well, the 1st books of prophet adam sheet and yes, you want to dispel them. it's about which crop and magic being associated with the gnostic religion savvy and say their numbers are barely a 5th of what they were before. the 2003 and vision because of iraq security and there's being a close religion. one can only be born into the faith in marrying into their religion is forbidden, and the population has dwindled even further because thousands have taken refuge elsewhere for safety. oh, i tried to miss the british army on standby. i fuel pumps run dry in the u. k. ah madison, this is ally from home. also coming up north korea's ambassador to the un defends it's military policy after another missile l test fears of

a government shutdown in the us. senate republicans blocker spending bill days ahead of a funding deadline. coastal villages on the spanish island of la palmer stay under lockdown as a whole can start spewing lava. i'm smoke again. ah . but he still does it on the stand by me. as the u. k. struggles with dwindling fuel supplies. the government says it's trying to solve the problem after several days of long queues of petrol stations, many have been forced to close army drivers mand up, they find the wheels of fuel tankers. andrew simmons reports from london a new working weekend. this isn't the normal london morning. good luck. the fuel station here ran dry 2 days ago. it's been waiting for this moment. tanka drivers are in short supply, not the fuel, whatever the results,

the same misery for some not kind of buying ada by the top. she ran out of fuel 100 meters from the petro pumps, after a search that started in the early hours. and i was very emotional, so i can, i cried. i cried all these to be necessary. i cry that i feel probably look the people who are going for assuming their wife lives disrupting this driving instructor, trying to get fuel to prepare his learners for their driving tests. that's about 56 . this is kind of between now and next week. really, truly terrified what might happen to them for these guys. so i've been going around like a list you can about linda. nothing. an opinion poll suggests that more than 60 percent of the voters feel, the government is mishandling the situation. and some of the messaging for ministers isn't helping the public mood. the only reason that we have an issue,

the moment with some petrol stations, not petula, for course, is that people are buying petra and they wouldn't. the most important thing everyone can do is just get back to normal fill that calls up as they normally would and not by the actual if they needed, it would seem to be wishful thinking that this crisis is going to go away without government action crisis. what crisis has been the government stance up to now? now it's changing because people don't like being referred to as buyers in a situation such as this, there is a tide of public defense. and so the pressure is on the government as the tension on the for courts increases, some companies have introduced rationing competition measures have been stopped. so the few companies can corporate own logistics. another move the government has made is to try backing up u. k. tank drivers with foreigners, no longer able to work here because of that short term. these is, are available for 5000 foreign truck drivers. it isn't county to work. andrew

simmons, which is in london, france and greece have signed another military deal. this time for the sale of 3 war ships, this is the 2nd, the agreement between paris and athens. this year, in january, greece bought 18 fighter jets. athens is seeking to build up its armed forces and the tensions with neighboring turkey over gas exploration rights in the eastern mediterranean sea. the deal is seen as a boost to the french defense industry after the loss of a multi $1000000000.00 submarine order from australia. the u. s. it says a short range missiles case by north korea is a threat to the international community. after the massage was filed on tuesday, young's ambassador to the un told the general assembly that nobody could deny it, the right to test weapons came so cold in the u. s. to give up its hostile policy towards the north. my young, if the us was to see the accordion was the most prolonged and long lasting war in

the board come to an and if it is really desirous of a piece of re consolation on the korean peninsula, they should take the 1st step was a keeping up, it's a hostile policy against the d. p. p. by stopping permanently, the joint military exercises and the deployment of all kinds of strategic weapons which are leveled at the d p. okay. and on to the korean peninsula, robert brian has more from sol. the south korean and us intelligence officials are still analyzing data from the launch. but it happened early tuesday that happened from an inland location of the last time north korea lord short range missiles from inland. it transpired that was nearly 2 weeks ago. it turned out that it was actually from a train, which is the 1st time they used such a launch technique. so clearly the north is still busy developing new types of missile technology, but they're still trying to analyze exactly what type of miss all this was. and

whether it was in fact, a ballistic missile, which would, of course be in contravention of un resolutions. but it landed in the c separating the korean peninsula from japan. a japanese authorities say that they suspect it was ballistic in nature spent his whitening between the military and civilians and sedans, transitional government protests are being held in recent days by supporters of the civilian leadership. they say the army is trying to seize power and they want the administration dissolved and attempted to last week has voice and tension between the 2 sides. general mohammed hummed underground little windy. no, no i met is due to speak soon. is one of the top military leaders in the transitional government. morgan is joining us live now in cartoon. the general, if i understand it, is made no secret of the fact that he's blaming the civilian side of the transitional government for many of sedans, problems he's going to be making this speech in the next few hours. i think any idea what the toner, the speech is going to be like, while general,

how much dan devon, who is also known as humanity, is the deputy head of the sovereignty council. but he has been going hard at the civilian component of his transitional government thing that the head of political parties have been focusing on position and power red rather than focusing on improving the economic conditions of the country. but yesterday he did meet with the head of the un mission here and to dan, who's also the special representative of the united nations secretary general. and they spoke about the lakers developments about the tension between the 2 sides, the military and civilian component of the transitional government. and one thing all sides agreed on was to to tone down the media rhetoric. they said that has been inflaming the tension between the 2 sides. now both have been saying that they want this transition period to continue, but both have been playing, blaming each other, for those tension support. the civilian component has been saying that the military needs reform and that they need to be transparent about investigations with regards

to the attempted coo and those who are involved in it. now the military, on the other hand, is saying that they're responsible for the cohesion and unity of the country. and that the politician should be focusing on improving the economic conditions and not on what the military is doing and how it is structured. so the 2 sides, things seem to be very tense with each other right now, but then they also mediation efforts, the special ed boy, the united mason, united states, special envoy for the horn of africa, is due to visit sedan in the coming days to talk about this tension with the 2 sides and to make sure that the transition period continue smoothly until election . but right now, both sides of said that they want to turn out on the rhetoric to try to ease the tensions. but they both also say that reforms needed. and that this transition should try to go smoothly. and at the same time, both blaming each other for all the tensions and all the misunderstandings and basically all the differences that has been. and that has been growing between the 2 sides here. but thanks very much indeed. that's hipaa morgan talking to us from

how to the u. s. federal government could be shut down by the end of the week. republicans in the senate of block to an emergency spending bill. if congress can't get a deal by friday, it'll be the 3rd shut down in 3 years. she competency has more from washington dc. the deadline is thursday nights of midnight. the current fiscal year ends the new fiscal year will begin. but without, if there's been as and past the appropriations in the budget to fund the government for the 1st school. yes, that could be dissolved. so that's why they could be a government shut down. no money for employing people. so therefore, are all but the central stuff will be followed without pay and that has more was ramifications for government agencies for food stamps. for the cdc, the centers for disease control, i just saw 62 percent of employees of a cdc. you might be further without pay during a pandemic during an economic downturn. so you have the government shut down,

but then you also have the issue of the debt ceiling. now this is, this is the amount of money the government is allowed to borrow. but this is the way to pay if debts in fact, for us reach that that feeling at the end of july and since august, the treasury has been tried to pay the bills because as lou called bar, i couldn't raise anymore cash on the markets. it's been trying to get cash by some creative account to get a bit of money from here, taking a bit of money from here and you know, juggling it around, but done it yet. it has said that she can't continue to do this beyond all over all of them, but, and then the u. s. will simply not be able to pay steps. now we're not just talking about the federal government steps to its employees, but also servicing its bonds. its debts in the international market, so you can see that this would have kind of strong catastrophic effects on both the domestic economy, but also potentially the world economy. lava continues to erupt from the company via volcano on the spanish island of la palmer. seismic activities eased off

briefly on monday, but it increased again a few hours later. the volcanoes destroyed more than 500 buildings and displaced any 7000 people since last week. people in the eastern coast on the palm, i have been ordered to stay in doors, but off fears it could reach the sea, releasing toxic gases. nicholas hoc reports from la palmer awake. again, it seems there is no stopping spain's kimbry. if you have volcanic flow. earlier the giant crater fell silent, leaving an eerie comb in what were once lively coastal villages. it has caused so much destruction homes and memories of generations of families living on the volcanoes foothill charge by the swelling and pouring lava as it inches towards the ocean. how to explain this last her grandchildren wonders andrea already guess. concepcion, that the truth is,

i'm very sad. everyone is losing their homes. the volcano keeps me up at night. this is a shock to all of us. panic villagers are fleeing. others are staying put despite the dangers, almost 7000 people are displaced and cannot return to their homes. it is a very unpredictable iteration. is a very 10 sun. com at the same time. so they said this to manage this dress very long race because this is not a speed rates for us. we are going to work 4 weeks with them. is the most difficult thing. experts fears what will happen when the lava of when 1000 degrees celsius reaches the cold atlantic ocean, a haze of toxic chemicals made up of sulfur dioxide, hydro, chlorine and volcanic acid will fill the air. this is likely to cause skin and i irritation breathing. the fumes can be fatal. shipping vessels have been advised to

stay clear of the area to avoid being exposed to potential acid rainfalls. there is no escaping volcanic activity on the island of la paul. my look right behind me below in the sky is a cloud of ash from kimbry via high and were in the south west of the island. here authorities have even started recording seismic activity with tremors, gaining intensity putting at risk the small village of wind caliente, on the edge of the cliff for galion to his tourist. hotels have become shelters for the displaced. schools are shut with authorities in the area calling on people to stay in doors. andrea watches powerless, an unfolding tragedy rattled by the powerful sound of nature. nicholas hawk al jazeera, for in caliente. the ball must been still ahead and all just hit our china puts on a show with some of its most advanced aircraft technology and weapons on display

and banking spas and night live stand idle despite the government's plans to bring back tourists. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day of 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways, boated world's best airline of 2021. hello there, welcome. see your world update for euro pan will also go to africa as while and seasons have changed and we can tell toward iceland, look at the northwest here we've got a blizzard. as we'll see, winds clip up to about a 100 kilometers per hour, and that is going to drive down visibility toward that northwest corner. this is all associated with a disturbance through the united kingdom. once again, we saw a bout of what weather and wind on monday, and here's the repeat on tuesday. eventually we'll side into the low countries and scandinavia, as we head toward wednesday, some storms across the balkans. and this is really going to cool the atmosphere.

temperatures have dropped big time in belgrade. sophia bulgaria, you're up to 20 degrees, i should say up to you've dropped down. and if we look at the next 3 days, those temperatures will continue to slide down to 16 degrees. and we could see another bout of what weather there as far. ok for. it's them ball also seen some showers dance in here. we've got some brisk conditions through the boss. first the a g and, and break into the eastern meg. next we'll go to africa and the storms that we have had over west africa. they've slumped further toward the south. but here's these tropical waves pushing out toward the atlantic and they'll likely form into a tropical storm or hurricane in the days ahead season. the weather, sponsored by cattle airways, voted world's best airline of 2021. from the wells, most populated region in depth. stories from across asia and the type of coaches had conflicting politics. when i went on out there,

ah al jazeera as a whole, me ah, ah, the reminder of our top story is this. our british soldiers are on standby. as the u. k . struggles with a shortage of drivers to deliver fuel. pumps are running dry in the crisis is being made worse by panic. buying the us government could shut down by the end of the week, republicans in the senate and blocked an emergency spending bill. if congress can't

get a deal by friday, it'll be the 3rd shut down in 3 years. the u. s. is accused north korea of threatening the international community by testing a short range missiles. just off to the longest, north korea's ambassador to the un told the general assembly that young young has the right to test weapons. some of china's most advanced aircraft technology, an weapons on display, and it's biggest air show is being held in the city of high after being delayed for a year. because of the corona virus pandemic. the new crossing food prototype drones that can county missiles and carry out recognizance missions, rivalries, intensified between china and western countries, including the u. s. along with ongoing dispute. so with us, i was trying to see anti one or graham on web. the defense analyst and research fellow that i set up non school of international studies that none young technology, technological university. and he's joining us by skype from singapore. it's good to have you with us. many of these air shows and weapons shows are about sales,

but of course, they're also about sending a message. what do you think the messages from china? i think the message is that china is arriving that it's it's arrived as a heavy weight in the military technologies fear of course, certainly this, this, this shows a lot of our evaluation. what are many different components that constitute evaluation capabilities. and so in terms of the sense that technology, munitions on terms of the certificate capabilities of the different all the different across terms of the projection flight or the kinds of characteristics. china is trying to tell the world that is really becoming high, contending military player, one of the impacts of the, the pandemic. interesting the, was that it hit the microchip production market a globally very significantly. and i know that that to have

a knock on effect for defense industries around the world has china changed the way that it's doing things as a result of that? certainly, i mean, over the last couple of years we've seen a very, very strong push. this is really not a choice for china. china like many economies around the world have been highly dependent on the computer technology coming out from the west in particular. and in production areas like taiwan and other countries that produce these chips on the behalf of american companies, i think going forward because of the ongoing trade war that has persist until today . and because of all the trade restrictions, particularly on sensitive technologies. china has had been, has been forced to have a social efficiency in its own microchip capabilities. and i think the signal that's coming up from this show and the technology exhibitions will be coming all

over the next few months. is to really told the world that china is, is gaining that self sufficiency for some of the capabilities that you mentioned. you're on speak all the necessity of having very sophisticated microchip processes . and these, i think we can come to expect many of these chips will be china. i mean, interestingly, with a lot of shows like this. obviously we're just talking about an air show specifically. but it does give defense watches a chance to get an idea of where a country assesses the nature of warfare is going to be in the future. what do you think we should be looking at from this show? well, i think it's quite telling what you mentioned earlier on before came on about unmanned aerial vehicles using reconnaissance roles and in combat missions. i think that's where the trend is really heading towards for china, in mimicking the we, the trends are set by the united states as

a leading military power in the world. we've seen over the last 2 decades, a shift towards a lot of us are mand in highly intelligent military platform on land in the c and, and in the air. and i think in this ation exhibition, we're going to see a lot of new chinese capabilities to a signal that china is able to play to know when the comes off. but what operating the same class as the u. s. in terms of fielding, cutting edge on man technologies, gram on whether it's always good to get your thoughts on things like this from when we come on august and we appreciate it. so thank you very much indeed. thank you. jeremy social democratic party hopes to form a coalition government after a narrow wind in sundays, parliamentary elections populated all off sholtes whose frontrunner to replace the angular buckle as chancellor will seek to reach a deal with the greens and

a little free democratic party. but complicated talks lie ahead as dominant came reports from berlin. with a spring step full of shots meets the world's media fresh from an election in which his party took the 1st place. he has no doubt who should leave his country forward . the vote is not, they can vary. they have said who should form the next government. they have strengthened free parties and social democrats and were free democrats. so that's a clear mandate from the citizens of this country and this, that these very should lead next to government get a 3 party coalition has never been tried at the federal level, but with barely more than one percent of the vote separating the 2 main parties and neither wanting to govern in a grand coalition with each other again. now the attention is on the smaller parties. also folks, but time to, to big parties have suffered heavy losses in recent years. and there needs to be a new push that comes into the government. so it's good that all the parties are

talking to each other and not waiting to just be invited in for the talk. the composition of the newly elected parliament is now clear, and one of the things that stands out and is perhaps why we see this happening. the free democrats and the greens are talking to each other, trying to iron out their differences because together they form a large block in parliament. and they hope that that would strengthen their hands in any collective talks, either with mister schultz, social democrats, or with mister lashes, kristian democrats. although he led his party to its worst ever defeat armand lash, it insists it can govern despite coming 2nd. it's not automatically the case that either a big party title with your party, they will talk with in the, in the greens made clear yesterday that they want to talk to each other 1st, which i think is fine. but not everyone in lashes governing party is putting on a brave face to see the use. think prime minister as

a suggested the party leaders should take responsibility for the defeat. no such thoughts over at so democrat headquarters. this is their 1st federal election when in almost 20 years, and soon they hope all of shots will replace angle america. as chancellor dominant cane al jazeera fooling, an investigation into the barrel blast in lebanon last year has been suspended once again after the quest to remove a judge from the case. from a ministers who, being called for questioning, accused judge had a bit of bias and misconduct. more than 200 people were killed and thousands were injured in the explosion. the victims families want an international investigation . they say lebanon's political elite will use all legal means to stop the inquiry gerald bell or russian opposition activist maria color. the color has one europe's top human white support. the activists was sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier this month for her role and last year's demonstrations against president alexander

of sanker. europe's parliamentary assembly said, collecting code was only crime, was wanting to have a say in who is in charge of a country. american singer, our county has been found guilty on charges of sex trafficking, and racketeering. 11 people testified against them. several said they were under age at the time. the 54 year old will be sentenced in may and faces, decades behind bars. us president joe biden has received a booster shot of the pfizer covered $900.00 vaccine. federal regulators have approved a 3rd dose of the job for americans over the age of 65. as well as for adults with underlying health conditions. president, by me is 78 adults and health services and high risk work also qualify for the booster. our white house correspondent, kimberly hall, that explains why he did it. you have to remember the 3 months ago, this was a country that looked like it was turning the corner on the cobra pandemic. that's

no longer the case. and so the reason that the president decided to have his booster shot on camera according to the weight as press secretary jim saki is that, in fact, she said that the president wanted to demonstrate to those americans that are still reluctant. that not only is a booster necessary in some cases, but that it is safe. and so the us president that he got that booster continue to talk to reporters throughout showing he had no adverse reaction. something that those that are afraid or reticent about getting maybe have some reservations about . so this was the president putting his money where his, his mouth is, if you will. the problem for the president is that there still is a lot of division in the united states. about the vaccine, a lot of concern that there could be adverse reactions. and so what we've seen is, in states where there are low vaccination rates, there are high rates of hospitalizations that even depths in fact,

globally the united states leads in both of those categories. so the us president is pushing hard, not just because he's concerned about people's health, but he also made this a priority of his presidency. and right now he is not feeling that he's able to deliver. and so that's why he's making yet another push. he spoke about this last week to the american public. and this time he not only reminded people that he believed they need this booster in some cases. but he actually got it on camera himself by called famous night life as part of the reason the cities being to talk to its destination in asia for years. but as timelines government works, i'm bringing international to his back. curfews are still in place and bars. close, it's got highlight as more from the top capitol, this network of alleys in pat pong, usually the vibrant center of bangkok, unique style of night life. now, its idle and dark. the shutters were pulled down on bars and entertainment venues

in the weeks after the 1st cases of cove at 19 in thailand and have stayed down for most of the 18 months that followed thanks to shutdowns and curfews. this part of china town is home to a community of trendy small specialty bars. not only do bar owners view the government's handling of their industry during the pandemic as a near death blow, but alcohol control loss, pre dating the shut down, have also been working against them. i am at his house and i am embarrassed by the situation. thailand is renowned for his great nie life. many bars have received awards. why does, in the government support the industry? i think these strange laws are supported by big business to maintain their monopoly . our voice is not loud like death. bar owners call the laws draconian in which alcohol sales are limited to set hours during the day. heavy taxes on imports and unequal laws only allowing large companies to brew beer and distill alcohol. a ban

on alcohol, advertising and internet sales are so strictly enforced. bars were fined for posting videos of cocktail making and menus for drinks delivery. yet large bruise avoid the band by advertising, mineral water and soda that they're the same logos as their alcohol products. here's an example of thailand's alcohol control laws. if i were to take a selfie here in this bar and share it on social media, i could be fined up to $1500.00 for indirectly advertising the brands of alcohol behind me. if i own the bar, i can be fined up to $15000.00 and possibly faith a year in jail. alcohol control laws have been a contentious subject in thailand, historically, politically connected, conservative and religious groups have worked to keep them strict. an opposition member of parliament, a former bar owner himself, is working to change the laws and save smaller bars and trouble when we open again and that's always come again there would file highlight is popularly different

times. we really, it's not fun anymore. and yet some who support the alcohol laws see, it's also about safety. for visitors. i think towards safety should be up her id. i think alcohol control is necessary. if we let the alcohol sell us run 3 and do whatever they want, things will get mercy. once thailand emerges from its locked down, curfews are listed in the night. life is allowed to reopen. it's unclear if will return as it once was, or a watered down version. it's got either al jazeera, bangkok ah, this is al jazeera. these are the tell stories. british soldiers have been put on standby as fuel pumps in the u. k. are running dry. the crisis has been caused by a lack of truck drivers and has been made worse by panic. buying army tank or drivers may be used to deliver fuel. the us government could shut down by the end of the week. republicans in the senate have blocked an emergency spending bill.

congress can't get a deal by friday. it'll be the 3rd shut down in 3 years. as a.