here is a limousine driver, he's the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march, i believe being pro body of a balance voting november. so deep is a 34 year old driver for atari family and he tested positive my body is very, won't let me small bubble you out of the health officials say the rate of new infections has slowed. the goal here is to conduct a broad survey to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases, which in turn could help policy decisions in the future. so it would be easier for us to inform the decision making on what to do next. the goal now is to increase testing and contact tracing. the government provides free testing and medical treatment for those who need it, while campaigns to raise awareness continue. ah,

european leaders are in cave to show support for you credit on discuss more military, a full president for to mid zalinski and ukraine tops the agenda, the meeting of the defense ministers in brussels. ah. hello robin, you watching all of their life. my headquarters here in the whole, so coming up police in brazil say they found the remains of an indigenous research and the british genders to missing in the amazon 10 days ago and underwater volcanoes. the u. n. team takes a dive into the mediterranean to research the risks of synonymous welcome to the program, french president. mad rhona chrome has praised ukrainian heroism and said keith must win the war against russia. but he does of france. germany and its lead met president zalinski on the 1st key since the war began earlier memo macro ella shows

and may a druggie toward a being where russian soldiers have been accused of committing a diesel present. michael said he saw evidence of war crimes in the town. enjoy. you are here at earth on a side that has been destroyed. indeed, the russian army stopped and several other cities nearby. massacres has been perpetrated, and we have had the 1st traces of what our war crimes on this investigation. we are cooperating very strongly. i would like to sink all the french germ dumps, experts and magistrates who has been working on this from the 1st day. alongside the experts that you created is also top of the gender and brussels. native defense ministers are discussing the build up of troops along the lines of eastern borders . the meeting sets the stage for a larger nato summit at the end of the month, us defense for lloyd austin reiterated support for finland and sweden's bid to join the alliance. and said, the goals of nato have not changed. during our time together,

i've encouraged my fellow ministers to do even more. we all share the responsibility to procure, prepare and provide ready capabilities and forces. to prepare this alliance for the challenges to con, nato's preeminent task has not changed to defend each and every allies sovereignty territorial integrity and independence. and that's why america's commitment to nato into article 5 remains iron clad. on wednesday, the white house announced an additional $1000000000.00 in the military for ukraine . it includes anti ship rocket systems, artillery and ammunition. there's also $225000000.00 in humanitarian aid. that's good morning from the white house correspondent. kimberly, how can he join me now? of course kimberly the funding will be a huge relief to ukraine and perhaps push european partners to do more quicker

paths in the way that lloyd austin has suggested in his press conference. absolutely, you heard there as he spoke just moments ago, that the attack on one is an attack on all in terms of the nato military alliance. the article 5 is, it is called a what he's referring to there, even though ukraine is not a member of nato, certainly, nato is come together to defend ukraine's sovereignty is to defend it and end its borders from the invasion by russia. and so, as the united states announces this latest $1000000000.00 package, the largest military hardware package, yet in the string of packages, this is really a not so subtle nudge to the rest of the nato partners to step up their own contributions so that ukraine can turn the tide if you will,

in this war against russia. so the united states has outlined in detail. this was presented to reporters just one day earlier by the national security council coordinator for strategic communications. john kirby, at a press conference at the white house. what we know is this package will entail missile launchers, howitzers, anti ship systems. but we also know that this will include the military personnel to teach the ukrainian soldiers how to use this equipment because it's no good if you don't know how to use it. and the reason this is so important is because at a time is of the essence, we know that right now that the ukrainian forces are outnumbered in terms of military hardware by the russian soldiers, by the russian military. and so they are in need of this support in order to gain

that edge. and so that is what this is all about. but in addition, we know that this package also includes $225000000.00 of humanitarian aid for the ukrainian people. this is water, this medicine and this is other sort of public health needs in order to support the ongoing of combat operations, but also the civilian population. and this is a direct response to the plea by latimer zalinski. the countries leader who is once again urging the western leaders to step up. so this is sort of the culmination of the message by the defense secretary on the heels of this to day meeting in brussels. of these native defense secretaries for the day, thanks from it's kimberly hallett. our white house correspondent, not tennessee's main labor union, is on strike, to demand an increase in salaries and concessions on dooming reforms. up to $3000000.00 people are part of the powerful tennessee and general labor union. thousands of its members held a rally in the capital tunis. it's the latest crisis putting pressure on the

government of president chi saeed. lead sivilton is in tennis with more. thousands have gathered in tunis in support to the general labor union, the u. g t t. it's rare that they come out with a general strike which started at midnight. and this includes all the public sectors. we've had a 96 percent turn out and that includes the whole, the transport section that have been no international flights. the courts are closed buses, major. the organizations like the national administration of not gone in to work that includes the national power and the water company. so pretty much the whole of tenicia is on strike. and to be nurturing to be a leader, gave a rousing speech, saying that the u. g g t is supporting their members who's very careful not to set himself up. has some kind of oppositional political force. whenever the g is at loggerheads with the

government that it says isn't supporting its workers. the government has been trying to get a major consolidation loan from the international monetary fund, but the international monetary fund, mounting major reforms in the country. and that includes or started to reform such as cutting the national salary to booby said that he's not actually demanding. so much for wage raise and boundaries and wages have been stagnating for the past 23 years is particularly with the crisis induced by covert that pretty much shut down the economy as he's demanding the government actually saw the economy itself. because we're seeing fuel prices, food prices going up and inflation growing. so this has been an a major turn of events. but what we expect to see is possibly more strikes as the

union and government continue to disagree about the best way forward to rock way influential. shia cleric sada has made statements about his political future. so those says he won't be involved in the next election. if the politicians, he is accused of being corrupt, take part. now the leader of the largest block in parliament made the statements in a close meeting just days after 73 members of his party resigned as m p. 's. this means that iraq faces more political uncertainty after an 8 months deadlock and failure to form a government on a i decided to withdraw from the political process to avoid associating with those corrupt politicians in any way. neither in this world nor in the hereafter, as well, like you as well, like you, you really did well in obeyed. so i thank you. what i want to tell you is that in the next stage, because i will not participate in the coming elections. also with corrupt politicians, if they participate, this is

a pledge between me and god. i know we're not going sore. is the project director of the iraq initiative at chatham house. he says, so those decision to step down could be strategic. it's important to consider how we got here, you know, other one an election last october a month or so ago. and he was adamant that he was going to take the power from the electoral victory to form a majority government. and he was going to exclude his opponents and he failed. he couldn't, although he had the numbers, he could not form a government that was to his liking, that was a consensus is big change did not work. and so he was stuck. another tool that other tries to use in the past is his sort of access and to look relations with the street with protesters. he's always tried to be at the same time, an establishment finger having been in government for many, many years as well as an anti establishment populist figure. and this balancing is

what we're seeing right now. so as he failed to form a government that he wanted, he now wants to leverage his other side is how people aside his so you know, social base to try and put pressure on his opponent in another way. the big question, however, is, will it work this time? well, the by the ministration has reiterated calls for a fair and thorough investigation into the killing of out there agend machine. actually, the palestinian american was shot dead by israeli forces while reporting in the occupied west bank last month. president biden is due to meet his ready in palestinian leaders when he travels to the middle east next month. what we want is obviously for this to be fully investigated and if there needs to be accountability had accountability had at the end of that investigation, we've called for thorough complete, transparent investigations into her death. and we're going to be watching this very, very closely. i don't have any additional details on what an independent

investigation would look like. i just don't have that for you today. but i don't want you to walk away thinking that we don't want this fully investigated. and for that investigation to be thorough and transparent. protests with an eastern india have been attacking trains and blocking roads as anger spreads about changes to the military recruitment system. the government announced this week it would have a whole, its armed forces, hiring process loony. employ. new stock between the ages of 17 half and $21.00, and most for only a full year tenure is an attempt to reduce the average age of military personnel and cut pension costs. i had taken 1st 2 exams for the indian army needed to exam was left the 1st postponed. the theory examined later that we would still had here on al jazeera, $8000000.00 australians urge to turn off the lights while energy crisis is forcing regulators to take unprecedented steps and turning up the pressure. aka pot veteran faces growing criticism of his use of water at concerts.

ah hello, we got yet more heavy rain across southern parts of china. no great surprise is here. that is the my you front that is continued to pull some big downpours all the way across. southern china, taiwan easing up towards the far south of department. much of japan will stay fine and dry over the next few days. little him it there and take a temp just getting up to 30 degrees celsius. big improvement. what we've seen recently these off a little as we go on into sass day. we're still not too bad. just wanted to show us as clipping the far south of hon. shoe by this stage, by the where to where the does remain across southern parts of china. it is some wet weather, also making his way up towards the korean peninsula by this stage. meanwhile, it's sunshine and showers, live the showers to across

a good part of south east asia. see to mother b one's into western parts of the region recently, but it really is a good scattering a shout for some pleasant sunshine. in between, mustn't forget that. he showers continue across southern parts of india. the monsoon range, of course, pushing all the way through. i've got 2 lines on the chart here. the black line, that is the actual position of this year's a southwest the monsoon. at the moment, the purple tram lies there. that is where those rains should be noticed. there are some showers to the north of that black light pre monsoon chows a fair amount to wet by up to was a north west into pakistan and bangladesh. ah, when all that seemed to matter is the headlines always 2 sides to 4. when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality, the leader on the one hand, the enemy is also neither. on the other hand, the listing post trips away to spin, what kind of reporting it even seen on the ground mis information is right place

bare the bias. a lot of people believe things because they want to believe them and uncovers the uncomfortable truths. do you think they did enough to scrutinize the case for the listening post on jesse the ah, like you want to you on there with me? so rom, the reminder of our stories, the leaders of france, germany and italy have met president lot of ms. lewinsky on the 1st visit to keith since the war began. mamma macro shall marry a drug told of been where russian phones is that accused of committing abuses. and it is mainly be union has gone on strike, demanding an increase in salaries and concessions on moving economic reforms. is

increasing pressure on president sites. government already facing a number of other crises under ox, influential, shia cleric. southern has enough that he's stepping away from the political process . so that says he will participate in the next elections as politicians. he's accused of being corrupt. take part, fleece and brazil think they've identified the bodies of indigenous research and the british journalist to dissipate 10 days ago. investigate to say a suspected the police custom in police custody confessed to killing buena pereira and don phillips and bearing them deep in the amazon rain forest. mulkey in a kiff has more from rio de janeiro. it took brazil's police 10 days to find the place where indigenous expert, but only bit ada and british journalist don phillips were allegedly buried. policemen said, a mighty good luck, costa, a local fisherman confessed to the killing and led them to the burials site. more

than 3 kilometers into the amazon jungle rogo rivers where the crime happened. levy found the bodies bedded human remains found there will be compared to dna samples obtained from the families of biddy at and phillips, the journalists wife of his son. that of some buying has issued a statement saying that the family can now find closure. but she also says this should be the 1st step of a broader investigation into crimes committed in the amazon video. and phillips were allegedly ambushed on their way back from the job id valley in area. twice the size of japan and home to the world's largest number of un contacted indigenous tribes. this one they went missing on june the 5th local communities, organized search parties, and asked the government for help them of draw hood, the english who worked with bruno video for 11 years,

told us they had both been threatened for trying to some top illegal fishing in the reservation some months ago, we followed by the ada on the same path. he took dumb. phillips, part of research for a book was writing about conservation. in the amazon, the indigenous expert was helping java, the tribes track down trespassers, and stopped them from stealing fish on the river. we met a mighty old acosta one of the 2 men. what ordering to the police killed bid era and phillips, the case stirred up the international community, brazil's president abel seattle, was asked about the investigations during his meeting with joe biden. and british prime minister hollingforrest johnson said that the search for phillips should be a priority. community leader. paulo my doable, says investigations must continue, because he believes there's much more to these to death. illegal fishing has been

associated with drug trafficking in this part of the amazon, which borders peru in columbia. the indigenous people of the job id valley say it's time for the brazilian government to take the threats they've been facing for decades. more seriously. monica nike, vall, jazeera, rio de janeiro, latin america's largest economy, is also struggling with inflation. brazil, central bankers raises benchmark right by half a percentage point. it's the 11th high, with indications of mold come, wising, food and fuel prices mean will families a buckling to make ends meet. and the grim picture continues around the world. countries struggle to recover from the economic fall out of the pandemic supply chain disruption. the taking a total of major manufacturing economies. the impact of the measures in shanghai in china's production hubs are still being felt. and the war in ukraine is any adding to the crisis. sanctions on russia and blockades of ukrainian pulse,

a limited grain exports and driving up energy and food prices around the world. australia's newly elected government is facing a perfect storm. inflation is high and food prices are rising. and now there's an energy crisis. there's false regulators to take unprecedented measures, and sara clark reports now from brisbin. this is one of australia's busiest fruit and vegetable markets. it's normally a hive of activity, but after a series of extreme weather events less fresh produce is being delivered to city markets. as a moment, the both along the rhetorical hall, my review of hope of the or where we will have blood through fog in about 3 or 4 weeks. very cold weather articulations themselves. and we poorer that hulu, or the school supplies kentucky fried chicken, has substituted let it switch cabbage in its burgers. the floods combined with a labor shortage. as a result of border closures have also pushed up retail costs. more than though,

the wired mom and as the mom, martha have to go up with who will want brought. it's not just a shortage of fresh projects. australia has been plunged into an energy crisis that the national market operator suspending market pricing to avoid power outages in up to 5 states. the war in ukraine has led to a global gas shortage prompting australia to rely on its aging coal fired power stations. a quarter of which i currently offline, despite being a major producer, 90 percent of the liquefied natural gas produced on the east coast is exported to china, south korea, and japan. that actually means that there's only a little bit left and the little bits left is sold on the international spot market . and of course, we are now having to purchase that for domestic consumption at prices that have gone up, you know, 80 times or more. the energy regulator has intervened and set a price cap,

but many families will still be struggling to heat their homes. as australia experiences a series of cold fronts. it means people are dying because they don't put their hating on, and people are dying because they need access health care. but they can't afford to . and people are dying because their health is in such dire straits because of the fact that they can't afford to 8 properly, the gas crisis and food shortage, just to of a number of challenges facing the newly elected labor government. with this in mind, they've agreed to introduce new cost of living measures in the type of budget to deliver on election pledges on child care wages and medicine. until then, the government warned is unlikely to be any immediate reprieve. sarah clark, how does era prison? the bank of england has raised its interest rates to a 13 year high and a quarter of a percentage point high because the 5th consecutive increase aimed at tightly inflation. it's also cut growth forecasts to this quarter. the british pound tanked against the dollar after the announcement. and the move by the bank of england came

just a day after the u. s. federal reserve increased interest rates to its highest levels in nearly 30 years. also in a bit to kind of inflation by reducing consumer spending, but as my kind of reports from washington, it would have never get negative impact on the batted us economy and lead to recession. denouncement was expected, but no less shocking. at today's meeting, the committee raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 3 quarters of a percentage point resulting in a one and a half percentage point increasing the target range so far this year. the only potential ray of light and unemployment rate near a 50 year low with job vacancies at historical highs and wage growth elevated. but this is offset by soaring inflation, which the rates type is intended to curb. prices across the board increased by nearly 9 percent last month alone, as inflation reached the level not seen in decades. the interest type will increase

the price of mortgages and insurance among other things. but the fed hopes that are also damping consumer spending, which in turn should reduce inflation. my colleagues and i are acutely aware that high inflation imposes significant hardship, especially on those least able to meet the higher costs of essentially, like food, housing and transportation. we are highly attentive to the risks high inflation poses to buy so both sides of our mandate and were strongly committed to returning inflation to our 2 percent objective. and that would be welcomed by a suffering public y'all. i have got to slow it down. it stretches, gallon and mill of mom, we don't know the $6.00 every 2 days that go to say what the mill for chelsea lewis and her family inflation is not an abstract statistic. it's an everyday burden that determines whether there's food on the table or whether she can drive her twin high school kids to track meets the search, and prices is particularly hard on people. still recovering from the economic

ravages of the 10 demik. this is been a rough time and then with the, you know, the recent with the ukranian situation and then the gas was the shooting up. it's just like this world is, is, is certainly even more rough for the ones who were already struggling to keep their head above water. so it's kind of like now i can speak for myself. you kind of feel like you're drowning in a sense. chelsea is holding down several jobs while studying for a degree, but she couldn't cope without a government safety net. in particular, a housing subsidy known as section 8, food stamps, about $800.00 a month. my daughter who you just met. she's on social security. that's how we're managing. but the good blessing is before we moved to georgia after 60 years and being on the section a housing voucher program, i made it to the top of up to the fits announcement, the white house, which continues to play much of the gloomy economic outlook on russian president

vladimir putin section in ukraine, said it was doing everything to steady growth, and that's little comfort to the louis family, which regularly plays a board game called the game of life in which players get into debt to take out insurance, make investments, spine property. and so on, but they have little or no control over the real game of life being played out beyond these walls. one off ramp and inflation and rising interest rates in which the consumer is always the loser. my kind of jazeera washington. well, i thought just interest rates that are rising, the temperature is 2 in parts of europe is experiencing an early heat wave is expected to peak by the end of the week. now the temperature in paris is full constant. 37 degrees celsius by saturday. that's 13 degrees above the average for the french capital. in the month of june, mercury is expected to exceed 40 degrees in some parts of southwestern france, which is likely to trigger a public health alerts. now in the us,

children under the age of 5, could receive a cave in 1900 job by next week, a panel of experts as recommend to the medina and to find the vaccines the children . talk to say that although most american children have been infected by now, high rates of hospitalization, amongst toddlers, of the schools, the need for vaccination. that's been a decades in cy, the south korean musician became a global phenomenon with his country ganga style hit. but his recent like performance is all being criticized using water cannon spray on audiences. robert bright explains this month is the 10th anniversary of sy achieving global fame with the unmistakable sounds and moves of gangnam style. and south korea welcomes the summer he and other k popstars are welcoming, being backed with their fans at large concert, the kind of gatherings that haven't been possible during the pandemic. especially

colleges which pay for big names to come and entertain them at this time of year. i'm doing a lot of shows easy on colleges. this is kind of funny by couriers 22 years, but these days i'm talking to myself like, wow, dude, you are very popular. aha. they love you. that may be the case, but sized concerts have drawn criticism for their excessive use of water being sprayed onto the crowds from large water cannon, especially at a time when many parts of the country are suffering from drought. and now he's also being criticized by health officials saying that wet masks pose a health risk making it easier to spread germs just as the country finally seems to be overcoming the ami kron variant. that of course, is a reason to celebrate this summer and sigh and his fans would like to be partying. but his use of water it seems, landing him in hot water. now

a urine research team is studying your most important volcanic systems and the risk of tsunamis they could pose trillion wolf has the story. this archipelago along the north coast of sicily is famous for its volcanic activity. but the danger that larks here isn't above the water. it's beneath. we have the most active i developed model, assist them on the me to renew and see. and the da da activity is sir, are made by release over 10 more flows with some, sometimes high water temperature. i mean temperatures up 240 degrees c at 20 meters. and we have a huge amount of carbon dioxide that release the by the sea floor that poses the risk of a sin nami, and it's potential to wipe out entire communities. and while there are advanced

warning systems for volcanic activity on land side to say a lot more work is needed to address the threat of those under water. the alien islands are unesco world heritage site. and because of their proximity, researchers say the only way to effectively for casa synonymy is by predicting one and hopefully alert people. well before it hits the it's roland new wave normally moves to really high speed. the name of the war though, it's estimated the 300 kilometers per hour hold more. so you can imagine that so heater can reach a one of the islands seemed a few things. ah, the way forward scientists say is to develop strong early warning systems and community preparedness, so that population dense regions both here and around the world are spared from an environmental disaster. jolene wolf al jazeera. ah.