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world to make bitcoin a legal and valid form of payment for everyday use. uncovered 900 concerns to the corporate america football tournament into a political battle and caused some sponsors to stay on the sidelines. ah, yes, president joe biden has arrived in the u. k, to begin his 1st overseas trip of his term, a visit he says is about america rallying the world democracies. the 8 day visit to europe will take in g 7 and nature summits as well as talks with the russian president vladimir putin in switzerland. it's a chance to biden, to show other we're leaders, that the us values as partners and allies, after 4 turbulent ears and donald trump. allen fisher reports from washington, d. c. 8 days, 3 countries. for summit, your bite has a busy agenda for his 1st trip as us president

a trip which will mock and you faith in the crew and a virus pandemic. and us relations with the rest of the world. ah, landing at any for space primarily used to support us, your operations, the president, i lined that what he hoped. the trip would deliver. this my 1st overseas trip is tracy united states. i'm heading to the g 7 then to the nato minister, and then to meet with mr. to let him know what i want him to know. ok. after you see the virtual meeting, the heads of the leading 7 global economies will meet face to face in the u. k. at this time, there will be a us president who is life deliberately disruptive. donald trump repeatedly confronted other wild leaders of a trade climate change and even the prospect of bringing russia but into the g 7 group. what happened under the trump administration is that it really shook

a lot of countries. views of the united states as a partner, as an ally and part of biden's job is trying to restore those ties, restore that image of the united states and the eyes of those countries. president biden will also meet with nato leaders and aligns donald trump talked about leaving . the argued he was ready to purchase a traditions and fellow leaders to deliver on his agenda. trav spent 4 years tearing down nato criticizing. other countries in europe suggesting the united states would be better off without it, why are we tied down here, et cetera, etc. and so i think biden sees this as an early opportunity and an early public opportunity to demonstrate his personal diplomatic skills. the trump presidency questions challenged up ended many traditional american political and military positions. joe biden might be able to smooth over the cracks, but he can't guarantee that things will be that way. after the next election,

the relationships that were taken for granted will continue as they always have. biden's biggest challenge will be his summit with russian president vladimir putin . a man he suggested, is a killer, a man. he believe that behind recent cyber attacks on the us, a man who says america should prepare for some uncomfortable truths at the summit. there are no illusions about the state of the us russia relationship. so the number one priority will be to these put this on a stable and predictable track. need to show that there are real costs and that this is an administration that will stand up to russia's d, stabilizing behavior, or leaders, hope they're gathering will send a message. things are getting back to normal, your bite and believes he has to send the same message after 4 years of donald trump. i would for sure i'll just either at the white house. so let's bring in john curtis. he's the director of the university of toronto, g 7 research group, and joined us by a zoom from toronto. john, good to have you with us. so, president biden says this trip is about rallying the world's democracy. rebuilding trust with europe. but what europe's leaders want to see from bite and in return?

well, i think they wanted to see, not only that america is back, but america is not going to lead by itself, and they're expecting all the other allies to follow. but my biden is back with them, so we're going to be team g 7 together and here in the core. so johnson host to the summit designed. it started a long time ago focusing on the big issue of coven. but then adding climate change. other good news is that i think he did it when he 1st went public with it. last september, the united nations are hoping, expecting biden would be the president see importantly, face to face across the table. so these are a set of g 7 priorities designed a long time ago by the british that are perfect for joe. i'm not home. john,

as you say, there are some big issues here out there. covert 19 vaccines climate change, the global economy cyber attacks even so what do you think will be the benchmark of success? but it's g 7 summit. oh, horse johnson has already identified a few days as though you said you're going out all the other g 7 liter to agree that they will docks in a everyone everywhere on the planet by the end of next year. and that is a big task already of things from the graphs to me to pay that they've agreed to come up with $1000000000.00 doses over the next year. but that's a good down payment. there's still a long way to go. so we'll have to see if they can add other things. so why am so worse? johnson's a big aspirational, ideal will turn into a credible

r commitments once the cornwall summit. and so we, we think vaccine diplomacy at play here. i mean, using the vaccine, perhaps the challenge china and russia. oh, very much. because already, you know, reminiscent of the old cold war china with its own vaccines and giving them away for poor desperate countries in the world. are the russians to know what they are. so called the one, but if the west offer its own, i'm sure they'll read the ones that will be chosen because they're the only only fav, fully effective, fully transparently tested ones. and you can count on the leading scientists and pharmaceutical companies, oxford astrazeneca, k, pfizer mode. they're not, they got their 1st job just to final thought. you. i mean,

the g 7 is the big build up to biden's meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. both sides already talking tough. how do you see the summit playing out? when i think of biting wisely. designed is a tour to go there with the full strength and support of the bigger, broader g 7. now with india and australia and korea behind them, and then the nato summit. so it's not super power so much. you know, president versus president. it's the president of the united states were all of the g 7, all of the democratic at 10 and all of nato back at his side. so mr. brewton, i think we'll be duly impressed with that. and the tempted not to play games taking another bite out or by ukraine of bullying,

or meeting up on the ball or more. alright. even backing up routes, john cut in. great to get your thoughts. thank you very much. indeed. 7, talking about 0 pleasure. now russian court has outlawed political groups linked to jailed opposition leader alexis, val, me labeling them as extremist. and that puts them in the same official category as organizations like al qaeda. it means no bound. these allies are banned from running in parliamentary elections. this year, furnished me as more from moscow, with russian president vladimir putin main rival, alexia valley in jail. and his anti corruption foundation, now declared an extremist organisation, hooton's administration has effectively closed off almost all avenues of legitimate opposition to his government to say, to walk. all was bad in the trial, we couldn't even talk about any sort of adversarial system or quality. because we filed some 25 petitions and all of them were rejected. the judge didn't want to

hear us though we made mincemeat of all the so called evidence both by the prosecution and the authorities now have the full power to jail activist and freezer asset navarro, and his allies had already disbanded the groups in anticipation of this rule. another opposition politician dmitri good coff has gone to ukraine after being warmed by people close to the kremlin that he'd be arrested if he stayed in russia . most prominent anti government activists now, either in jail on the house arrest or have fled the minneapolis my milk. my aunt is under trouble restriction that they gave me a hint that they would put her in jail at any moment. she 60 and not ready for anything like this. this is andre, of, of our, of the director of the now defunct open russia, an opposition group linked to exiled oil. ty, cood and crumbling critic may car, hold a cough ski down in the kremlin. everyone knew i was going to run for parliament. he said, after being taken off a flight last week that was about to take off

a poland from st. petersburg. he suspected of violating legislation on undesirable organizations. the court ruling bounds election voluntary allies from parliamentary elections late to this year, leaving few options for those wanting to take on putins, united russia party. this looks like the final blow to a political network built up over years by alexa and the valley to challenge. lot in a position politician supported, they'll still try to use tactical voting to undermine support for the pro kremlin united russia party. but alger 0, moscow to palestinian intelligence officers have been killed by israeli forces that happened during an incursion into the city of janine and the occupied westbank . a 3rd, palestinian was injured, mar deposed, civilian leave. the unsung suit. she has been charged with corruption. she faces 15

years in jail, soon she's being accused of missing lamb for a charitable foundation, as well as accepting money and gold. the military has already brought a series of criminal charges against her since taking powers. she's been detained since i've government was overthrown and in february been more mass process ever since i renewed fighting with groups the united nations is warning of a major loss of life and eastern b. and if no immediate action is taken, it's accusing security forces of indiscriminate as strikes against civilians. it's invoice says mass death from starvation, disease and exposure could occur in kaya state. where more than 100000 people have fled the conflict, nor budman the ripples who knew lo hopes the small underground bunker will shelter her from the expected air strikes. when the military moved in with bombs and artillery far in march, hospitals, schools and public buildings were attacked. more than 100000 people for

me and must pay in state, fled their homes. many escaped to nearby for now they're working to protect themselves against what they expect to be more bloodshed. i get down below that without burn, like soldiers are going over the line using the tackle too much current. people live comfortably and safely, but right now we have to leave our homes and hide from the will of these people from canes, internally displaced camp it to her. tom tried to find a way along the banks of the soul when river to safety in thailand. the neighboring kaya is one of several regions where all of the groups are fighting back against february's clues. when elected leader on san su cheap was deposed. we believe that there blockading this area. this is again something they do on

a regular basis. they will deny humanitarian assistance to any area where they believe there is resistance to their rule. so, you know, food is doc getting through the potable water medicine, other things that people need. the un envoy says mass deaths could occur from starvation, disease, and exposure. the hunter is blocking roach that could provide the aid organizations and those who are trying to get to them access to these people. and i've also heard a report, a credible report to just to day. but landmines are being laid on the road leading to the forests, where these desperate people are with the wet season about to begin malaria and dank, a fever could also spread quickly the redo, the one in the law middle. some of the women are pregnant and we're closer labor which makes it hard for them to travel. some have newborn babies that need

a lot of supplies you too. pool has been in a tooth. how come to 15 years and lose what it's like the face? honda and the consul threats from the military to new or new order, but he does all every day i had to follow the news and what the me soldiers were doing and how the were going to come in. so we'd know all the moves for now. people have no choice but the barricade themselves into what a very flimsy shelters, and hope to be enough to keep them safe from the next air, strike lore by manly outers thereof. time for sure. right now to say right, when we come back relief for us to talk on, which i use as, as the whitehouse dropped the trump executive order to outlaw the chinese and competing opera. how the art is being used as a universal language to issue an urgent morning on that.

ah. hello there. let's start in north america, and it's really a tale of 2 extremes. when it comes to the u. s. we've got hot dry conditions. fueling a critical fire risk in the south west that's affecting california, i rezoning, nevada, and new mexico. but things are looking a lot wet as we move to the south west. we've got severe storms as well, rolling across the deep south bringing with some really strong torrential rains, possible hale. we could see some tornadoes here and not whether extends up to the great lakes. indiana seems really wet conditions and strong showers as well. for ohio, it's up in the north east. the things are looking more dry and settled plenty of sunshine coming in for eastern canada. as you go into friday. it's a wet picture across the west coast. we've got oregon seen some of that wet weather

as well as washington, and there'll be a few storms rolling across northern parts of the rockies. and it's a wet picture as well as we move to central america. we've got much of the wet weather affecting the dominican republic and haiti in the caribbean, thunderstorms as well for cuba, but much of that wet weather is going to be affecting panama and costa rica with $27.00 degrees in san jose, who's a reporters retreat in a brutal civil war. the commodore hadn't been there. the israeli invasion would not have been so well resorted. the commodore had become a journalist center. you could be in the safe enclave and then you went out into civil war. i started off leaving this other grand street. the commodore hotel, the next room i was in, was underground and a tiny prison, so as a hostage,

a route to commodore war hotels on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome back. come on about top stories here. this us president joe biden has arrived in the u. k. and his 1st official trip abroad since taking office during his visit to europe 5 will attend g 7, the nato summit, 70 the russian president vladimir putin. and a russian court has outlawed political organizations linked to jail, opposition leader election ballot labeling them as extreme. it means that these allies, a band for running in september elementary elections, me and not deposed civilian liter,

uncensored. i've been charged with collection. she faces up to 15 years in jail. she's been detained since our government was overthrown in a cood in february. now ill, salvatore has become the 1st country in the world to adopt a crypto currency as legal tender if congress approved a law allowing bitcoin to be used for everyday transactions. and as manual rapid reports, it's the financial success of one popular beach town that appears to have served as inspiration for the law change. the. this is a soon to know locally as bitcoin beach. this small salvador and tours town is home to variety of small business owners. all have one thing in common crypto currency to do this, i think, and i think they were tourists who didn't bring cash, would come and say they wanted to eat something. and they asked if they could pain bitcoin. i said to myself, this is a good strategy. i'm going to use beck calling. i'm going to start collecting. i downloaded the app and i started selling

a lot more with the success of the big point. beach project has boosted the popularity of crypto currency salvatore. and on wednesday, the government announced big point would become legal tender. therefore a lot of coin is approved. supporters of the measure say the new law represents a vote of confidence in using block chain technology to bring informal sector workers into a 21st century economy. you know, somebody and a bank, they're not necessarily digital, not the important thing with their many salvadorans in this country. they cannot use a bank because they're thousands of requirements. el salvador now becomes the 1st country in the world to formally legalize the digital currency. the initiative was led by all salvatore's president. now you buccheri on twitter, he called the passing of the big coin law historic. in the short term, this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion, 2000 times the formal economy and in the medium and long term,

we hope that this is small decision can help us push humanity at least a tiny bit into the right direction. there are also critics, one of the risks of big point price fluctuation. men look at the moment, bitcoin becomes a legal currency problems appear, including and it must basic use which is a form of exchange. and this is related to the volatility of the price of coin, while some also ward that legalizing and be centralized digital currency could be wielded as a tool for corruption. bitcoin believers in sante and across of salvatore say the new law will only increase financial inclusion. and has the potential to spur economic development. manuel rap, hello al jazeera demonstrations have been held in columbia as capital after protests lead us call them people to take over bota. unrest began not the president even due to a proposed tax reforms in april. the plan was withdrawn, but protest continued turned into

a call to en deep rooted inequality. human rights watch has criticized police response to the rallies, accusing the security forces of arbitrary detention sexual abuse. and the recent tenant of protest crowds in peru have taken to the street demanding the final results of the presidential election. it's a neck and neck race between 2 polarized candidates with 98 percent of the votes tallied left his candidate bedrock. i feel older simply over his writing rival take up with you morning. but maury has claimed voter fraud as concern. the result could take a long time to be confirmed. the president has revoked trump era executive orders, which sorts abandoned the popular chinese owned apps, tick tock and we chat. biden's administration says it will conduct its own review of several foreign controlled apps to determine if they pose a danger to americans. former president, donald trump, patty show the orders citing national security concerns. mongolia,

the former prime minister, now corrosive, has been voted in as the countries 6 democratically elected president. analysts say this will consolidate the power of a ruling mongolian people's party. corrosive was forced to resign early this year. following protests, the company beat his rival from the democratic party. been come with president to stop from seeking a 2nd term after controversial changes to the constitution. now brazil football team says it'll take part in the upcoming corporate america ruling out a boycott. but the team's expressing humanitarian concern out of the games were relocated to brazil, the countries reeling from cupboard 19, but the world's 2nd highest death toll and 2 major sponsors are pulled out of affairs, brazil, top court, good bamboo championship on thursday. what can you not get before? nobody else will know what the cup america is supposed to be. sports event with 10 south american teens competing for

regional football cup. this year, it has turned into a political battle between major players, none of them professional. lastly, like brazil's vice president general emilio model, this was when the national squad suggested it, my boy caught the championship, he lashed out against the head. coach, teach you the sort of feel. i come from a time when football players, i would consider it an honor to be part of the national team. now the head coach doesn't want them to play. you should leave the president son, sen, flexible sonata spoke in defense of his father's decision to host the cop america. despite brazil having the world's 2nd largest cove in 1900 death toll, syracuse teachy of licking the boots of former president master mueller, the tumor from brazil, leftist workers party with a strong contender against both so narrow in next year's election. borders must be

on this because this discussion is not about health tita kept silent when the co for america was to be hosted by argentina. but as soon as the venue was changed to brazil, he took a political stand to hippocrates. it was right when president jane wilson natalie took on the cop america. after colombian, argentina withdrew as co host arguing. they were facing deadly protest and corona via infection. the opposition cited with doctors and scientists who said it's not the right time for place to hold such a large avenge. so presidents, your to say this is a dis champion shot. we'd need a clean champion chart to them. what the national team said it was. and satisfied, but would hold it stung until tuesday, just 5 days before the copper america's kick off their silence fuel the war on social media between both financial supporters and opponents teach appeared and means as a staunch communist,

a follower of long dead leon trotsky. while critics doable, so now to dub the cop america cove, it america sports commentator, mount a says appear to politicians in south america have always used football to promote themselves or it's a distraction from an ongoing crisis goal. with that, if the gym is the comp won't bring any money to the brazilian economy, because there will be no public in the stadium. the government's interest in hosting the tournament is merely political. we've seen this happen before in the seventy's military regimes here and in origin. tina used the world cup as a smoke screen to hide their atrocities. now it's being used by both sides for other reasons. if the organizers of the cop america have their way, the final game will be played here, and we addition, nero's iconic mac and stadium with a small public. but many resilience are weary of promises. that safety rules will

be respected. the south american football confederation on the ball is more worried about the millions of dollars it has already invested and would lose if the games were suspended. its priority is to make sure the ball keeps rolling. no matter what monica and i give, i'll just 0 re edition arrow. now, an opera performance from the past has been bring a modern mess about deforestation. steadfast and reports from amsterdam and production that's fusing germany's wagner with a story of destroyed forests in indonesia. ah, all leading in the i am culture of indonesia in the i is the goddess and protector of the forest, the opera song and both guy and german from watkins there in destiny bloom, and chose the history of how to forth were destroyed and cali mountain on borneo

and south east asia, both the stories are about a woman that is protecting the tree of life and a man that comes to attack the tree because he wants knowledge and the tree starts to die. and then we have to figure out what we do. and we want to, to address the idea and i, the deforestation in calling me on some and the causes of deforestation that come from the west. one of the start of the opera is to me because, or you who sell for himself how to trees disappeared. it's thought nearly half of the rain for was in cali month and has been lost in the last 30 years. blue being a gun, we need to remind the world that any i does not like humans to destroy our forests and take away her rights to protect it. i really want to ask the people in europe, the people in the west to say what is left for worlds of our forests, help us, help us. oh video

our illustrate to destruction of the rain forest here uprise being used as a universal language to convey an urgent message. combining ancient songs with figures and dates, the audience is taken on a journey of the rain, forest destruction, a musical reminder that ancient may have more humanity long time ago. about an impending disaster. i told the agent of the panel, i re the guy and tribe learned that great and a search for power eventually will destroy nature. composer. know, salim yadi, i know grass studied korean culture and took its musical instruments to answer them . that ticket me don't allow it to when you're, when you're in the life we can learn a lot from the technologically greed and consumerism are very human. and this is what we want to discuss in this performance. we should not leave this global problem in the hands of local communities to solve your bob. i give them an. 2

o, not on the left, in the end, the granddaughter of any i think the broken pieces of the tree of life back together and wrote and does not survive his attack as he accepts that. greed is not the way an optimistic note at the end of a tragic epoch that humans can turn the tide. if we accept or guilt steadfast and al jazeera answer them ah, type a quick check of the headlines here on our era. us president joe biden has arrived in the u. k. on his 1st official trip abroad since taking office during the 8th day visit to europe by the will take part in g 7 and native summits. it also meet with the russian president vladimir putin. i'm going to communicate that there are consequences rely.