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president blames the country's largest on april and launching into all 3 asked, you know, i saw the 1st pool for chinese new playstation. ah, the 1st face to face meeting between joe biden as president and his russian count vladimir protein has ended with both leaders, calling the talks positive and constructive. the for our meeting in geneva covered several issues. the 2 leaders agreed on resuming talks on arms control. they've also agreed to send their bathrooms back to each other's capitals. the us and russia have committed to further discussions on cyber security after biden demanded moscow crackdown on ransomware attacks. but there was no hiding. some differences on human weiss by there was warned, has warned of devastating consequences for russia if jail kremlin critic. next in

the on the died in prison. atocha butler 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 agreement pledges to repose time, but it is 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, who tim dismissed biden's concerns about the legs in

a volley. calling the rational 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 what i communicated. 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 it is for people object eating, marching on a capital one said you are not allowing me to speak freely. there are no major breakthroughs in this summit. and clearly, little common ground to put the return of us from russian on buses to that is clearly

a step to reopen the communication between moscow and washington. the boot in this was a moment back on the world stage to play out well at home fight, and it was an opportunity to put down red line and distance himself from his 3 to fest with donald trump's approach. often accused of being soft on russia. bite and maybe closer to the more stable relationship. he says he wants with moscow, but it's still unlikely to be a predictable one. natasha butler just sarah geneva. earlier we spoke to nina junk of h. a global fellow at the wilson center. she says bite and has a very good strategy for dealing with 14 the most that i certainly hoped for at the beginning of this summit was the return of ambassadors to either capital. both countries have stopped critical citizen 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's 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. i'm not sure we have grades the costs 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 we'll see very much of that changing in the next couple of months. but the ball is certainly in vladimir putin court. president biden played it very smartly in laying out how by pursuing the strategy of disinformation of election interference of human rights repression that fortune is actually likely driving away investment, driving away international cooperation. and i think he underlined over and over

president 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 you looked. but actually what these strategies are costing the russian regime and the russian people in other world news police in hong kong have arrested 5 executives for the apple daily newspaper in an early morning rate. among them is the editor in chief of the pro democracy tabloid. hong kong media is reporting they've been detained under the national security not imposed on the territory by china. it's a 2nd time the newspaper has been targeted. song verse, police, arrested founder, medium oval, jimmy lie, who's now serving a 20 month jail sentence, live to adrian brown in hong kong for his age. and tell us more, 1st about how this all unfolded. earlier this morning. well, foti as you'd like to point out the offices of the apple daily hong kong is most popular. newspaper is once more a crime scene for the 2nd time in 10 months. now,

early on thursday morning, police rated the homes of 5 apple daily executives for men and women. and as you might point out, the editor in chief was then taken to the headquarters of the newspaper. some $200.00 police took part in the operation. they blocked exits and inferences. the police are now in the newsroom. examining the computers of reporters. they say that they are not targeting the media, they are simply doing their job. and they say that the arrests relate to some 30 articles published by the date since 2019 the police have been talking about the operation during the past few minutes. and later on today, we're going to be hearing from hong kong security secretary. he actually gave an interview to chinese state media on wednesday in which he said that sofa, a 118 people have been arrested under the new national security. which paging

imposed on this form a british colony, last, jude. and the $62.00 have so far being charged. now, the chief executive power lamp was always said to the law, but only target a small number of people. but so far we now have a $119.00 people being charged under that law. well, it's certainly a deteriorating environment. it seems. adrian, for the pro democracy movement in hong kong. yeah, that's up to you, right. in fact, you know, in april report is without food as issue, the annual feed them index. and hong kong, hong kong, once more was ranked in a position. china was placed at 177. hong kong is now behind coke. it's done in terms of media freedom. now, when i 1st came to hong kong in 1088 to report hong kong posted that it was ages free, a city. i think there's now big question mark over that. i mean, at the hand,

almost 24 years ago. china promised that hong kong is unique system including feed and of the media would continue. i think all of that is now in jeopardy. thank you for that. adrian brown live for us in hong kong. the 1st crew to be send to china's new space station is on its way the the 12 mission block that off from the g one launch center. it's taking 3 men for a 3 month stay in the floating lab 11 more mission plan over the next year. and a half attorney, you have more from beecher. according to china space agency, it all went to plan. it went smoothly from about 6, about 6.5 hours off to lift off. they're expected to land on that space station. and this crew consists of 3 men including 56 year old, near hi, sean, which is who is and that turn astronaut here in china and who view the oldest

chinese astronaut to go to space. now the task that they will be performing once they arrive, there will be very practical. they'll be performing maintenance tasks, some checks and making sure the space station itself runs smoothly. and they're expected to be there for about 3 months. but once they're done, it's expected that astronauts will complete 6 month stance in that space station. so these men are really setting up house for their colleagues. now they'll be living a poor be can her, which is the co module of the space station which itself only went into orbit about 2 months ago. this is very significant for china space expiration. this is the 1st time a man or woman has been sent up into space by china for 5 years, and it will be the longest mand crew who are going to be in space from china previously. it was 30 days that the longest mission that was in space, the now china has big plans for it, space ambitions. this space station will be completed next year. there are still

about 7 missions expected to take place before it can be finished. but after that, china is planning more the very ambitious missions, including a space station in on the moon, to columbia. now where a con bomb inside a military base has injured 56 people, 3 of them critically. the government suspects the country's largest alms, which was behind the attack. it happened in coca town bordering venezuela and where several criminal groups operate drug trafficking roads. alexander, i'm p a t v for some baton. the. this is the moment, the 2nd, the 2 car bomb explosions detonated at a colombian military base and cuckoo turn on the border with the 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 an 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 bouquet, visited the base, calling the attack cowardly. he said the f. b, i is participating in the investigation is placed on a complaint psych union, a reward for a $135000.00 has been offered for the authors and persons responsible for this act . a criminal search group has been created to investigate and trace things. and i would like to thank our country's national police for the special support they had provided the f b i of the united states in this person lives special investigation. 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 is say, the national liberation army, or elaine colombia,

the largest remaining rebel group, was likely behind the attack. but then exclude the participation of other fun group . we talked about the rejected, reproduce this vile 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 damage. yup. 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 to 21. police cadets here in the capital vulgar but the government a month ago and danced 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 just with the still ahead on al jazeera, the bell is pan, recognizing generations of pain and suffering in black communities. the u. s. congress supposed to commemorate the end of slavery by making june 18th, a federal holiday digging for diamond 1000 strong to a tiny village in south africa, hoping to cache and after an identified stones, i just i i, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways, hello, and i 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 weight,

50.5. so we round that up to $51.00 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 shamal a blow and down the golf and we'll see wink as 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 seen improvements 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 the south. temperatures are above average in butts. wanna habit are only $26.00 degrees and then took 20 to cape town just a bit of drizzle will be dealing with on thursday, 17 degrees. but if i show you that 3 day forecast

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welcome back. a recap of our top stories on august the us president joe biden and russian leader vladimir 14 has what they call a positive and constructive meeting. they agreed to resume talks on control and cybersecurity, but still disagree on some issues. police in hong kong have arrested 5 executives at the apple daily newspaper in an early morning rate. local media reporting they've been detained under the national security now imposed on the territory by china. and the 1st school to be sent to china, us base station has taken off on board. you sent them 12 mission. it's taking 3 men for a 3 month stay in the fulton lab, the u. s. will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. congress has voted to make june 13th, june, 19th, national holiday. it marks the time the last and slaves african americans learned

they were free. 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 june teen is all about. it is a journey, a pain brutality separation and the races, hand of people held in bondage argue here is my cana has more from washington. this bill has been on the table since last spring. that is a 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 vote, 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 a 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 10 years after he was arrested for crimes

against humanity, ivory coast, his former president long bank voice had to return home on thursday. intentional criminal court acquainted him of those charges which date back to 2011. that's when he refused to step down after losing the presidential election sparking months of violence on the 334. some i be in the predominantly provide district if you up a call. activists opposed to the former president are working on ways to frustrate this return. they want him held accountable for starting what they say was an unnecessary conflict that killed 3000 people and just thousands more. but again, you know, we don't want him to receive here as well. come because he sanctioned killian's in this country. if anything he can come home like any other board, 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 who want to use our pain. i

what i walk back to your pan within a little period to monday, predict in for a particular reason for that. those want to manipulate, you know, we, we go what kind of come up will you not pan from? because by boat, if he struck up defeat wireless and whatever the current president elections 20 years ago, there was a 4 month stand off that sparked a wave of violence. met. i'm beauty, coolie, 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 certain privileges. a former president you entitled to.

these include a decent to and personal security bubble and an 8 to trial of the international criminal court for the late wrote in the post election violence which included murder, rape, and persecution. there were cleared of crimes against humanity 2 years ago by allowing loring by the vote to return. the government is taking it who to gamble. the former president is popular among many i borders. and if he decides to join active politics that could fall the charge of volatile political scene by the government says because of the existing divisions in the country, not worth the risk. some political analysts have little doubt. the former president can have a positive effect longer. what was going on with 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 most i've already and popular front party is in need of reification after the

formation of a break or function during this up says, i lessons, government and civil society for 10 years try to unite dave audience and field. what was return, we'll have the reconciliation effort to divide it further remains to be seen on degrees algae 0. i'd be job russia is making over 19 vaccines. mandatory for service sector workers after a dramatic rise in cases is grappling with its largest virgin cases in february with about half of infections in the capital. moscow. more than 12000 people are being treated in hospital san santa p. v. case the lead of the u. c, global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases. she has 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 me 5, putting it 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 license almost all together. i think the 3, i think that was one of the factors. you look at this wide friend distrust 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 just 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 in this instance of 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. the indian fate is evicting people. it calls encroaches from government land more than $100.00 families have lost their homes. in the past month, most of the muslim, i found is hindu nationalist. government says it's protecting people from illegal migrants from neighboring bangladesh. but many of the families see their indian citizens being targeted for their faith and is this brought him has a story. as it then and his daughter amena, pick up the pieces of the tin shack that was the whole him until 10 days ago. they collect the bags of ginger, which he used to farm on a small piece of land, as it then takes a moment to reflect before leaving the shack, an indian ne,

in our som state. his family is now staying and ta, poland, tense with others whose hands were demolished by government, bulldozers msi montana for why. so we have been here for so long all these years. i made my living working here grew up here. my father died here. now i have grown old why this happened. i have no clue. since our psalms newly reelected hindu nationalist government was sworn and may, it's carried out its promise to clear government land of what it calls encroaches other than and more than a 100 other families have been forced from their homes. that despite a high court order batting, any demolitions or evictions during the pandemic, the government says the fact that most of the families are muslim is a coal incidence. we don't want that. this person's all the gold, my length, all the diverse new areas to be and course been free because of that, this government, all this government and the previous, our government. we considered to be over prime duty to be and could just be

handled. we must have going to be in 100919 percent are migrated most things. so we have nothing to say. the bought a p, a jumped the party o b j, p has long promised to rid our som, of what it calls illegal immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. but other than showed al jazeera, his identity documents proving, he's an indian citizen of the halleck from the opposition congress parties as the b j. p is targeting muslims. we are thing if you want. we want every, all, are there every been selected, people and number handy. there are a lot of people who become homeless shelter, less every year. bite, you know, from 20 ocean devastating floods and displaced thousands of people every year at the college says evictions without providing alternative accommodation will only lead to more people living in legally on government land. other than and his family are relying on local charity to provide them with basic necessities. now that he

can no longer farm ginger, he says, their only hope is for the government to recognize its own document, stating they are indian citizens. and to help them. elizabeth moran and al jazeera new daddy south africa is no stranger to the search for reg james. one of the world's largest gold rushes took place there in the 18 eighty's. now it's caught up in a diamond rush. it started when a herdsman dug up a huge crystal like stone in the small village. of course i live in the province of castillo natal, so high rock has a story. the patricia hunt like know, was celebrating the discovery of an identified stains that thousands of people here believe was a fortune by government. 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 he really struggling so i hope things will be better.

you know, tell him to do the, i'm just pick it shovels, buckets, and a great deal of determination. and so i found that ease of travel 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 herdsmen made the 1st discovery, a large crystal like stone that sparkled has been done. 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. 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 was 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 kids at 19 infections in africa, the government phase, the russia in 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 know, again, i'm fully back to you with the headlines on al jazeera us present. joe biden and russian need are. vitamin protein have has what they call a positive and constructive meeting. they've agreed to resume talks on arms control and cybersecurity, but both disagree on human rights. russia in the us will return ambassadors to each other's capitals, president food and.