money into a last year around letter a diverse range of stories from across. from the perspective of our networks, germany on al jazeera. ah trying to hit the bank if nature leave is accusing them of exaggerating the threat it poses. ah, the whole rama knew what they were like my headquarters hearing coming up in the next 30 minutes. hong kong government says it's worried about a possible leak and a nuclear power plant told mainland china. also, the international criminal court says, crimes against humanity may be of may have been committed in the philippines during

its crackdown on drugs. and we look at the challenges facing people in garza just weeks after the latin day israeli bombard. ah, welcome to the program. china has called on nato leaders to stop exaggerating what it calls the china threat theory. the warning came after the ally and said during its annual summit on monday that basing present systematic challenges to its security will get more from katrina, you in beijing shortly. but 1st natasha butler reports from the nato summit in brussels. us president joe biden sat down to reassure nato leaders of washington's commitment to the alliance. as he arrived for his 1st summit of the 30 member group in brussels, i want to make it clear. nato is critically important for us interest in and of itself. if there weren't when we'd have to individually,

clearly enjoying the moment, biden thought to rebuild trust after 4 years of donald trump, the former u. s. leader was openly hostile to nato, once even threatening to pull out the military withdrawal from afghan stan climate change an native feature on the agenda, but relation with russia and china dominated discussions, china's growing influence on in national polls this present ch, this to alliance security. joe biden succeeded in persuading nato to back his administration's push for a tougher approach to china, regarded by washington as a major economic and strategic rival. but for most nato allies, russia remains the main threat relation between moscow and nato, are at the lowest points since the cold war. on wednesday, by the shed, you will to meet russian leader vladimir person. so highly anticipated talks in geneva, i shared at our allies that convey to press what i'll convey to president bowden.

but i'm not looking for conflict with russia, but we will respond of russia continues as foreign productivities toys with turkey also tense, the bite and cold, and meeting with the turkish president productive. the u. s. may be back as a reliable nato partner, but this analyst says some allies have concerns. the allies here as in asia, will remember that trump had happened that something like him could happen again in the future. there are divisions in nato on some issues, but those differences remain mainly behind closed doors. as boyden took center stage, leaders were clearly determined to turn a diplomatic page and show united front. natasha butler. i'll just 0 brussels of law in china's response as cross over to beijing where katrina us standing by for an katrina heavy criticism from the g 7 and now from nato. beijing has been

reacting to this as we just mentioned, what else that they've been saying? what on his mission to you has just released a statement denying that china poses any systemic challenge to nate her countries, as mentioned in the communique, and then went on to address 2 areas. first was concerns around china's rising military ambitions. it said that china's military strategy was primarily defensive and when it came to spending in terms of proportion of gdp, china did not spend as much as other nato countries. and it also did not have as many military bases around the world. a comment which was clearly pointed at the u . s. secondly, it went on to address concerns around tron is nuclear stockpile. many of many states and many international organizations have raised concerns in addition to nato, around the lack of transparency around china's capacity. now this statement did not provide any details, unsurprisingly about that,

but it just said that trying to simply is not at the moment, even in the same league as other nato countries when it comes to its nuclear weaponry. it also said that china would always abide by the no 1st use principle in terms of nuclear weapons. now, beijing is under enormous pressure. this is the 1st time that both the nato and the g 7 summit have portrayed china in such a confrontational manner earlier on the weekend just after the g 7 meeting, china's embassy in london released a statement, pricing words saying that while long gone other days, when a small number of countries dictates the decisions of the world. and chinese state media here have been trying to down play the community case of birth. some. it's saying that this sense of unity portrayed is really just a facade that in reality, these countries do not share the same approach to china as the us them, mainly paying lip service to joe biden. because many do value that trade relationship with china. and at the same time we've seen beijing in the background,

cozying up and strengthening its own alliance with russia, for example, as well, its relationships in the a z and ration. and of course, one of the areas that is confrontational by thought we might say nato as well as china is a south china sea. and there is activity that, that is getting notice not just by nato, but by it's asia pacific neighbors that try in recent years, china has really been increasing its activity in the south china sea. not only increasing its exercises, but also building up artificial islands. not the context, china believes that much of the south china sea is its own territory. something very much disputed by many of its neighbors. now we've just heard was that a u. s. aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. while the reagan has just sailed into the south china sea, and it's being accompanied by 2 ships, a guided missile destroyer and a guided missile cruiser. now this is really going to send

a message to china that it cannot just continue to do what it wants in these waters, and that the u. s. will continue to maintain a strong presence in that region. this is most certainly going to aggravate beijing, which considers the south china sea. it's orn backyard. between you invasion, that's very much for the update. now, hong kong government says it's highly concerned about reports of a possible leak from a nearby nuclear power plant in the chinese city of townshend, which is about 135 kilometers west of hong kong. chief executive kerry lamb says she's in touch with authorities in one province after the plans. operators said they're fixing what they're calling a performance issue. the power stations, other operator, french energy drive e d f says it's begun examining a potential build up of gas emissions as one of the reactors. so yeah, it's all wind. we bowed the one you with regards to foreign media reports about nuclear plant and ty, sean guam. jo,

the hong kong government is highly concerned by last night. the government has announced that everything is normal, but we will contact related authorities in going to a province probably within today as we have a regular mechanism to discuss the nuclear standard between hong kong and gong. don't. nuclear engineer on the going to son is chief engineer of fair winds, energy education. he explains what the problem is likely to be. i have a little nuclear fuel piece of nuclear fuel. this is, this is an example, and these are stack 12 feet high, and they're wrapped in a metal wrapper. that metal wrapper in theory keeps all the nuclear radiation from this fuel from getting out at least one. if not more of those though, she's those metal sheet about a stick dime have cracked in the releasing radioactivity into the water inside the nuclear react. that it's a gas,

it's called the xenon encrypt noble gases. and they appear to be building up inside that nuclear reactor. and some reports say they're also leaking out of the nuclear reactor. the right thing to do would be to shut the nuclear reactor down and look for the cheese that are leaking and replace them. and it does appear that the chinese want to do that right now. you know, within the nuclear industry, there's not a lot of trust in, in the chinese nuclear program. they tend to make things look better than they really are. this reactor design has had numerous problems. that components will have to be replaced in the next year or 2 because of cracking. and so nuclear engineers within the rest of the world, are residents rather than to trust what comes out of out of china for information

philippine present. rodrigo da tanti says that he won't cooperate with any investigation by the international criminal court into his so called war on drugs. the i c. c chief prosecutor says, crimes against humanity may have been committed to during detectives crackdown. government data shows more than 6000 suspected drug dealers having kills and 22 coffees in 2016 but rights group say the figure is closer to 30000. to melinda can, has more from manila isis. the prosecutor had been suda has officially requested the pre trial chamber for her to be given authority to start an investigation actually means that a full blown investigation might happen anytime soon. that also means that over the last few years, the i c. c has been looking at the large amount of public information in addition to the reports, complaints and petitions submitted by the families of the victims of the drug war, human rights lawyers, human rights organizations, and even members of the opposition. in fact, just yesterday, in 4th,

supplemental reports from families of the victims have been submitted again to the i c c. and this includes testimonies and evidence against the so called war drugs. and of course this release also includes and what is quite striking about that is that the release yesterday the i see also mentioned that similar apps were committed in dobb city within the period of 1988 to 2016. these are the years when they're, they're also rolled as the mayor of the city in the southern philippines for decades now. it remains to be seen when or whether the pre trial chamber will actually approve the request of the i see prosecutor, she officially retired today and she will be replaced by britain kareem con starting tomorrow. now, when it still hasn't been declined into room a week after the presidential election on monday,

supporters of the free peru party gathered outside the national election jury offices demanding the results be announced. socialist petro castillo, had held a narrow lead over the conservative rival cases which maury, but before results were announced, maury claimed 300000 votes were suspicious without offering any evidence. no, that's all that's almost. they found out that we're all set with so much fraud, and i came to support pedro castillo. i don't want more fraud to happen. a lot of phone calls, as people from rachel. we strongly reject what's happening for the 1st time in peru . and we say that the national election jury is directly responsible. if they know there is a winner. why have they not yet declared pedro castillo, as president? well still had here on out there were live in occupied east jerusalem had a controversial mark by the fall, right? nationalists that could reignite tension and why that is hope the worst of 19 could be ever in the us. but upon another grin,

milestone those stories after the break. ah hello, the hate continues to build across much of europe, but scientists and cooler fresh weather. coming in from the northwest, going to co from coming in here, and that will introduce that to color as you go on through the next couple of days in the form of a, a thunder e breakdown. we got some thunderstorms across western parts of spain and portugal when some thunder shouts and heavy spells of right over towards the east. but at the moment it is all about that heat. and that he will gradually search a little further eastwards, temperatures and brought in around 23 celsius on tuesday afternoon. but picking up to 28 by wednesday. and a real hot one for thursday. 33 celsius possibility. but you could see hind london wouldn't around 23 degrees at this stage and make the most of that very warm

weather that we do have a cross western pass. it is shook my do so i suspect this crowd of grains sinking in over the next couple of days will come as something of a relief for many said make you a little easier to sleep at night. michelle was there in so many western parts in the shower was come, little more widespread and foundry wanted to shout in northern parts whitley and staying disturbed over towards the black sea. plenty of disturbed weather across central parts of africa. the gulf of guinea, seeing some lively showers now and those very heavy rain started to push away a good part of inland west africa. the frank assessments and argument for suggesting that by ministrations are playing a long game. it's very much of a warm embrace on the iran nuclear deal. the cause of us domestic politics, informed opinions, schools, and shelters have been reduced to rubble. how do you think this shapes a generation and the politics that life has been shaped by vitamin,

the in depth analysis of the dates, global headlines inside story on our jazeera? ah, the me look back, you're watching over there with me. the whole rahman, reminder of all top stories, china has called on nato, lead us to stop exaggerating what it calls the china threat ferry. the warning comes after the elias said, during its annual summit that facing present systematic challenges to its security . also, hong kong government says it's highly concerned about reports where possible lead from a nuclear power plants in china's most populous provinces. one,

don't the plants operated, se, then fixing a full issue and the international criminal court. chief prosecutors as crimes against humanity may have been committed during the so called war on drugs in the philippines. president rodrigo detached a sense. he won't cooperate with any investigation. the far right nationalists will march through occupied east jerusalem on tuesday after being given the go ahead by israel's new government. now they planned to walk through the old city waving flags in the move which could re ignite tensions. palestinian factions of cold for a day of rage against the march. stephanie deck reports now from occupied eastern eastland. it's the 1st real test for prime minister. naturally, bennett and his new coalition, the so called flag march, which right wing national jewess group used to mark jerusalem day when israel occupied is truth in the 1900. 67 will now take place on tuesday, and many fear it could read night tension. it's a demonstration of power. it's

a demonstration of control over the police, over the palestinian people. and the day itself, you know, we have been monitoring deployed for years and we have lots of lots of video showing that the pull it says is actually a demonstration of incitement. of lacy, susan, ah, the march was initially delayed from it's original date in may. it was cancelled just as people were gathering because rockets were fired from gaza as a warning against holding the event. and another delay from last thursday when police withdrew permission fighting security concerns. the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu then booted up in a cabinet meeting, stating the march should be allowed to happen, and also police chief barrels turn to roof. it's an awful time in all these, all these tensions does board the clashes in the board. the rules are still there, you know, we are still trying to heal from what we had been going through just few weeks ago

. this area around damascus, gate and occupied history from has been a flash point during recent tensions. now palestinians t, this march, as a major provocation, how mass and other group have cooled for a day of rage. pudding propeller thing is to come here in response. i, my family owns a bookstore here in east jerusalem. he tells us the settlers know very well. this is a provocative act, but that goes beyond that. i think we have to look at the psyche of the government . the government claims them as a capital united. i mean, why do these people say the sets are celebrated, the invocation of them, because there will be a candidate if a parliament that the claim or the listening to be united in $984.00 are believe and hence, it's also a political point. it's a political act, it's a political stand, it's a government political point to prove, despite the march for the 1st time not being allowed to pass through damascus gate

. and through the muslim quarter of the city, it is still being allowed to pass through occupied in jerusalem on the main road next to damascus gate. it's an area seen as a communal heart for palestinians. have masses warned this could cause an escalation. and these really police have increased security not only here in jerusalem, but israeli army has sent extra soldiers to the occupied west bank. its prime minister natalie bennett's 2nd day in office, leading a fracture coalition of opposing ideologies. many will be watching to see how he handles choose these events as a possible indication of the type of leader. he will be with. stephanie decker, al jazeera in occupied east, jerusalem, and harry foster choice from occupied east teresa. it's a huge test really, isn't it. hurry for the newly installed government because what in principle is is they've been heritage. netanyahu approved march indeed, and the test is really for them to decide whether to allow to go ahead or not. not

tell bennett, under a lot of pressure as someone who brands himself as further to the right then benjamin netanyahu, despite the fact he's governing now in a very broad coalition, will find it would have found it difficult in terms of his own base to, to cancel this much and so it goes ahead and it goes ahead with all the attendant risks. good stuff was just outlining in terms of security provisions or least police ready security forces being imposed here and and being put on the streets in occupied the students were hearing the 2 and a half 1000 extra police will be on the streets to marshall this event and it will take place some of it here in the square, just outside damascus gate. that is the plan that people will come here. waving flags chanting nationally slogans and dancing in this place which has been such a flash point during the month of ramadan for the weeks that lead up to the escalation with gaza. we're also hearing from hamas that it is reserving the right

is it puts it to re engage in hostilities if it feels that jerusalem is being in some way trampled on again, by what it calls the occupation forces by the settler group. so it remains an extremely tense, dangerous period. they won't be going through damascus gate. they will be going through jeff gate through the jewish quarter towards the western war. but some of them may well go through another route once inside, which could get close to and even go through part of the muslim quarter of the old city as well. so a lot of moving parts to this. we wait to see how it plays out better this afternoon and we'll keep checking in with you as time progresses. heavy force about force and occupied through some. thank you very now. the rebuilding of garza, after israel's recent bombardment, will be one of the main discussion points for our foreign ministers at a meeting. and on tuesday, garza is already under

a 14 year blockade. and many areas were reduced to rubble in the israeli as strong as the killed more than $250.00 palestinians. but as una, and as i eat reports a lot more work needs to be done before the signs of rebuilding. before garza kid rebuild, there is the challenging task of cleaning up the rubble from the devastation caused by israel's air strikes last month. nothing remains of the buildings that were targeted in several areas. i think so what have been the of the demolition of housing factors. and for fletcher, the people who lost the house is didn't find anything didn't receive any money for, for intended in subsidy for buying some clothes. some furniture we are talking about 2000 doing this has been demolished either totally or severe

but became in and habitable as people here gradually return to normal life. they still struggle with the same problems they faced for a day k. israel continues to close. does this borders preventing hundreds of patients from seeking life saving medical treatment in the occupied westbank? gases ministry of health has also we're in the serious consequences from a shortage of medicine, which is described as the most severe ever will hold off the ottoman, the conditions here are difficult. the entire garza strip suffers especially the medical sector, suffers from a lack of various medical supplies. we don't have enough central medicines. this is adding extra strain on the health care sector, which is already struggling to to the israel blockade on the gas stroke. last month, israel closed the care of of asylum, crossing garz's main commercial trade route, citing security concern that has made the humanitarian situation here,

even worse shudder that i have thought him in his manner. israel has tightened its blockade with restrictions on all materials entering the gaza strip, in particular raw materials and those that are needed in the industrial sector, which is called a new crisis. this is happening after a war that has destroyed thousands of industrial facilities with thousands of workers and now unemployed adding to the thousands of others who are also out of work. the people of garza have long been subjected to, israel's locate that restricts their movement and that of trade making life difficult for millions of palestinians. it's been almost 3 weeks since the end of the 11th a war and this trip. tons of trouble will take months to remove and many families main whole lives. but he's drill. so hasn't less than just read on the crossing, denying the movement of people and the entry of vital good god stuff.

now the human says at least $33000.00 children in ethiopia, or at imminent risk of death, from malnutrition. the children's agency and assess are in isolated parts of the 2 grier region which has been wrecked by conflict. now it says more than 2000000 people in northern e. p. a pure of suffering acute food insecurity after 7 months of violence. thousands of times in the us state of illinois have been evacuated after an explosion at a chemical plant. claims of black smoke can be seen from several kilometers away. emergency workers say there's no danger to quality at around of ground level, but fire fighters plan to let the fire continue to burn the fear of fighting the flames could cause the chemicals to flow into a nearby river. the building is pretty much consumed. we're thinking that this is going to be a several day event to have all this product burned off. and that's the best thing that we can do right now. and the main thing is that we don't want an environmental

nightmare to occur. and, and the reason we can that we would cause that is by the use of water streams. so we're letting this product burn. and that's the safest thing that we can do because we're so concerned about the, the product run off into the waterways. in the 600000 people and he died from kind of iris in the us. it remains the worst effected country in the world, but with almost half of the population not fully vaccinated, there's hope the worst may be over my kind of reports now for washington, d. c. in this divided institution, a rare moment of bipartisanship, as democrats and republicans came together to remember the countries dead. the number of fatalities in the us that comes for some 15 percent of the reported total worldwide. this week there were $25000.00 cases, reported each day,

57 percent lower than the figure a month ago. there are still too many lives being lost. we're still average in the last 7 days, thus of $370.00 deaths per day. $270.00 deaths, that's significantly lower than at the peak of this crisis, but it's still a real tragedy. just under 50 percent of americans are fully vaccinated. but there's a marked disparity in terms of vaccination figures. the top 5 states with vaccination rates of 60 percent, all over are all in the east. the bottom 5 with rates of 30 percent or lower are in the south with republicans controlling the bottom states. it's clear there's a political as well as geographical divide. and the vice president went to south carolina. as the administration tries to ratchet up vaccinations in areas that are lagging. the vaccines. let me say it again. are safe. they are

safe and they are free. and they are effective. and it is that simple, the bite and administration had targeted a national 70 percent effect, the nation rate by july, the full independence day. but even as the nation mourns that target and the hood immunity, it could promise, appears to be increasingly unattainable. my kind of, i'll just era washington. the state of california, his lifting, it's covered 19 restrictions on tuesday. it imposed the 1st statewide shutdown in march last year. and as among the last to fully reopen california experience its lowest rates of infection in the past few months, despite recording during the winter night, it's vaccination level is higher than most states with 2 thirds of those eligible getting at least one dose were excited. and then a little confused on the 15th,

we get the open to full capacity inside and we've only been able that 50 percent that would be nice to fill the place up. however, we are still confused about the math mandate, doctors and chili, who proposed to return to a strict lockdown at an increase in cove in 1900 infections. the chilean medical association wants the government to impose the restrictions for 3 weeks. it's called a strategy, an epidemic short circuit in which people will be confined to local areas to reduce transmission, surely see more than $7000.00 new cases a day. somebody is also seeing a search in infections. its founding president kind of calendar was admitted to hospital on monday. now the government hasn't confirmed if the 97 year old house caves 19 or not. somebody has health authorities say they have to impose restrictions, rights continue to rise. they reported at least 108000 cases, a more than 1300 deaths. heavy layer of what's being cold see

snot blanketing the scene or stumble in turkey is getting worse than useless. chairs naturally occurring and produced by alligator, it has been building up in the sea of mamma, but experts say it's west unusual and is at risk of risk to marine. life is sort of heavy pollution. com sees and rising temperatures and making it worse. of course you can follow those stories that we're covering as well as mounting what's going on? nice jerusalem today on our website down there a dot com, it's updated throughout the day. i don't you know, just bear with me as a whole robin in doha, reminder of, i'll talk new stories. china has cold on nato leaders to stop exaggerating what it calls the china threat theory. the warning comes after the alliance had during its annual summit, the beijing present systematic challenges to its security. katrina, you has more beijing ton of missions that you has just released

a statement denying that china poses any systemic challenge to nate. her countries as mentioned in the communicated.