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this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i am, adrian said again. this is ally from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, president trump summoned the mob assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack . a u. s. congressional committee describes last year's attack on capital hill as an attempted coup. ah, protests against is. i'm a phobia thousands in india demand the arrest of a former member of the governing party of the comments about the prophet muhammad. taking the u. k to court human rights groups seek an injunction to stop the government's plan to send asylum seekers to lawanda, a demanding better paid tens of thousands of people. riley at argentina. angry. the skyrocketing cost of living. i'm john gets

roscoe, it's sports, including a power struggle in the game of golf. that soft of the pga tour suspense, 17 of its members for playing in the break. wait live series backed by saudi arabia . ah. attempted cool at a breeze attempts to overthrow the government. that's how a u. s. congressional committee is described last year's attack on capital hill. the hearing is also investigating donald trump's continuing denials that he lost the 2020 presidential election al jazeera hydro. castro reports from washington. oh, this is what police saw on january 6th, 2021, when they were overwhelmed by a mob trying to overturn president donald trump's election defeat. i capital police officer carol and edward was the 1st of many officers to be injured. there were

officers on the ground. ah, you know, they were bleeding, they were throwing up. they were, you know, they had, i mean i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood while riders vandalized the capital and threatened to kill members of congress. trump was watching it all unfold on tv from the white house. according to committee, investigators trump ignored please from advisors and trapped members of congress to call off the riders. aware of the rioters chance to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence quote, deserves it. committee investigators also argued that a trump tweet in december was the impetus for far right groups to plan the insurrection. showing videotape depositions of writers,

confirming their motives. he personally asked for us to come to the see that. and i thought for everything he's known for us, that was the only thing he'd go ask me. i'll do all of us here today. then there was the ongoing effort led by trump to falsely claim the election had been stolen. the committee showed video of then attorney general bill bar testifying that the claim was in fact a lie and made it clear. i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out the stuff which i told the president was bold. and i, you know, i didn't want to be a part of it. investigators say trump didn't listen, but his daughter yvonne cut told them she did. i respect the attorney general bar. so a accepted what he sent was sent, according to the committee chairman, taken as a whole, the riot and the efforts to overturn the election was nothing short of

a coup attempt. a 1st in american history, january 6, was the culmination of an attempted cou. a brazen attempt as one right to put it shortly after january 6, to overthrow the government. the republican leaders in congress remain the former president's defenders. in fact, it is the most political and least legitimate committee in american history. it is used congressional subpoenas to attack republicans violate due process and infringe on the political speech a private citizen. this was just the explosive beginning to a half dozen more public hearing scheduled for his mind. there promised to feature more testimony from former trump 8th, who threatened to resign and believe from was too dangerous to leave by himself in the waiting days at his presidency. heidi jo,

castro al jazeera washington. john nichols is national affairs correspondent of the nation. he says the hearing was unlike any the u. s. has seen before. it was, i think, unprecedented in american history at least in, in recent american history. because of the very powerful narrative that was created, and frankly because the committee chairs, the 2 main speakers benny thompson and lose janet members of different parties that united on this issue chose to keep it actually rather simple. this was not a complex hearing with all sorts of information coming from all sorts of different directions. it was a basic statement, the riot on january, 2021 was not spontaneous. it was organized and it was planned. they said that and then they provided evidence from documentary filmmaker and others to confirm that

it was organized by supporters. that donald trump, your, and donald trump was more highly engaged with it. they provided video evidence to support that, again, more evidence to sustain the argument. and i think perhaps most importantly, they reposition the dialogue about it. and that is that donald trump, we at the center of a can hear it happens to plan a violent assault on the u. s. capital, in order to overturn election results that would have displaced trunk. that's the 1st part. and then the 2nd part of it, which is really quite extraordinary, quite incredible. right? this statement by chairman constance, that this was a who are an attempted coo and that would hold dialogue in a very different way. the idea of understanding that it could be something that we

see in other countries that americans never imagined could occur in this country. i think the discussion to a different place, and frankly, if they can sustain this argument over the ensuing hearings, i do think they will change a lot of the understanding about what happened on january 6. protest as in india and bangladesh, demanding the arrest of a former spokeswoman of the governing b. j. p. the pin several protests in india's capital and to new delhi rather and other cities against the poor sharma who was suspended after making his. lemme further comments about the prophet mohammed and a tv debate last week. international backlash has been growing since with many majority muslim countries condemning the comments. let's go live that a new delhi out as soon as possibly natal is set that for us up. poverty took us through what happened today that immense angle on the streets of india massive protest have wrapped it in various cities. one of

the largest have been in the national capital in some other cities as been stone pelting, and forty's have all to responded by firing tear gas overall though, of course, he said that the law i know the situation is under control. now protesters are demanding that former spokeswoman off the b j. p. no push out must be arrested for making blasphemous comments. these comments were made during a tv debate on national television network and basically for an international control with the diplomatic well, particularly with countries in the gulf region. countries like yvonne and cuts are summoned in ambassadors, demanded a public apology in places like oman and where they were called to boy caught it made goods. now the b j. p has responded by suspending the push. it has also had

another top politician who made that statement on social media. it says it respects all religions and has issued new guidelines for party leaders to engage with the press, but couldn't say that the response is too little too late and have blamed to be g p for fueling and t minority. an anti muslim sentiments in india, houses, there was probably natal reporting live from new delhi. probably many thanks. cindy's. it with the news, al, from al serra still come on, the program will report from south africa where a money laundering scandal could derail the president's plans for reelection and a mass movement of asylum seekers. heading north through mexico to the us border slows to a halt. i will hear from quarterback tom brady on his return from a 6 week retirement was coming up later in schools.

ukraine's president says that his troops, a blocking russian attempts to advance in the region of shopper, asia followed. amir zalinski says that also holding on to some cities in the east but russian forces are continuing their attack. owens to that or the mask with street fighting and heavy artillery fire ukrainian forces say the lack of long range weapons is catastrophic. keep says that between 10200 soldiers, a being killed every day, the highest estimate made public so far. let's go live that a keep of zeros char stratford. is there charles, what's the latest on the fighting in the east of the country? as you say there, adrian. a lot of the focus of this fighting still on that city of several of the next one of 2 cities, only 2 cities that are not under full russian control. in the region of lute jenks

. we're hearing conflicting reports, but says something that is pretty consistent is that we understand that ukrainian forces are still in control of the outskirts of that city, despite the heavy fighting street fighting that is ongoing. there we also understand that the neighboring city of lucy chance which lies across to the south across a river is also getting heavily shelled as it has been the last couple of days and russian forces continuing to try and cross that river. we're also hearing worrying reports, and certainly from the deputy heads of ukraine's military intelligence. he saying over the last 24 hours that ukraine is dependent now on western military supplies. he saying that for every one artillery piece that ukraine has russia has at least 10 to 15 artillery pieces. now, of course,

we understand how important the propaganda war is in this conflict. and we have no way of independently verifying any of these claims. and with that in mind, and there's been a rush and briefing a military briefing also. in the last few hours, russia has said that it has destroyed ukrainian air force equipment when a military air base in denise pro. it's also said that, so it took down 2 ukrainian fighter jets and hit a number of warehouses as well warehouses where there was ukrainian missiles, a military equipment being stored, as i say, very difficult to independently verify this. also interestingly going back to claims made by the ukrainians. you raining, saying they've hit a base that was being used by the wagner group. now. the wagner group described as russian mercenaries, the space south of south east of the town, of several done at sc. now the wagner group are on western sanctions. they're in

a western sanction list. but we know, certainly according to word to their critics, they have been highly active in recent years, in countries in africa where russia has big political and military economic interests away from the battlefield. we know the both ukraine and russia before the war started, what major exporters of grains and serials to global markets. now since the war started ukraine and it's western back as and the u. n. is accusing russia of adding to what it describes as a potential global food crises because of what it says is a russian naval blockade. now russia says that this crisis could be partially alleviated if sanctions were withdrawn on russia. and it could start exporting its projects. but we been speaking to ukrainian farmers in the care of region about

some of the challenges they face. and this is our report. another truck arrives at this farm in the cave region norton ukraine. thought the rush is on to empty. these silos of last year's harvest have made to make space for approximately 35000 tons of winter wheat. but much of this crop may go to waste because of what ukraine and many countries it exports to say is a russian c blockade. at least $20000000.00 tons of grain is already stuck in silos across the country, contributing to rising prices. and what the u. n says is a growing global food crisis. so this might have been moved out of the silos in order to make face for the winter wheat harvey. i was expecting to start in about a month from now. a lot of this may have been taken to silos elsewhere, but

a lot of it will begin it journey to a port in romania attorney that can take up to fremont. i leave very complicated in day one. root takes the grain by train, from cuban to moldova, to avoid a coastal road that ukraine says, russian forces of shelled the train, then drops back into the odessa region of ukraine before being unloaded. a do romanian border on to barges, and renee and ismael. it then hits down the river down you to the romanian black sea port of constantino analysts say shortages and long overland export routes are pushed, the consumer price of grain up in recent months. producers have been hit even harder. there's not so much the cost of transport and logistics has increased 300 percent since before the war started. we are also looking at ways of getting the green out via the baltic sea record in through hungry. but it can also take up to 2

months before the trucks take the mays away, samples are analyzed at the quality control, the bar tree on the farm. the grains will be periodically inspected again in the coming weeks because much of it will have to be stored outside silos, where rod could set in after only a month. exporting by train from ukraine is complicated because the rail track gauge is different in neighboring poland and romania, russian forces withdrew from this area a few weeks ago. this wheat was planted before the war started. farmers work in the fields of maze and sunflowers despite the danger of mines, an unexploded ordnance vacant port number. it was very difficult because we were sewing during the invasion. our domestic market is very small. we have to sell it upon russia, which is also a major grain produces as western sanctions prevented from exporting to global markets, depriving it to billions of dollars of revenue and making the crisis even worse.

moscow says it is open to a potential turkish and un plan to allow safe passage for ships to transport grain from ukrainian ports across the black sea and out to international markets by the boss for us. but russia says, ukraine must d mind the sea root 1st. ukraine has so far, refused saying it won't leave ukrainian ports like a dancer exposed to a potential russian attack from the sea. no agreed solution means ukraine could lose millions of dollars in revenue. and according to the un, more countries across africa and asia already suffering food shortages could potentially suffer even more stuff without a 0 q. the u. k. government's plan to sand asylum seekers to lawanda is facing a legal challenge. london's high court is hearing arguments from human rights groups, which say that the policy is unlawful, that calling for a court injunction to stop the 1st flights from the u. k to lawanda that

a scheduled for next week. let's go live now to the high court in london out as he was with him. baba is there for hearing taking place at the building and just behind that in there. and what exactly that, that the charities arguing to day in at him later in the charities, are joined by a union representing people who work for bo, to force the government agency. and so it's known that around a $130.00 people have received letters telling them that they will be sent to rwanda, deported as the charity say. now they're asylum seekers who are here being held in detention center is now and one of the groups involved detention action. i spoke to the maria, they say they believe that the government's whole. rwanda prime is unlawful that it potentially reaches the u. n. a refugee convention, they say nobody should be penalized or punished simply for claiming asylum because

these are, in the 1st instance, sir. the 1st people do to be sent on a plane to reminder. on tuesday, they have arrived m. as the government would put it illegally. the charity saying that that's not in fact a basis for not assessing them here. they say that term rwanda is perhaps not a safe country for them to be sent to as the government has argued. and that, let's not forget the government has this deal with the kid. got the government. they've already spent paid over a $150000000.00. so the charities are worried about asylum seekers in rwanda. the way they're treated already, but also things like political crackdowns, the repression of l, g b, t to people in rwanda. and they're pointing out the people who are already on the list to go to rwanda. some of them have been suicidal there have been hunger strikes in detention centers in the last couple of weeks, and they're worried about the mental health of everybody who could potentially be

sent over to rolanda. why nadeem is the british government doing this in the 1st place. well, adrian, that's a great question. they say that they are trying to combat people smuggling and stop money going into the hands of criminal gangs who get people across europe and on to those dangerous ding, ease, rubber boats that cross the english channel. a great danger there. have been instances where people have drowned this year. more than 10000 people have taken that journey by boat, from france to the english coast. not big figures. when you look at the numbers of asylum seekers here in the u. k. every year compared to other european nations, really, but there is political pressure on the government. they have always, admittedly expected legal challenges to this rwanda plant. so their opponents a saying that they are simply trying to garner headlines and appeal to right wing

voters. the charities themselves say the real solution to the crisis of the problem is to provide legal ways that people can apply for asylum abroad to come to the u. k. and that those don't exist at the moment. the government admit that, for example, afghans and ukrainians fleeing the war in those countries even coming now could potentially be sent to rwanda. if they take that so called illegal routes across the channel. an interesting lead the union always talking about the p c. s union, which represents most people who work for border force. and they say that they're worried about their members being put in traumatic situations and say they may be asked to act illegally. so they joined this legal challenge. so they're hoping that in the 1st instance, tuesday's flight will be stopped. but beyond that, they the group so called for a judicial review into the whole scheme. houses here is not even bother reporting live there from the high court in london. many thanks indeed nadine. a large group

of asylum seekers traveling towards the united states through mexico has been brought to a halt. many, a spending days waiting for humanitarian visas to allow them to transit freely to serious manuel and below reports out from champa state. the most of the cries of desperation from migrants in weeks from mexico, there calling on authorities to grant them humanitarian transit visas. after waiting for days, this family from venezuela had finally had their paperwork approve. the documents allow them to move freely through mexico and make their way toward the us southern border and the guy after almost 3 weeks, this represents one less obstacle, at least now we have a permit to transit country. now we need to figure out how to get the money for bus

tickets and tried to look for work. most of these people arrived here as part of a migrant caravan that left the city of cuppa schuler. near mexico's border with guatemala. on monday, the massive people marching on the road seemed and got frustrated with the slow pace. some moved on ahead. other people chose to wait for their transit pieces. and in just a few days, what was once a caravan of thousands, mostly cease to exist. maria and all scott, also from venezuela, had decided to make their way toward mexico city by bus, along with their young daughter and about a dozen other migrants they are exhausted but optimistic that their hardships will soon be over. this is some of the truth is this has been very difficult. we crossed the jungle. there were many people who died,

others who couldn't go any further. i don't wish what we've been through on any one . we've experienced hunger and thirst. but we have many hopes and dreams of arriving at our destination. it's a long road toward the mexican capital. once there, they'll only be a few days away from arriving on the doorstep of the united states. with their transit visas in hand, many migrants will continue north aboard buses like the one we're on. now. those traveling without the necessary paperwork, run the risk of being detained and sent back to southern mexico to start their journey again. monopoly al jazeera g up as mexico. thousands of people have been protesting in point us out as, as argentina's economic crisis worsens. inflation has hit 58 percent, one of the highest rates in the world, and it looks like it'll keep rising 37 percent of the population lives in poverty or to serious threats. bo was at the demonstration. where here in the center of

when a site is where thousands of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the government of i let it go for amanda. this has generated me to chaos in our side. as you can see, all the roads it is right in the center of when a fate is, are completely blocked by people. those who have come here to day are one to more government assistance to assist the poor, the government of america. and this is already spending millions to assist people who need distributing cash handouts, social programs, among other things. but those by marching to day are saying that it's not enough. argentina is right now struggling with a very high inflation rate around 6 percent every month. and people here are saying that that is affecting their purchasing power, mostly to buy food. and that's why they're protesting here today, earlier this year, argentina reached an agreement with the international monetary fund and the i m. f announced this week that this country had reached all the major target in the 1st

quarter. this is important to unlock more debt or more relief debt. for argentina, there is a major economic crisis right now with exchange rate controls with very high inflation, with very high poverty. and all of this are problems that so far the government has been unable to address thousands of truckers in south korea. i've gone on strike because of rising fuel prices. oh, good drivers of health launch processor from the biggest french re run by show. and i moto motors strikes, nodded to its 4th day. it's forced to kill die to production and is disrupted shipments and other companies. the truck is according for higher pay armed guaranteed freight rates. we'll get a weather update next here on the south, then u. s. and chinese defense officials come face to face for the 1st time as ages top security summit gets on the way of cinnapool the sophie way. why?

but data bay of set of go attracts african pilgrims and student seeking knowledge. and spiritualist, life things strikes of the ice that attends playoff games. we tend to play the new york ranges. the details coming up with joe is pool. ah, it's friday. here's your weather update for europe and africa. so remnants of what was tropical storm alex slamming into the united kingdom. we're going to see those winds crank up northern ireland, scotland looking at gus about 90 kilometers per hour. that could certainly caused some damage that we've got some showers and bursts of rain, or the rain could be used is southern spain and mulligan province. we've got this wildfire burning, 2000 people had been forced from their homes and about a 1000 firefighters are trying to tame the flames here. but the dry conditions

persist on friday. mulligan city, 26 degrees in seville and cordova, 40 degrees on friday. it's while above average now where the rain is falling central parts of europe right through to the balkans could see some severe thunderstorms bubble up. as we looked toward bulgarian that western side of greece . there's been fighting in turkey's capital encore about a 100 people were stranded and needed to be rescued. after some of that flooding in the capital region of to africa, we go in a breeze off the atlantic is pushed down temperatures in new ox shed to $26.00 degrees. it's almost 10 below where you should be for this year. and it is com for now. in southern africa, but prepare for it. we're going to have a number of weather makers marching over the course of the weekend, but 23 degrees for cape town on friday. enjoy. ah. when you're from a neighbourhood known as a hot bed of radicalism,

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ah, it's good to be with us. hello adrian for they can hear it. so how would that he's out from al jazeera, the headlines. the u. s. congressional committee investigating last he is capitol hill attack has been told the violence was orchestrated by former president donald trump. the panels calling it at attempted coup. protest as in india and bangladesh, demanding the arrest of the former spokeswoman for the ruling b. j. p. the poor sharma was suspended after making his la phobic comments against the prophet muhammad and the u. k. government plan to said asylum seekers to rwanda is facing a legal challenge. human rights groups are calling for a court injunction to stop the 1st flights which are scheduled for next week. georgia donna is

a professor forced migration and co director of the center for migration refugees and belonging at the university of east london. she, georgia. i live from london. good. have you with us a professor. of course we'll have to wait to see what the court decides here. but what's your view on the you case? government to the u. k. government's policy and well as chatted. he said, pointing out the policy of yes to be a law on the number on ground schools in terms of motor principles and some of the practicalities, and we will see what happens. but said, for instance, at the united nation court, refugee convention does not criminalize people who travel as i'm documenting my grants, and therefore they have the right to be listened to end. in this case, the u. k. government is offshore them, the right to listen to asylum seekers to another country. and so that's $11.00 of the problems that you pick up and it will come from. there's also another issue pertaining the global conflict on refugees and the international responsibility to,

to share the parenting. and that is also something that they can pay. government is now an offshore the driver. who is the british government sending to rwanda. it could any refugee, no matter where in the world they're from anyone who wants to seek asylum in the u . k. could they in theory and are being sent to rwanda? indeed that, that is a big issue because they don't have to have any connection with the country. anybody. wheeler who has been crossing the board, does it under command to my dad? yes, the 1st of january can be sent to landa, and most refugees will come to the county. i've seen counties of war. so i put that some of them are sudanese and when they apply for the side, 90 percent of their faces a field branch asylum. so they can be from any country in the world and they will be deployed to place where they don't know. busy the language cards and where they don't want to go and some of them will set connections with k. so they'll be in

a way. and even if they have a family, a claim to family verification that may be undermined by the sponsor. so why do you think the british government is doing this? this does, does it make any sense at all why the biggest government claims that this is a way to and in a way deter smugglers and traffic us from a b, from man. and, and i think people and across the board does. but we know from research that usually people are freak out is um, county will not be deterred by such policies. and the u. k. government has already been financed the range of what had been described as host telling bottoming policies towards my pants and asylum seekers. and these have now deterred people from across the board as and on the contrary, reducing the goals for the ad for cleaning asylum increases, the that, that the, the document you go to because people don't have the opportunity to apply to resettlement program, etc, etc. and so they will try and to whatever way they can to seek safety or i said,

so just briefly professor, what should the u. k. government be doing one thing that you can government could adopt and what fair to, you mean approach towards and the. busy incoming of my guns and people seeking asylum, refugees, and the cobra. i want equal rules for them to reach the country. any good or seen, we work together with the information that you need to address. root causes of people and, and address some of the ways in which it and long term solution is, can yet daunting. and this can only down internationally international level. because migration, we know is ignored phenomenon and cannot be addressed just by countries handled. a closing that brought us to people coming good still to professor many thanks into that sir, professor george at another in london impression south africa's president is facing tough questions after allegations that he tried to conceal a robbery involving millions of dollars at one of his game farms,

so rum opposes but accused of corruption and bribery, but he says the funds were private and not public money. the president's efforts to deliver a budget speech in parliament were disrupted by opposition and peace, who called on him to resign. there will be no rest for several in does house, you must know his life is going to become uncomfortable because we can use this hon house to cover up his money laundering activities. and it's very clear that this is not going to go away. and the president makes a fool here, frank, public disclosure around this particular matter. anywhere. it's going to go away. let's get more on this from out. as he was for me to mila who's in johannesburg? she's with us now live. so the president disrupted while trying to make a bunch of speech. he's been disrupted again today. what's going on here? well, the opposition parties and father, primarily the economic freedom fighters,

are demanding that the president on. so questions are on what could potentially be the biggest scandal of his presidency so far? and as you mentioned, they're dealing with the 5th of potentially are allegedly millions of dollars from his farm in the limpopo province, the president is meant to be addressing a session of parliament that stealing with the budget of the presidency should be put to a vote. but that's been disrupted since yesterday, and that continues to day to the point where the speaker parliament has had to suspend the session. and as had members of the economic freedom fighters ejected from the chambers, they've now resumed. but we continued to see these disruptions and demands of the president on to these questions. some opposition parties are saying, yes, he does indeed need to answer questions around the scandal. but this isn't the forum. while others are saying the president urgently needs to talk to south africans about exactly what's happened and should, in fact step down. how to serious for me to mila they're reporting live from

johannesburg. an infection today from lena asia top security solid is getting underway in singapore defense leaders from the us. china and the asia pacific will be sitting down for the shangri la dialogue, the u. s. and china are expected to clash over taiwan and the conflict in ukraine. i'll just hear as jessica washington reports now from singapore. in singapore preparations are underway with the asia pacific ski security summit returns to the city state after 2 year hiatus due to code 19 restrictions. it will provide a face to face encounter between senior us and chinese defense officials and me to growing tensions. the summit is named for the hotel hosting. the event is organized by the london based international institute for strategic studies or the double. i double s the main topic of the chevrolet dial august. the us and china relations

between the 2 superpowers are bad and getting worse. and so the 2 defense ministers from the country will both be speaking. now in its 19th year, the meeting had become a key form for debating the regions security challenges. the conference has traditionally attracted attention not just for the speeches and will public aspects, but for the bilateral and multilateral meetings that take place quietly on the sidelines. and so those meetings are important that the way the business gets done in international defense diplomacy. washington has repeatedly stressed the importance of the indo pacific and accused paging of aggressive actions in the region, particularly over the south china sea and taiwan. beijing has also criticized the us. we're playing what he calls geo political games with the region over issues such as a security packed between a strange u. k. and the us known as orchestra, which will help streamline to acquire nuclear powered submarines. i think for the

1st time, you know, the analysts say middle powers in the region are hoping tensions can be resolved or the same place we need to ask whether or not competition could be the escalator. is it manage or is it going to be one? and i think these are the questions that are still not being fully answered, but i think from the perspective of these asian faith, at least in an ideal world, we would like to see the us china competition, not only peacefully manage, but hopefully the escalated and resolve regional issues such as the violence in me and ma, with hundreds of civilians killed since the 2021 crew will also be discussed. but with no representatives of the genta or the lawmakers in exile. invited organizes hope for productive weekend. that leads to solutions rather than further tensions. and jessica joins us now live from singapore. jessica, there are reports that the us and china defense ministers will meet with our meeting. that what we know?

well, this is the nature of the shangri la dialog before the summit has officially been launched with so many defense officials in the one venue. the focus is very much on the bilateral meeting. and already that has been a flurry of diplomatic activity. as you mentioned, the focus is very much on the us and china. and we recently had confirmation from chinese state media that the u. s. defense chief lloyd austin will or has already met with these chinese counterparts general way from hook. we don't have information regarding the timing or the location of that meeting, or if indeed it has already been completed. analysts have already pointed to some of the, of these topics of discussion, not just concern over the situation in taiwan, the south china sea. and we have heard from us officials basically describing that . ideally they would, they would like to achieve god rails in the us,

his relationship with china, basically aiming for competition without an escalation, without conflict as well. now we, we do expect that over the course of the 3 day summit, both defense chief will speak publicly just delivering a speech that is aimed at not just the audience of delegates. and analysts that i hear, but well, leaders and specifically those in the asia pacific, they will be watching very closely to see what the 2 defense chiefs of the world superpowers have to say about their vision for stability and security. in this part of the world, i was here, it's jessica washington live in singapore jessica, many things. japan is opening its borders to tourists. again under a lightly controlled application process. foreign travelers are only allowed to visit with guided package tours. they must wear masks and have health insurance. japan limits daily daily arrivals to 20000 people that include citizens,

foreign students, and business travelers. the chinese city of shanghai is mass testing. millions of people for coven 19 just a week. after ending a months long lockdown. the testing will start on saturday and several of its 16 districts. there are fears that the city may be facing a new outbreak. at least 2 and a half 1000000 residents will be affected and it's expected that will be confined to their homes. while testing is on the way authorities in brazil have narrow their search for an indigenous rights defender, a british journalist who went missing in the amazon on sunday. investigators say they found traces of blood on the boat of arrested suspects. authorities looking into where the hunters and fishermen who are working illegally in the area are connected to the disappearance. charlie angela reports ah, urging brazil to step up. the search support is in london, held up images of bruno pereira and on phillips, who've been missing since sunday. brazil only deployed soldiers to search for them

on wednesday and their families fair, precious time, may have been lost. i wonder the situation to end up with a spring, just another disappearing sufficiently being told by their master and nod usual i'm, we think it is necessary that that journalist should be able to go to places like this and tell the story of the people without having their lives running away seems to me that brood pereira is a leading indigenous rights worker and former civil servant. tom phillips is a british journalist, currently writing a book about the unconnected tribes of the amazon. they were traveling deep into the rain forest to interview indigenous communities about the attacks they are coming increasingly under. earlier his family had a meeting with the brazilian ambassador asking them to intensify the search for the 2 men in the m as in rain, for a specifically asking for more such teams,

more drones, more boats, and no helicopters. they were last seen heading by boat to the town of attila, done north day, but never arrived. authorities are investigating reports that they witnessed armed men threatening and indigenous patrol. the region is under threat from illegal fishing mining and logging, which is increased under president gyal sanara, who appeared to blame the men for their own disappearance. kills kill also being was the woman we know in the middle of their journey. they met to people who the federal police already to taint. they are being investigated, but really to people in a boat, in a region like that completely wild. it is not a recommended adventure. everything can happen an accident. they might have been executed. everything could happen. charity say brazil is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for defenders of indigenous communities and the environment . it was spending a lot of that time trying to shine a light on the very difficult intense situation. and you know,

i think the failure of the brazilian government to really mobilize adequate resources for helping perpetuate that cycle of violence. families and fellow journalists and politicians are putting pressure on brazil government to do more to increase its search efforts as a matter of urgency and waste no more time in finding them. charlie angela al jazeera london in columbia presidential candidate would also. honda says that he's cancelling the rest of his interest in appearances because of threats to his life and and as is a right leading candidate is in the vote. set for june 19th and is running on promises to shrink government and to fight corruption. the police, let's say they have no information about the strengths but they're investigating. and then this is an a tight race against the leftist form. again, the fighter gustavo petro, a man's open fire at a factory in the us, killing 3 co workers and critically injuring another. the suspect at a state trooper were injured. later in a shootout, maryland,

senator chris found holland as repeated calls for action on gun violence that been more than $230.00 mass shootings this year in the united states. and in the u. s. state of michigan, a police officer has been charged with 2nd degree murder for fatally shooting a black man. patrick lawyer was shot in the head one on the ground. in april. officer christopher sure had pulled him over to check his vehicle registration. there were widespread protests after 40 camera video of the incident was released. the palestinian foreign minister is urging the international criminal court to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of al jazeera journalist, sharina ugly readme aleki as delivered the findings of an investigation into uh, barclays death. she was shot by his where he forces last month while covering raids and janine and the occupied west bank. molly, he has questioned the i. c, c's, delay and investigating crimes against palestinians. he's accusing the

international community of double standards. synagogues political stability in west africa is often put down to its practice of soup isn't. it's a form of islamic belief focusing on spirituality and in a peace. unlike other blissful populations, sophie is make up the majority in senegal, artist here, as i said, beg reports now from medina bay. once he paused these gates door, entering the town of medina by no alcohols and smoking is not permitted on its streets. oh, considered to be a holy place by those who visit here. this remote town, 200 kilometers from synagogue, capital decker is a stronghold of to johnny susie's. they have their roots in algeria and morocco, and gain popularity during the anti colonial struggle against the french medina. bye is now a place of spiritual pilgrimage for stupid across africa. and it's also attracted

black american students to come and study at school. us african americans as a place or a safe haven for us to practice our religion and learn our religion also is also an invitation back home, given us a piece of ourselves that we were the was lost or taken away from us. on the bottom of the procuring slavery, many of those enslaved came from west africa. so for some, there's a sense this has been a journey of return. when the plane landed, as soon as my feet hit the ground, i began to cry. this is the 1st time that i have ever been home. what made you cry? the fact that i was home after 500 year journey the town and the soothing order a significant was in ago. since independence, every president that's been elected has visited this small town every year. hundreds of thousands of pogroms flock here is the beating heart of the spirituality in senegal. ship, my se,

se is responsible for western students. he doesn't shy away from how influential the movement is and says, synagogues president mackie sallie is was aware of their importance. were citizen like us citizens. but we have dis medina, we have this follows that michaela. he used to live here in sam. so he knows his medina, he know what's going on in medina, he not us. medina is there but very important. but in synagogue i, i but for those who move here from the united states, it's a spiritual quest with its own talented joy. fast on is from atlanta, she came here with her children, you know, language barrier, and they were worried about making friends missing some of the fluids from home getting used to the food here. but now they love it. they love the freedom. ah,

there's no doubt the su fees are a social and political force where religion also plays a central role in people's lives. and although in other countries, religious influence may be considered a negative aspect. here it c as a positive, even a central oh, i said beg, i'll dedira, within a, by synagogue or than 3000 prisoners in thailand have been released. because most ways of using marijuana are no longer illegal. people are now free to grow cannabis and to consume hemp in food and drink, but smoking marijuana is still against the law. the ty, government east restrictions to increase agriculture and tourist. just ahead here on al jazeera action from the rebel golf series. let's open up a fracture at the heart of the game that's coming up with joe. ah.

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ah. ah. again talk to sport his joke. adrian, thank you very much. 17 golf is including former welding of ones. and major champions have been suspended by the pga tool. that's also a break ranks to play in a rival series by, by saudi arabia. david stone supports a new era in gulf has begun, and it shaken the game to its core just half an hour after the 1st ever t shirts in the live series, the pga tour suspended all 17 of its members. that had taken part against its wishes. although 10 of those players had already resigned before taking off,

it doesn't bother me. i'm. i'm very happy where i am. i resign a week and a half ago. so whatever the pigeon to says doesn't, doesn't now doesn't go with me because because i'm not a member, i didn't want to resign. i love the pga tour. it's been great to me. i. this is not a bite. this is not a by the pga tours about sorta says about wanting to be able to add on additional opportunities to to my golf career live golf organizes say the pga is being vindictive and only deepening the divide with its players in pulse her is not resigned. and says he'll appeal is suspension as he believes he's done nothing wrong. so mickleson is another place standing his ground, the 6 time major champion says the pga punishment change is nothing. i am going to play all the of the live event. so to answer your question, i'm, i'm going to play the 8 this year. i'm going to play the 10 next year. i can tell you that. wow, oh, the pga clearly view the brake way. lips series is

a threat. hence the strong reaction. it's an 8 tournament competition backed by saudi arabia, sovereign wealth fund, despite being seen by many as a vehicle for saudi to sports washes human rights record, the series presents a lucrative opportunity for players. with more than $255000000.00 of prize money on offer, the winner of this 1st event in england alone will pocket $4000000.00 more than any torment on the pga circuit. i played all over the world for 20 years and pretty much where i wanted to and i know this was another opportunity for me to play on on a different turn. yeah, i mean i, like i said, i respect the bigger turn. i respect there have been turned in fact all the tours as are sir. i hope it changes one bed, several rebel players of la sponsorship over their decision to bright ranks,

even bryce in december. he's not even officially announced he's joining up has already been dropped by a pga tour partner company. but as he another big names follow and the pga told continues to stand firm, the fracture at the heart of golf isn't likely to heal any time soon. david's folks out is era me mom, the pga tour defending canadian open champion warry mcroy. still the shame mcelroy has been a critic of the live toll hit 6 buddies in his opening round in toronto on thursday . in oven. irishman sits 3 shots behind the lead at windham, clark mccoy, had to wait 3 years to defend the title because of the kinds of 19 pandemic. the tampa bay lightning. and now one went away from the stanley cup finals off to a tempestuous game against the new ranges, lightning one game, 531 andre pallets. if you go head, go with less than 2 minutes remaining even you missed 3 to see replete, but it ended in a pool between lightning. even some call and young rain just saw forward alexis,

my friend. yes. so have time to regain the cool game 6 that the conflict final tom brady's been speaking about. his returns the nfl for 6 week retirement. brady, he turns 45 and all this decided he wasn't done yet. and will chase in a simple trophy when the season begins in september, the tampa bay buccaneers called back has been taking part in a mini training camp with the rest of the team trucking of questions as to why you reversed his retirement of just 41 days long time ago that's happening between now and then. yeah, it's just a lot, lot of different things. so there's a while ago i feel like it's kind of move past that point to be honest, but i'm happy i'm back. happy back to my teammates and can be a great year lim program. its allies been voted mens pyre of the year by his fellow professionals in england for a 2nd time fellow became the 7th month when the p f. i was more than once softer

season, in which he's called 23 premier goals, trying for 1st with told them on one minute. there was hamilton says he speeches after being made an honorary brazilian citizen, brazil's lower house, passed a bill making the 7 time forming one champion. one of the countrymen move was proposed to hamilton one last year, presenting grand prix, and unfold the country's flag of the into go circuit. hamilton will be an action later in practice for the as a boy schon groom, pri. all right, that is all your sport for now. it is back to adrian. germany, thanks joe. and i will be back again at $1300.00, gmc with another. rob matheson back with you to update you in just a moment, get a ah

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