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into all the 3 chinese astronaut. so the 1st truly for china, us base station and ivory coast prepares for the homecoming of our president long backbone. 10 years after he was arrested for crimes against humanity. ah, constructive and pragmatic. that's how us president joe biden. and his russian counterpart of letting me put in and described their meeting and their 1st face to face talks since biden took office. the 2 leaders agreed to resume talks and arms control and cybersecurity. they also place to return on buses to each other's capitals, after they were withdrawn earlier this year. disagreements and issues like human rights and ukraine. remaining writers correspondent can be hawk that has more from geneva. and i hope that our meeting it was a closely watch summit. lasting a little more than 4 hours spread between 2 meetings and the differences between

the 2 leaders of the russian president vladimir putin and us president joe biden could not have been more apparent when it came to the issue of human rights. the u . s. president saying that this is a foundation of us foreign policy will continue to fight for it, and that it is in the american dna to do so. and this is something that latimer seemed to bring a lot in terms of the suggestion, saying that the united states has its own problems, particularly when it comes to gotten via some police thing. and also when it comes to the issue of particularly the united states own political prisoners following the locking up of protesters and riders on the capital grounds of the u. s. congress. on january 6, the u. s. president, not liking the comparison. calling it a ridiculous comparison at that, but where there were differences, there was also some agreement, the 2 leaders saying that they could agree that the meeting had been constructive. and also that there is a framework for discussions on some of the more thorny issues moving forward.

including agreeing to return their diplomats to the respective countries and also agreeing and putting in place a framework for discussions on security, particularly when it comes to arms control and also to ensure that there are no future cyber attacks and critical infrastructure in the united states. in a junk of it says, joining us, washington, dc on skype. she's a global fellow at the wilson center. thank you very much indeed for being with us . and i'll just see you think either side got what the actually came for. well i think this is just the beginning of talks, rob, i think the most that i certainly hoped for at the beginning of this summer was the return of ambassadors to either capital. both countries have stopped critical citizens services and other programming that was going on from embassies. and so i think we're, we're at a good point for future collaboration, future cooperation. but whether that is to happen is anyone gas, as president biden laid out several times, they will see in about 3 to 6 months,

whether the rest and sign up holds its end of the bargain. let me ask you about the timeframe on this and also the find that's really what we should be looking for. those of us are watching from the outside to give some indication about whether or not russia is prepared to actually make some sort of reset, make some sort of concessions if you'd like to, to the summit, given the fact that it's over a 6 month period is that an allegation, do you think that the bice, the by the ministration is essentially just kicking this can down the road a little bit because it's got so much to deal with domestically? well, i wouldn't say that you know, these issues, but we're talking about cyber warfare in the form of ransomware attacks and election interference, as well as disinformation campaign. in addition to some longer term issues like the war and ukraine build up of troops and infrastructure in the arctic. these are things that we can just switch off that the kremlin could just switch off. and so i think this is going to take longer term negotiation. that being said, you know,

i don't hold out much hope in particular in the cyber around because we know how the kremlin has reacted before to bilateral multilateral agreement. even though it signs its name on the dotted line, it can tend to walk away from bilateral and multilateral agreements and just that very quickly. so i'm not sure we have raised the cost enough on the kremlin for them to change their behavior. these, these campaigns really have brought a lot of dividends for the kremlin and increase the kremlin international stature, both in the form of the summit. and also, you know, in domestic domestic acceptance, domestic popularity at home. so i don't think will be very much about changing in the next couple of months, but the ball is certainly in vladimir putin court. let me ask you about the domestic side of this, at least in terms of russia. there's been a lot of talk about the fact that the main goal for, for letting me put in was simply to have this summit to bring himself and bring

russia back in as a central player on the international stage. so now he goes back to moscow. how does this play out for him and his administration back in russia? well, i think we've already seen the russian propaganda machine posturing about how you know, these are the meeting of 2 great powers. the meeting of 2 equals who didn't have the upper hand and having the per conference. but i think president biden played it very smartly in laying out how by doing this strategy of disinformation of election interference of human rights. we're prussia, and that's fortunate as actually likely driving away investment, driving away international cooperation. and i think he underlined over and over has been biden did, but you know, if he continues the strategy, it's to his own detriment. and i think about what a lot of russians are going to be thinking about not how strong who looked, but actually what these strategies are costing the russian regime and the russian

people as they struggle with their economy as they struggle with investment as they struggle to be taken seriously on the international stage to really good to get your thoughts on this new junk of it's we appreciate it. thank you very much. indeed. thanks for having me on companies have arrested 5 executives at the apple daily newspaper in an early morning rate. among them is the editor in chief of the shoulder. mar chrissy tabloid. hong kong medias reporting they've been detained under the national security law imposed on the territory by china. it's a 2nd time the newspapers being targeted last august. police arrested. it's found a medium local jimmy lie is now serving a 20 month jail sentence. let's go back to adrian bryan, who's joining us from hong kong by skype. adrian, just tell us more festival, about what's been going on. well, this is still all happening as we speak. this is a story playing out in real time. the police say that 5 directors for men and women

have been arrested on suspicion of collusion with a foreign power. they were arrested at their respective homes at around 7 30 am local time. that's about $12.00 and a half hours ago. and local media say that while the 200 police were involved in this operation, now shares in next media. that's the media company, owned by jimmy lie, i have not been suspended now. the apple daily, of course, has made no bones about where the sympathies lie here in hong kong. it was a cheerleader of the protest movement. it is called the sanctions to be imposed on hong kong by the united states and other countries. that of course, has happened in jimmy like the owner of next media is of course, currently serving time in jail up to be competitive, taking part and fully unauthorized assemblies. he's also be charged on the new national security law. i think 3 charges under that last i think it's fair to assume that jimmy life could quite possibly spend the rest of his life in jail. the

big question, of course, is what is going to happen to the full daily newspaper. it has plenty of money, but the move the, the mood him certainly, as far as the hong kong government is concerned, is that this is a paper that should be shot down, at least that's what the former chief executive see by louis that he says that this paper is guilty of subversion and says the paper should be banned at n. thank you very much, adrian brown. in hong kong. well, the 1st crew to be sent to china's new space station has just taken off the services 12 mission lifted up in the decline launch. freeman for 3 months. stay in the closing lab 11. more emissions of fund over the next year and a half to complete the station is called san gone. one translation is heavenly palace between you has more basing this has been in the works for some time

3 men sent into space. they'll be there doing maintenance task, making sure that everything on the space station runs smoothly. 3 men including near hi sean, who is a veteran, a chinese astronaut. you will be the oldest child. he's not going going to face to date. now they'll be the the 3 months, but it's hopes that in the future astronauts will say on that space station for up to 6 months or really be mon assessing up house for the colleagues in future. and really this will be just the 3rd of 11 space missions required to complete the space station next year. their task is both practical and groundbreaking. this is the 1st time that we've seen chinese astronaut in space for 5 years. and this will be china's longest space mission to date. ok, let's bring in junkie horner. he's professor of astrophysics at the university of southern queensland institute for advanced engineering and space sciences is joining us from top industry. it's good to have you with us on al jazeera,

one of the things that fascinated me when i was watching the pictures of the lift off was the fact that the count was exact. the button was pressed and the craft took off immediately. i was so used to seeing the apollo missions where everything was shaking and everything took a long time before they across and the craft actually left the ground. this is very significant, isn't it? it's incredible. the advances that have been met and i think china has, in the last 12 months or so really put itself front and center in space exploration is doing some remarkable things. and i think the thing that should come to me more than anything else is how successful it's being at the 1st attempt to doing everything we have. just last month, the arrival of china is mission to mars, which is the 1st time anybody tech in alarm, the and all the relevant together on the very 1st mission and go all of them working at the same time. fact, it's only a 2nd time to move along the road and how they work, but just seeming to do really well at getting everything right. at the 1st attempt,

which is incredible to chinese astronauts were banned from being part of the international space station because of us political objections and also some security concerns and, and legal concerns as well. i was that i mistake, do you think looking back, i mean given the fact that china is going it along has alone, has the west been out fly and i'm not so much sure if it hasn't been outside, but certainly the bottom us people are master people interacting with people in china poses challenges for research and challenges for action is part of the reason that there was so much confusion concern when the rock re entered the chinese rocket that long some of these people are going to right now because there isn't that line of communication to be things that he's played out through the media, lot of discussion and people trying to work on what's going on. so i think one of the challenges is lack of communication means while there's a lack of communication, we don't know what's going on,

trying to keep costs better costs, which chess? and that means that they've got their own web, but they're getting fabulous results. and one of the knock on effects of that, of course, is going to be that as we know, space exploration in very of any sort, invariably leads to technological advances. expanding the in the mind of our knowledge about space and, and living in space. is there any danger? do you think that china is perhaps understandably the way that you've described it? just going to keep it's information to itself and the rest of the world, at least western space agencies are going to miss out on tapping into that level of exploration. it wouldn't surprise me, but at the same time inventing something for the 1st time, it's kind of an event of a 2nd time. and so the development of technology will proceed quite well. that will be a trickle down. and i'm sure the, the technology that china develops in this will go into chinese products in the same way that the technology developed by the us by not so go down into technology developed. and so by us companies,

one of the big reasons that nasa gets as much funding if it does, isn't really about exploration and excitement, but it's about a return on investment. not that has been incredibly profitable to the us since it was formed. because every dollar that they put in they get $10.00 of value back to the economy shop, trying to looking at that and get exactly the same thing john, honda, we appreciate you being with us and just to thank you very much indeed for your time in a pleasure having me still ahead on 0. the bell is recognizing generations of pain and suffering in black communities. us congress votes to commemorate the end of slavery by making june teams a federal holiday. and digging for diamonds, thousands flocked to a tiny village in south africa, hoping to cash in after and identify stones discovered ah,

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ah, ah, ah, working on my laptop stories, this r u. s. president joe biden and russian leaders lead and pushing of health, what they call a positive and constructive meeting. agreed to resume talks and arms control and cybersecurity, but they still disagree on some issues on companies have arrested 5 executives of the apple daily newspaper and an early morning rate. hong kong medias reporting they've been detained under the national security law and post on the territory by china. the 1st crew to be sent to china

news space station just taken off on board the song food 12 mission. taking 3 men for the 3 months, stay in the lounge. the us for soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. the house is voted to meet june teams. on june 19th, the 12 public holiday. it commemorates. find the last enslaved african americans learned, they were free and the bill now goes to president joe biden is expected to sign it into law. what i see here today is racial divide, crumbling, being crushed this day under a momentous vote. that brings together people who understand the value of freedom. and that is what your team is all about. it is a journey, a pain, brutality separation. and the races, hand of people held in bondage. my kind of life is now in washington

d. c. it's interesting, isn't it, like the senators can't possibly george floyd law on us policing reform in time, but they can at least pass this holiday to mark the end of slavery. how significant is this and what's led up to it? well, it's taken a very long time, rob, considering that it was an $865.00, that june 19th, june, 18th of origins. that's when the law slaves were freed in galveston, texas, where the notice was served. but one must remember too that this bill has been on the table since last spring, that is shortly after george floyd was murdered and they couldn't get enough support to pass the bullet that particular stage. but over the past year, this increasing traction and increasing attention to the racial divide within the country. and now this bill has sailed through congress. it was passed by the house

with a massive boat, only 14 voting against all republicans. and then it went through the senate with unanimous vote. very seldom one sees any law going through the senate so easily or going through congress as a whole so easily. so what is remarkable about this is the fact that there has been such a turn around within congress over the past year. doing once again, as i said, indicating that traction that has been gained in terms of the growing awareness about the race is situation in the united states and about something that must be done about it. so it is very significant in terms of that mocking a shift perhaps in public perception. and certainly it is something that african americans have long been demanding in a number of states. student genes has been an unofficial and in some cases,

an official holiday. but now it is going to be that 12 public holiday within the united states, as you mentioned, and it now only has to go to president biden for signature to eventually bring about june 19th as a formal public holiday in the united states. mike, thanks very much indeed, that's my kind of talking to us from washington dc. a car bomb inside a columbia. a military base has injured to 36 people leading 3 in critical condition. and the government suspects the country's largest armed group was behind the attack. it happened inconclusive time bordering venezuela, and where several criminal groups operate drug trafficking booths, alessandro olympia reports from baton the. this is the moment, the 2nd, the 2 car bomb explosions detonated at a colombian military base and on the border with venezuela being

a cloud of dense black smoke in the sky. at least 36 people were injured. on wednesday, one, colombian soldier remained in a serious condition in intensive care unit to united states, military personnel, part of a team of 11, assisting columbia. the military in anti drug trafficking operations also sustained light injuries. colombian president, the van dukes visited the base, calling the attack cowardly. he said, the f. b, i is participating in the investigation phase. personal now to compensate again in 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 this video shows the moment the suspected car bombed,

entered the base to the main door without much security screening the driver with able to get out and detected before the explosion. outdoor, it does say the national liberation army, or elaine columbia. the largest remaining rebel group, was likely behind the attack, but then exclude the participation as others on group. some of the reject reproduce this vial interest act which sought to attack the soldiers of columbia. the initial hypothesis is that the e l. n is behind this demented and via the involvement of fog dissidence is also being investigated. to them in the city of computers located in an area where several arm groups are active fighting for control of tens of thousands of actors of coca planes. as well as control of an important smuggling route to venezuela. he stalks with a yell and were suspended back in 2019 when a car bomb killed the 21. police cadets here in the capital vulgar. but the

government a month ago and asked a restart of an exploratory dialogue with the group. but if elaine is indeed behind this late, there's that tack. it's unlikely that those stocks will continue. i listen that i'm get it. i'll just see what the 10 years after he was arrested for crimes against humanity, ivory coast, former presidents, the home button boat is set to return home on thursday. the international criminal court acquitted him of those charges, which date back to 2011. that's fine. he refused to step down after losing the presidential election, sparking months of violence. fargo is expected to get a warm welcome from his supporters, but a remains a highly controversial figure. how many drifts reports from john in the predominantly provide district of your call? activists opposed to the former president are working on ways to frustrate this return. they want him held accountable for stocking. what they say was an

unnecessary conflict that killed 3000 people and thousands more. but i gave them a new we don't want him to receive a here as well. come, because he sanction killian's in this country. if anything he can come home like any other vote, but support to say he is no ordinary i've already and, and he's coming home to here. once we don't like people want to use our pin i what i walk back to your pan dependable compared to your to monday predict in for a particular reason for that. those want to manipulate. there are no we, we cannot come up, but we're not pan from because by boat, if he struck up, if he told us on what are the current president elections 20 years ago. there was a 4 month stand off of that sparked a wave of violence. met because i'm pretty cool. body kareem says his leg was blown off at close range by government soldiers under the former president in the post

election crisis. calamity about us for reconciliation to happen. truth must be told . there must also be reparations. my little girl keeps asking me what happened to my missing leg. that hurts. it's hard to forgive. this man must be held accountable to the ivory and nation. the government is restoring sudden privileges. a former president you entitled to. these include a decent tool and personal security bubble and an 8 to trial of the international criminal court for the late role in the post election violence which included murder, rape, and persecution. there were clear of crimes against humanity 2 years ago by allowing loring by the vote to return the government is taking who to gamble. the former president is popular among many borders. and if he decides to join active politics that could fall to charge a volatile political scene by the government says, because of the existing divisions in the country,

not worth or risk. some political analysts have little doubt. the former president can have a positive effect longer. what, what would it be? his coming back is also good for reconciling, not only the country, but his divided party back, but is a politician. that's what he knows best. he could run in 2025. he's eligible but was i've already and popular front party is in need of reification after the formation of a break or reflection during his abscess. i says government in civil society for 10 years try to unite dave audience and field. what about was return? we'll have the reconciliation effort or divide it further remains to be seen. on degrees al jazeera, i b john. if he hopes to show the world that it can successfully hold a peaceful election, that's a prime minister. aubrianna told his supporters at his 1st and last campaign rally, i'll be met supporters in g, mom in the autumn yard region, but many parties there. so they're going to boycott monday's poll because of

government intimidation. south africa was no stranger to the search for rare gems. one of the world's largest gold watches to place there in the 18 eighty's. but now it caught up in a diamond rush and started when it had been dug up. a huge crystal like stone, in the small village of quite valley, in the province of considering the top 4 or 5 reports. the patricia hunt like no was celebrating the discovery of an identified state that thousands of people here believe it was a fortune i w. 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 them what to do. i'm just pick it shovel buckets and a great deal of determination. and so i found, and he travelled from across south africa to the small village of quality to find

their share of what looked like clouds. the stone, the search began last weekend when a herdsman made the 1st discovery, a large crystal like stone that sparkled has been up the diamond brush with thousands of people joining in the hope of securing a better future. because this means our lives will change because no one had a proper job was 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. 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 more than 32 percent and crime rate offering with the highest rates

of kids 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 this is all. these are the top stories, us president joe biden, and russian leader letting me put of health, 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. washington and moscow will return on bassett as to each other's capitals. the president put in, i had a share unique responsibility to manage the relationship between 2 powerful and proud countries. relationship that has to be stable.