chemistry, the many of his chemical procedures are those which may still be here today. oh wow. science and a golden age with professor jim is on al jazeera ah joe biden. and putting wrap up the summer time, had it as constructive and positive, but differences remain awe about this. and this is 0 live from doha. also coming up, counting down to lift off china just hours away from sending the 1st crew to it's use face station. a car bomb goes off in colombia, the president calls it a terrorist act and claims the country's largest group.

ah, constructive and pragmatic. that's how us president joe biden, and his russian counterpart vladimir putin have described their 1st meeting in their 1st face to face talk since biden took office. the 2 leaders agreed to resume talks and arms control and cybersecurity. they also pledge to return on bicycles to each other's capitals, after they were withdrawn any of this year, but disagreements and issues like human rights and ukraine, mainly latasha barbara has more from geneva, an elegant 18th century villa overlooking lake geneva was the setting for the high stakes meeting, russian leader vladimir putin arrived 1st. he was greeted by the swift president who then welcome joe biden. the 2 men looked 10th as they stood for their 1st official photo handshake. bailey broke the ice relations between washington and

moscow at the lowest point in decades, the face to face talks were aimed at improving them. as i said outside, i was always off to several hours behind closed doors. there was some agreements, pledges to re post on buses, extend an arms control treaty, and disgust cybersecurity both said the meeting was positive, but there was little progress on other issues including the conflict ukraine and human rights. putting dismiss biden's concerns about the leg siena volley calling the rush opposition leader, a law breaker. ignoring the rules of law, this person went abroad for medical treatment. he arrived back in russia deliberately trying to be arrested. he knew what he wanted to fight and was clearly unimpressed by putin's attempt to compare russia, treatment of opposition activists to the u. s. capital right. i response is kind of when i communicated that i think that's that's ridiculous comparison. it's one

thing for literally criminals to break through court and go into the capital, kill a police officer and be held accountable. and that is for people object eating, marching on a capital. one said you are not allowing me to speak freely. there were no major breakthroughs in this summit and clearly little common ground, but the return of us from russian. i'm buses to that is clearly a step through reopening communication between moscow and washington. the boot in this was a moment back on the world stage, likely to play out well his home for fight, and it was an opportunity to put down red line and distance himself from his predecessor donald trump's approach. often accused of being soft on russia. why didn't may be closer to the more stable relationship? he says he wants with moscow, but he's still unlikely to be a predictable one. natasha butler just sarah geneva. michael jones is

a senior fellow at the hudson institute. he's joining us from washington, d. c. on scott, good, happy with a sudden all jazeera who got more out of this couldn't got more out of this. was allowed to talk for 55 minutes to spread propaganda to be on the world stage for 55 minutes because president president buying shows not to do a joint press conference. what we like to have in these types of conferences is us presidents are repealed and rebut things that are not true. and instead of being able to do that by not having a joint press conference, it allows basically talk for 55 minutes and, and repeat everything. every question asked by course, with the exception of russian television, given what you just said and given also in terms of things like cyber attacks, to barton, has said that they would wait for 6 months to see if i may put in was going to do

anything about that, is this experienced it for mistake, or is this essentially just kicking the russia problem down the roads to a lot of the, by the administration to deal with stuff at home? yeah, i think it's a combination of that. unfortunately, you're not going to get a lot out of something like this. these are the initial conversations between an incoming us presidents and let them recruit and who have seen what 6 presidents now by presidents. he knows how to deal with united states. and he specifically knows how to deal with the binding ministration. because if we look at who is in those meetings today, they're the same people that were in the obama by the ministration and putting was able to go into syria, to go into ukraine to an ex crimea, to do a lot of the things that should have been discussed today, and even though they were brought up, there was nothing concrete in any of the talks based on press recording. vladimir putin has developed

a reputation over the last few years of almost enjoying the stabilizing opponent. so certainly getting them on the back foot. do you think that is going to work with a bite administration in a way that is similar to the way, for example, that it worked with a trump administration? well, i think if we, if we look at the sanctions, you know, to trump had language and then trumpet policy look at the policy. they were very tough against sanctions. providing a legal aid to the ukraine. we expect to bind ministration to be very anti prudent . anti russian based on the last 4 years of what's happening, the united states, with impeachment hearings on russia collusion or russian involvement in and getting trunk elected. so we expect this administration to be tough based on the rhetoric, but unfortunately we're not seen in the policy today. biting gave 16 areas that are off limits for cyber attacks. i think it be fascinating to find out where those 16

areas are and to see how much they are attacked over the next 6 months to a year. to continue to test the byte administration. there's a lot of opportunity to see who is doing and who doesn't feel constrained by this administration. we haven't remember, it's just not a thing that goes on behalf of iran, indiana is proven. it is easy to go. sherri and on behalf would be running regime in vienna, so they've already seen with the buying foreign policy looks like and looks like they're going to be able to do whatever they want for 4 years. and i don't think we'll be happier. sorry for interrupting you there about you base and interest. i think biden is in many ways looking past russia towards china. well, he should look at china. the number one threat when general milly had a chance to clarify his comments. remember by you said that the joint chiefs said that climate change was the number one face in america. general milly said no. i

actually said it was china. so it is important for us to look at china. china is bank rolling everything russia is doing in syria. and then there's that argument, russia, if you, if you thought further into the bosom of china, you're going to be more dependent on china and your, you don't see anything. i don't think that's a reason to give putting a lifeline. i think the us should be very hard on coo and russia using sanctions and designations. and i think the north string to pipeline was a big mistake. it was leverage for the us. and we did that leverage we had of these talks just like we've seated leverage and vienna, j keep your way your own talks, but a present way. appreciate your joining us and our defense could get your thoughts from this. thank you very much. indeed. when the 1st crew to be sent to china's new space station is making final preparations for launching just a few hours. essentially 12 rockets going to take the $123.00 men including china

is oldest astronaut to the age of $56.00 for 3 months. stay in the floating lab 11 more emissions are planned over the next year and a half to complete the construction of the space station, which translates as celestial palace. let me show you some live pictures and as you can launch center with a rocket is set to take off in under 3 zeros. this is emission as being seen as a step and establishing beijing as a major space power, but it is intended to be essentially a run of the mill mission. it is more practical rather than groundbreaking because spinal china's space program has been going on for several years. working up to this point now katrina, you has more from beijing. this will be china, longest based mission to date. and the 1st time dating has an astronaut to pace for 5 years. the 3 men go on thursday morning board ship george. well, which means divine 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 living them. i think he's 6. he's the oldest chinese astronaut to good faith . 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 was based in april china space agency says, i'll spend about 3 months maintaining the vessel while 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 the synchronize 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. now, been trying to pay the international space station program to curzy consent 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 countries land rover mod, just 2 years after being the 1st countries land rover under. gotten like a car bomb inside the columbia military base has injured 36 people living 3 people in critical condition. the defense minister says the country's largest armed group, the national liberation army is likely to be behind the attack and the times in the border with venezuela for several criminal groups have been fighting over drug jays . please do not complain sake union, a reward for a $135000.00 has been offered for the authors and persons responsible. so this is a criminal search group has been created to investigate and trace things. and i would like to thank our country's national beliefs for the special support they have provided the f. b i of the united states in this person lives special investigation llc, and i got a sandra rump yet. he has more from columbia as capital varying the afternoon of

tuesday afternoon through person. the address as public officials managed to drive a wife toyota. this all according to columbia. it's minister of defense inside 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. i've been injured and we have, they're saying that the 3 of them are in serious conditions are critical conditions in the hospital, in the city of cooper, the minister of defense in president duke. it flew to the area. they describe this as a terrorist attack. they are accusing one of many armed groups that operate in what remains a very volatile area on the border with venezuela. 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 ahead on just hit moscow orders new restrictions on mandatory vaccinations. as the number of covert infections reaches a for money, i'm digging for diamonds, thousands flocks, a tiny village in south africa after an identified stone to discover ah ah hello, we've got some dangerous hit toward the us west. you know 50000000 americans are under excessive heat warnings. phoenix on wednesday. you tied record temperature at 46. will nudge up to 47 on thursday and we've got some what weather moving across

the plain sward, the midwest. but the big story is, as we go to the bay of can, peachy, we could see some tropical development here swing through the gulf of mexico. we'll go in for a closer look. great. now, because it looks like this. weather is going to steer rate into louisiana state that has been dealing with flash flooding. yes, certainly don't need this. and also parts of mississippi and alabama as well. okay . now off to south america, the top and we'll look for, you know, our continuous rain falling through the amazon basin, but some heavier pockets toward the southeast to venezuela and southern parts of certain arm and french. gonna take you to panic oni right now. and you know, temperatures pretty well where they should be porter arena's 4 degrees. if we look a little further north santiago, your temperature is average bunch of a dale. ok, we're a few degrees below average share and in terms of precipitation, rio de janeiro could get striked with some showers on thursday. nothing major. and

it's going to be a cloudy day for. so paulo on thursday, the weather bag, energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. oh the me.

you want to go to 0 reminder i talked to is this our us president joe biden and russian leader, me a person of how, what they call a positive and constructive meeting. they've agreed to resume talks and arms control and cybersecurity, but both disagree on human rights for his crew to be sent to china as you space stations with the final preparations for lunch in just a few hours in the sense of 12 mission will take the 3 men of the 3 months stay in the car. bomb inside of colombia military base has injured 36 people leaving 3 people in critical condition. the defense menaces. planing the national liberation army, the country's largest on moscow . russia is making covered 19 vaccines mandatory for service sector workers after a dramatic rise in cases. i should grappling with its largest surgeon cases in

february with about half of infections in the capital. more than 12000 people are being treated in hospitals. there are countries typing restrictions, it's in petersburg, also cities of euro, 2020 football matches sonic pacific. he is the leader of the global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases. and she says more needs to be done in russia to address vaccine hesitancy in moscow. there is discouraged, potentially links to various because they're very low vaccine uptake, despite the fact that russia had for home grown back, you put in a fire like cetera. and was one of the 1st countries make it available to people, even under some, some international criticism around the speed at which it was lysine almost all together. i think the 3, i think that was one of the factors. you look at this wide,

fred distrust and the vaccine paired also with the government, early stance that corona virus wasn't particularly dangerous. and that said that again in a declaration of victory far too soon. another point is also the rate of testing. you'd have far more testing throughout the community to break the chains of transmission. but there's a 2 fold war. let's say one is on perfect. if many of the population just seem to think it is like the cold or the flu, to difficult to get people to isolate and comply now and this. and since the support is being given for those workers who can, who are, will be working from home or will not be working, they will be receiving a salary. nothing important. and he has main opposition party has questioned the government's decision to double waiting times between astrazeneca cobra, 1900 vaccine doses. the congress parties had prime minister,

not under our motives government, was trying to cover up a shortage indian authorities. say they expanded the gap to 16 weeks to provide flexibility for those who may not access the 2nd dose at 12 weeks. from says ease to several covered 19 restrictions are sort of dropping the infection rate is no longer mandatory to wear masks outdoors. on sunday, the nightly curfew that's been in place for 8 months will also be lifted. more than half of funds with adult population have received at least one vaccine dose. hundreds of people have been displaced after monson range triggered floods and landslides. in nepal. such a rescue teams have rescued at least 60 people from a district of ordering to that. the monsoon range of also cause flooding in blue ton for 10 people died on a mountain camp was swept away. as a warning that famine could spread across ethiopia with abort auntie gray region. already on the brink, the united nations humanitarian agency chief says,

the situation is set to get worse in 2 other regions. already. 350000 people and see great living in family conditions. but if you're in government says a majority of farmers and planting crops on time. there's been fighting between federal troops and local forces since november. well, if he hopes to show the world, it can successfully hold a peaceful election for prime minister. i'll be honored, told the supporters, it is 1st and last campaign rally. i mean, that's supporters in the gym or in the automobile region, but many parties, they're saying they are boycott. monday's poll because of government intimidation. moment you know, we want all of a c o, p is look as green as gemma. therefore gym will plant trees and will also plant trees. the whole world expects us to be brought in conflict on the election day. but we will teach them differently. hamas linked palestinian activists have

continued fighting in century balloons, across the gaza border into israel for the 2nd day in a row. at least 4 new fires are broken out on the israeli side. but as i'm sure the balloon attacks triggered israeli air strikes early on, wedding saying the un secretary general has called on both israelis and palestinians to respect last month sees far. the secretary general expresses concern over the most recent round of violence and calls for the full respect of the cease fire agreed on the 20th of may. he would like to see the cessation of hostilities be maintained and solidified in order to give space with the relevant parties to work out arrangements to stabilize the situation. un, special coordinated toward venice land is continuing his diplomatic engagements with all sides towards that aim. i've heard candidate has dropped out of iran's presidential race just days before the election. conservative candidate and former neutral negotiated site jelly is the latest to by loud in support of function. abraham icey,

those are body has the latest from tucson. i'm changes to the final pushed by the highest authority in the country. supreme leader i, it's a lot, i think, how many made one last attempt to rally the masses to the polling stations on friday, jose him out of don't the election is about the participation of the people. i mean, just as the support of the people can the future of the country. i mean, in all aspects economy, security, politics, it is related to what you, the people of iran is due on friday. of this for his comments came on the same day, the only reformers candidate most and many of these other dropped out of the race in a letter to the interior minister mirror alleys, other told of his decision, but without stating the reason or whether he would now be backing another candidate on january in a statement form or nuclear negotiate or say, julie also left the race, endorsing conservative candidate, and the current head of her on stood this sherry abraham racy. another conservative

candidate, a member of parliament i. li razzles connie from home is also out. he says he believes abraham bracy is a more suitable candidate to become iran's 8th president. dora during his weekly cabinet meeting on wednesday, the president has sandrani laid out the realities of this election when that battle ca, or ours is hello. yeah, there have been some injustices during the campaign to get it, but we should all oblige ourselves and make up for them. if we can, we might want some individuals who are not among the candidate, but we have to choose the ones closest to who we want. if the masses don't participate, neither the country or the people will benefit voter. turnout continues to be a major concern for officials here. do to cope with restrictions in both your apathy, non official pulse, the justice election could see the lowest voter turnout since the revolution of 1979. the remaining candidates have been sending out text messages to the public, urging them to vote despite 3 rounds of live debates on

a tv. there's been very little campaigning on the streets here. a high voter turnout is important because it is directly associated with the approval of the establishment door such a party. l 0 to her on took his president, has ended a 2 day visitors by john. much of the focus was on the co host country success and last year, conflicts with armenia, bishops i've out on ended the visit with a speech to the parliament. they offered signing an agreement to strengthen military ties between the countries. turkey, backed by john and it took back territory from armenian southern has moved from outside as a by john's parliament in buck who turkeys president, ridge up ipod one has average of their bay, john's parliament. and he's to be, it was focusing on the corporation between be john and turkey, particularly the military corporation. and how to further spend some time between 2 companies, which already go by the global one nation to say,

he said the world has been ignoring the fact that our menus and bulky pi you force in the new born or cut about region through the last 3 decades, but he said turkey is ready to normalize relations with armenia. if only are many i read to result and to full it's problems and the suit with the john to the last 2 days with it of add one that has been several agreements signed between 2 countries, business agreements regarding education and the 1st in between and construction millions of dollars worth of the contracts of the sign with a turkish companies to rebuild, cut above the water and region, aside from the business. the political symbolism in this with it is also quite important ad one just 2 days ago has a time this natal summit in brussels and on the same day he came to their bay john during the cut of a war. the majority of the nato members were opposing,

are going to be john's military operations and 30 solid involvement in the war. turkey rose, let us be john's army to repay several districts in cut. and that has changed the quantity of dynamics and speed to go into the region dramatically. so i don't wanna use it in that sense, is a clear message to the involve powers that the corporation between author page and turkey is invalid. and we'll continue. and also there is an on go in particular crisis in armenia and the company is going to hold the election on june 20. the new government's policies in armenia will, how a remarkable packed on whether the fire will hold on the border. the tension is high and the sci fi is quite fragile items along with it right off the need to summit before the elections in armenia is being seen. you know there be john,

as reiterate the turkeys commitment to the alliance with their be john international criminal court. in the hague has sworn in its new chief, prosecutor cutting con is an international human rights expert, and a criminal lawyer was 28 years experience. leading british banisters, replacing for women pseudo of gambia. khan has led a un investigation into iso war crimes in iraq as well as that. a one to 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 independence, rome 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 quest and in the imperative to ensure we eradicate genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes. south africa is no stranger to the search for rare gems. one of the was largest gold rushes took place. there in the 800 eighty's. now it's caught up in a diamond rush. it started on a husband, dug up a huge crystal like stone in the small village of clock. lottie on the province of calhoun, the tall solder caught the patricia hunting like no, was celebrating the discovery of an identified thing that thousands of people here believe was a fortune by dublin. i hadn't seen or touched a diamond in my life. is the 1st time touching it here. i hope this will make a difference at home because we really struggling. so i hope things will be better . you know, tell him what to do. i'm just pick it shovels, buckets, and

a great deal of determination. and so i found many of travels from across south africa to the small village of quality to find their share of what looked like cloudy stones. the search began last weekend when a herdsman made the 1st discovery, a large crystal like stone, that spot which has been done the diamond brush with thousands of people joining in the hope of securing a better future. look. this means our lives will change because no one had a proper job. i do odd jobs. when i returned home with them, the family was really overjoyed. some of those digging already selling their fines, hoping to make quick money with the starting price of $14.00. also, this will really help the community. we hope crime will come to an end, especially crimes against women. because the youth do all these things because of unemployment. south africa economy has suffered for a long time with millions of people living in poverty and unemployment rising to

a record high of more than 32 percent and crime rate offering with the highest rates of caves at 19 infections in africa, the government phase, the rush of more than a 1000 people could help spread the virus. it's awesome to leave the area and has sent a team of geologists to find out if the stones are clamoring for really all precious diamond certified. as you know, i 0 and these are the top stories, us president joe biden and russian lead of letting me approve of held what they call a positive and constructive meeting. they've agreed to resume talks and arms control and cybersecurity, but both disagree on human rights. president food and i had a share unique responsibility to manage the relationship between 2 powerful and proud countries.