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this is al jazeera ah pillum. so rahman watching out is there a news? i lost my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes presenter turns war against to clean the house. shocked to the peace in europe, nato announced its bolstering its forces in europe to counter what he calls a direct threat from russia. security stepped up in across thousands of gone eons take to the streets to protest rising cost. the president said something to the effect of, i'm yachting president, take me up to the capital now. donald trump denies trying to grab the steering wheel of his limousine. so you could join his supporters storming the capital. and rodrigo detached a ends, his presidency. the philippines media regulates repose in order to shut down one of his most vocal critics. far as my with the sports will have all the latest action

from when more then my top seed. now back, jack, that's pretty impressive. performance about the spot in the ground. ah, welcome to the news. our nato has declared russia the most significant and direct threat to its members, that is bolstering its forces across europe. now the alliance would also step up its military and financial support to ukraine. as it battles russian forces. journal hall reports are from the summit in madrid. nato leaders arrived at a historic summit, projecting unity and strength in the face of a new threat. this conflict in ukraine is not a regional issue. it's a global struggle between democracy and they'll talk. chrissy data is rewriting its own playbook, boosting battle ready trip numbers across its eastern flank and with plans to

vastly increased. rapid reaction force numbers from 40002300000 troops by 2023. russia's deadly attack on a shopping molding. se ukraine on monday for shadow this summit until recently considered a nato partner, russia will, for the 1st time since the cold war officially be re designated an enemy threat. we meet in the midst of the most serious security guards says, so we have faced the since the 2nd world war president lensky appealed, as he does relentlessly at international events. football help him with my guys. and he was the leaders present that russia's next move may be against one of them. and nato is determined to do what he can offering a further package of non legal assistance. this defensive alliance,

careful not to be seen to be joining the conflict. but we never wanted to have escalation with russia. all we want is to live in peace in europe. and therefore, we are making crystal clear that we are ready to defend our self and preparing all this talk so, so for what we need. because some it began on a high note after an arms and security agreement was reached, allowing turkey to lift its objection to bits by sweden and finland to join the alliance. so sweden and finland attend this summit as official invitees, their membership bids approved. 30 leaders to be ratified by national parliaments in the coming months. turkey said it got what it wanted, while so did nato able to project both the united and expanded front and gaining superiority over russia in the baltic region. president biden announcing and expanded us military presence in europe, said the alliance had never been so galvanized a major shift to

a state of readiness for whatever turns russian aggression may yet to take. jonah whole l $20.00, madrid diplomat together to james bay's is at the summit with more military plans for the future in the coming months and years. and for the next 10 years, because he's also announce something called the strategic concept, which is nato's strategy plan. going forward designating washer is that principle threat. but also interestingly saying that there are many challenges that nato potentially faces and nato nations faith from china. but in terms of the immediate threat with the war in ukraine, they are putting more forces into the eastern flank of nato, into those countries, posters to russia. they're going to make some of those forces more permanent. the us, which is mainly based in poland, that is where it has its battle group that is going to have the largest number of any nato forces in poland. that's where they'll be more than any of the other

battle groups. and that is the 1st permanent headquarters of the u. s. in one of those countries closest to russia. they are saying that this is an important day, a transformative day for nato. theresa fallon is a director at the center for russia, europe, asia studies. she was a member also of the strategic advisors group to nato and joins me now from brussels. miss fallon, thanks so much for joining us on al jazeera. is this the biggest security crisis the world has seen since the 2nd world war bigger than the cuban crisis of 1962 when the world held its breath and, and more worrying than india, pakistan buying for nuclear test superiority in 1998. well, it is a very serious security crisis because we're quite concerned how russia might escalate as further. and it's so concerning that sweden and finland, traditionally neutral countries, had decided to join nato. so they are voting with their feet to join us. i think

that emphasizes how serious the challenge is in terms of a russia describe the proposed new military alignment and deployment of troops and confirmation of sort of the rapid deployment forces as a provocation. what do you think their next move might be? i think that that would be a natural response for russia to say that, but i think one of the key issues now then put in has to explain to his public instead of pushing back on nato, he's also he's already got 2 new members. so instead of being 30 countries, it's $32.00 countries, and we're seeing poland will get more jobs or the whole eastern thank will be strengthened. and i think that the money being clenched to ukraine. sentence john, signal that this will go on for quite some time. am eastern flank is being discussed, a great length. i mean, a figure of 300000 troops. as mentioned, it's no small number, it feels like a war time number. so how close do you think ne,

2 are in preparing for the sort of any sort of red flag incident because there are 2 locations. are that a quite sensitive ones? kalynne in grad close to lithuania, that has a rail link or as, as an isolated outpost you might say, connected to russia. that's been, you might say stopped and halted by the lithuanians due to ease sanctions. and then you have foul bod, which is a, a norwegian territory, but russia has access to it because of the russian speaking community there as well . and norway has stopped trina goods getting there to, even though it's not a member of the e. u, but it is a member of norway. this feels like these are potential flashpoints. yes, i feel that way, but we understand from the lithuanians that they are just following through on the sanctions. and that the russians have changed this narrative into a propaganda narrative. so the facts are very different than how the russians are portraying them, and it isn't their interests. you try to ramp up the threats to everybody else. no

one wants to see, and nato russia conflict. so i think russia is trying to wrap it up as much as possible, and we're seeing an awful word of attrition in ukraine. and there was a huge conference here in brussels for the last 3 days, discussing these issues and then find the temperature of many people throughout europe with the bombing of those shopping mall and the horrific behavior of russian troops with in ukraine. sense of very worrying message, no one really knows how to create and craft a piece after all of this. it's so complex right now that we see real mixed feelings about people even trying to see the end game. i don't think it's really clear and cited all right, now, i mean the end can be achieved with unity from you might say the west, how relieved to where you to see the impasse to accept finland and sweden into the organization resolved and sort of allayed turkeys concerns because any fractures within nato perhaps might have been utilized by russia. i'm sure

it wasn't. i was rather happy to see this kind of snap food that was taking place. only one is facing an election. he used a lot of leverage and the swedes actually agreed to a great deal in order to get this through. also, i just saw in the media that u. s. government is talking more about as plain sent turkey has long asked for. it remains to be seen it that will get through congress because many people in congress are unhappy with way turkey hate. in regards to the negotiations about sweden and finland, so there has been a lot of horse trading going on. and i think most people would have preferred to have this done behind closed doors rather than in public. and of course, turkey was asked before all of this came became public and they had agreed that sweden and finland could join. so they kind of misrepresented their position. and i think that that created a lot of bad feelings as well. but i think that the fact that they are joining and

that this is very positive message at madrid summit. interesting times i had certainly certainly for the last half day of the summer, theresa fallon, the, for director of the center full russian europe, asia studies. thanks. so much for joining us. thanks. those later leaders pledge total commitment to ukraine on the ground, the attacks and civilian deaths continue. both dramatic footage has been made available of a missile strike on a shopping center on monday as miss fallen mentioned. that in baba has more on that the moments a missile hit a crowded shopping center in crime and shook this new footage is from a security camera about 200 meters away. so down it appears to show a 19 sixties medium range cruise missile originally designed to attack aircraft carriers and relatively inaccurate. the new video was shared by president zalinski, who's called the strike, an act of russian state terrorism, or a, he's got a get that will data some, but someone will be

a russian miss. i'll hit this location precisely deliberately. it's clear that such were the orders given when it's clear that russian killer received those exact coordinates with this missile. they wanted to kill as many people as possible in a peaceful city in an ordinary shopping more easy. this video shows a park next to an industrial complex near the shopping mall. the pe, you see a reacting to the missile strike, than this. a 2nd missile has hit a factory. this is the same moments. you can see the shock wave as de breeland's on the water. russian officials claimed a strike on a weapons depo detonated ammunition, setting the shopping center on fire. ukraine says there was no depot in the area. on wednesday, addressing crowds in the vatican, poke, france is referred to the deadly strike. bordeaux unusual ronelle. glory, look at a marathon yet though carina. every day in my heart i have you dear martyred

ukraine, which continues to be flagellating by barbarous attacks. like the one that hate the shopping center incremented oil. and i pray that this might wall consume ent, florida, in mich, alive in southern ukraine. several people were killed in an attack on a residential building. the may here says this was the work of a russian ex, 55 cruise missile. russia claims its destroyed a training base for foreign mercenaries near the city. for his part, president zalinski is now working the united nations to visit the destroyed shopping center in chrome and shook to establish the facts. nadine bob al jazeera. this is russia's invasion of ukraine 4 months ago, getting information about life in the regions. russian forces now occupy has, or her occupation has become increasingly difficult. launch protests against the occupation in the initial stages after the invasion and are rare. but resistance movement is beginning to take shape in areas such as cache on charles strafford

reports. not from keith. i. this is a market in russian occupied, have some southern crane. the city fell to russian forces in early march. the sportage acquired by al jazeera shows how much of life has changed since much of it was built secretly. roches invasion has ended access ukrainian products, and those produced in russia are expensive and take time to arrive. much of the both current bills home made should change the currency to roubles when it's army to control. ukrainian griffon is being phased out. telephone networks anal russian . russian soldier hands over his military badge as a form of id to a girl, selling russian phone sim cards. another soldier looked suspiciously at the camera . these people gathered around a private home to use its wife like connection. because internet coverage is hard to find the villages around here,

so on life the sun is even harder. future. only one shop is open. they bring food once or twice a week, mainly bread and green. but you need to cash, and we don't have any because the atm doesn't work clear. there is no internet. we come get in touch with our relatives relief, se on an inhabitant. island. people wait outside the only cranium bank still operating. it doesn't open every day. and russian banks i get to arrive russian army is never, far away. large and see russian demonstrations rarely happen any more ocean forces of use. tig asked to break them up in the past, but there is still defiance and increasingly dangerous and symbolic gesture against russian occupation with attaching yellow ribbons to things. green's reforms, ukrainians care songs on the ground movement continues our fight filters as the man, his face and voice heavily disguised. every day we distribute leaflets and yellow

ribbons or we share information with the armed forces. little crane about the russian forces with locations, friends, we don't know if this video will make it to you. he says, margaret, but no, this a close on underground movement is working and continues to fight so hard. this is a destroy car belonging to ukrainian who was killed when he exploded in a suspected bomb attack. after he accepted a job and the russian administration means that no one has claimed responsibility chronical there been at least 3 other attempted murders of ukrainian suspected of working with russian occupying forces. ukrainian military intelligence says it's working to recruit agents and partisans to work inside russian occupied regions. this website in ukrainian and english was set up by the ministry of defense and ukrainian special forces. it gives news of parties, an activity and guidance on how people under occupation can resist russian rule.

it's difficult to know how many people support rushes, invasion, and sudden curse on region. russia says it's planning to hold a referendum in the autumn something ukraine. it's western back as in many people living on the russian forces say will be a fos cha strafford al jazeera, give plenty more. had here on the al serra news are including tributes in texas. we'll hear from the community coming to terms with a human trafficking tragedy. also warnings of an alarming rise in child marriages, the horn of africa that his fault has been awhile booked. this belgian football star is smiling once again. find out why. later on the nissan ah, donald trump's denied he tried to grab the steering wheel of a limousine as being told he wasn't being taken to the capitol. on the day his supporters stormed the building. the former us president dismissed the allegations

as fake sick, fraudulent and ridiculous. as after a former white house aide gave testimony during a hearing into last year's riots. i did. yo castro has more from washington dc. and we're going to the capital on january 2nd, 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, boarded his limousine, and was surprised to learn from his security chief bobby angle that their destination was the white house. the president said, since the fact of i'm the having 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 and used his free hand to lunge towards bobby angle. and mister when or not i had counted 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 private interest, the anecdote was the most startling of many shared by the former white house ada, tuesday's hearing one that was urgently announced after the committee said it received new evidence. white mail. he told police audio from january 6, reveal guns had been spotted among the crowd, gathered near trumps, rally hutchinson said, backstage she heard trumps day. the event should not have had metal detectors. i ever heard the president say something i don't think that they have weapons. they're not here to hurt me. the ensuing violence contributed to the death of at least 7 people,

an 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 houses top lawyer. i remember pat, say, mark, we need to do something more. there literally calling from the vice president the i think hong and mark had responded something to the effect of 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 at trump's former personal attorney,

rudy giuliani. both thought presidential pardons and she says many members of trump inner circle were concern at the cabinet were used 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 jo castro al jazeera washington resign as a former us associate deputy attorney general, who worked on the impeachment hearings for president richard nixon. um bill clinton josephine are via skype from washington dc. mr. fine, always nice to have you on the program for your insight. how significant is the testimony we've heard from these hearings in terms of making any war and especially sort of former president trump accountable for the events of the 6th of january 2021. well, i think it is very significant. i would hope that the testimony would encourage others who have been reticent to come forward. i even though i'm astonished that

the committee itself is not issued subpoenas to mr. pence, mister chip alone, or even mr. trump, the u. s. supreme court for a 100 years has made it clear or committees like the january 6 committee are endowed with inherent in 10 power. those who defy their subpoenas can be summarily placed in prison before any court proceeding whatsoever. and why the committee has been so timid and begging witnesses to come forward is truly astonishing to me. now with regard to trumps, the dispute that he attempted to wrestle is secret service driver. on grab the driving wheel to get to the capital, he'll remember that we already have testimony previously. that on january, 5th, the day before the 6 insurrection, trump met privately with vice president pens. and he got out and issued a tweet saying,

we're completely in alignment. mr. penn says the right now to decide who wins the election and the testimony was know that mike pence stated the opposite. so we cannot given a history of congenital and chronic line. really believe anything that mr. trump says ok, so with regard to so he was a congress to not just jump in because what we've heard so far, how does this testimony that we've heard? how would it become admissible in a criminal trial in a u. s. cool to does it all this have to be repeated again, once again on the oath with a cold. well, it's a little more complex at the grand jury stage, which is where we would be now, the indictment, the accusation stage. all of this evidence would be admissible. it is not required that the grand jury consider only evidence that would make its way into court as an actual trial. the burden of persuasion at the grand jury is simply

a probable cause, which is the same cause standard that please need to arrest you because you've been passed the speed limit. so all this testimony would clearly be relevant to the grand jury. now much of it would be here say, and you would have to have more direct evidence, for example, from mark meadows from the driver at the actual trial, if this goes forward so that mr. trump would have an opportunity to cross examine those. but right now, we're way before the trial stage, and all i'm saying is that this stage of the legal proceedings, all of this evidence is quite relevant. other cool, see that there is this called student trashing by republicans of this bipartisan committee form to hear what happened on january the 6th. so how does that make it difficult for lawyers on either side to sort of move to a grand jury will move to a, a trial scenario,

doesn't make it more difficult to sort of for the public to understand where the truth lies. well, any time you have those who are inclined to no dispute or make up things, it can confuse things for the public. that is fact the tactic that trump never enders have sought to do with regard to the election and 2020. despite the fact that the last 61 cases, their own people said this was the cleanest election ever, they been able to prove nothing would have affected the outcome of the election with regard to a handful of insignificant, innocent airs. the issue is still in many brains, confused because they make up things that don't exist now trying to hack into voting systems from satellites and launched into italy and hugo chavez and venezuela. and manipulating the design of these voting machines. i mean,

not only hysterically ridiculous, conspiracy theories, all of which confront the truth and always collapse when they're required to actually confront cross examination. so if you're willing to just try to confuse things for their own, say, you can do that. i mean, that was the theory behind mr. gerbils in the day off hillers nazi germany. you know, you tell a lie big enough and you repeat it enough times, people maybe start to believe it. that can't be helped. but i don't think that this the of these cheap shots from so called lawyers, republicans, all it is, is ad hominem attacks. notice that they don't advance any real facts to say, well, this is inconsistent with y or z or anything. it's just name calling and they haven't offered and the say that listen, we would like to testify because we think we have relevant evidence that would discredit x, y z. why wouldn't they do that if they think they have their form and their opportunity would show that the january 6 committee is as running down fools

errands? so the, and the, but the bottom line is no. this critique is have no influence in my judgment on what the men of justice does in going far. however, i will say this very briefly as to how it is always the case. that when you have an administration, i political judgement is going to be made about how things will shake out in 2024. that's how washington works. it's irrelevant to the merits, but that's not going to be decisive because of what the republicans are saying. it'll be a, calculate the democrats make. well, how is this going to mean mister todd? i'm sorry, so we have to leave. i do apologize. we do, i do have to enter that. we've got other breaking news. you have to get to always good talk you on the program is fine. thanks very much for joining us from washington. d. c. ok? we are getting some breaking news coming in from france. i french court is on 19 people guilty of terrorism related charges. in the trial following the 2015 paris attacks, 130 people were killed across the french capitalism. man attacked

a sports stadium, concert hall, and several restaurants. any surviving perpetrator was accused of playing a key role that he faces up to life in prison without parole. for more on this, let's join our correspond. natasha butler, lie for us in paris. of course. the main focus of this trial has been found guilty . yes, that's why we're just starting to get the verdicts the judge is delivering them at the paris high court just behind me. then what we know is that there were 20 a fuse or 20 men have been found guilty. 19 guilty of terrorism. one guilty of 4 to now they are all guilty in connection of course with the powers attacks of gear giving varying degrees of logistical support or enabling those taxes to happen. they include, of course, the sol surviving a suspect seller of the slum, 32 years old,

a belgian born french national. his brother brought him a, blew himself up in a cafe on the night of the attacks. sanara de slumped during this trial said that he was supposed to blow himself up in a cafe, but he decided he said not to in order not to kill people. however, the judge found that police and investigators had said that that felt that he was wearing the explosive belt was faulty. the judge went with that, and that is why he's also been found guilty. this is all up to somebody began this trial nearly 10 months ago. now, by saying that he was a soldier, if i sold it time saying that he would remain silent, but then of course, cooperating with the court. he entered the trial by saying he was sorry to some of the victims. however, the prosecutor said that he was a man who knew exactly what he was doing. his defense though, had wanted him to be judged, they said, not as a monster, but as a man had made some grave errors. in the touch of some of those that have been

convicted, all we're about to hear will be convicted, have been sentenced in absentia. will the french authorities be going after them wherever they are in the world? was a state we have a very little information about that. in fact, we don't even have the prison sentences as yet. it may take some more time. the judge is still reading out many of the proceedings that he needs to go through. what we do know there is behind me, we've just seen, we saw them. untruths of people have gone inside. many of them, of course victims, survivors, relatives, or victims of people who were killed at night. some of those have been actually at the court nearly every day following this trial. that, as i said last nearly 10 months, the biggest trial in french history has been extremely hiring for them. they've had to re live what happened nearly 7 years ago ago now again and again, very difficult stories. in fact, i spoke to a one victim,

a man who'd been outside of the french national stadium on the night of the attack seems very badly injured off to somebody blew themselves up and next day one of the attackers. and he said for him, he feels as if finally he concludes the book as if he's been going through all the chapters during this trial, he can close this book and he said he hopes that will be able to move forward. latasha buckler with very latest laugh force. thanks very much. so had her on al jazeera, maybe a quarter of the people in the home home say they're ready to leave town, it's new leader, persuade them to stay and, and sport hopes of verbal and glory stuff away for one of the home favorites, tennis action coming up ah hello there. he continues to dominate the story across the middle east in

particular for western areas of iran. we've seen temperatures pick up to nearly 50 degrees here and they will continue to rise. iraq, so similar story, lots of hot conditions. baghdad, touching 49 degrees on thursday, similar story for q 8, we've got a blustery wind blowing down the gulf states temperatures in places like doha, and re add, touching up by the time we get in. so friday, so hot dry and very dusty. now as you move across to north africa, the heat is certainly the story into nicea matched its highest national temperature in june on tuesday we have got some heat warnings out from neighboring. our jerry as the hot and dry weather continued its weather. however, around the gulf of guinea, we could see some severe thunderstorms in gonna turbo and been in on friday as well as my jury, where we have already seen flooding that was move further south. it's much west eastern areas, the likes of mozambique as well as in bob were very dry. however,

for south africa, the cape town. but that's going to change. we've got a cold front sweeping in bringing some rain by friday, and it's going to be raleigh rather chilly. by saturday, especially at night, that's the weather. ah, the agreement applied to 300 years of danish colonization and international interest in the islands resources great. a younger generation american determined to own their

future no matter that differences. meet rappa and his fiance as students and a politician as they tackle age old issues with that powerful need for the fight for greenland, a witness documentary on al jazeera. ah ah, look about kill watching old reserves news out with me. so robin, reminder of all top stories, nato has agreed to boost its military presence in eastern europe as it faces what it calls the biggest security crisis since world war 2. zachary general yen stalsen books as russia's war against ukraine of shattered peace on the continent. a french

quarter saw 19 people guilty of terrorism related charges in the trial. following the 2015 paris attacks, 130 were killed across the french capital, the any surviving perpetrator snob bill. salaam was accused of playing a key role. now we've been reporting the nato summit. madrid has been focusing on the war in ukraine, with long term commitments pledged at wednesdays, talks turn whole spoke to us. senator christopher kuhns is part of the american delegation at the summit. he began by asking him how far nato should be prepared to go in confronting russia. i do think we have to be cautious about the risk of russian escalation. but frankly, every time there's been another decision to be made. and putin has said that would be escal atory and we've made the decision he's back down. he initially said for us to consider admitting finland and sweden to nato would be an acceptable would be

escal atory. he's now changed his tune. now that there's unanimity in welcoming finland and sweden, beginning the process of welcoming finland and sweden in tomato. i think we need to stand with ukraine. the summit is all about projecting unity projecting strength. yet we know there is disagreement among the allies about just how fond nato should go in confronting russia. is there a fundamental weakness in this alliance that allows the allies to hide behind the idea of a defensive alliance rather than an offensive one ultimately, to russia's advantage. to me, it's been striking how swiftly and how united the alliance has been in responding to russia's unprovoked aggression with sanctions, with seizing assets of oligarchs with providing military kit and equipment to the ukrainians. there's also other nations, not part of either the you or nato who are present at this conference and who've been supporting those sanctions on russia. i had

a chance to meet along with the other senators with prime minister to shoot for example of japan earlier today. so i do think we are seeing a level of nato and e, u unity, unmatched. in recent decades, president trump was no fan of nato. he talked about trying to take the united states out of the alliance. he complained repeatedly about the europeans not doing enough, not living up to their commitment. is it the case that even with the commitments being made now and all the aid that has been given to ukraine, that there is an enormous over reliance still on the u. s. military and economic mark. well, there's been a signal can change in recent years. obviously, the war in ukraine has reset this entire conversation. european nations are stepping forward with making a significant increased investment in their national security and in collective defense, the united states has also made significant additional contributions. so to your question, there continues to be a central and

a critical role for the united states in securing our collective security. but just as we benefited for 20 years, from nato standing shoulder to shoulder with us in afghanistan. so to we continue to be committed to nato. we heard from nater leases, arriving this morning, saying nato. he's back rather echoed president biden statement last year that the united states is back. is there an elephant in the room here? a fear perhaps? what if in 2 years time, donald trump is back in the conversations that we've been having with european leaders? of course there is some concern about the upcoming mid term elections in the united states in our congress and about the future presidential elections. that is partly why there is a sense of urgency about providing the assistance the ukrainians are asking for and they need in order to change the balance on the battlefield. so as a democrat, as a supporter of president biden, i'm optimistic about our mid term elections. i'm confident about the 2024

presidential elections. but of course that is a concern in the background for everyone. most of the people in the gone a capital a crawl, have gathered for a 2nd day of protest against corruption. and the stuck dating economy demonstrates the angry about rising taxes, fuel prices, and allegations of police brutality. they also accused the government of misappropriating funds meant for the countries pandemic response. 29 protests arrested on tuesday. well, earlier, i'm an interest center 6 update from the capital one. basically they wanted me out from the government. of course, i don't to was a rising cost of living in this country. they also want to see quick action over the few issues they want at rest. one of them is of course, and they just cases of the corruption of the rising cases of corruption. they also want to see that certain tax to certain members introduced by the government as part of economic policies or economic measures to deal with the rising cost of

governors in this country. they want to see some of these taxes reduced or even completely remove those ones, the government to address some of the issues surrounding the location of lands in this country. as well as the key issues on education, infrastructure development and most importantly, unemployment in this country. they say they're rising numbers of unemployed people and the rising number of businesses policy is not good for the economy. and we spoke to a key economist here in gartner was a former finance minister who said, yes, they mentioned how painful inflation is going all not around the world. but again, the government is to act quickly in the short term in they want the government to make sure that the taxes introduce our for, according to him in his own words, sunset calls has to be implemented in those laws to ensure that the status don't last in fact, with our individual supp on, many of you look at the situation yesterday,

today's proctors are remarkably different for what we saw victor, dr to use. we saw yesterday today it was quarterly a few causes, although we're not seeing the numbers we saw yesterday. a few thousands of the protesters are here. and there are also hundreds of police officers who idea to keep our movement in law and order. and they've been doing that, this is the most pressure started in the central class of a crime, following the demonstrators through the fleet to the parliament building here, where the leaders of the demonstrators are now presenting their petition to the speaker. parliament trauma ridge is on the rise in the hold of africa than de worsting draught is to blame a unicef supports as the reaches most severe drought in 40 years is putting families under pressure. girls as young as 12 are being forced into marriage and many face a higher risk of female genital mutilation. in one year, child marriage has more than doubled and ethiopia, which is the worst affected by drought. the number of children at risk of dropping out of school in kenya, somalia, and ethiopia due to trout as tripled in 3 months from one point. 1000000 to an

estimated 3.3 and close to 2000000 children are in desperate need of treatment due to severe acute malnutrition. andy brooks is a unicef regional child protection adviser for eastern and southern africa. he says as concern that the latest developments hindering the progress that's already been made. the real standout figure is a 267 percent increase in somali beach, which is on the board, which is on the border with somalia and is one of the regions which out marriage was high, but through a lots of engagement on keeping the school and empowering girls through different kinds of support clubs, reproductive health, et cetera. progress was being made, progress was being made on f t. m, as well known that the sad thing and of big fear we have is that the progress made is being unmade very, very quickly. school is a major safety data, predictable, routine environment where children can be tracked. poverty is the fact that,

you know, we're being told that the price, the book diary, for example, to marry a girl. this is much less than it would sometimes 2 or 3 girls are getting married or, and, and it's 2 or 3 less mouse to feed in the house as well. so these are some of the drivers that lead into the child marriage in some of those areas. f g m is a precursor to child marriage, the girls that more garza getting cut and they getting cut younger in order to get child married. married later marriage absolutely. a criminal investigation is being opened in the united states after $51.00 micros found dead in a truck in texas. they were discovered in the abandoned vehicle on the outskirts of san antonio. a monday. official say is the greatest loss of life on record for the human trafficking attempt in the u. s. manuel rapids husbands a community still in shock in southern texas. on tuesday, the residence of san antonio visited the site were dozens of migrants were found dead crammed into the back of a tractor trailer, under extreme heat conditions. most of the deceased are believed to be from mexico

. mexican diplomats in san antonio visited area hospitals where survivors are being treated. in general, medical staff, the hospitals, i insist in general have indicated those injured are in a critical condition, suffering from neurological renal and hepatic failure. as well as internal bleeding . thousands of migrants have been using san antonio as a transit point in recent months. according to immigration, advocates in the us. we like all many hearsay. the tragedy that occurred on monday is a symptom of a broken immigration system. ridiculous as an elected official, i think that people need to get registered to vote out. people who don't care about this community at a vigil convene to local residents arrive to see their respect and show their solidarity with all migrant seeking a better life. in the united states, migrants are dying every day, and if you start adding up one after another after another,

we're on track. so this year, the deadliest years for migrant trying to cross into united states. so i really think, and it's important to have events like this to commemorate those lives that are loss. and i put them up from emotions are still high and san antonio the last time something like this happened was in 2017. when 10 people died after being packed in the back of a tractor trailer, carrying as many as 200 miles. the vigil was organized by community members from the city of san antonio, many of whom have expressed a desire for public action to be taken to prevent more tragedies involving migrants and asylum seekers from ever happening. again. agents from the us department of homeland security continue to work to identify the bodies and are treating this is one of the deadliest cases of human trafficking in the united states. in recent memory, manuel did up a little al jazeera san antonio. the philippine media regulators upheld in order to close wrapper. the new website co founded by jonas murray resar in 2018. it rattler

violated rules on foreign ownership, but the website appeals. now the decision comes a day before present rodrigo detectives office as his criticism of his so called war on drugs that the several legal battles into winning the nobel peace prize last year. she says the government is trying to intimidate the press. we wish and all the law. 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 i've had it there's, i think that i've also, you've heard me speak repeatedly over the last 6 years that we have been harassed. this is intimidation it. these are political tactics. we refused to succumb to them . to milan and doug and has more on the legacy the detector administration is behind your mind, your wor 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. critic 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 whiff of corruption would be enough for him to fire officials. years later,

most of those removed from office have yet to face charges, and 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 strength, sandy did not need a check and balance because he was a king of dow, steven. so he did not need to listen to apple e called by the, the pandemic and the recession is triggered, or perhaps the most challenging issues. the 3rd to has spaced, but still, many believe he deserves credit for prioritizing large scale infrastructure projects. to 30 made those secret of his admiration for a chinese president. she didn't ping, and at 1st he was so eager to be in china's good graces that the territory

cancelled a defense agreement with the country strongest ally, the united states. i position he reversed just a few months ago. as deserted, enters his final days in office. he remains an enigma, one of the most polarizing, but also one of the most popular president ever elected in recent philippine history. to melinda, again, i'll jazeera how 6th, 7th and hong kong do you liter. john lee will be sworn in on friday at a ceremony expected to be attended by china as president. she ging paying the then to also marks the 25th anniversary of the territories returned from british to chinese rule. that many who have lived in the territory for a long time. and i'm trying to leave for good a dream brown repulsor from hong kong. the news spread families packing up like thousands of other expatriates matt and his wife's summer can't be persuaded to

remain. mat was born in hong kong and met his wife. he has 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 will keep me here right now. with their 3 children, they live in the other hong kong lance. how island, hong kong, biggest and far from the congestion and clamor of the central business district. many factors behind the decision to go, including changes to the school curriculum with a focus on patry altogether cation. i think it just made the decision to go easier and easier. we've had such a blessed time here in hong kong of children of thrive. 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 future is going to be different to the past. and we've thought about that deeply, and i'd say yes, it's contributed. pumpkins always been

a transitory play. 25 years ago, i reported on another exodus the retiring british civil service and others who 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 are 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 reasoned 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 bit 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 bolster the had here on al jazeera in sport, a time he returned to form for this olympic champion, to stay with us. ah .

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book about tons of his so thank you so much know that job ridge put in adama display on center court to secure his spot in the 3rd round at wimbledon, the 35 year old thrashed australia's fantasy coconut gets in straight sets. jock, which is determined stop seed and is looking to win the championship for a 7th time. next up for him is tougher test against a serbian compatriots. 2015 nero mare, kids manage. who am i say that the quite pleased with the way of raised the level of tennis in today's hopefully i can keep that trajectory. just getting better as the tournament progress is obviously just thinking about the next challenge and you know, hopefully things will get better and better as i'm one. not such a good day for 3rd seed. caspar rude. the french open. one,

rob was defeated by and go on there of from the world number 112. he lost in the 1st round at his 6 previous grand slam events beaten all region and now they spend a couple of big upsets in the women's draw 2nd seat. and ad contra right has been dumped out in round to by german roles. number 97. julie name my sonia, was crushed in straight sets, leaving the 2nd set without even winning a game. yeah, i thought muslin and played very good much it was hard for me to control her big shots because you know, i haven't had the opportunity to prepare as well as i would have liked to and yeah, it was just tough out there. she played a really good matching home favorite, ama rata county was also knocked out in the 2nd round. the us open winter was brushed aside by world number 55, kara, lina garcia, fran. or see it used to

a street fact when against the 9th seat and just 88 minutes belgian ford rama luca has completed a loan move to inter milan from chelsea. the 29 year old did the pre transfer medical checks in milan. earlier leacock who wasn't great for the blues last season and only scored 8 goals in the premier league. hope to return to italy will help him or recapture his best form. during the koch was a previous student there which began in 2019, he's for 64 goals into season oh, final round of ticket sales for the counter world cup will start next week. tickets will be available on a 1st come 1st serve basis from july. the 5th, with the sales period ending in mid august, less than 5 months to go until the final kick off organizers say $1800000.00 tournament tickets. have already been sold, sri lanka, pay tribute to cricketing at legend. shane warne ahead of the 1st test against

australia warren died earlier this year. at the age of 52, the shrunken cricket board said the australian was a true friend who did much to help the country and the aftermath of the 2014 army culver bryson dish on bo says a controversial breakaway competition could benefit the long term growth of the game, the 2nd live series event, he's off in the united states on thursday. the $25000000.00 prize fund up for grabs is more than 3 times what's on offer at a pga tour event being held at the same time. work offers at the end of the day and i think that i respect everybody's opinion that the most important thing people can understand, hopefully understand to me is that i do respect it, but golf is a, is a force for good. and i think as time goes on, awfully, people will see the, the good that they are doing and what they are trying to accomplish. rather than looking at the bad that's happened before. i think moving on from that is important and going continue to move forward in a positive light is something that could be

a force for good for the future. the game i let big surfing champion, chris moore has returned to form in the world. certainly a 5 time world champion was in danger of losing her number one ranking in the sport . do 3 runner up finishes more, landed her 1st one of the season at this event in brazil. the tour now had to south africa for its next event. in mid july. okay, and that is all your sport for now back to you. so i'll say which foreign of course you've got all of all stories on all websites et al jazeera dot com is updated throughout the day. lauren taylor, my colleague in our london news center will more after the break and and to learn from for me on the news oxy. and thanks for your time, and your company, ah, the short is the quickest and so i will follow up on the why ish one on one, the how do you to visit with counsel the philistines?

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