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ago, a bomb, blah targets and military base in the colombian city. of cooper injuring 36 people . the government claims the rebel group, ellen and one of the indian top tourist attractions is back in business even though the country is still baffling. second wave, of course. 19. i'm joining us with russia secure that 1st. when of the euro's beating, finland one know in a well, it is now 1500 gmc, that is 5 pm in geneva, where the 2nd round of negotiations between the russian and us presidents are now underway. those talks are happening against the backdrop of frosty relations. as well as warnings of low expectations from both sides, but there were handshakes and smiles as you can see when that person sang joe biden to initiating the closed door. missing biden responded by saying it's always best

to meet face to face. and the lead up to these talks both side said relations are at the lowest points in years. well, let's take you to some live pictures now of the villa grove that's venue of the summit. this lakeside villa has paid, has played a part and landmark international agreements in the past, including the fest geneva convention which governs international now terry and law . this to me think marks the end of biden's fast trip abroad since king office. he blamed the kremlin for a series of cyber attacks and also accused fusion of stifling democracy by jailing opposition, needed election evolving. prisons for his part has rejected accusations of interfering and us presidential elections. one says washington wants to contain russians development by imposing economic restrictions. when our white house correspondent, kimberly, how could his following or this for us from geneva? kimberly. this was incredibly highly anticipated, highly choreographed. how's it been going so far?

well, going to a rocky start, not between the leaders, as some had predicted might be the case. you mentioned the smiles and handshakes there, but instead between the russian and united states press corps, in fact, the pushing and shoving got so bad at one point, but the both sides weren't allowed in to cover the event. and eventually this with security forces had to break things up and get some order before eventually allow the reporters to enter. but from the us side, at least we know that not the full complement was actually allowed in. so it was a little bit chaotic at the beginning and also at the beginning the white house having to do a little bit of cleanup on some of the comments coming from us president sho biden . it was reported that as one of the u. s. reporters shouted a question, do you trust vladimir putin? it appeared the u. s. president nodded that he did, but the white house quickly issued a statement saying the contrary. in fact, that the u. s. president was only nodding to the general chaos and not in any way

sort of confirming that his relationship of trust in fact existed. so it's interesting at the start of the meetings of the white house wanted to clarify that the peers are going and trying to keep a very strong position as they deal with some very tough issues. and then we've been hearing about these low expectations. then i went to the 2nd round of talks, i believe. do we know if there's been any progress at all? waiting for the press conferences that will follow the series of meetings. the 1st one we know lasted 93 minutes that included the us secretary of state and him you blink in the russian foreign minister survey lab rob as well as putin and biden, they took a 45 minute break roughly. we know they did not sit together to have any sort of meal, as often occurs in these types of summit to the contrary. and then we know that there was an expanded bilateral meeting that has been going on now for about an

hour. and initially we thought that there would be 5 people from each delegation on each side. we've learned since then, the united states has 6 members. russia has 8 advising the president. so what we're expecting is that there will be a press conference 1st held by vladimir putin. we know the russian media setting up for that now getting in place for that. but in terms of timing, we still don't have any timing. this meeting will be as long as it needs to be, we are told that could be a while. following that, we know that the u. s. president will hold his press conference getting the last word if you will. and some are applauding the fact that these are separate press conference that seem very important to the u. s. that these to may not appear on the same stage in some way. perceiving that there was any legitimacy being granted to vladimir putin given the fact that the west has tried so hard to isolate him. up to this point. kimberly housed at the white house correspond an engineer before the

following. this meeting. thank you so much. kimberly. well, while the 2 sides might be seeking common ground on some issues, both sides have a long list of concerns. turbine. the administration has accused the criminal of spreading misinformation during last year's election to try to influence americans to vote for donald trump. 20 sixteens election meddling went even further. russian groups hacked into hillary clinton's emails and those of a staff the criminal still denies involvement. the u. s. also named russia as being behind the so called solar winds, hacking campaigns in 20202021. 1 of the most sophisticated cyber hacks and recently has infiltrated the software of government agencies as well as american funds. and then in april, jo biden's government imposed abroad serious sanctions on russian individuals and organizations. the u. s. also expelled russian diplomats. well, let's not seem to country lick. she's a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. she joins us now from the estonian island of mu, who,

thanks for joining us. where as kimberly was saying that went out into the 2nd round of talks, which involves a lot more people in the room. and there was a much smaller group of the fast to our center. everyone's been playing down these expectations. but there's obviously a huge amount to discuss. do you actually expect anything substances to come out of this, or is it really just significant that it's actually happening at all? i think it is significant that it is happening in terms of concrete outcomes. i think what we could expect is the agreement to go ahead with some arms control negotiations. and my instinct would be to suggest that if there are more people in the room that could indicate that, but something like that is being taught. and if more specialists are invited in, but i think that's, that's the most important outcome we can, we can expect. otherwise,

my expectation is that you had sent russia will find some sort of motors ravendie to manage for conflict because that will be as r at olds and going to be adults for the time being. i can see that either side can really resend, but it needs to be managed and managing hasn't been done very well during the camp era. so if that can be somehow improved, that's already quite a good outcome. well, this is old and very, very carefully choreographed, including the meetings that by and took before coming to meet with president. how significant do you think it was to try to show this united front between the u. s. in europe? what about comes naturally to body then i think we create think and strengthening relationship. vivia are up is one of the set of big themes off. it is administration because that relationship really was badly broken during time period

. and, and actually american poll is rooted among other things so, so in the alliance city are append nato. so i find it completely natural. i don't think bodies even signaling to put in necessarily. i think that's important and in itself. but otherwise, you off course, right. but the pilot administration has been signaling very carefully. it's these agreements, but also it's, it's willingness to talk. and that is something that makes me happy just because i can see how the united states has re professionalized its foreign policy and is again relying on skilful diplomacy as, as opposed to one dimensional twitter messages became used to earlier you were saying, i'm sorry, country you're thank skillful diplomacy. i mean this is a really tricky balance to biden to potentially managing kelly has said that he

wants to take a strong stance on a range of issues. crimea, human rights, election interference, but he has also spoken about wanting the stable relationship. so presumably trying to not found to adversarial. do you think he can actually manage i think it is possible. yes, it is tricky, but it is possible because as i said earlier, i don't think that on any a freeze pile united states could have an outright witten under the circumstances given its mystic condition given world that is in flux, given all the priorities given with russian regimes actually weakening, get sent. so i don't think it would be wise to really confront russia head on, on, on most of these things at the same time. you need to say cannot read not lines you need to signal real displeasure. make it evident what russia lucy, by adopting for a lower grade relationship and at the same time,

but still things you need to discuss with russia. so i think it's in many ways, remaining sense, probably for relationship united states. and so we had the union had, at some point say in the 9th, in 7 days, when actually the soviet union was also domestic elena down work trajectory legitimacy. the regime was slowly routing, fund collapsible not imminent relationship was based on drastically different worldviews, but both sides understood. but they had to somehow manage it because otherwise the consequences for themselves in world could be catastrophic and did. and now there's as talk of a potential cold peace ahead. well, country like the senior policy fellow of european council on foreign relations. thanks so much for sharing your expertise and insight with us on out of the country . or let's take you now to the press conference during these a live shot there from geneva, the villa groans. we do expect to see both lead is speaking here later,

but separately. so and in fact, biden's car has just pulled up very briefly. i'm just a moment to go outside that villa. they're all ongoing talks. they're taking place in the 2nd rounds now. and we'll be expecting to hear from both person 1st and then, and then buys. and after that, later on here on out, they will be bringing you that live do stay with us. while there is still plenty more to you this news hour, including me together, i love how public can get help to real life. a family taking silence and straightening the last remaining reformist and conservative, pull out of around the presidential race. we look at what that means for the election and approaches of the euros goes wrong, leaving several people will have the details for you in ah,

now how mass linked activists have continued firing incendiary balloons across the gaza border into israel for the 2nd day in a row now at least 4 new fires as you can see, have broken out on the rainy side. the resumption of the balloon attacks trigger, israeli, and strike early on wednesday. well, they're the 1st strikes on gaza and the sci fi came into effect less than 4 weeks ago. the israeli military says war planes attack thomas targets south of gaza city and in fun. eunice human side is following those developments forth from government . the israel military carried out great in the south, think this trip mainly in units governor it 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 fire that has been already violated israeli military set. the strike house come in response to the instant

gary balloon that had blanched yesterday from the gaza strip. also in response to the flag march that was taken place in jerusalem. that was provoking a flag more tooth palestinians, yesterday. also, according to how much officials, an israeli media, should mediators had very much pressured. her master is train its own through the flag mark. it was up to only the incendiary balloons and the confusion activities that took place across the borders of the gods district yesterday was rarely. firefighter said those incendiary balloons caused around $25.00, and the military is added that it's prepared for any scenario, including a resumption of hostilities high force that has from west teresa. and 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. and something that's happened before that the use of these balloon, 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 nothing like the sort of 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 how much 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 to 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 used to arabs burner villages that kind of thing. while people were brandishing the israeli flag in occupied east jerusalem on tuesday. meanwhile, a palestinian woman has been killed after an alleged attack on israeli soldiers and the occupied westbank. israel's military says the 29 year old tried to drive her car into a group of soldiers near the village of his ma. she was shot by soldiers after getting out of the car while holding a knife. the red crescent says israeli forces prevented their teams from treating her and moving on and columbia is defense. ministry is blaming dissident members of

arms groups for an explosion of the military base. 36 people were injured when not cobbler went off and cook top. near the board was sent his way to a similar attack and people injured intel core problems when it speak to us under room. kathy joins us now from columbia's capital. i was under talk us through what happened today. yeah, this is what we know during the afternoon of tuesday afternoon at through 1st and the address as public officials managed to drive a wife. so you all, according to me, it's minister of defense inside the a military base in the city of cuckoo down the border with venezuela minutes after there were 2 explosions. the 1st one and then a 2nd one. follow that 2 minutes later and at least 36 soldiers

soldiers have been injured and we have they're saying that the 3 of them are in serious conditions are critical conditions and that hospital and the city of cuckoo, the minister of defense in president duke flew to the area they describe this as a terrorist attack, they are choosing one of many groups that operate in what remains a very volatile area on the border with ben. it's well the 2nd area with the largest amount of coca fields, the main ingredient for cocaine and that area. and this is a major, one of the major attacks that happened in columbia least since 2019 sandra watching these images, really remarkable video of those explosions. and you can be, as obviously no stranger to violence, but there was a 10 us piece for a period of time. we now seeing an escalation we are

indeed seeing an escalation. there are a number of regions where in the last few months and even over a year now we have seen an increase in violence, residual arm groups fights for control of elicit crops like coke and smuggling roots. the best area near the city of cuckoo called got that to me as one of the regents that it's the most of the violence which is the remaining largest rebel group and the country operates there. there are also in the groups of the fox that are not participated in the piece agreement and there are also other drug mouse yes that operate in the region besides coca there, there are. there's also gold mining in that area. there are very important smuggling routes of people, money, drugs,

and weapons between columbia and venezuela. we also know that there was a small group of us soldiers in the bass when the bombs explode. is that these are us officials that are training columbia through the area and that's also something that the columbia are now investigating. the minister at the fence says that the 1st part is that they might be behind this back, but they're not excluding the the possibility of the participation of other groups that operate in that area of columbia. i found her on pnc there with all the natives for us, from boca to thank you so much how the funder on our sri lankan family seeking asylum ministry has been reunited after they were separated when their youngest daughter became sick and their fillings were gotten fluid paths that his oldest daughter could pick up from christmas on the detention center in indian ocean on tuesday. if the youngest daughter is in hospital with blood poisoning because of

untreated ammonia, only her mother was initially allowed to travel with her for years. any one court trying to reach just really by boat without documentation has been sent to remote offshore detention centers. hundreds are still being held in prison camps and the pacific islands of neuro as well as a number of them and pop in new guinea. while the refugee status is assessed, anyone in need of medical treatment is taken to the remote trailing territory of christmas island, which is actually closer to indonesia than mainland australia. australia is human rights commission, says the detention center on christmas island should be closed because of in humane living conditions and also that the overcrowded facilities that make it impossible to stop the spread of curve at 19. while jonathan hung yeah, is the chief executive officer of the public interest advocacy center. that's a social justice and law policy center. he says the moral government family, all the latest victims of australia, cool policy towards asylum seekers. i can comment on the individual circumstances,

these families types, but one thing that is very well known is the community learning coenzyme where we're living in the community is very came to have them back that were 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. 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. but it causes into place children in that position to proofpoint. frankly, it is really beyond it's an extraordinary situation that just don't relate to the family and entertain since i've not been to the extent of it. i've seen i've seen the images and i certainly read reports about it. you know, design 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 night. 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 services and appropriate facilities available there, so that people can be held safely. and so the commission is recommended up so quickly, it should be taken, we should, should not be held each of the use when the situation also the pandemic now and moscow is making cobra 1900 vaccines, mandatory for service sector workers after a dramatic rise in cases, russia is now grappling with its largest surgeon cases in february with about half of their infections in the capital. more than 12000 people are currently being treated in hospitals, then. the country is also tightening restrictions as st. petersburg coast series of euro 2020 football matches. india's main opposition party has been questioning the

government's decision to double the gap between astrazeneca cove at 1900 vaccine versus the congress party said, prime minister render modi's government was trying to cover up a shortage indian authorities. say they expanded the gap for 16 weeks. to provide flexibility for those who may not access a secondary 12 weeks while. meanwhile, india's top tourist attraction, the taj mahal has reopened to the public 2 months after it was closed due to the surge and covered 19 cases. so now are in the $650.00 taura will be allowed inside the grounds of the taj mahal at any one time and that monument normally attracts more than $20000.00 people a day. visitors are saying they were kneeves that restrictions are being well dr. issues golardo is an infectious diseases expert, as well as secretary general of the organized medicine academic guild. he explains why the government has now extended the gap between vaccine doses the gama decision . so guidelines are not want to depend on, on science del,

to depend on resources are available, direction and bus energy. that is the reason they made the gap of 2216 week. but as the guideline at that time, even from the job or you gave it to 12 weeks 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 date, that is 1216 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 i w. and what is happening is after plus those, the production is only 33 percent. but after the 2nd of the probation is around 69 percent. so protection is very high. after a 2nd rose, i think there is a shortage of the system with the government says or not, but we know that of butter day of 3500000. go said you are given every day if you made was 160-0000. 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 giving calculation from august to december. that when get back into their will, it will because they'll be new or their license vaccine. 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, definitely more than 50 people are missing after flooding and lance lives in nepal . search and rescue operations are underway in a district, ordering to back the army husband, rescuing people who are trapped and flooded. houses monsoon rains of also called flooding in baton. where can people tied when a mountain camp was swept away? hostile ahead here on here, passing drug addiction problems and treating what's been called a crisis and an iraqi an armed group. and man,

mom says it's whole thing attacks on the military. there are still fear for tens of thousands displaced. why fighting? and kevin drawn for the next one, when from their 1st n b, a conference, finals, and 18 years. so we'll have that for you course. ah hello, nice of fear we do have some temperatures pushing that 50 degrees threshold in the middle east. so let me show you. we find this toward q 850.5, so we round that up to 51 degrees. here's what it's looking like across the middle east as we head towards thursday, temperatures a bit lower than where they have been, for example, in riyadh. but the big story is really that sham mall a blow and down the golf. and we'll see, wink, us potentially up to 70 kilometers per hours, so that swirls around the sand in dust. and that does impact our visibility off to

turkey. and we will see an improvement in conditions by and large across most of the country. but we'll keep the risk in there for some scattered showers, and is stumble with a height of 25 degrees and antalya sunshine in 26. but this is below average, the tropics of africa look like this, some heavier pockets of rain, central african republic. so that's pretty usual where we can expect that bulk of the activity to bubble up toward that south. temperature is our above average in butts. wanna habit are only 26 degrees and then took 20 to keep telling us a bit of drizzle will be dealing with on thursday. 17 degrees. but if i show you the 3 day forecast, r winds are going to come from the northeast, and that is going to bump up your temperature on sunday to 26 degrees. the lose the 300 years of danish colonization and international interest in the island

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a holiday watching al jazeera, let's remind you about top story to salad. the russian and us president has just ended taught in geneva. a 2nd round of negotiations has just wrapped up moments ago . it's a larger delegation on both sides. you can see us present, joe biden is getting to the vehicle. we do expect to hear from bro, supposed presidents at separate press conferences very shortly. i'm feeling activists have continued firing incendiary balloons across the gaza border into israel for the 2nd day in a row. the resumption of the balloon attacks target is really strikes early on wednesday and columbia as defense, ministry is blaming dissidence. members of arms, grief for an explosion military base.