for new heights, my chin is yeah. on al jazeera, we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter what, when use in current calls that matter to you, a rush awards, lithuania of serious consequences for restricting rail transit to is ex slave of clinic grad. ah, i monies i, this is out there a long way from joe hall. so coming up person's biggest well, straw concise, he is, is on the way is unions worn off a summer of discontent. struggling to get

a than to flawed head. ne, in india and bangladesh. the military helps l. f. food and fuel to submerged areas . trying to ease power blackouts, lebanon signs us back, deal to ship natural gas from egypt through syria. russia says it will retaliate after lithuania stopped rail transit of some goods to clean the grat. the areas wedged between lithuanian poland, making it the only russian region surrounded by 2 nato members. the restrictions affect the only rail route linking the territory with the rest of russia. trains from mainland russia need to pass through bela bruce and e u. member lithuania to reach coline grat, that the waning officials say the ban only applies to goods sanctioned by the you including coal and some metals. much. woodson for we sits, may be prices will grow or maybe there will be none of the goods that we are used

to as whole. kristen. alright, so story construction, local store, development of roads. it's all only going to get worse. while the clinic grad government's head of information says he hopes the decision will be reversed, wasn't ready for school of them. we still hope our neighbors will overcome the madness there suffering from now. because like the rest of the sanctions, these measures painfully hit lithuanian economy. let's not forget our neighbors and good money on callin and grad transit. people don't make hain as monitoring developments from berlin. he joins us now live, don't me. your in europe is their fear the war could spill over into other countries. that certainly the worry for many people in the baltic states and in poland who see callan in grad close to their territory. know that there are substantial russian forces in that territory

and wonder what they might be used for. certainly the fear amongst members of the baltic states, most of the senior elements of government there have warned about the position of russia for some considerable time. but clearly since the war and ukraine began their warnings there, please for help have been much louder. certainly several different, nicer countries, europeans and others, canadians, americans maintained some forces on the baltic states. but all of this relates to the decision taken by the e. you to impose sanctions on russian goods and services being transported on e u territory. and the thing there, lithuanian government says quite clearly that what they are doing is in line with what the e u has said should be done and they're doing what any other e u country would do. the russian view is very different. russian view is this impinges on russia's sovereignty on its ability to allow the transit of goods from the ex clove of calling grad to russia proper,

the main russian federation. so why is cleaning grad so important to russia? what stake here there's a historical perspective him in one sense, coleen ingram is an anomaly of the aftermath of world war 2. it used to be part of what was called east prussia. it's capital was koenigsberg. now named cleaning right after the man who was the head of state meticulous sense of the soviet union . 1946. the point here is that when the soviet union absorbed that piece of german territory, it was as one contiguous element. so the baltic states, belarus, and russia, ukraine were all one country the ussr, so it wasn't an ex clay. but then when the cold war ended and the soviet union ended, the baltic states became independent. but russia insisted on retaining cleaning grad because it viewed it as a strategically important area, a large port that is ice free for all of the year in the baltic sea,

unlike the rest of the russian federation. and then when those countries, poland, the baltic states joined ne, so it took on an even more military strategic aspect. and then with the war in ukraine underway and the fact that those countries, poland and the baltic states have aligned themselves if not allied themselves with ukraine. while now there are 2 perspectives. there is the perspective of russia that sees its territory now with sanctions being imposed on it. and then the baltic states and poland, who look at the russian presence, and wondered what might happen from ver, dominic cane munching developments from berlin. thank you. russia president says he plans to fully modernize the military. vladimir pigeon says it's in response to growing threats from outside the country senior, which we will continue to develop and strengthen our armed forces, taking into account potential military threats and risks based on the lessons of

modern armed conflicts in our priority is a quitting troops with new weapons system that will determine the combat effectiveness of the army and navy in the years and decades to come. in addition to the new weapons already tested, troops are receiving s 500 air defense and missile defense systems that are unmatched in the world. yoyo, like with the cranium, presidents as africa, is being held hostage by russia's war invasion has led to global food shortages and risks of famine across the african continent. latina i address you in a state of emergency when we have a war in an emergency for the whole world, when africa is actually taken hostage, hostage of those who started the war against our state. it was, this war may seem very distant to you in your countries, but catastrophically rising food prices have already brought it home to millions of african families, as well as to many families in asia, europe, and latin america, the unjust and provoked by russian war level of food prices is painfully felt on

all continents. the european union is also blaming russia. a critical shortages of grain and africa. e diplomats have been meeting in luxembourg to discuss the conflicts impact on feed security. when can not imagine that the millions of don, we'd remain blog ukraine was in the restroom to woo hoo paula, suffering hunger. this is a real war crime. we are repeating and they have to warn again, do risk of a great amine. you're whoo, special, you know, a russian journalist has sold his nobel peace prize matter to help displaced ukrainian children. ladies and gentlemen. oh, it's just an auction record was by selling for $103500000.00. dimitri monitor was the edison chief of the independent russian newspaper nor via gazette,

which was shut down in march when the kremlin clamped down on journalist following russia's invasion of ukraine. comes to my extra enough door, bushway crane, i think selling the nobel prize middle to help you. cranium. children is important to me because i'm a russian citizen. and russia has invaded ukraine. i feel responsible for what my country in my country citizens are doing. i'm sure a lot of russian citizens just like us, want to do something. we're trying to do something. the biggest rail strike in britain in 3 decades is underway. tens of thousands of workers have walked out, demanding better pay and job security that rejected a wage increase of 2 percent more. inflation is currently at 9 percent. unions have warned, the strike could lead to coordinated action across all the industries. u. k prime minister boris johnson is blaming the union's saying that the strikes are wrong, an unnecessary user down the jubilee rocha gov's break straight and can't do that now. so it's fine. otherwise we're to have like

a couple of hours. maybe i should say i did avoid trouble in the morning. well, i'm going to be late for we did have some stuff slip into the building last night so that they could help or pin up because i walk in a hospital and we do surgery. so we couldn't come to the surgery, but we had to do is just get some stuff sleeping to the hospital and then others we tried to call when the moon. so we planned myself. it did affect the service we provide, but we have nothing to do if it does strike then. then i pull brennan has won the story from london in the big towns in the big cities. we saw a rather eerie experience of con courses at railway stations, which were periodically deserted, which is extremely unusual. of course, during a working day mid week, it may happen on a sunday morning,

but certainly not on working day mid week. the worst, some services on a limited parts of the rail network, but for more than half of the route that work up and down the country, there was no service at all. that means places like pens, sounds down in cornwall. born upon the south coast are the scottish railways, anything north of glasgow and edinburgh, there was nothing running, it's all on there. and most of wales as well, had no train services whatsoever. so the effect has been profound for the traveling public. and it's not going to get any easier after today. the r m t has chosen to have 3 days of strikes tuesday, thursday, and saturday. they'll be almost no service at all on those days. and the days in between those days will have absolutely minimal servicer sunday service or even less so a whole week of disruption, which is causing misery for, for millions, frankly, i'm, is there an, an incite? well, the 2 sides say that they will continue to try to find compromise. the talks broke

up on monday evening with no agreement. they haven't been to having any talks to day, but they say that they will continue to try to find compromise in the days ahead. and the west flooding in bangladesh in years could be about to get worse. more rain is full, carson, major rivers expected to rise. millions of homes are under water and authorities is struggling to deliver emergency supplies. or the worst flooding is in districts in the north and the north east. army has been deployed to help with relief efforts. thousands of people have died since the storms began. in april, tomba chattering, has moved from so has in ne, on the dash. this is the thing in the lead city. things are much more severe and warm from the outcome of the fit in the rural areas. we drove miles and miles on saw villa jones washed away our submerge paypal, our desperate need for a dry shelter. they need fresh water and food. we have visit up shelter,

which is overcrowded. there got a very limited number of relief. the government has deployed the defense forces personnel here over 100000 people. so far i've been evacuated and rescued, but many in the years are still maryland and needs to be rescued. things that i've bought in the northern bangladesh, particularly encoding over 250000 people are stranded. neighboring districts are also flooded. many experts on people are, are doing government or declared this region as emergency disaster zone. now this is a 2nd way of plot that to hit this area last month. the leg region was hit by plot . this is the 2nd row, which is worse, and more than a century. government is trying, it's vast. prime minister is scheduled to visit this region today. some time she might be even here. now the rain forecast has been bad, but it has been luckily, dried a big really for the paper on hardy, for drain to not intern india in mega lion. are some things could get worse,

because the water flows from that into the sort of my best in which is called here and we're going to bail bangles. so there is clear danger, more flood if it rain. so plotted staying dry, which is a good thing. in india is neighboring, a som stay flooding and landslides have killed dozens of people. soldiers have been deployed to get supplies to areas that are cut off. how those homes and fees across a some states continue to be inundated with water rescue and relief operation. got on for people who we are in the district. this is one of the worst effected districts in the region and have just returned. 8 from rescuing about 3 families from a real, real life, both has rescued about 50 people over the last few days and we are on what used to be feed the team here. so their biggest challenge is the rising water level over

yeah, water levels are about 15 feet deep. that's in the early 4 in the hot nita. we also see our strong water bar is our big challenge. in fact, residents over here said that because of the pirates from the overflowing river, many home and people have also been swept away. no cost to save. the toy from the flood continues to rise. more than the only 5000000 people have been arrested. and many people have died over the last 24 hours. homes are under water feels are inundated, and mostly people are anxious to waiting for water level to receive the ring to stop so they can return home and stock the building, the live seller had on out there shooting for the stars. and so we'll hear about our praise ambitious leap into the commercial space industry. and it's back to the ballot box in israel and elections known for the 5th time in 3 years after

coalition co ah ah hello, that we seen devastating flooding across southern areas of china. and there is going to be more rain falling here. but 1st, let's have a look at south asia. we've also seen catastrophic floods effect bangladesh on the north east of india. this was a scene in a some, those flood waters haven't yet started to receive. there is going to be more rain here, but the good news is for bangladesh. a lot of that rain pushes down towards me and mom. we all going to see the torrential downpours here in the days to come. and we've got warnings out for much of central and weston india for some strong winds and heavy showers and storms in the days ahead. some of those pushing down into the south, trickling into sri lanka, it's up in the north, but we are going to see it. see things clear temperatures on the op in places like

new delhi and low hole with some strong surface winds blowing about before the wet weather. we have to head farther east and southern areas of china once again gets a drenching on wednesday. but by the time we get into those a lot of that wet weather from the may, you front shifts further north, pulling across the korean peninsula as a very heavy rain to come for the likes of south korea, sol, in particular, by the time we get into friday, it'll be north japan that gets real, drenching tokyo, seeing the temperature at 31 degrees. ah, [000:00:00;00] lou ah.

ah, wherever you go in the world, warmer line goes to make it for you except cut. all right, we're going places to move. ah ah, welcome back here watching out a 0 mind. if i top stories this out. most goes, says it will words will tele, 8 off to lithuania, stopped transit of some goods to clinic grad, russian provinces, logs between lithuania and poland, restrictions a policy of a range of sanctions. a strike have a job security. tens of thousands of rails staff have moved off the job in person.

they want to pay the biggest rail strike to come to countries experienced in decade . emergency workers in bangladesh and northeast in india, struggling to deliver food and drinking water in several regions facing severe flood will rain is full cost, major rivers expected to continue my thing. south korea says it has successfully launched a test commercial satellite, which could be a big beast for a space industry. it follows the failure of a similar rock at last year. run. the bride reports from near narrows a center of south gray, south coast. mm. with this launch, south career has joined an exclusive international club, one of only a handful of nations, able to put satellites into all of it commercially. the 3 stage rocket called newry meaning world was carrying a one and

a half ton test satellite up to 700 kilometers above the surface of the earth. a 1st attempt last october failed when the rockets 3rd stage malfunctioned that added to the anticipation of this launch, bringing large crowds to the beaches, facing south careers, narrow space center. they weren't disappointed. the engineers believed they fix the problems and that this time yury will become the 1st home grown south korean rocket to put a satellite in orbit each of them all on the legged burner. i came here for the 1st launch and it was a disappointment when it failed. so this time i'm hoping for success. oh jill. once or hannon at the moment of ignition, i said, wow. then the roar of the rock, it made me so proud, although more exciting a call. i feel like we've joined the ranks of truly advanced countries. 70 minutes after the launch,

the country science minister was able to claim success minimum fellow koreans. the sky of the korean universe has been opened wide. now the government plans to increase the technical reliability and stability of the new re rocket through for more launches by 2027. this launch has further accelerated the pace of rocket development on the korean peninsula. north korea says it launched its 1st satellites years ago, but many analysts believe that was just a cover for the development of its long range ballistic missiles. robert bride al jazeera go home, south korea. lebanon has signed a natural gas agreement with egypt to ease its energy crisis. the plan also involves importing electricity from jordan, but it depends on well bang funding and the u. s. waiving sanctions imposed on syria, santa ana reports from barret. there are thousands of these generators across the

country that on the edge of collapse, people are sourcing their own power, at least those who can afford it. the state electricity company is providing one hour of power a day as the hard currency reserves needed to import fuel are dwindling. the crisis is taking a toll on people's livelihoods. will most likely we need electricity if we to sell ice cream and other refreshments. but i can't pay for generator. i lost my customers at the end of the day will be forced to close the shop. lebanon's leaders hope a deal to import natural gas from egypt will allow 4 hours of electricity to be generated a day. it's part of a government plan that also includes purchasing electricity from jordan, but these deals won't come into effect right away. us sanctions on the government and damascus need to be waived, gas and electricity need to transit through syria. we

hope to get the final guarantees from the us concerning the sanction the u. s. and the international community support i social so that this project is implemented. the u. s. has said it will evaluate the deal once it is signed before deciding on whether it violates sanctions. but another obstacle, its funding money has not been secured from the world bank, which is demanding conditions like an audit of the electricity company. the electricity infrastructure was devastated during the civil war. since it ended in 1990 lebanon, has not had continuous supply of electricity. successive governments have failed to rebuild the sector, or come up with a sustainable energy strategy. and that added tens of billions of dollars to the countries massive public debt. corruption is endemic in many states, institutions only getting a machines or building a plan to generate electricity. in the thing about all of the supply chain and all

the services we can use that were assigned to benefit certain individual or political. the deals with egypt and jordan are part of a government plan to provide 24 hour power by 2026. but previous plans have gone and implemented due to political wrangling, or the lack of will to reform that runs against the interests of those in power. then there is eda beirut, israel's fragile coalition government is set to dissolve parliament after just a year in office. it means the country will have to hold its 5th election in 3 years at a this month, a gum, and failed to renew a law on the status of israeli settlers in the occupied westbank. foreign minister jerry lapierre, we'll take over from natalie bennett in the role of interim prime minister until the poll, which is expected in october. and smith has the latest from wish to receive cough for a year. benjamin netanyahu has been working to bring down the coalition with allison,

him from power, and he's managed it by blocking the normally automatic renewal of a bill that extends israeli law into the settlements. now netanyahu sees a pop back to the prime minister's office. we've been lucky, i intend to form a strong national steady government. i think the atmosphere change show i can feel it. i mean, i hear from the people that we now want to will change. we want to return the state of israel to the place into service and i intend to do it together with my friends . the outgoing 8 party coalition was the most unusual israeli history made up of the hard, right liberals on palestinian israelis from the arab list. they came together to get rid of netanyahu, but they claim other achieve. i must say that themselves because the government was a pretty good government. was corp between ubs and jewish. it was in the 15, the committee was a very good minister,

especially in man 10 in national corporation. and when i think that this government to was very good for the citizens like this whole suggest benjamin netanyahu. quote, when 60 of the $120.00 seats up for grabs in the classes the election won't be held until towards the end of october. until then. yeah, le, pete is israel's entering products oxfam is holding an exhibition in gaza, betraying the impact the 15 years of israel's blockade. off the strip you now said is that she sent us the support 15, sorry, under the hash tag, open up got 15, a campaign that was received by then international for 15 days on social media platforms. the highlights, the impacts of a 15 years. he's very located on every sector like in the gulf stream,

the situation for garza, after 15 years, a blockade is wrapped up in numbers. numbers in terms of unemployment number of trade permits, the cannot make the development we have what's happened is that the stories of the people have somehow diminished. i've got. busy loss that goes through to work. so what we wanted to do is raise awareness of like what the real impact is on the day to day lives. of the people of golf. now be 14, but you know, 14 years in the field trip. and i like us for me, but i can't wait till a scope or a storm he walks. i want to leave this planet, but i can't, we've got to do this at fishing here today. many green future plan remains to be in the policy it under it going. he's really, steve,

with living really with one of the last recognized rebel groups in columbia. says it's open to resuming peace talks with incoming president. gustavo petro is a former rebel fighter. and one of his campaign promises was to strengthen the fragile piece process. teresa by reports from bogota. ah, but alina, by last you says, she still cannot believe ghost, i will. peter was elected president of columbia. and the new vice president will be a black woman like her father and i kid of eating, aka. she was displeased from the province of took all after 2 of her brothers were killed. she now lives in who w at, in border, where she helps children cope with poverty and violence, or jaw country on which one lcm port st. i trust in petro, because when he was a mare, he helped us a lot. the need to transform this country is real year after year,

the same politicians and his country is getting worse each day. many you celebrated good. that will be there was victory laid into the night minerals approval have been displaced by the conflict in columbia, and many live in places like this one in dire conditions. people here are telling me that they're desperate for reforms that will improve their life. so delivering on his promise is won't be easy for both. that will be a bill, as he does not have a majority in congress, and he will have to negotiate to turn his promises into real change. a thought that that read the letter went on, but not every one is celebrating. this debate happened just outside berlin at home . it's an example of the polarization that exists in the country today. we're going to go look in the book. i just hope that it won't start fighting with a rich. this man told her because they generate jobs for colombian, society. i hope this doesn't become venezuela. he said, la, call me val,

need your yellow be through has promised to fight in equality, race, taxes, and renegotiate. free trade agreements, he also said he wants columbia to begin a transition to clean energy as soon as possible to own he clarified during his campaign that this would be a gradual process. and yet, i think it remains to be seen on in a country that is highly dependent on our natural resources on for its income. how he plans to go ahead and to promote this transition, which i believe is a very good one for columbia. and for the world, i'm in a viable way of that doesn't mean i'm putting in excessive stress on the economy and that actually allows him to advance on his more social agenda, peter has said he's priorities to start working towards long lasting peace in the country. even though the colombian government signed a p steel with a fork in 2016, some parts of the country continue to live in conflict. the left wing rebel group

known as the e. l. n composed of around 2500 fighters, announced they were ready for talks with by the us government. and that's why people like vote, elinor excited about these new beginning for the country. and their rush, he hopes were dialogue and not war will prevail. billy's, i will, and jessina border tuesday is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and one of most famous places to mark the summer solstice is at the pre historic landmark stonehenge crowds gathered at the u. k. stone cycle this morning to watch the sunrise. the fight has reopened after 2 years of coven 19 restrictions. ah! this is our desert easy. top stories. moscow says it will retaliate after lithuania,