ah, a quick reminder of our top stories on al jazeera, turkish health authorities and warning severe water shortages are raising the risk of disease after last week's earthquake destroys critical sanitation infrastructure . millions of survivors are without basic communities such as toilet showers and medicine. tasha name has more not from it's kinda and there is a critical shortage of shelter. there isn't a total tally yet of the number of homeless as a result of the earthquake, but we do know that so far there government, we're talking about the federal government has given 1600000 people shelter. but the countries entire supply of tents has been depleted. it is working to make more tents, procure more from abroad and is constructing mobile container camps. world health organization says it's greatest concerns are about northwest syria, and it's as syrian president, bashar law said to open more border crossings with turkey. and many survivors feel like we've been left behind by the international response. aids been slow to arrive to the countries rebel held areas rescues a few and far between. but in carmen marsh, the epicenter of the creek is 74 year old woman has now been pulled from a collapse building after 9 days trapped under the rifle. the head of natal scold on member states to significantly increase their defense spending to support ukraine. insult and berg made the plea and the 2nd day of nato summit in brussels. yes, things are happening, but we need to continue need to step up even more because susan, a big need out there a to provide to ukraine with ammunition. this is now becoming a grinding war or attrition on the war. attrition is a war logistics on the, on the on. therefore, this is so, so crucial for our ability to ensure that the ukraine winds dozens of people trying to reach you up, are missing and presumed drowned after their bold sank off the libyan coast. on tuesday, the you and migration agency says the boat was carrying 80 people when it left casara care earlier that day, forces have retrieved 11 bodies so far. you up to date people and power is coming up. next, eaverson. scores of afghans have fled their homeland since the taliban takeover in a special 2 part reported one on one or 2 women determined to build new lives far from home. on al jazeera, the extreme storms. wildfires rising sea levels. the results of global warming have become ever more evidence in recent years, but had different mike things have been at an industry which knew about climate change long before the rest of us acted on that evidence. instead of trying to deny it. in the 2nd 2 episodes, a team of swiss filmmakers examines big oils big lives, ah ah, over the atlanta flying observe, over 40 years ago, the world's largest and most profitable old companies, began to realize the effects their products were having on a claim. their own private scientific research told them so well before it became common knowledge. but for the next 4 decades time we could have better spent transitioning to greener forms of energy. they salt to discredit and down play evidence of global warming, and the calamities it would lead to melting glass is rising sea level out of control wildfire extreme storms. these are only some of the things we've seen in recent years, and it's likely to get much worse. yet as this to part investigation is revealing, the oil industry and its political friends have been relentless and trying to manipulate public opinion about climate change. bullying the media, lobbying governments, and disparaging the scientists and activists pleading for an end to our fossil fuel addiction. it's still happening today, even in switzerland raised more her daily di here is how raj, a couple of swiss politicians and publisher of the populace. right wing magazine belt booker recently described professor sonya, so never readily, one of the world's leading climatology. on his video jama, any kalima octave easton, and ec, lima came footing in board and open their carlson great doll tune, barack their green and highly gin d moment d here only say a feeler visage after on this job that in, in, in, on for your own sy can, besides take an over topped, also see st. does that seem to kind of for sure there's to kind of visage after in on what provoked the outburst an interview in which she said that climate change was alarming and unprecedented. be it is me, lloyd beacon, so don't meet it. so it didn't meet profane, didn't meet up a call if they can meet lloyd and the image on the scene was policy. you don't be it on as they're see, this is you. but so science the school opens inspiration. honda lynch, placing k b. trish t roneesh out trade buzz is f, as i as it is with this is a confed mob sealed me quantica shorter van de dominican, they sell. santa hick is sell meningitis, uncle masa, christy carrie sanchez. she asked his f shanker letter. i want a letter back mostly for scot, this pussy like as john parkway, they put to sam fifths. if augmentin hyundai popple with his critique glass else booklet a particular time anytime he pacific meds received in your last house is going to fax, 50000 democracy on this pussy. like if john brought a couple is a national counselor from zurich and an influential voice in the s v. p. one of switzerland's main right wing parties. we wanted to ask him about his attack on professor never antony, but he declined and interview his party. the s v p is interesting because of its ties to a fossil fuel lobby, graphically revealed in 2019 by an n g o, the swiss energy foundation. the lobby group includes major transportation, federations, like auto suisse, t c, s, as tag, swiss oil and economy. sweet and has links with several parliamentarians, mostly from right wing parties in 2021. the s v p campaigned in parliament against the bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. a former leader of the s v p. albert rusty was also president of swizzle and of auto suites, the association of car importance. we ask mr. rusty for an interview, but he declined. instead, he referred us to avail no. she suisse the country's association of fuel importers . they too declined after numerous emails. so did most of its members. finally, we approached christian e mark and s v p national council up from zola phone. so what did he think about the warnings of climate scientists? if don can afford with him, are some of it is his mortgage. he rises or dos, eddie out of here coleman. eva sheds threatened self fighting messenger, often grown feds and keep the seal on the sheet humane on, on thought on. come on it and the 1000 new vail, and part of recent after it my scenario motion. mantle. last month, all if i'm for policy, but then how from roofing must be safe. if all can i far and how and how can i go to 6 pm booklets him as you go fairly jesus tomorrow, says shanty fick sand. his activities still for sale was at the club about his invite that had grown one among meet. i'm for all this einst lines in the politic unfreeze and lost count monte vista of dr. seaman. we showed him the swiss energy foundations revealing diagram about the fossil fuel lobby in parliament. it listed him as president of the zoloft and section of ass tag the swiss road transport association, escal obasi. hello la la v. fatal year at has our 3 o o. m bell m ish beneath berkeley. kane paid through all lobby as to his image done and each been president they had asked ark 16 so upon the aspect. this is the notes for torak. irv cannot spotswood the font road holy is our of course huge consumers of gasoline and diesel. so does christian a mark defend their interests in parliament? it's been kind of both akin. i riot nathan alvarado. he come here thought and one of the shown it, honey saucon was killed by each other with i'm fina felice. introduce him. of the saga. mine of perspective is ishmael. this beth, it to my in the mail. if you own too long, food own, say refer comb with testing. the can 5th combat for the felt like if, if in 2021 the sd p avenue g and swiss oil all full against the proposed c o. 2 bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. and helped to finance the successful no campaign in the subsequent referendum. it was a notable victory and the oil lobbies fight to slow switzerland's transition to more sustainable energy. there are similar stories elsewhere in the world in washington dc. for example, thousands of lobbyists are working behind the scenes in congress to oppose anti oil and gas legislation. that work is in secret, but it's still shocking to hear them talk openly about their methods. in 2021. keith mccoy, senior lobbyist of the american giant exxon mobil was caught doing just that in a greenpeace sting, xle, did we aggressively fight against some of the science? ah, yes. did me join some of these shadow loops ought to work against? ah, some of the early efforts. yes, that's true. but there is nothing. was that a legal about that? ah, you know, we were looking out for our investments. we were looking out for our shareholders. it was a revelation for a lot of people that you know, they, they know what they're doing. they know how they're manipulating the political system here in the united states. the video stunned can sonya democrat, congressman ro, connor. he sits on the house committee on oversight and reform, which in october 2021 began investigating big oils, climate change disinformation campaign. that was the catalyst. i mean, keith mccoy basically was on tape bragging about his role in killing climate legislation. bragging that he gave the rhetoric the company gives the rhetoric about caring about climate, but behind the scenes or killing legislation to tackle the climate. i and i said, we've got to get them in to explain this the committee will come to order. this is the historic hearing for the 1st time top fossil fuel executives are testified together before congress under oath about the industry's role in causing climate change and their efforts to cover it up. you can either come clean, emit your misrepresentations and ongoing inconsistencies and stop supporting climate this information. or you can sit there in front of the american public and lie under oath. we can't solve the climate crisis unless we tackle the climate disinformation crisis. many people don't know that these big oil companies, particularly exxon, have been lying to the public for decades. now, why does that matter? because they prevented us from diversifying. they prevented us from making the investments in the seventy's, eighty's and ninety's in renewable energy. so the 1st part is that they should be held accountable. the 2nd part is that they are continuing to mislead. perhaps, on surprisingly, the oil companies response was to present themselves as models of low carb and rectitude, and to deny allegations about to climate disinformation campaign. thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the urgent need for action on climate change and shells. effort to advanced societies, transition to a lower carbon feature. exxonmobil has long recognized that climate change will impose as serious risks any suggestion, whichever has engaged in an effort to spread dis, information, and mislead the public on these complex issues is simply ra, a p, i supports climate action governments, industries and consumers must accelerate policy and technology solutions together, they believe after several hours of statements and questions agreed, the committee wasn't making much headway or any if you're today prepared to make any statement saying we're going to take accountability on something so important and stop funding groups that are actively engaged in any form of climate this information. okay. i take that. yeah. you don't want to take the pledge. all right . the hearings continued for months. so did the own industries claims it was working to de carbonized, which ro, connor lay to described as outrageous greenwashing his hope now is that eventually be oil will go the same way as the tobacco industry. in 1994 cigarette manufacturers lied to congress and it marked the beginning of their decline. you believe that he was not a big? i believe nicotine is not addicted here, mr. john, i believe. i believe the nicotine, the big tobacco hearings captured the american imagination, and people said it is wrong that these to battle executives know that cigarettes are addictive, and yet they're denying that. and that led to a hotel change in america. we need a similar cultural change when it comes to the embrace of alternative energy. but if the u. s. congress with the house now back in the hands of the republicans, hasn't yet managed to force through that cultural change. others are keeping the fight going. this is the east coast of the usa, like everywhere on the planet. these shores are experiencing the effects of global warming. katie, luciano is a geologist who works for the south carolina department of natural resources. this is one of our road and transaction i'm measuring from the forest to the sea and getting a better idea of how the shoreline is transitioning as it moves and arose backwards . we've had a episode of hurricanes, a lot of a very high tides and erosion rate has, has basically doubled from is historical version rate of 7 and a half meters per year. in other words, on erosion rate, that's twice what it would be without climate change. you can look back here and you can see we are right in the forest here. so you can see all the vegetation and the beef is actively eroding on to this island. so this place, this beats was a forest of men. yes, it was as dense as this forest right here where we're standing just several years ago. in fact, rising waters threatened much of the eastern seaboard of the united states. charleston in south carolina is among the cities most at risk built on the peninsula almost at ocean level. it's always been exposed to inclement weather, but global warming poses another challenge entirely. we are on the front line of climate change from sea level rise and from the increase impacts of extreme weather. we have seen the direct impacts year after the year for a decade now. every year, flooding tied like when i was a boy, maybe 5 times a year. now it's 90 tides a year that impact our street we. we don't discuss the politics of climate change anymore. it's reality here. the cities being hit by ever more frequent and more serious, harrison's protecting the show line has thus become crucial. since hurricane irma, which struck in 2017 tens of millions of dollars have been spent raising these fortifications up by just one single meter. but it's not enough to trace the charleston also faces chaos surge events. if you have a major hurricane. irma was not a major hurricane. if you get a major hurricane and it comes in, it could push a wall of water 101214 feet high. and if you would get that, that would over top this, this would all be flooded. so we're working with the federal government to see if we can get them to help us build a surge wall or serge structure around the entire peninsula. the idea is to build a giant dyke off shore like that in venice to hold back the ocean. but the cost is estimated at around $3000000000.00, a staggering amount of money for a city of only a $150000.00 inhabitants. so the mer is taking legal action against those. he holds accountable for the threat they face the city. charleston is suing $24.00 big oil companies over damages to the city and their contributions to climate change. we are filing lawsuit day against big oil. busy and the reason is they have contributed through a i intentional deception to, to change the story. busy of the impact of the burning of fossil fuels on climate change on this plan. so i feel it's not fair to the citizens in charleston. the have to bear the burden, the total cost of these improvement that are needed because the sea level run. the complaint directly targets a host of big oil companies, including exxon mo, bill, shell, chevron and b. p. mainly because of that disinformation campaign. defendants concealed the dangers, promoted false, and misleading information, sought to undermine public support for greenhouse gas regulation, and engaged in massive campaigns to promote the ever increasing use of their products at ever greater volumes. i believe that they contributed a willingly to this problem and they should be part of the solution. they lied, they lied. yes, it was a misinformation campaign. it's very similar to what the tobacco companies did with the cigarette smoking and the impacts of cigarette right. mm. charleston lawsuit against the oil johns isn't the only one. some 30 major u. s. cities and states have done the same, including baltimore, new york, washington, massachusetts, and minnesota. the plaintiffs are supported by the center for climate integrity. richard whiles, as it's president, these cases are very winnable, and that's why the oil industry is terrified of these cases right there. they're far more fearful of these cases and they are of anything the congress might do or anything that any state legislature might do. because, you know, they've got a lot of power in the congress. they pretty much own the republican party. but they are afraid of these cases because they have the potential to stick them with the damages that they have caused. if you think about the cost of adaptation from climate damages to climate damages in united states, it's going to be multiple trillions of dollars. if these companies have to pay their percentage, their portion, their fair share of those damages, it will be multiple hundreds of billions of dollars. while says that the old company is a particularly fearful that the low seats will force them to open their archives and make compromising information public. if those documents come out, the reputational damage to these companies will be enormous, right? these are the things they fear. in europe cooled civil, ready ruled against one of the oil giants, royal dutch shell. this was the unprecedented ruling of a court in the hague. in may, 2020 was the shall hope. neither for stating it. it had been a fearful steel honcho for now latter off our po, dixie, and jericho. dar formed the fair come near complete areas is for plate via had culture and light on the show, hope and trade out and data to shout a outdoor from the show. hope and the to les frontier shut off names from shell hope to blanket net or favor fair to push in the case was launched in april 2019 by accumulation of environmental and jose, and more than 17000 dutch citizens. they accused the multinational of destroying the climate with full knowledge of the facts like its american competitors. shell, they said knew of the danger posed by its products. some 40 years ago. it is. and i and you stories enough for airfoils alamo forts? yes. the notice goodness. have the rest of her worthy old dot, the throat of her filer would stop him at the poor's alcohol, her father, quickly market on the raft. delete the train to rival over boston. sellers from world put it that was arg, upon providing demand, financing, and sell moot, amazed them. the groundbreaking nature of the judgment can be found in its details . shell must reduce emissions by 45 percent from its own facilities such as its boar holes or its gas stations, but also the emissions from the consumption of its products. for example, gasoline. in march 2022 shell filed an appeal against the ruling, arguing that its own plans to reduce c o 2 emissions by 2050 are sufficient and a statement. it also said we question how shell can have a legal obligation to reduce carbon emissions. we do not control from customers. why not under a similar legal obligation to reduce their admissions. the company believes that it's not justices role to set or impose environmental objectives, but that's not how this environmental lawyer and swiss green m. p. c's, it said the seattle that now shows him on padding machine man. yeah. or canoe very deposit problem on my chest magic ivy, kansas g ski. not by that. on leopard. cheek he a total more pam abdul ruby, a consult remote near the wall? said i, for nearly paula's justice. lodgers vandever the war, mac na selective injured chevron chromatic is it on you have a poor remotely. our whole representative says she now market cassandra, not was his them. capitalists, le demonte, not up his bad. they put on cushions fit selected, you know, condition will jelly shows the fossil tougher glare. mel how this cell am as you defeat the suppose i knew miss your bernice. did i cas or brussel chill under cabin or brusset this oxygen in your cabin? it don't miss a sophomore. you half our dear blood knowledge you all to please que soil a vision does business would've if where we open the tragedy is that it took 40 years for that radical turnaround to begin. instead, climate change denial and disinformation so doubt in people's minds and left is all facing unpalatable choices in an uncertain future. yet gallant on the company because you have a good de la har push actual accomplished cam elvish was he andel? tosha? manascale rogers say clock her orthodontist. yes, uncle ben. monte sure. hold on. i prove i am on problem. mm. clemente, bessie for now? walker of it in golan. patty is in miss yolanda dirt again if its on emissions. who do are you on fed as under please. and in order to pop up or dish access. okay, if they are sick or fed, they book on the diligence, gesture, on preventive cpo. any problem? so got it on a mentorship one knocks us again. craig, have so if this is incomplete, says on to a pizza. i am more prom bill not have near her neurology. so say up to more can daughter as neevadolla, we ish moscow and felt responsibility. this only focus is i for myself at no better butter shadow porky kia po, pissed at hospice house, shall see. says i for my son, whenever i had a book, is there word to qualify? this isn't for mission campaign. the yvonne i mean it's just pure evil. i don't know what to say other than that at this point. i mean, the science is so clear, and yet these companies continue to mislead and deceive the public. about it. everybody's life on the planet is at stake. these companies are just despicable. their options are there. rarely the technology is available for us to switch and they just want to milk their products for as much money as possibly can, as long as they possibly can. consequences be damned. so won't it? big oil hadn't lied. it's the question we put to the woman in the usa. we met right at the start of this investigation, lamenting the destruction of her ancestral land. if all companies had law 40 years ago, we probably wouldn't be standing so close to this water right now. we probably would be way back there in the distance amongst all the trees that are standing up here in the birds chirping, seeing the sea gulls called begging us for the last don't make 40 more years with less help. children. ah, serious delicacy. days was one must leading the country through us, present to alice out as lost legitimacy. he needs to step how has he retained control through over a decade of war. we examined the global power games of president bashar al assad. we believe assad simply carrying out iranian orders. what keeps you awake at night? many a reason that could effect any human assert master of chaos on all jazeera ah, russia's war in ukraine has dominated well need for the past 12 months. devastating for those in the line of fire or directly impacted. it has strengthened global alliances and deepened divisions with far reaching effects on the lives of millions of people. worldwide. in a week heard special coverage al jazeera explores every aspect of the conflict. the human, the political and the economic and the possibilities of resolution. ukraine war, one year on, on 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