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although on kerry jones to mrs. al jazeera life from dough also coming up with a school girl describes what she did to survive a mass shooting as a u. s. congress has more wrenching testimony on gum violence, deep regrets, but still no apology. belgium's king full shown to portman companies on demanding atoning for brutal clint. no passed on the return of thrill seeking businesses to this railway market signals. things are back on track for time. tours. ah, you as president joe biden has opened the summit of the americas in los angeles, and he wants to use the event to reengage with national leaders. several leaders though aren't attending anger, that washington refused to invite cuba, venezuela and nicaragua. that leaves it unclear how much progress will be made on

the united states. top priorities, the summit curbing high levels of migration. no safe, an orderly migration is good for all of our economies, including the united states. it can be a catalyst for sustainable grow. one, all lawful migration is not acceptable. we will enforce our borders, including your innovative coordinated action, where the original partner we've come a long way to gather says united states hosted the 1st summit of the americas 20 years ago. there is no reason why the western hemisphere shouldn't be secure, prosperous and democratic from canada's northern, most riches, the southern tips of july. while i've not rob rentals in los angeles, so rob, but what do you make of what's been said so far? well, president biden outlined

a series of initiatives and challenged the participants in the summit to work together on everything from food insecurity to improving health care in the region to do disrupting criminal drug trafficking gangs and creating sustainable green energy jobs. one of the things that that really struck me was when he referred to a democracies being under assault around the world. this time around the, in this current climate in this, in this year. that is not only an admonition against tyrannies and dictatorships abroad, but also a reference to events within the united states itself. because after all, on thursday, the congressional panel that is investigating the assault on american democracy and january 6th, 2021 the insurrection by pro trump forces. the attack on the capital will hold its 1st hearings publicly and televised on that issue and, and deliver some of its findings. so that was very interesting with regard to the

migration you heard in the clip that we played just a moment ago, what a biden had to say about that. he also said that the, the summit participants by the end of this process would, of the end of this meeting this week would sign what he called the los angeles declaration, which he says would be an integrated approach to managing safe and orderly migration. now it is true that the issue of migration has been made thorny or by the absence of the presidents of mexico honduras el salvador ah, and, and other countries in the region which are key to the migration issues. they are boycotting because the u. s. declined to invite you, but nicaragua and venezuela, but this declaration, while it is not a complete solution to migration and nothing really could be it,

it lee is at least a step forward. carry. okay, rob reynolds in los angeles for sir. thanks for that update. well, manuel rap hello reports. now from mexico's jap, a state where thousands of refugees and migrants are heading north towards the u. s . 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 it was when i am gone by me, 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, the la yamaha may go like a 100 migrants refer to mexico as the house of tara. 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 or something horrible. oh, i wonder who says is from venezuela and getting from bitter travelling 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 muslim milk, and more than anything because of the son 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 la 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 manuel did up a little al jazeera chapa's, mexico, and 11 year old girl has described how she made herself the classmates blood to avoid being killed during a school mass shooting it. as part of testimony that horrified us. politicians of the 19 children were shot dead at a school in the valley. texas tech was the worst of the spate of recent gun massacres. as mike hannah reports not from washington and lawmakers on capitol hill hearing emotional 1st hand accounts of the devastating human impact of gun violence

in the us. she thought you didn't come back to go over the phone because i told her that i will need help and leave 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. look today, i come because i got lost my baby girl. she's that same little girl that i used to play with angram wood. and do everything 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 were changed, 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 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've

all 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. we think 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 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 hannah, ouch is era washington. and in the hours after that hearing the house of representatives, pastors sweeping, package of gun violence prevention measures just a handful of republican party members, joined the democrats in the proving the bill, which has that little or no hope of getting through the senate, article haine, in washington dc explains what the bill aims to do laid on wednesday the us house of representatives past what is easily the most aggressive gun control legislation in years if not in decades. some of the things that the house passed basically

raise the age for someone to be able to buy an assault weapon from 18 as it is now to $21.00. they want a band, the sale of large capacity magazines. basically, if a clip can hold a 15 bullets or more, they want to get rid of that. they also want to create safe storage requirements for people who keep firearms in their homes for legislation, but also ban goes guns. those are basically guns that can be made from kids. they're pretty much untraceable and they want to band bump stocks. those are tools that can turn basically a rifle into what appears more to be a machine gun. the vote was fairly partisan. 5 republicans voted with democrats. 2 democrats voted against it too easily pass the house of representatives, but it is not going to become law the vast majority. if not all the republicans in the senate have said that they are opposed to this kind of strict gun control legislation. so it will, it pass the house. it will not pass the senate and it will not make it to the

president for his signature. in the news ahead, herron al jazeera prussia mounts on russia to end its blockade of ukraine's ports. accuse of weaponized to support 1st face to face talks between sedans, generals, and political groups, since the qu, but there's not much news yet among pro democracy leaders. ah. the journey has begun. the, the full world cup is on its way to catherine. your travel package to death. downpours for the west coast of india. hello everyone. this is all courtesy of our mountain soon rains, which are now just creeping into my for awestruck. so from by re down to coaching, we've got showers, and at times some lively downpours expected here. now the southwest monsoon extends across the bay of bengal. so once again, we're seen heavy amounts of rain for the far northeast of india,

a some states still under that heavy rainfall alert on thursday, so very likely to see some more flooding here. se, asia, again, if we focus on the monsoon, we're really seen that rain peppa cross coastal areas of the and i'm in see some downpours for sumatra, more power up, thunderstorms, kale singapore, and the dang on thursday. next, stop or go into china and our plum rains have really been doing the number on southern sections here across the pearl river. valley water levels have shut up in one doll province over the past 24 hours. some spots registering more than a 100 millimeters of rain. so still the same on thursday in this band of rain will creep further north over thursday into friday, closing in on shanghai. still some showers for tokyo, so that means your temperature is just 24 degrees and look at this, some lively downpours in north korea. and the forecast on thursday, i saw a visual airline of the gene

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a summit gets underway, thousands of people are heading north through mexico, in a so called migrant caravan. i think to reach the u. s. border. the u. s. house committee has heard harrowing testimony from an 11 year old survivor last months of school shooting in texas. house later cost of gun control measures, which are unlikely to be approved by the senate. and another house committee will begin that public hearings to the capitol hill right on 1st day in january 2021. supporters of then president donald trump stormed the building. encouraged by his false claims that the election he lost was stolen. are the jo castro reports ah, a congressional panel lead by democrats has been investigating the january 6th right now. after conducting nearly a 1000 interviews and collecting $250.00 terabytes of data. the panel will finally

begin to reveal its findings to the public. trump was to prepare to seize the presidency and likely to invoke the insurrection act and declare martial law. so we're going to tell the whole story of everything that happened. thursday will be the 1st of several public hearings. they'll features my witnesses in previously unseen videos from january 6. i think people would want to see some new information . and particularly new striking information about trumps involvement. videotape depositions of trumps, daughter and son in law may be shown at the hearings, but trump himself is not expected to testify. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, good to have a country any more. last year he was impeached for inciting insurrection, but was not convicted among the answers that may be revealed. what trump was doing as his supporters stormed the capital and why he waited 3 hours to call them off.

you have to go home. now. we have to have peace. trump has not faced criminal charges or whether that changes after these public hearings is uncertain. the hearings will also delve further into security failures in the days ahead of january, 6th, and efforts by trump and his aides to overturn the election. january 6th was a very dark day in america's history. i think it's important to have a full accounting of what happened and making sure that through these hearings we ensure that it doesn't happen again. oh, republicans call the democrat lead investigation. a sham. a recent nbc news poll shows the percentage of americans who believe trump was responsible for the riot, has dropped to 45 percent. and it's unclear how many people will june into this round of hearing's law. but democrats are hoping for another chance at a public reckoning that may help the party in november's mid term

elections. how did your castro al jazeera washington al jazeera media network continues to demand a rapid, independent turns transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist and occupied westbank, sharina, aclu was shot in the head by his very forces while she was on assignment in janine the day of her funeral israeli forces storm the procession started beating mourners, causing pole bears to almost drop her casket that didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial. members of the international community have condemned her killing and continue to call for an investigation. the actually was with al jazeera for 25 years, having the story of these really occupation. she was known as the voice of pastime ukraine. it says russia is demanding unreasonable conditions to allow gray next sports. turkey has hosted the russian foreign minister for talks on resuming

shipments of grain trapped ukrainian ports, and on restarting stalled peace talks. the crane is one of the wells biggest exporters, sort of a lover of says that russia is happy for ships to sail freely. as soon as ukraine, the mines, the black sea in western sanctions. and as we do, the russian side, as usual, is playing its 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. kristen salumi looks at you and efforts to help strike a deal on ukraine's polls. the secretary general has been attempting to help broker a deal between russia and ukraine to bring more grain and fertilizer to market.

noting that the number of severely food and secure people in the world has more than doubled in the last 2 years. at 1st it was coded, and now it is the conflict as well. the fact that so much ukrainian grain remain stuck in silos, unable to leave port. it's not just food prices that are going up, it's also fertilizer and fuel prices as well. un is warning that more than half of the developing world isn't dead the stress. but even rich countries are feeling the pinch. now at a time when they're being asked to contribute more humanitarian assistance. i think western diplomats are worried that the global coalition of countries that originally condemned russia aggression will fragment. and we're definitely seeing arab countries and african countries tending to step back and avoid condemning russia now because they are very concerned about what the conflict means

for that. recall to me there's also a lot of concern that western aid is going to dry up because a money is being diverted to ukraine. and in some countries these economic factors could actually lead to social unrest. now rush has blamed sanctions for the price increases. the west points out that there are no sanctions on food or fertilizer. sedans, military viewed as have started direct talks with political parties, is the 1st such meeting since the army seized power last october. and important pro democracy leaders refused to participate. and people, morgan reports not form cartoon food, nice 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 down without a fully functioning government. and in political and economic turmoil, the united nations, the african union, and the regional body i got 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 for 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 she 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 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 don't want to cite, 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. i request the consent component to respond to this dialogue and not stand obstacle in the part of democratic change on transition. the people in the country deserve to be put above our differences. and we should place the unity and security of the country above political and personal desire. alicia no, but the forces of freedom and change coalition is not the only group that's chosen not to attend. the group wanted to resistance committees, which have been organizing regular protests for months, are also absent from the south. 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 100 people have been killed in anti military demonstrations and hundreds of others have been one that seems to

take over. those behind the protest say only when the military is removed from the equation. will they be ready to negotiate on how for dance, transition to democracy, should continue. he but morgan all to 0. how to me? belgium's king has repeated the deep regrets about his country's colonial past. what is now the democratic republic of congo? a king for the pe who's on a state visit stopped short of a formal apology or can web reports. king felipe is the 1st belgian monarch 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 as apologizing for the violence and exploitation. belgium's 75 year colonial rule. let them in it like a violent act and humiliation on the occasion of my 1st trip to congo. right. your front of the congress, 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 mathilde, are on a 6 day visit. the monarch and congress president felix jessica. he has spoken about cooperation and development. they haven't mentioned the role of king fleet. great. grandfather's brother belgian king leopold. the 2nd he turned congo into his personal feast, 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 mask, one of thousands of artifact lifted by the colonialists. he said it's on a permanent loan from the belgian museum. some congolese, it will fall short of making up for the path for the atrocity of the red rubber, the weeping their respective munitions suffer by our system. i will funding fathers and mothers should not become a case that goes unnoticed because they refused to formally apologize. the president kennedy bring some international credibility. you took office 2 and a half years ago after elections that lead documents appeared to show were rigged. belgium's prime minister, who so on the visit was critical at the time. relations have since improved upon walker pool. i 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 was one of the bloodiest captors of

european colonialism. and one of its most profitable with vast amounts of wealth looted that belgium has been among the slowest of european powers to even start to acknowledge the path. malcolm web al jazeera thailand is rebuilding its tourism industry off to losing billions of dollars during the pandemic. and the government now easing entry restrictions, visitors are once again flocking to one of the wells. most of the destinations are things are still far below pre coated levels. kathy lopez, her young report, a train squeeze us through this 500 meter stretch of railway, just west of band clock, 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 tents, 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 day 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. 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. mainland ha ha ha ha ha. why? when we saw the horn, the vendors know the most clear their stalls off the rail track. every one is safe because the train slows down. so it's not coming out of full speed or it cruises

through the market slowly. from inside the train, it's locals who are cruising through seeing how foreigners once again walk to the market. it's been around since 19 o 5 shopkeeper se tradition is part of the attraction. oh, oh, bill wind is only use umbrellas not tense. there 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 leaders, hope foot traffic in this market will be part of a wider trend across thailand. katia lobe miss of a young al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories u. s. president joe biden has opened the summit of america's north.