ah, news you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own. ah. oh. top us oil executives testified before a congressional committee. they are accused of contributing to climate change and covering it up. ah. are there i'm, is darcy at a this is out of their life from door ha. also coming up. joe biden, struggles to unite democrats behind his spending plan divisions, cause another delay as he heads for the g 20 summit. argentina's, former president is facing espionage charges. married to your mockery is suspected

of spying on the relatives of crew members of a sunken submarine. and rwandan forces help to push back an armed group in northern mozambique. but questions are being asked about who is funding the military operation. ah, top oil and gas executives have denied misleading the public about climate change. the ceo's of exxon mobil, chevron bp america, and the president of shall all appeared before us congress. they were asked about their roles and down playing the threat of global warming. and the 1st time that the oil bosses have testified under earth on the subject. how does your castro reports? it's been a year of 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 planets so we can live and we will win. find it in yourself today 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, downplayed the risk, and instead highlighted the potential positive impact of climate change from mobile. the oil ceo's denying 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 an eggs on mobile lobbyist was secretly caught saying this in june. did we aggressively fight against?

oh, some of the science. oh yes, we're eggs on mobile fire, 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 joe castro al jazeera washington. well, jeff colgan is the director of the climate solutions lab at brown university, and he says potential investors will now be looking at possible lawsuits against the energy companies. the chair woman of the house or

a house 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. and for 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 ro, connor 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. meanwhile, us president biden is struggling to finalize a pair of spending bills. he doesn't yet appear to have the full support of his democratic policy for his $1.00 trillion dollars spending program. a group of physicians has warned votes on the infrastructure bill without voting on a separate $1.00 trillion dollar bill biden himself made a red trip to the capital to congress to back has 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 didn't and i spout leading the world. we're letting the world passes by fell, avow has worn out from washington d. c. we are hurtling towards the mid terms and i'm 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 we get to the middle of next year, people have a tangible so that 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 and that way they may be more inclined to lead messy port. secondly, this bill also has a huge number of provisions for going green 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 will state. and he wants to be able to cite way 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 their on 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 lozzo saying that despite still dealing with his domestic agenda, joe biden has now arrived in rome to meet wild leaders at the g. 20 summit. he is due to hold talks with pipe frances, in the coming hours. and then after the 2 day gathering that the u. s. president will head to glasgow for you and climate senate. well, let's be to our white house correspondent committee, how kit is in rome for us. kimberly, put francis has already been making statements about climate change ahead of the cops on that. is that potentially likely to come up in his meeting with president biden? do you think there's no question that climate change is something that the pope, along with the u. s. president will be discussing we are expecting the u. s. president to arrive here just under 2 hours time. we expect his motorcade to travel right behind me as he goes into that meeting. he'll be accompanied by his wife, the 1st lady, doctor joe biden. and this is something that the u. s. president has identified repeatedly as an ext access central threat. the issue of climate change,

and so this is where the 2 leaders really find like minded thought in terms of how to address it. they see this is something that is disproportionately affecting the working class around the world, not just in the united states. and there's also a feeling from the pope, but this is a something that needs to be addressed in a collective way. in other words, the rich as well as the poor, need to be moving forward in terms of a shared responsibility to address and climate change. so this is something that will dominate much of their discussion. it will also we should point out be something that you as president will bring up in subsequent meetings today with the italian president, the italian prime minister. and of course, later with the french president emmanuel macro, where they'll be talking about not just climate change, but also trying to repair a rift in that u. s. french alliance after a security deal that the french president felt very much left out of that is

another focus of that meeting that will be taking place. so climate change definitely the major issue, but there certainly will be other issues address as well. and kimberly, i believe this is a personal visit for the president as well. he's a devout catholic, right? yeah, there's a meeting that will be both deeply personal as well as formal, according to the white house. this is a president who has met many popes, but he has a strong relationship with pope francis. in fact, this is his 4th meeting and this is one that is because of their relationship. we should point out that he keeps a photo of pope francis in the oval office. he's been very public about the times that he has interacted with this pope, including when his son bo died from cancer. this is something that prop francis was said to comfort the biden's during that time of grieving and solicit a meeting that will be deeply personal. it will be among friends, but we have to remember to this is

a meeting between 2 heads of state. so of course there will be those formalities that will take place gifts will be exchanged, but again, we do expect that this is a meeting that is kind of a continued dialogue if you will, given the fact that these men have known each other for so long company, how could they our white house correspondent on the ground for us today in rome? thanks so much. kimberly. now the top us diplomat in taiwan has stressed washington's commitment to help the island defend itself. sandra kirk described relations with taipei as rock solid. the u. s. supplies taiwan with military hardware and training. ty, ones present saying when confirmed on thursday that american forces were present on the island. we continue to have a shared and a fighting interest in peace. instability across the taiwan strait. the u. s. considers this central to the security and stability of the broader india pacific region and to the united states. and we are deeply concerned by ongoing p r c

efforts to undermine that stability. our commitment to taiwan is rock solid and contributes to the maintenance of peace and stability across the taiwan strait and within the region. i'll still ahead here on al jazeera turning to goods for help find out how the animals are helping communities in zimbabwe deal with extreme weather changes bad and good by facebook. hello, mess up. but will a corporate name change title? the social networks many problems. ah, ah, look forward to pearly to scully's, the with sponsored play cuts on at ways. hello. good to see you. we've had a fire hose of rain aimed at northwestern sections of england. so this is the scene

scooping up about 2 months worth of rain in the span of 32 hours, all that water had to go somewhere. and it certainly did flooding out this park. so more rain come natur on friday, but i think as we get through friday, those weather alerts for flooding will be dropped. also disturbed weather through france to low countries. but east of this were in the clear and in many cases, temperatures are above average tickets. iberia right now, rounds of rain will be rolling through the peninsula, so we got to be on the lookout for flooding in the days to come somewhere we have seen fighting is southern italy. this disturbance still parked over this central mediterranean, so red weather alerts and play for calabria and sicily on friday. could see some more flooding to come toward the east. that energy is starting to drift into the eastern mediterranean, but it is com for on talia 26. degrees and then we've got disturbed weather for eastern turkey with some high elevation snell after africa right now. and through beneath we have seen flooding across about half of the country,

but dry conditions in store on friday and meanwhile, to the west. we do have our storm, so abidjan, thunder downpours with a high of 27 degrees. that's it. that's all season. blue weather sponsored by katara always in the next episode of planet. as with the head of the upcoming you in climate conference will be heading deep on the ground and up into the air. get a new perspective. the changing face of the coal mining industry in poland ah, will report on illegal logging in romania and explore health, catastrophic wall flies in grief. it's created you problem that all feed into the destructive cycle of extreme weather. joy monitor to us on al jazeera. ah

oh hello there, i'm starz, you tando. let's remind you about top stories here. this our top coil and gas executives have denied misleading the public about climate change. the ceo's of major oil companies appeared before the u. s. congress. and the 1st time they've testified under oath on the subject, u. s. president joe biden doesn't yet appear to have full support of his party for his $1.00 trillion dollars spending bill and democratic group in congress as it won't vote on the package without a separate 1.2 trillion dollar bill. meanwhile, though, president biden is now in rome, meeting wild leaders ahead of the g 20 summit. there is also due to visit the pope in the coming hours after the to day gathering. he'll head to glasgow for a un climate summers. i mean mart, strong winds, have left more than 450000 homes in the australian state of victoria. without

electricity, the winds brought down power lines ripped tree is from the ground and damaged homes . trained services were suspended in melbourne and several vaccination centers were also closed. wind gusts, in some areas where the strongest recorded in more than a decade. staying with climate, there's an area in zimbabwe known for erotic rain for poor soil and very high temperatures. not so combination, that's no good fabric culture. but as hiring matessa reports from bingo, some women are now turning to breeding goats known for surviving dry conditions. with one go to console for $20.00, the larger ones go for $25.00. selling the milk also means extra cash for these women in rural zimbabwe. they say they prefer rearing matter billy goats because they are steady and much more likely to survive the long dry periods here made worse by climate change was the dog i choose. i wanted to number that, you know,

comes up later. i saw dakota low maintenance, much for other cows. they can get pregnant twice a year, i think. so we make money. foster is quick cash that help us pay school fees and other bills. farmers as seen disturbing changes in the weather, unpredictable rainfall, flash floods and long dry spells crops such as maze zimbabwe. staple food don't do well in these situations. extreme where the changes are taking a toll on communities and the environment is getting hotter and dry. i hear every year temperatures frequently reach 40 degrees, erratic, grateful brought on by climate change, means people can't grow much food. and we'll have to find other ways to survive. leading drought tolerant animals allows people not to have to rely too much on handouts from charities. traditionally bizarre districts where for dade has played a key role. so in terms of food assistance over the years,

they have been getting these assistance. so with our approach, we are trying to shift out of the way that they do a business the way that they think and operate and actually say with the resources that we have, you can actually cushion or yourselves from some of these strokes and stresses climate change experts say severe where the patterns and arid parts of the country will persist. that means farmers will have to keep adapting and become more resilient. jane increasing the hush environment. harder matessa al jazeera bingo, zimbabwe. now moving on, unreal, wandering troops in northern mozambique of helps the government there regained territory, taken by an armed group and the 4 year conflict has killed thousands of people and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced for one that says its funding. the military operation itself, but rights groups have questioned this out. there is mountain web is on the ground for us in pembroke. more than 700000 people have fled their homes in northern

mozambique. in the last 4 years, an armed group called out, bob has attacked towns and villages. he says it wants to bring his lemon law to the province. his fighters have beheaded people and abducted others. the people who fled to this town told us, they don't understand why, what to do. i'm going to do just to you will wonder what you do running to the forest to check my children. so i don't know what happened to them. why they decided to take my kids. i don't know. he was here at the marilla hotel in the town of palmer city and grew through more international attention than ever before. it attacked the town in march. the hotel was popular with contractors servicing a nearby natural gas project. it was besieged for days. thousands died trying to escape week later, french oil giant tow towel suspended its operations in the area and pulled out its workers. it had been preparing to extract $20000000000.00 worth of offshore natural

gas than in july london, troops arrived to help the government forces. over the following months. they fought the armed group out of the towns and villages. it controlled they celebrated to gain together at this parade. some beaks, armed forces had failed to contain the insurgency, the rwandan troops have had much more success. there are questions around who's paying for the operation of their equipment, like the helmets wearing looks new. it's all in freeman between the president of the 2 countries and the terms of that agreement aren't entirely clear. rwanda's president pooka gummy says, wonder is simply helping an ally and funding the operation itself. we need friends, ending with this. one is just making its own contribution but made them beacon

right groups. wonder if for one that could even afford the cost, which included importing fleets of military vehicles and why it would pay. it is not part of the governance of conflict, emotion, but it is not clear as to who is paying the building of the national forces that a 2nd country to fight them by many observers suspect france could be paying because of total fossil fuel interests or the french president emanuel mccomb broke a deal. he met with a president of both mozambique and miranda earlier this year. when he visited veranda in may, my con promised 500000000 euros of development aid. and spoke of helping regional responses, including in mozambique. but france has neither confirmed nor denied its funding. the rwandan troops on the ground,

the rules of questions around whose funding the enemy now ship ab aging rifles captured from them by the london forces don't suggest they have a lot of money. i still is claimed responsibility for some of the attacks that local discontent with a government is more apparent than foreign connections. for many, it's not clear who is behind the forces fighting in the conflict. what is clear is that both local grievances and $20000000000.00 worth of natural gas lie in the middle of it. malcolm web al jazeera, amber, mozambique rebels, and ethiopian t gray region say at least 10 people, including 3 children, have been killed in another government air strike. the ethiopian armies, as it targeted a facility used by the t road people's liberation front and the regional capital mcclay. government forces increased its air raids in the region and the past 2 weeks despite international please. for a ceasefire,

a landmark sexual harassment case has made it to court and to nausea. an m. p. 's, you hammer, cliff, is accused of performing a sexual act in his car outside a high school in 20. 19 the case helped to galvanized soon as he asked me to movement. he avoided prosecution of the time because of parliamentary immunity for that changed in july when prison k as say, froze the juniors in parliament and lifted immunity for lawmakers. this is a protest in solidarity with the girl, the victim of the harassment, and to condemn all the time it takes for this child to begin. now it's been already more than 2 years and no decision was taken. there's been no step forward. so this is also a message to say, it is time to say no to impunity and that we must denounce this phenomenon on harassment and rate on huntington, as former president merits here, mockery has appeared in court on spine charges. he's accused of ordering intelligence agencies to monitor the families of crew members of

a submarine that sank 4 years ago. the case though has been suspended on a legal technicality. daniel schriner reports, ah, it was more like a political rally than a court case with several 100 supporters of the former president modi's your mac, re 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 those responsible for the submarine tragedy. i had a mother, i'm disgusted. the even started this case. it's unbelievable. they would spy on people who had suffered such a terrible loss. many of his supporters urging 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. don't get a market them. okay. we, we are, we want to 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 the heart of all this, the legal wranglings and the political maneuverings lies the still unanswered question of what happened to that submarine? the iras, san juan, and his 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 from the southern tip of argentina to the naval base in martineau plata, when contact was last, despite an extensive weeks long search, nothing was found. anxious,

families were told nothing. as their anguish turned to anger their campaign, frances became a political football. i think 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. i get all this the 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 80, that 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 there al jazeera, delores, when osiris province on facebook has changed its name. the parent company of the famous social media site is now called meta chief executive mach soccer bag says it reflects the mess of us in a future world with far more online interaction. the firms found it says that brings together the company's apps, including instagram and what's up under one brand. ensure is an editor at c. net, that's a technology news website he says about wants to be ahead of the next technological curve. there are 2 things going on. one is that there is unbelievable amount of pressure and scrutiny happening on facebook. and that is something that's very important. it's

a good conversation that we're having and hopefully one that's going to be a good thing. the other thing is that marks are covered the founder, the co founder and ceo. facebook has for a very long time, been very interested in the next phase of technology. he really is frustrated that he missed out on being part of the phone revolution. and he's frustrated that his future is tied to apple in google, who control the 2 main operating systems of our phones, iphone and android. and so as a result, he wants to be one of the leaders have been next stage of computing, which he sees as being the metal verse, right? the digital world that we all would experience together. and because of that, that is why he's making this name change. now the timing is pretty awful, frankly, but it's something that he's been talking about a lot. and so i'm not surprised that he just decide to go forward with it even despite everything's going on. and i think that there is some sort of

a future beyond are, right, we're not going to just be using computers and phones and tv for the rest of the time, you know, in the future, at some point something else is going to take over. i don't know what that is, and neither does mark soccer burke, but he is betting that that, that the, the virtual worlds this met a verse will be a part of that. ah, hello there. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. top oil and gas executives have denied misleading the public about climate change. the see of major oil companies appeared before the u. s. congress, and it's the 1st time they've testified under earth on the subject. us president joe biden doesn't yeah.