stating some very heavy downfalls. we could see some flooding here now, farther south west, in eastern areas of southern africa for the likes of zimbabwe lottery dry across western areas, namibia, south africa, with plenty of sunshine in kate, tom, head of a wet weekend. ah, ah, al jazeera with ah, nature leaders meet for high level talks and madrid does the alliance repairs to expand and boost its military presence on eastern europe. this is the biggest

overall, while we're collecting the funds since the, until the cold war. ah, hello on darn jordan, this is al jazeera la you from dough also coming up. the president said, since the fact of i'm the effing president, take me up to the capital now. shocking testimony about for my president, donald trump's actions during the 2021 insurrection. when his support has stormed the capital and talks to and anti government protests in ecuador, off the president refuses to resume negotiations with indigenous groups. opera soldiers to ah, nato leaders are in the spanish capital for high level talks that one of the most critical points in the alliance is 73 year history. they'll focus on approving

a new strategic concept, charting out their security priorities for the next decade. it's happening under the shadow of rushes worn ukraine, one of the biggest shocks to the alliance in years. the need for unity will be front and center. and there's already been a breakthrough on tuesday with turkey agreeing to support bids by finland and sweden to join the alliance. the nordic nations pushed for inclusion after russia invaded ukraine. the leaders will also make an historic a decision or to invite financing or to become members of nato. and this is based on the agreement to reached herb between finance written anarchy yesterday. and is, is a good agreement for finance reasons for turkey and for all of us. and john, how joins us live now from the spanish capital at jonah. so turkey has now dropped its opposition to finland and sweden's membership bid. what sort of concessions had to be made than jonah?

well that news came late on tuesday and it was met with enormous release, of course, by the leaders gathered here that this summit could get underway without a show of disunity, over sweden and finland at a time when nato's corps and central aim is to project a united front in the face of russian aggression turkeys objection had been at its claim that the nordic countries, particularly sweden, were harboring members of band kurdish separatist groups and giving them support. it also wanted the lifting of an arms embargo in place since 20194 hours of talks on tuesday afternoon ended with a memorandum signed by the 3 countries, the nordics agreeing to toughen their laws around those bound groups especially to do with extradition and to lift the arms embargo that was met immediately by a statement from mister irvin's office saying turkey had got what he wanted. well, frankly, so did everybody else because as mister stilton broke, the nato secretary general has said the door is now open to that membership bid by

sweden and finland. the political decision has been taken unanimously by all 30 members of nato with national parliament simply to do the rest, turkey and sweet earth. i beg upon finland and sweden will attend this summit now as official invitees. once of course, military neutral countries and nato will have gained military superiority over russia in the baltic sea. yeah, jonah and all the top leaders will be it's a day and yen stoughton. burger's promise, the most transformative agenda since the cold war absolutely, this is going to be hugely consequential summit. there will be discussions of course, around wider challenges like china and climate change. but the real backdrop, undeniably here, is russia. and as you say, stop berg talking about the most transformative agenda since the cold war numbers of troops to be kept at her high state of readiness to be extended from 40000,

currently, to an extraordinary 300000. although there are questions over exactly how that will be achieved, where those troops will come from and where they'll be based at battle ready groups in the 8th countries on nato's eastern flank, or nor close to rushes, borders will be increased from battalion size to brigade side formerly neutral countries, as i said, coming into the fold and russia once considered a partner of nato will be officially re designated in that strategic concept document. a direct enemy threat or at a journal live for us there in madrid, jun, up. thank you. the ukranian president, as call for the united nations to expel russia. a lot of ms. lensky address the security council a day after russian missiles it a shopping center in the ukrainian city of cram and choke killing 18 people. and ask a shared video, which he says shows the building was the intended target. moscow says it hit a near by weapons depot, but a subsequent explosion to get a fire at the mall. kristen salumi has more from the united nations ukrainian

president vladimir zalinski 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 and the 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 deaths and said, 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 command shook. we are, listen,

eco will dark 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 and countries in the area of the crumb and shook road machinery plant. those weapons and ammunition were spread throughout the warehouse area for further shipment to ukrainian troops in don bass. still a group of western council members accused russia of attacking residential areas and civilian infrastructure and recent days. are you an official noted the latest wave of airstrikes and missile attacks happen far from the front lines, killing or injuring many civilians? according to the un, since the start of the conflict, $4700.00 civilian ukrainians have been killed. another 5900 injured and those are just the casualties who have been verified for my u. s. president. donald trump wanted to join his support as, as a storm the capital to stop congress from certifying jo biden's victory. that's the testimony of a former white house aide with peer that

a hearing into last year's riot. the aid said from tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle when he was told it was not taking him to the capitol auditor cast to reports from washington, d. c. and we're 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. at 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 mister, when or not 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 toni 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 revealed, gone, had been spotted among the crowd, gathered near trumps, rally hutchinson said backstage she heard trump say 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 suing violence contributed to the death 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 of top lawyer. i remember pat, safe and effective mark. we need to do something more there literally calling for the vice president to be. i think hong and mark had responded something to the effect of you heard of 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 waiting 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

trump's inner circle were concerned that the cabinet would use the 25th amendment to remove trump 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, which a social like dylan maxwell has been sentenced a 20 years in prison for helping millionaire jeffrey epstein sexual abuse, underage girls. she was convicted in december, the recruiting and grooming girls were epstein during the 1990 as an early 2 thousands governors under as mona, from new york, shackled and wearing a blue prison uniform. gillan maxwell heard her fate from a judge at the end of a nearly 4 hours sentencing that saw several of our 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 feeling pretty amazing. okay, i'm feeling grey. i'm but there is. ah, you know, this is a 66 year journey for me. i incredible highs some really, really, really deep lows 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 head when he heard your own speak in court. ah, glen glen like so. for me they were just words. but 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 to day showed us that individuals can be held accountable irrespective of power and privilege. and

u 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 judge 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 hondo out is it

a new york, tougher shalt break her out 0. when we come back in the final days of rodrigo to attend his presidency, the philippines media regulated upholds, in order to shut down. one of his most vocal critics would be live from the capital near quarter of hong kong population. say they're ready to leave, the territory will tell me why more or less stylus ah hello there. it's a bit of an east west divide weatherwise across europe at the moment. we've got exceptional heat culminating in the east where temperatures are above average, but it's stormy conditions in the west temperatures slightly below where we expect them to be in some places. and those was produced, a tornado in the netherlands that swept through a city in the south west. now we have got a bit of a pause here on wednesday, but the wet weather it will be back on thursday for now. those storms are rumbling

across northern areas of italy into austria, the czech republic and germany. we could see some flooding from those torrential downpours and the stormy conditions pick up as well across the baltic states. we could see some flooding here by the time we get into thursday, though, those storms rumble away towards the black sea. now britain, an island, it's an improving picture with some sunny spells through the rain. but for france, it is looking wetter and heavier storms in the east of the country. now for the south of this, for spain and portugal, lots of fine and dry, whether to be found in the south, and that extends across much of the mediterranean. we've got heat warnings out for sicily in the south of italy, the balkan c. temperatures well above the average as well. it's wetter in turkey, a dryer in grease, and if we look at the 3 day for athens, well sunshine and heat all the way through to friday, that to weather ah, around 3 quarters of sub saharan africa,

cultural heritage is on display in western museums that didn't happen overnight, we were robbed over time. the 1st episode of a new series reveals how european colonization women's tens of thousands of on 2 sides of the appeal struggle to reclaim restitution. africa stolen on episode one blunder. oh, now j 0 lou . oh, we'll go back a quick reminder about top stories here. this turkey has agreed to box and linda and sweetened, and that bids to join nato leaders of the alliance on meeting in the spanish

capital. and will also focus on approving a new strategic response to growing threats posed by russia, cybersecurity and climate change. you premium president, just called on the united nations to expel russia, letting me as events be addressed the security council after a russian missile strike on a shopping center in the ukrainian city of crime and choke killed 18 people. moscow says it was firing at a nearby weapon step out of formal white house aid has testified. donald trump wanted to join his supporters during lossy of storming up the u. s. capital cassidy hutchison told a house committee from tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine when a security agents refused to take him to the capitol during the riots. now the philippine media regulator has upheld in order to close replugged. the news website co founded by journalist maria ressa in 2018. it said rapid violated rules on foreign ownership, but the website had appealed grace as criticism of president detectives. drug war has led to several legal battles and had nobel peace prize win. last year. she says

the government is trying to intimidate the press. we will handle the flaw. and since we are fighting for this in court civil law, we will continue to demand accreditation. we have long stood by the constitutionality of this agreement. it's a philippine depository receipts, others have had it. if there's, i think that i've also, you've heard me state repeatedly over the last 6 years that we have been harassed. this is intimidation. these are political tactics. we refuse to succumb to them. will the decision comes a day before president rigo to turn to leaves office after 6 years at the helm? the turtle says he's tired. i'm looking forward to spending time in private and doug and has more on the legacy. his administration lives behind you, mind you to war and i will mind mine, rodrigo. the 3rd to was mayor of diverse city in the southern philippines. for more than 20 years,

he was catapulted into the presidency by his ability to convince millions filipinos to rally behind him. do not destroy in office. the territory quickly cemented his role as an autocratic leader, his warren drugs was so violent that the rights groups believe at least 30000 people had been killed in police operations over the last 5 years. critics say he has used state violence in ways not seen since the marshal period under president ferdinand marcus in the 19 seventy's and eighty's. the 3rd there went after oligarchy, but he also jailed activists and members of the opposition and shut down the country's biggest media network. and though he promised that just a width of corruption would be enough for him to fire officials. years later, most of those removed from office have yet to face charges, but he had to make deals with establish political forces. so with that comes the

inability to sincerely push back against institutionalized corruption. the president also hasn't revealed his own wealth, refusing to release an official statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth, the 1st president to do so in decades. oh no. when he was me or he did not. strang sandy did not need a chicken balance because he was a king of dow, steven, so he did not need to listen to apple. he called bobby the pandemic and the recession is triggered, or perhaps the most challenging issues deterred to his space. but still, many believe he deserves credit for prioritizing large scale infrastructure projects. the 30 made those secret of his admiration for a chinese president. she jim ping, and at 1st was so eager to be in shyness, good graces, that the charity cancelled a defense agreement with the country strongest ally the united states. i position

he reversed just a few months ago. and jamila joins us live now from the philippines. capital jamila, so the thirty's had a very truculent relationship with the media. so as he leaves office, what sort of legacy does any behind with the press them while it does have a long history of clash with the press, i mean as soon as he was sworn in the office, even though he was a popular and favored candidate to cover by many journalists. he basically went on the verbal rhetoric offensive. he called the top local newspaper. enquirer shameless, he said in one of the interviews that some journalists are corrupt. do this serve to be killed. in 2020, he ordered the shut down of abs. cbs considered a pillar of democracy, which is really unprecedented since the marcus era. at the time when the lockdown was happening, that contributed also to 1000 smore of unemployed filipinos in the country. cases

continued to file up and go on in courts against maria. of course, a nobel laureate and the local news network grappler. and just last week his own national security advisor ordered the closure of to other local online news network . so he's had a very difficult relationship with the press. yes. not slowed down. when it comes to his offensive against the press, but there was also a pushback from members of the local and international media on journalists to have no longer focused on competition. but besides that it's night, it's time to actually push back and be united and to uphold a higher standard of journalism. but do, but what is obvious over the last few years is that the challenge of the local press is not just coming from the administration. but this growing culture of this information brought about by a well funded, well orchestrated this information and propaganda. throwing not just against journalists, but members of the opposition of civil society group and the last elections,

the presidential elections really is proof of just how big this behemoth of well funded propaganda that journalists here continued to phase. and so many analysts here believe that the last 6 years of dog of resident, the d. good there does, administration is considered a dress rehearsal for journalists in the philippines. that's because the incoming president himself said that any journalist that they seem to be against the markers legacy is a biased journalists. so they believe that the situation over the next few years will be much more dangerous to matter. thank you. now, hong kong new leda, john lee, be sworn in on friday at a ceremony expected to be attended by china's president, sheesh and ping. the event also marks the 25th anniversary of the church was return from british to chinese rule. one of these many challenges would be trying to reverse the exodus a white collar talent from the territory. adrian brown reports from hong kong. the

nice bed families packing up like thousands of other expatriates, matt and his wife sama cant be persuaded to remain. mat was born in hong kong and met his wife. he is 16 years ago where typical of the white collar professionals now taking their skills elsewhere in their case australia. where summer's from. the honest truth is, i don't think there's anything that we're capable here right now with their 3 children. they live in the other home call lance, how island, hong kong, biggest, and far from the congestion and clamor of the central business district. many factors are behind the decision to go, including changes to the school curriculum with a focus on patry, artic education. i think it just made the decision to go easier and easier. um, we've had such a blessed time here in hong kong. as the children have thrived my husband and i've had successful careers and it's been a very comfortable place to leave for

a long time. but there's a real sense that the feature is going to be different to the past. and we thought about that deeply. and i'd say yes, it's contributed. hong kong is always been a transitory place. 25 years ago, i reported on another exodus. retiring british civil servants, and others who'd enjoyed a life of privilege here, headed home in style. unwilling to live under chinese rule after the hand over now it's happening again. many of the hong kong chinese leaving a going to britain taking advantage of a new visa scheme that opens a pathway to citizenship. a quarter of a century on hong kong population of around 7 and a half 1000000 is decreasing more than 300000 people have left since the implementation of that national security law almost 2 years ago. and one reason opinion poll shows that around

a quarter of the city's population have made plans to leave. one reason for that is hong kong strict cove at 19 regulations that earlier this year, so mothers separated from children. another impetus is politics, especially the new national security. this, that family soon will need to worry about all of that. like most of those going, they'd rather be stay. if only circumstances would different. adrian brown, al jazeera hong kong, a palestinian man's, been killed during a raid by his ready forces and janine and the occupied west bank. i'm at my head a mary, you died early on wednesday. is the 77th palestinian killed by israeli forces since the beginning of the year is when the forces of also rated the town of sil, what north east of ramallah, where they detained? at least 3 alliston ent. dozens of truck drivers in argentina blocked

a major axis road, the capital to protest. the shortage on rising price of fuel cars were backed up for several kilometers until truck as agreed to open up one lane into the capital one as ours. the government's promise to guarantee the supply of fuel, which has been restricted by the war in ukraine. they must a new child lace. sheila, we continue to fight on the idea is to bring the voice of all truckers who immobilizing nationally on the diesel issue. and on the issue of rights, we want the form and prices to start at minimum rice, and to include a trigger clause that when fuel prices increase fuel. so do al, right? so i'm gonna be president of ecuador, has pulled out of negotiations and a nationwide strike bondage and us farmers. the strikes paralyzed the country and lead to weeks of violence. the countries legislative assembly is expected about shortly on whether or not to remove president. we are a mulatto from office, is a latin america editor, lucy newman, in quito. o indigenous strikers gathered outside of people's basilica,

reacting angrily toodle to meet him issued by ecuadorian president key and more lasso. oh ha, ha, ha, ha ha, thank god. oh no, we will radicalize our strike. we won't leave pizza without results. long lived the struggle ha! into the 3rd week of a crippling, nationwide strike, led by the confederation of indigenous peoples. it appeared that negotiations with the government inside the basilica were making headway. but an overnight attack against a military convoy escorting fuel from the oil rich amazonia legion, left one soldier dead and 12 injured. the government blames the confederations leader. loony thus isa. who in turn suggests it was the army that attacked an indigenous community. first, allow him president lasso rushed to end the talks. they don't normally get him or has him. thermal had yelled out, we will not sit down again at the negotiating table with lanita season, who only defends his own political interests and not those of his union members.

indigenous brothers model, you deserve better than this opportunistic leader who has deceived you and the entire country. ah, the ultimatum is seen by many indigenous communities. as a declaration of war, ramos are one. we are going to resist them until the last consequences we want to surrender. if we have to die, it will be standing up. it's not on our knees, amy, while the national assembly prepared to vote on a no confidence vote against law. so, you know, your while ago the leader of the legislature appealed to the president to return to the negotiating table. the president strategy is obviously to try to divide the until now united indigenous strikers. but it seems unlikely that they will want to turn their back on the charismatic leona thus isa. at least in the short term, president lasso has refused to cave, into demands to lower fuel prices. and repeal a decrease that expands mining in indigenous regions rather than put on ample cover, pl, sooner or later,

the government will have to understand the situation is unsustainable. and given the situation of ungovernable to here is dramatic value. but lasso is remaining firm knowing full well that in the last 26 years, 3 ecuadorian presidents have been forced out with the help of the combative indigenous movement. to see a newman al jazeera kito, the 1st minister of scotland has announced plans to hold a referendum on scottish independence next year. nicholas sturgeon said, the 1st step would be to ask the u. k. supreme court to decide whether it would be legal to the scottish parliament to call a referendum without permission from the u. k. government, in london. if it wasn't, she said her party would stand in the next british elections on the single question of independence. ah, i've a question of the top stories here on.