booting countries have recently pledged billions of dollars more in funds for this project. people here say they're throwing money into the desert. they say they don't need more trees, but more access to water. oh, ok. hotline of abraham racy is went ahead and iran the presidential election with nearly 2 thirds of the votes based on the initial results. while iran foreign minister suggests an agreement to revise the nuclear deal could be reached before the current administration leaves office. ah, hello, i'm adrian again. this is al jazeera, alive from jo, also kinda got the pen, then export about

a payment revolution that italy is government has wanted for years. a system based on brutality and bloodshed will not survive. the un general assembly condemned the span last military crew and coal weapons fails to end in a vote that fell short of overwhelming support the preliminary results around to the wrong presidential election and as expected hotline at abraham and ac is well ahead. he's already been congratulated by the 3 men who are, who were his rivals, even though the full final result is only expected later on saturday, he was even visited at his office by outgoing president house on haunted. c gets released early a show that by e. c. had one nearly $18000000.00 votes, but voter turnout was low at less than 50 percent will be live in toronto just a moment. but 1st, let's hear from the man himself, people to him racing. and like how much time. i hope i can in people's trust in my

administration. i thank people and thank god because of people's confidence in me in cooperation with new harney and his administration will use their capabilities and experience. we will continue holding meetings with them. now government will take advice from people in expert and hope we can manage this difficult task that is on our shoulders. and here are the so far announced by the interior ministry that he was given that vote counting is still continuing. these are the initial results. mister ibrahim, you see, has more than 17000000 800000 votes. mr. as i eat more than 3000000, 300000 votes, mr. him at a more than 2000000, 400000 votes, and mr. gaz, his other hashmi more than 1000000 votes. a lifetime toronto serious daughter jabari, is that so daughter? landslide victory, for i see, but on a very low turn out yes.

26.8000000. iranians went to the ballot boxes on friday there was nearly 60000000 people eligible to vote in the country. so that's roughly a 48 percent turn out, which makes this presidential elections, one of the lowest voter turnouts in the history of iran since the revolution of 1979. but of course, that doesn't appear to be a concern for president elect for him racy. we saw him just short while ago with the current president and those images i think speak volumes. this is the 1st time we've seen him since he went to vote on friday. and the 1st images we are seeing of abraham bracy is with have sandra honey, and i think there is a message here. and that is that despite their political differences, they are very much part of the same system. they are projecting an image of unity, and that is the message that we also heard from the president elect to abraham bracy, who said that they will. he will continue to hold meetings and consultations with

the current members of ronnie's government until they take over in august. so i think it speaks volume about what we can expect in the coming weeks. there doesn't seem to be any disputes or riffs between the 2 men. and there seem to be a unity that has brought them together to make this transition from the 7th, the 8th president, very smooth. ok, so what sort of president will he be one of his politics? well, we are expecting him to outline his specific agenda tomorrow. he's just his people have just called for a news conference tomorrow sunday in the capital in the afternoon. we expect him to address questions by the press where he will be certainly asked about his agenda domestically and foreign. but we are understand that his domestic policies have not been laid out at all during the campaign. he was very vague. the one thing he

campaigned on was he wants to fight corruption within the government. and of course, the economy is the number one concern for ordinary iranians. he said as part of that fight incorruption, he will also tackle that. but how he has not laid out any specific plans. he's also said that in the past he is in favor of keeping the nuclear deal. that is that the j. c. p way of 2015. that currently there are negotiators on from the iranian side, with, in vienna with the united states and war powers trying to get the us to come back. but for in terms of any thing, more specific from abraham or you see, he has not been very clear. we expect in the coming days that he will be more forthcoming about what he plans to do in the direction he plans to take this country. but in all they all directions point to the fact that there won't be huge, drastic changes happening anytime soon. ok, let's talk about the, the nuclear deal from earlier. iran is foreign minister java. so he said the talks

in vienna, a going well in the country may rejoined the deal as early as this summer. here's what he had to say. there is a good possibility that we will reach an agreement before the end of our tenure as as how soon. so we are supposed to leave our office by mid august, and i think there is a good possibility that we can reach an agreement they before made us talk. so going on right now as we speak, i just read the latest text editor that is being discussed in vienna. the text is getting cleaner and cleaner. the brackets are being removed. so what are we to make about? what will that mean for the incoming administration? well that means that things become much easier for abraham racy thanks to the nuclear negotiators that are in vienna from the foreign ministry,

specifically the deputy foreign minister out, she who has been at the forefront of those negotiations. and as the foreign minister said, the brackets are being removed, that means they are getting much closer to a final draft of an agreement that will see the united states return to the nuclear deal of 2015. and iran would go back to its commitments to reduce its nuclear program and allow inspectors free access to the 6 nuclear sites in the country. what of course, the important point is that the sanctions that the u. s. has imposed on her on since leaving the nuclear deal will be lifted as well. that is the hope of iranian officials. and of course, this also means that the legacy of how sandrani and his government will be remain intact as the government that really secured this nuclear deal in their 1st term. and then was met with a very hostile u. s. administration of president donald trump. and then they survived that and managed to get the u. s. back and kept this nuclear deal all in

a effort to trying to revive airlines economy and open up the country's economy to the international community. so it would mean a very positive start for abraham race. his government, when they take over in august, if that team in vienna managed to secure an agreement before they leave office. i was just curious door such about reporting live from 10 ron doors. many things in moscow has registered a new record for cove at 19 infections for a 2nd day running. well, the 9000 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. moscow's math says the surge is being driven by the contagious delta variant. first identified in india, restrictions including a ban on large gatherings have been extended in the city. the palestinian authority has rejected a deal with israel to receive more than a 1000000 cove at 900 vaccines that are close to their expiry date of vaccine swamp

was announced earlier on the friday palestinians say that they will till the doses would last into july and august, but instead they've received 90000 jobs that will expire this month. more than half of israelis have been fully vaccinated compared to one in 3 palestinians. if had only one dose by the climate. after, after the medical technical teams received the 1st patch to vaccine to 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, the deal was canceled and we will remain committed to buying enough vaccines for our people and depression 5 to provide the vaccines as early as possible. police in portugal or stopping drivers, traveling in and out of the list for metropolitan area as part of new cobit 19 restrictions. we can travel is banned in order to prevent transmission. particularly of the highly contagious delta variant. portugal is daily case numbers

of increased level is not seen since february. italy's economy appears to be climbing out of its cobit 19 plunge its finances faced problems even before the pandemic. like people's preference for cash payments, that her tax revenues that though looks to be changing as adam rainy and reports from room this vegetable market in the heart of rome, dates back to the 18 sixty's, a century and a half on cash is still king. but there are signs the times are changing. for years, the italian government has been encouraging electronic payments. as a way to increase tax receipts. the pandemic gave it the push it needed, as people wanted to pay without handling cash. because they thought exchanging money by hand could spread the virus or level this year and we have to accept progress. this is how things are cash is on the way out. electronic payment in

italy, rose 4 percentage points in 2020 alone. and now digital payments make up a 3rd of all transactions. italy even has a lottery to encourage people to request fiscal receipt for even the smallest purchases to prove they were made above board. but i got not paying for euro coffee with a card or a phone was practically unheard of before the pandemic. and now it tell us is communism visit to your local cafe? such purchases are just a small part of the burgeoning digital economy, one growing faster as a result of the pandemic. the government is investing billions of euros from the e u cove. it recovery fund to modernize the economy, which is projected to grow by nearly 5 percent this year and an additional 5 percent in 2022. i think this is a big location now for air increasing the amount of efficiency,

transparency in our system. we have spent a lot of money during, during this crisis. so now economic growth is really a master executive trainer modi to academy jani sees this is a moment of opportunity for himself and the country at large, quote, money, regional capital. i think we used to think we had to be shoulder to shoulder with our boss or our lives revolved around the physical workspace to succeed today. 95 percent of my work is done from here at home. that provides more possibility for growth. we understand now we can't waste our time at work and must make the most of it. we deal with lofty goals in a country where old habits die hard. adam rainy al jazeera rome, west african leaders holding a regional summers in donna's capital. molly's latest cool, likely top the agenda, along with regional security, there are concerns that attacks linked to groups like al qaeda,

an eyesore could spill over from molly into neighboring countries. one student from a group kidnapped by gumbo and nigeria on thursday has been found dead. at least 80 students were abducted from a school in the northwestern state of cabbie, the army has rescued one teacher and 5 pupils. it's the 3rd mass, abduction. it has many weeks kit that things are rising as gangs described as bandits sequence and payments. well the next here on i was just here. so to come displaced and relying on food aid applies of refugees from ethiopia to region living in neighboring saddam. and how south koreans asked for international help preserve an ancient paper making tradition. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways.

hello. we've got to watch the weather now in the process of pulling away from japan, so bright to sky's coming back in here. not too bad across the korean peninsula as well. last he fine. and ry. we will see temperatures his soul around 28 celsius. but some wet weather up towards north korea for a time that we go with that clear weather coming into which pan $29.00 celsius to follow the main front. the plum rays that pulsing a little further south was now to the south of shanghai. some heavy down pours, always tucked in here and over the next couple of days. as we go on through the next day or 2, we will see that was the weather just sliding a little further south, which taiwan seeing some heavy rain for time, brighter skies, coming back into northern parts of china. still chances, wet weather, into north korea. fine and dry, as you can see for tokyo, getting up to route 30 degrees celsius of sticky here, humid but should be settled,

not to settle across sir south asia, we got some more heavy down pulls coming into the northern parts of the ban goal that ne inside of india, through bangladesh. little area of low pressure swelling away here, bringing some very heavy rain into the northeast of india, up into the pole. more big down poles also coming into a good part of bu time and staying wet for the western gas sponsored cattle airways. ah, welcome to portal. your gateway to the very best of onto there as online content that you may have met. a new program that this through our platforms makes a connection and presents a digestible scene, each the award winning online content on their audience. portal with me sound are gotten on out to 0. me ah,

ah, the me. hello again. this is 0. the main news, this initial results from ron's presidential election show hotline at april, him right? you see well ahead as expected. the 3 other candidates have already congratulated. the judiciary chief final announcement is expected sometime on saturday and it was foreign minister suggesting agreement to revive the nuclear deal could be reached before the current administration leaves office java. so the expected to be done by mid august as we wait for the final results in iran. here's a reminder of some of the main challenges that abraham racy will face. once he becomes president, 1st on the agenda, the ongoing negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. lacy has previously

said he would hold the deal, which the u. s. pulled out of in 2018. now if that would happen, it would lead to an easing of us sanctions. dave reem posed by for the us president donald trump in 2018 crippling iran economy. then the pandemic iran has the deadliest outbreak in the middle east that has been battling another search in cases over the past week. and of course, there's iran relations with the white, middle east arch rival israel has been forcing ties with gulf nations like the united arab emirates and attempts to isolates to run the sexual instead is the deputy dean of government at university of essex. she says that it's still unclear how race is leadership will affect talks on the nuclear deal. it's not that clear what racy will be able to do to impact whatever happens with the nuclear deal. and the one hand,

there are talks going on in vienna. the byte administration is open to returning to the deal, but the iranian regime has said publicly that they want some sort of grand gesture from the u. s. and it's not clear that the binding ministration is going to do anything that will satisfy that. and so in terms of the impact of this particular election, i don't see in what way it's going to push the needle one way or the other. we do know of course that right? you see says he wants to return to the deal, but he's also he wants a very strong central government and the type of rhetoric that the runny and president can issue some time to fax away the u. s. respond so i see raise you in some ways of return talk medina. job a more populous authoritarian president. and that was a period where the relationship with us in iran was really, really bad. of course the relationship is always very tense, but that was definitely more tend to period. so the economy is really struggling. it hasn't grown since 2017. a lot of this is because of the sanctioned. so sanction

relief is really critical for, on a trying to improve it economic situation, but it's also very isolated in the region. now, i know in the last month or so, it has been improving its relationship with saudi arabia. but raising never really issued a clear plan about how he plans on improving the relationship with saudi arabia and trying to improve regional stability. so again, there is not much clarity in terms of the program as to what iran is going to do next. the us military presence in the middle east is shrinking further some equipment and hundreds of soldiers a being pulled out authentic and confirmed reports that an anti, the anti missile batteries were being removed from iraq, kuwait, jordan, and saudi arabia. it comes 2 years up to the us, grew its military presence of the region as tensions escalated with iran. if he is preparing for parliamentary elections on monday, the vote comes as tens of thousands from the 2 great region continue to seek refuge

across the border in sudan. more than 2000000 internally displaced many more need food aid. i'll just have a morgan reports now from galleries in sudan near the boulder with if you this was once i get highly maria shelter in this refugee camp before went and heavy rain brought it down 2 weeks ago, a farmer from home at all. and if you take the region, he says, he said, despite the fighting that started last november, but when his livelihood was threatened, he was forced to leave his farm and come to the dance body, stayed at their house. the horem alicia came and burned our farms. if we planted and we're waiting to harvest and they stole everything, i wanted to stay, but there was no food, and they were preventing aid from reaching us. so i came here to seek security and to get food. and again, i think it says he believes the branding of farms was done to force the grants like himself into starvation. the conflict between the u. p. and government and the

regional to great people's liberation front has kill thousands and internally displaced more than 2000000 over the past 7 months. 350000 people in the region are facing famine, according to the united nation, which says that's our vision is being used as a weapon of war. the united states has described the conflict as ethnic cleansing against the grands, at least 70000, to grant have fled to sedan. since the thoughts of the fighting, the number of refugees arriving in cam here in for them have reduced compared to the conflict broke out into gray. but those who managed across the borders say it's not because conditions have improved back home. they say it's a good continue to be targeted because of their estimate city, and many atrocities are being reported. and while they come to taking refuge conditions, here are far from ideal gothic light. was one of the 1st to arrive in discount which opened at the start of the year. the shelter she was given like hundreds of others, has collapsed as a result of terrible weather conditions. she says she shared accommodation with other refugee families. and while she received aid,

not enough for her and her family, she is now suffering from malnutrition and is unable to nurse her 16 month old daughter. hard to find them and that were given flower and oil. but it's not enough for us. my daughter keeps crying for milk, but i have any to give her. so i give her rise to keep her stomach full, but that's not enough to cover the nutrients she needs. and i worry about her health. aid are going to station see hundreds of severe and moderate malnutrition cases have been recorded in the for refugee camp established to accommodate the refugees and camp authority. see access to health care to treat malnutrition as well as other diseases is limited. and with the rainy season starting, they are concerned about the welfare of the refugees. well, let me get you to get then i will have someone doesn't want to go. those who are suffering from h shortages need to make sure all their needs are met with the rainy season. starting. we've already seen shelters falling, and many people left off to the open again. with some suffering from malnutrition, we can see more and more refugees are getting sick. the situation is dire and we

need it organizations to step up. i guess as he'll work to fix his shelter until he gets a better one. but he says, looking at the life his living now, he wishes the conflicts back home with. and so he can go back to his farm and to the life his left behind. he bill morgan, or did they are, are the made by camp a cathartic state. the un general assembly as called on member states to hold the flow of weapons and to be off the non binding vote is another significant sign of global opposition to the john. so that ceased power and begun a crackdown that killed more than $800.00 people from the united nations christian salumi reports. 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 press, the member states for a strong message. we cannot live in a world where military calls become a norm. it is totally unacceptable. the regional threat of the cry. he's real.

we must continue to call for maximum restraint and condemn all forms of lions. the reese of a large scale civil war is read. 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 mar is not only an effective 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 in arms embargo and so far, vito wheeling 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 is 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 say lie, thought 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 chief edison and chief executive of a pro democracy newspaper in hong kong have been denied bail after appearing in court. ryan law and john came home, are accused of colluding with a foreign country. they were arrested the officers of apple daily on thursday, under the city sweeping national security law. the case is drawn international condemnation. the ears talk diplomat is again pushing lebanon's leaders to agree on reforms. one lock financial aid from the block just to borrow at president michelle, i wound to discuss lebanon's worsening economic crisis. leaders have failed to form a functioning government since august. their written warnings of sanctions, if they can't reach agreement soon, the crashes, lebanon is phasing. it said domestic races is

a self imposed crisis. is not the price is coming from abroad or from external fact? this is a whole made crisis is aggravated, don't buy yourselves. and the consequences with the population are very much dia, an endangered reptiles. bolivia is on the further risk from local hunters. the black cayman is considered a valuable species, despite the threat of a 5 year jail term, some people and the thought of magdalena have been hunting them down, almost killed this week. the lever and meet like came and is highly sought after. in some areas, politicians and academics himself, korea, pushing for traditional paper making to be included on the unesco list of intangible cultural heritage. it's fair but hon. g. as it's noted, korean could be in danger of dying out unless it's recognized. i'll just say it was

rock mcbride reports now from jones you its been made the same way for more than a 1000 years. a scale passed from one generation to the next. as in this business run by the tray family, it's often referred to as 100 paper because that's how many stages are considered needed by hand to make each piece. the pope comes from the inner bark of the mulberry tree which grows abundantly on south korea as rocky hillsides. but it can only be harvested at a particular time of the year and then laboriously worked to strip away the out about $100.00 energy afternoon. it takes about 10 years of study learning from a master craftsman. traditions are hard to learn and how to keep up. so it requires a sense of commitment. this business and others still making paper. the same way is located in the city of john du, which is home to a carefully preserved village to promote korean culture for an ancient industry

that at one time expose its product to china, considered the birthplace of traditional paper, making the decline in korean, han g has been marked, especially in recent times. it's reckoned that from a 100 workshops a couple of decades ago. bailey 20 now remain on display in this city, the winning entries from a competition aimed at encouraging hun g making while showing off its berth fatality. all the offerings made out of paper. but what's needed, argue at supporters, is the worldwide recognition that would come with unesco listing. would you put the natural gas benefits at the museum archives and constantly surprised by the condition of historical documents? the characters and colors and vivid i've thought of just been drawn and the paper is not damaged at all. the paper from chase workshop is now the preferred choice for us restore is in italy,

and he believes unesco recognition. similar to that in lloyd by paper makers from china, and japan would go a long way to preserving his beloved craft. can you tell me? well, of course i'll do everything i can to prevent this tradition from dying out. but i can't do it on my own. the whole society must cherish this heritage. consider a precious and love it. a craft whose mastery is hard earned and the could easily be lost. robin bride al jazeera john to south korea. ah, good teddy adrian. so they get here and how the headlines on al jazeera, preliminary results are out in iran, the presidential election, and as expected hotline of abraham lacy is well ahead. he's already been congratulated by the 3 men who were his wife or even though the full final result is only expected later on saturday. he was.