witness through the lens of the human eye. on out there, there are. oh, be the hero, the world. ah marsha in . ah, me. this is al jazeera. ah hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news, our live from london. thank you for joining us. coming out in the next 60 minutes, p o p s government declares an immediate cease fire in the t grow region to grand forced to say that they now controlled the capital mechanism, condemnation and calls for revenge after us there strikes in iraq and syria kill

members of the ran back the paramilitary groups and rescue workers vow to keep searching for survivors after pulling at 1040 from the rubble of an apartment block your miami in school, france, and switch them. comb be separated into your rows. it's 33 in big correct. in the last 16 matches heading into extra awe, we begin in ethiopia with a government has declared an immediate and unilateral cease fire in the northern te gray region. after 8 months fighting with the rebel forces, the t gray people's liberation front, which used to run the region, says there is now back in control of the regents capital. medically after ethiopian government appointed officials and soldiers abandoned the city. the government and

the great enforces has been at war since november when he c o. p, and prime minister, ibm ed sent in troops to oust the t p. ls all sides have been accused of carrying out mass killings. the conflict is also triggered a humanitarian crisis. that's left hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine. well, the e c o p government when easter statement saying in order for farmers to work on their harvest to make it possible for a to be delivered with any military involvement to allow fighters who want to come to peace and find the peaceful resolution until this harvest season is concluded, the c o p government has declared a ceasefire starting today, june 28th, 2021. well that state when came after tea grace enter him administration, which was appointed by the government quote for a truce, so aid could be delivered. his will fall into the academy honda but in a dilemma, touch it in the child. we ask him to grow an old piece of people with the federal

government for cease by based on humanity in such a way to prevent further damage. so that is possible for the people to spite land come part of the solution. some i don't, ellen but worked with them as we all know like the time you mean right now is devaney season. the locust, wanda stewart, almost all the projects integrated last year and they couldn't remaining purchase because of the destruction from the warn. or malcolm webb has been following developments from nairobi in neighboring can the gray people liberation front began an offensive about a week ago. we heard that just a few hours ago there. ready was heavy fighting on the outskirts of the city around the airport, on the edge of the city of mckelly and other places on the outskirts of the city dot went on for several hours. and the people we've spoken to that, say, the htp forces took control. they came into the center, the city took control of key road junctions around the outside of the city, and that the p easier paying government forces left now since then,

there been people cheering along with tpl f fighters in the streets of the city shooting fire government administrators from the federal government appointed administration has been there since this conflict began in november. the fed just in the, in the last few hours or in the last couple of days as needed. jubilation. at the moment, people on the street to the c mikaela, the regional capital, we don't know yet what this means and this is going to be stability across the whole of the rest of the region. a lot of this conflict has been for quite brutally in the small towns in the villages when there would be numerous reports of massacres over the last month of civilian and particularly young men and boys didn't seem to be of fighting age, been reportedly killed by ara tray and, and ethiopian troops that certainly mckelly is the big prize here. and everything suggests that the t p l f. have taken control of it. once again,

we'll get to to read that is an advisor to the president of t gray state and the executive committee member for the tea gray people's liberation front. he joins us by phone from the regents capital mccula. so thank you for joining us here on our 0. so 1st of all, we are of course getting reports that the t great people's liberation front is back in control of maclay. tell us what the situation is in mecca. lay and confirm that for us if you can if you that is fully under the control of our forces, government forces and the government is back in control of the capital. and so of course you correspondence was was moving. so we have, we did challenge coughing to the 1st steps at a conference. you want to go and we have in destroying units after units

of how much we spend should throw this units of so each of the national defense forces. and today it's becoming increasingly obvious that these courses, we're not going to put up any effective risk and looking at property private property including roving the flat backs. so we decided to, to, to, to take back to follow me to be crushed and crushed completely. of course that is engagements going on. i was outside because some of the minutes of the company not noticing forces with trying to retreat that hydrogen

with our forces have intercepted them. and as we speak, fighting is going on and we've 50 times and, and we continue to do whatever it takes to be great. can i miss fighting the villages? so we can be very great. so putting in the have things to be support you forgive me for interrupting you, but so when the government of ethiopia declare as an immediate and unilateral cease fire in nor than t gray, what is your response to that? my response is, i want to quote that to this very sick joke, joke us, we are, we didn't have any one of those 45 because governments has been requested by the international community, including us government appointed

a different tool because you know, you 75 and he's been telling wanted that he had no stone, save us for 6 months, that he didn't trust me. that mentioned community, not trusting collection agencies that you didn't want any intervention on the part of the international community support the people in terms of speech is probably 8 . and as if they asked that our forces completely destroyed, probably 8 of the strongest divisions that he had. and then he comes with him whatsoever. and of course, if you really understood the situation, he was supposedly out of the government, the probably not instruction appointed by which $145.00 and i went to the prime minister for less than 5 to continue. so we took back

not because we have funded well that was because we defeated is courses and we continue to grade out a couple of cases and you can continue as long as we show that the entire grade from any possibility of come back. i know some time live in this conflict. well, i mean all sides have been accused of carrying out mass killings in these months of conflict, but it has triggered a humanitarian crisis that left hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine and 20 tatters. the secretary general of the u. n. is said that it's essential that civilians are protected, that humanitarian aid reaches the people who need it. and that a political solution is trying to attempt to be found. can you guarantee that humanitarian aid is going to reach people who need it in t? i guarantee to you it has been, has never been out in patient 8 thought. we care about

the safety. and we are more than willing to extend with all the national community anytime you're not going to just come in or anything. right. and we are doing everything in order to make sure that people have unfit of access to mines in this, in the extent that there was any, any of this, it was in the courses and how i'm at in the nursing time the editors make sure everything is and courses into broke 8 anymore. otherwise we're going to have to leave it there, advisor to the president of t grey state and executive committee member for the t great people's liberation front. speaking to us from mcclay, who you say the htp life is now in charge of sir, thank you. and now let's go to your next a waldrum, maria, who's a lecturer in international relations and environmental studies at george mason

university, has an excellent only c o p and the horn of africa. he joins us live now from santa monica. sir, thank you so much for joining us here and al jazeera, i hope that you could hear that representative from the t p. i left, i suppose. my 1st question to you would be, you know, obviously tv left sounding like they are in control of medical. but very hopeful when it comes to any sci fi or a political agreement. well, you know, i, a few months ago they were writing the central government, the government were writing to try to use of the a t p. alas, i disagreed with that, you know, because this is more than that. this is the people of the guy. and they have, of course, regrouped and collected themselves and there are able now the children are very significant victory. i compared it to the victory of the editor

and c and a half habit in the late eighty's and also the dim bmw food you know, to caught there. he started reference to the vietnam war. and you know, when you fight against people, you don't when, when even the americans discovered that him yet, none among the iraq in iraq and in afghanistan. and that's what the european central government is experiencing right now. if we look at the statement that came out of the e. c o p, and government, they make, i think it's quite a big issue of the fact that the sci fi will stay in place until farming season. and because of course, the us has said that there is a potential famine that could affect hundreds of thousands of people. so the statement mentions the sci fi in relation to farming season to the harvest effectively. what do you read into that?

i mean, can we assume that that the government would try again after the harvest season? i mean look, i mean there's some military defeat. so military defeat and there was anything to try to push the narrative that they were pushing the t p. i left a completely defeated force and that hadn't happened. we know that now they captured the t p. s. and, but you know, this is a military force to be reckoned. and, you know, it's a people's war. so people's war in the you don't defeat the people's war by weapons and that's the problem. and now they have to say everything they can to try to save face. i mean, you mention it's a people's war, of course. like in most wars it's the people that suffered were getting horrific reports of all sorts of crimes, all sides accused of mass killings and certainly crimes against humanity. how do

you think t gr i and e c o p. and i suppose the every trans forces as well. how do you think any kind of healing could start now? well, you know, the thing is, you know, if the 2 grand for his peter saw, emboldened that they can go ahead and invade at a 3 and try to i mean, we're not talking about an event in on a to grand for us. that is a saintly the editor has had their own reason. i mean we in 83. i'm at a tin admittedly. and we have our own issues with took it in issue and they don't respect our border state on respect to taught him integrity. and for the 20 years they have made us suffer. and so you know, that issue has to be there. but if they want to push more, you know,

i mean, they will see that they are eating and will not, you know, you know, i mean, she'll fill for that. but i agree completely that that group would have been victims in this situation. and that they need their time to resist and own their own territory. and forgive me for interrupting and we're running out of time. but let's certainly hope that all parties follow the advice of the secretary general of the un anthony with herridge, and at least attempting to find some kind of political solution. and 1st of all, letting aid in making sure it reaches the people in need. your hardness while demarion lecture and international relations and environmental studies at george mason university, or thank you. now coming up on this news hour from london, italy proposes an international task force, the counter,

the growing threat that i sold poses across africa. halt and that to get halter or record heat wave bakes the northwest us and canada. plus wimbledon is back in nova job, which survives this scare in the 1st round against his teenage opponents. ah, being called for revenge from armed groups and called them nation from iraq can serious governments after us. they are strikes, hit sides in both countries. the targets were it ran back to militias, which dependent pentagon blames for drone attacks on american personnel. iraq's popular mobilization forces as that at least 4 of its members were killed while the group was formed 7 years ago, the fight iceland anniversary marked on saturday with a parade showing off their hardware and attended by the iraqi prime minister. it's

deeply linked to the iraqi state with operations, not only in the security sphere, but politics and business to the p. m. f is an umbrella group, made up of around 40 affiliates with those aligned to iran. the most powerful, the overnight attacks put iraq's government in a difficult position, balancing military allegiances with both around and the us in run con reports from back that this is the moment the usa did hit, are popular mobilization forces, base ne, iraq's all calm, border crossing with syria, the air strikes happened in the early hours of monday, targeting both sides of the crossing. on the rocky side, a base used for drone attacks with hit a statement from the u. s. department of defense said the targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by iran backed militias that engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against the us personnel and facilities in iraq.

the rocky military spokesman issued a strong statement. we condemn the usa attack that targeted a site last night on the rocky syrian border, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of rocky serenity and a rocky national security. in accordance with all international conventions, to groups, backed by iran, were targeted to type, has bella and could tie. but said, i shot a reaction from the groups with swift dive as i saw it, i shall harder. i've actually reacted very strongly promising an open war against us targets with in iraq itself. now the real concern here is one simply of escalation. the iranians also reacted to valuable government view is still continues the wrong path from the region. what we see today is not only the sanctions, but also following the wrong policies and previous administrations in regard with actions they carry out in the region. some analyst suggest iraq must have been

consulted before the strike. this is only the 2nd time that president biden has use military force. as was mentioned earlier, the 1st strike was almost exactly 4 months ago, the end of the end of february. i also think it's significant that he attacked rainy and back forces. at the same time, the negotiations are going on. what level of coordination remains unclear? the popular mobilization forces comes under control of the iraq government. it was only a 2 days ago. prime minister must have called me praise the parliamentary group in public. however, there's long been some concern about who certain groups within the umbrella organization actually answer to whether it's iran or iraq. it's clear that the popular mobilization force is a part of its security structure. so in effect, the u. s. bombed an ally, but the u. s. was clear that the popular mobilize ation fighters had attacked us targets. and the bombing was in response to that. and where the response promised

by the group, it's likely this will further divide the usa iraq and opinion on the us role in the country. amazon. com. how does era backed out? well, in the last our us president joe biden has been speaking about the air strikes. let's get more now. from out here was rosalind jordan. so, rosalie, what did he have to say? while the president essentially justified sunday night air strikes, this is what he had to say during an oval office meeting with the outgoing israeli president reuben river lin ran. we'll never get a nuclear weapon on my watch as they say. and, and i directed last night air strikes, targeting site shoes by the running back militia groups responsible for the tax on us personal rack. and i have the authority in your article too,

and even those up in the hill who are reluctant to acknowledge that have acknowledged as the case. now in the past hour, the us military has confirmed that there were a air strikes of some sort on us forces who are in eastern syria, helping syrian rebels there who were fighting both the government of foster law side as well as trying to prevent isolate from regaining a toehold in that part of the country, the pentagon also says that these attacks were met with what the pentagon is describing as defensive battery attacks of its own so far, no word on casualties. now whether this is simply a one off scrum between opposing forces, as has been suggested by some experts on monday, or whether this is a start of a much bigger confrontation, really is anyone's guess at this point. also in jordan with the latest from washington dc. rosalyn. thank you. meanwhile,

the syrian government news agency says the international coalition military base in there as are, has been packed. the base is near the motor oil field. local sources told al jazeera that 8 miss. i'll hit the base, there are no reports of casualties. another body has been found in the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed last week in florida. it means 10 people are now confirmed dead. with that number, assertion to rise is more than 150 residents are still unaccounted for. the rescue efforts of the beach front building in the city of surf side are now into the 5th day search crews say that they've heard no signs of life, but are vowing not to give up. we are exploring all possible avenue that they are dennis, and we're going to continue and work closely to exhaust every possible option in our search here is going to be

a thorough and full investigation of what led to this tragic event. we are going to get to the bottom of what happened here. go live now, 12 arrows heidi show castro's that the scene for us to tell us more about the discovery of this later victim. 5 days after the collapse barbara, the authorities say that the 10th body was discovered in the rebel as the workers were doing a process term to the layering. they were essentially removing large pieces of the concrete that had collapse, and that is when they made the latest of these grim discoveries, which brings the desk whole now up to 10. but as you mentioned, there are well over 100 people who are still missing, who are believe to have been inside this condominium complex when it suddenly collapsed while they were sleeping on thursday night. and the, the,

the survivors who have been rescued have were all rescued on thursday. so as the hours take by the likelihood of finding more signs of life just grows, ever smaller. the rescuers are using their hands to remove smaller rubble or using cranes to list the heavier pieces and dogs. and so our equipment of the assistant police chief said earlier that cameras that had been lowered into some of the lower levels of this pile of rubble seemed to suggest that there could be void large enough for someone to have survived. that is still, i guess at this point he said, and as the rescue workers continue to tunnel in the they have vowed to continue to follow every avenue possibility and exhausted all of them before officially changing this from a rescue operation to one of recovery. and heidi,

the war signs were told that this building was in trouble years earlier. i mean, as the investigation i suppose begins and deepens doesn't look like just tragedy could have been prevented. that is the toughest question of all here, because indeed there were, there are some sizes. 3 years ago, there was a report that found this building had some major structural issues due to the where on the building, having said, 40 years next to the ocean, and also the potential for design laws in the way that it was constructed. and residents were apparently briefed on the results of this report 3 years ago, but were told by the city a sides building inspector at the time that there was nothing to worry about because the report didn't suggest an imminent threat to life. and so the repairs were scheduled to take place, but had not happened yet. and this is particularly concerning because there are

other buildings in this area. in fact, that were built around the same time by the same developer, and likely using the same materials. those people are still living within those buildings, although they've been given the option to evacuate if they so choose. so certainly the big question is whether or not other dane, other buildings are in danger. and the county of miami dade has vowed to get to the bottom of how this could have happen. in fact, president biden has also said he would support sending federal investigators to, to, to determine exactly what caused the collapse. how does your castro with the laces there, from certified in florida? heidi thank canada has recorded its highest ever temperature reaching 46.6 degrees celsius as it and the us pacific northwest and your a blistering heat. wave temperature is also reached all time high of 44 degrees in

the us city of portland on sunday, health chiefs of war and of life threatening heat. excessive heat warnings have been post that across oregon and washington stretching into parts of idaho, california, and nevada. the extreme heat has been blamed on the dome of atmospheric high pressure. climate change is a factor here, but definitely a secondary one. the main thing going on is, is highly unusual weather pattern. but that being said, climate change is real. our temperatures have warmed here, especially summer nighttime temperatures. and so that has just kind of raised the baseline in made this heat event that much more severe as well. the more still to come the sour, including hospitals overwhelmed and indonesia were corona. virus infections have tripled in the past 3 weeks, and there's moscow sets a new record for covert that people are told they need proof of vaccination or

a negative test to enter bars and restaurants plus a goal, keeping howard the european championship. luckily they call spain a place in the quarter finals. more of that coming up in fort ah hello there. the weather's gonna remain wet, but very warm across europe over the next few days within unsettled conditions across north western areas. and that thanks to a weather system swirling away around france and southern areas of england that spring storms and showers there. and as we go into wednesday, that weather is going to move its way up towards the northeast, bringing some thunder, re downpours to switzerland, and northern areas of italy and the weather on the cards as well for germany and poland. but look at denmark's really wet and windy weather on the cods. they're

also looking rather wet across western areas of russia, that disturbance moving its way from finland and bringing some showers and storms there. but as we come down to the south, the heat is really on. we have got a rush of showers expected in romania, but temperatures. contin going to climb 36 degrees in bucharest. and it's a similar story for serbia as well as for greece. if we look at the 3 day for athens, temperatures climbing up to the late thirties, now the iberian peninsula has cooled, slight, slightly temperatures down for spain and portugal. and it's a similar story for morocco $24.00 degrees in rebec, but the heat is on in egypt with $41.00 degrees in cairo. the vaccines a promising part out of the panoramic. but the implementing the greatest inoculation in history is testing the global community around the world. already

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