to discover the current events with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. ah, what went on out there? ah, the, the russian and you as president told talks in geneva against the backdrop of strained relation. ah, i don't know. this is out here. i liked coming up. it's really strikes i'm dogs are in the 1st attack since it's useful. i came to force just weeks ago. one of india is top tourist attractions, back in business, even though the country is still battling

a 2nd wave is 19 and together at last. how public anger helped reunite to family seeking asylum in australia? ah, so the russian and us presidents have been holding towards geneva against the backdrop of frosty relations. and warnings have low expectations from both sides. the kremlin says the 1st round of negotiations rover after about 2 hours. a 2nd round with a large group is due to commence shortly. earlier, blood reputed thank joe biden for initiating the closed door meeting. wide responded by say it's always better to meet face to face in the lead up to the talk space. i'd say relations are at the lowest point in years. whitehouse cross one. it can be how does live in geneva? certainly at the lowest point. kimberly, in a long time, so a lot of ground to make up lot of ground to make up. but

it's clear that joe biden is using a charm offensive in terms of trying to at least get started on some of the issues of concern to the united states. when the 2 leaders 1st met, there was a smile and a hand shake. it certainly could have been much more frosty given the issues that they have to discuss. and the 1st initial meeting that we knew would include the u . s. secretary state, the foreign minister for russia as well as the 2 presidents lasted about 93 minutes . so certainly they got along well enough to continue the conversation beyond an hour. now, as you mentioned, that 2nd sort of aspect of the day which will include the broader delegations, is now underway. no meal break. this was important. there was no sort of breaking of bread between the 2, at least from the u. s. standpoint. what we know is we were told these would be 5 member delegations, but what's being widely reported here is that the united states has 6 advisors in

to add to the secretary of state and us president. and on the russian side, there ain't advisors in that delegation. so the discussions are continuing. what we know is there covering a lot of ground for the u. s. from it standpoint, they're kind of trying to draw a line in the sand to build a framework for future discussions, whether it be on security, whether it be on the route where attacks that have been occurring in the united states or even on promoting human rights and democracy, as for russia, they're looking to protect their security interest. they're also not really expecting a rift to be repaired. that's been in place for some years now. so it's 2014. in fact, when russia, amex crimea, and certainly has been part of the tension that has been growing in recent years, what we're hearing from the russian side is that really they want to highlight their security concerns and restore basic channels of communication. and it appears, at least from the initial outset that seems to have been achieved so far. as i

tried to restore the, the channels of communication. you wonder what common ground they can find? this is going to be the challenge. and the problem is because going into this meeting, not only was there sort of the predictable name calling between joe biden, vladimir putin in the respective interviews to media outlets. but their account of various events differ so greatly. for example, the united states is squarely blaming russia, or at least for harboring the cyber criminals that have attacked the colonial pipeline in the eastern united states, affecting millions of americans ability to get gas for their vehicles. you have to remember the influence that the united states says russia has been responsible for with respect to the 2016 us election. the 2020 us election, the presidential elections or russia denied all of that. so how do you solve those problems when you're set a fax, your initial ground work,

your framework and foundation differ so greatly. and so that is the challenge and it's not just those 2 issues. in fact, it's almost every issue when latimer, who was asked about those 2 issues, specifically several, where's the proof? so the problem is, is that this is a skilled statesman with an intelligent background who very clever. and this was the concern with the previous us president donald trump, that he would be o flanked by vladimir not necessarily the concern with joe biden. he has decades of experience handling intelligence in the u. s. congress as vice president now as president. but again, in finding those areas of common ground, a bit of a challenge given their perspective very so widely, or i can believe thanks very much. can be helped in geneva. well, it's in now from edward lucas who's a senior fellow at the center for european policy analysis. and he explains why improving relations with russia is not a priority for j by to russia, which has an economy the size of italy to be treated as one of the world's great

pause is very important. it's important in terms of maintaining preaching credibility around the world. and his popularity inside russia, because russians won't their country to be respected and treated as if it was really important. but the question is, what, what happens next? and it seems to me that he wants to pop the russia problem. he doesn't really want to reset relations the way that president obama tried 60 would. it was 12 years ago. and so i'm not sure what will that she take away from the, from the some it's other than the facial. i think the biting these in the driving sheet, but not necessarily driving in the right direction. but that missed the things that russia won't talk to the americans. whether they, they actually happen be increasing the numbers of diplomats at each other's embassies would be, would be $11.00 sort of symbolic way of improving relations. but i think that bite, nice, quite happy to have relations ice. he wants them stable because his big thing is to

cock concentrate on china. that's the overwhelming strategic challenge, the united states. and we'll do, we've seen by doing a loss in europe with nato and the g 7 of the you and sold. i think this is probably the last we'll see of biden in europe for some time. what he really wants to do is to get together with indian japan, south korea, and australia and focus on questions like taiwan. and the question really is, does russia want to be parked and i'm not sure it does. i think russia wants to drive down the middle of the road with the lights on the music blaring and be noticed. so there's a slight, a symmetry here between what the 2 sides won't. israel has carried out. the 1st strikes on garz's insincere fight, came into effect less than 4 weeks ago. as military says, war planes attack to mass target south of garza city. i mean, con eunice, that's after incendiary balloons were flown from garza into fields in southern israel. even l side is falling developments from casa, the israel. the military carried out grades in the south district,

mainly in town units, govern 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 prior to the fire that has been already violated israeli military set. the strike house come in recall to the institute gary balloon that had blanched yesterday from the gaza strip. also in response to the flag march, that's what's taking place in jerusalem. that was a provoking flag more to the palestinians yesterday. also, according to how much officials, an israeli media ship mediators had very much pressured. her master is train its own through the flag marked it was up to only the incendiary

balloons and the confusion activities that took place across the borders of the gods district yesterday, or latino from harry faucet, who has moved from west jersey. 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 much 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 at yahoo 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 the ready flag in occupied east jerusalem on tuesday, the palette theme women has been killed after an alleged attack on it's ready

soldiers in the occupied west bank. israel's military says the 29 year old trying to drive her car into a group of soldiers near the village of his mom. she was shot by the soldiers after getting out of the car. well, holding a knife, the red crescent says, israeli forces prevented that teams from treating him. his main opposition party. his question, the government's decision to double the gap between astrazeneca cobra, 1900 vaccine doses. the congress party said prime minister render modi's government was trying to cover up a shortage india and authority say they expanded the gap to 16 weeks to provide flexibility for those who may not access a 2nd dose at 12 weeks or in the top tourist attraction. the taj mahal has reopened to the public 2 months after it was closed due to the surgeon cape $900.00 cases. only $650.00 tourists will be allowed inside the grounds of the taj mahal at any one time. the monument normally attracts more than $20000.00 people a day, but to say that relief, frustrations are being lifted. coffee dying to go ahead,

move on to watch. how do you know? of course we were cage inside our homes for a long time. and finally it opened up until now everything was shot including shops, cafes and restaurants. people are desperate and unemployed. i think this is how we help them by encouraging tourism. there should be no compromise with safety though . you can probably start to come to places like this, where social distancing is possible. the arrangements are good ticket sales is online. it feels nice to come here, which is why it's an infectious diseases expert inspector general of organized medicine, academic guilt. he explains why the government extended the gap between days the gama decision. so guidelines are not want to depend on, on science del, to depend on resources are available vaccine and bus unity. that is the reason they made the gap of 2216 week. but as the guideline at that time, even from the blue jewel, or you gave it to 12 weeks, we initially it was 4 to 6 weeks, then they made it 6 to 8 weeks again,

6th grade weeks were not signed gardline. and after 6th period with this kid to double their district the 16 week, which is nowhere to mention. but now that does it end up being in a very big number in india, almost 7520 percent of the cases are w w. and what is happening is after plus those, the protection is only 33 percent. but after seconds the progression is around 69 percent. so protection is very high. after a 2nd rose, i think there is a shortage of doses, whether the government says or not. but we know that printing of butter day of 350-0000 go said you are given every day it is made was 1600000. so there was a half of the supply during the may or now it will increase, but it is not going to engage in this one will probably 1 august. so they are given calculation from august to december that plenty of back to, to the level. because they'll be new or their license right in. and the collection

others are going to get vaccine is going to be manufactured at 2 or 3 other places and there they will bring up the production. so currently it is a shocking. so here now 0 center goes armed forces celebrates a small victory that fight against rebels in the south. and china prepared to send its oldest astronauts into space in its 1st crude mission many 5 years. ah, ah, it's time for the journey. the winter sponsored by cut on airways. hello r monsoon rains have been giving a lashing to the west coast of india in particular. matter astra state. we have seen 1500 millimeters of rain and some spots a meter and a half. and the heaviest concentration of rain on thursday will be for southern areas of buffer roster rate down to careless state. you know, 1st re lanka. we're getting a bit of

a low for the monsoon. so that's going to allow parts of the island to dry out. but i want to get back to india because for east to the pradesh and be hard, very intense range here amplified by a disturbance in the base band gall and that surge of what weather continues as well for coastal areas of myanmar. asia pacific looks like this, weather maker into northern areas of china. well it's swinging down a lot of what weather and it's ramping up. those winds too. so busying 40 to 50 kilometer per hour. gus, a high, 32 on thursday, and our plum rains fall in across the yangtze river valley. and you know, for japan, we've got such as unsettled conditions for q shoe and han shoes. so that includes tokyo, for se asia looks like this. are pulses of rain really amplified by daytime heating . we can see it to the south dang, across borneo and areas of western suby ways the and for loose on island in the philippines. we've got some dry spells. ah, cooper. sponsored po,

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negotiations with large groups on both sides is now underway. israel has carried out the 1st and strikes on dogs since a sci fi was brought in less than 4 weeks ago. that softer incendiary balloons were floating from ground, causing fires in fields in southern israel. so touched or in the summit between j biden and vladimir putin at both sides have hinted some headway could be made on nuclear arms control. so let's take a look at the recent disputes between the world 2 biggest nuclear power in 2019 then president donald trump withdrew from a major nuclear treaty saw in between moscow, washington at the height of the cold war. the u. s. accused russia violating the so called ins packs that bands short range nuclear missiles. trump also tried to pull out of another pack the new strategic arms reduction or new start treaty signed in 2011. it limits the u. s. and russia to deploy no more than 1550 nuclear warheads.

but biden agreed to a 5 year extension shortly. artery took, offers russia and says any future arms control packed must cover missile defense systems that it considers d, stabilizing the u. s. as rushes of thousands of reported tactical nuclear weapons that are not covered by start was also be on the table. well, beatrice friend is executive director at the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. and she says the us in russia must make a strong commitment towards nuclear reduction. 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 it. so nuclear weapons is always going to be a massive issue that they're going to have to deal with. and we've seen the last few years. radiation between relations withdraw from bilateral agreements, huge modernization programs, global spending on nuclear up us increasing. so really we've, we've kind of a dangerous situation. the risk of nuclear weapons use is 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, of the cold war. so this is a really urgent moment for these to lead us to change course uncomfortable back from that. are new to arms, race. we've seen it a few years and i think the nuclear arms could be an area where we can see progress . there are not going to come to an agreement right there at the table on this one, but we'll, hopefully, we'll see a recognition from these 2 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 commission, then that a nuclear war cannot be fought and never be fought. and i think that we can also see the kind of commitment to start working towards new reductions. new start, for example, will expire, you know, extend 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

this end of this meeting, them lying out the next step that they will meet again at a working level and start discussing nuclear reductions, you will impose more sanctions on valerie, so the for slightly passenger jet in may, the ryan have flight had to lie to minutes after a fake bomb warning. an opposition journalist was then taken off a plane and arrested latest nations would impose travel bands and asset freezes on more than 70 people. at least 4 new fires at broken out on the israeli side of the gulf of border to say they were caused by its kinda re balloon sent from gaza. the balloons were scented opposition to an israeli ultra nationalists flight march just held unoccupied through what you say. israel's army carried out as try something causes trip earlier wednesday. the response more than a 1000 people in the us state of illinois have had to move out of their homes because of a fire at a chemical factory firefighters to be battling the place. and monday, when there was an explosion at the plant, they've dug trench around the sides and have installed absorbing material along the

nearby riverbed to stop chemicals escaping into the water. and on group, ma'am, are opposed to february. the military coup says it's halting attacks on government forces. currently, national defense force has been under pressure from the public to stop fighting in class states where it operates. more than a 100000 people have been displaced by the conflict. you and investigators warned their risk of starvation and disease. the international criminal court in the hague has sworn in its new chief prosecutor. courage, con is an international human rights ex, but, and criminal lawyer with 28 years experience. the leaving british barrister is replacing front you've been soda. the gambia car has later you an investigation into iso war crimes in iraq as well as the wind and genocide. the i see see is the only permanent body investigating crimes against humanity and genocide. we are involved in a body of law that he's owned by humanity. it is not of the west or of the

east is not of the goble north or the south. it belongs to each and every one of us to non state parties. i say that i wish to include you in my engagement in this joint quest for justice. the principles of underpin the room statute also find form in the chart of the united nations and customary international law. and my conviction is that we can find common ground in the question in the imperative to ensure we eradicate genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes for lincoln family seeking. so i live in australia has been reunited after they was separated when the youngest daughter became sick. now this allen moved up on the flu to purse with his oldest daughter caprica from christmas island detention center in the indian ocean on tuesday. his youngest daughter is being treated in hospital for blood poisoning due to untreated pneumonia. only her mother was

allowed to travel with her a fears any one caught trying to reach australia by boat without documentation has been sent to remote offshore detention centers. hundreds of being held in prison caps in the pacific islands of nato. and papa mckinney where that refugee status is assessed. anyone in need of medical treatment was taken to the remote australian church for christmas island, which is closer to indonesia than the mainland. australia, as human rights commission says, the detention center on christmas island should be closed because of its inhumane living conditions. that the crowd of facilities that make it impossible to stop the spread of caves. 19 jonathan, who knew is the chief executive officer of the public interest advocacy center, social justice and law policy center. he says he moodle govern probably the latest victims of australia. it's 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 in queensland where we're living in the community is very came to have them back that were making

a great contribution in that community. and in the state, the government has taken this, this extraordinary approach are spending countless millions of dollars to the time them to ship them to christmas island, to hold them in detention. they're pretty standard periods of time despite the distress that causes, despite the, the evidence that we had for really decades of the mental hom that it causes into place children in that position to proofpoint. frankly, it is really the, it's, it's, it's an extraordinary situation and it's just like that, like, family entertain since i've not been to the center. but i've seen, i've seen the images and i certainly read reports about, you know, design, it is a detention center with right awards. it's set up to the i had a high level of security. and one of the recommendations with the human rights commission is my and this report is that it be clients, it's not suitable for people from often

a very vulnerable cohort. people who are often flayed from circumstances, torture and trauma. they just out the search isn't appropriate facilities available there. so the people can be held slightly. and so the commission is recommended absolutely unequivocally. they should be taken. we should should not be each of the use. like when the situation rights group say the practice, have cindy rescued migrants back to libya again. so we'll need to stop is after around 200 people were picked up by the merchant vessel of triton on monday when they became stranded in the med and they were then handed over to the libyan coast guard. the u. n. has previously warned about the practice and has said that migrant face exploitation and abuse back in libya, set of goals. army says it has captured rebel bases in the south, latest defense of the gates in our group that wants to create an independent state . so the operation will help and one of africa's longest civil company nicholas huck reports in the capital of duck. a final push into rebel held the villages

after senegal, the armed forces launched a 2 week ground in aerial assault. government troops have taken back control of southern district and because the most regional border and getting the south security down get a good. this is an important operation aimed at but controlling the border by creating military outposts deep in the jungle. this is to allow the civilian population that floods the area to be able to finally return home. really, the liquid you'll love, this is what's left of one of the rebel basses. provisions and arms were abandoned . as senegal government forces launched their surprised assaults, the army says rebel fighters had placed landmines all around the camp. god bless it, but i mean, at least one officer and our ranks was injured when he stepped on an anti personnel mine. also, one of our comrades was injured by gunshot and come on, i'll get the the movement of democratic forces of chasm, also also known as the m, f. d. c has been fighting for independence from senegal for the last 40 years. in

the past, the government of getting be so in gambia, where hostile towards synagogue, and supported the rebel a spokesperson of the cynically the armed forces told al jazeera that they suspect the rebels of having fled to neighboring guinea. bizarre, while there has been series of victories for is a cynical use army in the last year. lasting piece will require the cooperation of neighboring countries, but usually elected president, the neighboring countries stopped funding the rebels preferring to build a stronger ties with sending goals. president, mikey, so today, so they have good allies. booth in the news though is a gun. so let's say the best fire for government to find last in solution because most coffee with me and using the military depression widened. we'll see it in the very week. following

mediation efforts by organizations close to the vatican, the movement of democratic forces of chasm os called for a full seas fired 2014 for the rebels. are accused by rights groups and environmentalists of illegal logging and attacking local villagers. this latest assault by the senegalese army is another attempt to bring this long standing conflict to an end. nicholas hawk al jazeera de car. china is due to launches 1st space mission with the crew in the 5 years on thursday. the sions 12 will take 3 men, including china's oldest astronauts at the age of $56.00 to the countries news space station for 3 months stay. 11 more missions are planned over the next year. next year and a half to complete is construction. pretty has more from aging. this will be chosen as longest based missions and date and the 1st time dating has an astronaut. he pays for 5 years. the 3 men go on thursday morning board the ship george blow,

which means you're buying vessel and lift off from china is good because it's in the northwest. the crew members were announced on wednesday on the apple pilot. yeah. hi. sean is leaving them at $56.00. he's the oldest chinese astronaut to go to space. does it just the of 11 mission plan to complete china, the base station like 2020 to the actual livable in the 1st largest of the stations module, which we sent in space in april china space agency says spend about 3 months maintaining the vessel. well, having access to menu of the 120 types of meals and based treadmills during that date, the astronauts will move into the core model to start working in the living in orbit with a synchronized work and in raffle arrangements. after 3 muff astronauts were returned to on board the re entry capital trying to manage the space and 1003 in 2011 nasa band china from but dissipated international space station program. curzy

concerned since then raising his how the plan to build its own space station. and he come in international power in may, china became the 2nd country to land rover was just 2 years after being the 1st countries land rover thoughts and like, ah, so this is out there are, these are these help stories on the russian and us presidents have been holding talks in geneva again to backdrop of frosty relations. the 2nd round of negotiations with large groups on both sides is underway right now. flooded me approaching st. joe biden for initiating the closed, omits in geneva. biden responded by saying it's always better to meet face to face white house correspondent, kimberly how could, is there in geneva? a bit of a chaotic scene as things got underway. what we have heard in terms of the experience by reporters as they saw that photo opportunity of the 2 leaders flanked with their

secretary state as well as foreign minister, was a lot of pushing and shoving and joss.