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thousands displaced by fighting laws. remaining reform is a conservative pull out of iran's presidential race. we look at what this means for fridays election. i'm john ross with thought the japan considers allowing up to 10000 fans a major event ahead of the lympics and yes and all the braking nights for christina rinaldo, who's now more goals than any other player or i so in just over an hour, president's joe biden applied to me preaching that you to hold talks in geneva, even as both sides say that us and russel relations are at the last point in is look, now live pictures of villa grounds. this is the venue of the summit. this lake side built very grounded is to played a part and landmark international agreements in the past, but by sides playing down expectations. this time, the president says,

blame the kremlin for a series of cyber attacks and has accused vladimir putin of stifling democracy by jailing. the opposition, either electing the valley period for his part is rejected. accusations of interfering in u. s. presidential elections and he says, washington wants to contain rushes, development by imposing economic restrictions. whitehouse cross one. it can be how it is study by in geneva. but 1st, let's hear from bernard smith, who has more from moscow, and what putin might hope to get out of the it's been 7 years since the g 8 became the g 7. and russia stop getting invites vladimir putin. his decision to alex crimea prompted the suspension from this gathering of the world's most powerful democracy. since then, russia's president has become more isolated. only the president of tajikistan joined him for the victory day commemorations. so as summit with the us president is a qu putin. he's cooper for the meeting will be widely promoted by russian propaganda

because put in is sort of emerging from international isolation and at the highest level for him. the fact of the summit itself is important, but it's the u. s. it's driving the agenda because it's far from clear what pooty will get from his talks with biden and headed to meet with mister putin, to let him know what i want him to know. the u. s. government, russia policy presumes a high degree of friction in the relationship he used to put in your new po, which at work. if food gets nothing from this meeting, i think he'll show us a scary movie and it will be bad if the almost worn april wasn't enough. it's september, we'd get a semi war. would it be difficult for moscow to send his troops into ukraine? no. as well as ukraine, there'll be plenty to talk about when both men meet in this villa on the shores of lake geneva. disputes are reelection interfere and cyber crime and human rights cast a shadow over the meeting. arms control and regional conflicts will also be on the

agenda the long. i think biden's strategy is based on the fact that american society economy and technology have a future while putin's regime has no future. that's why biden doesn't need to rush . americans are not really worried about the fate of vonnie or other jailed russian opposition. members. so there will be pressure on puts in but not very strong because they need to keep the communication channel open. is it even possible for the us and russia to come to agreement over the status of crimea, or what to do about the bellows, dictate to alexander lucas shank or how to resolve the syrian civil war or bloomer . the problem is simple. the west con, get put in what he wants. freedom of action in the posts region cannot and will not while that's exactly what to to needs. so when a dead end may well end up with a war, at least on the re staffing of each of his embassies. both lead as could come to a mutually beneficial agreement. here that the topic bolton have left us and russian diplomatic mission operating with skeleton stuff that affects diplomatic

exchange, is severely disruptive, issuing a visa foreign ministry that it's ready to review normal operations with just 24 hours. notice if the us agree furnace smith, alger 0 mosque, well, it's gross, like to didn't even know where our white house correspondent, kimberly how could, is standing by a. kimberly not a lot of diplomatic daylight between the twos we've been hearing. what can we expect? well the bar has been set pretty low by both sides because each side is going in with a kind of a divergent set of goals for the us part. it's really acknowledging that there is a tension in the relationship that is unlikely to be a improved significantly. but to that, and the united states is looking to pretty much draw a line in the sand if you will, that it is going to convey the message that the harmful activities it alleges that

russia has been involved in that it will not be tolerated. if it continues, the united states will respond with respect to meddling and us democracy, or even some of those routes and where attacks, where although russia has denied any involvement, the us says that it is providing safe harbor for those 5 are criminals. now, with respect to russia, it is going in not expecting that there will be any sort of improvement in the risk that was caused by its annexation in 2014 of crimea. nor do they think that there really is going to be any role back of the u. s. sanctions or you sanctions that have been in place for some time. essentially what moscow is looking to do according to the spokesperson for vladimir putin, is to ensure that its vital interests are protected. take a listen not 3 years ago or so. a number new spring is part of the talks today will not be easy. it will be a very difficult conversation. there are many great questions on the agenda of russian american relations and they are mostly problematic,

including strategic stability and purely bilateral issues. we have many long neglected questions that need to be told through. that's why president putin is arriving with an attitude to frankly and constructively sit questions and try to find solutions so. so kimberly, where do you think we can look at to find some common ground between the 2? while the white house team says it's going into this, and as you mentioned, it's starting very soon to try and at least find small areas of cooperation. in other words, a framework where the sort of lower level diplomat can try to work on some of these thorny issues. but in terms of the relationship between vladimir putin and joe biden, they're going into this with a bit of name calling and well. 7 joe biden has tried to soften some of this calling vladimir putin as recently as a couple of days ago. we're the adversary, he did previously call him a killer. and to that end,

we've heard from vladimir putin is called job and kind of referred to him as a career diplomat who has been and or rather career politician who's been there for very long time. so they've taken their respective swipes at each other. so it's really sort of hard to see them emerging out of this with some warm chemistry as we saw back in 1985 with us president ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev. but still, that's why this location has been selected, not because of its history, but also because of its neutrality. the feeling is that, given the fact that russian relations with the united states have been dismal, most of acknowledge that what the goal is to make sure that plummet doesn't continue, but to really stabilize things moving forward. around stunning location. it is to can li, i thanks for that. that can be how it gets back with you a bit later as the events progress well, relations between the us and russia at the lowest point in decades is we've been hearing straightened over several issues,

including allegations of russian meddling and us presidential elections. jo biden's administration accused the criminal spreading misinformation during last year's election to influence americans to vote for donald trump. 2016, the election meddling went further. russian groups hacked into hillary clinton's emails and those of her staff. they also spread propaganda on social media platforms. the criminal denies involvements the u. s. also, russia has been behind so called solar wind hacking campaigns. in 20202021. 1 of the most sophisticated cyber high recent years infiltrated the software of government agencies and american firms. in april j, biden's government impose abroad series of sanctions on russian individuals and organizations. the united states also expelled russian diplomats. so let's bring in under a quote not who's director general of the russian international affairs council, joins us from moscow by skype was good enough. welcome to the program. joe biden opened up this opportunity did need to what degree will kind these to work together?

well, i think it depends on whether to day you select the most divisive issues to start with, or they would go for a low hanging fruits. i think that the all job that they can agree on arms control to continue ego. she should be on the extended to new start agreement. they can probably agree on a number of regional issues, mostly see to each other and strategically. and our ideally, they should also agree to or somehow stop the diplomatic war and to bring the respective embassy to full operation. otherwise, it is very difficult to imagine that the kind of resolve that most burning and the most divides of issues that exist in between russia and united states. it's a degree, it's already as successively been,

putin isn't before he even gets off the playing because it puts him in the spotlight and shows that russia operating on the global stage. yeah, yeah. i think that it's 6 discuss success story and i think that's who to really wants this meeting, but it was important for you to know that it was person by didn't who opened this meeting? i think so logically if that kind of boost for the russian president. so from jo biden's point of view, then you wonder why he would do this is what does he have to gain? well, you know, i think that term you can imagine that probably a 4 by didn't. russia is an irritant bite and wants to focus on china as the main strategic diversity of the united states. and he wants to manage the relationship with russia in order to calm down the costs and to reduce the needs of this competition, which is inevitable and which will continue. so probably she wants to do what is

doable. and then to take keys main agenda, which is the central relationship with aging. so clearly near the way the united states certainly not tried to reset anything. we've had all that before. and then you had donald trump imagining this moment for the relationship. this is more about a predictable relationship if you like. i agree. i think it's about up indictable relationship, which of course does not exclude some pockets of cooperation. for example, russia and tonight states corporate quite productively in the arctic region, and i see no reason why you cannot continue. they can work together not career on a number of global comments. so even on climate change, but the essence of the relationship will be serial. under gotten up, we appreciate about thanks very much dave. your perspective. thanks a lot. while both sides have hinted, some headway could be made on nuclear arms control. take

a look at the recent disputes between the world's 2 because nuclear power at back in 2019 then president donald trump withdrew for a major nuclear treaty signed between moscow washington. at the height of the cold war, the u. s. accused russia violating the so called i n, f packed, the bands short range nuclear missiles. trump also tried to pull out of another pipes, the new strategic arms reduction, or new start treaty signed in 2011. i that limits the u. s. and russia to deploy no more than $1550.00 nuclear warheads applied and agreed to a 5 year extension. shortly after he took office a roster and says any future arms control pipe must cover missile defense systems that it consider as d, stabilizing the u. s, it says rushes thousands of reported tactical nuclear weapons that are not covered by start must also be on the table. so let's explore this. spectra spin is executive director at the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. she accepted the nobel peace prize on behalf of the campaign group back in 2017,

please to say as she joined us live now from geneva, which was friends. so as i said before, there's little other diplomatic daylight on other issues, but perhaps there is more in miss irina what's your sense? yeah, of course. i mean, i think every time the us and russian presidents get together, we have to remember that these 2 people, individuals have the power to end the world as we know. so nuclear weapons is always going to be a massive issue that they going to have to deal with. and we've seen the last few years. detail radiation between relations withdraw from bilateral agreements. huge modernization programs, global spending on nuclear up us increasing. so really with, within a very dangerous situation, the risk of nuclear weapons use is at the highest level, has ever been going to experts. and we talking the same kind of levels at the cuban missile crisis or during the star wars years of the cold war. so this is a really urgent moment for these to lead us to change course. uncomfortable back

from that you know, our new new to arms race. we've seen that a few years, but i think the new coms could be an area where we can see progress indeed. so what, what do you think the best that we can hope for is for miss? what could be an initial meeting? and in further negotiations on this, are we likely to get commitments for example, to, to negotiate further reductions? well, of course, they're not going to, couldn't come to an agreement right there at the table on this one. but we hopefully, we'll see a recognition from base to leaders that any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences. reagan and gorbachev when they met here in geneva and the eighty's had a similar agree commitment, then that a nuclear war cannot be fought and must never, never be fought. and i think that we can also see the kind of commitment to start working towards new productions. new start, for example, will expire. just expand that it will expire in 5 years. but you have these for

years with this press it on to i think is committed to arms control where we can really see hopefully at the end of this meeting, them lying out the next steps. but they will meet again at a working level and start discussing nuclear reductions. all right. what about areas beyond their own capabilities thereon? for example, north korea. well, we've seen worrying trend the trends, of course, with china and the united kingdom, increasing the nuclear arsenals with 40 percent. so in order to get other nuclear states on board, i think russian united states, who still holds 90 percent of the world's nuke arsenals really have to come to the table and start a process. and then bring in other new chrome states when it comes to iran. i mean, a massive amount of energy is being put now to repairing the damage that the trump administration did by withdrawing from the ran deal. so hopefully we can also see a commitment to the van deal today from both sides and the ongoing work to kind of

repair that, that much, that was done a bit just in just great to get your perspective, appreciate your time. thanks very much indeed. spirits for the executive director of international campaign to a policy like thank you or pay more still ahead on the news, including accuse of descent, we speak to a family who lost a young son and the income in kashmir. and the process of the years goes wrong, leaving several people in hospital general have detail ah, israel has carried out the 1st and strikes on garza since a sci fi came into effect less than 4 weeks ago. it's military says war planes attacked mass target south of garza city. and in con eunice, that's off to incendiary balloons. were flown from garza into fields in southern israel. l side is folly developments from causal. the israel military carried out

grade in the south and got district mainly the governor at different locations in areas including agriculture, causing a lot of material damage. this was violating the fire place the 3 weeks ago after the recent war and already fried fire that has been already violated israeli military set. the strikes have come in recall to the garry balloon that thomas had blanched yesterday from the gaza strip. also in response to the flag march that was taking place in jerusalem. that was provoking a flag more tooth palestinians, yesterday. also, according to how much officials, an israeli media ship mediators had very much pressured hamas to restrain it. following the flag marked, it was up to only the instant jerry balloons and the confusion activities that took

place across the borders of the gods district yesterday. that's enough from harry force. it has more from west truth. this government seems to be continuing the fairly tough security policy into israeli terms, at least of its predecessor. this is a fairly major response to in century balloons being flown into israeli territory. something has happened before that the use of these balloons. they set fire to some 20 different locations in southern israel in the past they have gone not exactly an onset or perhaps not answered with these kinds of air strikes. however, on the other hand, these are nothing like the sorts of air strikes that we saw during the conflict. in may, they were largely empty areas, training grounds, those sort of things being targeted without casualties that we've said that we've heard of it in any way. so i think it is a signal that both in terms of hamas,

it's response to the flag march was not rockets as it could have been in terms of israel's response. there is a relative sort of limitation to it. and so i think it's a signal that both sides a pretty key not to go back to the kind of military exchanges that we were seeing just a few weeks ago in terms of the flag march itself. again, that was something that has been inherited from a decision by benjamin netanyahu to revive those plans after they were initially scotched by police. last week it's something that the new government of natalie bennett had 2 of the approval rejected, decided to approve it, but at the same time yeah, latino, the new foreign minister is distancing himself and the government from the kind of racist language that was use death to arabs, bernard, villages, that kind of thing. while people were brandishing these ready flag in occupied east jerusalem on tuesday. a palestinian woman has been killed after an alleged attack on israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank. israel's military says the 29 year

old tried to drive her car into a group of soldiers near the village of his mother. she was then shot by soldiers after getting out of the car. while holding a knife, the red crescent says is ready, forces prevented the teams from treating her. a 2nd candidate has dropped out of aaron's presidential race on the final day of campaigning. conservative valley races, connie says that he's throwing his support behind front runner for him. i see earlier today, reform is that most in that matter. either also pulled up without backing anyone else. there are not 5 candidates left in the race that's made to us. it beg, joined his life from tehran and i said so with these pullouts, how things shape you know, but it won't make much of a difference. heard is that there was posing around one percentage reformist, and hadn't secured the support of any prominent reform in individual or faction. the county will, he was expected. there were room that he would pull out in favor of rights. in fact,

the moderate candidate him, the former governor of the central bank, he accused some of these conservative candidates that they would be dropping in favor of right now this comes just to i was, i was after around 20 lawmakers, wrote a letter to 3 of the conservative candidates, asking them to pull out in favor of you to write his vote to share it would increase. but in, in the why the context, it makes little difference. it brought him right. you see the, the head of the judiciary and the french on its way ahead in the polls. and because of the disqualifications doesn't really have much of opposition in this election. and many people feel that it's already a done deal. we've also been hearing from the outgoing president, was he had to say when he, the dressing vote to turn out. and he said if people are dissatisfied with his government or with the establishment hair, boy cutting the action isn't the way forward. he acknowledged that the had been some injustices and then vetting process where many candidates were disqualified.

and he said that to compensate for that is to come out and vote. and there is a concern by the police from the garbage here, that there will be a low voter turnout. in fact, the polls do show that this could be one of the lowest turn out the country has ever had now been react on the streets. many people are telling us that there won't be voting that the defective slide. not only would be economy, but also with their honie government over the past 8 years. those sanctions have haven't been lifted and there's been the mismanagement of the economy. now we expect the supreme leader to be speaking later today, and he again will be encouraging people to come out and vote now whether that will make a difference or not. we're not sure. but as i said, many people feel that this is already a done deal, and the french and brian race, you will be the countries next president. thank you. as it, big the inter, an on group ma'am, are opposed to february's military. coups says it's holding a tax on government forces. the current, a national defense force has been under pressure from the public to stop fighting

entire states where it operates. more than 100000 people have been displaced by the corporate u. l investigator has worn. they are at risk of starvation and disease. 20 chang has more from the tight mob border. this valley marks the border between mamma and thailand. and while it appears tranquil reports coming from the other side and can state all that it is anything but memos, ami has launched an offensive using heavy artillery and attack helicopters against towns just 20 or 30 kilometers over the border. and that in turn has forced more than a 100000 people to seek sanctuary in the jungles. over here, we understand that one of the groups that have been fighting against the mamma army has called for a cease for. but that is just one small area and very few people will be reassured of their long term future. nonetheless, conditions for the refugees have fled, or apparently desperate members army has closed off the entire state. and

apparently now, food, clean water and shelter, are in very short supply of chris lida has warned a possible food shortages and says it could be extended trend of rice restrictions . kindergarten told the political conference at the food situation is getting 10, says industrial output rose by 25 percent in the past year. but overall economic growth is hampered by cobit 19 typhoons and limited food supplies. a sri lankan family seeking asylum in australia has been reunited after they were separated when the youngest daughter became sick. now this ellen gum move up and flew to perth with his eldest daughter, peter from christmas island detention center in the indian ocean. that was on tuesday, his youngest daughter was being treated in hospital for blood poisoning due to untreated pneumonia. only her mother was allowed to travel with her. well, if he has any one caught trying to reach a trailer by boat without documentation has been sent to remote off short detention center. hundreds of being held in prison. camps in the pacific islands have no root

and pepper guinea where their refugee status is assessed. anyone in need of medical treatment is taken to the remote australian torture of christmas island, which is close to indonesia. the mainland, australia human rights commission says the detention center on christmas island should be closed because of its inhumane living conditions. and that the overcrowded facilities make it impossible to stop the spread of october 19 with jonathan in your is the chief executive officer, the public interest advocacy center. that's a social, social justice and law policy center. he says the motor govern family of the latest victims of australia is cruel policy towards asylum seekers. i can comment on the individual circumstances, these families types, but one thing that is very well known as the community coenzyme where we're living in the community is very kind to have them back making a great contribution, united community and in the state. the state and government has taken this, this extraordinary approach of spending countless millions of dollars to the time

them to ship them to christmas island, to hold them in detention their pre extended periods of time. despite the distress of causes. despite the, the evidence that we had really decades of the mental hom that it causes into place children in that position to proofpoint. frankly, it is really the, it's an extraordinary situation that it's just to relate to the family team since i've not been to the center. but i'm saying, i'm not seeing images and i certainly read reports about, you know, design, it is a detention center with res awards. it's set up to the i want to have a higher level of security. and one of the recommendations of the human rights commission is my report is that it be clients, it's not suitable for people from often a very vulnerable kind of or people who have often fled from circumstances, torture and trauma. they just aren't. the search isn't appropriate. facilities available there so that people can be held safely. and so the commission is

recommended absolutely unequivocally. it should be taken, we should should not be each of us when the situation still ahead on. busy the al jazeera, more on that summit from geneva, where president putin has just landed ahead of his discussion is to be held over several hours in geneva with the u. s. president joe barton, china repairs, descendants, oldest astronauts into space and its 1st cruise mission and kevin durant for the next one when from their 1st n b, a conference, finals. in 18 years, j will have a hello. the heat is on across europe, london. i've got you and i think you'll do it 30 degrees. paris,

we've cut you in for 34, but let's talk about that act of weather and we can find it toward iberia, starting to migrate further to the north in impact the western portion of france. we've got a lot of weather along the black sea region, so pockets of 60 millimeters for eastern bulgaria and romania can't be ruled out. energy bubbling up across spain as we head toward thursday, once again lifting towards the north, some soaking rains for paris and london. your temperature is down to 23 and this act of weather will make it through you. as we head toward friday, wind gusts about 40 to 50 kilometers per hour, and your temperatures are now below average. all of that was weather along the black sea were seen at toward the southern shores of the black sea for turkey. and, you know, on kara, had been dealing with some flash flooding as of late. i think the biggest risk for that will be north of the capital region and by thursday. conditions do improve here will keep the risk of some scattered showers for is stumble with a high of 25 degrees off to africa. we've got some sand and dust jumping across the

red sea from yemen. this is impacting eritrea as morrow. 26 degrees with some hazy conditions and a lot of rain for southern areas of nigeria. the news out there world peers into the murky world. a state sponsored spyware and the discovery by al jazeera journalists, 06 technology for smart phone systems can be, is this the new frontier? us think about the occasion of exports to breaking the phone. this is fine and your phone on out there are 300 years of danish colonization and international interest in the island to refill his gray younger generation.