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a standstill as workers launched the country's largest rail strike in 3 decades stranded without shelter. heavy flooding leaves tens of thousands of people struggling for aid in possible eastern india and bangladesh and lift off in south korea. the country deployed a satellite from its 1st domestically produced space rocket, a russian outpost in the baltics coleen ingram as emerged as a new frontier tension between moscow and the european union over ukraine. russia has threatened lithuania with serious consequences after it halted well transit of several sanctions, goods to its ex, clave a kremlin as some of the e o m. basset to moscow to convey its protest. lithuania has defended the band saying that only applies to some goods on the e. u. sanctions, which include construction, material, coal and steel. the collin and grab government's head of information,

says that he hopes with you any as decision will be reversed. how's everybody in for school? one 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 are in good money on callin and grad transit. people about glenn grad lies almost 400 kilometers west of mainland russia. it lies between nato and e. u members, lithuania and poland, and was cut off from the rest of russia after the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. as a result, the regions main rail link to russia at it's half a 1000000 residents goes through lithuania and baylor roofs. it's strategically vital for russia's navy, this is where it keeps its black sea fleet with around 80 warships and submarines. some of them able to fire nuclear missiles out as here is donna kane report. so from berlin, 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 wonder what might happen from there. for many people in the baltic states and in poland who see alanine 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,

the 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 are 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 transitive goods from the ex clove of coleen ingram to russia proper. the main russian federation, russia's president says that his plans are fully modernized. the military, vladimir putin says it's in response to growing threats from outside. the country. plans include making washers ground troops more combat effective for future conflicts. as lashania, 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. a priority is quitting troops with new weapons systems 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. you to wait like we're going millions of people in britain of feeling the impact of a crippling national rail strike, which is forced to cancellation of 80 percent of the normal train schedule rein work, a rail work as rather a staging industrial action throughout this week. and a dispute of a jobs pay and conditions of poll brennan reports for london. london's waterloo station is one of britain's biggest and busiest, but not today. not this week. 3 alternate strike days on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, interspersed with 3 days of minimal service. mean, travel, misery for millions. this kind of disruption is just ridiculous. everyone knows their well pay. i was a journey. oh even. oh, i'm coming from palestine over i was supposed to dictate when to swafford has been cancelled 4 times on the it was fine by now. going to 7th is does

is going to take me very, very long. the journey between one and a half hours is, might, and everybody like message on the group, but that is heavy traffic on the road as well. for lexi and only around 20 percent of the normal services running and only on half of the network, mainly the lines running into big cities in many, rural and regional areas. there is no train service at all. the dispute between the r m t rel union and the employers network rail and the train operating companies is largely of a pay and the impact of inflation on work is wages. but the government, which directly finance is network rail, has also ordered it to find 2 and a half $1000000000.00 of savings. network rail sets as possible. if staff accept new working practices, but the union says that will mean 3000 job losses and jeopardize safety. they want to rip up our terms and conditions that we've negotiated with the companies.

they're even threatening to lower pay an extend work hours in the train operating companies. and the majority of our members have not had a pay increase for 2 to 3 years. so we've got a lot of problems we will continue to do. we can find that sweet spot of compromise, but it's affordable for, for the employers. affordable for the taxpayer. affordable for the fat tire, and the are empty and our employees can live with. at his regular meeting of cabinets, prime minister boris johnson, branded, the strikes is unnecessary and wrong. he called on the british public to stay the course during what's expected to be a lengthy disruption. u. k. economy is experiencing the combined effect of rex it to war and ukraine and its effect on energy costs, as well as the inflationary pressure of the post pandemic recovery. and railway is not the only ones complaining. the r m. p is one of britain's strongest union. some might say, most militants have unions with their ability to paralyze the rail network during an industrial dispute. but the concerns that the r m t have raised about the

difference between people's pe, packets and the cost of living at the moment. the rate of inflation shared across many different industries and other professions teachers, doctors, nurses, local government workers, all have pay deals in the pipeline with the government and they're likely to be offered less than the rate of inflation. and that means a summer of discontent is looming, poll brennan, i'll just era waterloo station. the prime minister of bangladesh has visited an area that's been devastated by the west flooding and decades. millions of people who've been stranded and facing food and water shortages. more rain is forecast and water levels are expected to rise west flooding as in districts in the north and northeast, the army has been deployed to help with relief efforts. dozens of people have died since the downpours began in april time. the child re reports now from sue had in northeastern bangladesh. therefore, the same and so that city things are much more severe and war from the outcome of

the fit. in the rural areas, we drove miles and miles on saw village homes washed away or submerged. people are desperate need for dry shelter. they need fresh water and food. we have visited shelter, of which is overcrowded. they're getting a very limited number of relief. the government has deployed the defense forces personnel here over a 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 in korea graham, over 250000 people are stranded. neighboring districts are also flooded. many experts when people are, are doing government or declared this region as emergency disaster zone. now this is a 2nd way of a plot that hit this area last month. the leg region was hit by flood. this is a 2nd read, 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 there, but it has been luckily dried a big relief for the people harboring for drains and not the eastern 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 for it's staying dry, which is a good thing in india's neighboring s am state, thousands of people have died off the flooding. atlanta slides. soldiers been deployed to get supplies to areas for the cutoff. tens of thousands of people have already been moved to safety. but many of so stranded houses here was hoping to talk is in a house over homes and fields across a sand case continue to be inundated with water rescue and relief operation got on for people at westgate funding. 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 life that both has rescued about 50 people over the last 2 days and we are on what used to be themes. the team here says the biggest challenge is, is rising water level over here. water levels are about 15 feet deep, that's in the early 4 in the hot nita there are strong water bar is a big challenge. in fact, residents over here said that because of the power in 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 nearly 5000000 people have been affected. 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 rent to

stop so they can return home and stock the building the life with flood strout. so while trying to becoming deadlier and more common scientists, a blaming climate change for these disaster solo now investigating its sides and what is known as snow blood in the french alps, capielo posada on explains from afar these mountains and the french alps seemed picture perfect. but up close scientists are finding more of this red patches known as snow blood. the color is actually microscopic. al gay scientists suspected turns ran to protect itself from intense sun race assa community, malcolm. and when it's in the snow, it accumulates a pigment, like sunscreen, to protect itself from the light intensity. it's the same concept as people going skiing and putting on sunscreen. so fundamentally, the al guy is still green, but it's hidden behind a big shield of red pigment to about 2500 meters above sea level. let's him of

experts is collecting samples to see if climate change is fueling snow. blood researchers say it appears to be part of a vicious cycle. lucille do hallmark did a lot most fair. when the level of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, we find red snow. more often it's likely linked to global warming, and the warmer it is, the more algy appears. and the more i'll get, the faster the snow melts. snow levels are dropping as a result of rising temperatures. and the alps had been hit disproportionately heart angle, you on of whether he's on priestly to locals who are out in the mountains, tell us they're seeing these formations of red snow in the early summer. some of the patches can be subtle, but others can be extremely strong. if it continues science to say excessive snow melt and the alps has the potential to affect entire ecosystems. far beyond its mountains, cats yellow pistol again, al jazeera,

weather uptake next here on al jazeera. then we'll look at how lebanon's hoping to ease its energy crisis by turning to egypt. a new beginnings in bogota, y columbia last rebel group says that it's ready for pistols. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle. route your travel package to the hello there. we seen devastating flooding across other 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 and the north east of india. this was a seen 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 my we are going to see the torrential downpours here in the days to come. and we've

got warnings out for much of central and western india for some strong winds and heavy showers in storms in the days ahead. some of those are 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 up in places like new delhi and la hall with some strong surface winds blowing about before the wet weather. we have to head further 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 isn't very heavy. rains are come for the likes of south korea soul. 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, official airline of the journey. gotten one of the fastest growing nations in the world news. ronnie, cut it open and development international to become

a middle eastern trade learning skillfully myself free of filling up products in the world. the cost cutters, gateway to world trade. ah ah, hello again. this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the main news. the saw russia says that it will retaliate after lithuania, stop the transit of some goods to collision and grab. the russian exclaimed, as separated from the mainland that lies between lithium lithuania, poland. the restrictions, a part of a range of

e. u sanctions. tens of thousands of rail staff of walked off the job in britain. they want better pay a more job security. it's the biggest rail strike of the u. k. is experiencing more than 3 decades at emergency workers in bangladesh and northeast on india, struggling to deliver food and drinking water in several regions. devastated by flooding. more rain is forecast on the water level. major rivers is likely to rise even further. south korea says that it's successfully launched a test commercial satellite, which could be a big boost for it. space industry. it follows the failure of a similar rock it last year. i'll 0 rob mcbride reports now from near the narrow space center of south korea, south coast. mm. with this launch, south korea has joined an exclusive international club, one of only a handful of nations, able to put satellites into all bit 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. eat or did all them and they're good. then i, i came here for the 1st launch and it was a disappointment. when it failed, so this time i'm hoping for success till once upon at the moment of ignition, i said, wow. then the roar of the rocket made me so proud are the only fighting

a call. i feel like we've joined the ranks of truly advanced countries. 70 minutes after the launch, the countries science minister was able to claim success. mean urban 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 neuro 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. rob mcbride, al jazeera, go whom south korea. molly's military rulers have declared 3 days of national morning to fight has killed 132 people in several villages. i was just here as barbara and got her reports, marley and television shared soldiers and

a regional governor. as they reassured villages, the government as blaming an al qaeda link group for the violence, lukewarm milan, lovick, lead to my dish. oh, the government of the republic of molly deeply regret to inform that the peaceful populations was a subject to cowardly and barbaric terrorist attacks. during the night of the 18th and 19th of june, 2022, a total of $132.00 civilians were killed by our do cooper's fighters, massena co dba. several of the attackers have been formally identified. a local politician says the night rates were revenge attacks, though one will if have a yard new 2 weeks ago, the army was present on the ground to do patrols during the patrols. there were clashes with the terrorists, and about 12 terrorists were killed after the armed and security forces left around 4 pm on friday. the terrace came on about 50 to 60 motorcycles to take the town of dial as ago hostage. molly was plunged into crisis after

a coup in 2012 france intervened after al qaeda and i select groups hijacked to break away movement and see swathes of territory. but despite a peacekeeping mission in northern molly armed groups continue to operate in the vast a hell region. marliss civilian government was overthrown in a military coup in may last year. this latest attack racist fears that the new military leaders are failing to restore order. barbara and cooper out to sarah israel's french aisle coalition government has sent to dissolve parliament after just a year in office. it means that the country will have to hold a 5th election in 3 years. earlier this month, the government failed to renew a law on the status of his ready settlers in the occupied west bank. foreign minister yaya le pete will take over from natalie bennett in the role of interim prime minister until the poll, which is expected in october. israel is conducting military drills to the village

of myself, a yetta in the occupied west bank. it's the 1st exercise in the area since the israeli supreme court rejected a palestinian appeal against the firing zone there. the court's decision means that palestinians could be forcibly evicted out as there is neither abraham reports from my suffer, yetter, which is southeast of hebron in the occupied westbank. these really army has put up these targets here in miss after yesterday in preparations for military exercises. that are expected to last for one month. this area is called metacity. in people, i've recently lost an appeal at the israeli supreme court to stay on their lads. these really supreme court effectively gave these really big green lied to evict palestinians as these really army declared the area, the firing zone. this is a we can go, this is huge.

you can say firing range fighting, getting no activists from the surrounding areas came here. they took out those targets as a way to prevent these really from conducting exercises in the area. whether they look at all these vast areas of israel occupied parts of data in 1984 in other parts in 1967. not only can they trainees railey army over there, but the americans and the russian ones to come over here to our land said these really military presents the demolitions, the military drills all seen here by people as pre new to forcible eviction. that could take place any minute now, but people tell us that these scare tactics are not working. they say they've lived here for decades. this is home, and they have nowhere else to go. lebanon has signed a natural gas agreement with egypt to ease its energy crisis. the plan also

involves importing electricity from georgia. as a hot report. there are thousands of these generators across the country that's 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 fuels are dwindling. the crisis is taking a toll on people's livelihoods. we must, we need electricity if we're to said ice cream and other refreshments, but i can 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

in damascus need to be waived, gas and electricity need to transit through syria portfolio. we hope to get the final guarantees from the u. s. concerning the sanctions, 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.

oh yeah, i was getting a st machines or building at last to generate electricity. and the thing about all of mankind, all the services we diaz that were assign job benefits, certain individual or certain political party. the deals with egypt and jordan are part of a government plan to provide 24 hour power by 2026. but previous plans have gone on implemented due to political wrangling, or the lack of will to reform that runs against the interests of those in power than another else is eda, beirut, one of the last recognized rebel groups and columbia says that it's open to resuming peace talks with the government with the incoming president rather gustavo petro, his former rebel fighter, one of his campaign promises was to strengthen the fragile peace process. i'm serious for, isabel reports from bogota. ah, the alley net by last year says she still cannot believe goofed, i will meet that it was elected president of columbia and the new vice president

will be a black woman like her benefits. and i can be any like that. she was displeased from the province of taco, after 2 of her brothers were killed. she now lives into w, adding border, where she helps children cope with poverty and violence or joke on film, which one is the impulse. and 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 that will be there was victory laid into the night. many people have been displaced by the conflict, columbia, and many live in places like this. once in dire conditions, people here are telling me that they're desperate for reforms that will improve their life. but delivering on his promise, his won't be c 4 will start, will pay at all as he does not have a majority in congress, and he will have to negotiate to turn his promises into rio change. but

not everyone is celebrating. this debate happened just outside. well enough home, it's an example of the polarization that exists in the country today. ok, i just hope 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, call me that, i mean, your young people has promised to fight inequality, race taxes, and we negotiate free trade agreement. he also said he wants columbia to begin transition to clean energy soon as possible. he clarified during his campaign that this will be a gradual process, and yet i think it remains to be seen in a country that is highly dependent on natural resources for its income. how he plans to go ahead to promote this transition, which i believe is a very good one for colombia and for the world in

a viable way. that doesn't mean putting excessive stress on the economy. and it actually allows him to advance on his more social agenda, the people have said his priorities to start working towards long lasting peace in the country. even though the colombian government signed a peace deal with a farm in 2016, some parts of the country continue to live in conflict. the left wing rebels broke, known as the e. l. n composed of around 2500 fighters, announced they were ready if we talked with better government. and that's why people like the alley now excited about these new beginning for the country. and they rush, he hopes when dialogue and not war will prevail. here. billy saddle and decedent volta tuesday is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and one of the most famous places to mount the summer solstice is at the pre historic landmark stonehenge crowds gathered at the u. k. stone circle to watch the

sunrise. the site is reopened after 2 years of covey. 19 restrictions. it's international yoga day, and that means one of india's best known enthusiasts is back in front of the cameras prime minister. but and ramadi practiced with thousands of participants in my pseudo celebrations, had been muted for the past 2 years. 2 years the pandemic, but with fewer cases this year, yogurt sessions of attracted huge gatherings across the country. ah, it's good to have you with a solo, adrian finnegan here, and though how the headlines are 0, moscow says that it will retaliate until a few 80 has stopped the transit of some goods to collin and grab. the russian exclaim, is locked between lithuania and poland. dominic cane is in berlin with more on the latest developments. the fear amongst members of the baltic states moves of the

senior elements of government. there have warned about the position of russia for some considerable time.