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kimberly how can joining us from the vatican. we just saw the, the us president, kimberly, in that life shot and pope frances has already been making statements about climate change ahead of the cop summit urging leaders to take radical decisions. so to what extent to climate change feature in that meeting with president biden there is no question that this is the dominant issue that will be discussed between pope francis and the u. s. president. the u. s. president, as you mentioned, has arrived here at the vatican, he travelled in his motorcade behind us. he was greeted by the vatican's month signal in the apostolate court yard of the apis valid palace. and we also know that in addition to meeting pope francis, he will also be meeting with the vatican secretary of state. but it is that meeting with pope frances that all eyes are focused on initially it was to be a live broadcast meeting. now we know that due to coven concerns, the meeting will instead be filmed in the video footage supplied to news outlets.

so we won't get to see live the exchange of pleasantries, the potential of exchanging of gifts, if you will, or even some of the topics that they may discuss. however, the white house has let us know what will be discussed in addition to climate change. we know that migration is another important issue. these 2 heads of state will be discussing and also income inequality. but when it comes to climate change, this is a president and a pope. the feel that they are very much interlinked, that there is a shared responsibility to help those that are being disproportionately affected by climate change. and as a result, this will be a major focus of discussions that we should quickly point out. that in addition to this meeting with the pope, the u. s. president will also later be meeting with the italian president, the italian prime minister, and also the french president where they are repairing a bit of a riff, following a disagreement over security. kimberly, on a personal note for the u. s. president, how significant is this meeting him being?

of course the only 2nd catholic president to meet the pope, and he is a devout catholic after all. and he's been very public about his faith. unlike the 1st catholic president, the united states president john f kennedy, this is the president, the quote scripture and speeches. but he also has a division with the view of pope francis, particularly when it comes to abortion. so well, this is a meeting of friends, and this is very much a meeting that has been established after a long relationship that goes back many years. this is the 4th meeting of these 2 heads of state. there is an issue that they don't agree on. in fact, this has been a challenge for joe biden as american bishops back in the united states are even discussing, potentially denying the u. s. president communion over the view that he supports abortion and the church does not, but we don't expect that to be a major focus. instead, we expect that this will be

a meeting that will be one that is deeply personal for the president. we know that they have communicated over many years, including when joe biden, son bo biden died of cancer. but francis was said to counsel the family during their time of breathing. so this will have a certainly a personal aspect to the meeting, in addition to the expected formalities ok, thank you so much for the time being. kimberly hallett reporting from the vatican. let's now get more on the g. 20 summit with david santori, who's a research fellow at the institute for international political studies center on business scenarios. he's joining us from milan. thanks for your time. let's just kick off. first of all, would that meeting between president biden and the pope a. kimberly just saying that climate change will feature heavily in that meeting, how much of an impact will the meeting between biden and the pope actually have on achieving climate change objectives to be discussed that the g 20

dr. possible, thank you for having the review today. so yes, definitely climate change is probably the key issue between these just trying to sum it together, we go about health and the increment recovery and we are no more needs to be down by the international community to, to face climate change and to reduce global warming and this is why a lot of our expertise is needed to talk to somebody to sponsor, to play the way or the access conference will take place in glasgow. just in the meet the optim off off that you're trying to submit. and the, the, the main target and this is today's gathering would be to achieve political agreements on the reduction of how to contain and global warming. and at least within $1.00 degrees celsius by the end of the century. and is,

is the target where to which most author, by the presidency and or some by key need. there's also thanks to the, to the meeting with our i need to write ok. so we know what the hopes are, so to speak with you actually expect any major progress on, on issues and what are those issues? yes, actually to answer to your question, we should realize 1st of all, that the 20 is not just the assignment, which is if i can say that the call the one year long, the process which consists of many the friends working robes and also 13 ministerial meeting so already some reserves have been achieved during the presidency. just let me give you a couple of examples for you of the agreement on the submission and just submission

of the go by the meeting and fax on. we're not sure abrasions or d targets to the committed to vaccinate if it's 40 percent of the nation by the end of the year. so something has already been done about as it will say, more are needed in terms of the the target is at hand because the 49 percent of the financial has received already and it's one shot of scenes. but there are the distribution of those jobs is very well for africa in africa, only 4 percent of the population has received it to to shop of oxidation. and then as i was mentioning climate change and more needs to be done also on this front. and we also expect also an effort to support the global recovery from any coming point of view and avoid the financial crisis. for instance,

with respect to the sky, rocketing public, that in many congress either developed economies and also emerging market ok will be keeping a close eye out on the meeting. thank you so much, davidson. sorry, for speaking to us from milan. thank you. thank you. now top oil and gas executives have denied misleading the public about climate change. the seals of x and mo, built chevron b. p. america, and the president of shell all appeared before the u. s. congress. they were asked about their roles in downplaying, the threat of global warming, the 1st time they've testified under oath on the subject. how do you know, cast or a report? 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 points 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 today to tell the truth. it will be better for your company's futures and will be better for humanities 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 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 an exxon mobil lobbyist was secretly caught saying this in june. did we aggressively fight against some of the science?

yes, exxon mobil fired the lobbyist saying he did not represent the company's viewpoint . meanwhile, republicans have come to the industries defense. we are nauseated by the continuous attacks on working americans and american industry. while you're getting be down today, 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 help 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 critic say it will take more than accountability to stop the earth from warming. heidi jo castro al jazeera washington. jeff kogan is the director of the climate solution lab. brown university. he says potential investors will be looking at possible lawsuits against the energy companies. the chair woman of the house for

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 subpoenas 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 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. the captain of british fishing vessels seized by france earlier in the week has been ordered to appear in court next year. french authorities said the troll or did not have a permit to operate in their territorial waters. but the owner of the boat, as it was fishing, legally, the dispute between the nations is linked to a post wrecks at fishing agreements, and has escalated and re some dates, will get more on the french reaction with alexia bryan and paris in a moment. but 1st, here's paul brennan, upholstering us from london to tell us a you case perspective on this poll? yes, the seems to be, i'm if, politically, at least to seems to be a huge amount of surprise expressed by british ministers and government sources

today. at the situation that has developed over this, that said there has been growing tension over fishing, writes particularly round those channel island. water's very, very close to the french coast. and they have been traditionally fished by french fishermen for milan about for the hunt, for centuries. the fact is though, that the british say that under the new trade and cooperation agreement that was signed as part of the bricks, it deal. the fisherman who wants to fish those waters need to show that they have traditionally fished those waters. and many of the french boats that have been applying for permits to do so have not been able to show gps track records if you like, to show that they have been in those waters pre breaks it. and that's why their permits are being knocked back. the french a q is the british of bad faith. the british insist no, no, no, this is not. this is purely down to the letter of the law. and the french are, are so angry that they've firm, they've threatened retaliation, and we'll hear more from alexi on that in

a 2nd. british reaction to that threat of retaliation has been to some of the french ambassador catherine colonna to the foreign office later on this afternoon. that said, she's not going to meet the foreign secretaries. you're gonna meet very junior u. k. europe minister, wendy morton, who she, you might ask, i asked myself the same question this morning. i've never heard of her so she is really quite low down on the pecking order. i don't think we're at the stage of hauling the ambassador of a hot calls. i think we're at the stage of kind of making our sentiments felt, but the possibility of this really escalating quite seriously is still there some 3rd of a 1000000 tons of fish caught by u. k. boats are exported to the european union. and if the french do carry through with a threat to block you, k boats landing there catches in the european union ports that would be very serious for the u. k. fishing market. indeed. okay, thank you so much, paul brennan, reporting from london. and now let's bring and alexi o'brien, she's joining us from paris. so alexey just tell us more about the court hearing

that's been set for the fishing captain. well guess the british fisherman has been told to appear in court in august next year. he's accused of fishing in french waters without a license. there were more than 2 tons of scalloped on board his boat when it was seized and brought into the port of lap earlier this week. now he was caught up on these extra checks that are happening as part of this deepening route between britain and france over access to fishing. right now, france says it's fisherman got fewer licenses than they should have done when they were being allocated and as ported. france is accusing brisson and also of tardies and jersey. the channel island that is just 22 kilometers off the coast of france, of acting in bad faith in relation to this post bricks at trade deal, which laid out the fishing rights in this area. now some fishermen here say that under that deal they will lift effectively sitting on the dock that they have been

fishing in this area, but not just the years around bricks. it but for generations. but maybe their boats have changed. maybe they don't have that sophisticated g p. s equipment, but they did have log books detailing all of their excursions in the area they handed over this information. but in this case, they say it was disregarded and they didn't get the licenses they were after. and that is why frances, you know, it is going to use the language of force. they say it appears that that is the only language that britain will respond to. they have said they are going to unveil what they calling targeted measures. now the sanctions which will come into play, they say on tuesday if they don't get the licenses that they expect, that they include, as paul said, potentially blocking british fishing vessels from coming into french ports. that will include ownership of time consuming health and safety chicks on trucks coming to and from the u. k. through france could also include extra security checks on

british fishing vessels, infringe ports. now that could happen if these licenses don't come come through the by tuesday. now, many fishing here is not actually huge for either of the economies, either britain or france. but here it is seen as an industry worth defending. and some say this is about much more than just fishing rights. but the very definition of the relationship, it will be interesting to see what comes out of these talks in london later on friday. but the french agriculture minister did say, look, we have been patient. people have been very responsible. but so far, there has been no progress and those talk so far. okay, we will wait and see. thank you so much. and lexie o'brian, reporting from paris plenty more had on the news hour on al jazeera, including this, the how goats are helping communities in bob way deal with extreme weather changes. and in the sports is the atlanta braves compete and

baseballs world series. we hear from those offended by their refusal to change their name that's coming up a little later. ah . but 1st we're wanda and troops in northern mozambique have helped the government regain territory taken by an armed group. the 4 year conflicts has killed thousands of people and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. wanda says it's funding the military operation itself, but rights groups have questioned this. i'll just here is malcolm web has more from pen bus. more than 700000 people have fled their homes in northern mozambique. in the last 4 years, an armed group called out of bob has attacked towns and villages. he says it wants to bring his lemon law to the province. is fighters of beheaded people and abducted others. the people who fled to this town told us they don't understand why what you

want to do and you will wonder what to do running to the forest, to chill my children. so i don't know what happened to them, why they decided to take my kids. i don't know. it was here at the marilla hotel in the town of palmer city and grew, grew more international attention than ever before. it attacked the town in march. the hotel was popular with contractors servicing and thereby natural gas project. it was besieged for days. thousands died trying to escape week later, french oil giant tow towel suspended his operations in the area and pulled out its workers. had been preparing to extract $20000000000.00 worth off shore 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 their game together at this parade. mozambique armed forces had failed to contain the

insurgency, the rwandan troops. i've had much more success. there are questions around who's paying for the operation. well, they're equipment like the helmets. they're wearing, looks new. it's all in agreement 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 to the 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 wouldn't governance of conflict and also mention that it is not clear as to who is paying the bill of the national

forces that a 2nd country, the fight divided by them is many observers suspect franz could be paying because of tow towels, fossil fuel interests or the french president, emanuel mccomb broke a deal. he met with the president of both mozambique and miranda earlier this year . when he visited rwanda 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 it. funding the rwandan troops on the ground. there are also questions around who's funding enemy al shabamo, aging rifles captured from them by the rwandan forces. don't suggest they have a lot of money. i cell is claimed responsibility for some of the attacks. but local discontent with a government is more apparent than foreign connections. for many,

if not clear, who's 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 ethiopia as t grey regions say, at least 10 people, including 3 children, had been killed in another government air strike. the if you open army, says a target at a facility used by t gray people's liberation front in the regional capital, michaela government forces have increased its air raids in the region in the past 2 weeks, despite international colds for a cease fire to air strikes were reportedly carried out on residential area integrates capital 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 fire and horror regions 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 am hara and afar were millions of people need urgent humanitarian assistance. the european commissions reportedly suspended funding to the world health organization's operations and the democratic republic of congo bats. after an independent inquiry found more than $88.00 workers sexually exploited and abused women. during the response to the abolla outbreak, leaked emails to the reuters news agency show that you was withholding more than $24000000.00 to the w h. o. well the head of the world health organization is reportedly on course to be reelected for a 2nd 5 year term without any opposition. a letter obtained by the reuters news agency shows shows doctorates. headrest autonomy gabrey uses the only candidate nominated ahead of the un agencies elections in may. 28 countries submitted his

name for nomination. strong winds have left more than 450000 homes, me australian state of victoria without power. the winds brought down power lines retrieved from the ground and damaged houses. train services were suspended in melbourne, and several vaccination centers were closed. wind gusts, in some areas where the strongest recorded in more than a decades. there is an area and some bob way known for erotic rainfall, poor soil, and very high temperatures. and that's a combination that's no good for agriculture. but his hair, him a toss, a report from bingo. some women are now turning to breeding goats known for surviving dry conditions. one go to consult for $20.00. the larger ones go for 25. is selling

the milk also means extra cash for these women in rural zimbabwe. they say they prefer rearing matter. bailey goats because they are steady and much more likely to survive. the long dry periods here made was by climate change was the doug i choose, i would to, to downward in oakland circle, bitter zone legos are low maintenance, much for other cows. they can get pregnant twice a year. so we make money. foster is quick cash to help us base 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 here every year . temperatures frequently reach a 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're trend through a shift of the way that they do business the way that they think and operate and actually say with the resources that we have. you can actually cushion i yourselves from some of the 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. gen increasingly hush, environment harder mikasa al jazeera banga, zimbabwe still had on the news our kidnappings. on the rise in haiti, we hear from a teenage girl who was snatched off the streets as she walked home from school. how

the increased use of hydro power in georgia threatening a species of fish that lived alongside the dinosaurs coming up in for the football club and wales getting a hollywood treatment. a very, very famous owners to town. ah, ah. hello, good to see you. we've had a firehose 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 coming out. sure. on friday, but i think as we get through friday, those weather alerts for flooding will be dropped. also disturbed weather through france, the 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 disturbing, still parked over the central mediterranean, so red weather alerts in 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 frontally at 26 degrees. and then we've got disturbed weather for eastern turkey with some high elevation snow off to africa right now. and through beneath we have seen flooding across about half of the country, but dry conditions in store on friday. and then meanwhile to the west, we do have our storms, so i'll be john thunder downpours with a high of 27 degrees. that's it. that's all season the the climate has changed.