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his blame for exacerbating the catastrophic flooding which has forced millions from their homes in bangladesh. india and china ah, and dutch farmers calls traffic tails as they descend on a small village to ruddy against plans to cut nitrogen emissions. ah, alease, 1000 people have been killed and the deadliest earthquake to hit afghanistan in 20 years. around 1500 people have been injured and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. the taliban has called for international assistance in the search for survivors is feared, hundreds are still trapped in the rubble. the 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the pac tico region in the country's east bordering pakistan. the epicenter was about 46 kilometer south west of the town of coast, despite the enormous loss of life the u. s. geological survey. so the impact was

relatively localized. catcher, lopez, honda, yan reports o burying there, dealt with other families in afghanistan's burmal district. prepare the final resting place for their loved ones. more than a 1000 people having killed by a devastating earthquake the worst to hit the country in 20 years. the damage is extensive. for many, the loss is immeasurable. the bigger milk wouldn't be much po. oh, it has destroyed the houses of our neighbors. when we arrived, there were many dead and wounded man. they sent us to the hospital going. i also saw many dead bodies that does not a knock nearby desperate families, user hands on anything they can find to search for survivors. delivering aid to affected areas as challenging. we are facing some difficulties because some unseasonal rate in the last few days and we know already that there are landslides

that are blocking some roads that be certainly going to hamper efforts. hundreds of people are injured in particular province, access to hospitals and medicine is limited. people in this remote region near the border with pakistan are still struggling to recover from the war in afghanistan. and now another tragedy. most agencies in international support organizations pulled out of afghanistan when the taliban to control in august last year. and economic crisis was already fueling a humanitarian catastrophe. statistics by various agencies suggested over and nearly 60 percent of the country was people who are suffering from poverty before we came to power. susanna compounded the difficulties, and that is mainly due to the sanctions and the assa freeze. ah, and the jealous behavior of the international communities, while the how the extent of the damage is yet to be known,

it's already clear that the recovery will take hears katia locus of the young al jazeera, the u. n. c, military and coordinator for afghanistan, ruiz, alec bar off told al jazeera a lot of help will be needed to help the region recover from the amenities which remote this is very poor, very impoverished areas. earthquake and the rainfall are causing additional mot. flights. construction of the houses in this particular area is not very solid, so that has caused additional damage. we're also seeing most of the damage in the township of a guy on their mall, general mika, are affected as well. these are the areas which are very close to the center and the center was very close to the surface at the depth of only 10 kilometers, such as city destructor. we need everything. we need money,

we need not food items. we need temps blankets be, need, know those essential elements that you need to establish the people are on the move . in guy on at least 2000 houses are destroyed. some of these house, several families, average size of the families, 7 plus people. so that gives you the numbers. ah, at least 20 people have been killed in ukraine, 2nd largest city har keith, as washing forces escalate their attacks there. the strikes over the last 2 days have been the worst for weeks. normal life had been returning to the region after ukraine push russian forces back from her cave in a counter offensive last month. official say the renewed attacks are aimed at forcing ukrainian troops to pull out from the east. they warn that russia is now targeting heart heave as it did mary awful. a russian forces or intensifying their

attacks in the don bass. also, as they tried to conquer the eastern cities of syria, done ask, and lucy chanced, regional authority, se there's been colossal destruction in both cities and several 1000 phillips civilians remain trapped. last week, russia said it had surrounded syria, any answer, but ukrainian forces say they've been able to send in reinforcements. charles ratford reports from keith ukrainians. hank fires down the street, almost completely. destroy soldiers take cover on the ground is what sounds like an artillery shell. explode close by. these men are defending the last areas of civil than it's still under their control. from the slow russian bonds, ammunition and supplies a ford across the river from neighboring lucy chance before bridges the connection them are destroyed. fighting has been intense here for weeks because these are the

only 2 cities and they look on screeching that russia hasn't taken cronin reinforcements, head to the front line. many of these men had never held a gun before the war started. they come from all walks of life. the government says, hundreds of ukrainian soldiers are being killed every day. there is little verifiable information on how many russians are dying, said ice, and apparently the situation on the front line hasn't significantly changed thanks to tactical maneuvers. the queen in army is strengthening its defense of the land squeegee, and that is really the toughest spot they occupy as are pressing strongly. and also ended in asked directions in the hockey region. this video was applied to the reuters news agency by russian forces. it reportedly shows pro russia separatists advancing on ukrainian positions near sivilton ask the fighter shows, western supplied military hardware including an anti tank system night vision

equipment that rifles that he says were abandoned by retreating, ukrainian forces. he says, the blurred out bodies are ukrainian soldiers. gosh, we will continue to make inroads into their lines to fully surround them. i think if they're not idiots, they will surrender. if they don't want to surrender, they will die. ukrainian army says russian forces have caught supply roots from 2 villages. south of lucy chanced and several them asked. the head of lou ganske military administration confirms that claim and says that russian forces have taken control of another 3 villages in the same area. there are also reports that russian forces are advancing close to the assault chemical plants inside several donates, where it's understood that hundreds of civilians, including women and children, are sheltering inside child stratford. al jazeera, give russia media, says 4 people were killed after a shell detonated at an ammunition depot. it happened in russia's vladimir region

on wednesday. elsewhere, fire fighters have put out a blaze of an oil refinery and the sudden rust off region bordering ukraine. according to the governor, a drone strike may have caused the fire. no casualties were reported. moscow earlier accused key of a firing at russian drilling rigs of the coast of crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014. russia and turkey have agreed to pursue talks on a potential safe sea coin the black sea to export grain from ukraine. the talks were led by generals assigned to operate a hot line between anchor and moscow and keith to seek a solution to the crisis. a russian news agency released this video of a turkish cargo ship, leaving the port of mary apple, which is under russian control on wednesday, is not know what was on the ship. ukraine is one of the top wheat supplies globally, but it shipments have been halted by russia's invasion, causing global food shortages. the great sways of south and east asia

under water as a flood emergency ravages the entire region from china to bangladesh and india. millions of people have had to leave their homes or seen them, washed away completely in china for provinces or inundated jang. she flew jan, glen dong, and gwen. she rhodes have collapsed in some cities and landslides have blocked. others moving west entire villages have been submerged in india's as some state. the states disaster management authority says more than 4000000 people have been affected. and in bangladesh, soldiers delivering food and drinking water to communities cut off by flood waters around 4000000 people stranded. and dozens of died. one of the worst had areas of steelhead for where tanveer chandry reports. this is the scenario in the rural areas of select, ne, bangladesh, miles and miles of water. you can see homes under those trees, some are some mount,

some got wash away, a big logistical challenge to rescue people or bring food to this region. unless the weather improves. this will take some time the water to recede. and if things got worse than not this, india does more rain than the flood water from not this sandy has gonna gush down into bangladesh and things could even get worse. but we have covered miles after miles during our coverage and sure enough guns the stick as well as, until at very rarely or within government effort in providing relief is mostly private charities. an individual on their own any should it? yet the villages are desperate for food and fresh water. although the weather has improved much, the phillips it is more or less safe, but the village areas on remote corners are still in clear danger. most of the people are still stranded, trying to look for shelter, or even if they're in the shelter, they're in desperate need for food and fresh water. and india's awesome state rescue teams are struggling to move people to safety. at least 12 people have died

in the last day. take the towel to 49, says the flooding began a fortnight ago. tells us if people across the state are living like this in mid shift since we're on an embankment that is dotted by camps like these people have come from a nearby village that is now under water. they say they receive little to no relief and using makeshift rafts to go back and forth to get greens, the chopping wood to make fire, to be can cook the word about potential diseases, which is why they sent their children away to relative homes that have not been impacted by these floods. there's a lot of anxiety about what the future holds. farmers here say that the floods have coincided with sewing season, and what about little crop they had is now totally washed away so. so they don't know when they'll be able to make a living next across the state. the situation is dial incessant rainfall on the

hills is causing rivers like hill to swell and water levels to rise across the state. the toll of people impacted by the sun is rising and his mouth cross 5 and a half 1000000. mountain rains have cause severe flooding and southern china. half a 1000000 people have been affected by the storms, which are the heaviest in 60 years expense, a climate change, deforestation, and the reclamation of wetlands of made the region more vulnerable to catastrophic flooding. katrina, you report some basing in southern china. entire villages have disappeared under water. reco rainfall in recent weeks have called several major brothers and tributaries to burst airbags in the provinces. a long don't. long sheet who jen and young c. flood alerts have been raised to the highest levels. rescue teams are working around the clock to move hundreds of thousands of people to higher ground and clear landslides triggered in mountainous areas. more than

a 1000 homes and farms have been destroyed, with the loss is estimated at more than a quarter of a $1000000000.00. in urban areas, roads have become rivers, businesses and schools, of course, and public transport has been suspended. heavy downpours are common along the pro river delta at this time of year. but experts say climate change is causing more extreme and erratic weather patterns. we have to expect that when soon windfall will become stronger in the future. but at the same time, the climate models showed that the variability from year to year and also the variability within one season intensifies to as the rain moves northward. some counties have begun cleaning up emergency teams on moving debris and clearing blocked roads. but many areas, a still without electricity. last year, almost 400 people were killed in floods in central hernon province. the government was accused of being slow to respond to the so called once in

a 1000 years downpour. and critics called for improvements to china's emergency warning systems. katrina new al jazeera paging. still to come this half hour, president edwin welcomes the saudi crown prince to turkey. on his 1st visit since the murder of journalist jamal co, shoji, in his stumble and deadly 10 days of protest in ecuador with at least 2 people killed in the fury over fuel prices. ah, with hello. we have plenty of begun. sundry showers as good old fashioned summer storms rumbling away across so many parts of europe. had the man breaking the hate. it was not to storms and moving across. france, easing over towards germany,

pushing into central areas. there's going through the next couple of days. you see some very lobby showers to associate with this area of low pressure. only seeing 50 millimeters dufrane in 24 as around 2 thirds the june average in just one day that went to weather will clear a little further east, which you'll see some wet weather coming to eastern parts of ukraine down towards the black sea larvae showers. there down across the balkans, bacon foundry, shad cool, cool. some localized fighting it to positive eastern france into switzerland, maybe southern areas of germany as well. noticed some showers to coming into southern areas of england just in time for glastonbury, as per usual wouldn't be classroom without the showers. of course, a wet weather will move into the public about it as we go on 3 friday. big rush of showers at the state across the low countries into germany. east narrows of frances and welcome brain, i suspect pushing into northern parts of spain, one or 2 showers to me to know the past of algeria. we have seen fighting recently in ivory coast 160 millimeters of rain. 24 hours here at wet weather is making its

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reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera, breski workers in eastern afghanistan, a scrambling to reach survivors after the deadliest earthquake and decade struck the remote practica region. at least 1000 people have been killed. at least 20 people have been killed in ukraine, 2nd largest city, harkey, as russian forces escalate their attacks. there. officials a warning that russia is now targeting hockey as it did mario and sways of southeast asia under water as floods devastate parts of china, bangladesh, and india. around 4000000 people are stranded in bangladesh with another 4000000 effected in india as some state. now turkey and saudi arabia say they are determined to start a new period of co operation after a visit from the saudi kingdoms de facto ruler to ankara is the 1st time crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been to turkey since the 2018 murder of jealous

jamal, how should she? it was killed and allegedly dismembered in the saudi consulate in istanbul, us intelligence officials say the crown prince ordered the killing. ma'am, had been salmon and turkish present russia. tire ergo, are said to have disgust improving easing trade between the 2 nations and saudi investment in turkey star and took his start ups rather. her do an is reviving ties with saudi arabia as inflation in turkey hits a 23 year high, pushing him to seek an influx of foreign finances. wow. deserves senior political alice, my rubashaw joins us live here in the studio. my one big question i suppose is, who needs the other more as a turkey needing saudi arabia is a saudi arabia needing turkey. you know, it's one of those circumstances where i think both need each other. clearly, turkey is facing major economic problems. challenges are the next

elections are in 2023 that's next year. and the president are the ones white wooded as much as his party that the, or that the full of the economy might actually impact them returning to power. there's also of course, the question of turkey's recent isolation that he submitted to renan when other countries like greece, egypt, israel, and other stuff in ganging up on turkey, along with saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, and so on, so forth. so the reg on the other hand, as we know, as felt isolated, especially the crown prince because of what you just said earlier about him being accused of the ordering the killing of jamal huseby. there's the war in yemen that continues 7 years on. there is the tensions with iran, there were problems in the gulf and so on, so forth. so really, both leaders, both countries at this point in time would need a more unity, more pragmatism, moving forward, i think, for saudi arabia, in particular the idea of a, you know,

having bad relations with turkey, bad relations with iran, no relations with israel, meaning no regional ally of any seriousness that wasn't very good at what want to just official is talked about a full normalizing of relations. does that mean turkey's a abundant wanting to hold saudi arabia to account for its alleged human rights violations? namely of course, the killing of jamal fo, shoji. oh, absolutely. oh, absolutely. you know, some call it ah pragmatism, detractors call it approaches him, but whatever it is, its politics, its original politics, middle east politics. and clearly the state interest of is above everything else. and although i'm hammered, been so man, and especially present or dawn, i have a strong beliefs, but the also quite the pragmatists and they proved to be so over the past few years . so i think clearly as we've seen in 2015, 2016 and i think our viewers are on the will probably of forgotten about this.

although that the relations were quite tense because of the era spring. there were 5 summits between reorder and ankara, but in 2015, 216. so i think once again, we're gonna see a probably more pragmatic tendencies over come, the more ideological, the more personal hostility. all right, my, i'm bashar a good to speech here as always out as here as senior political analyst. thank you . no, it's really m p. 's are voted in favor of dissolving parliament. the preliminary ballots is one of a series that will set the stage for the countries 5th election in less than 4 years. this week members of the fractured coalition, government agreed. it could not survive after just one year in office for a minister. yeah lapierre, who'll take over from left ali bennett in the role of into in prime minister until the election which is expected in october. a funeral has been held for palestinian man who was stabbed by an us railey settler in the occupied west bank. witnesses say 27 year old ali harv was

a tax while defending his own land on tuesday. it's ready, police of opened an investigation. the palestinians are skeptical. those responsible will be held accountable. human rights experts say there's been an increase in violence by settlers against palestinians. ecuador was government, is trying to re take control of the city of polio, and the countries amazon region after violent clashes during ongoing nationwide protests, demonstrations have been taking place for 10 days. at least 2 people have died, an official say 18 police officers are missing after an attack on a police station employer for testers are demanding lower fuel prices and say, president guillermo lasso is not listening to their concerns. last i was fending of calls to resign. and has expanded a state of emergency to deal with the unrest. will our latin america editor, lucy newman, joins us live from a demonstration in kito. lucio give us

a sense of what people are saying. they're the breadth and depth of the anger. yes . well, there's a lot of anger, certainly where we are. we're at the central university, several 1000 members of the go now you, which is the indigenous confederation of nations. was organizing this national strike, which is basically paralyzed. most of the country, especially the capital, are gathered. they've come here now they're leaving, you may see some people walking in the opposite direction now. and that's because they are basically are essentially main cabin mouse with the authorities at this hour. they say some of them are yelling out to down with last or out with last will get more last will be in the president. but we also are hearing that there are some attempts at negotiations at this hour. the eel ambassadors, as well as you and representatives, have offered their services as mediators in a crisis that everyone agrees is getting out of hand already. as you mentioned,

there are these 2 people who have died. one of them just today, a very young man in the amazonian state, where now we have seen the worst cry, the worst clashes taking place. that's where the government has tried to regain control. but it's, you can also say it doesn't really have control here in the capital. either. most of the highways in the country have been stopped there, blocked, fresh food produce is not getting to the cities, a gas which 70 percent of the population needs for cooking. and here is also not reaching the capital people to now yelling out with last. all these people are now moving towards the presidential palace, but we understand they won't go directly there. now, why am i holding this eucalyptus? it's not the order and version of an olive branch by any means. this is what these are protectors use to as a kind of a gas mask. they put it in their nose to counter the effects of tear gas. and there

has been a lot of in here in the last 10 for the moment. things are quiet in terms of clashes with riot pennies, but we don't know for how long that will last. as these people make their way closer in funds have been downtown way, the government offices and this year. what options are there for president g m, or law? says government going forward. so i mean, you mentioned the possibility of talks, but how really can they bring this under control? well, this is the problem that there are the site, the president says he's willing to sit down and talk. dia, i says they've been talking for a year to no avail that they have 10 demands that they will not relinquish the most important ones are to reduce the price of fuel which went up 50 percent in the last couple of years. and also they want subsidies for their the a lot of these people are farmers for fertilizer,

better health that richard cation, as i say, a 10 point, a list of demands. but they say they won't sit down to negotiate unless president last on different state of emergency. we just brought the army and riot police out in 8 provinces and a curfew in all of those places, including here in the capital. so right now we're, there is a stalemate. we'll have to see if the president is willing to seed in at least some of these points in order to make it to convince many of these people to go back home and you've been in quito. thank you very much. tens of thousands of dutch farmers have been out protesting against government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions. the netherlands is one of the largest exporters of food, but it's estimated that thousands of farms will have to close if the government's emission targets to be met. so process was that the demonstration and the village of straw in the heart of the farming region on their tractors farmers from

all over the country headed to the little town of strew, ignoring police instructions, they block motor ways, causing traffic a off. the rally was held at one of the threatened farms and was the largest since brought that started a few years ago. among them were many young farmers who blamed a government for ruining their future like 19 year old. yes, a bar. so wanted to follow his father's footsteps and take over the family's dairy farm of momentum. the need of the feel too comfortable. i don't think i have a future in farming because we have to reduce our cattle for by 70 percent to with only 80 cows as won't be profitable. so we will have to close the others federal fi farms near national parks. i hit the hardest, according to a recent government plan. ecosystems in the netherlands have been severely damaged by nitrogen pollution, and a country has failed to meet european standards. nearly half of these emissions are caused by animal faces produced at large scale farms in import to meet exports. the netherlands has nearly 50000 farmers keeping millions of animals. isabella under

keith takes care of $1800.00 carves. she says farmers actions have not affected popular support, midday, shockey expo, i feel support fall yarbrough hers and we received a lot of support with this protest when we were traveling. we got many thumbs up of people passing by. you feel that they really understand that we don't want to cause trouble and that this is just a cry for help. and not as noble type of all i ever do with needs. oh, good amanda dramas has reached boiler and a flat there from so than this rally? well, many you realize that the roaming on an ambulance will have to change drastically. a blamed enrollment for singling out farmers for widespread nitrogen kwandusha to reduce emissions to government us allocated 25000000000 euros to compensate farmers moved them or make farms more and via mentally friendly this now to new policy. what more of these? so those little a disaster. oh,

great disaster. we need to have them. we need space. every needs are much more better policy. i'm thursday dutch parliament will debate the government plans, pharmacy more protests will follow and they will sit tight for the long whole step . fasten al jazeera, it's true. who are watching out here alive from london. remember, you can find much more on our website. the address for that is w. w. w dot al jazeera dot com. ah, reminder of our top story, seo and al jazeera rescue workers in eastern afghanistan are scrambling to reach survivors. after the deadliest earthquake and decades struck the remote pac teak, a region, at least 1000 people have been killed and another 1500 people injured. the taliban has called for international assistance and the search for survivors is feared.

hundreds are still trapped in the rubble. statistics by a very.