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a survivor of the u vaal day school shooting, and parents who have lost children to gun violence. ah. hello there. i'm julie mcdonald, this is alice you, alive from london, also coming up pressure months on russia to end is blockade of ukraine's ports. it's accused of weaponized with surprise and condemning to death. millions of p whiskey at all for a better life, the migrant caravan heading to the u. s. as leaders gathered there for the summit of the americas and belgium's king returns the 1st of some 84000 artifact looted from the democratic republic of congo. during his countries, brutal colonial as we begin in the u. s. where a house committee has heard harrowing accounts from

a young survivor of the school shooting and you've all the texas and please for reforms from the parents of gun violence victims. the committees examining what it's called the quote, urge need urgent need for congress to pass common sense legislation including a ban on a so assault weapons and tougher background checks. mike, hannah reports now from capitol hill in lawmakers on capitol hill. hearing emotional 1st hand accounts of the devastating human impact of gun violence in the u. s. t. i n o i o b i. e g. oh, wait. i oh. off

to her record a testimony. the father of the 11 year old school shooting survivor told members of congress that the family is now dealing with the subsequent trauma. oh, look to day i come because their career lost my baby girl. she's that same little girl that i used to play would angram wood and do everything cuz she was that is little girl. i don't know what to do cuz i would think i would have lost my baby girl. she's everything not only for me, but her siblings and her mother. but i wish something will change, not only for kids, but every single kid in the world. schools are not safe anymore. another parent, the mother up a 21 year old, who was severely injured in the buffalo, new york shooting last month, issued a direct appeal to lawmakers. you are elected because you hadn't been chosen and

our trusted to protect us. but let me say to you here today, i do not feel protected. no citizen needs an air 15. these weapons are designed to do the most harm in the least amount of time. and on saturday may 14th. it's it a domestic terrorist, just 2 minutes to shoot and killed, and people and injured 3 others. i can still see her walking windows toward the exit. this mother called for a ban on the type of assault rifle used to kill her 10 year old daughter. in you vall, the texas, so at this moment, we asked for primers, we seek to raise the age to purchase these weapons from 18 to 21 years of age to seek red flag loss, stronger background checks. we also want to repeal gun manufacturers liability in unity. why these are measures supported by democrats in congress and echoed by several members during the hearing. no civilian needs, an assault rifle,

and the 2nd amendment does not protect the right to own a weapon of war. it's time that we banned assault rifles from our streets, from our communities, from our homes. but even on an occasion like this, the partisan divide is all to clear. republicans, wary of what they call an assault on the right to bear arms. calling for added security in schools rather than new gun control legislation too often tragedies are politicized for partisan gang. and we have seen many seek to leverage these crimes and their victims to push for lack radical left wing policies or to beatrice. their campaigns to get elected a division reflected in the senate to where 9 republican votes would be needed to pass any meaningful legislation votes that are likely to be forthcoming on anything

other than the most tepid of measures. mike hannah, ouch is era. washington ukrainian forces of pulled back to the outskirts of the eastern city of several done exc, which is now mostly under the control of russian forces. after weeks now of fierce fighting, the governor of the lou hand squeeze and says large parts of the city of been seized, but the industrial zone is still under ukrainian control. sir gay di says that russian forces of destroyed most buildings within range of their tanks and artillery several damascus, become the focus of russia's offensive in the east president brought amir da lensky, says its troops of suffered major losses. vote. gunnar has remained the epicenter of fighting the yard on vase 2 at the end of the 100 and 1st day of the log scale war. we are defending our position and inflicting of the enigma. we can

losses from the enemy, said durham forestall is very dreadful. and difficult for it, but i have asthma is one of the most difficult battles during these war. i am thankful to each and every one who is defending in this direction. to a great extent, the greater don't boss. this is being decided. they're now ukraine's ambassador to turkey says russia is demanding unreasonable conditions to live the safe passage and export of millions of tons of the countries grain that promotes a meeting in ankara, trying to ease a global ford shortage triggered by the war in ukraine. where they include russia's foreign minister, sir, j lab rav. he says, ukraine must d, mind the black sea before any grain can be shipped. the kremlin is also demanding an end to sanctions imposed after it invaded its neighbour. both he crane and the west of accused moscow, a weapon ising food supplies with russia, seizing large parts of ukraine's coast during the nearly 15 week war for the

stay on the p security for that as a little skew. any vessel wishing to use these cartilage either for loading or unloading grain, it's free to do so. we also have some d mining activities going on. but a few days ago, mr. lensky asked for weapons that can be used against russian ship. so that's a clear signal of what their intentions are. but if you crane is ready to start d mining activities, then we are to we're discussing the details with turkish defense units. well, wrestle far as our is in the turkish capital and has more on the meeting. there hasn't been any conclusive results coming out of the meeting between the russian and the turkish water ministers in ankara today. however, both for the ministers are confirmed that the tours are going to continue in come in reefs in istanbul at this time. the hope that you gain insight is also going to send a delegation to attend to these meetings according to their preliminary scheme that they are working on is to establish equitable mechanism consisting of russia,

ukraine, turkey, and the united nation. so a dis, quotable mechanism is going to, to, to, to open a safe corridor for the ships who carry the green and fertilizers from both ukraine and russia to the boss for us to be exported to the international market. one of the keys you here are, is there that the floor in minds that had been left by the ukranian army in biloxi to prevent russia one been at its coastal cities and according to the scheme at the ukrainian, turkish and russian, they were, forces are going to clear these minds to open a safe passage for their ships once the ships are saved, guarded by the torch. naval forces peel a boss for as the green and the fertilizers are going to be gathered in a center established in the stumble and from the center is going to be exported to the international market here. so, considering the fact that russia is number one and ukraine is number 5 biggest

grain exporter in the world, it's going to be crucial to reach at deal for the at the did the global food safety ah, a couple of hours, the summit of the americas will get underway in los angeles with migration, one of the main issues on the agenda. as the leaders gather, several 1000 migrants are heading north through mexico, walking almost 2000 kilometers towards the united states. manuel ro palo met. some of them, as they traveled through mexico's, she at a state a dangerous attempt on the highway in southern mexico to try to make this long trip slightly easier. it's a deadly risk that's already claimed the life of at least one member of the group. rafael, a migrant from the dominican republic says he feels lucky to be alive after falling

from a freight trailer. oh wow, good in the bus one, i'm gonna bump i was running as a truck was passing. i climbed aboard the beck and tried to grab onto but i lost consciousness and i felt the vast majority of people in this group traveling in woods, referred to as a caravan or from venezuela. despite coming all the way from south america and crossing the infamous jungles of the darien gap, many se mexico has presented the greatest dangers. not roaming around, de la, my mom, a go like a 100 migrants refer to mexico as the house of tara. when we draw the cross a jungle a 1000 times than be here, gambling we've been detained or arrested left without money. and if we go on our own one, cartels is something horrible. oh, look up in a hot water. jose is from venezuela and getting from bit of traveling with their 9 month old son. they are exhausted, finding food and a place to sleep is

a daily challenge we the lot also. it's been painful. we've suffered hunger and thought our child cries because he needs the bottle of milk and more than anything because of the sun and dehydration. the dad are you ha, the groups leaders say they hope media coverage of the journey will bring attention to a worsening migrant crisis. playing out across latin america, it's been a long day of walking and migrants are taking a break from the intense heat. in the week's le river, it's going to be a short break because it won't be long before the group gets back on the road. this may be the largest group of migrants to leave southern mexico so far this year, but it's only a small fraction of those who make their way toward the u. s. southern border. every year, monroe ended up a little al jazeera chapa's. mexico was regional leaders gala for the summit of the americas. the biden administration has unveiled a new proposed economic partnership with latin america. rob reynolds is out the

summer in los angeles, whose agenda husband, overshadowed by some discord over the guest list. hi there, world. so some countries i believe were invited and then others chose not to attend . but is it likely to be anything more than a talking show? do you think? well, we shall see. i don't think many people who are participating in this, some of the expect, any kind of grand but you know, concrete plans about trade or economic assistance to really take shape here in the summer. the thing that president biden is going to announce later today, his framework for economic growth in the hemisphere is, is going to be a work that will take years to, to implement. we're talking about of changing the supply chain, you know, creating manufacturing jobs in latin american and caribbean countries. as a way of trying to prevent or, or make it unnecessary,

really for people to leave their home countries and travel to the united states or elsewhere in the region. so some of the leaders are arriving. now we're seeing pictures of some of these presidents and prime ministers arriving president biden is here. but let's talk about who's not here. and you're absolutely right, julie, the decision by the, by, by did ministration several months ago not to invite the leaders of cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela caused an uproar among other latin american and caribbean leaders. and some of them had to be really convinced to come with a lot of personal diplomacy. nevertheless, some of the key leaders in the whole question or issue of migration from central and central america and elsewhere are not attending their sending their foreign ministers. instead that includes the president of mexico, manuel lopez over a door, the new president of honduras jim in the amino castro

and also the president of el salvador, naive kelly. so none of them are coming in person, and that is really seen as kind of a sign, i guess, of the waning influence, that the united states holes over a continent and a region where it once had pretty much unquestioned, had gemini. and it will make of the question or the, the discussions about migration issues or difficult without having the principles here to discuss them. reynolds, their life from al a rope. thank you. still to come this half hour talks aimed at ending sedans. ongoing political deadlock begin in the capital cartoon, and one dead and several seriously injured after a man drives a car into a crowded berlin before crashing to show ah,

with water levels are shooting up across the pearl river valley. hi everyone. this all has to do with our seasonal plum rains, really do in a number on southern sections of china. in fact, over the past 24 hours parts of g, one dog province had picked up more than a 100 millimeters of rain. it's going to be a washout for hong kong stretching right through to taipei and this band of rain will creep further north, closing in on shanghai or the next try. 4 to 48 hours. still some pesky showers for tokyo, so that leaves your temperature bit to be desired. there are 24 degrees. it's dry and beijing with a high of 27, some lively downpours across sumatra or power up some thunderstorms call them poor singapore and the dang on thursday. of for that southeast corner of australia, the rain starting to peter out here, but still cool conditions. let me take you towards sunday morning this what you're

going to wake up to 2 degrees in hobart. we've got polar air coming up from an article. we're likely to see some mixed precipitation here, as a snow levels dropped to about a 100 meters. now back to the here and now for w a, we've got this band of rain across the west coast. so some showers for perth at $23.00 degrees and snow for the mountain passes for the south island of new zealand . what am windy for? wellington, on thursday. that's it, susan. ah, you had a white jug, why? prosecutor? white tops and, and 16 when it happened, gets nailed. i've been in prison more years than i've been free. only. there are some folks born bad. if it's their child who is making these mistakes, they don't believe the 3rd born dad full. barnes troubles to tennessee to investigate why the state has one of the longest sentences in the us for juveniles convicted of murder. 51 years behind bars on

a just 0. ah ah, ah, reminder of our top stories here, analogy z. a u. s. house committee has heard emotional testimony for a survivor of the you've all day school shootings and parents of gun violence victims calling for gun reforms. the committee is examining a ban on assault weapons and tougher background checks. eastern ukrainian sissy of severe demette skis now mostly under the control of russian forces. after weeks of fierce fighting, the governor of the lou hands region says large parts of the city of been seized. the industrial soul is still under ukrainian control. and ukraine says russia is

demanding unreasonable conditions to live, a safe passage, an export of millions of tons of its grain. dip promotes have been meeting an encore, a trying to ease the global food shortage triggered by russia's pol cade of ukraine's ports. us secretary of state has called for an independent investigation into the killing of al jazeera journalist during abil. actually, it was challenged by america's response to the killing during a question and answer session ahead of the americas summit. for the loss of serene . she was a remarkable journalist, an american citizen, as you will know, and there too. we are determined to follow the facts and get to the truth of what happened. i know they have not yet, but know they've, i'm sorry, with respect they've not yet been established. we're looking for they've not that we are looking for an independent, credible investigation. when that investigation happens, we will follow the facts wherever they lead. it's, it's, it's straightforward is that that is not yet happened. but it's something that we

very much want to see happens. and there are media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist, sharina black. i was shot in the head by israeli forces while she was on assignment in the occupied west bank. on the day of her funeral, israeli forces storm the procession and started beating mourners, causing poll bears on the straw. her casket lackley was without jazeera between t 5 years covering the story of these really occupation. she was known as the voice of palestine. the king of belgium has broken new ground on his 1st trip to democratic republic. congo. central african nation was known as belgian congo until 960, with the european colonial rulers, guilty of decades of atrocities against its population. historians estimate 10000000 congress were killed. king philip reiterated his profound regret, stopped short of a formal apology. as malcolm web ex thing,

king felipe is the 1st belgian monitor to express regret for his country's past and the democratic republic of congo. that his speech to the congress parliament in the capital kinshasa stopped short of apologizing for the violence and exploitation. belgium's 75 year colonial rule. let it like a violent act and humiliation on the occasion of my 1st trip to congo. right. your front of the commonly people and those who still suffer today. i wish to reaffirm my deepest progress for those wounds of the past. king felipe and his wife, queen matilda, are on a 6 day visit. the monarch, i'm only president felix to security. spoken about cooperation and development. they haven't mentioned the role of kings really great. grandfather's brother belgian king leopold. the 2nd he turned congo into his personal fif them. in 1885.

he made a fortune from rubber which conquer leaves were forced to harvest from the forest. their hands were cut off if they didn't collect enough for their rulers. up to 10000000 people died. it was the black lives matter movement 2 years ago that prompted activists to face statues of king leopold in belgium. some of the statues were removed, and king felipe expressed regret for the 1st time, the c as later his visiting democratic republic of congo for the 1st time, brought back a mosque, one of thousands of artifacts saluted by the colonialists. he said it's on a permanent loan from the belgian museum for some congo, liza to fall short of making up for the path. so the atrocity of the red rubber, the weeping, the repetitive munition suffer by our answer. so i will funding fathers and mothers as should not become a case that goes unnoticed because they refused to formally apologize for president

. she said kitty, bring some international credibility. you took office 2 and a half years ago after elections. that lead documents appeared to show were rigged . ready belgium's prime minister, who so on the visit with critical at the time relations have since improved worker who had to be democratic. i believe that for the democratic republic of congo and i have always said to the gateway to europe. i am talking about diplomatic and political europe, business or belgium, belgians ruling congress with one of the bloodiest out of european colonialism. and one of its most profitable with vast amounts of wealth looted. but belgium has been among the slowest of european powers to either thought to acknowledge the author. malcolm web out is there a sedans militia willis have started direct talks with political parties in the capital. it is the 1st such meeting since the army took over power last october.

major opposition parties and coalitions, boyd coughing it, hip, morgan reports now from car to sudanese, political parties, and the army are coming together for talks. they haven't done this since the military took power 8 months ago. the participants say they want to end the political impasse created by the takeover, which has left for them without a fully functioning government. and in political and economic turmoil, the united nations, the african union, and the regional body, i, god, are facilitating the talks or aim of this dialogue is to reach a consensus on the constitutional arrangements. agree on a prime minister, prepare for elections. the tripartite mechanism is only a facilitator. it's up to the sudanese who are the stakeholders to decide on the outcome for dance transitional period was derailed when the military took power last october. it dissolved a 2 year government that was meant to be pedantic democracy after 3 decades of one

man rule under president bashir. it also sidelined the political coalition known as the forces of freedom and change with home. it had signed a perishing agreement after she was forced out because she was absent in wednesdays talks a group which split from it and had called for the military to take over attended. we've participated in this session to agree on how the transition should be and complete the transition period as what is prepare for elections. it is very important. we will also talk about how to form a government to lead during the remaining transitional period and implement the piece deal signed. we will decide dine anyone and hope those who are not attending will join. prior to the start of the talks, the head of the army issued a statement of unity describing it as a historic opportunity to achieve the demands of the nice people walkable new career, not 35. and i request the consent component to respond to this dialogue and not stand obstacle and the part of democratic change on transition. the people in the

country does have to be put above our differences. and we should place the unity and security of the country above political and personal desires. alicia no, but the forces of freedom and change coalition is not the only group that's chosen not to attend. the groups learners resistance. stomach sees which have been organizing regular protests for months. are also absent from these talks. they've been vocal in their opposition to negotiate a compromise. since the military took over last year. they were more protests on wednesday against the military's rule. more than a 100 people have been killed and anti military demonstrations and hundreds of others have been wounded since the takeover. those behind the protest say only when the military is removed from the equation, will they be ready to negotiate on how to dance, transition to democracy, should continue. he by morgan, al jazeera hutton. here in the u. k. the act of his good care for cali has launched a legal challenge against the government's plan to send undocumented migrants to a wanda the controversial immigration deal was signed in april when natasha butler

is in san gat on the northern coast of france. well, there are some shoes here, some clothes. this is a warehouse in cali used by the british volunteer le charity care for cali. it is where they stalk their donations. are for some of the migrants that come to this region, many of whom, of course, are hoping to cross the english channel to reach the u. k. now, care for calais has been one of the most vocal critics and opponents of the u. k. for wonder asylum policy, which is a plan that would see asylum seekers sent from the u. k. 21 to fort the home office says would be processing and resettlement board critic se is inhumane. and cruel will care for cali has decided to lot legal proceedings against the u. k. government to try and stop a 1st flight of asylum seekers from b u. k. to kick early next week. i spoke to the founder the charity class. mostly for more. it's really deeply shocking that our government is considering doing this

to them and we feel it before. anything like this can happen. it has to be catholics hammond in court, whether it's lawful at the policy, think our hat. i am aaliyah's talis, they could cont, contravene international refugee law. it might contain international human rights law. and the say many things that we have to know about rand, before we could consider doing it, say what we think it's incredibly important that the policy is properly scrutinized . whether you k government says the barrel wanda asylum plan will deter people smugglers and my grandson tried to cross the english channel. see but the migrants the we've spoken to here in cali, disagree. in fact, we spoke to one a young man, mostly he's 19 for guinea and he said it's his dream to reach the u. k. nothing's going to stop him from trying, but gushing one of the different i don't want to give up my goal of going to a u. k. i've heard reporting people, but i want to go and see you. and if it's my best to not, i said back to africa, i have no choice of what i was trying. what the legal action launched by care for

calais is the 1st since london garley signed the controversial asylum deal in april . a teacher has been killed and at least a dozen more people injured and getting children after cargile vinto cried in a berlin shopping district. dominant came, has more. this was the scene that confronted the emergency services. an incident in the heart of the city on a busy morning in broad daylight and good weather one is going to in order i a man drove his car into a group of people's in there at town to instructor at $1030.00 local time dollars in drink, several people over the man then i turned to the road. when came to stop the shop window. some of the casualties were children and teachers from his school in the western german state of history. the driver of the car was held by onlookers until police could arrest him. he is described as being 29 years old with dual german and armenian nationality and lives in berlin. i saw i noticed he gets for kenneth side

and keep destination. it is no real confession lays out what we are doing now is examining the carnival. apparently there are posters inside shops, his absence because in haven't seen them myself. but apparently there are posters where he talks about 30 i sent forensic investigate as of examine the scene of the incident trying to build a picture of the exact sequence of events. seems like these bring back the memory for many people of what happened near here. back in 2016, when a man hijacked a truck and drove it into a crowd of people at the christmas market. it's usually held in this area. in that incident, 12 people died and 56 more were injured casualties on that scale have been avoided in this incident and to police were able to take this driver into custody. dominant came al jazeera berlin ah.