what should be a busy street in baghdad which shops and cafes is deserted and covered with dust. with the latest sunstorm has choked the iraqi capital in a thick cloud of fine particles. turning day into night. to prevent inhalation of sunned face masks have become essential. not just because of covert as a result of the dust. bagdad hospitals are inundated with people struggling for air and asking why sandstorms are happening with greater frequency of it. yeah, this dust is making the situation worse because we cannot inhale clean air with the sun storm. i sort of again the could have been better solutions for the climate to be less extreme. green belts could have been planted as in other experts think climate change is part of the reason for the laser series of storms. but desertification, due to outmoded farming practices, has also made sun storms more likely in a region that is already prone to the record. low rainfall has worsened conditions to iraqis are coping as best they can clean in the sand from their streets. while knowing the next sunstorm could already be approachin

also coming up on show a massive sandstorm and gulf, the iraqi capital hospitals in baghdad are overwhelmed by patients struggling to breathe for being exposed. white's are suspended at the airport and authorities warned people to stay inside. ah hello, i'm clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. you went convoy is due in mario paul on friday to evacuate civilians from what survivors have described as hell on earth. the rescue effort is focused on the also stole steel plant, where civilians and soldiers are sheltering from russian or salts. russia said it would cause it's offensive to allow civilians to leave the ukraine claims. the facility was under attack throughout the day. the batty for odds of style continues . this video released by the far right as of regiment shows heavy shelling on ukraine's last stand in the besieged city of malleable. russia says it is ready for to cease fire to allow a humanity and caught a door out of the steep land, but ukrainian fighters gleam, otherwise, rental for the 3rd day in a row. the enemy has broken through the territory of the us of style

thank you for that mahmoud abdougla had life arrest there in baghdad. north korea is crumbling to deal with what's believe to be a major coven 19 outbreak. 6 new desk were reported on tuesday with a for the 270000 people showing fever like symptoms. it's either came john own is blaming his health officials for being irresponsible in their handling of the crisis. nearly one and a half 1000000 people have tested positive since the end of last month, and 60 people have died. rob mcbride has more from sole south korea less than a week ago. this wasn't officially a thing. it didn't officially exist in north korea. and now we're talking about a total number of cases of people with symptoms with fever. some people who have recovered around about one and a half 1000000, and it's very difficult to really get a grip on just how far this might have spread throughout the population. because of course, there is a real scarcity of testing in north korea. and famously, this is a country that is said for 2 and a half years that it hasn't officially existed. and an awfu

problems. flights were suspended, i baghdad, international and notch off airports. authorities have also postponed university exams. increasing number of sandstorms is being blamed on comic change and a distraction of agricultural lance. ah, that lines on al jazeera, the last votes of being counted in lebanon's parliamentary election. initial results indicate winds for the christian lebanese forces body.

a sandstorm has blanketed iraq's capital baghdad, sending dozens of people to hospital with breathing problems. flights were suspended of a baghdad international and niger airports authorities have also postponed university exams. the increasing number of sandstorms is being blamed on climate change and the destruction of agricultural lance. ah, bad lines on al jazeera, the last votes of being counted in lebanon's parliamentary election, initial results indicate winds for the christian lebanese forces party and independent candidates. is the 1st selection since and economic meltdown in 2019 and at the be able to port explosion. resource adar has more from beirut. go, now the preliminary results are surely some of the, the small changes. we know that the good, the forces of the change, those are the independents who came out of the, the crisis, the economy. crazes that we rob that through 2019 and then making some games over there. not being the case that counties the political spectrum in the country. yet, on the other hand, you're seeing that who's bulletproof, iranian, or his will l

. life is getting back to normal in baghdad to streets following the sandstorms that hit the country. on monday, forcing a closure over spaces in airports and also a forcing a closure of state institutions, schools, universities, and many other state facilities. now, many people were sent to hospital to receive medical treatments because they suffered from suffocation because of the dust tones over. in fact, dozens of thrones of dust were carried over by the de sandstorm over many provinces, across iraq. this is the lines sandstorm, to hit the country since the beginning of april. it has been worsening in iraq for many reasons that is related to the climate change dissertation. also lack of rain, lack of or sorted of water levels because of the damage appropriate programs by both dorothy and iran that have the springs of the main sources of water in iraq, the tigris and euphrates rivers. a funeral has been held for a ron's revolutionary guard officer who was killed in toronto on sunday. i sons sy at hud. he was shot dead in his car by gunman on motorcycles. attackers are still at larg

and they were also similar scenes at norfolk, in baghdad. iraqi security forces there are on high alert to port any kinds of attacks during the holiday period in afghanistan, low poverty, acute hunger, and unemployment are making it difficult for many to celebrate ede, sarah, heritable. it's not a holiday for afghans waiting by the roadside hoping to be given a job. 40 years of war, economic decline, severe poverty, and the worst drought in decades has force many afghans on to the streets, not knowing where their next meal will be. oh wrong there has been without work for months. the bricklayers resorted to begging out of desperation. while his children tried to sell plastic bags or what i got them by good guy gardener. i used to in good money, but now there's no work. the change of governments made the situation a lot worse when we go door to door asking to help with kicked out. but sometimes i'm just looking for a piece of bread. one are gonna double clinically the taliban takeover of afghanistan last august, 1st nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 people from their homes. you ins. refugee

the could bit of a dust storm in baghdad. good news for you've been waiting for the rain in tropical africa, particularly in kenya. i know many have with the wind turning rad along the coast bank, i got to see that this is introducing enough moisture so day the now there are a big thunderstorms in northern tons of air, kenya, somalia, at ethiopia. now for many of course, that will mean flashed particularly in somalia for many more it will be the long awaited rains have broken, not everywhere, but more frequently than of late. ah frank assessments, what are the political risks of batting russian oil? a gas for western leaders will sanctions on russian energy exports such informed opinions, france is not abandoning to fight against yet is still reserved media debt. going to be acting from nisha and from chad critical debate. could china actually help in russia's invasion of ukraine in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera? ah ah. hello, you want to 0? he's a reminder of ant up stories. the sound

still head on al jazeera dust dome in iraq, causes travel chaos as flights of grounded at baghdad airport. and where in the philippines where indigenous people are appealing for help to save their ancestral land. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine your travel package today. it's turned very well the last few days in viet nam louse, cambodia and thailand, it's seasonal rate and it's fairly heavy that will keep going in that direction. in fact, you see some down 7 plus a tile and that was singapore, sumatra bornea in the western part of java deliver gap elsewhere in indonesia. but both the north and south. the philippines also look fairly where this is all seasonal stuff with daily variation to some degree. this is little less season or there has been significant rain recently in southern china a couple days ago, also in hong shoot. that's on its way out. what's left behind is the heat of the spring sun. so hong kong, warm. yep. consider re and so is beijing both? well, above the average, i mean the case of beijing, something like 8 or 9 degrees abov

idea was that we would organize a cabinet two cabinet meeting so that the iraqi cabinet would be in baghdad with prime minister malarkey and the relevant counterparts for the u.s. cabinet would assemble at camp david and they would -- >> with president bush -- >> with president bush, and we would have a joint cabinet meeting by video conference. and so that's what we advertised to the iraqis, what we advertised to the entire world was that president bush and his cabinet would be at camp david and all of the iraqis would be in baghdad, and they would have a meeting by video conference. we invited the cabinet members and i think there were about six or eight of them who were relevant to come up to camp david and the chairman of the joint chiefs a, couple of other, people and we all -- there was a big dinner. and in the in laurel, the big convening, the convening place that has a dining room, there was a big dinner for all of the cabinet members there with the president and vice president cheney. and our plan was that president bush and his national security adviser, steve hardly, and i, would

let's bring in that much more to up dell a while head, who is in baghdad for us. just tell us how people's lives being impacted by these repeated sandstorms. well, 1st of all, life as you can see in the back ground is getting back to normal as this sanderson has it has been recently dissipating. this is totally different from yesterday when huge, heavy hayes grid hayes over heavy dust and sand storm was sweeping over many areas across iraq, including 7 major provinces, including the capitol by the bed and forcing shut down a state institutions including the 3 major efforts across the country now, life has become back, has come back to normal. ugh, people are going back to their jobs. but as you know, that 4000 people according to that has that ministry. i received a medical treatment because they suffered breathing suffocation, breathing reading difficulties because of their because of the sand store. now material, just say that this is because of the climate change. it has taken a heavy toll on iraq, especially according to the united nations. iraq is one of the

and there were also similar scenes at mosques in baghdad. iraqi security forces there are on high alert to prevent any attacks during this holiday period. to new year's president says he is forming a new committee task with drawing up a draft constitutional. okay, said says the group will debate a roadmap for the future for what he calls a new republic said triggered a political crisis. 9 months ago after sacking the government, suspending parliament and taking emergency powers. residents in the us state of new mexico are being forced from their homes. has strong winds, drive wildfires toward several towns. at least 12 blazes are currently burning in the north of this state. while those are the headlines of folly, we'll have much more news for you here on al jazeera, after ha selects a oh who's now constant sit in the middle to mozilla fema somebody in a what ah, i spoke with living with you got the of the in obedience i was getting into to book will build on it all in them. probability that that it was what are you calling about please get back with will they haven't the calling you? y

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in the world was second-guessing his decision not to go to baghdad after he liberated kuwait. he was very comfortable with that decision. there are others she kept to challenge him on that. you did the right thing in history records he did the right thing even though he did problems in that part of the world. and south america, latin america worked very hard very quietly and in el salvador in particular we felt as if we are making significant progress and we were but it collapsed soon after he left office. that was frustrating to him. i don't think he agonized over what he did as a president. i think he did agonize the effect of the campaign on his ability to do. i will never forget it was a remarkable celebration when the first gulf war ended. there is a military parade in washington d.c. it was as if we put the vietnam era behind us. people were standing proud in a uniform and being appraised by the public. so that was a great experience. the campaign itself did not struggle. and he did not win reelection. he did not get over losing that election until his son ran for presid

wait 47 degrees, blistering heat here, 44 there for baghdad. we got some showers cold weather up towards the black sea. the caspian sea. of course, some of the shares of the high ground could still be wintry in nature and isabella picture as we go. one into where tuesday, perhaps the winds, a little brisk, a hearing doha on tuesday, but we're still touching 40 degrees celsius, lifted dust and sand into parts, or saudi arabia, paved off the sand into work. well the sahara has one would expect. it is largely dry across northern parts of africa, although a chance of one or 2 showers into southern parts of algeria pushing up toward the north of the parts of morocco, player showers, right across the gulf of guinea, pushing mar, up into marley now. so the seasonal race making good progress up towards the sea. hell, oh shower. so i stand across the heart of africa through cameroon, all the way across northern parts of the democratic republic of congo. not too many showers disappointingly dry. that eastern parts offer kenya, plenty a show us the east a

his lawyer said, the problem now is the military want to use him in a shell trial in baghdad. in abu ghraib, not only not a single senior office that went to trial, not a single senior office, they got a recall letter of reprimand. in fact, in some cases, they even got promoted at the offices. so it's, it's the people at the top always take care of the people at the top. mm. for those individuals who were directed by the us government to, to engage in any technique that i believe would price level torture, crore and human or degrading treatment. i think they lose a little bit of themselves every time they have to come in and human act. and am i parker is out to them as well. i, frankly, in, i don't think i noticed that until i got back. and then, you know, i tremendous guilt, and i think a lot of us develop signs that were later diagnosed as p p. s. d. but i don't know. i mean, i think that they have another name for now and i figure it's called like moral moral failure. so to assistance is feeling that people come back with after being in war if they feel like they think they

sites have been suspended in baghdad and no jaffe and some schools and officers have been forced to close. it's the 8th sandstone to hit since mid april. the sandstorms are being blamed on climate change and the destruction of agricultural lands. will i hours of thought these storms have become monthly every 3 or 4 days they come back. it's due to climate change and the lack of brain. when people feel suffocated, there's no oxygen and have to go get oxygen. ah, this is all de 0. these are the top stories, soldiers defending ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey eve say they've reached the border with russia. the defense ministry shared videos celebrations at a border marker. the video hasn't been independently verified. it cranes, president thanked troops in khaki, saying the nation owes them a debt of gratitude. north korea's scrambling to deal with what's b believe to be a major coven 19 outbreak? it's calling up the army to help stem. the spread of the virus health officials say 62 people have died and nearly 1500000 have fallen ill since late april. robert bright has more from sol. it is

the world was second guessing his decision not to go into baghdad after we liberated kuwait. he was very comfortable with that decision but i will admit that there were others who kept trying to challenge him on that. i think he do the right thing and history records that he did the right thing. even though we still have problems in that part of the world. in south america, latin america, i think he worked very hard, very quietly. in el salvador in particular we felt as though we were making significant progress, and we were, but it collapsed soon after he left office. that was frustrating to him i don't think he agonized over what he did as president. he did agonize over the effect on the campaign and his ability to get reelected, which he didn't do. i'll never forget there was a remarkable celebration when the first gulf war ended. there was a military parade down pennsylvania avenue on washington d. c.. it was as if we had put the vietnam era behind us. people were standing proud in a uniform, being praised by the public. that was a great experience. the campaign itself th

but the odd thing is they signed themselves up to essentially always be baghdad bob. they will always be on the side of the government because they've learned if you step out of line, hey, you could be the next lefty that's turning into bill maher, right? bill maher would be on the wrong side of a disinformation board unless he's baghdad bob. that's your only option. howard: julie, is it the false of -- fault of journalists and other when the online mob comes out and starts going after somebody? it's regrettable, i hate it, but it does seem to be a fact of life. quickly. >> as you remember, when elon musk was going to buy twitter, they were like, oh, this is an infringement on our democracy, they want to silence free speech. no. first of all, democrats only want free speech as long as it agrees with democrats, right? but when you have elon musk who wants to actually allow free speech for all a including conservatives, they have a problem with it. howard: thank you. >> same thing here. they wanted to make sure the free speech was free as long as it's free to those who