oh, a holiday watching al jazeera, let's remind you of our top story to salad. the russian and us president has just ended talks in geneva. a 2nd round of negotiations has just wrapped up moments ago . it's larger delegation on both sides. you can see us presenter by getting to the vehicle. we do expect to hear from both 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 dissidents. members of arms, grief for an explosion ministry based on tuesday that he said,

people were injured when a car bomb went off into the car. here the border was sentenced. wait, while turkish president rush, ty, better one is wrapping up a 2 day visit as a by john. he marks the day with a speech to the very parliament. one has spent much of the visit with as a by john's president on tuesday. the to need is also signed an agreement to strengthen military time. well, let's now speak to wrestle so that he's in back and forth. russell. i think just more of a display of how close ties are well left says yeah. so good president paper go on has just going to be there, be john's parliament. and the focus of the page was mostly about the corporation between b, john and turkey, particularly the military corporation and how to further strengthen ties between 2 companies, which already go by the slogan of one nation to state out. one also said that the world has been ignoring the fact that armenia was a, occupy you,

an occupying force in not going to cut about through the last 3 decades. but you say a turkey is ready to normalize relations with armenia. if only armenia agrees to solve this problem with their b john to the last 2 days of admiral. and that also have been several agreement between 2 companies about the signed billions of dollars worth of contracts with the turkish companies regarding the, the education energy sector of the defense industry. and the construction also decide with the turkish companies to rebuild the new cut by the war to region. but aside from the business, the political symbolism in dealing with it is also quite important. ad one just 2 days ago was the brussels attend the nato summit. and math, several natal leaders that are on the same day. he came to their b. john, during the cut about war, the majority of the nato members were opposing their b. john's military appreciate cut about 30 solid involvement in the war. but the turkeys drones let b r a d b johnny,

me to retake several district cut. and that has changed. did your political dynamics say to go into the region dramatically? so, you know, there be junk turkey is seen as the biggest reason behind its military success. so in that respect, that was with it is a clear message to the involved power in the corporate that the corporation between either be john and turkey, the police, and will continue. and also there is an ongoing political stability in the neighboring country harmonia. the company is going to hold election on june 20. so the policies of the new government in armenia are going to have an important impact on whether the sci fi fi is going to hold on just yesterday. we were at the b john armenian border, and we could see that how the passion is high. the russian monetary forces are really at the border, and the sci fi is quite fragile. so ad me right off the nato summit and

before the armenian election being seen in the bay, john as reiterate to turkey, commitment to the lions with the bay john festal. following that visit for us in vacuum. thank you so much. press one. now rights group say the practice of sending rescued migrants back to libya against their will, needs to stop and talk to around. 200 people were picked up by the matching vessel . thus triton, on monday, when they became stranded in the mediterranean, they were then handed over to the libyan coast guard. the un has previously warned about the practice hang migrants face exploitation and abuse in libya. now a 2nd candidate has dropped out of a ron's presidential race on the final day of campaigning. conservative ali raises a connie says he's now throwing his support behind frontrunner abraham racy. earlier today, reformist motion is, are they also pulled out, but without backing anyone else, there are now just 5 candidates left in the race. i said,

beg has worn out from the capital, tara, but it won't make much of a difference. heard is that there was posing around one percent, he's a reformist and hadn't secured the support of any prominent reformers, individual or faction. the county will. he was expected. there were rumors 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 your makers wrote a letter to 3 of the conservative candidates asking them to pull out in favor of re usa, right, uses vote to share would increase. but in, in the why the contact that makes little difference. abraham, right, you see the head of the judiciary and the french are 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. police in the iraq city of basra say they're dealing with

a new drugs crisis, but officers say they don't have the resources to deal with the problem. and people suffering from addiction has a few places to seek treatment. natasha going reports now from basra to pills were enough to get hooked. this 22 year old we'll call hussein says those 4 years ago, his friend offered him a pain killer called tramadol to help him get through his exhausting days of working as a blacksmith. when i was taking drugs, i felt like i lost my mind was in another world. i could fly away from this life, and instead he sank into addiction. he says he spent money, his family relied on in pursuit of his next tie and almost overdosed. on a number of occasions he risked getting arrested. his friend and former dealer is now in prison. hussein is now learning how to live without having to numb himself with pain killer. when we met him,

he had been detoxing for 11 days. at the boswell rehabilitation center for drug addiction, pamela, a. d, i. any time before i came to the clinic, i didn't feel anything. when i came here, i started to be more aware. it has meet a big difference. no, this is the only inpatient drug rehabilitation hospital in basra. methamphetamine and tramadol are the primary drugs of choice among attic employment, poverty, potential and exposed to occupation. and during the time of the patient, many civilian, many people died. buster has the largest port in iraq and is near the borders of iran and kuwait. it's become a market place for illegal drugs. in 2017 iraq declared victory over the armed

group. i sold and a relative. com began to settle over the country. but since and the drug problem has grown, the buzzer, our police department says in the last 4 years, drug arrest and seizure has steadily increased. yet one commander we spoke to says the drug unit lacks the resources and training to fully confront the problem. the unit doesn't have unmarked police vehicle, forcing undercover officers to take taxi's. they don't have money to pay confidential information. so the commander we spoke to says office pays them out of his own pocket. wisdom ellerby wished them out, but were as simple society, we don't have public awareness about drugs, and suddenly drugs entered iraq in a forceful way we were unprepared to confront. the police in basra recently launched a major drug operation with for southern provinces. there are also calls for the rocky government to launch

a national anti drug campaign and build more clinics for addicts, so that young men like hussein don't end up dead or in prison. natasha name al jazeera bus route iraq. while that's now returned to our top story, the russian and us presidents have just ended talks in geneva. a 2nd round of negotiations has just wrapped up moments ago with large delegations on both sides. let's speak to our white house correspondent kennedy how, cuz he's following all of this forest in geneva. kimberly did i suppose a thumbs up from biden as he left the well, all we know is that the us president lingered a little bit. he left officially at about 34 minutes past the hour, but the meeting itself wrapped up about 30 minutes prior. we're not sure what happened during that time, whether or not the delegations were consulting each other independently, but you're right there. in fact, joe biden did leave for about a minutes,

drive to the hotel on site where he is staying. and that is also incidentally where he will be holding his press conference. but what we're watching right now is the summit has wrapped up, is that it will be the russian leader vladimir putin who will hold his press conference 1st. and we know that already the russian media is assembling for that. and that is also we expected to take place on site, the villa, the lakeside villa where the meeting has occurred. and what we can tell you in terms of the duration of the talks, it all kind of happened on schedule, which means they didn't linger to kind of talk even further. the initial meeting of the to president to their foreign ministers lasted about 90 minutes. there was a 45 minute break and then there was a 4 hour meeting with her and found a delegation. so it's hard to see if the wording big breakthrough. that's what we'll have to hear from these press conferences, but so far it appears that this is exactly what was expected, that this would be

a chance to make sure that relations didn't plummet further, but instead work out a framework for future talks and potentially communication and negotiation so we're watching very carefully as these press conferences will take place in succession with the united states having the last word and all the rain or is to live here on out of era for now. kimberly how could how white house correspondent in geneva, thanks so much. kimberly. now moving on and the international criminal court in the hague has sworn in its new chief prosecution. kareem khan is an international human rights expert and a criminal lawyer with 28 years of experience. this leading british barrister is replacing fuzzy ben suda of gambia khan has a letter un investigation and iced a war crimes in iraq as well as the one in genocide. the i. c. c is the only permanent body investigating genocide and crimes against humanity. now an armed group in man long opposed to february. his military crew says it's now halting

attacks on government forces. the cur, any national defense force has been under pressure from the public to stop fighting and kaya stage, where it operates. more than a 100000 people have been displaced by the conflict. you and investigator has warned that they're at risk of starvation and disease. tony chang has more now from the time me on my board and 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 me. i'm us army. his launch and 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 ceasefire, 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. the suicide of a young man and in administered kashmir has highlighted the struggle of families accused of distance. hundreds of people have had their salary is withdrawn, pushing many of them into poverty or burden. many has it's heartbreaking for any parent, but she mere some, had a seemingly bright future pursuing a master's degree in psychology. but 2 weeks ago, he ended his life inside his home and co gum in india than ministered kashmir. but she offered me a shows al jazeera police statements that accused him of being a rebel against the indian government, asking us before his death. sure,

busha me estate is in this video, the government punished his father by withdrawing his teaching salary for more than 2 years. effectively forcing him into poverty. man by can totally, i mean, you don't actually sit up. my son took this extreme step because we were in that we had taken out a loan from the bank and borrowed money from people left around $11000.00 us dollars. my son would often ask me about the money. he would always worry about how we were going to survive on how will he pay his college fee? no, that should show it, but she, amir, his death had an immediate impact in the region. the government released hundreds of wages, the withheld from state employees. many of whom were accused of having links to rebels. but it has ordered a special task force to investigate those have been accused of descent. it's part of the crack down by india. the government ought to scrap the muslim majority recon special status nearly 2 years ago. with all the game bill charles, be incurred,

they immediately terminated the services which is unpaired, and against the basic what else will talk next from justice as well as the right community? to live with as a right to life includes right. the lulu bedstead the back door. but do you you look at a large, a rece jen had been teaching for 15 years when he was handed a dismissal notice last month. the father of 3 said he tended mass protest in 2016 against the killing of a kush mary rebel leader. when he was arrested and detained. zoom education officer . i got a call informing me that our house had been cordoned off by the indian army who were looking for me. later. the police then asked me to open an envelope. it contained my dismissal order. it was written that i am a threat to state security and involved in anti national activities on the order

left me stunned. while jen says this move is designed to silence opponents, but he insists he will fight the decision in court and attempt to shape a future. whereas children are not afraid to speak up north out in money, andrew 0 north korea's liter has warned of possible food shortages and extended corona virus restrictions. kim, john told the political conference that the food situation there is getting tens. he closed the border with china last year because of the pandemic cutting of trade and it's economic lifeline. him also says typhoons and floods destroyed food crop. well now china has admitted to problems at one of its nuclear plants for the 1st time, but says there's been no radiation leak. the government confirmed, they were 5 broken fuel rods to react, to entice on nuclear plants. that's in going down. the environment ministry says radiation was contained and within level of the plant is designed to cope with well,

the organization of american states has passed a resolution condemning a crackdown on opposition, figures in nicaragua, more than a dozen have been arrested in recent weeks, including 4 who are planning to stand against president daniel ortega in november's election. the government rejected the resolution as interference. critics excuse ortega, of trying to remove any challenges, so he can secure a 4th term. well, socialist candidate, petro christie, or has claimed a victory and peruse presidential election. he retained a narrow lead off to the last votes for counted because the face as possible. legal challenges, though from his right wing rival cake refuge maury, who have already made allegations of fraud and tried to get devotional. people are still waiting for the final results from election officials more than a week. now after the poll. more than a 1000 people in the u. s. state of illinois. i've had to move out of their homes because of a fire at a chemical factory. 55 years have been baffling that place since monday when there

was an explosion at the plans. they've since dug a trench around the size and installed absorb and material along a nearby river to try to stop chemicals escaping into the water. for the us, attorney general has unveiled a plan to combat the threat of domestic terrorism. garland seizing $100000000.00 to funded official reports now from the white house. after a violent mob attacked the us capital on january the 6th, the fight administration with so called domestic terrorism, a top priority resources, and f b. i field officers to be moved more federal lawyers. well, let's take you straight to villa garage where russian president vladimir person is addressing the media off the talks with us president joe biden. let's just say a long can to adoption of the top tech. so our sugar conference is well known. it's 6 use to trade relations. please

ask your questions. look, revision more with what i've got the cookies here. melissa. good afternoon. could you tell me about which of the topics that you had discussed in was context? not that you should go in there, but it says also the topic of your grade join in nater. but do you think you got your your, the circle? you said that that a decision could be made must regarding the term go away from us. the position was to moscow and i'm better to abortion and we agreed at that table

and i got, i got the timeline to show it is pure and technical moments and we agreed to the state department. the ration for the minister will start consultation on the you, sheila's about diplomatic contributions, a lot of issues to be discussed. and i believe that both countries, i don't know, nor will find common solutions and a way to discuss a few korean indeed, to get far as i am the to mr. biden morris. know that the foundation of the korean m settlement should be made for the agreement

and i don't think that there is much discuss over here. but what agency you. thank you a lot mister president. people have said that one of the topics was to teach a stability. could you tell in more details of decisions on the g? she made the wood cabinet. gotcha. and not just stays in your negotiation for the garden. the stability design moment and god and the you know what the governor would not for the discussion, sort of god in the new design and agreement. the russian federation and the united states have a shell of responsibility for the

peace in the bill because we are the largest nuclear powers in the world. we got in the number of nuclear weapons and we understand this responsibility president by them, made a responsible decision in order to extend 45, yes. our services agreement in the order when you and we agreed that will thoughts consultations on the religion level over the state department of the ignited states and the foreign minister of russia. and they will have to determine the composition of those that again and,

and the place where it talks about the conduct of hi matthew chance from santa and thank you very much for giving me this question. first of all, could you characterize the dynamic between yourself and president biting? was it hostile or was it friendly? and secondly, throughout these conversations, did you commit to ceasing carrying out cyber attacks on the united states? did you commit to stopping, threatening ukraine security and did you commit to stop cracking down on the opposition in russia that should be shut the nation. national fisher prescribed you. i don't think you know, on the and the last not sure. we have disagreement on many issues about i believe that both parties demonstrate

the desire to understand each other and to find ways for keep it up close and behead wide and construct to talk regarding cyber security, we agreed that we'll stop consultations about cyber security and i think that is very important things we've gotten daily poster villages should be taken by whom and i would like to inform you and it is well known, but not the wide public meeting. there is an american organisation which should really just like you get from the american source. it has informed me that the largest number of side by the text is made

from most of the united states. them from canada, from america, from the united kingdom, russia in east of side. but the text is not listed at all. judy, you're going to, yes, of 2020, but he received them. the united states, a 10 are request is given in relation of side by the tax us with them on the united states, from that over to over, you know, the russian federation here, not last year. and this year, over he gave exhausting on system. those requests with the last

year are russia, send 45 requests, all the same a nature, and they see so to 5 requests and we have not received any so that means that we have a lot to deal with and a lot to decide that you all of those issues will be sold under his old keeping up with the negotiation and will assist the human cyber security is very important both for the united states and for them. for example, if we know about cyber attacks on the pipeline in the united states and the company is pipeline, had somebody with a $5000000.00 of ransom,

i know that some part of the money was not a ton, but the money is not because yet pays the sam threats for example, one of the health system of, of the largest region soon, which international was attack to do. so i don't think that the official game it is not a state, it's not yet. and i'm interested in such that i bought manipulations and we have to sit down on the level of expert groups and start to work and into, into sol tonight of states and of them so that they can

please that once you get the check engine, that's correct. and thank you very much for coming back to me. so the 1st one is, did you commit in these meetings to stop threatening you crying? remember, the reason to stomach was cold and the 1st place. so the timing of it was when russia was building up lots of forces possible from jerry and the 2nd, 2nd part, the question, the 3rd part of the question was, did you commit to stopping your crank down against the opposition groups inside russia said bi election. i've only met, you know? yeah, usually. sure, sure. so, but if you missed all the, the question enough gotten you in the blushing use them because i got to get them. we paid you have the owner come

in. it's in regard to your credit. if you didn't negotiation you've been trans in the budget, i would like to to pay an attention that last november. so you're creating a delegation. i have submitted the considerations on a good notation or, or implementation of the minister agreement and you look at it and it's about the integration of what i can figure out. so you can look on demands channels and then you are going to use the waste. can you green it? nothing about junior, but they still offer an article. article 9 was about the book land,

which should be taken by a training you created in a border guards on the next day or on the political decision. you can, but you can just bought. it suggested that they planned on it should and done boss. and then we can get you that you can at a border, gods should secure a border between russia and ukraine. after that, that should be carried out after 3 months off. these se is contradicts all negations which, which union have been taken during the signature of the agreement of god in the military exercises it was done

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