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time for actions because my people have heard enough libby as in, from governments as foreign mercenaries to start pulling out in days after talks in berlin, to shore up the peace process and former colombian presidential candidate in greed, betancourt comes face to face with the leaders of the group that held hostage for 6 years. i'm driving with sport to germany, unfortunately, make it into the last 16 years in a dramatic finish to the great stage and safety over fun. that's the message for the organizes of the tokyo olympics with just a month until the games begin. ah, dozens of people have reportedly been killed in an air strike on a busy market in a few years. northern te gray region health workers in the village of to go go,

have also told the associated press that soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the sea. or some of the wounded were taken for treatment in the regional capital making, which is about 30 kilometers away. but many more were believed to be tracked in the village. this comes during some of the most intense fighting since the conflict between the army and t grade regional forces began in november. residency degree in forces entered several pounds north of becky lay in the past few days by him plow to is visiting senior fellow into department of war studies at king's college in london. he says, evidence overwhelmingly suggest the e. c o p. an air force is responsible there, frankly, nobody else who could have done it. the air a try and air force is not operating in the area. the to grants have no air force. who else could have done it? it must have been an ethiopian jet. i don't think that will come as any surprise to

anyone. basically, the 2 grand have been on the defensive ever since. the war began in november. they were 1st driven after weston to gray, then they were driven off of the capital mckellar. and now they have begun to take back some of the areas that they lost. they are fighting gays, both ethiopian and error trained forces are trained for you may recall have been coming in from the north. the europeans asked them to leave, but they have so far not done. so and a string of tongues have now been briefly re taken by the grands, in a very major offensive. they say they have captured up to 10000 ethiopian troops. now of course, that's not verified, but that's the kind of claim that they are making that they are now on the offensive. they've got the, they say the ethiopians on the run in some areas. but this is not

a rule that's going to be over in 5 minutes. the last war in this area locked in 17 years. this one's been going long term, right? months of on this, we're joined by skype from a c o p. s, capital addis ababa by the journalist samuel get to choose recently been to t gray and we will get to you. thank you so much. always good to talk to you. so tell us a little bit more about what we do actually know about this specific attack we're watching is from a distance we're hearing a report that's be made by correspondence saying that no, so people have been killed. we are watching us from a distance. there seems to be lots of people that have been the be impacted by this company that's been going on going for almost a year in november to be a year. and we were watching it from a distance. we the show king and sit and i can call it there and sit in.

it's on a strike. it's on this published. fuck watching it again. once again. i mean, as you mentioned, it has been difficult to have full access to t grade for, for agencies, for journalists that actually this most recent attack comes at a time of some of the most intense fighting we have seen since the conflict there. there it began. what is the situation in t great? you were recently there. how would you describe it? it's really, you know, i have to be honest when they feel like a funeral, going to going to a watermark going to amaica funeral. you know, i grew up in canada and i was watching walmart trying to buy, you know, give for family members. but this is, this looks like walking into a wal mart and watching todd pieces everywhere. i was shocked. you

know, from the cleaners to clean your hotel, to your driver and the people who are saying the same thing. something is happening in the gray region without making any accusation of was doing. it is a shocking, these shocking society. what's happening is we leave read the side and i can't even describe has been any other terms, except to say, these are opening in the sidway region and we are side side us and you feel seeking. and we should just say just for the audiences while they eat, there are some restrictions. and what you can actually say when, when it comes to giving as some of the details because of, as we've mentioned, the reporting out of the region has been complicated. now let me just talk you through some of the reaction that there has been so far to the latest attack that we've seen in the market. it's from the united states saying they strongly condemn

district principal act. they're saying there are credible reports that security forces denied medical personnel access to the victims to this attack. so we've had some sort of statements in the past months from effectively mainly western nations as well about the situation in t grade. but the, you see any change in any potential pressure from the international community. i have to say that the region has never been, will open to us with media before there has been, you know, there was an election the field on monday and lots of media. the region speak into victims without really making any accusation. what to up the be in the region in addition to what's happening in the other parts of the field is really, really sad. you know, it's not just sexual harassment then violence that's happening. it's also the

killings. so in addition to what's up, what happened today is, again, i can't describe it any place has a big emotion on the tv. and of course, and i mean, of course there have been reports and allegations of systemic sexual violence in the regions of t grey samuel get to choose journalist speaking to us from the european cath capital or the sabbath or thank you. thank you. now, original group of 16 southern african nations as approved the deployment of troops the most and big to help the government with the ongoing violence. their leaders from the southern african development community were holding talks with the moves and be government in the capital poodle in april. armed groups stormed the town of palm and the norse, killing dozens of people,

and displacing thousands with us as following events from neighbouring some bob with what we know so far, what we think, i'm not saying that these groups will do is there will be fact most and b me for example, they will help control the notion coastline and they will patrol the border area which has near with some of these insurgents to be coming from. they're also patrol from the border areas at that neighbor mozambique as well. that in theory, every country in the reason we have an african me to contribute to this data by force, but it can not make lee. many countries are having a hard time. you cannot make it because of the covered 19th and then we can have a talent because they have, for example, most cutting. the reason i'm trying to raise money to procure vaccines to come back on a virus with a big come to live. so that's what's the biggest economy in the region. they also going to the equinox problems they've had to cut by just the defense budget as well as and by way, which is the way to be good army. it says it's under sanctions that could limited

as well what it can do to help intervene and, and help them be the all these things are a play. what's important to note is that this wouldn't be the 1st time that she's from the regional from different countries that are coming to another country, for example, in the late 1990 and bob, wy, and goal, and the maybe send soldiers to the, the, for the government in the early ninety's and bobby, for example, deploy too much, i'd be central, might be to deal with an anomaly at 5 times it has been done before. the question now is who, which country is will form part of the stand by force? when would they come in? and what exactly would they do to? this must be people and madagascar are on the verge of starving starvation. after the worst, the drought in 40 years, the us food agency says there's a desperate need for aid, with malnutrition, more than doubling in the past 4 months. alexia bryan reports this days at waste land and southern madagascar was once airable and fertile. but years of drought

mean only a few patches of green remain. the lack of water has destroyed crops and sandstorms cover whatever's left and a layer of dust. the food here has nearly run out. many families are forced to eat and sick the leaves to survive. it took me in the morning, i prepare the plate of insects, i clean them up as best i can give them. there's almost no water. my children, i have been eating this plant every day for 8 months because we have nothing else to eat and no rain to allow us to harvest what we have sewn. 8 groups a warning of catastrophe, especially for children like these 2 now orphans after the mother died of hunger, the arms of wasting away. while they stomachs a blow said by malnutrition, they had allowed. if i look it up, i rely on god. today we have absolutely nothing to eat except cactus leaves that we are trying to clean up. we have nothing left. their mother is dead and my husband is dead. what do you want me to say?

our life is all about looking for capital lees again and again to survive. medic ask is, southern region is the epi center of the crisis. more than a 1000000 people, about half of the areas population need food aid, and the karone of ours pandemic has made everything worse, flowing the delivery of much needed supplies. many of these women and children have walked for hours to get help, were facing the worst drought in over 40 years. and this is an area where people depend on their own agriculture, home grown school, meals, small holder farmers. this is how they lived down here, but with drought back to back to back. people can't survive. and so the government partner with the world food program, others were doing the best we can. but it's a terrible situation who reigns during this. he has planting season suggest get another harvest will fail. the us food agency says the world must act now or

a generation could be lost to famine. alex o'brien al jazeera, coming up on this news, hour from london, finding more room to bury the dead. the world struggles to deal with the new corona, virus variance and the putting the paper to bed for the final time. press freedoms suffer is another major blow in hong kong. and in sports. same gets a helping hand from slovakia. go keeper, as they secure their place in the last 16 of the euros. ah, libya's interim government says foreign mercenaries could begin withdrawing from the country within days. the foreign ministers had progress was made of the international talks in berlin on the future of the country. although no concrete measures were actually announced,

and germany's foreign minister warned that any withdraw would not happen overnight . it's the 2nd call conference on libya to take place in berlin. the 1st, which was in january last year ended with leaders pushing libby as warring sides towards a full see fire deal. 9 months later to end. who still it is included at the man that thousands of foreign fighters leave within 90 days. now that didn't happen, but the agreement did that, libya on the path to resolving its past decade of violence and kate off in march. the rival administrations in the east and west of the country agreed to cease fire and formed a unique government and the elections are due to be held in december. adam rainy reports now from berlin. the berlin conference was marked by promises to help libya transform into a democratic and stable country. we have a responsibility, particularly in this moment, to demonstrate that democracies can deliver to actually see libya,

hopefully taking a course of security freedom, independence, backed by the international community. the conference co hosted by germany and the you in was a follow up to the 1st libby a conference held 18 months ago with a cease fire in place. libby as interim prime minister said the country will hold elections as promised on december 24th. when you sent us one and a half years ago, libya was threatened with collapse. the economy was on the verge of collapse. we saw social tensions and divisions. today we're in a critical phase, but we're also in a very hopeful phase. today, we can speak with a unified voice and say, we will not return to war. all parties in berlin agreed. foreign fighters and mercenaries must leave libya, and that libyan malicious must be demobilized and disarmed. according to the you, in some 20000 foreign fighters and mercenaries remain on the ground in libya.

assigned some analysts say shows libya is not on the right path. the remove on the ground today. then the last conference. there are now more weapons on the ground and the last conference there had been more violence of the bargain. since the last . the last these 5 agreement insisted that the foreign forces withdrew in 90 days and they haven't. here at the conference, germany foreign minister made a point of saying, partner nations and organizations are no longer just talking about libya. but talking with libya and libby as foreign minister made a point of saying what her country's expecting here. the people of my country pins . so much hope and the 2nd conference of the berlin process, my people are looking forward to seeing more concrete measures which have a positive impact and the ground. it's time for actions because my people have heard enough. it's not clear yet if the participants will deliver such concrete

measures so far, they've made promises in the past, but some of those have not been kept. adam rainy al jazeera, berlin mohammed ali, a ballet's libby as a special envoy to the u. s. any joins this live now from is the will. so thank you for joining us and welcome to al jazeera. so in that report, we heard that your foreign minister said mercenaries could be start withdrawing. even in a matter of days, we do know that turkey and russia have reached some kind of tentative plan to start withdrawing. but i suppose we'd like some clarity if you can give it to us. what is your understanding of what kind of withdrawal will happen of mercenary troops and also any timeline if you have it a good evening. i mean, i wish i had a concrete steps with a timeline to tell you the valley is. we are seeing

this message made the levels we are actually waiting for the action and the foreign minister. my goshen statement was very so we are you know, we're happy with the fact that made some progress compared to the previous conference despite the fact that the violations can do a lot of the people who are part of the problem still remain at large the entire sure of impunity and people getting away with a lot of crimes, not just getting away with it, but finding some of these individuals encircled within the political process at times continues to frustrate librium people. however, i think the advance is what we've made is one, not only is libya involved in the discussions, but libya stick the lead right now with proposals and initiatives. and the other thing is, you know, the, the fees fire as fragile as it may be as still withholding. we're almost one year now into the fire. and the political process is made them

a huge progress with government national union and a lot of other tangible steps. however, i think the, the foreign fighters, the mercenary that continue to move around and also a lot of the militia and arm groups that still rain. you know, operating outside the, the control of the government, the reality is still poses a huge threat on the political process and primarily the election, which is the ultimate mandate that we have in front of us. the government today. you mentioned the election of course, and that was really one of the main thrust. so of this meeting, something that a lot of the normally be in participants were very keen on. now the schedule date is meant to be december 24th. but your prime minister said there might be some logistical hurdles. what could those be? and i suppose how determined are you that those elections should go ahead in december as planned? well, i mean, the determination across the board is there, there is definitely determination. and the commitment, this is the,

the primary responsibility we have of the government right now is to ensure that the libyans can actually voice their opinion and select their leaders as opposed to doing it through proxy. that's the 1st thing. however, the, the jack, the articles that remain are on 3 level one is the security factor that we've highlighted in your report highlighted. and i think that sort of continues to be a major obstacle with very little tangible steps. anyone on the phone, it is the constitutional basis of the election and the electoral law which will sort of organize this election until now. the house of representatives is supreme as the council election, solid date. and then the 3rd component is the overall ability no primarily services standpoint. and that's one component where our government has made some progress despite some of the challenges that we've had. the primary lead by the fact that

the parliament has not yet even approved the budget for the government. so that particular pillar is making some progress, yet it still has its own challenges as well. so the, the urgency is there and we like, you know, the fact that the international community is assisting on and holding everyone accountable for that day. but that's better accounted than will remain as a threat. and potential spoilers are unethical. aaliyah della, forgive me for interrupting you, but we are having some glitches on the sounds. we're missing a lot of what you're saying. but we hope to have you back on the air to, i guess, discussing more detail the been a possible next steps for libya. mohammed ali the libya special envoy to the u. s. s. or thank you. the secretary general has appealed to the security council to renew a cross border aid operation into northwestern syria for another year. and tony, good ted is warned that failure to do so would be devastating for millions of

people. a united nations mandate for sending aid to trucks into the country will expire on july 10th without a security council agreement to renew it. i still really appeal to the members of the council to reach consensus and allowing cross bar little patients as a vital channel of support one another is a failure to extend the constant ties ation would have devastating consequences. the city people are in dire need, and it is essential to mobilize all our capacities along all channels. folks forget that the solution to the cd treasure the can only be political cd and must come together to agree on the future. it is time to end this decade long nightmare iran says this stuff than attempted act of sabotage against its nuclear program. although its release no details. this comes after the u. s. c's, 33 media websites that links to iran on tuesday. the government into iran has

condemned the move, calling it a breach of freedom of speech. the us previously sanctioned the rams revolutionary garden state media outlets, making it illegal for them to do business with americans. the department of justice is accused. the rainy and media of spreading this information in as well. me check on recon jerome the what the us did to iranian websites was a breach of all principles of freedom of speech which the united states is proud of . they restricted freedom of speech. we condemn this measure. we will use all our legal and international means to counter the wrong policy of the united states. it is not a constructive move at a time when nuclear talks are underway in vienna. dorothy jabari into iran is more now on iran's reaction. while these sites are all off branches, off shoots of the official fate, tv websites and belonging to the state. and these have been really, there's been

a lot of anger by officials from various levels of government we heard from iran, had her on the un mission. who said that the radiance will pursue this a through legal channels that it is shameful. we also heard from the countries communication minister, who said that this is not something the us sure is able to do because it's illegal . he call the illegal act. we've also heard from the countries foreign ministry who issued a statement saying that this was a shameful and act dot carried out by the u. s. government. and it's not, it's a double standard for them. when they preach about democracy for them to do this, to the iranian sites. hong kong last, the pro democracy newspaper has published its final edition. the apple daily closure is seen as the end of an era from media freedom in the city. and it follows the freezing of its assets. earlier, the chief columnist of the popular tabloid became to 6 the staff member to be detained this month after china's national security under china's national security

law. the papers owner, jimmy ly, has been in prison since december on charges of taking part in authorize the bill. we will worry about the reporting, subject associated with the national security loan, such as topics related to sanction and independence. this will create a chilling effect. people may avoid, i bought in the sort of new into not report on that is the safest approach as people don't know where the red line is. i mean, well, the 1st person in hong kong could be charged under china's national security law has gone on trial. kong in kit is accused of terrorism and inciting secession for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers while flying a protest flag last july. he's been denied the jury for his trial with the government, citing concerns about the safety of jurors. russia says it's committed to strengthening ties with me and laws military. this comes as the head of the

jewel to visit moscow when lying met with russia's defense minister at a security conference. me and marz army has been blacklisted by several western countries after it seized power back in february, rights activists have accused russia of legitimizing the job by continuing bilateral visits and arms deals. while another new trial has begun for me in march, the pose leader on some suit she in this case, she is charged with violating the colonial era official secrets act, which carries the jail term of up to 14 years. the military has already brought a series of criminal charges against persons taking power in february, so she has been detained ever since lawrence. louis has more enough qualified for the charge against all hands who g for breaking the official secrets. it's one of the most serious charges against her. it carries a maximum punishment of 14 years in prison. and she's been charged along with 4

others, including astray and economic advisor, shawn to know who was arrested several days after the qu. now the case is being heard in the supreme court, which is highly unusual. the vertical, the supreme court cannot be appealed because it's the highest court in miasma. but we also understand that the supreme court will be hearing arguments about whether the district court may be more suitable court to hear this case. few people doubt on santucci will get a fair trial. there have been several irregularities before and during her hearings, including how the lawyers have a difficulty getting access to her. how the charges against her have been announced . days, weeks, and even months after she was arrested. members of the public and journalists have no access to the proceedings. now, meanwhile, violence and unrest in myanmar not only continue but appear to be spreading.

opposition to army rule, had initially been peaceful protests on the streets. but these have been turning increasingly violent with bombings, as well as killings of june, to appointed local officials. and there's also more still to come in this hour, 9 capital and separate his leaders walk free from prison, still vowing to win independence from spain. albania builds back after a devastating earthquake giving free homes and free rent, but not everybody's happy. and junior jock of which helps his dad prepare for wimbledon. that's coming up in for the hello june. might be the month with midsummer's day,

and it is often unreliable weather wise for europe. this is the exception, in fact, where there's been disappointing. i've been under statement for the british charles and much of central europe, particularly france. these wandering france produced a huge amount of cloud, therefore, low temperatures, rain, and hail, and by contrast, much of eastern europe and western russia has seen an extended period of warmth. it was up in the 30s in sweden a couple days ago that cooled down a bit, but moscow's at 36, vienna's. it's 33 and down through croatia where that was grease. we're talking about the thirty's, in big contrast to maybe 22 in paris. that's quite possible that moscow will break it's june record next day or to the record being 34.9, forecasting 35 or 36 until the thunderstorm start to cool things down after that. and it's been thunderstorms and they'll be more of them. rain, hale and disappointment in the fact that no sunshine it'll be wide spread

throughout central europe. there's an exception. down in spain and portugal, the south spain is quite warm. but if you're not there or you not mentally or further east, it remains disappointing. the into 1020 new york city was the global at the center of death. and in this, from the corona virus. like many cities, the panoramic has altered the metropolis is very fabric. hundreds of thousands of floods, the celebrated concrete jungle. those who remain know that restoring my talents, he will be easy people in power asks whether the city can bounce back to its former glory saving new york on a j a c.