those trucks which you, ah, but as his city changes, he's moving with and going on the road. the stories don't often here at home by the people who live the master barber of berlin. this is europe on al jazeera ah, on strike, thousands protest against the rising cost of living in brussels while the u. k. is facing is biggest train war path in decades. ah, hello, i'm emily. angling, this is al jazeera live from dough house for coming up from guerrilla fight. i took colombian president, gustavo petro pledges to find inequality after making history in the countries 1st

left us later, seeking a financial lifeline. shall anchor begins, bailout talks with the i, m f, to combat skyrocketing inflation and a few shortage and russia threatened to retaliate after lithuanian bonds, some rel transit to moscow's baltic sea exclaim of kellen in grand. ah, we begin in belgium, where tens of thousands of demonstrators have converged on the capital to protest against the rising cost of living. it's the latest and biggest day of action planned by unions. they've called a day of strikes to demand a better pay and working conditions and more investment in the public sector. the industrial action has severely disruptive transport. airport has cancelled all

outbound flights. i just did it when i came here to defend purchasing. powered the citizens because demonstrate is the only way to make the change. we cannot cope annual, even with 2 salaries as we will have. i'm a medical teacher. both of us are working on. we cannot get our head above water. you must think these are purchasing power. your love life is becoming more and more difficult. gasoline heating fuel. if we lower the taxes to 6 percent on electricity and gas, then it will make the population happier and the nation won't suffer. last month, the inflation right in belgium, he's 40 high of just under 9 percent. that's largely down to the energy crisis and food price inflation. last year, nearly 180000 people received help from food banks. that's a record for the country. prime minister, alexander de crew says inflation is affecting all belgians, but he's yet to come up with measures to tackle the problem. step besson has more

from the boundary capital. i'm in the middle of the so very large rally in the heart of brussels right now. 6 as well, right, are gathering here against the very high, both living. i'm a licensed broker, i'm shopping trolley for example, because they say it's an i'm going to the supermarket who, groceries because we sent you found the for this groceries. i be more confident that all has gone on with more than 10, even 20 percent. inflation is more than 80 percent. and on the other hand, their wages. com go up more than 0.4 percent of people also belgium law. so this is why we biggest label you and your to voucher have called for the general national pride, the air, florida. it's a chaos there in the transport sector in belgium all over. it is chaos today because people are not working there right here is not only the check for but the

metal workers, health care workers are here. people from all sector from all the different labor unions are here to show their anger. they say we caught like this anymore, and we're working hard. other companies are actually making more money because of the high prices. it all started with the energy prices going up months ago, and then the war in ukraine started with the price is even go up higher and that has serious for me. day by day now. and britain is facing it is to rail strikes for decades after talks between the workers union and train companies failed. more than $50000.00 employees will walk off the job for 3 days, starting on tuesday. if the spirit is overpay phrases and job cuts and unions worn, it's just the beginning of what could be as sama of discontent from public workers . inflation in the u. k. hit a 40 year high last month. the cost of living crisis is also affected. the outcome

of the legislative elections in france with the president losing his majority in the national assembly. his central coalition lost and dozens of saints and new left wing alliance led by john look mellon. sean has become the main opposition. he is now calling for the coalition to form a united block. natasha butler found this report from paris. familiar faces and new ones, french and peas, arrived at the national assembly of the parliamentary elections on sunday. the delta humiliating blow to the french president, his centrist, the lions failed to secure a majority of to be gains by the far right party and a new left wing alliance. that is now frances main opposition force. mister exceeded our goshen to fix us on the left was that we were able to unite to offer an alternative to mark or socially infer policy, which is the 2nd removal in her constituency. in northern france. far right leader marine, the pen was an appoint, mood after anti immigration party, one of record number of seats. your sick work as soon as william on your,

on my call, be able to do what he wants? no, no. the answer is no. no, is a word that i am peace from michaels alliance. unlikely to hear a lot in coming weeks as they try to work with other parties to push through the presidents, reformist, agenda. no, we, we lot of a contractor governments alla ah, contract between the whole 2 bodies. that's not something we're going to do. this analyst says that macros and peas may have to work bill by bill. another option is ice and seek an alliance for each slow and it's free for me will buy. so either an alliance with the left, when it is or text more inclined towards the left or with the right. the results of the parliamentary election of shaken a political system where power sharing is rare. this newspaper says that the results were slap in the face for emmanuel mcgraw was this one says that france is now going to be ungovernable. frances government spokeswoman put on

a brave face and said the party will find a way it will be difficult will of course, need imagination, audacity and openness, micros meeting party members and allies to consider what to do next. as a president who prides himself on his ability to navigate through a crisis, he finds himself in the middle of one. it rather have avoided, and that will shape his 2nd term. natasha butler. i'll just sarah paris. after years of conservative ra columbia has elected its 1st left wing president, former rebel fighter. gustavo petro defeated the right wing populist rodolfo hernandez. petra is running maint. francere marquez will be at columbus 1st. and black female vice president theresa bo reports from bottom. the rain did not stop thousands of people from gathering outside gustavo, peters, headquarters, o. b economist and former left when guerrilla,

when the elections with just over 50 percent of the vote. it's anywhere in columbia the 1st time and left when candidate has won the presidency. our while you're on, i want to cry. this is the 1st time we're going to have a popular government from the left, from the people of those who have suffered the armed conflict. and he is someone who represents us. the people on the streets. these people have been demanding change in this country, were liberals and conservatives have been sharing powered for years. oh, i agree with they believe that that again, that of change. these one bedrooms, 3 presidential bid. he's now a seasoned politician who's victory at columbia to the list of latin american

countries that have elected center left precedence in recent years. on sunday evening, he was presented to his supporters by his running mate, france, jamarkis, who will be columbia's 1st, afro colombian woman vice president. locate we are writing history right now. the new history for latin america. what is coming here is change real change in which we commit to life itself. we are not going to distant chantelle voters that have been screaming that from now on columbia changes. peter defeated, 77 year old populous world for a man this who was referred by many as the king of take talk. but better will face many challenges. 47 percent of the country did not vote for him annually say he will have to negotiate his reforms. in congress for this is not only the 1st time that oliver and candy it's been elected in columbia, but also the 1st time that we have up left when congress to because back to study

go didn't social movement behind was some better, was able to elect, ah, a good number of congress members saw he will have, are a congress that he's in favor of him not a complete majority. hassan car, bama jaretha in congress. but he has a good number of congress members. and dad is also a something that the signs that he could harbor success in his turn. oh, so peter will take off his in august for many, his government will empower the people in the country who have been ignored by authorities for years. but he said, well, i'll just cedar rhoda and alexandra ram, p a t has war onward. also hernandez is unusual campaign. there's no doubt that those fernandez as lead a very successful campaign, mostly on line mostly on tick tock. he this self describe himself as, as, as the king of tick tock. and this was

a campaign that had essentially one issue and that was reading of corruption, columbia political system. so definitely a very unique, a very unusual campaign. it wasn't enough in the end to win this election, but there's a lesson there for many politicians who want to have success in columbia and politics and even gustavo pitt, that'll have to change his way in the run off. they're getting off of the stages and the public events, and instead also taking the fight to the social networks in what he called micro politics. we saw him in the last couple of weeks of the campaigns and hanging out in families homes, especially poor families, of farmers and so forth. in a more rural parts of the country. bringing is man stage, almost a person to person and transmitting that through his social networks. so this,

that has meant that big change in the way politics have been promoted in, in this country. and now don't put none. this will be a senator. he will continue to be a political force and he also called pe, throw on sunday and said that he's willing to talk to him and to participate in here. some of his proposals for change to shall anchor now, which has closed schools and shut down non essential government services for 2 weeks to preserve fuel supplies. it comes on the same day. the government sits down for bail out talks with the international monetary fund. the country is facing its worst economic crisis since the country gained independence back in 1948 and al fernandez reports from colombo crisis stalks of the prime minister's office in colombo. a 10 member delegation from the international money to fund is intra lanka to discuss a bailout package. it's the greatest crisis that we remember had since independence

. and the breakers into this is it's about 30 percent due to misfortune and 70 percent new to mismanagement. so you to mother of oil crisis and her if not for the i am, if there's really no other safety net that kenzie of us, there's no money to import food medicine, fuel or cooking. guess. people have struggled with shortages for months. but things have got worse and she lumpkins have run out of patience. one of the senior policeman was firmed assaulting mortar is who were demanding fuel army personnel fired into the air on at least 2 other occasions. and in this incident, protest ers turned on a v i. v, vaguer that had jumped the fuel q on monday, police arrested 21 people demonstrating outside the finance ministry for obstruction. they said it had delayed senior officials attending meetings with the

i. m. f delegation. if approved, the rescue package will be sri lanka has 17th bailout from the institution. this is self inflicted, so we have excess demand and we have had excessively loss fiscal and monetary policy that has led to this destabilization. so the discussion with the i'm if other but i am, it is a dad, a sri lanka has to in place for us to go back to a stable position. the situation is dire. schools have been closed for 2 weeks, and public servants have been asked to work them. home. analysts say i am a funding is a double edged sword for she lanka, as it may be the lifeline the country desperately needs to prevent economy collapse, but will come at a price. higher taxes, an end to subsidies and other austerity measures. minute fernandez, al jazeera colombo, still ahead on al jazeera,

the last known remains of an assassinated congolese independence icon. i returned to his family by former colonial power belgium, and flags in india, bangladesh and china had left a dozen dead millions stranded in food and fresh water in short supply. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine group. your travel package to day where we got white spreads chairs and thunderstorms, threat to southeast asia at this time, the year. where's the dry period? you might sing yet, while it's not with the moment. we got some fairly heavy rain ran. sumatra, singapore may be qual, lumpkin up towards thailand, and then we have a lot of ram borneo. in fact, i think in brunei and brenda said back along the capital, there will be thunderstorms for the next 3 days. not particularly unusual and not particularly heavy, either the seasonal right where this rates are located. so be the line. call it the

plum rains if you're like. and it runs up to china towards japan. mon whole lot will eventually move northward. currently, it's hot. the north. diane's at 40 and these rains aren't as heavy as of late, but they will prep again, i think by the end of the week. and you still get rain ahead of it that significant . sherry's just on stalls going through beijing and towards the northeast of china . at the other end of the line, the monsoon frontier, this light black line is just a little behind where it should be, but it sort of be relevant because all those all moving north, you see the showers in dolton, india, and pakistan. good news for bangladesh is no more to top up the flooding that the flooding will it cost carry on for the next day or so. for pakistan, the shower, don't forget and the whole sauce to get hotter. but it was a nice few days off for the cat, official airline of the journey on counting the cost china has announced measures to put its economy back on track. can it's exceeds you cape,

on to override the northern ireland protocol is a trade war with the, if you about to start and the tourism industry had a strong start to the year. will that continue counting the cost on al jazeera? i mean all of latin america for most of my career, but no country is alike, and it's my job to shed light on how and why a oh, hello you, what you know to 0? i'm emily anglin. he's a reminder of our top stories, this alum, tens of thousands of people have take him to the straits of brussels, demanding government help to cope with the rising cost of living. it's the largest

and biggest day of action planned by labor unions. they're asking for more investment in the public sector. the cost of living was also a major issue in the french election that's left president and manual on the phone with no claim majority a left wing alliance led by john. look, melanie sean is now the main opposition. the far right also may be gang. and gustavo petro has been elected columbia's 1st left wing president, ending decades of conservative control, the former rebel fight as secure just over 50 percent of the vote. 3 points ahead of right wing popular were dover hernandez. seen by when health workers have gone on strike, to protest against low salaries and poor working conditions. it's the 2nd walk out by nurses and other health professionals since the coven 19 pandemic began 2 years ago. i room matessa has more from herrera o protest against bobby's government urrea,

doctors and nurses in the public health sector. no, they are taking a huge risk in the past. some workers have been victimized or fired for speaking out about working conditions and salaries. but these people are growing increasingly desperate and say they wages are being eroded by rising inflation. this is an act of last resort. we ask the public to hold, the governments are comfortable for how they're treating health workers. but more importantly, how they're treating just a general civil service. it's common knowledge that the currencies imperial, but they have not taken action. most of the people you see here, don't own houses, is to 2nd walk out by health with his jury, the clover 19 pandemic. last week, unions reject the government's offer to double member selling a 100 percent wage increase may sound like a lot, but inflation reached more than 130 percent in may. that means it'll do middle tell

people facing a rising cost of living. i public sector employees. what they wage is paid in u. s. dollars. union leaders say the lowest paid government worker take some less than 20 thousands of bobby dollars a month. that's less than $100.00 us dollars. they went that to go up to $540.00 us dollars, but that may not be feasible. god meant then is to do you monetize the or financial sector convert there is in dollar balances and other savings in zoom dollars into you as the last august that requires a huge amount of money which government may automotive work, stoppages and go slows, are common in the public health sector, zimbabwe and so can't afford treatment at private hospitals, suffer a before again because of this 6. because this is easy. even if you are in it read secession or in an images they would attend to. people are

doing because of that. so it affects us much striking health with his insist they won't report fidgety until they demand for more money is mit others worried about their pay getting docked? if they miss a shift, say they will be in the woods, but they'll be on or go slow harder. matessa al jazeera haddy. the belgian government has returned a gold tooth to the family of a con, goalies independence, late m. belgium forces were involved in the assassination of patrice. and along by in 1961, his turn phase, the only known remnant from roman was bonnie welcome web has the story. it was 61 years ago that patrice le murmur was executed by a firing squad in democratic republic of congo. with help from belgian mercenaries . the belgian police officer cut his body into pieces and dissolved it in a barrel of acid, but kept his go to his trophy and took it back to belgium. at the ceremony in

brussels on monday, the government returned the tooth to delegates from congo and members of lamar family appraisals. the sammy, i would like here in the presence of his family to reiterate the belgian government's apologies for the way it weighed at the time on the decision to put an end to the days of the 1st prime minister of the congo belgium and its royal family and fast wealth from colonizing congo and violently exploiting its people and its natural resources. millions of people were killed. patrice, remember, became wildly popular at the campaign for independence from belgian colonial rule. but belgium, in the u. s. didn't like his democratic and socialist ideas and supported those who killed him shortly after independence. the members relatives have been requesting the return of the 2 for years. if the only known remaining piece of his body, which they want to lay to rest, isn't that, but you see, i can't see it's joyous,

but it is positive for us. it's positive that we can finally bury one of ours. 2 weeks ago, belton king felipe visited congo and expressed regret for belgium's colonial past. he stopped short of apologizing. belgium has been trying to improve his public image regarding it brutal colonial past. since the black lives matter movement began 2 years ago. the movement prompted activists that the face statues of king leopold the 2nd in belgium who colonized congo in the 18 eighty's. some have since been removed. badge on is willing to take very symbol adjuster, very simple and easy, but the ad, so with pairing, also allowing justice to to happen. this is not happening. the returning of the moon, the tooth is certainly symbolic. congo still suffers from the kind of brutal violence and exploitation of natural resources. the belgian colonialist began dan more than

a century ago. the ceremony in brussels well changed that malcolm web al jazeera breaking news now and israel's prime minister. and if tale bennett has agreed to vote next week to dissolve the country's parliament. foreign minister yeah, law period will take the role of engine prime minister until the people head to the polls. the move will force the country's 5th election in less than 3 and a half years. the vote is expected to be held in october. russia is urging lithuanian to lift a ban on the transitive some goods to kill him in grad on the baltic. sane. the russian exclaimed, is wedged between lithuania and poland, the restrictions effect, the only railroad between men, mainland russia, and the territory is the waning and officials say the measures will be on good sanctioned by the new across its territory. it includes coal and other metals. the

kremlin has bound to respond if passage isn't restored a short time ago, i spoke to sandra romani, who's an associate fellow at the whirl united services institute. he explains how the sanctions will affect kellum in grad. so helen and grad is an important transit route to obviously the european union because of a strategic location here the baltic sea lithuania, poland has also an important area for a lot of the transit of key russian military assets as well. including iskander is a nuclear heap. wall muscles with one of these restrictions have been factored in for some time. poland actually was the originator of this idea in the came point plan that poland had and the war and ukraine. one of the plans was due band with cargo and ro transit between russia and european countries, and the u sanctions on the on call and other goods had been in effect for well over a month now. so the russians about trying to back to this end, but it's still an immediate blow, one half of counting grants. products, for example, come from european countries. though as an immediate supply chain,

it rushes honorably threaten the sovereignty of the baltic states ever since in 1998. when the car again of doctrine came forward. when they attacked the baltic states for supposedly discriminating against the russians. we've seen a russian alter nationalist like body. marcella saw the av in the media where the late body because you're not ski, threaten lithuania, sovereignty with invasion. so russia threatening lithuania, certainly not new lithuanian russian relationship is extremely poor. for example, as a charge affairs, not even a master level relationship between the 2 countries. but there are certainly going to be some ground for escalation to watch. one of which is eventual complete, located on all the way indian products entering russia with the way needs of already stopped importing russian gas and energy. so there's not much diversity can do in the energy heard, but not as you related goods. i think there's a chance of russian economic retaliation. heavy rains continue to lash india is no phase to flooding large pants of the region. some states is the worst effected hundreds of thousands of people stranded,

and the death toll has risen to 71 since april. have any metal reports from wrong year in these people are out to get their daily supplies. this road connect 40 villages and is a major lifeline for the town of wrong gas. it's been under water for nearly a week. so i had dinner this year. well, it's been more than $6.00 to $7.00 days since the floating started in the area. the water came into our house the day before yesterday. my house was submerged at night . heavy floating in a solid state has effected more than 4000000 people. thousands of villages are flooded and many people have been forced to free their homes. what heavy rays usually fall at this time of year in some areas like wrong, you haven't seen this kind of flooding in many years. many people were unprepared and they're concerned that the main source of water is being polluted and could bring disease. at least a 150000 people have been moved to county. the government has set up centers to distribute food and supplies. health workers are conducting malaria chess

mclaughlin, for this relief camp is in cultural district, was conducting health checkups for all those living in the relief camp. what also providing the people with their wide medicine, one mostly get in fever cases. we have not found symptoms of any other disease yet . although evacuations are under way, the military is also rescuing people. but they're being hampered by constant rain and rising water levels. people from bolo, banga were coming to sell milk and vegetables. 9 people were travelling in a bullet which sank. 4 of them have been risking. the mountain season began early this month and rainfall has already broken back odds. that's making people anxious about what they'd faith before it. and bob knew middle out of the rough wrong. yeah, in northeast india, according japan has wrote that a ban on same sex marriage does not violate the constitution. it's the latest set

back for the l g, b, t, q rights activists. as sarah, hi, raj reports walking to saw could district court in solidarity. the 3 couples the fighting for gay marriage to be legalized in japan. but any hope they had ended when the court ruled that the ban on same sex marriages doesn't violate its constitution. it's also rejected claims, the compensation for what the couples say is discrimination. it's a terrible ruling we are being discriminated against for sexual orientation. we cannot change. i'm serious and extremely disappointed when you know, spirit, when you do not this ruling as much like the government stance on gay, right. i honestly think you just re system is in favor of the government. i know the case is only the 2nd of its kind in a country where homosexuality is still stigmatized. last year, another court ruled that the failure to recognize same sex marriages was unconstitutional. l g, b, t, q activists say it's one step forward,

one step back. well, i think snow days japanese people have more interest in the l. j. b, g, q, community. but compared to overseas, the country is not comfortable with them living here. i personally hope that will change them at a bigger society is becoming more diverse, but i'm thinking over what's wrong with japan on the japanese law. marriage is defined as between 2 sexes, making japan the only member of the group of 7 advanced economy, the ban gay marriage, meaning homosexual couples missed out on inheritance and parental rights. do you saw could district court says there's not enough public debate on same sex marriage . however, the verdict states that may be possible to create a new system in the future. that wasn't enough for the couples who went to court may now plan on appealing the ruling. sorry height, it's al jazeera. ah

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