decade long civil war says he's now fighting a drug epidemic. the work that the former warlords officer boy, he has done with treat children, has attracted their helpless sentiment b as protected in effect from public crawford church. and despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country ah, the you and warns of an explosion of child death in the horn of africa. if the world doesn't act immediately to a virtue famine. ah,

lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london, also coming up ukraine's president says stalemate is not an option. as his forces cling on in the ruins of the east institute to vote annette. thousands of people set off from southern mexico with the goal of reaching the united states. and in a blow to apple, the e u agrees all new mobile phones, tablets, and other devices must use the same kind of charger cable by 2024. ah, i know the u. n. has warned the world should widen its gauge from the war ukraine and act immediately to prevent somalia from sliding into famine. 4 consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the horn of africa, triggering the worst drought in more than 40 years. trout and disease have killed about 3000000 lives talk over the past year. this is left families unable to rely

on their heads for meet milk and trade. as the ukraine conflict pushes up global food and fuel prices. 71000000 people nearly half the population are already going hungry with more than 200000. on the brink of starvation, 386000 children are an urgent need of treatment for life threatening money, attrition in 2011 when famine killed hundreds of thousands of people. that number was 340000 b u. n says or near 3rd of the 250000000 dollars needed to prevent a catastrophe has been raised. and if nothing is done, they'll be an explosion of child death. welcome web reports from the somali port city of cas, my. you went to the law. he bully, have children, died of hunger and thirst. he says he was left with no choice. he abandoned the only life he's ever known as magic heard. he says he was caught between the armed

group ash bob and worsening drought. most of the cows perished, told us he left the last animals to die and he walked with his surviving daughter far dosa for 3 weeks to reach here. camp for displaced people in the port city of kiss, my in somalia. my wife lost her mind that was after we were unable to get food for children. the last i heard she tried to walk to market, but then i don't have the strength to look for. i don't have shelter, i don't have anything to eat. i have nothing after law he and for dosa have joined thousands of people already in this camp. many of them lost their animals in previous drowns and haven't been able to restock their heads. more than half of somalis depend on hurting livestock turn. dry scrubbing to mill can meet that people have survived on for thousands of years, but the drought to becoming more frequent and worse to the camps in cities like

kiss my i grow bigger. many of the people here may never go back, guessing harder and harder for people to survive in the countryside. this is another food source to fish in the sea. there were many decades of the preventative field fishing, like many other parts of the world haven't been picked up the law. he knew her mood says he would never have dreamt of eating fish. when he was heard. then his sheep and goats were wiped out in a drought 5 years. again. he says he then struggled to survive in a camp and kiss maya until the you ends, food and agriculture organization bought him a boat and trained him to fish. there's a big difference. as a lifestyle keeper, life is always about struggling with drought and trying to recover from it. yeah, deficient the ocean, you have to learn many things. a lot. the ocean itself is like

a university. you need to study books up the law. he spent years learning and says he can now get a good catch 5 days a week. his money here and is enough to pay school fees for his children. the u. n said many more people could be helped in the same way. they had to be crisis, he's also be coming out of by my vision crisis and but it requires more did i bought a solution by supporting the official sector, which was a huge partition where they can diversify and improve their perspective new nutrition. it's not clear how the millions of somalis in the countryside, they'll survive in a warm of world war won't, they'll eat what it may be, some on is 3000 kilometer coastline, and it's fish can help malcolm web al jazeera kiss, my somalia, petro wilton is head of communications for the world food program in somalia, he says the number of people now affected by the dropped is staggering. 7.1000000

people facing critical food insecurity. that's almost half the population. $200000.00 plus of those are looking at really catastrophic food insecurity, right on the edges. foundation back somalia, amongst the worst on the whole in the world. and some of those camps are internally displaced persons. they are growing day by day, week by week they look like cities and they keep increasing in size. this is a country on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, on the brink of famine. but it is not too late to to turn this around. the crisis in somalia was already disastrous, really. and from the start of the year, before you praying process, food prices were already soaring. you got blind stock, dying, serial, harnessed, sailing way below long term ever reaches. now the concern is that the ukraine

crisis will just exacerbate, ah, current government says it will only be able to support $2000000.00 tons of grain a month. if russia refuses to lift a blockade of its black sea port. if the blockade is lifted, you creating officials estimate it will take 6 months to d. mind the surrounding waters, western in global grain shortage agreements. as 2 major ports on the sea of as off occupied by russian forces are ready to resume green shipments. but ukraine must 1st be mine the coast, more than $20000000.00 tons of ukrainian grain. a stock waiting for export president brought him as landscape says this could rise to 75000000 by autumn. zelinski says stalemate is not an auction, and his country will fight to recover all the territory occupied by russian forces . his troops are battling street to street to defend the eastern city of several jeanette's. russia has sent war troops to the area to try to encircle a city,

a local official say ukraine is in control of several donuts industrial zone and as ot chemical plant. while the rest of the city has fallen to russian forces, who also bombarding the neighboring city of lucy, shuns rushes as it now controls. 97 percent of new hands province, president says he says russia may have the numbers in the dumbass region, but his side has every chance of fighting back. heaves forces using battle tanks to carry out quick hitting run attacks as part of their counter offensive. some ukrainian trips than dumbass, reaching missing using a t h. a tank they said was captured from the russian army. charles stratford is in cave with more on the fighting sir, than exc and neighboring lucy chance get the last 2 towns in the lou ganske region that are not under full russian control and we understand according to the ukrainians, they actually contradicting the russians and sang that ukrainian forces are in

control of the industrial area of that to city russians. the russian forces in control of the majority of the residential areas, the ukrainian saying that up to 12000 civilians are still inside the city. now we don't know whether in fact they're trapped all they are refusing to leave. it's important to recognize that in our travels in that eastern region, going into frontline cities and towns like silver, their nets, the people that you do meet when even won't tell you on the camera, but they are sympathetic to russian forces and to russia control in that area so simply are waiting for russians to arrive. we do know that the happening, evacuations today, earlier today, up from the neighboring town of lucy chanced. we know that there been some evacuations from there today. around 30 people only evacuated from there. we also know how dangerous it is, as you can imagine, trying to get civilians out of their ukrainians though,

remaining optimistic. they saying that certainly over the weekend on reporting that the russians controlled around 80 percent of severed and that's ukrainians. now a saying that they have taking back control of around 50 percent of that, 80 percent that they initially admitted that the russians controlled. so yes, a lot of heavy fighting in the east today. thousands of refugees and migrant. so set off from south mexico, heading north towards the united states. most of the ma, venezuelans activist, say the group could be one of the regions largest migrant caravans. in recent years . between 4 and 5000 people left the border city of tampa tuna on monday. a time the departure to coincide with the summit of the americas. this week. i'm garafallo as being walking with the caravan. we're in southern mexico walking among thousands of migrants. the estimates that we've heard are anywhere between $4.50 migrants that are making their way from southern mexico with the end goal of reaching the southern united states. the vast majority of people that we've encountered are from

venezuela. there are also people here from cuba, from countries and central america and elsewhere. 4 in the world. but again, one of the reasons that we're seeing such a mass mobilization of people is because of this idea that there are safety and numbers. there are immigration authorities that have been moving up and down the road throughout the course of the day. but they've, for the most part, simply allowed people to make their way north this migrant care van taking place right now, also happens to coincide with the summit of the americas taking place in the city of los angeles this week. this is something that is very much on the minds of the migrants that are, that are walking in this in this punishing heat of southern of southern mexico. but again. 4 unlike previous migrant caravans, this one is very homogenous, made up almost entirely, a venezuelan migrants, all of them saying that their goal is to reach the united states. the actor matthew mcconaughey who was born and you found a texas has met us president joe biden and made an emotional plea for congress to

take action to stop gun violence. 19 children and 2 teachers were killed last month when a gunman opened fire in rub elementary school in about a may day wor, green high top converse with heart. she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature. camilla scott, the shoes can you show the shoes for these every day? be the same green converse on her feet. that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could i bid to buy her at the shooting. that can bo size rise above can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life preservation problem on our hands. still to come this alpha brazilian police

launch a criminal investigation into the disappearance of an indigenous rights activist and british journalist last scene in the amazon plus a line under the issues. clues, a bruised but undeterred britain's prime minister vows to get on with the job. after mary surviving a confidence stage ah hello welcome to look at the international forecasts. thanks for joining in. so our plum rains wobbling across southern sections of china. it's giving us so drenching for that only hong kong, but also ty, pay get in, strike with some pretty solid bands of rank. at one point this did extend up through japan, but the bulk of that activity is pushed out toward the pacific, but still some lingering showers for tokyo. so that's going to put

a cap on your temperatures and looking ahead at the extended forecast, it looks like a gloomy pattern is setting up, your temperatures will come up a bit. however, now for the southwest monsoon, it is pepin up the rain around the and m n c. and we've also got some jolts and bolts, thunderstorms in the forecasts for both call them poor and especially jakarta, on wednesday. not rain, but the snow. we've been dealing with for that southeast corner of australia. so over here some of the ski resorts 30 centimeters of fresh snow. but this is also triggering some avalanches in the area and the bulk of this activity pushed out toward the tasman so much more settled conditions. temperatures will come up a bit as well in the days to come, and then we've got some what, whether that's going to leak into w a, but not bad when you consider what's going on in new zealand, especially around the southern alps, a lot of activity there take her that her weather up, they'd soon, ah,

african narratives from african perspectives now, but oh boy, yeah. how about his big blue? i shift blue, short documentary by african filmmakers from democratic republic of congo. and wanda, there was never going to be letting an obstacle just stand in front of you. you ladies, what made the intimate connection between myself and drawn dot diggers and merchants, and frankly, africa direct on al jazeera lou ah, or one of the top stories you're not 0. un says, the world must act immediately, or there will be an explosion of child deaths in the horn of africa. 14000000

people in somalia, kenya, and ethiopia are at risk of starvation is malia about 800000 people of left the countryside to seek help in camps. ukrainian troops are currently battling a street to street to defend the eastern city of several donetta. russia has sent war troops there to encircle the city. president, he says, stalemate is not an option, and ukraine will win back all its territory. and thousands of people have set off from southern mexico, heading north towards the united states. most of them are venezuelans, actors say it could be one of the regions largest migrant caravans. in recent years, brazilian police have opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of an indigenous affairs expert and a veteran british journalist in a remote region of the amazon. bruno barrera. a brazilian specialist on isolated tribes and a high profile supporter. the indigenous community was traveling with british

report a dom phillips. and will are seen on sunday on a boat in a part of the rain forest. where indigenous groups are under threat from illegal miners, loggers and cocaine producers. phillips has written a series of articles supporting the indigenous community activists. the men received threats last week. out of there is monica yet. here recently traveled through the same region and worked with bruno para yes, we were like, ah, for like almost 10 days together, we went on an expedition exactly similar to the one word dawn. our phillips was in awe, but in a bit it, he took it upon himself to train. ah, there shove id, people there, there of 5. i indigenous tribes were a bit more to, to do their own police savings. so they had cellular apps. they had satellite information, satellite maps to map of these illegal fishermen and poachers that have been going into their territory and, and fishing and, and there was

a lot of violence. we went out with the crews were all armed. ah, they had been shot at before. so a, it is a place where i mean if you disappeared city vast land. it's like the size of morocco with almost no people there. so he was training these people just to find that to track these trespassers. ah, finding clues he really loves his job. ah, he's very, very engaged, he's a local among these indigenous tribes he's, he's their friend and they really respect him. so, and he is a very experienced person. that's why everybody was very worried because it's not like an adventure and a responsible thing that they did. they, they go very well prepared on all these expeditions. they just don't go on their own and disappear. so that's why people are worried out 0 media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist and

the occupied westbank. sharina work lay was shot in the head by israeli forces. while she was on assignment in janine, on the day of her funeral israeli forces stormed the procession and started beating mourners, causing pull bears almost to drop her casket. members of the international community have condemned her killing and continue to cool for an investigation. i work lay was without his era for 25 years, covering the story of the israeli occupation. she was known as the voice of palestine. hours after surviving a bruising confidence vote. british prime minister burst johnson has told his cabinet to get on with the job, but with 41 percent of his own lawmakers voting against him. there are still big questions hanging over his future jolly angela reports from london. support from his cabinet. after a night when boris johnson's political life faced its biggest challenge, yet the prime minister was eager to bash on with business. as usual. thank you very much. you're very good to this. to see you. all right,

i'll be good quite by the way, all good work yesterday because i was a very, very with his i, we're able to draw a line under the issues. all poses a want to talk about a we're ready to get a little he but what i the people this country was what we are doing to help them on to take the country. oh, appointment of the prime minister and his loyalists want to push past the embarrassing result. where 41 percent of conservative m. p 's voted against him, hoping now the rest of the party and the public will let go of their anger about his transgressions. including the party gates saga wet johnson and many of his staff broke covert 19 looked down rules at downing street gatherings. because clearly back the prime minister think that he got a fixed penalty notice coming to gathering away he was taken by surprise of the birthday cake. everyone knows the circumstances around, but he's answered honestly gray report to parliament at length. he's overhauled the

operation opportunities apologize. i think a lot of people think it's time to move on. we've had that very yesterday. we call a packed agenda dealing with the cost of living, cra, fighting crime, the leveling law from regeneration bill go to the house of commons, some of those who want him gone say they won't give up. others say they will accept their defeat. we had a vote, i voted against him, i lost. and now my duty is to accept the results, move on and try and put together with the rest of the conservative party policies which will reconnect with the public again. under current rules, johnson should be safe from another challenge for a year, but those rules can be changed by special parliamentary committee. some conservative mp said they'll give the prime minister until the next party conference in october to prove he's fit to lead. the prime minister says the focus now should be on the challenges ahead facing the country. soaring energy cost inflation, waiting time to medical treatment. the northern ireland protocol,

which aims to prevent a hard border off to bricks. it tough decisions for which he'll need his party and public on board. but polls suggest that trust may have gone. charlie angela al jazeera london, belgium's king felipe has arrived in the democratic republic of congo for a 6 day visit, with many calling for him to apologize for his country's brutal colonial rule. is the 1st time a belgium monarch has travelled to the d. r. c. in more than a decade, king felipe has previously expressed regret over the suffering inflicted during belgian rule. but he is not issued a formal apology. millions of congolese are believed to have been killed or mutilated. the democratic republic of congo gained independence in 1960 south africa as governing party. the african national congress has called for the swift extradition of radish and utter gupta. after they were arrested in the united arab emirates, the brothers wanted on charges of corruption and fraud. linked to the relationship with former president,

jacob's human. it alleged they handpicked cabinet appointments and siphoned off billions of state funds before fleeing in the country in 2018 for a minute report some janice burge rejection i took to flit south africa in 2018 after being charged with fraud corruption and money laundering. although an interpol read notice has led to the rest of the brothers and to buy it may be some time before their extradited. presumably these, these a suspects will be brought before a court. and they will then utilize their rights to trying to resist the extradition. but it, is there a petition to stop the expedition is not successful. and we would expect to see that that request ratified by the relevant authorities and then for them to be physically put on a plan and brought back to south africa. but it could, it could take some time. the group does immigrated from india to south africa in

the early 19 ninety's. their relationship with former president jacob summa is at the center of the scandal surrounding the family zoom, or was forced to resign in 2018, falling pressure from within his party. it's alleged the good does influence government policy and the appointment of cabinet ministers and looted state funds and estimates. $32000000000.00 was stolen during zoom was 9 years in office. the former president is facing a separate trial on charges of fraud, linked to a multi $1000000.00 arms deal of the group to family members and associates a currently on trial for allegedly siphoning off state funds meant for farming projects. the group to brothers also implicated many south africans have welcomed the arrest, but to political commentator, to say allegations of corruption at the highest levels of government may not be limited to the zoom administration current president obama ports as facing his own scandal. he's accused of failing to report the 2025th of up to $4000000.00 from his

farm in the limpopo province from eda miller, i'll 0 johannesburg, nearly $12000000.00 students across china. her started sitting some of the most competitive university entrance exams in the world, or their affairs for their well being. as the government 0, coven restrictions are adding extra pressure to already stress students go to new ports or measuring these teenagers are about to take exams, which many believe will make or break their future. chinese university entrance assessments called the cow cow are among the toughest in the world. almost 12000000 students are sitting them this year, and the pandemic has created some of the most stressful conditions in the exams. history. temperatures are checked upon. entry boards with fevers are immediately isolated, but there are other challenges. 18 year old charlotte song has been studying at home for 13 hours a day. current of hours,

restrictions and aging forced all classes on line adding to the pressure says her mother feel andreotti bush. a tear physically going to school is very important as for meeting peers, teachers, and relieving stress passings. a protest being an outbreak in beijing and she's been able to go to school again. this time for the critical period leading up to the cow cow are the exam results are considered crucial for a good career. and competition and chinese job market has intensified in recent years. the unemployment rate for university graduates has soared since the beginning of the pandemic. among some employers ac that now they will look at your gal, how school delicate university you went to. and that's how they'll filter when they get lots, not applicants though. i think definitely among more traditional employers like the government or like state dent, prizes is a really huge factor in whether or not you're going to get an interview for it. so he does. madison is usually important as on critics of the exam say, well kept unfairly advantage those living in bigger cities. others say they give

those in poorer areas an equal opportunity to improve their prospects. these national exams are taken place from tuesday until friday, and they're so important that authorities have blocked off all of the roads around new school and testing venue to ensure that students aren't disturbed by noisy traffic. but not all eligible students are sitting the cow cow. this week in shanghai, they've been postponed to next month. the financial center is exiting a brutal 2 month virus lockdown students. they're endured food shortages and constant virus testing. in addition to isolation, one jogs relieve the same measures weren't in person b ging. so that one says he has adorable to children for my generation. only have one child be an ordinary family. if our daughter fails, lose exams or how can they help her find a good job or today would be very hard for cl it songs exam results will be out in

a few weeks. meanwhile, she's planning to celebrate their completion with her favorite food. katrina, you out a 0 aging. the days of searching for the right mobile phone charger could be coming to an end. the european union is agreed that by 2024, all new portable electronic devices must use the same kind of charger. as a major blow to apple isn't at a butler ports from paris. with so many small electronic devices on the market, there's a constant demand for charges shops like this one in paris. so the 3 models that are available in the european union, but soon they'll only need to sell one because onto new e rules. manufacturers will have to produce the same standard charger for firm one . it's a very good idea if something works there, it's better for us. we're here to sell home with all the new legislation means that across the european union, phone charges and small electronic devices. we'll all have to use the u. s. b c

connector. that means that the micro u. s. b and the lightning become obsolete. u. s. tech giant apple had fiercely opposed the idea of a stand a charger. the companies devices mainly use its cost to make lightning connector. apple said that a universal charger would stifle innovation and create waste as people would be forced to discard cables. but the you says that the measure is aimed at reducing waste. this agreement at what age today is a very important equity meant, which is giving a fairly good deal to all at once you merge. but it is also giving a fair deal to our environment. because ultimately we are producing between 13 to 15000 tons of electronic wastes of chargers, debt we barely ever use to block estimates. the consumers in europe spend nearly 3000000000 dollars each year on a variety of charges. so a standard model could make life cheaper,

as well as simpler for most people on my lunch break with an economically and environmentally it makes it suits everyone. it should be done. i can either send, if there's a standard charger, we won't have to shop all the time for another one. it's a brilliant idea, and it'll save money. kabuki val, it's taken the e u a decade to reach an agreement on the universal charger which will become mandatory in 2024. the block is now working on implementing a standard charger for larger electronic devices, including laptops. by 2026. natasha butler al jazeera paris. quick when you can catch up any time on our website address that is out as eric dot com ah or one of the top stories on how to 0. the un says 14000000 people in somalia.