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the expansion of the alliance. ah, i don't know about this, and this is all just even live from dough hop. also coming up a hearing into january's us capitol hill riots is told, donald trump demanded to join armed rioters and attacked a secret service agent when he was told he couldn't go. the u. s. government varying to crack down and humans smugglers as at least $51.00 migrants are found dead after being abandoned and of chalk in texas. plus drawing from history and meth, artists in london address slavery and racial inequality. ah, after weeks of uncertainty, turkey has agreed to support finland and sweden in their beds to join nato, claiming the path for a major shift in european security. the breakthrough came on the eve of

a summit in madrid. the nordic countries have been neutral for decades, pushed to join the military alliance after russia invaded ukraine. their application was initially blocked by turkey, turkey. yeah. fillum and sweden have a signed on a memorandum that addresses trickiest concerns, including around arms, exports on the fight against terrorism. no ally has suffered more brutally toast attacks. dr. kia, including from the terrace group, p k. k. ok, let's take a look at them more on them in more detail in the document, finland and sweden recognize the curtis on worker's part here p j. k. as a band terrorist organization, turkey raise concerns that sweden has been harboring members of the separatist group which took up arms against the turkey state in 1984. now sweden and finland have agreed to address any extradition requests from turkey and tough on their laws

to prevent p k k activities. sweden is also agreed to the arms embargo against turkey, the dates back to its incursion into syria. in 2019 john hall has moved from madrid . what a round of tripod i talked this afternoon between turkey, mr. and the leaders in the new suite and clearly produced a breakthrough. the 3 signed a memorandum a memorandum quote to extend their full support against threats to each other's security jen stilton burg. hailing the successful search for common ground, he said, nato has resolved its differences. now. turkey had been the only hold out among the 1380 members against this bid by sweden and finland to join on the basis. mister, i do, i'm said of the 2 noted countries providing a safe haven for kurdish militant groups and it is not clear exactly what has been agreed here in terms of addressing that particular issue. nor is it entirely clear

whether perhaps some other concessions may have been part of the deal. what we do know, of course, is that this allows nato to put forward a united front in the face of russian aggression. and that is actually the core and central to the aims of this summit, not just a united front, but an expanded front with 2 new members. now, mr. stockton back saying the political decision has been made finland and sweden, giving up their traditional military neutrality. as i said in the face of the war and ukraine, a former age of the white house chief staff has been testifying before the january 6th select committee. cassidy hutchinson has said, then you as president, donald trump was told people at his raleigh were armed with guns and knives. she also said john tried to take the steering wheel of the white house limousine. when he was told, it was not taking him to the capital, either jo castro reports and were going to the capital. on january 6th, 2021. president donald trump did not accompany his supporters to the capital to

disrupt the certification of his election loss. but he wanted to thank you very much. according to cassidy hutchinson, the 1st former trump white house employee to testify publicly. trump finished his stopped the steel speech board at his limousine and was surprised to learn from his security chief bobby angle that their destination was the white house. the president said something to the effect of, i'm the effing president, take me up to the capital now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the present reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby angle. and when mister and i had recounted the story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles. hutchinson did not see the episode herself, but said she heard it from tony or nato. the former white house chief of operations

and with angle present the president of the anecdote was the most startling of many shared by the former white house ada, today's hearing one that was urgently announced after the committee said it received new evidence for the white house of police audio from january 6 reveal guns had been spotted among the crowd, gathered near trumps, rally hutchinson said backstage she heard trumps stay. the event should not have had metal detectors. i ever heard the president say something i don't i think that they have weapons. they're not here to hurt me. the ensuing violence contributed to the deaths of at least 7 people, and injured 150 police officers. hutchinson said she watched the riot unfold from the white house, just doors down from trump. she recounted this conversation between her boss, chief of staff, mark meadows and the white house is top lawyer. i remember pat, say mark, we need to do something more. there literally calling from the vice president the i

think han and mark had responded something to see if you heard him had he thinks like a girl that he doesn't think they're doing anything wrong. the he was trump. according to hutchinson testimony, she said, trump was reluctant when he called off the riders more than 3 hours into the violence. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. trump weighed in on tuesdays hearing, saying he hardly knows hutchinson and denied many of the accusations. hutchinson also says meadows and trump's former personal attorney, rudy giuliani. both thought presidential pardons and she says many members of front inner circle were concerned that the cabinet would use the 25th amendment to removed from from office committee member say they've seen concerning signs of witness tampering. the plan, at least 2 more of these hearings in july,

heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. well, melanie sloane's, a former counsel to the us house judiciary committee, and she's a partner with some strategies. we often talk to melanie about situations like this good to have you with us on al jazeera. what do you, what's your take on this testimony? well, nice to be with you. it was explosive testimony. i don't think anybody had any idea that cassie hutchinson would have so much as so important so many important things to say. no, not only did she talk about the efforts of the the president to grab the steering wheel, but i think it's also just as important. if not more important, that she talk at length about what president trump said about the people with, with firearms who are there, that they weren't there to attack him. and that means that he had awareness that there were people with guns and that he got up there and he incited those people. and that i think has been one of the questions was the president just engaged in

1st amendment protected political speech, or was he actually inciting seditious conspiracy? and knowing that there were people there with god was who were ready to attack other people. and we also heard that he didn't care mike pence did get hung, suggest that the justice department may well be able to make a case against mr. trump. yeah, i want to ask you about that because what could be the consequences of this testimony? the consequences of his testimony are a potential prosecution of donald trump. you know, this is the 1st time we've had someone testify about exactly what donald trump said on during this day. at the time all of this violence was starting to take place. it also shows that he had an intent to be there what part of him grabbing the steering wheel, trying to push the secret service agent to be there, shows that he was, he really, really wanted to be a part of it was prevented from, from being further part of it, and in the past we've only had trump at the white house, sort of as

a bystander to all the violence. but this is the 1st time we had someone really putting him in the violence. we also heard today for the 1st time that mark meadows wanted a pardon. so that's a pretty important fact. and we also learned that there had been a lot of and efforts to tamper with witnesses. the committee at the end of the hearing actually showed us 2 messages, suggesting that they didn't tell us who the messages were from. but they said, you know, you need to stay loyal and not talk. and if that had happened, did some kind of say big drug or murder charge, you would definitely see prosecutors going after witness tampering charges that obstruction charges. i understand that the secret service is saying that it is going to respond on the record to the allegations made in the testimony. how do you think that is going to influence what is happening in the hearings? well, presumably the white house has previously heard. i mean, not the white house, the january 6th committee has previously heard from the secret service officers who

were there and i can't imagine they would have brought on cassidy hutchison to say what she said if they didn't already have that testimony. i'm sure also that the secret service is very, very concerned about having its officers talk about what the, what has happened between the president and their, and their agents. because it is that trusting relationship that allows the secret service to protect the president in the 1st place. they always avoid any kind of testimony. so i'm sure there's a lot of negotiation going on about this. and it'll be very interesting to see what they say. when these hearings began. there wasn't a lot of suggestion, but they were essentially were preaching to the choir. they were talking to people who already had a strong opinion predominantly against donald trump. do you think, given the nature of the testimony that we're hearing and how things might change that the audience is going to start to grow for these hearings? well, you know, the mini congressional republicans have tried to say that this is

a partisan which on, but the committee has never heard from any witnesses who are not republicans. it's all top republicans who keep testifying day after day in these hearings. and these are mazda republicans, no less trump, republicans, they're not people who were the never trumpeters or democrats. so yeah, you did today, interestingly enough, on fox news, there was a little more hesitation about how they could spin this because this was such bad news. but yet i still think a lot of americans are not paying attention and just are so set in their views about it that they just don't want to hear the truth. really good to get your thoughts on the smell on the stone. thank you very much. as always, thank us. authorities have opened a criminal investigation. after at least 50 migrants were found dead in an abandoned truck in texas. the bodies were discovered in san antonio about 250 kilometers from the us. mexico border officials were alerted by a passer by who had cries for help. the white house says humans smugglers are to

blame and his violin to crack down on the networks. some people will find a live inside the truck, suffering heat exhaustion on your apples in san antonio. with the latest, there have been calls for an investigation from international human rights organizations, including the un international office of migration as well as amnesty international will criticize border policies that they say are leading to more migrants choosing these dangerous routes. criticizing policies that, for lack of a better term, have up ended the traditional asylum process into the united states. now, given that so many of the bodies that have been identified or of mexican nationals, the mexican government did announce that that mexico would pay for the repatriation flights of these individuals. now we should note that cases like these cases like this one are not without precedent, especially for city like san antonio relatively close to the united states border with, with mexico in 2017. that were 10 migrants who were found dead outside of

a walmart shopping center under similar circumstances inside of the back of a truck, 2003, another similar case with 1900 migrants who were found dead in the back of a semi truck. and we began our day on the other side of the border in mexico where unfortunately, this cases like these are something that have become all too common. just last december, there was a case involving more than 50 migrants who died when a semi trailer flipped on its side in southern mexico. so i had an ard, is it a former social maxwell is jailed for 20 years with sex trafficking, and talks when deco doors protests over fuel prices are suspended after an attack of military convoy. ah, the journey has begun. the before world copy is on its way to catholic book your

travel package today. hello, that heat is certainly the story across east asia in particular for japan and tokyo is sweltering under a heat wave for 3 consecutive days. now we've seen the temperature touch up to 35 degrees now that's challenging a record set for june, a 150 years ago. we are expecting the temperature to dip down any time soon. you can see it lingering in the mid thirty's there. and if we have a look at the 3 day, will only be saturday that we get very slight relief, but hot and sunny all the way through. and the heat's been dominating across northern areas of china. but the rain continues for shang dawn. we have had warnings of thunderstorms out here, that line of rain pulling all the way through the korean peninsula, bringing flooding rain sia and to northern areas of japan. down in the south, we are going to see that rain pick up in particular for hong kong in the days ahead

. and if we have a look at se, asia that thanks to when windy weather swirling away to the west of the philippines, we've got flood warnings out for manila and areas here where that rain is falling heaviest. but as we move to south asia, it's the northern areas of india that are going to see torrential downpours in the days ahead. we've got read warnings out for tut account and or to pradesh. we are expecting some flooding here. official airline, the journey with criminal drug dealing shifted to police is beyond the reach of the many people. you know, i've gone with gorilla was in columbia and mexico where the cartels have been responsible for a merciless spiral of violence. the final episode of drug trafficking a territories on g 0 ah

ah, want to hold a 0 reminder of our top stories. this are turkey's agreed to back finland and sweden. in their bid to join nato, they signed an agreement on the eve of the military alliance is summit in madrid. the nordic countries applied to join after russia invaded ukraine, ending decades of neutrality. a former white house aide has been testifying before a congressional panel investigating lawsuit attack on the capital. cassidy hutchinson said former president donald trump tried to seize the steering wheel of the white house limousine. when it was told, it wasn't taking him to the capital, but his supporters were inviting. us authorities have opened a criminal investigation. after at least 50 migrants were found dead and abandon

truck in texas. the bodies were discovered in san antonio about 250 kilometers from the us mexico border. the war in ukraine has dominated a summit of the world 7 richest nations g. 7 leaders placed $4500000000.00 to fight growing hunger as the conflict pushes up global food prices. the commitment was made during the final day of the meeting in southern germany. severson reports from gamez pot and cushion. it was a summit of strong language amid scenic views, lead us up to 7 highest income country, stressed how united they are in the condemnation of russia and ukraine. missile attacks on q and a crowded supermarket in common took, taking place during the summit, only increase their anger. we have addon fighter, we will continue to hold up and drive up the economy and political cost of this war for president putin and his regime. to that, and it's important to stand together also during the long haul, and that will surely be at stake here long and,

and we will also resolutely counter the russian narrative that this is actually a conflict with. and we're only the west and the so called global west if condemning this attack. and otherwise the world is watching what russia is actually doing. that is not the case, isn't leaders, acknowledge to fall out of the war is increasingly been felt around the world and needs urgent action. but they sat little about a possible solution to rush and blockade of ukrainian grain. an additional $4500000000.00 package to protect people around the world against hunger is seen by 8 organizations as disappointing focuses on the warranty, ukraine. and they found billions and billions of dollars for that. and they haven't found the money that we need to, to find hunger for their own. communicate is that over 323000000 people worldwide, a new record could face salvation in the next few months. 4 and a half $1000000.00 is a drop in the ocean for that. so it's

a real finding by the g 7 with the war and ukraine and the energy crisis, taking nearly all their attention. the main loza here seems to be the climate, a german lat, reversal on a band for public funding on fossil fuels, seen by environmental looks as a real setback. while still, depending on rush and fossil fuel for their energy supply, g 7 lead us appeared more concerned with lowering energy prices and trying to reduce fresh us large profits on oil and gas. they agreed to investigate where to impose a controversial price gap on russian oils. the suggestions again, okay, don't present feel the situation is absurd. the rising global energy prices helps to fund the war in russia. that's the reality. so the idea to cat prices is a very good one difficulty as a technical one. russian oil doesn't flow only through one pipe sold in several countries, and you feel be with many crises unresolved. the lead us are traveling to madrid,

to join other nato partners at the summit, which will determine the future of the alliance. the fats and al jazeera in garbage barton pearson, great presidents addressed the un security council urging delegates to visit the side of a missile strike on a shopping center, but killed 18 people on monday. let me, as the landscape presented video, which he says shows the building was rushes intended target. moscow says it fired missiles at a nearby weapons demco, and that a subsequent explosion triggered a fire of the shopping center. chris's salumi has more from the united nations ukrainian president, vladimir, is the landscape called russia a terrorist state, and demanded that the united nations expel it from the international body during an emergency meeting of the security council. in an emotional speech, he called for a moment of silence. after reciting the names of some of the civilians killed in recent days, including children and the elderly. i have a question for you, ladies and gentlemen,

who have you does not agree that this is terrorism. if any other parts of the world, any organization acted just like russia who is killing ukrainians, if they kill peaceful people, that would definitely be recognized as terrorism. russia joined the other council members and standing for that moment of silence, but took no responsibility for the death. instead accusing ukraine of waging and information war in an attempt to get more weapons from the west. he said it was weapons, not a shopping mall that was targeted in the city of credentials. but our listen, you will that when you, when you, unless you in reality there was no strike on the shopping center. the russian armed forces use precision weapons to strike hangers with western weapons and munitions received from the united states in europe. ian countries in the area of the criminal cook road machinery plant. those weapons and ammunition were spread throughout the warehouse area for further shipment to ukrainian troops. in dawn bass fil a group of western council members accused russia of attacking residential areas and civilian infrastructure in recent days. are you an official noted the

latest wave of air strikes and muscle attack happens far from the front lines, killing or injuring many civilians? according to the un since the start of the conflict, 4700 civilian ukrainians have been killed and other 5900 injured. and those are just the casualties who have been verified. talks between the ecuadorian government and indigenous groups and a nation wide fuel strike had been suspended. following an attack on a military convoy discussions in the capital. kito word you to resume on tuesday. but they were called off after the attack left one soldier dead, and 12 others injured. the government accused the strike leaders of terrorism, but they said there's no proof indigenous amazon ins will behind the attack. michael shifter as president of the inter american dialogue. he says it's concerning the talks of stalled. well, unfortunately, right now the situation is critical and the both sides are intransigent of the

government start. i was want to deal with con, i the indigenous organization and the indigenous so she doesn't want to deal with the government. so we're at an impart pass and this was extremely unfortunate. i'm an, an indefensible killing of a, of ecuador and soldier, and the via the put their protests, which i think reflects some real, legitimate grievances of indigenous groups that are clearly suffering. but resort to violence is, is not a way to, to, to resolve these, these problems. so the dialogue has as collapse for the time being. hopefully, it will be reserved for many, many years. corn i was always seen as perhaps, almost a model indigenous organization in terms of really aggregating the demands of indigenous groups in ecuador, and also it's been able to get this far because of the weakness of the government.

let's forget, let's, let's remember that the loss of government, which has been office a little over a year are really has lost a lot of support. and it did very well in dealing with the, with the, the pandemic and successful vaccination campaign. but now it's really lost, a lot of support has been able to, to form a coalition to govern the country. so its agenda is completely blocked and paralyzed in congress. and so at one has to understand that this indigenous movement is taking advantage of very weak government and a very weak president. the very so sly, glean maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping millionaire jeffrey obscene sexually abuse, underage girls. the 60 year old was convicted in december for recruiting and grooming girls for ab seen in the 19 ninety's and the early 2 thousands gibber alessandro has more from new york, shackled and wearing a blue prison uniform. gillis maxwell heard her fate from a judge at the end of

a nearly 4 hours sentencing that saw several of her alleged victims give statements . sometimes looking directly at maxwell. one was sarah ransom who broke down in tears in court and said she twice tried to commit suicide after being victimized by maxwell. after the sentencing, she told me she was pleased. i'm, i'm feeling pretty amazing. okay, i'm feeling grey. i'm but there is, i, you know, this is a 66 year journey for me. i incredible. high's some really, really, really deep blurs for me. maxwell briefly spoke in court, saying she was sorry for the pain. her victims felt, but she did not take responsibility for the crimes or where it's going through her when he heard your own speak in court. ah, glen glen like so. for me,

they were just words that they were words that i never thought out of a here as saying, i'm sorry, lawyers for the victims were satisfied with the outcome today showed us that individuals can be held accountable irrespective of power and privilege. and maxwell, the daughter of a british newspaper, magnet, was once part of an elite global social circle that included some of the world's most powerful people. but at her month long trial, last december, prosecutor said she also facilitated the trafficking of women, some as young as 14, to be sexually abused by her longtime partner, jeffrey epstein, and allegedly other rich men. epstein was arrested in charge in july 2019, but was found dead in his jail cell a month later, before delivering her sentence, the g said maxwell's crimes were heinous and predatory, and said she deserves

a strong sentence. partially because of her lack of remorse. elaine maxwell is 60 years old if she serves her entire sentence, that means she wouldn't be released until she's 80 gabriel's on to. busy out is it a new york? and he was show in london is addressing racial injustice using mythology and come to narratives as well as fantasy 11 black artists have come together to put on the group show called in the black. fantastic. jessica baldwin has the story. a sound suit by african american artists. nick cave, wearable oversized sculptures that obscure with pattern and color, is the person inside black, white, male or female. this particular sound suit was made in response to the murder of george floyd. the wearer cannot be overlooked, or de valued 11 black artists brought together in one exhibition,

in the black, fantastic, ah, using paint film, sculpture and textiles. to address racial injustice. these are to so graph clear with some for it difficult for just but many of the works and here are compelling them beautiful, mesmerizing works. this dichotomy here, the choice of these art is to embrace beauty is not about denali is difficult histories, the blurring of fantasy in reality, to emphasize alternatives to the usual euro centric vision. in i'm talking about sad, seen reversal ideas around blackness. and how we, as a mostly western society have created a like a stigma around it. there's a lot of negative connotation, so say to with blackness, with darkness. and i'm really trying to turn on his head and, and create

a different viewpoint. these artists are disrupting traditional history, providing an alternative to the largely western narrative of white supremacy and black subjugation. using mythology counter narratives and fantasy, these artists show that race is a fiction, a socially constructed fiction with no scientific basis. the 11 artists are just a small sample of a far larger emerging conversation happening among writers, authors, musicians within the black creative community. the gruesome legacy of oppression is replaced by a new narrative of infinite possibilities in the way the black d as bora can construct the world. jessica baldwin al jazeera london ah.