to change anything for people living here. so we're getting join me john, home and for the full report on how do i we see the ceasefire, not as an end, but as a beginning, something to build on. america's top diplomat lies to jordan and egypt around the regional support for the gaza see spot. ah hello, i'm sammy a than with world news and i'll just hear a lie from. so coming up a verdict with far reaching consequences. a court in the netherlands holds royal

dutch shell, responsible for climate change. the un security council discusses the political future of syria for presidential election is set to consolidate the president power . it's completely krokus that someone like me should have been in edge famous with crackers. the pers johnson was in the choice of the last election was going bad decisions. and the chaotic response form a top advisors, the u. k. prime minister accuses the government of failing to handle cobit ah, america's top diplomat is in jordan to cement, to seize 5 between israel and hamas in gaza. us secretary of state anthony blinking has been touring the regents of balls to support for the front job truce, which ended 11 days of conflict. he's met jordan's king abdullah, the 2nd who welcome the biden administration's decision to reopen. it's considered

an occupied east, jerusalem for palestinians. lincoln though, says it will take some time. and i'm on my conversation with his majesty touched on again, a range of topics including the urgent work we need to do together to meet event attorney and reconstruction needs and gaza while ensuring that the palestinian people not mos benefit from this assistance. we discuss jordan's essential role as a custodian of muslim holy places and the importance of preserving the historic status, quote attributes on all the sites. jordan also plays a vital role in the west bank. the u. s. re engages with the policy people and reopens are constantly. jerusalem will have a lot of work to do together as well. although the lincoln was in egypt away. hell talks with president of the c. c. lincoln said the 2 countries working together till i see trainees and palestinians live in safety and security. you said they

also discussed egypt, human rights record. now the flight to get to james bay's has more from west jerusalem on sex tripling can visit. jordan, it's a very important player, and right now on the other side of the jordan river, it should be about now. the lincoln is with king abdullah discussing the situation clearly discussing the see saw in gaza trying to make sure that sees fall holds. but for jordan, particularly also this is a situation in the west bank and in jerusalem because remember that jordan has a role the hashemite monarchy as the custodian over the religious sites in jerusalem. so that's a particular concern for jordan, for jordan. i mean, they have, i think, over the years of the trumpet ministration, those 4 years become privately very concerned about the situation. they didn't light the cushion plan, showered cushion of donald trump's son in law's plan for the region. they run

nerved by the fact that he was moving away from the traditional status quo. i think they will be encouraged by the fact that sex re blinking it operate so more traditional type of diplomacy as does the biden administration as a whole box. so that could be blinking for now is only focusing on the seas fall and keeping the calm. he's not going further. and i'm sure jordan would like him to go further to restart negotiations towards a 2 state solution. now the leader of hamas is political wing in garza says, a much larger conflict could bray counts in the future if the underlying issues between israelis and palestinians and not resolved from garza who's our force that here on the street, you get an idea of the long term nature of the fall out of this war 44 people died in this massive building collapse. and now 2 other buildings on the street. one of them right here behind us had been declared structurally unsound 7 habits and had

been told to leave. now this was the 1st day that we've heard from houses top leader inside garza ya soon was in a news conference that was on the record, but frustratingly for the most part off camera. he was interesting on the issue of reconstruction thing. suggestion by the secretary of state of united states as need lincoln that any reconstruction efforts coming through the u. s. or its allies should evade hum us and be done through the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank soon was said that was a trick to try to divide the palestinian people further. however, he also said that any reconstruction would be welcome, that hamas would not take a single penny of it on the issue of the seas far, he confirmed that it was on condition. nobody wanted more to be done by the international community to reign in the activities of israel in jerusalem on the alex the most compound and in shakespeare in occupied history. and in particular, here with some of his recorded remarks that he began the news conference with your

whole bill. i'm as you not only want, if the whole world doesn't need to stop and put a limit to the practices of the occupation and alex, a mask. shake gera and the holy city in general, it would be a reason to ignite a big religious war in the region, and bring in a state of worry and widespread chaos in the middle east. and the whole world was israel says the large number of civilian deaths here on the street was an accident that was targeting military tunnels on the ground here. since says that there are new military tunnels of that nature in this location. and so denies that he also challenges the israeli narrative about what took place on the 4th night of the war . up in north western gaza. there was a fake ground invasion attempted by israel. he said that was an obvious fake, that they knew was coming, that they did not allow any fighters to go on the ground and that they got the other ones who were in the tunnels out saying that there was 0 deaths from that attack. now israel says dozens were killed. he also said that we were here the media to verify exactly what was taking place. so i asked him if we could go to

those tunnels, see the military damage for ourselves in his words, to verify what had happened. he said he'd get back to us meanwhile and occupy these jerusalem 6 small palestinian families in ceylon or under threat of losing their homes. and israeli court is adjourned, review into the forced eviction of palestinian families in ceylon and occupy the east jerusalem. protests took place outside the court. reminder of a similar case in nearby chef ross fox, the recent escalation code that made reports from occupied east jerusalem. the court has a journal, as a lawyer said, well, the court has decided not to take any decision at stake. here was an appeal made by several families who had received a ruling forcing them to leave their home. they had been living in the 967 in the

neighborhood where the defense lawyer tried to do is basically off the court to get the attorney general of israel's involved. in this case, that would be a very similar pattern that what happened with the issue. the reasoning behind that is that the, the defense lawyer says of that same attorney general had ruled against a fellow volition in family borrowing gland in shifter raw. so he, they want to not put him on the spot and see if he would do the same thing when it comes to illegal jewish settlements in occupied east jerusalem islands. government has supported the parliamentary motion criticizing what's being described as israel is defining. so alex asian of palestinian land, if past the government can impose sanctions against israel and expel the very best of the vote on the draft is expected later. a dutch court has ordered oil giant

shell to count his compet emissions by 45 percent. by 2030 greenpeace. and friends of the earth brought the case and it's being hailed as a major victory for environmentalists shell. unsuccessfully argued the governments and not companies responsible for meeting targets under the paris climate deal. the company says it will appeal the ruling. the verdict could have major implications for similar cases around the world. that often has more from the hague. there was an absolute outburst of joy here at the court in the hague. people hugging each other some even into years. even people here will work at the court said it was a very special day. it seems like something has changed. the friends of the earth called a monumental victory for all planets and for children, because indeed it is for the 1st time that a corporation is being held responsible for climate change. and not only governments are responsible, so shall, is now ordered by the judge to cut down emissions. and that's a very 1st,

i should say 45 percent by 2030, which is nearly half. and that's only complying with the part with agreement. so now there is a court ruling offering a company to abide by the towers agreement, of course, as the friends of the earth, and also all the other organizations have filed this case. and clearly, one this case said that could mean that the, this could have huge implications for not only oral companies worldwide, but any company was involved in any way of global warming. the former chief advises the u. k. prime minister is told the parliamentary committee, the government has failed the public and it's kind of virus response. dominant coming says he and other officials acted too late. last week, he accused bars. johnson's government of incompetence and lying to the public about its herd immunity strategy. cummings was ousted from downing street in november and the rumors of a rift with the prime minister was no doubt at all that many senior people

performed far, far, disastrously below the standards which the country has a right to expect. i think that the secretary of state for health is certainly one of those people i said repeatedly to the prime minister that he should be fired. so to the cabinet secretary, so did many other senior people u. k prime minister boss johnson has responded to dominant cummings accusations in parliament. the handling of this pandemic has been one of the most difficult things these countries have to do for a very long time. and none of the decisions have been easy to get into a lockdown is a traumatic thing for a country to deal with. the pendant on this scale has been appallingly difficult. and we've, at every stage, i tried to minimize the loss of life to save lives in it. and we followed the best scientific advice that we, that we can sit around the president is urging its supreme leader to allow more

candidates in next month. presidential election has some ra honey says he's written a letter to i politely come in, i has a final say on state masses. ro, honey, criticized a decision by the election watchdog to reject several nominations. council has approve 7 out of nearly 600 candidates. dylan with husky ache. i wish the conditions were different than the guardian council would have allowed more candidates to be added. the nature of the election is competition. if you take this from the election, it becomes a body without life and falls down. this is the essence. there must be a tight race for reelection to happen to a high turnout, an important election guaranteed to legitimacy of the establishment. and this is a fundamental thing. we have forgotten this. as a bank reports from to her on the last time, the supreme neither did intervene was back in 2005 in the favor of to reform its candidates were then allowed to stand. but then last the election,

now there is considerable anger and frustration here that can't be ignored, but not just from the moderates and reformers, but also from the conservatives and the general public. now there have been some very public criticisms of the guardian cancelled. this vetting body today, the grandson of the 1st supreme media of iran has done how many have come out and he has strongly criticized the disqualifications he called upon the approved candidates. this done done. i have said that any actions that we can, the republican political system here until revolutionary. he also went on to say that this is not the system that his grandfather founded. now that is very significant. we've also had a member of the guardian council, again, the vetting body does come out and said that the decision is indefensible. and he accused the security services of intervening, so that if considerable again, frustration. however, this seems to be political element in this country, the intent on making sure that there is no competition against a brian, right? you see that he becomes iran's next president, but what is happening is that people are asking questions of a brain, right?

you see, and the political forces behind he's bid to become president. and what they're asking is, is the objective just to make him president or is it to give him a democratic mandate to ensure that he is best place to become iran next supreme leader. and now those public questions are very rare, but people are asking them to a developing story out of the us now, where a government is killed. several people at a rail yard in california. the tank happened in the san jose facility were trains the stored police say a number of people have been injured, suspect is also dead. still had or now just there are an official partner of the tokyo olympics, coal, so the games to be cancelled because of the coven 19 risk. so severe rain and flooding the la threat from the rips across the east in india. ah.

hello there. those hot and dry conditions we've seen across much of the middle east are going to continue, as well as for the lavonne region. across the gulf states, we will see temperature the dip slightly. we've got a sham now wind blowing in across q 8 and into a time that's going to see temperatures dipped down slightly, but the heat will still be there. re add at 40 degrees, doha, at $42.00. now a man has seen some really hot weather temperatures in musket edging up near the fifty's. and as we go into the we can, those are going to cool because he temperatures dipping down, nestling in the high thirty's. but, but he is going to come through elsewhere, particularly in the horn of africa. we've got some hot, dry weather, he showers across the e. c o p, and rift valley. one area that is looking pretty settled. we haven't seen too much

action across the tropics. we've got storm clouds there, but many across northern areas of the democratic republic of congo and temperature c a higher than we expect to see for this time of year out. whereas we move to southern parts of africa. things are looking relatively fine and dry. lots of sunshine coming through for some bob way and for south africa. and that's the head of rain that's coming to cape town this weekend. the most people will never know what's beyond these doors. the deafening silence of 100000 and how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is precious with fear. it's not an option,

but we're not most people. oh, a come back here watching out. just remind you now about headlines. america's top diplomat is in jordan mendecy, 5 between israel and math and garza secretary of state anthony blank met king abdullah. the 2nd welcome b u. s. administration decision to reopen its consulate and occupied east jerusalem . a dutch court has ordered oil giant shell to canada. carbon emissions by 45 percent. quite 2030. being hailed is a major victory from vironment with verdict could have major implications similar

cases around the world. the former chief adviser to the u. k. prime minister has told the parliamentary committee, the government failed the public in its current a virus response. dominant coming says he and other officials acted to light the un security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting on molly in the coming hours after the countries military pushed out its transitional leaders. the united states has joined international condemnation of the detention of the inter him prime minister and president, answered vice president, colonel. i see me go to ousted them and ordered the arrest. going to says elections will take place as planned. next year. un security council has also been discussing the ongoing humanitarian situation in syria. that's as elections are being held there, but only in government controlled areas. and this little charles of president bush out of acid losing, despite the decade of wool and an economy and free full set of holder, is

a neighboring lebanon, a thousands of syrians, the vis refugees in the ha. president sharla says 21 year rule is about to be extended for another 7 years. he's run for a 4th term in an election where the outcome is not in doubt. the long time leader stood against 2 largely unknown figures who aren't considered serious rivals and whose candidacy required the regime's approval. the exiled opposition wasn't allowed to take part in our evident constitutional legal as security obstacles that not only deny the syrians inside syria participating in these elections. and by that i mean the display periods in oregon, serial or even the series who are in the areas control by the regime. because even this unit was in areas control by the regime, have the freedom neither to vote nor to run for office. and many of the millions of people who live outside government controls mainly in the north are refusing to

give us a legitimacy. they call him a criminal for killing and the resting tens of thousands of syrians during the 10 year hor, the elections won't help bring about a lasting solution. millions of syrians refugees, and they are losing hope of returning home. some are afraid of retribution as long as i said remains in power. others say they won't return because the living conditions are so bad in syria. i certainly believe he won the war, but there is discontent because of a collapsing economy. the syrian leader hasn't been able to start reconstruction, he needs money, but the international community is refusing to engage with him. russia will attempt to convey this is game over to normalized series relations with its neighbors and international community. and to say that it's actually his to your insecurity council resolution 2250 for the opposition. the

united states and many other western nations disagree. they said the elections aren't free and fair and there is no safe environment to allow all syrians to participate. resolution 2254 mandates that the you and facilitate the political process that would culminate holding a free and fair elections in accordance with the new constitution administered under un supervision. i said has so far, refused to meaningfully take part in that process. agreeing to political transition means losing his grip on power. he wasn't ready to do that. when his regime was close to collapse. years ago, his message has been and remains that the world must accept that reality, said the elders, either because eastern lebanon, or sha gray is a syrian refugee and human rights activists. he spent 3 years in the prison when the spring uprisings began. he has this message for other syrians. we always have more hope than what the reality shows us. so as syrians, if we don't see hope,

we will be working. if i don't see hope for this year revolution the chain that film regina, i won't be talking to you right now. right? that's my trying to bring awareness, have more people to care. the international community has not done what they were supposed to be doing. we provided so much evidence again this year regime and very little happened still. there's so many people who are time, sir. yeah. who are going through the process of learning experience in democracy indicating themselves outside of their yeah, me as a georgetown student, i'm learning for tomorrow. to be able to be part of rebuilding syria, the more i learned the more effective i will be again, this regime and then it will be hopefully a shorter way to bring the regime down. even those who fight with him today, if you are father and you send your son to fight with their game, against the opposition, if your son would die, there was you would give you

a box of over and june and o'clock was on your wall. doesn't this president feel ashamed, at least for the ones to support him? that's just shane and that's just difficult to understand how a human being can commit was talented for so long time and still have the willingness to run for residency for miss south african president, jacob zoom. i pleaded not guilty to corruption charges in an arm. the steel case, duma faces 18 charges of corruption, racketeering fraud, and money laundering in a $2000000000.00 deal of $999.00. summa has rejected the charges saying he's a victim of a witch hunt by a rival faction of the routing african national congress. for me to middle reports from johanna book, former president,

jacob's whom i pleaded not guilty to those charges, and the 1st official, please by the president. he has on many occasions prior to that said that he's done nothing wrong, but this is a, which is politically motivated. it's been going on for almost 2 decades. and this really is attached to these factional battles with if the a and c also said just following the adjournment of today's court proceedings, that as far back as the time as he was deputy president, these charges were made. they were late to dropped and reinstated, he said, there's always been a plot to get rid of him, and he's willing to clear his name. at the same time, critics have said that he's doing anything he can to avoid prosecution. and in today's court proceedings, we saw some of that when the former president's legal team put forward an application, a special plea to remove the lead prosecutor in this case, saying that he would not be objective. he would not be impartial,

is not independent. and that he is political interference. some would argue that this is again, another ploy to try and derail this legal process. the former president, on the other hand, is saying that this really is about the verification of, of his presidency and him as a person. and it really talks to this ongoing fight against corruption in south africa that current president's little, i'm a post a is trying to spearhead, but many would say it's not going as planned. $500.00 yards made land fall india's east coast on wednesday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. at least 3 people have been killed. more than 2000000 have been moved to emergency shelters. elizabeth fraud and reports from new delhi heavy rain and high tides, better the eastern states of edition and westbank bold, severe weather caused by psych loan yas, i have never seen such

a storm in my life in the last 3040 years. my houses. i'm witnessing this for the 1st time. the water may cross the main doors for the 1st time in west bend. gold government says 300000 hollands have been damaged in one of its was defected districts south 24 paragon as nudge my b. b says she has nothing left. she and her son moved to a safe area and now her home is destroyed. more than 2000000 people have been moved from low lying areas of west bengal, an addition to emergency shelters. why do maybe we are inside a shelter sleeping by putting papers on the ground? our situation is really bad. health experts are concerned about the conditions in evacuation centers as india. battles are devastating 2nd wave of the corona virus. so the psych loan is suddenly going to affect effect because containment measures. and this type loan shelters are going to be potential areas that could actually

enhancements spread. psycho y'all's has weakened but it's expected to cause severe flooding across many eastern states. elizabeth per on al jazeera new delhi, the organizes of the tokyo olympics have made it very clear. they are not discussing a possible cancellation, the increasing pressure to scrap the event is now coming from an official partner of the games. charleston ford explains despite growing pressure on japan's olympic committee to cancel the games. it seems. the executive members are not listening on his going on, i got this during the executive board meeting. we talked about the fact that some people are calling for the cancellation of the olympics, but we did not discuss whether we should cancel, postpone it. the meeting was held ours off to one of japan's most respected media organizations and an official partner to tokyo olympics court for the games to be

canceled. the editorial piece in the popular a saw he shim with newspaper, said the olympics should not go ahead because of risks to public safety and pressures on japan's medical system. during the pandemic, tens of thousands of officials support staff and journalists are expected to travel to japan in the coming weeks. the game's opening ceremony is scheduled for july. the 23rd. japan has reported around 720000 cases of covey, 191-2400 death. since the pandemic started but more contagious variance of the virus of cause, the surgeon infections in recent weeks. there is an ongoing state of emergency and prime ministers who is expected to decide on friday whether to extend that in 9 prefecture is including tokyo. and while recent efforts have been made to sort of bolster and quicken the vaccine roll out in japan,

whether that's going to be enough to hold the game safely is still a big question. the vaccination rollout has been slow, only around 5 percent of people in japan have been fully vaccinated so far. that some experts warn the games could become a super spreader event. poll show the majority of people in japan are against the games going ahead. the government seems determined so and the torpedos full speed ahead and the people are scratching their hands. why? only 14 percent of japanese favor who's in the game said about 80 percent. want them postponed or canceled. we have a who's who of c e o. speaking out against the games, one of them call them a suicide mission. according to the contract between the international olympic committee and tokyo only the i o. c can cancel the games. if your pam was to unilaterally cancel,

then potentially billions of dollars in losses would fall on the local organizers. the contract says one reason to justify canceling, the olympics would be if the i o. c has reasonable grounds to believe that the safety of participants would be seriously threatened or jeopardized for any reason whatsoever. for those who oppose the games going ahead. toby 19 could be just such a threat. john stratford al jazeera. ah, and i take you through some of the headlines here. now. mark has top. the plot is in jordan to cement, to seize far between israel and hammock in garza secretary of state and to be blank and met king abdullah.