this is hand over from british to chinese rule, but with china's cracked on an opposing voices and an exit of citizens. what does the future hold from the headlines to the unreported. people in power investigates, they use an abusive power around the world to resumes voting. a referendum on a new constitution, could it spell the end for the only democracy to have emerged from the out of spring uprisings, as india suffers unprecedented heat wave, one or 18th, those to the fiery heart. if the crisis center goal head to the polls with the main opposition parties united can be wrestled power away from the ruling party july on al jazeera. ah, russia accuses nature of imperial ambitions as leaders pledge to boost their forces in eastern europe in response to its invasion in ukraine. ah,

hello, i'm down in jordan, this is al jazeera la you from dell are also coming up guilty of terrorism and murder. the only surviving attack of 2015 iris assault is sentenced to life in prison without parole. a divisive dentist to complete its political, come back in the philippines as ferdinand marcus junior is sworn him as president and american singer o'kelly's sentence to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking, accused abusing his fame to be a woman and under age girls. i'm great. today and i'm grateful that roberts investor kelly is away head will stay away and will not be able to harm anyone else . ah, nato has announced plans to carry out the alliance, his biggest overhauls since the cold war. at the end of a major summit, lead has promised unwavering support for ukraine and designated russia as the most

significant and direct threat rather. and joe biden announced a permanent army base and poland, the 1st full time us deployment on nato's eastern fringes. the u. s. will also send 2 additional f, $35.00 squadrons to the u. k. sweden and finland were also formally invited to become members mocking the most significant expansion in decades and ukrainian president vladimir valencia dress members by video link, telling them he believes russia will go after lithuania, next, gender hall reports from madrid. nato leaders arrived at a historic summit, projecting unity and strength in the face of a news read. this conflict in ukraine is not a regional issue. it's a global struggle between democracy and alto. chrissy. nato 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 shadowed the 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 zelinski appealed as he does relentlessly at international events for bore help. time. it came with my not about guys, and he warned 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 lethal assistance. this defensive alliance, careful not to be seen to be joining the conflict. but we never wanted to have an

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 the structures for what we need. the summit began on a high note after an alms insecurity agreement was reached, allowing turkey to lift its objection to bids by sweden and finland to join the alliance. so sweden and finland attend the summit as official invitees. their membership bids approved by 30 leaders to be ratified by national parliaments in the coming months. turkey said it got what it wanted will. 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 take. jonah,

how al jazeera madrid, rushes president vladimir putin, the tuesday, lines of trying to assert its supremacy and warm. but moscow will respond to any nature deployments in sweden and finland still go to infinity and it will not nip. there's nothing that might concern us in terms of finland and sweden becoming nighttime members, if they want to, please go ahead. but they should clearly understand that they didn't face any threats before the us. now, of nato troops and infrastructure are deployed, we will be compelled to respond and kind and create the same threats to the territory that is now creating rates for you. it's obvious what they don't understand that everything was going fine between us. but now there will be tensions. this is obvious and inevitable. i repeat, if they pose a threat to us. but robot hunter is a former us ambassador to nato. he explained how the kremlin may respond to the

military alliance. i think the russians will continue to pound ukraine as they've been doing as a signal they sent yesterday day before both to the g 7 meeting that took place in germany and to the nato summit that took place in madrid. by attacking that jeff shopping center, killing hundreds of people. what's erosion were saying is, this is a kind of thing. we will do either the united states in the laid and other hours will sand ukraine weaponry now to intercept please know that there's these weapons to intercept the long range of artillery or we don't. if we don't watch, we'll, we'll continue to demonstrate that it is the dominant country in that war . you will continue to show that the united states is afraid of escalation. photo

is already won. what we call escalation dominance. it will continue to show that the allies are really too scared to take on the real security challenge today. what will other allies say in the future if they're being pressed? by putting a tax credit to the united states has failed to stop russia doing what it is doing now. other credibility will not be worth very much. this was a critical moment at nato. what happens in the next few days will show next few days and weeks will show whether nato succeeded or whether as it looks now, nato is failing. french court found 19 people guilty of terrorism related charges in connection with the 2015 parents attacks that was convicted include the surviving assailant fella. the slam was sentenced to life in prison. 130 people were killed in a coordinated series of gun and politics across the french capital,

latasha, buck reports salah, to slum, sat expressionless. as the judge delivered the verdicts, the only surviving suspected attacker was found guilty of terrorism and murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. during the trial, the belgian born frenchman said that he had decided not to blow himself up. but the judge said the court considered that the expose of fest had malfunctioned up to slums childhood friend mohammed abrinay, who drove him from paris to brussels on the night of the attacks was also given a life sentence. he was also found guilty of terrorism, as were 18 other men. one other was found guilty of fraud. lee been pull no sooner . the sentences are not excessive by reflect the events and those behind them. i think it's a satisfying moment for everyone and for the justice system it was nearly 7 years ago. the 10 attackers rampaged across paris, killing people in cafes,

the buttock on concert hall and outside france's national school stadium. by the end of the night, a 130 people were dead. hundreds injured. i so claimed responsibility across france. there was shock and grief. the charl into the paris attacks was the biggest in french history. it lasted nearly 10 months. hundreds of witnesses testified, and while some victims chose to stay away, others came to the court nearly every day. muhammad, i'm gar, was injured. when an attacker blew himself up outside the stadium, he says he found it helpful to attend the trial most days. now it's over, he hopes that he can move forward. i will close the book and i will warn my life. i will try to, to keep going this, this, this story, this, this, this think happened to my life. he was part of my life. so i have to live with, i have no choice or have truly woodson. i accepted it before. it was very hard for me to accept it, but i have to accept it. it no spoke me up to slam will service sentence in france

or belgium, where he is already in prison for the victims survivors and their relatives. the verdicts won't change the past, bring back love ones or he'll, they're suffering. but for some, there will in least be a sense that finally justice has been served. natasha butler, al jazeera paris further. marcus, junior, the son of a former president, many regard as a dictator is set to be sworn in as president of the philippines. a short while ago you met, aren't going president, rodrigo, to 30 in a ceremonial exchanging of the keys, marco's when a landslide victory in may's elections, with help from his running mate, sarah, to charity, with a daughter of the outgoing leader. marcus was promised to tackle inflation and boost economic growth. were marcus's election victory has led to new cause for justice, for those who suffered repression? during his father's rule, he was president for 2 decades and only half of that time was under martial law.

thousands of people were tortured, disappeared, or killed florence, nor he met some of the victims and sent this report from manila. the years have passed, but the memories and you, denny lou de la fuente was a labor activist when he was arrested in 1982 and imprisoned without trial for 4 years. during genoa they held my head and rub it's against the wall. when a doubled over in pain, they would bunch me again. thousands of people were tortured, disappeared, or killed, after martial law was imposed in 1972. by then precedent for didn't marcus. he was ousted in a popular uprising in 1986, but now his son and namesake is poised to be the next president of the philippines rights groups have accused marco's junior of white washing the human rights abuses and corruption that took place during his father's rule. recasting it as a time of peace and prosperity for santiago,

montela who was detained for 4 months during martial law. having another marcus in power is unthinkable. i forgot to do. i still feel deep in my heart. the hurts they have caused us in the capitol. manila, there is a memorial built to honor those who lost their lives, fighting against martial law. their names are etched into the wall of remembrance. some of the names here took up to 10 years to verify before they were carved into this wall. and there's a backlog of around $200.00 names to be approved. the center also runs campaigns to educate filipinos about what really happened during that time. there are concerns about its future under a new incoming administration. i am worried and i'm scared that this site might be close down by the markers junior presidency. because this is a landmark that cannot be denied regarding the atrocities of marshall their

names on the wall of remembrance. and each name has a story. the fight for justice has been a long one. it was only in 2013 that the philippine government passed along to provide recognition to victims and their families. there was a human rights compensation bill that was passed in the us congress and implement that were people who were tortured, killed by our democracy, the shipper of the compensated that can be taken away. the money can be taken back from them. the history of that can be taken away for de la fuente, monetary reparation is secondary. but he and his fellow victims want, he says, is for filipinos to know the truth about that either. so that history may never repeat itself. florence to lee al jazeera manila start for a short break here now to 0. when we come back, ah, anger on the streets of dollars, capital. why a protest as

a taking aim at the government. and many of the people we've spoken to say this was in an avoidable tragedy campaign, as a migrant rights blame us. board of policies for contributing to the tragedy in texas. more than that states ah, with hello, we got some very heavy rain in the forecast for the deep south that the u. s. over the next, there's a little clutch of storms. just gathering here. all tied him with his so whether front, which is just making his way over towards the carolina is pushing through georgia further north. it is generally dry until we get up into the the made west the upper midwest, central parts of canada. seeing some outbreaks of rain, it will be heavy at times. it's making its way further east was still hot in d. c at around $35.00 celsius. still some monsoon showers down to the bas though

the south west. they're just around the desert, southwest by the 4 corners states west coast generally try we have got some showers in t a, b, c, making the way further east. would you see a lot of fine and dry weather, but the weather there just around the south, west will pep up over the next few days. seasonal rains here you see their showers . they're just towards eastern texas louisiana. just pushing over across towards sir the panhandle. wet weather in force across parts of the caribbean, we are most concerned with this disturbance now moving towards the windward, seizing across northern parts of venezuela, a developing tropical system. this crossing the abc islands. eventually it looks like it to make its way in to parts of costa rica and nicaragua around 3 quarters of sub saharan africa's cultural heritage is on display in

western museums. although it didn't happen overnight, we were rob color time. the 1st episode of a new series reveals how european colonization removed tens of thousands of artifacts and the uphill struggle to reclaim restitution. africa stolen on episode one. blunder anal jazeera lou. ah, welcome back to might about top stories here. this, our nato has announced plans to bolster its forces across europe in the alliance is biggest overhauls as the cold war. at a summit, leaders promised on a wavering support for ukraine and designated russia as

a direct security threat. a french court has found 19 people guilty on terrorism related charges in connection with the 2015 pass attacks. those convicted include the only surviving assailant. a lot of the slum was sentenced to life in prison. the son of a former president, many regarding the dictators being sworn in as the president of the philippines ferdinand marcus junior meant the outgoing president rodrigo detected in a ceremonial exchanging of the kings. now, since russia's invasion of ukraine 4 months ago, getting any information about life in the regions that russian forces occupy has become increasingly difficult. protests against the occupational scene soon after the invasion, a rare, but a resistance movement is beginning to take shape and arrows such as curse on draw. stratford reports from keith. ah, this is a market in russian. occupied his psalm sultan grain. the city fell to russian forces in early march. the school teach acquired by al jazeera shows how much life

has changed since much of it was spilled. secretly. roches invasion has ended, accessed ukrainian products, and those produced in russia are expensive and take time to arrive. much of the vault current beers home made should change the currency to roubles. when its army took control. ukrainian griffin has been, is down. telephone networks anal russian. russian soldier hands over his e military badge as a form of id to a girl, selling russian phone sim cards. another soldier looked suspiciously at the camera . who have these people gather around a private home to use its why fi connection. because internet coverage is hard to find in the villages around scarce on life, the sun is even harder to chance. only one shop is open. they bring foot once or twice a week, mainly brett and green. but in it cas and we don't have any because the atm doesn't

work clear, there is no internet. we can't get in touch with our relatives relief as if on an uninhabited island. people wait outside the only ukrainian bank still operating doesn't open every day. and russian banks i get to arrive russian army is never from way large and to russian demonstrations really 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 bristles 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, locations, friends. we don't know if this video will make it to you. he says, margaret,

but no, there's a close on underground movement is working and continues to fight. so horton, this is a destroyed car belonging to ukrainian who was killed when he exploded. and i suspected bomb attack. after he accepted a job and the russian administration been that no one has claim responsibility. rodney gold have been at least 3 other attempted murders of ukrainian suspected of working with russian occupying forces. you can, new military intelligence is its 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 in 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 in the 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 under russian forces, se would be a fos cha,

stratford al jazeera give to garmin. our weather been more protests over the high cost of living and alleged official corruption, wednesdays demonstrations of peaceful unlike the day before when several people were injured. i commend address reports on the capital across this back for a 2nd day of protest despite and only a crackdown, a meeting with the countries deputy finance minister, and then a march to the parliament. why the demonstrators demanded the government reverse what they called punitive economic policies. today the ordinary danielle is struggling to afford that is when he said that not having to spend who said, because we are suffering from 14 dana cities in 2016, the prize of a gallon of diesel. and petro, i've galloped. we're hoping this one gonna see. today that price of a bag of spent has galloped from $20.00 it gunner cities to see stitch,

gunner seats. the rising cost of living is one reason demonstrated how on the streets, what organizers say that also concerned about political corruption, increases taxes as well as the legit cases human rights abuses, micro proposals. this is all these are combining to make life difficult for most people here and gone. members of parliament say they are aware of the countries growing economic and social problems. we will do what i need for their petition is i will tolerate, thought our live been to be dead on the floor by the men and positions begin by my 1st advice would be for the present to hold. we'll mention it all. but julian relieved that taxes to save. busy their lives and improved of quality of living of dia. on tuesday, the protest turned ugly as demonstrators clashed with please, we'll say at least a dozen officers were hurt and becoz damaged. the demonstrator said police piatt,

robert coated steel, bullets, dumb, and arrested causes less than 2 years into his 2nd. gone. has preston an hour before i do is coming and the increasing pressure the economy is faltering, unemployment is rising and inflation has reached its highest level in decades. i know he is he, the government and parliament must quickly act to common already agitated population. greece al jazeera, a cra god, israel's prime minister natalie bennett, says he won't run in the upcoming election. his announcement comes ahead of a vote later on thursday to dissolve parliament. that will trigger the country's 5th election in less than 4 years. been its 8 party coalition and plague by in fighting is due to hand over power to foreign minister, yellow peed, who lead a caretaker government into the snap poles. you are seeing or r kelly has been sentenced a 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who had children a jury in new york convict. to the 55 year old of racketeering and sex trafficking

in september frozen jordan reports. if i just believe it, there's nothing ga harbor aka in a perfect world. no one out runs or flies away from accountability. not even the pop singer or kelly who on wednesday was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on charges. he moved under age girls across state lines for sax. kelly zix them say they never thought they'd see the day. i was an up incoming finger. i with a girl full of life, very innocent, but very driven and prayed upon basically at the mall and tara florida, and promise. just the mentorship and quickly turned into i would to say a sex slave. kelly had been accused for more than 30 years of preying on teenagers

using their dreams of stardom to physically sexually and mentally abuse them. he illegally married the singer aliya in 1994. when she was 15 years old, the marriage was an old. kelly's 2000 to trial on child pornography charges and it's 6 years later with an acquittal, but in 2017 prosecutor started taking women's accusations more seriously. thanks in part to the documentary surviving r kelly. and can you describe the physical abuse god, i can't take another day or can't do with any more in 2019 kelly was arrested in the current case. his defense team says it's appealing. all i can tell you is there was no enterprise, there was no enterprise, it was one man with allegations by a number of women, which doesn't make it an enterprise. and that is why he's not guilty of a racketeering. kelly's victim say they're counting on the court to make things

right. i started this journey 30 years ago. i was 14 years old when i encountered roberts of esther kelly. there wasn't a day in my life. up until this moment that i actually believe that the judicial system will come through for black and brown girl. i stand here very proud of my judicial system. thank you. very proud of my fellow survivors. and very pleased with the outcome or kelly's legal problems are far from over. in august, he will go on trial in illinois on similar charges. rosalind jordan l 0, a man from texas has been charged in connection with the worst human smuggling tragedy in recent years. history, 53 people, died after a truck carrying migrants was abandoned in san antonio. on monday, the suspect to drive was arrested off the trying to pose as a survivor. when a wrapper was out, the scene were in the outskirts of san antonio. and this dirt road off of the interstate is the site where that truck was found,

with dozens of migrants crammed in the back under extreme heat conditions. what i want to show you is this memorial that's been set up by members of the local community to remember the migrants who died in the back of that truck. people have been arriving here in a steady pace, leaving flowers, leaving reeds, and even water bottles. the community here is still quite rattled by this horrific tragedy from a lady were me. hi is this bab and i said to my daughter, she is blessed because she was born here. people born here, don't know what goes on in our countries. in that part of the world, i get part of it because here we are blessed use government. we have food, we have everything. we have to work hard to get her letterman. i went through that 30 years ago that i arrived alone. i took a train and thank god, i am here, come an investigation remains underway, and u. s. federal authorities have detained at least 3 men, although it remains unclear what connection exactly. they had to the incident that took place on monday with federal officials are treating this as a case of human smuggling at this memorial. however, what we're seeing is

a community in morning you know, can say i wasn't expecting to flip these away because i felt and anxiety and pain for those people. look at how hard it is now. can you imagine how much those people stuff in my view, those brothers were the end of the day, a human being muscle, the desperation they must have faded, dine and not having any hope or way of saving themselves. many of the people we've spoken to say this was in avoidable tragedy, migrants rights, advocates have said that it's u. s. border policies that have pub ended, the traditional u. s. a silent processes, arguing that without a change to those policies, it's only a matter of time before something like this happens again. austria has declared a civil state of emergency after several villages in the south were cut off by mud slides and a heavy flooding. at least one person has died and another is missing. several people were trapped in their homes and had to be airlifted to safety. some regions had no electricity o drinking water. soaring temperatures have continued for

a 5th day in japan with a capital recording its hottest ever heat waves since records began. the government's asking people to take measures to reduce the impact on the electricity grid san diego as more scorching heat and record high temperatures. no respite yet for people in tokyo, as meteorologist say, the heat wave is set to continue into july. at a time when japan is usually experiencing it's rainy season. on top of this, japan's power supply grid is under such strain that the government phase it may not cope and allows people to save energy roof with it. if we knew the electricity demand would go up, so authority should have taken measures more swiftly, but they didn't do anything until it got really hot. and we don't know. there are things we can do to save energy, but some things we can't, you know, must advance at vent. they are at them. we're told to save energy with the heat

could also put people's lives at risk, but it's a difficult situation. but i want to cooperate and be part of efforts to save energy workers. they not the hundreds of people have been taken to hospital for heat stroke. japan's prime minister for me. ok, she, they had said he would do his utmost to secure enough energy for the country by making use of its nuclear power capabilities. it's no guarantee. most of japan's nuclear plants have stopped production since the 2011 tsunami. that triggered the fukushima nuclear plant accident. this heat wave comes less than 2 weeks before a national election. high of voters concerns the price of electricity and according to opinion polls, an issue causing a dip and key. she does approval ratings. we walked in gall mother and while people wait for the temperature to drop that doing all they can to stay cool.