crispin indiscriminate in selecting its victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, just proportionally high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skinned . the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that a scene united kingdom fail, it citizens, britain's true colors coming soon on out. just sierra blue top pos oil executives testify before congressional committee. they're accused of contributing to climate change on covering it up or far too long. big oil has escaped accountability for its central role in bringing our planet to the brink of a climate catastrophe. ah,

my money inside this is al jazeera life from doha. oh said coming up for to and some of the french ambassador off of paris sees is one of its bites. escalating a dispute about fishing lights? argentina's, former president as facing espy, announced charges mauricio my case, suspected of ordering, spying on the relatives of crew members of a sunken summary. and facebook's parent company changes its name just weeks after a whistleblower keys, especially social networks. spite of putting profit above safety ah, top oil and gas executives have denied misleading the public about climate change. the c a is of exxon mobil, chevron b. p. america and the president of shell, appeared before the u. s. congress. they were about the roles and down playing the

stress of global warming. it is the 1st time the oil bosses have testified on the oath on the subjects. hardy, j, castro reports. it's been a year of the historic wildfires in the american west. deadly freezes in the south and record breaking, flooding in the east. the fury of these weather disasters likely amplified by climate change nearly matched by the anger of democrats on the house oversight committee, who grilled oil and gas ceos on thursday. there are more of us than there are of you. you can poise the planet to make money, but we're going to defend the planet so we can live and we will win. find it in yourself to day to tell the truth. it will be better for your company's futures and will be better for humanity's future. the purpose of the hearing, according to the democrats, who called it, was to force the oil and gas industry to admit that it knew of the harm of burning

fossil fuels for decades. but chose not to tell the public as evidence, internal memos from exxon mobil drafted nearly 40 years ago, warning management that climate change could produce catastrophic effects for much of the world. mr. woods, given these grave warnings from exxon's own scientists over and over and over again. do you believe that it was ethical for exxon to run a new york times advertisement that down played down, played the risk, and instead highlighted the potential positive impact of climate change from mobile. the oil ceo's denied deliberately misleading the public and pointed to recent efforts to move toward clean energy. b p says it's striving for net 0 emissions by 2050. i recognized that some made out how serious we are about

are in it 0 ambition. i get it or progress hasn't always been a straight line. but we've learned a great deal and we view the path we're on as a business imperative then we and eggs on mobile lobbyist was secretly caught saying this in june. did we aggressively fight against some of the science? yes, we're exxon mobil fired the lobbyist saying he did not represent the company's viewpoint . me, well, republicans have come to the industry's defense. we are nauseated by the continuous attacks on war. can americans and american industry while you're getting beat down to day, there are people here the believe in what you're doing and we thank you. this is the beginning of a year long investigation that democrats hope will hold big oil accountable in the same way. big tobacco hearings in the ninety's eventually led to massive

settlements paid out by the industry. although critics say it'll take more than accountability to stop the earth from warming. heidi jo castro al jazeera washington. jeff kogan is the director of the climate solutions law at brown university. he says potential investors will be looking at possible lawsuits against the energy companies. the chair woman of the house for a host oversight committee today said at the end of the session, look, i'm going to move forward with subpoenas for some of the documents that we haven't received from the companies. they were asked to voluntarily provide them and they refused to do so. and so the peanut are coming and that starts to set the stage for potential future litigation into investors. of course should be paying attention to this and seeing the kind of risks that the owners of the major oil and gas

assets are now facing due to public scrutiny. when one of the congressmen representative recada asked the current ceo of exxon about what a previous ceo of exxon had said. right. and that previous he had said he had denied that there was a link between fossil fuels and global warming. and so when the currency of exxon with ask today about that, he simply refused to admit that that was a mistake, that that was a wrong statement. and so you get this kind of continuing problem of big oil not willing to own up to what its own scientists have been saying for more than 40 years. years president joe biden is struggling to finalize a set of spending bills. he doesn't appear to have the full support of his democratic party for his $1.00 trillion dollars funding program. a key group of

politicians says it will not vote on the infrastructure bill without the bill back, better act on and made a trip to meet senate says that the capital to urge them to back the spending package. these are not about left versus right or moderate versus progressive or anything else to pitts americans against one on this is about competitiveness versus complacency. competitiveness versus complacency is about expanding opportunity, not opportunity and, and i spout leading the world. we're letting the world passes by hello val has mo, from washington d. c. we are hurtling towards the mid terms and still a year away, but that's nothing in politics. and what this does is if you can get this pass now that means that by the time he gets in the midst of next year, people have a tangible something they can, they can point towards. they can say this actually made my life better, my balance better or effective my life in a positive way in that way they may be more inclined to lead report. secondly,

this bill also has a huge number of provisions for going greed for tackling climate change. and remember, joe biden is going to be at the cops summit in glasgow, scotland, and a few days where he's going to stand on that well stage. and he wants to be able to say we in the united states, we are leading the way. look, this is what we're doing. so this bill falls down. he can't be in that position and i could potentially be quite embarrassing for him. now this is a huge bill is billed by the best plan. it was 3 and a half trillion dollars a huge amount. it's still pretty big. it's still 1.75 trillion, but they've got to make a number of concession. they've had to lose some things to do with, for example, expanding medical care for those in low income families who perhaps were looking to get dental or vision treatment. they've had to make concessions to parental leave, where the u. s. already really likes behind and they've still got some hold out some who still say they want more to be done or they want things put back in there around 2 or 3. and the problem that they've got is that they need all of the

democrats support that they can get because 2 or 3 people doesn't sound like a huge amount. but the majority that margin is raise a thing. so it could all come crashing down if they don't get full support, which is why nancy pelosi has been cracking that metaphorical width. today she's been trying to get people on board. joe biden delayed his flight to head for the vatican to meet the pope by a few hours so that he could try and go make the case personally. but now, as he comes into land, he's finding that perhaps things are not as soon as he thought they were. the united kingdom has some of the french ambassador asked the seizure of a british 15 vessel. the 2 countries in a dispute about fishing licenses and the english channel following breaks it. estimates as i put is trula seized by french maritime police, who say the crew was fishing for scallops without a permit deny by its owners. it may sound like a small incident, but it's symptomatic of something much bigger. a potential escalation in a post bricks. it fishing rights dispute was causing much more than a ripple in

u. k. french relations. it sites, for example, jersey. the british crown dependency only accepting a 3rd of the fishing permit applications from france. i'm sure he might unrestricted. it's time that we are respected as it's totally insufficient and totally unacceptable. so now we must talk the language of force, and unfortunately, i fear that is the only thing that this british government understands. but no, the threats go beyond banning british trawlers from offloading their catches at french ports because this only amounts to a small proportion of exports without a settlement to the dispute before next tuesday, there will be rigorous french customs checks on incoming cargo. and they won't be restricted to seafood, but britain isn't offering any concessions. the measures being threatened did not appear to be compatible with the trade in cooperation agreement or wider international law. and if carried through will be met with an appropriate and calibrated response. this isn't the 1st time the fishing rights issue has fled up

in may french trawlers blockaded the main port in jersey. the british and french deployed a naval presence during the protests. this time, france seems unwilling to back down on demands. it began setancolon, but it is not war. it's a fight. the french fishermen have some riots. an agreement has been signed. we must have this agreement implemented. we have fishing, right. we must defend them and we will defend them with hostile had result. you pay . france is also working on a 2nd round of sanctions if they're needed and that could mean a reduction of electricity supplies to the u. k. jose, he is 95 percent dependent on french power. andrew simmons al jazeera the united states and the we're not increasing the pressure on see don's military urging a return to civilian rule. j bought and says the us downs with the demonstrators who are angry about the military seizure of power on monday days of clashes between

security forces and protesters in khartoum have left at least 11 people dead. kristen salome has the latest from the un. it's a fairly short statement, i have a copy of it right here, one page long, and it expresses serious concern about the military takeover in the suspension of some transitional government institutions. it also expresses concern about the detention of prime minister of dela hm, doc, and other government officials. a. the release also does call for the release of those who've been detained, noting that the prime minister has been returned to his home and get calls for respect for human rights. in particular, the rights of protesters to be out on the street. it's important to note that the united nations integrated transition mission in sudan has been working there are to support the transition to elections and democratic institutions. and the statement

also reaffirms those efforts as so the council is basically a saying, it's very concerned about the situation there and, and, and calling for respect for these transitional institutions. still ahead on al jazeera going organic foam as inter lanka protesting against the government's plans to ban chemical fats. eliza, on the long journey home, off to lady antony 25 years, a bronze statue stolen from luxurious ancient than in kingdom is being returned. ah ah, look forward to burly to scully's, the with sponsored play cuts on it weighs hi there. welcome to your world's weather forecasts in a minute 15. we're going to start in the middle east where we do have some showers,

working across the la vance, northern areas of syria, into rock and just pushing into the western side of iran. but if we go round the gulf, we may also see some showers here. see these clouds over q weights that could squeeze out some moisture and same goes for dough at the risk of seen some thunderstorm. so if we do see these thunderstorms, the risk of also some flash flooding. and oh yeah, winds will be gusting up to about 40 kilometers per hour through pakistan. not much to report. we've got plenty in the way of sunshine both for the south and the north . the hor, getting up to a height of 27 degrees. disturbed weather and more for eastern portions of turkey. there's those showers across the la vance impacting bade roots with the hiv $26.00 degrees. and we've got our storms coming and going across equitorial countries in africa. pretty heavy pulse there is we see through the western democratic republic of congo for the toward the south. also weather here, but more so eastern areas of south africa and winds will be

a factor of for the eastern cape in port elizabeth. we'll see those, wink us up to about 70 kilometers per hour, but really that brain stretching from durban. right to port elizabeth. oh, the weather sponsored by casara. always the latest news. as it breaks, the president is allowed to impose a state of emergency for 15 days, with the option of extending it for another 15 days without congress's approval, we detailed coverage for his rights groups in southeast asia say they confirmed about the arrived in reported cases of working conditions from around the world, government, unsecured agencies up describe the recent answered as plan with the aim of the stabilizing the country. ah

ah, welcome back here watching out is there a mind to have on top stories this our top oil and gas executives have faced tough questions in the us congress. the ceo's of exxon mobil, chevron b. p. america and the president of shell were asked about the roles in down playing the threats of climate change. u. s. president joe biden does not appear to have the full support of his democratic party for his $1.00 trillion dollar spending program. he made a red trip to the capital to urge sentences to buy it. the u. k. a sub in the french ambassador helped and seizure if a british fishing vessel g. countries on a dispute about fishing licenses in the english channel falling breaks it rebels in ethiopia, take ry region, say at least 10 people, including 3 children,

have been killed in another. government asked strike the therapy. an army says a talk. is it a facility used by t gray people's liberation front in the regional capital mckelly? the t p i left says a civilian residence was hit. you and his warning the voice he is pushing more civilians at risk. to airstrikes were reportedly carried out on residential area. anti grace capitol mckelly. according to initial reports, 6 people were killed and 22 injured. a number of houses are understood to be destroyed or severely damaged. were also law by law going hostilities in a far in to pyro regents, which are causing large scale displacement, livelihood disruptions and food insecurity. and preventing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in both regions. the escalation of hostility is risk worsening. the already dire humanitarian situation in te gray. i'm hora at a far where millions of people need urgent humanitarian assistance. on to tina's

former president, mauricio mcclay has appeared in court on espionage charges. he's a keys of ordering intelligence agencies to spine. the families of crew members of a submarine that sank 4 years ago. the case has been suspended on a legal technicality. daniel schwein, the reports. ah, it was more like a political rally than a court case with several 100 supporters of the former president modi's geometry gathered in the small town of the lord is they believe he's innocent, that the charges against him a politically motivated hello, who jalap? he could never have spied on any one. what's the point of listening to the families? they should be looking for these responsible for the submarine tragedy. i had a mother, i'm disgusted. they even started this case. it's unbelievable. they would spy on people who had suffered such a terrible loss. many of his supporters eroding him to stand again for the

presidency in 2 years time. if he does this case hanging over him won't help. it was adjourned. the legal technicality. the prosecuting judge hadn't sought the permission necessary to try a case involving the state intelligence agency. if i get a market the market mirror, we want a cleaner life with more transparency, more honesty, that's more constructive and includes an independent and impartial judiciary. ah, macros support is a jubilant about the delay. it's not know when or even if he'll be required to return. at the heart of all this, the legal wranglings and the political maneuverings lies the still unanswered question of what happened to that submarine? the i or a san juan, and it's 44 crew members. that's the question. their families are still asking. the submarine disappeared in the south atlantic ocean in november, 2017. with 44 crew on board. it was sailing for southern tip of argentina to the

naval base in martineau plata, when contact was lost. despite an extensive weeks long serge, nothing was found anxious, families were told nothing. as their anguish turned to anger their campaign, frances became a political football for this shows a lack of respect these football chance show like of respect to us and our children, to the justice system. it's an unnecessary political circus. the wreck of the submarine was discovered a year after it disappeared at a depth of 900 meters, 460 kilometers of the argentine coast a technical for to cause an implosion. there were no survivors. the wreck will not be re floated, but the relative say they want to know more. oh good. well, but i get all this so that one has been suffering since this began comes to one end of their spying illegal, spying on my mom and dad on me. it's not just we want justice that they tell the

truth. yeah. good. that. what, while the so one remains at the bottom of the ocean, while the falls on the case remain locked in military archives. and while those in office, at the time of the tragedy seek reelection, the families fight to discover what really happened to the 44 crew on board the submarine san juan, is like you to continue for some time than you showing their al jazeera dolores. when osiris province, thousands of members of the band religious group are marching on pakistan's capital . islamabad. it comes a day of clashes in the hall left for policemen. unto protests is dead. police have sat upright blocks on the main highway between the 2 cities, and the government has called and paramilitary forces. members of pathetic ella back party are demanding the release of their leader who was detained earlier this year. facebook has changed its name, the parent company,

the famous social media science is now called meta chief executive monks up. burke says it reflects the met of us on a future world with far more online interaction. the firms found a says it brings together the company companies apps including instagram and whatsapp on the one brand. and he gallagher has more from miami. well, it's pretty significant, it's not unexpected. this has been being reported on over the past couple years that they were thinking about this, but the timing is something to bear in mind here. facebook has never perhaps been under as much scrutiny as it is now with these internal documents showing allegedly that they put profit over the dangers of misinformation. but if you listened and i watched the mark soccer burg presentation, this is all about embracing new technology and launching new platforms and investing billions of dollars into oculus and all these other types of technology that aren't even here yet. but i think it is significant that facebook is now

changing. it's a brand name to matter because many companies have got in trouble in the past few decades of done very similar things. because facebook has become associated with mistrust with privacy leaks and with spreading misinformation. at certainly if you watch that hearing in congress from fate, the facebook whistleblower, some of that material was very shocking considering it was facebook's own internal investigations that were being revealed in that case. so i think from zach about point of view, this is them looking at the next chapter in technology and connecting people. but i think at the back of his mind is also at trying to distance himself from the facebook brand. he is deploying election observers to venezuela for the 1st time in 15 years and comes ahead of next month regional and municipal elections opposition parties taking part in the pulse the 1st time in 4 years. they boycott had

presidential parliamentary elections in 2018 and in 2020 not authorized ramos, of, we will observe the entire electoral process from the campaign to the election administration to the moment of the vote to the time after the votes are counted, everything. if there are complaints, if there are no complaints, we will produce to report that we will deliver the se you are state of oklahoma has carried out its 1st execution. in 6 years after 3 botched efforts in 20142015 witnesses said john grant convulsed 2 dozen times and vomited before thursday's execution was complete. a 6 year old was sentenced to death after murdering a prison worker in 1998. a plan, in sher lanka for food production to be a 100 percent organic, has caused anger. amongst farmers, the governments bound all imports of chemical fat slices. and as men al fernandez,

reports, pharmacy officials have failed to provide an organic alternative angle in the streets of humbug. the drain, southern sri lanka, the hot land of the governing, roger boxer family farmers here, see the government's move to make farming 100 percent organic, threatening their livelihood. may i get an idea that the government wants us to listen to ministers, not agricultural experts, but experts say this won't work, has been the dozen band in puerto fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals earlier this year. after a foreign currency shortage. it warns farmers to use organic alternatives across the country in polar, narrower, one of the biggest drives producing areas. 81 year old diva. bailey good thunder is impatient. he's bad if he is our overgrown normally. he says the soil would be tilled and ready by now of her. when you stop supplies, all of a sudden,

whether it's vegetables, obey genes or chillies. they have worms, potatoes don't grow properly. these products are essential. this is why farmers are angry. other didn't present, got up a roger boxer says that change is needed to reduce the health risks, paused by agricultural chemicals, it got a little army card rather than seeking political mileage. every one should get together and do this for our country for our future generations. we can do this in a short time. it won't take 10 or 15 years. many scientists, agricultural experts and successful organic farmers. like how do legit. they said disagree. he says it's taken him 12 years to turn around this green batch. when arthur grantly, i want got only one got on one, will have destroying something, can be done quickly, but reviving it has to be done systematically and in a very organized way. that's why i say the government could get farmers more involved, give them incentives, seek their views, and consult others in green, agricultural gunning. that would have been more successful attempts to secure

organic such eliza have run into a series of problems. the she like and government says pharma brought as like this . i instigated by the opposition and multinational chemical and fertilizer companies, but tens of thousands of farmers facing crop failures. and noah yields say they are facing a battle for survival, not her now the pharmacy, the biggest concern is how they will feed their families in the coming months. minute fernandez. i'll just zebra fuller, narrower not center. she lanka, and stark bronze statue stolen from nigeria more than a century ago is now on its way home from the united kingdom. university of aberdeen had held the bronze head of a beneath king for more than 40 years. now it's become 3rd european institution to return an artifact in the past 2 days. that interest records from a budget. after nearly 125 years in foreign lands,

this tall and broad stretcher depicted the head of the king of my jealous, ancient been kingdom is finally on its way home. for more than a century, its beauty and craft was looked at and appreciated by a privileged view. it has taken companies and communities from white was looted beckett's to get back this object of immense religious and cultural significance. oh, on wednesday the university of cambridge became the foster institution to return such an addict. were all thrilled at seeing this, they arrive when the bronze is finally returning home. but were also painfully aware of having deprived it's rightful owners for so long of its presence. and we offer a heartfelt apologies for this historic wrong. also in paris, president manon macro led the ceremony to return a set of 26 pieces of 80 votes stolen from france's former colony. been in in 1892

le fosdick revised the best. even france had to act, given the fact that 95 percent of the african material heritage is said to be outside of africa. all young people need to take possession of their history to better build their future. there was no reason to condemn the african youth to be denied access to its own history. mister extra say the event of the past few days are significant. there's some sort of potential now through these actions for some truth telling it for very even some reconciliation and the returns. so the significance either of these items really relates to their buy in conic states us that underlying the significance of african arts. but campaign is an activist, also aware that getting all of the stolen artifacts back could take a long time. there's also a chance they may never succeed. the k brunley museum in paris hold some 70000

african artifacts. while london, british museum has tens of thousands more, while campaign is a happy with the progress in negotiations with countries like belgium, they're less helpful with others. in particular, they're worried about the fate of looted items in the hands of private collectors. we want to a novel nigeria is one particularly deductible to see what belongs to them in or objects of far history and cultural import us. the campaign to return the benign bronzes and thousands of other artifacts looted during the sensuous long colonization of africa, has taken a long time. campaigners hoped the events of the united kingdom on france this week will begin a process that could see the return of most of africa, st. paul in historic and cultural artifacts. ahmed edris al jazeera, a butcher. ah,

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