a followup submit after a meeting in october in georgia last month. but during those talks, palestinian and israeli delegations agreed to establish a security commission to prevent an escalation of violence. with abraham passmore from ramallah, there are, are a number of reasons why the summit is being held 1st. it's a continuation of an upper bear summit that took place in drew within 3 weeks ago. it was called a 4 by the by 5 our 4 parties. jordan, egypt, the u. s. and with the participation of israel and palestine. now, one says here in palestine or at least as far as palestinian officials are concerned, they don't have the luxury to decline such an invitation. they're looking for ways to de escalate tension. we know that is really forces have been reading cities left right and center that has left a lot of palestinians killed. but for palestinians since october, which is 3 weeks ago, $24.00 palestinians at least were killed by israeli forces fire. so they argue that the palestinian authorities approach to this whole matter if they don't agree with that, they say that israel will continue it's aggressions. this is the term many palestinians used to refer to the is really a continued read it to the west bank cities. law with news all the winter. fortunes in north america has rob, with weather now maybe spring will coincide with the spring equinox in leasing candle. ne news, i should imagine you hope so, because this late is which is to wasn't to be another role. one is, is lake effect snow, which is in upstate new york has been a lot of that this season. however, the temperatures are associated with this last blast. they look all right about just for freedom and think of the windshield. and then remember that you can take off 3 or 4 degrees for the day before this has been really cold air that's come out, it will come through the midwest early us. it's nice to see the temperature back up to single because it is a low single figures. the most of the midwest plane states, but winter has not yet finished everywhere than the pacific coast. there's a long line of rain from canada, almost down to mexico, which is course going to focus in california. there is still flooding in california . there's still a huge amount of snow, and this will add to both some of the as a problem, some as a benefit. for example, the snow becomes the irrigation water for the summer on the assumption the crops haven't been rude to be honest, and central valley. well that rain tends to fall off during monday in california. head start to batter california, the snow across the mountains of the south west where it still falls on tuesday. and then there's more rain coming back in to california. all still had hail the nissan, montenegrins had to the poles to elect the president, just days after parliament 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jazeera. ah ah. your child is there, as you saw with me. so robin in doha, reminder of all top stories president vladimir putin has visited russian occupied maria paul in ukraine. the city of the de, its region was attics by bhaskar la, who says that residents and visited areas under reconstruction. counting is underway. nigeria, after many of the people voted for states governance, violence and voter intimidation were reported in some cities. those results were expected on monday. it's also been 20 years since the start of the us invasion of iraq, the toppled president of hussein. the military operation was launched without us cotton, like the 1st gulf or on the invasion of commerce thought. well, joining us now from london, historically he is a peace activist and author of bush in babylon, the re colonization of iraq. mister lee, good talk with us on al jazeera, it's widely understood that with no w. m. d, the american war machine. but he wanted to finish the job that hadn't been completed in the 1990. i mean, do you think that was the sole motivation for the american invasion of iraq? i think it was one of the motivations or the basic motivation moore's or became known as a wall for whits doctrine, according to which the monroe doctrine established by the united states in the late 18th century about controlling south america should be extended to the world at large, enrolled for it said we don't need to give any reasons. if we think of concrete as a row, concrete or not serving are in christ so we can going invaded and many honest american realists agreed with that. they said that was the only motivation to establish american, her game, any extend american imperialist chris by taking iraq and of course, in the middle east as always, a 3rd reason. how does this country relate to israel and a? so if you add all these 3 together, i think there were, these were the reasons for regime change for destroying iraq and. busy for actually organizing a war that led to the death of almost 2000000 people. 5000000 all funds, millions of iraqi refugees, all. busy over the middle east and elsewhere in the world, this has been the outcome of the invasion of iraq. it was a total, incomplete to sauce. i mean, why was iraq and especially sadam hussein at this moment in history seen as such a threat or an unstable influence within the region. there will be many viewers that weren't born at that time or very young and wouldn't understand the significance of why this scenario happened in the middle east. 20 years ago. it was a, it is a large country. it had a strong and powerful army. the west had used his army to trying topple, vain regime in iran after the iranian revolution. and they felt that saddam had got to bank because saddam was and who led iraq at that time. it got too big for his boots, or he was encouraged to invade kuwait, but at that time they didn't crime. toppled him both seni and decided that the regime should be kept. and his son book junior, surrounded by a new breed of neoconservative ideologues said, let's go and take him out. and as i said, one reason for this was that student it took to leave no country in the middle east, which posed a threat to his right. that is now as has been a central pillar of for a u. s. i b u. s. policy. either you, by the concrete, like egypt from army, or you destroy the independent army and destroyed the sovereignty of the country, which is hoped they started off with in iraq and then expanded to syria and then to libya. so there's a real batson, of how they occupy these countries and who they work with. i mean, if you recall in 911, when a group of the terrorists bomb, leon and buildings in the united states, they became the central enemy for some time. it was a war against terror. by the time as saddam and, and give out he had to be topple. they were quite happy to unite with the same group. so they declared to be the main enemy to the united states. from that point of view has no principle, didn't cross democracy, human rights didn't matter, and dam effectively. it's that protection and enlargement of american increases that concerns them. and in the course of this, they rec, concrete after untrue after country and very few de challenged. and we did, there was a mass more millions marched in the street. so for europe in particular and elsewhere, it had no impact whatsoever on the governments of that day is good to get your thoughts, especially on his anniversary as we are get thoughts from around the world are tariq ali, there in london. thanks so much for your time. iraq and ron have signed a joint security deal in baghdad or on stop security official signed the agreement that involves coordination to protect common borders. it also calls for strengthening of corporation. several security feels well, iran's foreign minister, her saying a made up. the leon says that the meeting is an important step. erica, and me at the you say, can we get it? we agreed to form a national security committee that included security and legal representatives from the federal government of iraq, the government of kurdistan in northern iraq. and iran, a security document for the 1st time has been prepared and ready to be signed by both countries. previously, there were other documents with northern iraq, only. there is full and well study coordination in this regard between the 2 countries through different political and security committees. this is allie hudson, who's standing by to ron for us a lot to talk about me. what else did the foreign minister say? well last, well the foreign minister covered several issues. one of them is the security fact in iraq and the visit of the supreme national security council advisor or secretary alisha honey to, to iraq. you also spoke about the deal with the saudi area of the kingdom of saudi arabia, about exchanging diplomatic emissions. he said the technical schemes are going to visit embassies in re odd and to run, to make sure that everything logistically is ready for the exchange of the pro magic missions. you also, i'm highlighted the efforts to revive the nuclear deal that jesup, you a and that his deputy bachardy is exchanging messages and letters with at the e. u coordinator. and rekey mora also spoke about his next visit to more school next week, and emphasized that his country doesn't take sites in the war. in ukrainian said that this country did not recognize iran, didn't talk, it recognized creamier or the next or other annexed regions. so this was the end of year press, or by amelia abdulla. ian who sent me out the leander for you was kind of drawing the picture of his foreign policy how the country is going forward in this the relations with the united states. that's the g. and the prisoner swap that's already being discussed, that through mediators with the united states. also he highlighted the efforts to revive a tides with bad ain and revealed that the sultan of all man that's hold on high thumb. during his visit to bahrain, started immigration between the 2 countries, actually delegation from it on was a couple of days ago in manner man met by rainy officials. so these are the main points that for st. amir abdulla here and highlighted in his stress today, allen hash of the interim. thank you. elections underway. them on today. good to choose the next president. the races between the countries longest serving leader may lead to college and the range of rivals hoping to change the country's political landscape. ongoing political deadlock because stole that have been has been to join the even there are concerns of the country. could align look closely with russia that's bringing knowledge as error as even part of it in the montenegrin capital pod creature could help you with us. we was that stay for all of the political parties. well, so kayla. it's unlikely to spend the new president then will be elected today, given that their search suggests that there are definitely going to be a 2nd drum. it's highly expect that the income, the president just kind of will enter the 2nd bond. his opponents could be either a. ready be on the hardly on the damage or a mother it's politician caught me from the moment in europe and now. so this is the situation. the election could certainly be an indicator of how the political situation in the country will develop. further, the political crisis is going on for years. now we have a situation that there, there is a government in the technical mandate and the early but i'm mentally elections are coming up in july. even part of it in great shape. thanks so much for joining us. now got a struggling to respond to the measles at break in all due to a shortage of vaccines. the government says it called for the because of high inflation, but the critics play this management calling. baker has more zane of adams lives in the city of tama lee, 600 kilometers north of gone as capital across. 3 of her children are sick with measles and she suspects her 4th is to. she's left her business to visit them in hospital. this is really stressful. i had to look up my shop to be with them at the hospital, and the little money i have is what you spent on their medication. the shouldn't have happened. i tried to get all my children vaccinated against these preventable diseases was unsuccessful. why should the country even run out to vaccine for children? xena children are among scores who fallen ill since october last year during an outbreak of measles in the north. the united nations and gone his health minister say children have not died from the disease in the country for nearly 20 years. now, 5 are suspected to have died since the start of 2023. many health workers say that could have been prevented by vaccination. would allow that over 80 percent of the patients that we got between last year and now am, have not received a immunization either. they have not received anything or they received this as single, those sick standard childhood vaccines are made available in gonna, through the un and the global vaccine alliance gathered. the government funded vaccines, including for measles, ran out it blames and inflation rate of more than 50 percent. our or bill to do reach out to our various offices across the globe to see with some free countries can land some of these about these 2 countries. so that they feel the gop gonna is among many african states whose vaccination programs were brought to a standstill during the pandemic, the government acknowledges there were shortages, but says it's managed to get some new deliveries. but they've come to late for a number children. and she can only wait and hope they recover. calling baker al jazeera, a strong earthquake has killed at least 15 people in ecuador on one in peru. the magnitude at 6.8 tremor were center to south of ecuador, 2nd largest city of gwyle, keel. alix bird has more streets littered with crumbled facades. rescue teams in ecuador scramble to save those still trapped after the earthquake. what it will be regularly, a part of a facade collapsed. them fell on a vehicle that had already been removed by the place. we had one victim without vital signs. a male person, a number of buildings have collapsed across the coastal state of a lot, all and us, why in the andes that gathered all i can only at people ran out, they yelled in despair. all the people got out of their cars. i don't know how an earthquake would feel in a car, but they were desperate. they ran, they yelled, yodi cried. there are reports of damage to infrastructure across the region and landslides, blocking several roads. the tremor was also felt across the border in northern peru, where a young child was killed when her home collapsed. while the baby was playing where the stain of blood is, she was playing with my other niece and the brick fell on her ecuador and peru, a prone to earthquakes. they straddled the so called ring of fire in the danger, isn't over yet with aftershocks still ongoing. alex beard al jazeera, brazilian security forces have launched a major crackdown on criminal gangs after 4 nights of violence in the north of the country. at least 3 suspects have been killed and 97 people arrested since tuesday . the operation was lost after gangs torched carson shot at government buildings across dozens of cities. please say the crime wave was organized by jailed gang leaders to protest prison conditions. in india, a sharp drop in onion prices in the western state of her astra has led to a crisis. amongst farmers, the country is the world's 2nd largest producer of the vegetable. the state government says it will compensate grace of to hundreds of farmers, stock protesting bobby middle reports. now from le silicone i, this is how prices are decided at asia's largest onion, wholesale market. farmers in trade us from nearby areas meeting the town of last gout every morning to day them buddha, somber. they say they are struggling because of falling prices like that a little back on the funnel guy, whisky white as i am going to him, i lost more than $1300.00 the season. i'm known, deborah, i can't even done my house. i'm worried if i'll be able to grow onions next year. what i'm scared my dep fuel increase and i'll be stuck in cycle of launch. i get the western state of my roster as in just largest producer of red onions. recently, prices dropped by half, creating a big crisis in the region. drew as a blaming this on surplus produce estimated to be around 30 percent pharmacy. i say government policies are making it difficult for them to export onions. climate change has also impacted on in supply higher than usual temperatures and unseasonal rain have reduced the shelf life of these onions, forcing farmers to bring them earlier to markets. before they wrought, let architect and the magic natalie. cheda said they're trying to revive the market before the summer harvest arrives. then courage and customers to bite low prices about and working with farmers to find long term solutions there. ended up being while it was an exquisite failure warehouses. yup. it is. red onions cannot be stored for too long by the pink onions have along the shelf life. and so we are asking farmers to expand warehouses for those. we are also suggesting they grow varieties that can be exported to regions like europe in the middle east. so next time there's a crisis here, we can so the produce that last week housings of farmers started marching to boom by to demand financial assistance. the end of their protest after the state government agreed to their demands, those include subsidizing prices and waving loans. some say the solution is only a temporary fix marcus. oh, oh, so that on it here, the entire system needs to be overhauled right now. political parties interfere and decide who's allowed in the market. this should only be buyers and farmers, no one else. additionally, farmers need to learn to balance onion production with demand, so they can get a good price harvest season is expected to begin next month. farmers hope they'll benefit from new policies and start recovering their losses. pardon him at the larger sierra lawson gown, western india? well, still ahead of the news of the game and another half the holiday, the best of the football action coming up with joe in school. ah. on counting the calls will person's need plans to bring people back into the workforce help boost economic growth. the collapse of silicon valley bank mino rethink interest rate plus australia wants to create a new fleet of nuclear power, suffering a massive price. counting the cost on al jazeera, 0 big on fled to bangladesh, looking for safety after facing military correct on in may on march. but this is what she's dealing with now, or make shift home at this refugee camp. been cox's bizarre, went up in flames on sunday. the fire has swung the spotlight back on the struggles . the charm of and tragedy is based on daily basis by everyone here. this fire is a reminder of the many challenges facing their hunger refugees. they're caught between the increasingly dangerous situation in bangladesh and a new political reality off a homeland now led by the same military hunter responsible for the crackdown that forced them to flee in the 1st place. lou ah, welcome back to the sport. now a news of old very annoyed football by the joe. yes, the hale absolutely. where we start with an extraordinary outburst from coach antonia county who lost a furious attack on his play as colon selfish that's off. so they threw away to go lead against south hampton versus 3 went up with 60 minutes ago, but i woke up put one back to the home team, and then told them, conceded a stoppage time penalty was james bull crowns scolded to snatch a thrill drawer for southampton missed the chance to go 3rd and the table county wasn't happy or another diamond showed that the we are not the team. we are a live and blair's that the going to the beach and law. i. she said dish players . i see players there. so don't want all to help each other. don't put dirt. i'm not usually the disposition of are really upset and that everybody has to take their responsibility. natalie, the club, natalie. they did, they did they, they did the manager of the stuff they play, that will be involved in the situation because it's time to change the situation. if doctor and i want to change, if they want to continue this way, they got their kick. ginger manager in the afaik help man to city came up against their former captain vincent company, who, managers, burnley, burnley are on the verge of being promoted to the premier lee, but they were well beaten hair elling home in school. his 6th trick of the season, and 2nd in 5 days, the city ran away with 6 mill. it's 4 to 2 girls and counting for holland and the victory citizens, the f, a cup semi finals over in germany, hollins for my team birthday dockman have on top of the leak with the big windows se cologne. there were 2 goals each from the best in, holla and her voice. don't mean to touch that by all means have a game in hand and played by a neighbor kitchen on sunday. christina rinaldo was an action for nasa in the saudi lee county school of 30, a free kick to help them fight back to beat up her 2. 1 will, should have done better, but nevertheless that for now they go home for my son who in 2nd place one point the top for me on world champion, maxes sap and will start sunday. saudi arabia growing pre down in 15th place, officer mechanical problem with college and qualifying the stop. and i have been the overwhelming favorite st post office, helping all 3 practice sessions in jetta. but he made an early exit midway through q 2 because of a problem with the call dr. shelf, what? no bad news for rent. and he said your parents taking po position for the 2nd year in a row charles a 2nd for ferrari that drop down to 12 because the grid penalty that means the month amanda loans are actually harris on the georgia. you really feel the phone a long coming a life in this place on the years maximizing that live was it was very important. you know, it goes with issue we having to do the plane wrong was really important of the talk was improving. i think every time that we were out there we were really competitive, but that's also decided motorsports and all of these things can happen and just try to make sure that we know what the problem was fully and understand why it happened and move forward. no, no, it's a look at tomorrow. try to minimize the damage. i think very good is even max has been 15. should be in front of us this in the podium so we can punish tennis sensation. call us al chris. now, just one went away from reclaiming the welding of one spot from of a joke of which the 19 year old is into the final at indian wells of the coming through not really entertaining. re much of his us open court to find italy's younique's sinner. and chris had to save a point in the opening sense, but he does eat dinner 7663, in his way to becoming the best player in the world who's done, who met with the feel face in california. i really want to play, i guess, the best fit in the war. you know, i always say that the, you want to be the bad. you have to be the best, you know, i would say the best player right now. you know, i will, i will. so my best more in the final as you heard that from outcry met with is a player and form recently having collected tunnels in rotterdam, doha and buyers last month for the russian school did 7 match points before. finally, getting past francis 7576, that when putting him into his maiden indian wells on rugby captain, johnny sexton says he can't wait for the world cup of leading his team to the 6 nations grand slam. they completed the job at home in dublin, 18 and 29.216 officially. and what was the last 6 nation he planned to retire office that timber? well, when island of never made it public funding currently ranks number one going up. you all you want to do was play parlance and i tried to turn to retire. i don't know why. and i always wanted to come in arlington and i was to have this today. even better. so they're a great group. great group, great management team, great bunch of players and there's not the end depends more or less and the bigger fish to fry than this, you know. so we're on to the welcome. no one. no, we're gonna enjoy this next 48 hours at 100 percent. but we're a good side us nowhere near reached is potential now to a different type of grand slam at the world baseball classic. that's where the batter hits home run with all 3 bases loaded. watch this. united states have been trailing venezuela 75 when trade turner smash did in the stands to get all runs in one go. really the 3rd grand slam and team and usa history and completely turn the game around the defending champion, ustr one at milling to 7, and heading to the semi finals whether face cooper on sunday, individually. i think a spy, you know, the biggest hit that i'd had, but, you know, as a team, i think, you know, you said a gone and we want to run the whole thing. and when you're gonna accomplish or go, i think for me is, is most important when tray clipped that, that ball. i honestly, i saw i saw about $35.00 guys including the coaches kinda blackout moves there, lose their minds for a minute. so it's pretty just an awesome moment. americans gear mckayla schiffron has ended her record breaking season with yes, another landmark moment shipment please have 14th woke up race of the season and 21st career giant slalom title in m dora. that's a record number of g s. victories for female skia sundays result also marks of record $138.00. create. welcome podium, schiffron losing how one ahead. a former teammate the phone in the m b a. the boston celtics eclipse. a play of thought to fight defeat to the utah jazz. who came back from 900 remarking and 28.10 rebound that was 27, doubles up of the season and woke up producing game winning blocks to deny the front williams of thought would be to adjust winning this one. friendship to catch tried to withdraw him or the rally mexico leader, pick a lot p crushed into utility po, which then landed on his car and co fire. both he and his navigate to r a k, but it allowed sebastian no. she had to take the lead. the french 8 time world champion now on the verge of winning the valley of mexico for a record breaking. 7th time adam shank continues to lead. golf vows, thought championship in florida. 31 year old american is going facebook pga tour when and heading into the final round. he has a one shot lead over 3 time major went to jordan. speith and tommy liquid over on the rival live series told sergio garcia is in contention at the latest tournament and to some the former bosses' champion, hold 8 birdies to get to 9 on the pole that fell to behind the leader, australian mark policeman who had this eagle right at the start of this 3rd round, but it'll have to watch out for garcia and also the local wildlife and the arizona deserts. yes, that is the rattlesnake casually slithering among the players and the fun. that is a good size. one right there. problem there. all right, that is like a spot for now. more like i said something new for the inside of the break. they with a ah and a talk to al jazeera, we ask who is really fighting this war for russia? isn't wagner, or is it the russian or military? we listen, we started talking to me on my own, so that this via your citizen, you shock to get him back. we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the stories that matters on al jazeera. actually, 2 actors at different stages of their lives. share the highs and lows of following dream of fame and fortune. i'm going to commit whittaker, good luck, better grandmother, endlessly seeking to fulfill the ambitions. give me a dog while struggling with family expectations. volleyball dreams on out to 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