how and why did soon become so obsessed? with this law, we were giving them a tool to hold the corrupt individuals in human rights abusers accountable. they're going to rip this deal apart if they take the white house of 2025. what is the world hearing what we're talking about vi american today, you'll weekly take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. in the 19 fifties and sixties, african countries gained independence from the colonizers and increased efforts to reclaim their cultural heritage. and 6000 bodies and storing yes, it's very hard. this new series reveals how european countries refused to request and even exhibited human remains in their museums, restitution. africa stolen off episode to return on al jazeera ah

might. and scandal and control the c u. k. prime minister bars johnson bows to prussia and resigns, but wants to remain in office until a successor is chosen. and i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up. the best job in the world. ah, hello, i'm mariam timothy and london. you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. lives of millions of syrians at stake, un security council set to vote on whether to extend the use of the key. a corridor from turkey and hundreds of prisoners still on renee nigeria after iso members broke into a jail in the capital at boucher ah

we begin here in the u. k prime minister boys johnson is bound to prussia and announced he will step down as soon as his party elect a new leader in outs. when comes after 48 hours of high drama and fast moving events, which sony 60 politicians resign, johnson had been under mounting pressure over several scandals within his government. now the path to choosing a new prime minister will be set in the coming days, which has begins our coverage, ah, british politics. that brilliant darwinian system is boris johnson put it, punish his vulnerability. good afternoon everybody. and even the man once famously described is a greased picket, couldn't wriggle out of this one. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. but then the brakes going been not yet gone far as the prime minister is to become boris, the caretaker, prime minister,

it is clearly not the will of the parliamentary, conservative party that should be a new leader of that party. and that put a new prime minister and i agree with the great brady, the chairman of our back bench, m p. 's, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. and the time table will be an ard next week. and either today appoint you to cabinet to serve as i will until the new data is in place. it was a speech show on contrition, and it gave the impression of johnson as the victim, rather than the agent of his own demise. since tuesday, when key cabinet ministers, sachi job aid, and richie sooner quit the pace at which johnson supportive operated, was astonishing the chris pincher affair. and what johnson knew about previous sexual misconduct congregations against the m. p. was a scandal too far by thursday morning. the number of resignations had passed 50 and

counting as an old western in the saying that a week is a long time in politics. we're currently that units of measurements seems quaintly inadequate. try an hour, maybe 5 minutes. and there are many conservatives for whom speed has become vitally important. they don't want forrest johnson hanging around for months until a replacement is found. they want him gone. now, george freeman, for example, who resigned as science minister? sadly, he carries within a huge magnetic field force of instability and it's disruptive and divisive. and it's been a strength, as a campaigner, it's been a huge weakness, as the prime minister in the government, as the last few weeks and months are shown. so who will be the next prime minister? m p 's would like the field reduced to to within a couple of weeks, some are already throwing their hats in the ring in every private soldier's backpack. there is a field marshals baton. having seen the performance of our cabinets over the last

12 months, sir, i think i would be encouraged to stand jessie's past leadership races have shown candidates are often successful because of who they aren't, rather than who they are. and if the conservative party has any sense, it will learn the lessons of forest johnson's tumultuous time and power. rory challenge now to 0 london. oh, boris johnson made some divisive and controversial decisions during his time. as u. e. k prime minister out there is john, i'll take a look back now his political career and his legacy not vote bras. he led his party to a landslide election victory in 2019. but boris johnson was to be undone, both by events in which he conspired, and also by his own character flaws that critics say made him unfit for high offers or still some has no say salvation. he has, there is no moral leadership, but for him it was always about becoming, i mean,

they're not about being hyman's there. and he, i think he knows himself well enough that he knows that he does not have the skills that you need to be a successful prime minister. sonya panell was a reporter working alongside johnson in the brussels bureau of the daily telegraph . she describes a man with a lot of the child in him who enjoyed getting into and out of scrapes. a man drawn to calles and the chaos means that he can sort through these things going along elise, all this noise, all this commotion as the person with great. i dale the wit, the witticism. and that is what appeals to him for maurice johnson. the corona virus pandemic was a perfect storm of crises and calles that blew attention away from other problems. despite his promise to get brakes, it done, britain remains mud and dispute with its biggest trading part of the european union . the economy is underperforming. the cost of living,

rising health and education systems faltering success with the vaccine program helped obscure johnson's own indecision and delays in following scientific advice that contributed to one of the highest death tolls. in the developed world, former chief advisor, dominic cummings, described the prime minister's leadership as erratic in decisive distracted. nobody could find a way around the problem of the problem is that just like a shopping trolley smashing from one side to the other, the shopping trolley metaphor would quickly be seized upon by the opposition. so he's doing what he always does. crushing over to the other side of the aisle, boris johnson learned early to be self sufficient in a family of competitive siblings with a mother who suffered ill health and a father who was frequently absent. at the elite british boarding school eton he came to believe ordinary rules did not apply to him. in the infamous bullying and

drinking club at oxford, the outward persona of a jovial buffoon, disguised and in an ambition for power. and as both a journalist for the times newspaper and a minister in opposition, johnson was accused of lying and fire. these then, with a quality he brought to politics as mayor of london as foreign secretary, and then his prime minister entitlement dishonesty and indifference. this is really the 1st time in his life where he's ever actually been held to account for the thing he's always been don't. he's always been excused. there's always been reasons made for him. for his 5 behavior. there was wide support for his handling of the war in ukraine, but johnson never recovered from the scandal known as party gate. he received a police fire for attending a lockdown party in downing street, making him the 1st british prime minister to break the law while in office. a civil service report into a string of similar gatherings described

a failure of leadership. eventually 148 to the zone and please hold a party, turned against him into the in a vote of no confidence. maurice johnson limped on for a bit. but the reasons to forgive him had run out journal al jazeera. well, leadership campaigns were underway well before boris johnson resign. conservative and be tom to can heart has just announced he's watching his bid to replace johnson pledging to bridge the brakes that divide. let's take a look on the other front runners. then wilma chancellor, re she soon alex had a high profile in the pandemic. he was a public face of the government's economic recovery plans, his face criticism over his wife's tax status. foreign secretary les tress is one of the most popular senior members of the party. a previous post of its national trade secretary saw her secure and post breaks at tray deals also in the running

form of foreign and held secretary jeremy hunt was boys johnson's main rival in the last leadership contest. it's our job. it is now resigned. twice from boris johnson's cabinets. first is chancia chancellor, and then on tuesday he quit as hell. secretary that deems ha ha, he was immediately named as soon acts. replacement is chancellor. so holly and his family left iraq during saddam hussein's early years in power. he previously served as the education secretary and different secretary ben wallace has emerged as a favorite. he's been a key player in the u. k. government support for ukraine after russia's invasion. earlier i spoke to jonathan tongue, a professor of politics, university of liverpool. he says that this could be the biggest leadership race in history of the conservative party. i think it's going to be a difficult transition. first of all, there are some concert is he won't boris johnson to simply quit now and not stay

until the autumn, as a caretaker prime minister. either those who do accept or johnson as a caretaker prime minister. but there's an awful lot of rosa riders in terms of who wants to succeed in this is could be the biggest leadership contest we've ever seen in british conservative party history. we could have as many as 14 or 15 candidates lining up with a lot of jostling for position within the party. many of them with considerable foreign affairs, experienced people like tom to get hot before and secretary list truss lots and lots of ambitious candidates that some of whom some of their ambitions probably exceed their, their capability makes are only 11 working days left until the house of commons breaks up for the summer, and so then piece part of sorting out the next leader is going to have to become very, very quickly indeed because they need to whittle down those 1415. however many candidates down to 2 for on who the conservative party members the all new members will vote, they will choose from the final 2. so it's got to be very,

very quick ballots taking place. well, whoever success and far as johnson is patched, continuing u. k. government support for ukraine in his fight against russia, spoke with ukraine's president. after standing down about him is lensky praised him for taking decisive action when it counted most. let me say now to the people of ukraine that i know that we in the u. k. will continue to back your fight for freedom, for as long as it takes the out is there is alan fish. as mine is now from ukrainian capital case. the chief of staff to president zalinski said on twitter that he was grateful for, boris johnson coming to keep while the missiles were falling. and also for calling out what he described at the russian monster. but there were those in the united kingdom who believed the forest johnson used his trips to keep. and also his phone calls to present the landscape

a some sort of political cover to use that to distract from problems at home. and in fact, after he suffered a very embarrassing election defeat in the united kingdom, his very the very next day he was here and keep meeting with a president zalinski i. what is interesting is that others who may have been critical of him because of his other policies seem to find comfort in his support for ukraine. notably, the former ukrainian ambassador to austria, tweeting out that many of his friends hated boris johnson because of its stance on breaks. it gives removal from the european union and he himself disliked him greatly for that. but he said he absolutely got it right on the calls in ukraine. there many a bonus. johnson supporters will say that he led the western alliance and taking action in ukraine. there are those in the u. s. who would dispute that? saying that joe biden was much more responsible for putting together the coalition and also the sanctions that were imposed on russia. and of course,

much of the weapons and met much of the money that is pouring into ukraine is coming from the united states. but there is no doubt that people here respect, forest johnson greatly aah. rusher is trained to use its veto powered un security council to shot a critical, a corridor into northern syria. at least 4000000 people rely on humanitarian deliveries made via the bible. how a border crossing from turkey, the security council is voting on whether to extend its use. sam castle glue has more on this now from est amble. 4 and a half 1000000 people are internally displaced in syria. most of them live in refugee camps here in the northwest. they depend on food medicine and other basics that are brought in a via the bubble. how a border crossing with turkey. this olivia, the, these few boxes contained rice,

sugar, annoyed. none of these are within our means, we rely on these containers. they added. however, damascus says delivering international 80 opposition held areas violates its sovereignty. it wants humanitarian relief to be routed through government health territory. let's see how he'd look awful corroborated. stuffing aides will be a disaster in every sector, including medicine, food and education. we urge the international community. it's key politics and humanitarian aid. the separate issues. many believe russia's threat is in retaliation for western countries, providing support to ukraine during its mum slung invasion. doctor's fear, what's coming? if off alarm was odd, russian precious cap aide would create a crisis that would force more syrians to be displaced and die while trying to survive. more than 4600 you and trucks, mostly carrying food have used the crossing in the 1st 6 months of 2020 to john.

the ga be should have stim chrome, the u. n's bubble. how a corridor is the best. it's transparent, safe and cost effective. none of the alternatives are better if it's closed. even preventable deaths may not be stopped. the u. n. estimates. 13.4000000 syrians need of assistance last year, up from 11100000 in 2020 more schools and not worse. and syria are imported from government controlled areas or here in turkey. but as the liberal loses its value and the price is sore because of the war in ukraine, it is only compounded prices for millions of people who are dependent on international a seen m castillo l to sierra stumble boys in the u. k. requesting access to the bullet and firearm that kill veteran al jazeera journalist, rena barclay. a firm representing our family is asked to interview these railey army soldiers, who were present at the shooting of locker was shot dead by israeli soldiers in the

occupied wise thank city of genie in, in may lawyers say what they've seen so far provides a strong case that israel has a policy of targeting john las you are watching al jazeera ly from london was still had for you on the program. taliban has been accused of abductions and executions in the east and afghanistan. haitians mark a year since the assassination of president javelin. louise against the backdrop of escalating gang violence. ah, hello, i'm pleased to say it's quieting down now for sidney at east side of australia. brightest guys coming back in fact, much of australia will be fine and dry over the next couple days with high pressure in charge. although we will see some wet weather just pushing its way towards the

south west as we go on through the next day or so. as for that rainfall in sidney, we have seen staggering total, $281.00 millimeters of right in the space of just one way. can we put that together? and it's almost 4 times the july average is already the wet is to lie on record. when we came to july, of course, and it's the knight's wet his year on record so far, those records going back to $1859.00. so these already staggering totals. as i said, it does dry up, it brightens up. i'm pleased to say across that eastern side of australia just around sydney over the next couple of days. few showers there to the east side of victoria and where to whether making its way through new zealand though. really wet, really windy as we go on through the weekend possibility of some localized funding coming in here. said he something to watch out. so we have seen some flooding rains into where japan recently trying up here to to go on through the next day or so. where do you have somewhere to whether just around the korean peninsula, making his way for the east.

ah, intelligent and playful, alters are in high demand as pets in japan, but concerns are growing over the illegal smuggling and irresponsible breeding of these wild animals. one 0 one east investigate on all to 0 frank assessments. it sounds like you don't expect anything to change the problem in lebanon. it's actually structural lebanon, need and use social contract for it to solve this problem. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera, ah ah,

welcome back to watching al jazeera ly from london, the main stories. now, you k formulas. devoris johnson is bound to prussia and announce he'll step down. as soon as his party alex, a new leader, comes after 2 days of high drama and fast moving events, which 8060 members of his government resigned. several current and former cabinet ministers have been named as johnston's potential success at the car. there's no p a favorite to win. candidates will be whittled down by conservative party lawmakers and then be put to the wide, a pop eat party membership for selection. and russia is trying to use its veto at the un security council to shot a critical aid corridor to northern syria members a voting on whether to extend the use of the bible, how a border crossing from turkey in all the news, more than 400 prisoners as sit on the run in nigeria offered attack on a detention facility claimed by i still members of the group or among those who

escaped in a still a lodge. this is left people in the surrounding community, including the near by capital, a buddhist, scared for their safety. i'm an interest has our port now from coo j also to say the operation to re arrest, escaped, convict is yielding results. but it's the admission by the defense minister about iceland, bo quorum commanders jailed here that shocked many nigeria is to have festival limbo attention. and then eventually with the statement is causing panic because secure to assessments, show urban areas have become targets for armed, gross the that could be something big up, call me this can to get some to this anymore, the hub into the image to ill at that could it muslim of sick music reason that basically it looked, he does the goblins,

rita look and it is almost more than 870 inmates is keep doing. dozens of gunman, armed with explosive rockets and guns stole the could your prison. hundreds have been re arrested. last month's niger of more, premier general announced a major attack on the capital, had been ported only for isaac lord mosley gabriel. it adds to existence. the girl could read for just give up on robert, which i've been on the rise. yeah. i'm with doesn't apply. so quite included. main board maker now on the lose people. yeah. ask people to go to court to step on the assault and could you present isn't the 1st many of the detention centers have been targeted in the past 5 years, resulting in hundreds of hardin criminals. goin free security analysts are worried that the quadratic may not be the last. how many adriece algebra could you? nigeria? human rights watch is accusing taliban forces of committing atrocities in eastern

afghanistan in operations targeting an ice. l splinter group. report says the abuses were committed in the 2 eastern provinces of colonel and manga organization accuses the taliban of carrying out doctrines. in summary, executions of alleged members of i s k p. the reports as people are accused of sheltering or supporting members and that they've had their homes rated and suffered be things and attentions as a result of that. since the taliban takeover last year residency, they found the bodies of more than a 100 men dumping canals and other locations. patricia grossman is the associate direct to frazier at human rights watch. and an author of that report shows the taliban government fails to hold its forces to account. we 1st began to hear about these kinds of search operations and detention last fall. but what this report provides evidence of is the, the number of bodies that have turned up,

and the accounts from residents who been looking for their relatives who were detained some point after the told on peg over. and it was subsequently disappeared . and we have your relatives who been searching among the bodies in these canals to find that relative who's been picked up at the tell about months ago. they do not want the i s k p to gain any further ground in afghanistan. but unfortunately, there's adopting counterterrorism. tactics which are very likely to lead to more revenge and more recruitment by i s k p because whole communities have been targeted in these raids and that's likely just to feel resentment and grievances in those communities. what's more important here is it's very similar to what we saw with the revenge killings of the africa national security forces, which we documented after the tone and take over as well. it's more that the telephone authorities do not hold their own men accountable, but basically told them we had quoted as saying if you find someone who belongs to

or supports i s k p, the some state group, we just kill them. and with that message goes out and there's no accountability them. this is the result i've been protest across. hey g, mocking a year since the assassination of president jovan adam louise louise was gone down inside his home. last july, patient police have arrested more than 40 people, but no one has been charged with murder case has cost a dog shadow over an unstable country and boiled and political and economic crises, as well as escalating gang violence. my calls die, but as a journalist and author has covered haiti for 25 years, he says the country is in desperate need of reform and also needs support me the national community. what a lot of people in haiti would like to see maybe as something similar to what we had after the assassination of roughly the rear in lebanon, some sort of international body to look into this. i think there's a consensus that the current in its current constitution,

the patient justice system, is to a compromised into susceptible political influence. and i think a lot of people feel that this investigation that's going on in the united states. you know, the united states has also historically had its own interest. so they would, might like to see something that looks a bit more objective to them. i think he has been, you know, i think treated the rather mistreated by the international community for a long time. i think that's just, this is a continuation of whether it's patients drowning in the straits of florida were sitting in grand also about the most in mexico. there's this idea somehow that you know, patient lives aren't as important as a american lives. shanker has raised its interest rates, the highest level in 20 years lending rates, and now at 15 and a half percent. should adkins have been protesting for months now against governments handling in the countries west economic crisis in 70 years. men al fernandez, brings us more from colombo. and what you see behind me are basically religious tut

chance are invoking blessings on full buddhist monks who have decided to launch a fast on to the death. this is until such time present roger parker steps down. now the buddhist monks that you see around me essentially have come together. they represent all the different groups of the buddhist clergy. here in sri lanka, they have been basically agitating one week ago they rode to present got our bay rodger boxer, presenting a series of proposals. they said that they put him on notice that if our these steps weren't implemented in one week that they would come in to colombo and basically stage or sit in and not move until he leaves. they said the roger pox of family has single handedly destroyed this country doing even worse than the leader of the tamil tigers that the government was battling for over 26 years. they say that even though the president, when he took all,

talked about the support of the buddhist clergy, andy, sort of a buddhist ah, the, the strength that brought him to power. he now does not heed. essentially what the have asked for. this is the last and foremost history. we have discussed read them. we out in writing. we out try to had the com forums and meetings with them. and the buddhist clergy is not the only group that is calling for the exit of resident roger boxer. we have the catholic priest, we have people, we have artists all saying that he needs to go in order for sri lanka to pick up the pieces and rebuild today at the central bank governor announcing that interest rates have been up to once again. and essentially, that means higher prices for people that are already struggling with skyrocketing prices, with no fuel, with no essentials. and basically an absolute dilemma as to how to put food on the

table. allison news about us basketball pi brittany greenish, heated guilty to a drugs charge in a russian court, but denied intentionally breaking the law to time olympic gold medalist was detained in february a moscow at ports article and reports now from washington. in a surprise, move w and b, a star, brittany griner walked into a russian courtroom thursday and declared herself guilty of the charges of bringing a small amount of hashish coil into the country. she admitted that, oh, it was her, her purse. but she said that it was on the fence, she were brought to the russian because she was in a hurry, as she was packing and it was just by accident and had up in her lunch. this comes as her supporters in the united states have launched a very public campaign to pressured the biden ministration to bring her home. this

rally was held wednesday by her w and b team. the phoenix mercury, her wife urging the crowd to help you with a quick return. let's make sure the ministry should know you with the guilty plea could be an indication that the biden administration is pursuing a prisoner swap. that is, according to the lawyer for victor. bout a russian nicknamed the merchant of death. he is less than half way through his 25 year sentence in the us convicted of selling weapons to the colombian rebel group fark. but the biden administration is likely also trying to free paul whelan a former marine survey a 16 year sentence for espionage grider recently wrote a personal letter to president joe biden say she is terrified. she might be in russia forever. he is facing growing pressure to make sure that.