sierra, the 1st episode of this series exposed the imperial origins of the drug trade. commerce was good wire, empire was good for former. so these things very much wanted to go and opens passage from the far east to europe and the united states. guns need money, only money in these mountains is open drug trafficking, politics and power. the era of empires on al jazeera. ah president joe biden host. so summit he hopes will help reengage the u. s. with latin america and tackle soaring migration. ah, hello,

i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera life and also coming up with a school girl describes what she did to survive a mast shooting. as the u. s. congress has more wrenching testimony on gun violence . first face to face talks between sedans, general some lexical group, since the coo and no sign of pro democracy leaders on the return of thrill seeking businesses to this railway market signals are things are back on track for thailand, tourism ah, the summit of the americas is just beginning in los angeles gathering, u. s. president joe biden hopes to use to reignite with regional leaders. several leaders though aren't attending and goods that washington refused to invite cuba,

venezuela and nicaragua, but leaves it unclear how much progress will be made in one of the united states top priorities at the summit. curbing high levels of migration shortly will speaker live to our correspondent robert reynolds, who's at the summit in los angeles. first. so my wrap, those reports from mexico's japanese state where thousands of refugees and migrants are heading towards the u. s. in a mass movement time to start with summit 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 though it was when i'm gone. but 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 ma, ma, medical 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. i think we've been detained or arrested left without money. and if we go on our own car tells us something horrible. oh, look up in a hot water who say is from venezuela and getting from bitter traveling with their 9 month old son. they are exhausted. finding food and a place to sleep is a daily challenge. we de larosa. it's been painful. we've suffered hunger and

thirst. our child cries because he needs a bottle of milk and more than anything because of the sun and dehydration that they are unique to 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 law 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 for this year, but it's only a small fraction of those who make their way toward the u. s. southern border. every year manuel did apollo al jazeera g up as mexico went out to rob reynolds in los angeles. so robert, is there hope for any agreement on migration with many of the country's leaders missing from the summit?

well, carry a quite a contrast between those scenes of crowds and desperation in man wells excellent report and the virtually empty press center here in los angeles for the sum of the americas. the u. s. is strategy on migration as expressed in this summit and previously is to address the root causes of migration. so in that regard, later on today, president biden is expected to unveil plans for to increase private investment in the region, strengthen supply chains and create jobs, move towards clean energy, and confront climate change all in an effort to bolster the economies and the democratic instincts in these regions in this region, another priority is improving health care and medical care. in a region that was terribly, a hard hit by the coven, 19 pandemic, over the past several years bite and wants to train half

a 1000000 health professionals over the next 5 years. and all of this is aimed at making life for people in central america, for example, the people that the manuel was speaking to and in venezuela, elsewhere make life better so that they don't actually need to leave home. obviously this is going to take some time decades perhaps, but it, it is the, the administration's strategy. now, you also mentioned the last, the absence of several key leaders. all the leaders from central america, what, what a mala, honduras el salvador, they're not here. the president of mexico, he's not here, they sent their foreign ministers instead. why? because the, by the ministration decided not to invite of cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela saying these are anti democratic regimes. this sort of backfired. and it is seen as a kind of a blow really to american prestige. and to the of the u. s. attempt to re establish

itself in a leadership position in the region and robin apart from migration. the u. s. is looking to re engage with a region that china has been moving into. yeah, that's right. and you know, china has deep pockets. and when did china comes into a country to build a rail road, a bridge, or a damn, or, or invest in some other way? you know, it, it is, has got the money on the table, the united states. on the other hand, it's has to go through a process of, of, you know, foreign aid of through getting it through legislated through congress so into as part of that the, the president biden wants to a re energize the inter american investment bank, which is a body that is sort of fallen out of use or in recent years, but it is definitely a major challenge when china has its eyes on the resources of the the region

has a tremendous investment going on in places like brazil, president gyre bull snarl will meet for the 1st time with president biden here, ah, at this summit meeting. so i whether the progress that the by to ministration hopes can me date in this regard. i will, will be accomplished or not. that remains to be seen at cit. certainly though your point is well taken, that the u. s. once the hedge amman in this region is no longer as powerful in the eyes of latin american leaders as it once was from reynolds in los angeles. thanks so much for that. an 11 year old girl has described how she smeared herself the classmates blood to avoid being killed during a school mass shooting. this part of testimony that horrified us. politicians of the 19 children was shot dead at the school and you found a texas attack was the worst of the spate of recent gung massacres. as mike hunter

reports from washington and lawmakers on capitol hill. hearing emotional 1st hand accounts of the devastating human impact of gun violence in the u. s. g. i o. i i, i really, i after her recorded testimony, the father of the 11 year old school shootings have either told members of congress that the family is now dealing with the subsequent trauma. oh, good. today. i come because that good luck, bye baby girl. she is that the same little girl that i used to play with

ingram with 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 would change. not only for kids, but every single kid in the world. schools are not safe anymore. another parent, the mother of 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 had been chosen and are 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 that a domestic terrorist, just 2 minutes to shoot and kill 10 people and injured 3 others can still see her

walking witness 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 faulty texas. so at this moment, we asked for progress. we seek to raise the age to purchase these weapons from 18 to 21 years of age. basic red flag loss, stronger background checks. we also want to repeal gun manufacturers liability and unity. why these are measures supported by democrats in congress and echoed by several members during the hearing. no civilian is 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 weary of what they call an assault

on the right to bear arms. calling for added security in schools rather than new gun control legislation to after 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 hanna, outages era, washington and in the hours after that test many the house representatives voted in favor of restricting the purchase of a semi automatic weapons to people aged $21.00 and over. they also want to ban the sale of i munition magazine to the capacity of more than 15 rounds, for the measures have no hope of becoming law as they won't overcome opposition in

the senate are to 0. median at work continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist. the occupied west bank, showing a clue was shot in the head by israeli forces while she was on assignment and jeanine on the day of her funeral. israeli forces storm the procession and started beating. mourners was in poor bears to almost draw her casket. i didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial. and was of the international community have condemned her killing. i continue to call for an investigation, actually was with al jazeera for 25 years, covering the story or feet is very occupation. she was known as the voice of protestant when the news ahead crash amounts on russia to end its blockade of ukraine's ports is accused of weapon nights in food supplies. my many in the

democratic republic of congo, probably angry with the king. belgium was on a visit to their country. ah ah. those temperatures are shooting up across the desert southwest. everyone, thanks for joining in. so on thursday, vegas 42 and phoenix 44. both of these places are under heat alerts, and that stretch of hot weather will really continue for the next several days. lively downpours, amid atlantic stretching right into the northeast. we're going to get sal walloped with rain for new york, with a hive 22 degrees on thursday. next round a pacific rain is moving in. so western canada, i suspect vancouver will probably have a rainfall warning in the days to come. things have quieted down across the u. s. gall stayed some showers here, but heavier bouts of rain really across louisiana. and that border with mississippi

on thursday. western areas of mexico been really down with rain over the last so bit including aka poco. this stretches all the way into costa rica and panama meeting up with that. what, whether toward the top end of south america. and then we've got some storms bubbling up here as we looked toward bolivia stretching right into that southeast corner of brazil. so we go on for a closer look here and the rain not too far away from sao paulo and rio de janeiro, those downpours anyway. but calmer conditions in by jablonka the sun's out with a high of 12 degrees on thursday. thanks for your company. ah, al jazeera world meets 2 arabs has built successful life bloot power of scholars have made it almost contributions to science such as a mathematics, astronomy on medicine, a cutting edge, dr. formulated h, i,

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migration crisis at america. so it's likely to be high on the agenda of the meeting . the u. s. house committee has her harrowing testimony from an 11 year old survivor. last months of school shooting and texas. politicians are examining a ban on assault weapons and considering tougher background checks the eastern ukrainian city of sabera on yet because now mostly under the control the russian forces. after weeks of fighting for the governor of the hand, screeching says the cities, industrials, and is still held by ukrainian troops. so gay, gay di says, battles continue on the streets and accused russian forces of destroying many buildings. satellite imagery from max, our technologies show significant damage in us. so there are on the exc and a neighboring city. several, the next key about donnette has remained the epicenter of fighting dom bus at the

end of the 100 and 5th day of the large scale war. we are defending our position and inflict ink of the significant losses on the enemy, said lucia forestall is very dreadful and difficult. quiet perhaps. now is the one of the most difficult battle during these war. i am thankful to each and every one who is defending in this direction. to a great extent, the fatal don bus is being decided there. now, ukraine says russia is demanding unreasonable conditions to allow great exports. turkey has hosted the russian foreign minister for talks on resuming shipments of grain trapped ukrainian ports, and on restarting stalled the stalks. ukraine is one of the world's biggest exporters, and many countries depend on it for their food supplies. sort of a left over says russia is happy for ships to so freely as soon as ukraine, the mines, the back see, and western functions and so forth,

the stay on the p security for that as well. so 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 ships. so that's a clear signal of what their intentions are. but if you crane is ready to start d mining activities, then we ought to wear, discussing the details with turkish defense units. because i, as we use the russian side as usual, is playing it's stupid games. they are trying to get involved in the process of checking vessels, trying to keep blocking them and push their unrealistic proposals. i'm certain they will not succeed. russians must push back and unblock the ports only then we can talk about d mining and can allow ships to leave the ports. it needs to be done to ensure safety, and secondly to deliver grain safely. so 3rd are in 30 capital,

says it's hope ukraine will get directly involved in the talks. i think one there hasn't been any conclusive result coming out of the meeting between the russian and the turkish foreign ministers in anchor to the however, more for the ministers are confirmed that the tours are going to continue in coming weeks in estoppel. and this time, the hope that ukrainian side 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 at this equitable mechanism is going to a to, to, to open a safe corridor for the ship to 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 key issue here are, is there that the float in mines that have been left by the ukranian army in biloxi to prevent russia, a bomb been at its coastal cities. and according to the scheme,

add 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 safe, guarded by the torch naval forces. feel a boss for as the grain on the fertilizers are going to be gathered in a center established in istanbul, 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, our 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 authorities in germany are trying to establish why a man that drove into a crowd in a burning shopping district, killing a teacher, and injuring 14 for students. the 29 year old was arrested at the scene from berlin . dominic came reports. 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 a man drove his car into a group of people here at town since dresser at $1030.00 local time dollars in drink. several people, the man then returned to the road. when came to stop in a shop window. some of the casualties were children and teachers from a school in the western german state of heston. 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 an icy gets for kenneth's side and keep destiny. there is no real confession later. what we are doing now is examining the car. apparently there are posters inside chaps. he said sneezing. haven't seen them myself. that apparently they were posters where he talks about turkey. i said. forensic investigators have examined the scene of the incident, trying to build a picture of the exact sequence of events. things 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 that'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 police were able to take this driver into custody. dominant came al jazeera, berlin sedans that military rulers have started direct talks with political parties . is the 1st such meeting since the army seized power last october. when important pro democracy leaders refuse to participate as he been, morgan of ports are from cutting 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 gad are facilitating the talks or aim of this dialogue is to reach a consensus on the constitutional arrangements. agree on a prime minister and 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. the dance transitional period was derailed when the military took power last october. it dissolved a 2 year government that was meant to lead to down to 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 lucy was absent in wednesdays talks a group which slipped 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 it's 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. nicole, you're not a telephone and i request the consent component to respond to this dialogue and not stand a part of democratic change on transition. the people and the country deserve 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. one is resistance committees which have been organizing regular protests for months, are also absent from these thoughts. they've been vocal in their opposition to negotiate or 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 in anti military demonstrations and hundreds of others have been wounded since the take over 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. the belgian king has repeated that he profoundly regrets his country's colonial past. what is now the democratic republic of congo, king for the parent creamer to they attended a reef laying ceremony in the capital. kinshasa is the 1st time a belgian monarch has travelled there in more than a decade for the pe stopped short of a formal apology for atrocities including forced labor torture amputations and rape . they began under king leopold a 2nd in 18. 85. about 10000000 people died, his rue was deemed so crew that 23 years later he was forced to relinquish control to belgium's parliament. however, congolese were still unable to own land vote or travel freely. before declaring

independence in 1960, the congo had become africa's richest colony producing about 70 percent of the world's industrial diamonds. most of the prophets went to belgium. when marie claire ferry is an activist, the democratic republic of congo, who describes herself as a human rights defendant. she says that people are tired of having regrets, rather than a formal apology. ringback the congo used to be on by gene for do so the mon, actually the voucher monarchy and then he puts back to the belgian states and the government. so really there's been a lot of suffering and. busy it is really unfortunate that the king, the current king of belgium, has never formerly apologized, even though he has expressed regret. but he has never formerly apologize and never discuss reparation or, and also the return of the artifact that was stolen from the congo. because

a lot of companies, people actually want the china or the artifact and painting and all our heritage. and he's to reach thailand. his rebuilding, it's tourism industry after losing billions of dollars during the pandemic. but the government now easing entry restrictions visitors are once again locked into one of the wells. most popular destinations are things are still far below pre k. we levels as a counselor who the young a train squeeze us through this 500 meter stretch of railway, just west of bank hawk, about 6 times a day. and every time, hundreds of shopkeepers who set up a market directly on the tracks have to put away their tense, produce, and merchandise to make way. for locals, it's business as usual at the mike long railway market, even when the train is so close. back about our dry ha,

tourism is picking up again as thailand ease as its coven 19 entry restrictions. more people and money is a welcome change. and i don't know of the pandemic lead to a huge drop in customers. it was drastic. those who visited board less than usual. so i only managed to make a 3rd of what i made before coven 19. before the pandemic thailand saw nearly $40000000.00 visitors a year. now the government is hoping for $15000000.00. despite the dropped tourism can bring in roughly $18000000000.00 into the economy to attract more people. the market has safety measures in place. mainly want bought my egg how. why, when we saw on the horn, the vendors know they must cleared their stalls off the rail track. every one is safe because the train slows down. so it's not coming at a full speed or it, it cruises through the market slowly. from inside the train. it's

locals who are cruising through seeing how foreigners once again walked to the market. it's been around since 19 o 5 shopkeeper se tradition is part of the attraction. oh, hello. musical wind is only use umbrellas, not 10. live is no electricity or water in the market than most people started to visit, said the number of mendez also increased as the government tries to rebuild its tourism industry. lead is hope. foot traffic in this market will be part of a wider trend across thailand. cats, yellow missile, the young al jazeera, ah, this is out there on these are the top stories. the summit of the americas is getting underway in los angeles, but without some key regional leaders. the u. s. refused to invite cuba vendors.