and prioritizing profits lead to the state's power grid failure. the texas blackout on a jesse era. what's most important to me is talking to people, understanding what they're going through here as we believe everyone has a story we're hearing. ah, a john set a new direction for iran poles in a closed in the presidential election. cool emerge as the countries new leader. ah. hello and welcome i and peter w watching out to see are alive from our headquarters. here are also coming up. no deal. a vaccine exchange agreement between israel and palestine is off. the table near expired vaccines are being blamed. the un adopts the resolution calling for

global arms boycott against me and also this weaving, technology and textiles. a group of women and a remote part watching tina a keeping tradition alive during the corona virus pandemic. the balls of no clues in iran presidential election. the hotline head of the judiciary abraham racy is old, but certain to win activists had called for a boycott. after a range of candidates were excluded, leaving only 4 contenders in the race. many iranians are weary and frustrated with the state of the economy, and that seems to have effected friday's turnouts as as a big now reports from tehran. it's a tale of 2 elections, a part of society that feels disappointed and let down appears to have stayed away from the polls. my name was i know them,

but i didn't. i didn't vote because affiliates useless. the previous government came and made a lot of promises and i know this government will do the same on right through. i didn't vote because the candidate i wanted to vote for was ultimate, didn't jot, but he was disqualified. that's why i didn't. and then did those consider more faithful, the backbone of support? the political establishment relies on my son at that i've been voting for 40 years . look at my id document. there's no more space for selection steps today. i voted for mr. racy. i want him to help the, you know, one assisted us. i hope they help the youth and all the miserable people from the day we became eligible voters. that 18 we have attended the elections. this is proof. we have voted in all elections, no room left for stem. i voted for mr. racy more than one. they have been called for an election boycott, but the main factions urged people to come out. and the highest authority in the

country, the supreme leader lead the cold by casting the 1st vote. it's not clear, it's worked. some don't see a candidate, they can vote for others. don't believe in the system that seen many candidates disqualified, many feel the economy has been mismanaged prison. hassan rule. hong is administration blames us sanctions imposed after dunner trump pull the u. s. out of the 2015 nuclear deal, unemployment and inflation, or at all time highs. the currency has severely devalued. here in the south of baron, everyone, we spoke to who voted said they chosen election frontrunner, you just re chief ibrahim, right. you see, he faced 2 of the conservatives and one moderate candidate, but several others were excluded. vain. he's also been the head of the judiciary since 2019 is close to the supreme leader and has support from hotline, as many may criticize the outcome of this ballot for the question now is, what was the vote to to not be what percentage of the vote would get he may win the

election, but not necessarily widespread popular support. i said vague. i just, there are there on ok. let's bring in gary. say more. he was a senior official in the us national security council during both the clinton and obama administration. he's now the director of the crime center for middle east studies. he joins us on skype from new york. gary say more welcome to l 20. is this a fundamental crisis of credibility if the turner is less than, say, 504540 percent? i don't think so. i think supreme leader from n a wanted to be absolutely sure that his candidate selection and then the past, the candidate that he was thought to favor actually didn't when there was a surprise outcome. so in this case i think he's prepared to exchange low, heard or turn out for certainty of. busy his mad winning and everybody seems to

believe that rehab right. you see is very likely to win in the 1st round requiring no wrong if mr. i e c does. when is this election significant beyond the question of credibility? because it gives us a sense of the direction of travel when it comes to who will replace. i told him an e in a few years time because he's not a young man. what he's 80 to 83 years old now that's correct. well there's a lot. 2 of speculation that right you see has been grown to replace supreme leader . how many and of course, how many himself served as president before he eventually succeeded. i had told how many to become the 2nd supreme later. i don't know. i think it's very difficult to figure out exactly what right he sees. chances are to become supreme leader. but obviously that's a possibility. and many people she has election as president as at least

a trial to see whether or not he'll be acceptable to the critical power brokers to eventually. ready become supreme leader himself. how does the bite and ministration work with president? right. you see, assuming he does get the top job because we're now into runs number 6 of the iran nuclear talks in vienna. so i think the dominant view in the by did ministration is that it doesn't really matter who the president is, because all of the key decisions on foreign policy and national security policy, including the player missile program, currently resides with pro meter. so from the bio administration standpoint, they would expect the negotiations to revise the nuclear deal chasing p o a to continue after the election. and it's possible that that agreement might be reached

during the lame duck period. president rodney does not actually office until early august, but even if no agreement is reached. i think the by the ministrations expectation has been supreme. there are many one sanctions relief primarily to try to address the severe economic damage that iran has suffered. and certainly the incoming president racy, would benefit tremendously if he can take credit for the sanction being lifted up for some value in terms of addressing economic damage. so from the binding ministration standpoint, i don't think they expect the presidential. busy elections to fundamentally change the direction of a lots for policy, very difficult, sometimes gary to 2nd guess within that kind of dense, complicated jigsaw of who actually runs iran because of the relationship between the guardian council, the supreme leader and whoever is president. but within that,

does this mean that that whole process can move in a positive direction? i mean, what is it about the iranian system of government that seems to stop iran accepting that everyone else involved in the j. c. p. o, a negotiations at the moment. once iran back inside that process, i think it rog once back in the process, the question are the terms and conditions and up to now, iran has been demanding that the us left all the sanctions, the trumpet post, the by the ministration has said it will left those sanctions that directly affect your rob's ability to derive economic benefit from the 2015 nuclear deal. but some of the other sanctions will remain in place. for example, designating the i r g c as a terrorist organization. busy and because the buy and ministration is not prepared

to lift all the sanctions, iran have said it's not prepared to reverse all the nuclear steps. it's taken in particular, for example, they've insisted on keeping in place the some of the advanced center fusions that they've installed. todd's facility after the us withdrew from the agreement. so we're down to those kinds of technical details exactly what sanctions us will lift exactly what steps here. one will take to reverse its nuclear reactions. and i think the 2 sides both want to deal. and these technical issues, i believe, can be resolved, but it's taking some time to work out those details. and then the implementation of the agreement is also likely to take matter of weeks or months before both sides are back and compliance with the agreement. okay, we must leave it there. can we see more the in the states. thank you very much. my pleasure. thank you very much. the us military presence across the middle east is

shrinking further equipment, as well as hundreds of troops and personnel are being withdrawn. the pentagon has confirmed reports, the anti missile batteries were being removed from iraq, kuwait, jordan, and saudi arabia. it comes 2 years after the military presence in the region grew and made escalating tensions with iran live now to washington. and our correspondent gabriel elizondo gape. what more do we know about this trip draw down? well, the pentagon is not telling us exactly how many troops and exactly, exactly precisely where they're being withdrawn from. an exactly when. nevertheless, we can certainly ascertain from the information that they did release that, that they are saying that it definitely is air defense assets, primarily that are being moved out of the middle east region. they said that they would be perhaps moved to some redeployed to other areas that they would not

disclose or brought back to the u. s. for maintenance. what we think this is, is the bad air defense system. and also the patriot missile system that the u. s. has deployed in recent years to several countries in the middle east, in terms of how many troops were thinking that it's in the hundreds, not the thousands. and these would be troops that are, that you know how to operate these air defense systems. so you ask yourself, is this a big troop draw down or not? and answer that question. gotta know on how many troops in total there are in the middle east, a us troops, and it's about $45.00 to $55000.00. so if you're looking at several 100, perhaps, that gives you an idea of the total number of troops. bottom line, know is, this comes at a very important time because biden per president biden has said that he wanted to recalibrate the number of us troops and assets in the middle east region. and this is all part of that recalibration as he focuses more on russia and china. but it

also, and this is important, this comes ahead of expected talks with iran on re entering into the nuclear agreement, the j. c, p o, a. so this could be laying the groundwork if you will, removing some assets from the middle east, particularly we're thinking from saudi arabia. we're hearing ahead of these talks with the ran. so that's where it could be very significant in that way moving forward as well. ok, thanks about gabriel. alexander, the correspondent reporting live out of washington. the un general assembly has called for an arms embargo against me and mar while condemning the military coup in february. the friday's resolution is not legally binding. it is the 1st such global action against the giantess. 119 countries voted in favor while many of me and mars neighbors, including china, abstained from the united nations, his christian salumi. it was the 1st time the general assembly made its position known on me and mar since the country's qu, 4 and a half months ago. secretary general antonio good terrorist pressed member states

for a strong message. we cannot live in a world where military calls become a norm. it is totally unacceptable. the text was adopted with 10900 votes in favor, one against and 36 abstentions, including some countries from the region you a she answered her external blind pressure or imposition of sanctions on me. and maurice not only ineffective, but quite on the contrary. it might aggravate the issue. the resolution calls for the release of state counselor, uncensored she and other political prisoners, an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators and humanitarian access. notably, it also calls for member states to stop weapons from getting into the country. but only the security council has the power to impose and arms embargo. and so far, vito wielding powers, china and russia have opposed targeted sanctions. the general assembly resolution

was sponsored by some 60 countries, including canada, get the country on a path to democracy. that's a very, very clear message of the hunter, and it's a message that says, stop the atrocities. let's, let's deal with the need for democracy as, as soon as we can, and the delay has gone on for several months. let's move forward. me and mars ambassador to the un, an outspoken critic of the military, says the resolution doesn't go far enough. we are so disappointed that it took almost 3 men to adopt this. what a donald is illusion, even though it does not include many important point to save life. the people emma, the general assembly where every country has a vote and no country has veto power, has now weighed in, but will me and mars military listen. they've resisted similar calls from neighboring countries in the regional ozzy on group before, but now with this world body behind them,

the calls are getting louder. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nation, the un secretary general antonio, tara sch has been sworn in for a 2nd 5 year term after he was re elected by the un general assembly. he pledge to rebuild trust between nations as they deal with threats from the pandemic. climate change and cyber attacks parish has come under fire during his 1st term. failing to criticize russia and china over human rights issues. lots more brown still the cover for you here are now to 0 including i'm tony chang on the time m a border fighting has force more than a 100000 people into the jungle. but essential supplies are running in hong kong, shrinking press, freedom to newspaper executives are charged with violating beijing, sweeping national security. ah

hello there. let's begin in north america, and i think stream and dangerous heat is continuing across western areas of the u. s. we've already had a heat wave emergency declared in california, and this is the scene in death valley. it's really living up to its name. people want that outdoor activity could be potentially life threatening, but records have already been hit in california, nevada, and arizona. we'll see, temperature is continuing to climb, not just in the west, but across central areas as that heat continues to build. and not only is it, while the intense heat it is persistent and it's likely to last into well into next week. now it's a different story up in the midwest, we've got cool air blown down from canada, and that's bringing wet and cooler weather. we've got some severe thunderstorms rolling across illinois into indiana and ohio. we could see hale heavy rain and some strong wind there. we've also got

a tropical storm alert for the deep south louisiana expected to see some really large amounts of rain coming from that system as it works its way up. it's going to head north east and that's going to bring some wet weather to georgia and the carolinas. and would like to see more flood alerts as that system works. its way up, bring plenty of rain, the weather bag, energy and change to every part of our universe. more small. to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business.

ah the me. welcome back. welcome to just joining us. you're watching the light from the peat adobe in the chair. this your top stories. the poles had closed in around the presidential election. the hard line ahead of the judiciary. every him, right, you see is the clear front runner among a narrow field, a just war contenders about economy and high unemployment rates with some of the issues dominating the vote on friday, the u. s. is pulling equipment and hundreds of troops and personal out at the middle east. the pentagon has confirmed reports. the anti missile batteries were being removed from iraq, q 8, jordan and saudi arabia. even general assembly has passed a resolution calling for

a host, the flow of weapons to me and it's you and i'm bassett represents the as to the civilian government says the measures don't go far enough. well, me and miles, military is waging and offensive against armed ethnic groups with a ceasefire. lasting barely 3 days before collapsing. the un special envoy to me and ma says the situation there is alarming. an estimated 100000 people have been displaced in the fighting. and the military is attacking convoys, trying to bring in aid from neighboring thailand. tony chang reports now from the tie me in my border. a single mine, a bird perches on a temple roof and thailand and o men for those. the believe it brings bad luck. but just down the road. no time for superstition. people are packing up supplies to send across the board to man ma . they have to operate without the tire authorities knowing and with no guarantees . the aid will get through it. it's very difficult to get access to the displaced

people. some of the aid workers were arrested and some of the donation items were destroyed and burned by the me. in my army, the supplies the loaded onto a truck, blankets, medicine, ta, poland, and food. this consignment will be driven across the border. elsewhere, it must be carried by hand on the other side of the board and the correct army is in control. it was one of the ethnic groups that signed up to a c sparren man, man. until the military coup. in february, the aid is unloaded from the truck and taken to a makeshift jungle camp. it's the monsoon season and conditions a tough. nonetheless, a steady flow of new arrivals. these people had checked through the jungle for 3 days from the most of my township that has seen the fiercest fighting. but here is elsewhere. covet protocols, prevail, temperatures taken a mask, warn. they must remain isolated for 14 days. despite the conditions, however,

every one is grateful to be away from the fighting. it was in there for them that we were sleeping in our house when the me am, our soldiers came near a village. we were very skewed. we can't stay in the village anymore. the artillery hit our village late at night we were very scared and hurried to get up and ran to the jungle to hide from the shell. fighting and kaya state has been fierce men, most army has unleashed the full might of its military machine, helicopter gunship, jets and heavy artillery firing the civilian neighborhoods. its troops have left a trail of destruction in the towns and bodies littering the streets. many decompose beyond recognition in the tropical heat. some believe this is a deliberate policy to force the karinnee from their homeland. everything the region has, has a very specific purpose or purposes that is to, to drive people away from their homes. and to make it possible for them to

return, some people are daring to go back, but with so many homes burned to destroy. there's a real concern. the arm is intention, is to push people back into the jungle for long periods of time, or even worse, to push them over the border here into thailand. but thailand has shown little interest in taking in tens of thousands of refugees as it did in the ninety's, the memos john to enforce a similar policy on the carini. that means that these children could remain in the makeshift camps for months or even years forced from their homes by military to the may also have robbed them their future. toni chang al jazeera, on the time, me on my border. now the police in hong kong have charged the chief editor and the chief executive of a pro democracy newspaper with collusion with a foreign country. they were arrested along with 3 colleagues from the apple daily on thursday. the others have since been released on bail authorities of also frozen

millions of dollars in company assets. the arrest lead to cues newsstands to buy the latest addition of the tabloid. adrian brown reports now from hong kong. well, behind me, the headquarters of the apple daly with staff on friday was still coming to terms with the fact that 5 of the top executives and editors were arrested on thursday. now 2 of them have been charged with violating national security, specifically colluding with foreign powers. police confirmed the charges on friday afternoon and say 2 men will be appearing in court in hong kong on saturday morning . the apple daily has been responding to the arrest in defiant fashion on friday it up, it's print from from 80000 copies 250-0000. it's been very difficult to buy a copy of the apple daily in hong kong. it is a popular newspaper. many people support its pro democracy, editorial stones, but many academics are concerned that perhaps one of the next steps might be

a system whereby journalists have to be registered a form of regulation as happens on the mainland. i was based in beijing for 5 years . and it's beginning to feel that pacing rules now apply here as well in the palestinian authority has rejected a deal with israel to receive more than a 1000000 cove in 19 vaccines that were close to their expiry date. vaccine swap was announced earlier on friday, palestinians say they were told the doses would last into july and august. however, they instead received 90000 jobs that would expire this month. more than half of his railings have been fully vaccinated. compared to one in 3 palestinians. we've had only one dose by the comet. after, after the medical technical tains received the 1st patch to vaccines, the saving,

they found that they did not match the technical specifications that we had agreed earlier. we contacted the prime minister and the decision was made to deal with canceled and we will remain committed to buying enough vaccines for our people and depression 5 to provide the vaccines as early as possible. that abraham has more now from bethlehem in the occupied westbank. according to the palestinian health minister of what you're then abreast on friends with the spokesperson of the palestinian government. they said that the shipment they received today, which is between 92100000 jobs on why there did not come or went up to the palestinian sanders forwarding to the deal that was struck by pfizer. the pulse, an official said that the agreement was that these doses should expire in july and august. and that's because they can get that to the people. but they found out for them through the policy and officials that these jobs expire in june, which is why they held a press conference and said that they are rejecting the whole the they are sending

back those batches. and now we'll wait for the exact sees that they've already ordered from pfizer to arrive for the to them. they should be here in september or october. and they many have been telling us that they believe that israel was trying to score p. r points, after a lot of criticism came to israel because it is the occupying power for the 2 international law. many human rights organization said that this is israel, you to vaccinate palestinians, but they didn't do that. and they believed that they were trying to give those shipments to the palestinians because they were already going to throw that, throw them away and try to score p r points. remember, we also have a new government in israel, and this is what, why many palestinians we need that there's rooms acting in bad faith. now, when it comes to the vaccination drive in the past and it's, it's going relatively no, it's not even more than 13 percent of the population that have received the jobs.

so this deal is also the delay of this scene is also expected to further low down the vaccination rate and maybe take a few months where the palestinians to get through the heard the immunity because they're saying that they need to get 70 percent to have some sorts of her immunity and be able to open up businesses and regular life. the united arab emirates is rolling out a new kind of cobit 19 treatment. the health ministry approve the emergency use of salt, provide mab last month. the new medicine target, the spikes that allow the virus to attach itself to healthy cells, allowing the body to fight the virus better. abby is the 1st city in the world to try it. people in argentina who rely on tourism have been badly affected by the global pandemic. among them are the indigenous coyer communities in the who the province theresa bo met some women in those communities to find out how they're coping with this economic downturn,

whom america is had town in the middle of the, in the mountains, in northern argentina. it's famous for the hills of the 7 callers, formed by the accumulation of c, laken rivers, sediments. the town attract thousands of tourists every year. but the pandemic changed the dollars. women here are used to selling their textiles to make a living. normally now mighty sell truth is struggling to pay her rent and his fighting eviction on that for now i am working here, but i have been asked to leave from the shop. i came to this town several years ago and i'm trying to sell my textiles and sustained my 14 year old daughter. it's become very difficult for me to look at most of the women producing textiles come from indigenous communities in the province of. mighty fellow says she learned the art of weaving from her grandmother. it takes about 6 days for a weaver like mighty cell to do this point to she could sell it for about $30.00.

the problem is that there is no tourism this days because of the pandemic, and that's why weavers are trying to find a turn out of ways to sell the craft and the we must from potential. and that's how the medical market website was born. a tool to sell handicrafts from the area around the world said who am i shall says the website is having an impact. in a moment up on the me, ludo the pandemic is very difficult with a full lockdown in place. we did a meeting a few days ago and people are telling us that exporting things will make a difference. we have had requests from france and switzerland and hopefully will be able to sell a lot more. women from indigenous communities take their time to hand craft. each item. the wall comes from the jama and the sheeps. the colors come from onions, cabbage, and dried insects. here we have alarm is, and we have time to share the wall and work on it. we then have to diet to natural

and made by us, but people like be 13 cool, says she still getting used to the new technology. we've gone down there yet, but out of what a bit afraid of the new technology because we're not ready. they want to tell us they will deposit the money in the bank, but i don't know whether they will do it. we're also afraid of hacking and all those things the pandemic is having an impact all across the country. but in reward regions, it is forcing people to adapt and use technology to survive. davis, i will, as i see now, who, who we identity now. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. the polls closed in iran's presidential election, the hotline head of the judiciary. abraham bracy is the clear front runner among

a narrow field of 4 contenders. the state of the economy and high unemployment, with some of the issues dominating the boat. on friday, many iranians chose to stay away.