hi, percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skin. the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that is seen united kingdom fail, it citizens, britain's true colors part to on out just sierra. oh i the leader of iso has been killed. the raid by us special forces took place in serious italy, problems. ah rahman, you're watching all just like my headquarters here in the hall also coming up, offering to mediate turkeys president visits ukraine and mounting tensions with russia. also the prospect of permanent removal in public life than to lead to things as new charges in cause and back in business finally reopened to all foreign

visitors after the 2 years of pen demik restrictions. ah welcome. b us says the leader of iso has been killed in a special forces operation in northwest and syria. ibrahim, of how she me correct. she was one of at least 13 people, including 6 children who died during the raid in the town of at mann in rebel held it live providence. it was the biggest us re the since an attack in $29.00 team that killed the previous leader of i sold, our white house correspondent can be how kit has more. this horrible terrorist leader is no more in an address to the nation. the roosevelt room of the white house us president joe biden spoke about the operation. he ordered that killed the isolator abu ibrahim l, how she, me, al,

karachi. and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terrace chose its ron himself was families, including children. we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk than our to our own people, rather than targeting him with an air strike. as us special forces moved in the ice, a leader reportedly detonated an explosive and a final act of desperate cowardice. he chose to blow himself up, taking several members of his family with him. the mission happened thursday in northwestern, syria in it live province. residence on the ground said at least 13 people, including children, were killed in the operation. the pentagon said there were no true casualties. if the president were biden, his vice president and national security advisors over saw the mission from the situation room of the white house. it was the biggest us rated,

syria says the 2019 operation that killed the ice. a leader abu bakar albert daddy . this operation was literally months. in the planning, the u. s. targeted the ice a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west proseries. it may be the only a silver lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares. so a one advantage in the sense is that this is now go to your back into, into the news. despite efforts to limit casualties,

some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was taken to protect innocent lives. kimberly help get al jazeera, the white house, the saudi that coalition fighting in yemen has lodged too, as strikes on who the rebel positions near the capital sinner. now one of those hit near the cities international airport. this is the moment fine to just bomb the area, the strength of intensified in the last few weeks following who feet massage launches against the united arab emirates. the united states as announced its latest round of proposed weapons sales to the middle east. the united arraignments is set to buy $65000000.00 worth of missiles and radar systems. saudi arabia is looking to improve its anti missile defense capabilities with a $23700000.00 upgrade. but the biggest ticket item is to jordan, which is buying $4200000000.00 worth of fight address to expand its f. 16 fleet

to his president. his offer to mediate between ukraine and russia ripped up odo and held talks with ukraine's president lottery zalinski. and yes, now that i'm ski, welcome, the author the pants, signed a series of comic deals including want to produce turkish drones in ukrainian factories. i will visit comes a sensitive time. i would like to reiterate that we continue to support sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine included in crimea. i appreciate the messages of the ukrainian and administrators, especially mister president, to emphasize common sense and dialogue. as i've emphasized before, turkeys prepared to undertake its paw in order to end the crisis. hot abdulla mi, possible from kev. i think it's a relationship that is improving by the day. i'm in these economic does a very important for both countries. and then turkey has always said that it, the delia integrity of ukraine must be respected in the past president air to

one has also said that it would be very unwise of russian president vladimir putin to have a military escalation or indeed to invade ukraine. so turkey was very clear on his position or all along, and actually i think there was a very symbolic imagery when he arrived at the presidential palace earlier today, he was received in rad pomp. and then the turkish president stopped looked at the parade there and said, slab o gray, you know, which means glory ger crane. i think that says a very strong message on where he stands when it comes to this crisis. the problem is, he is a nato member. and so at the sued employed, he is also in a difficult position because he does enjoy it too. he does enjoy a good relations with russia, even though they don't agree on certain files. for example, on syria and olivia. but duke,

he would like to keep that relationship while going ahead with his relationship or with ukraine and being an a to member the 2nd largest army of nato's. is it certainly a very important position there miles, as did lead. unsung suji is due to appear in court again. she's already been sentenced to 6 years in detention. the new charges could lead her to complete removal from public life. teddy changes following developments for us from buying cars just brings up to speed tonia. what we know about these new charges oh, well, very little at this stage. in fact, new charges were added last night on the 8 p. m. mamma t. v bulletin. they said they were going to be new corruption charges added to the ones that are already are facing her to day. i think what's also gonna be interesting is whether she actually appears in court today. we understand that yesterday she was feeling well, we've spoken to her lawyers today. they said that yesterday she was exhausted from

her journey from her place of detention to the court. they weren't sure whether they get a chance to see her. the trial should be starting in about 30 minutes inside an episode of capital of myanmar. but i think many people regard these charges as trumped up the military government after the crew announced that they had uncovered vast sums of money. they made all sorts of accusations of corruption, but they've actually produced very little evidence against it. and i think most people assume looking at these charges and the cases for which he has already been sentenced. think that this is just a way that the military government is. this was designed to keep her out of public life for the foreseeable future. and because of her ability to win elections pretty much, it will always just observe what the 1st year of the military crew, cuckoo that happened in the country. so she was sort of this great hope for her

people in the outside world when she sort of got back into public life. it was an easy sort of navigating a path with the military. but she also disappointed the international community with her stance on the ring garrett's, it's mixed reactions to the way she's being treated and how the outside world perceives how to deal with what's going on in court right now. but it's interesting, if you look at the way the outside world has perceived her and how she's perceived inside mamma, she's still very much seen as this beacon of for in the fight for democracy. but i think what we sent over the last 12 months is the fight for democracy. continuing in a week now seeing peaceful struggle on the streets, peaceful demonstrators missing arms struggle of people taking up arms to fight against the military to oppose the q and us all of this is being done with uncensored, she completely removed. i think people are now starting to question inside myanmar, whether she should still be the forefront of the fight for democracy as she voted

in 20 twenty's election. it would have been hard for uncensored she to predict her greatest political success would lead to her downfall. since last he has coo and myanmar, she has been detained in isolation, only appearing in court to face charges that may lead to years in prison. what is said, none. the less senior members of her party believe she still has a major role to play period. she will have to do more and more for democracy and for obama. yeah, i am now approaching 58. she is $76.00, but she is much healthier than me for the events of the past year have shown the uncensored. she's policy of engaging the military. didn't work, she even went so far as to defend the armies violent cracked down against the ringer that lost him many supporters on the global stage while that didn't punish

her reputation at home. it also failed to stop the generals of seizing control and hi, the majority of the people understand that, you know, uncensored, she was trying her a compromised solution compromised approach. she went as far as appeasing the military in power. ah, but of course that fav, it's very hard to get a sense of public opinion inside mamma, with the military arresting people for their political beliefs. but here in the tie border town of myself as a large exiled community and a variety of opinions about the woman. simply known as the lady, me who i went and santucci to be released so that things can change them all and our holiday. i wanna, i want new people to take over these positions because she is too old and those people should be young like us. her test is continued to take to the streets,

risking their lives to oppose military rule and calling for new men, mar, freed, from the constraints of the past. all of this is happening without on sons who t if or when she's released. she may find herself in a much diminished ro, tony cheng al jazeera. on the time man, mom buddha ball still had hail on al jazeera, west african leaders hold an emergency summit with a warning that democracy is in crisis across the region. and pressure grows on the u. k. prime minister's 4 of his top aides resigned within hours of each other. ah well, possibly the most severe winter storm so far is going on at the moment in the u. s . this is all the cold air. it's gone right down to the gulf coast. this is friday

for august. high in houston of for new orleans of neither is wants. clearly that's where the coal comes to the warm. you get this particularly huge amount of snow. sometimes ice, you know, this is freezing. rain freezes on contact. that's the dangerous stuff. so snow 1st followed by really cold air. the snow falling in boston, eventually new york than it tails off the fed. the south you all was rain of course, headed whole system is moving. see if you got right now, you'll get snow later. here down in the southern states, these are maximum temperatures. so nashville to go. you go about minus one. but as you can see, no significance, no heed appalachians of fun. they got rid of it is just re left to hard. dallas die as a high, a high on friday of minus one at his dance, but minus 11 overnight, overseas. well below where the average should suggested to be, and this is the picture on saturday, the sun gets to work. it starts to warm up a little bit. it is till coat. obviously the next snow moving through the canadian prairies that co day when it leaks out cross the gulf of mexico ready peps up

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the me you want to i'll just bear with me. so he'll run the reminder of all top stories. he was president joe 5 says the leader wizell has been killed in a rated syria abraham. out of hash me l, correct. she blew himself up, a special false as advanced, and it'll, it probably turkeys president is offered to mediate between ukraine, russian, all the, it's to kia versus the ones that dialogue was the only way to resolve the standup. you claim, as a wealth of the proposal, be about ousted lead on sunday, facing the charges in court, including corruption, who's already been sentenced to 6 years in prison. west african regional blog echo us has held an emergency summit to discuss recent coups in the region. calling for a democratic transition, it became faster and they've agreed to send military forces to stabilize guinea besought m interest reports. now, from the talks of don as capital across, gunners,

president and chairman, of course, not go for, i don't cause with a contagious the rest of africa on the continent. western allies worked with concern up to multiple military cause in west africa. the research due to who did ties in our region as a matter of grave concern. this evolution challenges the democratic way of life we have chosen. let's address the danger, dangerous tread, collectively and define before a devastation the whole legion. the threats of cutting of economic ties and shutting borders of so far afield to dissuade coupons in the region in less than 2 years. at least full schools have taken place in west africa, including 2 in miami, with no success in regional leaders effort to get money back to them. a critic system that i feel as a potential coup lotus in west africa could be involved in that experts say was

what happened in guinea b r y, who was recently foiled. they won that failure to send us progress signal, including military intervention makes the regional block look weaker and irrelevant in the light of recent quantity of development in the region. the only military commitment that he just can give for now it's going to be so only for stabilization purposes in the short term, to prevent any sufficient decided to, to send the 1st 70 vision some additional in the country. experts say, where the state of military coups in the region, even the most stable democracies, vulnerable in lot of these so called democratically elected countries. ok, the claim to be graphically elected, engage instead in activities that look more like military dictatorship. the manipulate leticia to the extent the rule that grows, violation of rights,

are not able to deliver on the 2 main functions of the states, including one human security. and secondly, physical security. the last time was african vida sent the military force to stop unconstitutional. change of government was 5 years ago. that deployment force to interact, child for my going to be president, germany, or if he used to concede defeat up to lose an election. but at the moment, member state center to send that. so just to confirm, cool, need this on there. many having to fight that will battles, i guess, internal and external, right? but if and when they agree to other factors will come into play. these include where funds for site your force will come from what will be mended and for how long questions that lead us at this summit have no answers for, at least for now. how many degrees algebra across gonna the full

senior aids to the u. k. prime minister have quit within hours of each other. they include bars, johnson's chief of staff, private secretary, and director of communications. the all 3 have been implicated and the government's response to lockdown parties. the full fe, the head of policy, with their beers of said that she'd quit because of a false accusation. johnson made against the leader of the opposition. re challenge has more from the south of england. miramar in her resignation letter said you are a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand, which is why it is desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scarlet accusation against the leader of the opposition. now the other resignations ah, basically be being presented by lawless, the prime minister as part of this big, clear routes that he promised of the downing street operation following the su gray report. but i have to say it doesn't seem like he's in control of these resignations at the moment and there's

a sense that these are people leaving a sinking ship dominic cummings, of course no friends of the prime minister, his former aid now arch enemy tweeted out here on the day it's the mistaken signal that the bunker is collapsing, and this prime minister is finished. well, the 1st minister of northern ireland is also resigned because of post breakfast customs checks on goods crossing from the rest of the u. k. his party, which usually aligns itself with prime minister boris johnson's government has routinely criticize the terms of the deal with the european union. our institutions are being tested once again and the delicate balance created by the belfast anson boundaries. agreements. husband impacted by the agreement made by the united kingdom government and the european union, which created the northern iron protocol. us president joe biden has outlined new

measures to tackle rising gun violence. biden visited new york city where 5 police officers have been shot this year. gabriel alexander has the story in many cities in america, gun violence is on the rise, including in new york, where thousands of police officers lined the street to say good bye. after 2 officers were shot to death in an ambush. the gun used to kill the officers was a glock, 45, equipped with an illegal modified drum magazine. they could hold 50 rounds. joe biden was in new york on thursday touring communities on the front lines of gun violence. americans murder rate has jumped nearly 30 percent in recent years. and gun sales have swords since the start of the endemic in the us. more than 30 police officers have been shot so far this year. bye to or new york's police headquarters . where he rejected calls from summon his party to reign in police spending. the

answer is not to fund the police. is to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners. that's why i called on the congress to pass a budget later this year that provides cities like new york and others with additional $300000000.00 for community policing. but already the budget of the new york police department, the largest in the us, is $10000000000.00 a year. if we start to find him public safety though in terms of how much money we spend on police, that's the wrong approach. we should be asking for metrics that measure community well be, safety, school attendance, employment. all the things that we care about in a neighborhood should be the way we defined safety. not simply how much we're spending on policing or how many officers there are in the city. on thursday president by announced new initiatives to try to slow down gun violence, including the launching of 5 illegal gun task force is meant to try to stop the

flow of illegal guns traveling between different states. new york's mayor eric adams points to the so called iron pipeline, the name given by law enforcement to a loose connection of highways from the southern us to the northeast, used by gun smugglers to move weapons. we go to break and destroy the pipeline that allow southern states in this country to produce weapons that ends up on the street and take the lives about police offices. the community advocate, say biden, and adams policies. just focus on more police. we can over police communities, particularly the communities of color, and think that this is going to be the solution. it's short sighted. it's an old practice and tactic that adams with the mayor wants to take on. and it really focuses on incarcerating or bringing those policing tactics into mostly communities

of color. everyone agrees the violence needs to stop. the question is only how best to do it. gabriel is condo, it new york and bali has reopened to all foreign travellers. the indonesian island depends heavily on tourism and lifting all meshes despite rise and cove in 1900 cases. now the 1st direct flight in nearly 2 years landed on thursday. people will have to call on team for between 5 to 7 days, depending on the vaccination status. jessica washington has more from the is say, one of the reopening, and i don't think there's any expectation of an overnight recovery for volleys economy. this is expected to be a gradual process. as you mentioned overnight, the 1st direct international flight landed in bali and even though there were only 12 passengers on board that flight from japan, they were greeted with quite a lot of fanfare and even applause. because there is a sense that this recovery is now underway. that follies,

tourism is slowly on the process of going back to normal. now they do have to undergo mandatory quarantine of 5 days, but that is now being marketed as a warm up vacation that these, these travellers won't be confined to their rooms. they will be able to enjoy hotels facilities. this reopening coincides with a rise in coven 1900 cases here in indonesia, yesterday, on thursday, more than 27000 cases were reported. and as a result, president joe come with joe, has all the relevant ministers to reassess the current restrictions and whether they are sufficient. but he also stressed that indonesia isn't a very different position to what happened last year. as a delta variance swept through the country. you may remember people couldn't get into hospital cemeteries with overwhelmed people couldn't access the basics like, like oxygen. the president has stressed that the country isn't much better stage of

preparedness. and a situation like that is very unlikely that hundreds of serbian activists have blocked belgrade city center, demanding the end to lithium mining. now the protest started last november and led to the government. rebecca licenses from mining giant rear tinto. but demonstrators was further action and i'm calling for a complete ban. now california, the hunt is on for lithium that the prize metal is one of the key components of electric vehicle batteries in the drive to combat global warming. rob rentals reports from imperial, which is looking to strike it. rich. california is salt and see shimmers like a mirage and an arid land. but its waters are nearly lifeless. full of salt and agricultural chemical run off the farm and communities near the sea are among the poorest in the us, with high unemployment and nearly one and 4 people living in poverty. frank salazar is a local resident and activist, but we lack is opportunity. you know,

i think opportunity is what we need here in this, in this county. the salt and see is shrinking as streams are diverted. to farming on windy days, toxic dust from the dry lake shore fowls, the air. when you look at the asthma levels of our local children, when you look at the cancer levels of our local residence there through the roof but far below the seas, flor lies a vast reservoir of super heated water rich in lithium. the element used to create batteries for electric vehicles and a key to slowing global warming. we have what some of described as a saudi arabia of lithium here in the state of california. the stakes are high, not only for the regions, future prosperity, but for us national security. the u. s. wants a domestic supply of lithium today. more than 80 percent of all, lithium is mind in australia, chile, and china. but the salt and seas,

treasure trove of the mineral, could change those numbers dramatically. we expect to produce about a 3rd level in from this site. it's incredible. resource companies are already drilling what you say in the background. there are 2 production wells full diamond wells that will produce enormous amounts of ron to fade the plant that which will be located. he state and local officials envision a lithium based industrial complex with battery factories, an electric car manufacturing, while paint job with benefits that currently are in here in imperial county salivate. when i think about it 510 years down the road, how big it can be? conservationists like aileen anderson, approve of the environmentally friendly extraction process, powered by geothermal energy. they hope lithium projects will generate funds to restore the salt and see which is a crucial stop over point for migrating birds. and she's looking at the big picture

for going to transition to clean energy and get off our fossil fuel addiction, where things are going to being changed, your opponent, hope for a region down on its luck. and a planet heating up. robert holds al jazeera imperial, california outside the olympic headquarters in switzerland hours before the opening ceremony of the winter olympic games in beijing. activists accused the committee of complicity in atrocities committed against weaker and tibetan minorities. more than 10 nations of staging, a diplomatic boy cost of the games. now the us house speaker nancy pelosi is accused the committee of putting money before human rights. now the i o. c. h by corporate sponsors, once again turns a blind eye with the 2022 winter olympics just to bolster their bottom lines. mister ivan then just as i said,

if we do not speak out against human rights violations in china because of commercial interest, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations. anywhere . rescue workers america are digging for a day to reach a child who is trapped in a while. the 5 year old boy fell down the 30 to meet a deep while while making his way home as to now of rescue to reach the bottom. so heavy diggers have been brought in. they've been managed all they've managed to send the boy oxygen and water. ah, what's going on there with lisa who robin in her reminder of our top new stories us present jo biden's as the leader of isaac, has been killed and arrayed in syria. i will ibrahim of hashmi. l, correct. she blew himself up. a special forces advanced in the libyan province of.