the head of the state energy company says the shut down at the brochure plant could last for 4 days and lead to possible power outages. poles in armenia parliamentary election have close them. ballots are being counted. the country 2nd, not selection in just 3 years. preliminary results are expected to start coming in on monday, and the road that links eastern and western libya is reopening. after many years. the 2 parts of the country had been under the control of rival administration. and the reopening was one of the conditions of the sci fi voters in t gray and 2 other regions in ethiopia have been excluded from taking part in the countries parliamentary elections. the electoral commission says the regions of hide and those in eastern, if you need more time to prepare for the polls. mohammed the reports now from her

with $368.00 alley squeezed into just one square kilometer. this is the old wall city of hot of it's 20 few. it's thick high walls erected in the 13th century by the indigenous people a unique ethnic minority group. while holidays used to inhabit a much larger area, their population has declined. and they now leave behind the 6 walls. in 2016 units called recognized as the head of the site to protect its history. as one of the worlds and ship civilization, they threw up in government also men had its own federal state, the smallest in the country. yet the electoral commission recently refused to allow his living in other parts of if you appear to vote for candidates in their homeland in upcoming parliamentary elections. but of the heart of his challenge, that decision in the supreme court, it ruled in their favor, moved to give you all we want is to preserve our culture and heritage. the reason

her always have a quasi state to day is in recognition of her already culture language history, and perhaps most importantly to redress the injustices perpetrated against us. preserving her already governance will prevent a tower on any of the majority, protect indigenous minority rights, and quite simply, it is just fair. following the supreme court ruling delettre commissioners for more time to conduct a special distortion of how to revolt, as in other parts of it appear to enable them vote in their homeland. for holidays, the question of who gets to govern is central to their existence. and they say that specially important as they're facing competition from surplus and coaching on their land. we are really worried about the future. about people as a population keeps declining the plot to take over herrera by other ethnic groups is getting thicker. the challenges facing the people of the hot region is cited by the housing behind me. it was built with funds from the diaspora,

people living in the united states and europe. but now lies abundance of people from the neighboring region came to claim the land of their own. these weeks elections will also take place in the neighboring somebody region of the electoral commission. i was postponed the polls. they're citing defects with bowling material . the region has no more stability than piece in the past 3 decades. 2 years ago, the rebel group or gotten national liberation front, signed a peace agreement with the pin government, and did more blessed its troops. while we were all thinking that our region feel for once of all, to be the rest of it, your p. it's piece for vance, and we are all being forced to wait till september to exercise our constitutional rights. voting has also been postponed in the more from conflict on to great region where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from farming. a new date for

a voting ticket has not been set together. the harder to gran somali regions account for 6 to 3 out of 504 to 7, but i'm interested and too many of the people in those regions been unable to vote, they say undermines their existence, ma'am, and i do, i just did a harder in tennessee of italy's population dropped by nearly 400000 people during the pandemic last year. starting next month, the government will roll out. it's a family plan that offers cash benefits aimed at families having more children. but it may not be enough to reverse demographic trends. adam rainy reports now from rome by italian standards, sahara maloney might be said to have a big family, 13 month old and that is her 2nd child problem. i started this problem is that my

husband and i have had unsteady work for 14 years. the decision to have a 2nd child came late only after we both got a steady job. we have relied on our parents to help us pay for the house and take care of the children. postponing a family is common here. births have been declining since the 2008 crisis. italy has the world's 2nd oldest population, and it is shrinking to last year. it fell by more than 380000 people. that was due to a historically high death rate with the pandemic, and a historically low birth rate. italy's fertility rate is $1.00 children for each woman. the government is trying to boost birth rates with a new family plan, a major infusion of direct cash payments that increase with the number of children . a family has demographers, elena ambrose set. the says the family plan is a good start, but any increase in the birth rate can take decades. there are more immediate steps

. italy could take now. immigration can be absolutely just for aging population because we have an injection of young people working in the working age population . but immigration is a thorny issue in italy. we asked the member of parliament from the center left the democratic party. how political leaders can convince italians of the need to take more non italians into the country. you've also got a lot. i can explain all i want to italians at a certain level of immigration helps italian society. but as long as they keep thing immigrants, big for handouts on the street, i won't convince anybody we need to integrate them into italian society and need help from europe. with the pandemic eating and summer temperatures rising, there's been an increase in the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean and landing in italy, that's only further fuel the anti immigrant sentiments, divided over immigration. italy will rely then on mothers like sahara to choose to

have multiple children. a choice many italian women are unwilling to make. adam rainy al jazeera rome. all migration is a divisive issue in the country and who has the right to live in italy or claim citizenship is an issue that has been debated for decades. a parliamentary commission has been hearing evidence on this since 2019 pro migrant organizations and the democratic party want reform. but right wing parties including former deputy prime minister motel, some v needs lay go or the league party are resisting change. currently, there are thought to be about 1000000 people in italy who were born and always lived in the country, but are not considered italian usually because their parents were or are not italian. but separately, there are thousands of people who can claim an italian blood line, who do not have a legitimate pass to citizenship. they are the grandchild, women,

sometimes great grandchildren of italians who lived in former colonies like every tray, i who continue to battle to claim their birthright will be 30 long d as in italian during least the very trans origin. and also of the book, the color of my navy joins us now by skype from rome. be pretty lucky. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera and that in your book, you tell your story, which you are obviously an italian. i makes the heritage italian and every tray and explained to us why it's so difficult for many every trans, all makes battalion origin to claim that birthright. well, from the very beginning, from the very early days of the southern colonialism of africa, tree, and particular men. when their federal somehow legitimated, allowed already been encouraged by the governments of the time to go there and

enjoy the plays and even as children and just leave them with their mothers up to their mission of 2 or 3 years. let's not forget that the, to the mental killers of colonialism, where racism and male chauvinism. so it was not so much interesting for the government to raise those children and to the random citizenship. but since going really worried where the tall and fastest governments saline himself, you have is very personal war against mixed race people. so the issue to laws in 1977, 1942 actually prevented men and he told him the fathers from acknowledging their children, mixed rate children. they used to have with very young richie and women often working for them as domestic helpers. and mays having lease rates,

children became a crime. and but these not prevent men from keeping having children when they were trained women it's so basically those women, those mothers, and those children, their grandchildren could not prove that they hadn't thought they didn't have any document. they could not train them, they had no information apart from the name, and these are going on for years for decades. but there are still so many retreat. and so we're talking the sense or claim, nationality, citizenship, and claim these as a mentor, right? and of course, i mean there's difficulties on both sides of the dictatorship in every tray, which makes it difficult for people to, to leave. a prism will be tried to go to italy and, and prove their links. and then of course, as you mentioned, the difficulty, the lack of documents are often to to prove the birthright to at least a apply for italian citizenship. give us some examples and what kind of numbers are we talking about?

let's say during the 60 years of italian colonization in the african starting from somalia, then libya and then it's your peer with them. so any 60 years, a conservative estimate number is 20000 children, 20000 mixed race. children are these 20000 small minority and could have time and citizenship was. they were noticed by that fathers. and could i have been talking to susan and she's so we're talking about 5 or 6000 people which is not human. the 10 percent of that very moment there are around $3400.00 families will claim for this. right. but even though they have been trying to claim to the embassy, but it's right. they cannot provide any document entities, they response. so in light of those complications or what is it that you're asking,

the italian government to do the italian government and they tell them parliament. so try and facilitate access to the procedure of citizenship. even all the descendants of italians could not provide food documents because the story of every trio over the former colonies is different from the other countries where italians migrated. those those people could come to italy, make research about their insistence from eritrea. it's almost impossible, so they should find a better way, an easier way. it seems a darkly ironic that considering the debate right now about citizenship and the birthright to it. there's all these people that aren't even effectively allowed to prove that they have a birthright. how much awareness of this issue do you think the reason, italy, there is no way to answer told because there hasn't been and indeed they seem to be

end of the war. since the end of cornell is a mental fascism there is being no d, h about colonialism. all these some very few academics wrote and talked about colonialism, not least sure, and not cinema and not, not, you know, mass culture. even the situation because the, the dock side of italian colonialism was so embarrassing that the governments on government tried to prevent any serious that the 30 longer telling journalist a very trend origin and also author of the book, the color of my name vitality. lucky thank you so much for explaining the story to us. thank you. thank you for go to france now. it's been voting in a 1st round of regional elections that seen huge gains for the traditional right. and marine le pen fall right party. the national riley is hoping to win its 1st

region in the 2nd round. this next week, sundays ballot is seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's presidential vote. but participation so far as being one of the lowest ever for an election in france. by mid day, just 12.2 percent of people had voted president manuel microns young centrist party is expected the fair, poorly as many grow frustrated at his government handling of the plans in the tasha butler has more on this from paris. what the big night for fraud says traditional, right. the conservative policy taking the lead in several regions in the 1st round of these regional election voters being mainly confirmed by things like crime insecurity and immigration, or themes that really appeal to conservative voters. those issues also appealing, of course, to far right, voters, and that's why we saw marine the pens national rally party coming in 2nd in several regions. number in the pen is hoping that in the 2nd round, the policy might win

a region in the south of france, the provost code to the region which encompasses cities like nice must say and can if she was to win that region, a really would propel her far right and the migration party from the margins of politics into the mainstream because the party would be in charge then of things like transportation in the region, the schools say fall, the national rally policy formerly called the national front. iranian charge of a few towns in france. however, it may be that all of the political parties in that region rally round and urge their voters to vote against marine the pen. that is what happens so often in the 2nd round of elections, marine the pen says, one of the main problem is, is not enough. people came out to vote in the selection she's urging people to vote in the 2nd round. it is true that they were, they was in the historic low turn out as for the french president's party republic

on the move, well, they did really desperately trailing behind other policies. it was to be expected in many ways because it is such a young policy was created by the french president to propel him to the presidency . but it doesn't have the kind of roots an apparatus. and some of the more established political policies on the left and the right for a minute micro. of course though, he's on charge, they'll be looking very closely at these results. they may not impact his bid for the presidency next year. if he is to throw half of the ring, now the less they'll be looking now at the conservative and the traditional right as the main opponents. so fall polls are predicted that it would be run off between the french present in manual micro and his center is policy. and the far right leader marine the pen. the technology that moves connects entertains and even heels us will. none of it would work without wear earth elements. they are crucial to today's tech, and china wields a significant control over their global supplies. the u. s. and others want to

change that as rob reynolds explains from los angeles. this is the mountain past mine in california. the only rare earth mine in the us. if you are like many people, you're probably unfamiliar with new di, medium gas, linear em this pros, e m, and more than a dozen other oddly named rare earth minerals. but you probably are familiar with smartphones, computers, television sets, cars, solar panels, wind turbines, and hundreds more technological devices. including advanced weapons, all of which are made possible by the special magnetic and conductivity properties of rare earth where it's had electronic properties which, which caused a manufacturing and technology revolution. this is basically what's allowed,

the, the absolute, universality of high technology, 90 percent of rare earths are mind and processed in china, which also manufacturers, most of the finished products that include rare earth, china as a stranglehold on processing even the or produce here in mountain pass has to be shipped to china for processing, and we pack it into the slings and then we ship it to china, low labor costs, and lax, or non existent, environmental regulation keeps china on top. the situation has led to concern over us japanese and european economic and military security. if china were to cut off supplies of rare earth finished product, it could devastate the economy. we also have to push back against unfair trade practices by competitor nations that have hollowed out the u. s. industrial base

and undermine our supply chain security. despite their name, rare earth aren't really that rare at all. right now in the united states, mining companies, my iron or flash face, or is or coney am or some other commodity. collectively throw away enough, recover the rare rush to me, 85 percent of global demand. kennedy proposes using those wasted minerals in a combined corporate entity to counter china's near monopoly. all fashion concept called operative to shiva shamans g ford motor company. they could all be owners, partial owners of the cooperative, and the co operative would produce for them, finish metallic alloy, and magnetic products. whether that model becomes reality or not,

it's clear. world leaders have become aware of a global rare earth supply chain problem and are finally taking steps to address it . rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, the renown then sometimes controversial graffiti artist bank. see is making headlines again. but this time, it's not for what he's created, but rather for what he's lost. the anonymous artist has lost the rights to 4 of his most iconic pieces in a legal battle with a postcard maker who uses his work for profit. the european union intellectual property office says bank sees work cannot be protected if he doesn't identify himself. a panel of judges cited statements attributed to the artist in which he dismissed intellectual property laws. it's worth noting not in order to try and defend himself by proving that he should maintain trademark banks. he,

i created an office store a whole gross domestic product last year, simply for the purpose of defending trademark. however, thank you, don on record in 2007 in his book wall in peace to say copyright is for losers and him, it is more openly admitted that creating storage coin and last year was only to pursue or dispense of his trademarks. rather than using the trademark in a more traditional way, which could be to create other products for merchandise, is works as, let's say, vendor was never intended to be trademark. and it's now the case that they are not . i think that the court has to have the ultimate se for which businesses are allowed to merchandise which trademarks and which individual images. and because bank use works are so popular, there are many companies that are using his is trademarks as post harden's posters,

other forms of paraphernalia. and there has to be a ruling that takes place at a higher level that will either facilitate or prevent these stores from operating and selling these works in the way they have kids going to foreign now in though, how for all the sport who's italy have a confirm their status is one of the favorites to win football european championship . they are now unbeaten in their last 30 games and secure the one know went over wales to continue their perfect starts at the tournament. and richardson reports after 2 straight winds and a place in the last 16 already guaranteed. italy made a changes to their line up for this game against wales in rome, with full points to their name. the welsh needed a point to absolutely guarantee their spot in the knockout rounds. se quiet

1st half was enlivened by a perfectly executed free kick plan must have the scene and with such that put italy ahead. his 1st goal in his 1st started a major tournament, answer those 2 against fam. marina. with a really big one, it threatens to get a lot worse. the whales in the 2nd half that erico been at that she's free kick, hit the post. this is the lease and i'm pretty was then read carded for this challenge. garrath failed. they'd have a chance to level the schools. but despite this one, the loss while still finished, 2nd in the group to join italy in the next stage, we knew for tough game coming into it. and we knew we had the big, deeper times and, and we did the tough enough for the men, but to go down to 10 men gives us an even bigger hill to climb. but again, credit to the boys that cosby, catalina, for. i can be any more proud of them. you know, they've got the dig deep and,

and they've got the job done. we finished 2nd in the other group a match turkeys ret. she'd campaigned finished as badly as it started harris rivera, which giving switzerland and early lee. oh, shoot. and she carried double the swiss advantage before her time should carry school his 2nd after the break, as it finished 3 warm to switzerland. they finish a bird in the group behind wales on goal difference will be hoping to advance as one of the tournaments best, the place teams, turkey go out, having lost all of their games and the richardson al jazeera. so nervous way coming up for switzerland to italy's 11th street when ensured they finished top of that group. so now play a 2nd round match at london's wembley stadium next saturday. whales will continue their campaign in amsterdam on the same day. catherine government has announced that spectators of the 2022 world cup will need to have been vaccinated against

corona virus to attend the games. the country's prime minister says it is aiming to secure an extra $1000000.00 vaccine doses to immunize fans wanting to watch the tournament. the 1st world cup to be held in an arab country, takes off next november. i'm extra sap and has extended his lead in the race to win the former one world title. the red bull driver took an extra pit stop during the french grand prix, and the teams strategy paid off. for stephens, a fresh tires allowed him to take reigning champion, lose hamilton on the ultimate lapse of the race adult and finish. second with dutchman, teammate sergio correct in 3rd for step and now lead to hamilton by 12 points and the driver championship was made. the 1st bit so then you could clearly see him on the hot ice, they were pushing the hard for me and then when we made the call to do it through. yeah, luckily the end up paid off. we had to work hard for it, but was very rewarding. we did. they just had a bit of our strength weekend and i think just considering never had such

a good friday, i'm really happy with today's result. i mean, we did when we were in the lead, but i had no time left at the end. so unfortunately the position but still is good right on. deborah has become the 1st arab woman to win a w t. a singles title, the 26 year old son, his employer beat. daria kept sakina and straight fat. so when the birmingham classic branch, 24th in the world jabber had lost her 2 previous thing was final. she has a tour leading $28.00 winds this year, tied with top rank as 40 i'm so proud to represent the urban tunisian woman. i mean, my goal really to inspire much more and hopefully i want to see more woman on tour with me. you know, it's a very tough coming coming. you know, from tunisia we kind of like have a lot of talented player, but sometimes they don't know the right way to go and be professional. and yeah, for me,

maybe my goal right now is to give them and show them the path and i'm really proud and hopefully i can continue doing that. he's ill and look to have a slight advantage in the match that will decide the 1st ever world has champions cal jamison took 5 wickets of india were bought out for $217.00 in their 1st innings. this match is being played in england, and a lot of time has been lost due to bad weather. these inland had reached 101 for 2 by the end of day 3 in south hampton. and after determined battle against injury, mark mark has his back to winning ways. the 6 time murder g p world champion, same victory at the german ground. pre it's his 1st race, winces fracturing his arm at the start of last season. a spaniard is down in 10th place in the overall race for the world title. okay, and that is all your sport for now. now back to barbara in london. fire, thank you very much for that. and that is it for this news? our do stay with the still going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the days. for watching off the 2nd of us.

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the indian government sets up a new commission to monitor filters of pollution across 5 north indian state health experts and environmentalist has been wanting for mom. so the evening of the lockdown would lead to an increase in solution and the impact that would have on those causes 19 i the threats of power outages in iranian, if he's, after the emergency shut down of the countries only nuclear power plant. ah, hello and barbara sarah, you're watching al jazeera life in london also coming up. the count begins in armenia following a snap selection caused by the embattled prime minister in nico, pushing in libya, strategic road, li.