changes and challenges that bob way face today, despite going tension with the did since the dance e p o. p a reset for the next phase of filling it down on the blue nile july on a j. o i . this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm sammy a dan. this is the new the live from coming up in the next 60 minutes form of south african president, jacob's doom, a warns this country is sliding back to apartheid. it defies a court ruling to ryan rebels condition to seize far with the c o p and government to include a troop withdrawal and un investigation. sheila opens

a convention to rewrite the constitution inherited from long time military ruler of got in the shade, and thousands are killed off to a military transport, playing misses the run by crashes in the philippine. i'm jeff ash, with board max staff and when formerly ones all stream growing free, the red full driver making it full victories in 5 races to extend his lead at the top of the championship. ah, south africa form of president jacob's duma, as accused a judge of bias, hours before a deadline to hand himself. the police expires. zoom has been giving his 1st full comments to the media since being sentenced to 15 months in prison last week for failing to appear before a corruption inquiry. he rejected allegations he was ignoring the inquiry. andy

thinks he's being treated unfairly. the fact that i was busted with a punitive jail sentence without trial is something which should in induce a sense of shock to all those who cherish freedom. and the rule of law, south africa is fast sliding back to up. but the type room that's go live now for me, the miller in, in con della outside zoom is home. so for me to a spoken again, no less up to that defiant tone. to me is as adamant as ever and in this particular address to the media,

the former president also went on to say that this is about to the rule of law and, and on the other side of the argument, those would celebrate the constitutional court judgement had said that this was also about the rule of law, but it appears the, the form of president is that we know he's not happy with that outcome and he says he's been treated unfairly. he also said that he's not afraid to go to jail. he said that many times before, that's despite these new court applications to stay out of jail. but he says it's about his age, his health, and that he doesn't operate as an individual. he's taking the advice of his comrades and family. and it's also about, again, the rule of law wanting consistency and fairness. so he views this opportunity to try and spell out exactly why he's not handed himself over to police and why he is been going to the high court to try and get some interdict against any arrest. but

it doesn't come as any surprise to many south africans who know that the former president has used any means possible to not answer questions necessarily, or be held accountable for either, though it was less than 3 hours to the deadline, the police deadline was going to happen at midnight. we don't expect any movement from police in the immediate are was the former president is going to the high court on tuesday to try and get a stay of imprisonment to try and prevent police from arresting him to prevent having him hand himself over. ordinarily, prior to these court birds, the constitutional court in the week had said, you've got 5 days, former president, duma, to hand yourself over. if you don't, police will arrest you any time 3 days after that. so it is a little uncertain what happens next. but the understanding is that he will go to

court on tuesday if he's granted that interdict by the high court, which is also questionable because this is a lower court to the constitutional court. and the constitutional court is the highest land in the country and can't be appealed. but if the high court says it has the restriction and it can issue that interdict the president, the former president will then return to the constitutional court on the 12th of july to try and get this judgment and sentence reviewed. as we said earlier, he, he's going to use the, his age, the concern around covert illness. and also what he's put forward now that he's been detained without trial, is going to put those forward in argument against the sentence again investigation of sentencing. however, if the, if the high court on tuesday dismisses that court, but saying it doesn't have jurisdiction, it's likely that police would move in any time from tuesday into wednesday, and that's the end of their 3 day deadline to potentially arrest the former

president. i will have to wait and say, thanks so much for now. for me. the miller dig. ryan forces say they're ready for seas. fired talks with the c o. p. s. federal government about as long as certain conditions. the matt, it's brian people's liberation front post to the statement on twitter. demanding a full withdrawal of foreign troops from the region. they also want to un investigation into ethiopia, and it's era train allies for legit war crimes and crimes against humanity. and their calling for unhindered delivery, delivery of humanitarian aid, and help with the repack creation of displaced people. they also want the prime minister means government to restore electricity and internet services and to gray . earlier the un secretary general antonio good tallish, said he'll accept nothing less than full humanitarian access to all of t gray. more than 4 100000 people are in famine. 92000000 others are on the brink of starvation. on monday i've admins government declared

a sci fi which was dismissed by the t p l f. the fight has captured the regional capital mckelly. the reports of continued violence. i'm deeply concerned with the present situation in the great. it is essential to have a real, he's fire and the real fire facing the way for a dialogue able to bring the political solution to take away. the presence of foreign troops is a negative weighting factor of confrontation. and at the same time for you many said in excess and restrictive human italian excess must be getting to the whole territory. katherine saw is in ab is out of a. she says the government will have to row back its positions to negotiate with a t p l. f. statement by the to grand forces has, is very strongly wooded, and a lot of the field is,

are high about cautiously hopeful that these open a window to a political dialogue, hoping that both sides, the federal government administration of our be prime minister. i'll be on that and the t p last leadership are going to set aside their hotline position and seat and agree to the buyer so that at least humanitarian aid can get to those who need it most. so what the leadership is demanding. apart from the role of retrans true. and if you apply forces, if you appeal of fighters from the neighboring, i'm higher region that you know, that i think is also demanding that the government recognize left leadership as a truly lead you to make a left said a regional government of c. right? and they're also demanding that apart from the you, when forming this investigative,

to investigate atrocities that have been committed in these conflicts started in november, there should be another body international body formed to really truck and make sure that this demands this issues are implemented. now we haven't had any response from the government. prime minister, i'll be on that is going to be addressing parliament tomorrow monday to discuss national issues. he may also be discussing a t grew mater. parliamentarians are going to be asking questions like very difficult to see how the government is going to accept some of this month. for example, it has already labels p, p a laugh and it's courses, terrorist organizations. so for the government to come back and legitimize d. p last and the leadership of the guy is basically admitting defeat the conflict in te gray comes at a time when relations between ethiopia and its neighbors have salad over

a damn the helpers land lot rather here has been locked in a years long dispute over the grand renaissance projects with egypt and sedan, want the dispute to be discussed at the un security council meeting him more than reports from got out of in sudan. when rebel seized the 2 grand capital this week, this you can government said that was because it had withdrawn its forces. it says it needs them to focus on other threats to the country. when the gym or by you don't just go to the goal of declaring a cease fire. and the to gray region is to neutralize the danger of the 2 great people's liberation front and withdraw military equipment from there. because the region does not currently pose a threat to the country, the exit of the army from too great is one of the steps to address the external threats to the renee sounds damn and fill the gaps. the renaissance them is built on the blue nile source of 80 percent of the miles waters. it's set to become africa. the largest hydro electric down upon completion is us as it some help. lift

millions of people out of poverty, but talks to reach an agreement with the downstream country, sudan, and egypt over the damp schooling and operation have repeatedly failed. joint military drills between piano and egypt, dubbed the guardians of the nile have raced concerns. egypt is worried about the amount of water it will get when the damage failed. and sudan says it's concerned about the impact. the dam will have on its own dams, especially one name to say res, which lies 100 kilometers away from the guard. he said, the whole series are said is done, has the capacity of 7000000000 cubic meters. and the renaissance done has a capacity of 74000000000 cubic meter. you can't operate the 2 down without that information sharing agreement that is legally binding, which we need to guarantee the safety and operation of our dams to ensure farmers compliant crop. its not the only security issue if europe has been facing in the region since november, its been locked in a border conflict with sedan over elfish,

i got a 3000 square kilometer agricultural air, yet claimed by both sides. a colonial era agreement with sugar as part of sudan. but if you can, farmers say it belongs to them and they've been farming on it for nearly 50 years. docs to end the border conflict between sedan and if you have thought since december for dance, says it once, if you have to abide by the 19 or 2 boundaries and increase the number of markers along the border. if you'll be says it wants to the nice truth to withdraw from sugar for any thoughts of negotiations to resume a condition rejected by sudan. the border conflict has cost lives on both sides. some analyst fee, a full confrontation is not completely off with table. with all of the tensions across the sedan, if you're in border, these include the negotiations of the grandees up in renee on stem. the conflict over fresh go farm lens as well as some tension over areas further south. but along the border, sit down and we have had

a rocky set of relations in recent months. so, you know, the way this is clear as yes, the grand rebels have rejected the sea flyer announced by the government after taking over the northern region from the federal forces and whether its troops or if we south of pig right or left on their own. there's no denying that there are unresolved issues, that if you of your troops may need to focus on people morgan all to 0 alpha sugar bodies to them. plenty more still ahead on the news hour, including one of the largest ransomware attacks in the history hit hundreds of businesses across the world, wild fives, rage, across tops of canada, alpha lightning strikes in the record, breaking key twice. i'm coming up in support. a messy master class held sergeant tina reached the semi final topic copa america. ah,

now they've been confrontations between police and protesters in capsule. santiago, as the country begins, the process of writing a new constitution. unrest against economic and social inequality since 2019 as for the fall efficient to agree to major reform. a newly elective convention is meeting for the 1st time to drop the replacement for the 1980 constitution written on the dictator august. hoping to shane, talk to daniel schwein lay joins us from one to 5 as in neighboring argentina. so daniel, how did this constituent assembly kick off to the 1st day of getting down to the business of a new constitution? it kicked off late because of those disturbances you've mentioned by a couple of hours. there was some of the delegates, demanding guarantees from the authorities, that there will be an end to what they call the police repression. there was talk about that the disturbances died down and they did finally get on the way in the

process at the moment of choosing a new president for the assembly among the, from one of the 155 delegates and then they now have 9 bunks are the possible extension to a year to try to come up with this whole new constitution to try to be more inclusive, to bring more elements of july and society into the political process and put to one side to completely suppress that constitution. you mentioned that was imposed in 1980 by the goes to pin oshea military regime. and daniel, this is not only an important moment to chill, i might have impact drive across latin america. right? well, i think so because many of the problems, the divisions in so far see the inequalities in the distribution of well, the brought about these protests in chile, a, replicated in different forms across latin america. we've also already seen

protests what extensive process in columbia we're seeing almost daily protest across brazil, often people asking for similar reforms for their constitutions, for better access to land rights for an end, for the qualities that we see that we seen in chile. so people are watching very closely what's going on next to see what they might be able to learn, what kind of solidarity they can find with the protest in chile. and just to see how this process hands out because it is unprecedented. the delegates, the $155.00 delegates, don't always know what it is they're expected to do. they have a protocol in place to even choose the new president. so things all taking time. people are finding their feet. and as i say, people across the rest of latin america watching very closely to see what everyone accepts will be a difficult process, but a very hopeful process pans out. all right, thanks so much daniel shawn lavette. let's look at how julie's constitutional

reforms came about. the existing constitution, as we mentioned, was drafted in 1980 and the former military ruler augustus pin a shame or supporters say it kept chillies. economy strong by keeping business is largely out of government control. but many see it is the source of deepening income and social inequality that led to mass protests in 2019 the following year. an overwhelming majority of people voted in favor of constitutional reforms in the referendum and in may for the 1st time in chiles. history, a coalition of lawyers, teachers, journalists, as well as representatives of indigenous groups, were elected to be part of a 155 member group that will draft the new constitution. claudia winters is a professor at the school of political science in diego, or dallas university. he joins us from santiago into lay good to have you with us.

so this is quite a diverse body. how easy is it going to be for them to actually reach an agreement to even agree on the agenda of discussions or for a group to emerge and take sort of control and direction of discussions? yeah, thank you for having me. yeah, very, very bad data. some agreement on the state rules on a social issues are resolved and i see people in the constitution and i seem to be nationally stace randall. nice scene see deal a civil rights and or is such rights? particularly somebody said women on de delusional. where on the set of demography lies to maybe becoming more

about the power off the more we the country or the right wing didn't do very well that it in the elections to the constituent assembly. when you take that into consideration, what sort of position do you think it will take on some key issues like water ownership or are we going to see a 180 on some of these key issues? yeah. what do you actually see? right wing today, 24 percent of the family. so can not be any proposed of the convention. so they only all have a package from a ally. why don't we moderate spectrum? so why you my band is i do show that the more i don't know grandma progress, it's a including what the right right. so

a probably the right when this property wouldn't be trying to make some craftily more families to in order to, to retain, serve any outcome of different dish ratings agencies. i look comp some of their commentary. they're already saying they're going to watch not only the results, what comes out of the constituent assembly, but even what they discuss and how they discuss it, to what extent is foreign direct investment at stake here? i mean, nobody got shown any profit of changing the job to handle like for instance, the money the investment was very loose after the new constitution. so i think that the certainty, by maybe the for sure, i think that they are,

what do you think or call the 1st a to the mom of the day will be shaving, but rarely profits. it arrives as a, in all related to that garage to lay them very strata. people call me so not the right stuff in my forest are key. a factors basking. i tend to be that in better will not run away from all right. thanks so much for your thoughts on that, claudia winters. now you're a military plane has crashed in the philippines, killing at least 45 people. the c $130.00, went down on joel island that's in sulu province. it was carrying soldiers to reinforce positions against the i will say, off group, beyond groups in fighting the government for decades. the defense ministry says the play missed the wrong way and then investigation will begin once recovery efforts

finish german allan doug and reports from an enter while it's easily now slowly being seen as one of the worst cases of military accidents or crashes. in recent philippine history, there have been around 3 c, 130 accidents based on available data. but what we know at this point is that around 11 30 am local time, this see 130 which was commissioned and was handed over to the philippine air force in february took off from the airport. and the order, which is one of the biggest cities also in mindanao carrying about $92.00 people. 85 of them were soldiers. it landed, but it has been described as the aeroplane figured in a landing mishap in hollow. according to the secretary of defense rescue operations rescue and retrieval operations are under way. we'll see terrible pictures of the crash site. but the government is still hopeful that there will still be more

survivors that need be pulled out from the wreckage. at this point, according to also the government's rescue, rescue planes are now well on their way. and those who have been received and taken to the mode or the closest military station hospital in law. those who are believed to be more critical will be taken to the $1.00 to $50.00. now, for those who do not understand this roy, it's actually area that is the most militarized area. in the southern philippines, there are thousands of troops rotated, they're constantly, it may be as small runway, but c $130.00 is constantly land here for supplies and true rotations. iraqi forces say they've disabled 3 bombs intended to blow off electricity, taos outside more. so there have been several attacks on power plants across the rank and recent days. at least 7 people have been killed. madame de la reports from

baghdad, a tax on tricity facilities in many areas of iraq has increased. recently, dozens of public operations have been reported in the beginning of this year and especially recently with the heat wave hitting in many areas, especially in central and southern provinces of iraq. the problem is accepted bated and no group has claimed responsibility yet over the recent attacks. but last week, i still, according to the popular mobilization courses, i said claimed responsibility for an attack. not to think that some of our power plant noticed that now the electricity crisis in iraq has triggered a demonstration and anger in many areas and in many govern rate. angry with us have been taken to st. do you know thing. and through deciding the government,

in fact, they say that the government is not doing enough to provide electricity for the people. on the other hand, the ministry of interior, it's conducting operations using ruins, to protect our facilities and to prevent any possible sabotaged operations. the government of tajikistan says more than $300.00 afghan troops of fled across the border. taliban fighters continue their march, nor foul numbering afghan soldiers and police local media. se 9 districts have fallen in the last day. also, the group now controls around a 3rd of all districts across the country, including key districts and by the sean and on the provinces. the secretary of the house governor has been killed in a car bomb attack. along with a body guard, the interior ministry says the magnetic bomb was attached to the vehicle. the attack happened, neither office compound damn was once

a bustling city home to around 40000 people before armenian forces. took it in 1993 . well, since then, the areas become a buffer zone 3 decades later though and as i by johnny forces entered them, they found that deserted. the government says at once to revive the area, allowing us by johnny's to resettle their for suicide without explains a region in ruins, arg them was once a prosperity city. now it's badly recognizable, and most of it is in brilliance. although they're much, ogden was one of the most advanced provinces of isolated by john. it was such a green city with fresh water from the surrounding mountains. it had a peculiar way of life, even had the theatre drama, whole back into 900 thirty's. it was the home town of world famous scholars. you could find anything in its bustling grand, bizarre. there were 10 big schools in the city,

whereas there by johnny and ought to be new teachers were working together than the war started. i went meaning on the kept them 3 decades ago. the heaviest fighting for the local population to fully east armenian forces destroyed some of its fraud and buildings and use it as a buffer zone until they lost control of the city to be john. in november last year, but as they retreated, they left behind more than a $100000.00 land mines. shortly after seizing control of their b jump began a major clean up operation with the goal of making them inhabitable again. but that could take years further than eula, bus miles about a shout america numbers were constructing a road from the town of body to the road is 45 kilometers long. that we full bridges over it and also the pipelines which will carry the water to them will be laid alongside the road. now we are flattening the road and sing. we will stop

pouring cement despite all, if it's the work goes on slowly because this region as heavily mind, it's now a long and complex economy because, but those are b, jones government says it is determined to transform again, territories like them into areas of high tech they're all of them and based on what is called the smart city concept, we have the master plan which was adopted. where, according to this plan, we're going to implement the, a lot of the project concerning the construction cost funding to the utilities and also the a here where use the green energy where use the contemporary real technologist here like the, the width of technologies. so all this work, what are the planning to do here? but that could be easier said than done with no basic facilities in police. it will remain a challenge for the government to attract people to come back. this city may be

deserted, but it's not forgotten. and while and might not be inside for the 1st time in decades, ogden has hope. bristol sat there by john still ahead on al jazeera, a new comic book hopes to help people understand the struggles of refugees and migrants in latin america. and the crew of china's base station opens the door and shows the future of manufacturing. and i'm a small will tell you why the likes of roger federer have been given a boost 2nd week of wimbledon. ah, the summer heat in the re been go for maybe in peninsula and around. the rock in particular,

came up early this year. it has been hovering around record high levels ever since . so $46.00 baghdad is that you've been seen a drop and 14 q weights, bit of a drop, but notice 40 in tehran and nothing to relieve it, or a few showers in the mountains were man, possibly in south saudi, or kitty's active weather around the black sea for northern parts of turkey, but you see the dark red where the real heat has been. it spreads just across the border into western iraq. we saw 50 degrees there just yesterday. now obviously it starts hot but gets really hot by the end of the day. so that was the change in the color from door, but over night is pretty warm too. and when the wind drops as its doing see it ran doha fix. i was 38 humid degrees, most is is dry, heat hot, but rather bearable the trans forecast at 40 takes it very close to recorded. highest air record in july, which is in fact for the year, the hottest month. but they are just that he, 4th year went above average as well. not much change very much the month.