in columbus from the florida weight ukraine, that note that cuts jack is a retired russian language teacher and is collecting goods donated by people from all over europe. thought i and we are helping people on the other side of the border to once the state behind who can plead since russia invaded ukraine, that new to has been driving across the border every day. crossing the border is always tricky, but the women say that today they have a lucky day because the border guard is someone they know and it's going to be hopefully much easier to bring the goods in that notice we leave to find a less chaotic situation that in the past few days, people seem less exhausted just time. i'm not crying. as you can see. that no does . mission has been accomplished now, but you will return with more goods. as long as russia missiles and rockets force people out of ukraine, ah

tributes foreign for japan's assassinated, former prime minister of new information emerges about the man who confessed he targeted chalabi. ah, i'm darned, jordan, this is al jazeera liar from doha. also coming up, eager must pulls the plug and i $44000000000.00 plan to buy twitter with a social media. john says it'll suit to make sure the deal goes through. talked diplomats in the u. s. and china try face to face diplomacy in the shadow of rushes, warn you crime attentions over taiwan. this is a dark, dark day in the security council to rival votes made divided un security council, threatened critical lay deliveries for millions of people in northwestern. ah,

ah, we begin in japan. the nations stunned by the assassination of former prime minister oceans obey. he was shot dead on friday during a campaign speech. in the southwestern city of nora. people have been paying tribute some lang flowers at the sight of his murder ave was japan's longest serving prime minister, kill them one of the worst attacks on a politician since the 2nd world war. and the, the live pictures from outside mister abe's residence in the capital tokyo were expecting his hers to be brought from nora to the japanese capital. we believe it's already on the way there's heavy security outside his home with many members of the press present there. at the moment, natasha name has more in our base killing and the aftermath of a shot to the heart by a man with a home made goin routine campaign speech ending in an unprecedented assassination.

former japanese prime minister sions obeyed, died friday morning in the western city of nora. he was campaigning for upper house elections scheduled for sunday seconds. after our bay collapsed officers tackled the suspect. police say 41 year old had to ya. ya mcgarr mi told them he was disgruntled with our bay and aimed to kill him. it was a rare occurrence in a country with a low crime rate, and some of the world's most restrictive gun laws. emma came mer not q q. so we cannot accept that this violent act took place during an election the foundation of democracy in the strongest terms. i condemn this attack until the 67 year old was a dynamo of japanese politics. and a 3rd generation politician. his grandfather was prime minister, his father foreign minister would be abby distinguished himself as the longest

serving prime minister with 2 terms in office. he broad stability to a political system that tended to kind of churn out. prime ministers are one after another. i'm not only dad, but he was also transformative and japanese politics. he made japan a much more significant player in terms of regional and i would say, even global security. abbe promoted policies, dobbs ib nomics intended to boost the economy. he wanted to strengthen japan's geo political clout, by amending its post world war 2 pacifist constitution. it proved polarizing among the public and his efforts failed. during his last year in office, he was criticized for his handling of the coven 19 pandemic case. as i say, i've worked hard every single day to revitalize the economy and to conduct diplomacy that would protect the national interest during this time i am proud of taken on various challenges with the japanese people. oh oh,

though i be resigned in 2020, citing poor health. the following year he returned to japanese politics and continued to wield influence within the liberal democratic party. a man who couldn't shed his political skin assassinated for it. natasha rename l g a 0. so let's bring in michael penn. he's the owner of the shin, get soon use agency. he joins us. so last guy from tokyo, michael, you are with us. yesterday morning when we broke this story. i mean this assassination was clearly a huge security failure. what would be the priority now for investigators trying to understand this killing? well, we do know that the national police agency has launched an investigation of, of the event to try to see if the local team had made any mistakes in the way that they had conducted themselves in and trying to protect mr. robin. but so i think that's more generally speaking, you know,

although they may have failed to spot the person who came up with his home a gun. generally speaking, it is not the case that in japan, high security is all around at all times. while there are a lot of police here, there that you know, there are a lot more engaged with the community than they are necessarily and expecting to, to be dealing with violent crime. so, you know, japan is kind of a much more relaxed society. i would say in this respect than most other countries, major countries around the world. so it's not exactly such a surprise. somebody could walk up to a politician, a bit of, of a stature and to, to kill. yeah, michael, as we're talking to you, we're just shutting off viewers, pictures outside ship, joe, base house in the capitol, toko. we're still waiting for the hearse to arrive with his body from norah to his residence. so just just telling us what we're seeing on these pictures,

the press and the police outside his house in tokyo, waiting for that hearse to arrive. michael, some of the politics here. we understand the upper house elections on sunday will still go ahead. the government clearly came to show it won't get into violence. yes, in fact, i would say something that's a little surprising is that the ruling party is sir. number 2, man, a guy named tow, she meets 2 mortality has sort of said that said not only are they, the elections are going forward, but they decided having suspended campaigning. they, they've restarted it. and so, ah, politicians are out and about to day, unexpectedly. i and the, you know, what mo, take he said is, is that, you know, we can't give into violence just being that, that her, you know, we can't, we can't be hostage to, to an event like this. we need to go on with our normal lives. and so that seems to

be the way that the, the government is dealing with it is, you know, we don't, you know, keep doing, keep living your lives as basically what they're saying. and how of ordinary japanese people been reacting to this killing and how, how was a story being covered there in the media, michael? well, i mean, of course it's a huge, a national and historical event. so, you know, i think that the disbelief is something which showed is probably one of the primary reactions to it. ave has been such a, a standby figure, a japanese politics for so many years. you know, some people love him. some people hate him. but you know, he was always there and i know this is the 1st day in say the 21st century. when one of the big politicians in japan on the scene and wielding influence is not sheen's obey. and he's not here anymore. and so that's a, it's a huge a, it's a huge change in the system here. and i think the public is well aware of that.

michael, just a final thought to you before you go, i mean, sions, lobby. as you say, was a huge figure, a towering figure that many call him in japanese politics. what do you think his legacy will be and how will he be remembered by ordinary japanese people? well, i think that his main legacy will probably be where he wanted his legacy to be, which is on in security and military policy and what you might call strategic policy. and so he's, he worked very hard to try to sort of change the post or culture of pacifism, and to make japan more engaged in security issues in the asia pacific. and how that is regarded really kind of depends on how that turns out for japan. if it turns out to years in the future that this move towards a i so called more normal nation,

was wise and turned out to be to the benefit of the nation. then i think he'll be regarded as quite a hero. but should it end up in some sort of a disaster or, or problem in the future. then he may be regarded as somebody who turned japan in the wrong direction at the wrong time. michael, and always get your thoughts on your insight. thank you very much. indeed. for talking to sarah, thank you. thank you. well, tell me a he called to gucci. was a special adviser for me, a speech writer, fortune's ave, he says he will be remembered as a compassionate liter. personally he is worn and the friendship once forged last eternally, i'm not exaggerating. he remembers people once met, he wouldn't forget. that's his personal charm. and he has maintained his deep love with his wife.

who is morning very much deeply i would imagine today. you can tell by looking at where japan is. japan is a neighbor to russia, north korea, china, none of which has ever implemented anything that came to democracy. each one of which is nuclear. and when it comes to china, it is growing. as we discuss like this today, and so japan must strengthen its national security, but you can't do anything alone vice by, by yourself, which is why she is a law bear met a huge number of foreign leaders developed close ties with people from obama,

from and biden mae johnson, your name is without him at japan, could not have come this far. you can't feel devoid. you really can't fill the void for me. it seems almost as if i have lost the entire purpose of my life. as a professional, even mosque has confirmed his terminating his $44000000000.00 takeover of twitter. the tesla ceo's legal team says the social media giant breach several provisions of the deal. twitter says it was too much to enforce the merger agreement. shabba thompson has moved from washington d. c. certainly must have been signaling for some weeks and the end of april and he made us feel that he's unhappy with ostensibly the reason is he's unhappy with twit disclosures about the number of fake accounts on twitter or twitter. 75 percent

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abortion and valves to protect access and on go to the wire to the santos dies at $79.00 or in. but the serving as one of the longest running presidents in the world . ah, ah, hello, welcome to look at the international forecast to say to rather lively storms moving across, see the great plains, northern plains of the us, central parts of canada. on this where the system here, another weather system just across saw them areas of the midwest which runs right across to ward sir, the carolinas. and that's been produces some rather lively showers as well to the south of that. that's where the heat remains in place or into the low fourties for dallas route to the mid forties for phoenix. and we can stay that way as we go on through the next couple of days. that intense heat way is set to continue then

further north, while in between we have got some lively shouts. as a said just pushing up toward sir, all the appellation, some really heavy rain coming through here that is lighted, cause some flooding. that'll ease its way over towards the sea of the southern parts of new york. could catch him sharp showers as we go through saturday, sunday, a dry day, a brighter day. wet weather for the southeast corner. still though, right the way down across sir alabama. pushing towards the deep south and some wet weather. they're just coming back in across the lakes. one or 2 showers towards the south west, but nothing too much to speak of. if you see phoenix still at 44 degrees celsius, large driver, good parts of mexico central america seeing some sharp showers from time to time. sunshine and showers across a good part of the caribbean this weekend. ah . intelligent and playful, alters are in high demand, is pets in japan, but concerns going over the illegal smuggling and irresponsible breeding of these

wild animals. one 0, one east investigates on all to 0. ah al jazeera, when ever you oh, oh oh, well come back, have to come out of the top stories here at this hour mona's had been placing flowers at the site where former japanese prime minister sions obey was shot dead. it was the country's longest serving leda tributes up pouring in from world leaders . joe biden described him as a man. he's 41 year old suspect used

a handmade gun to carry out the attack. the form, a navy officer says he held a grudge against the organization that he believed ave had links to. now the ukraine was costing a long shadow on the already complex relationship between the us and china. foreign ministers of the 2 countries. a meeting at the g 20 in bali, china never condemned to russia's invasion. and just days before it began, beijing and moscow signed a circle. no limits bought the ship, washington and beijing, our rolls at odds of a taiwan. john, as ambitions in the south china sea, it had been a source of tension as well. i refer it about china and the united states are 2 major countries. so it's necessary for the 2 countries to maintain normal exchanges . at the same time, we do need work together to ensure that relationship will continue to move forward along the right track. it's important to stay committed to the principles put forward by president she asian ping mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and when, when cooperation of, because that serves the interests of the 2 countries. and it is also the shared

aspiration of the international community. there is no substitute for face to face, or sometimes vast masset policy in relationship is complex. and consequently, one between united states and china, there is a lot to talk about. i'm very much looking forward to productive and constructive conversation. well, jessica washington joins has lied. now from body jessica, all eyes to day on that meeting between the americans and chinese was likely to come out of that. do we think? well that's exactly right. while the official proceedings, if the g 20 foreign ministers meeting is really now over the world is still very much looking at what's happening in barley because of this foreign ministers meeting between the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking, and his chinese count about one he it is that 3rd meeting ever and their 1st meeting since late last year. now, this is part of a recent, a surgeon diplomatic activity between us and chinese officials. that includes of

course, a phone call between the u. s. president joe biden and chinese president, she jumping in march and also talks between defense officials in singapore general way fung her. met with the u. s. defense chief lloyd austin. and those chalks were also part of this flurry of diplomatic activity that we've seen throughout the course of these talks. we often see the same topics come up. of course, these are closed meetings so we can ever be certain exactly what comes up that contentious issues such as the situation in taiwan. often a matter of discussion, we know that the u. s. has concerns that china is opting to change the status quo and is increasing its aggression in the taiwan strait. but from badging perspective, it's concern is that the u. s. is meddling in its internal affairs. it considers taiwan to fundamentally be an internal affair for beijing to manage, and also considers that the u. s. is meddling in matters that concern the asia pacific and that should be managed by asian countries. we have heard from the

chinese of foreign ministry. they mentioned that the talks would focus on bilateral relations between the 2 countries, as well as some regional and international issues, including likely the war in ukraine. we also heard from the u. s. a state department who noted that the talks may also include matters of regional security. importantly for this part of the world, se asia, those talks may also extend to the crisis in me and mars. i'm jessica, just briefly. so what do we know about how both countries believe the relationship can be managed? well, that's really where there was a rift in perspective. from the us side, we often hear talk of managing competition. just before secretary blinking arrived in bali, a state department official commented that while a competition is a profound part of the relationship between the u. s. and china, the competition has to be managed in a sustainable way. and we often hear us talking about this concept of competition

with god rails. so it doesn't spill into catastrophe. from the chinese perspective, the question is really well, who gets to set those guardrails and what sort of parameters would we be looking at? really what aging has stressed is that they would like for the us to reframe the relationship to acknowledge that beijing is a growing power without necessarily seeing aging as a threat. of course, the relationship between the well, it's true leading powers. countries that are considered super powers has major ramifications for in particular the asia pacific, but also the rest of the world. china is the top trading partner of many countries . and so many countries will be watching closely to see what the meeting between me and antony blinking can actually achieve jessica washington live, present the g 20 and body. jessica, thank you. now russia has vetoed a resolution of the un security council of thought to extend a deliveries to syrians in the last rebel control north western region. the unions warning the closing the corridor by the bible hardware border crossing could be

catastrophic or diplomatic editor james base has moved from the united nation for tpc acute my humor. as things stand, this may end up being the law. shipment of humanitarian aid, food, and medicine from turkey into northwest syria. i think you can call probably didn't, nodded 4100000 people rely on this lifeline, but it must be authorized by the un security council. and in the council chamber, there's deadlock, a resolution to allow the crossing to operate for another 12 months was supported by all members. apart from china, which abstained, and russia, which used its veto. russia then presented its own rival resolution allowing the crossing to operate for 6 months, but it didn't pass. it was only supported by russia and china. this is not a moment to mince words. i have long said that this is a life and death issue, and tragically,

people will die because of this vote. and the country who shamelessly deploy the beetle to day negotiations will continue. the current authorization for the border crossing runs out at the end of sunday, but russia doesn't sound in the mood for compromise. teach you some one, her proposes our draft. so we would not say that this is our, it's lecture property. if someone proposes our draft for the 2nd time, why not? if not, if not, and i think that the, the pages over. so he asked the us ambassador with the russians unwilling to compromise. will she have to back down and accept the russian proposal. now that would be very humiliating for you, but it would be better than nothing, wouldn't it? his resolution was nothing. ah, we got 99 percent of the way there with the russians. we gave them 99 percent. they admitted they got 99 percent and they are holding out for one percent to continue to give support to the syrian regime. obviously tensions around the council table

of increased because of the ongoing war in ukraine. but this is about more than security council, sita and drama. it's about millions of syrians, their lives at risk from starvation, or lack of medical treatment. james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. but yes, president assigned an executive order to help protect woman's access to abortion. and contraception. my country has more now from washington dc. the new measures today, the president blasted the supreme court's recent decision. striking down a 50 year old ruling guaranteeing women a constitutional right to an abortion. and this was not a decision driven by the constitution. from despite, with those justices, the majority said, this was not a decision. and driven by history. opinion polls indicate the majority of americans agree with the president on this, a respected pew poll indicating 62 percent insist that abortion should be legal. in

all almost cases. despite this, at least 9 states have banned abortion with more than a dozen states expected to do so in coming weeks, flanked by his vice president and the secretary of health, president biden insisted that it was up to congress to pass legislation, restoring, roby wade, and this in turn would need people to vote for pro choice candidates in the november elections. the challenges go out, vote for god sake, there's an election of member vote, vote vote vote. consider the challenge accepted court. the president then signed an executive order aimed at lessening the impact of the court's decision on american women. it instructs the justice department to ensure the safety of abortion patience, and providers, including setting up mobile clinics near the borders of states, restricting abortion access,

and other part of the order directs the health secretary to investigate how to protect the supplies of medication and increase public awareness around reproductive rights. the president has also directed that access to emergency contraception and i, you d's be expanded by the federal government. this is a direct response to what he characterizes as a threat by a supreme court justice in his concurring judgement. 2 weeks ago, justice clarence thomas suggested that the court should reconsider the constitutional right to contraception. even among married couples, mike, hannah al jazeera washington, became a facet, former president, blaze camp hoary as made his 1st public appearance alongside the leader of the ruling military. ginger temporary has spent the past 8 years in exile in neighboring ivory coast after he was deposed in a popular uprising in 2014, but his return has led to protests of nicholas hark report. this is the 1st public

appearance by blessed composure back inside the presidential palace, from which he ruled, burkina faso, with an iron fist for 27 years. boy is here at the invitation of colonel bol. are he said, i will go that me bow, who after taking power in a qu in january is calling for national reconciliation. v initiative to meet with former heads of state has only one aim to bring social cohesion in face of the challenging situation that our dear country working up also is facing. but compar is returned from 8 years in exile, has parked protest in the capital was due to he fled the country in 2014, after being deposed in a popular uprising in april. he was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of the pan african leader. and former brit cannot be president to muslim gar reconciliation without justice is not a reconciliation. and the military,

when they took power and the to that was not their mission. the mission is 1st and foremost on the front line, not want to do in the whole of the government. their mission is to fight terrorism . attacks by arm groups linked to isis, and i'll call you to have displeased millions of people. this meeting of former heads of state were supposed to be a show of unity and reconciliation in face of growing threats to procure fossil sovereignty. however, only 2 of the 5 former presidents were at the gathering combat away is expected to return to ivory coast. but this appearance at the palace has made many uneasy, fearing a return to the past and more instability ahead. nicholas hawk al jazeera former golden president jose and water. the santos has died at a medical clinic in barcelona. he was receiving treatment for a prolonged illness. to santos let on go to it for nearly 40 years. stepping down in 2017. he died age 79. for miller miller takes

a look back at his life. after his retirement from politics and angola in 2018, to say your daughter to santos had been living in spain. it's there had been receiving medical treatment for an unknown illness. relations between the former president and his successor shall or in so remain tense because of the anti corruption campaign led by their in so much of the campaign. targeted members of the census family and their associate centers received many international awards with commitment to anti colonialism and promotion of peace negotiations. he was praised for developing and gold as oil rich economy and attracting significant foreign investment. but some accused him of being a dictator and creating one of the most corrupt governments in africa. the former president began his political career as a member and fighter of the anti colonial movement, the popular movement for the liberation of in go low m p l. a after goal is

independence from portugal in 1975. the son just became and called us 1st prime minister. he became president after the death of president augustine nato. in 1979 . he tried to improve relations with the way, including the united states, which did not recognize the in p l. a lead government in the early 19 ninety's, he abandoned marxist leninism and all that the, what's called of cuban troops who had been in and go lessons a late 19 seventies. after years of civil war in 1991 to santa signed a peace agreement with the national union for the total independence of cola and a greek multi party election 1st. in 2016 the announced his plans to retire from politics. he was succeeded by m p l, a vice president lar, and so a year later, the maintenance of the center stepped down as a day and 2019 and went into exile in spain. he only returned to the goal at once and 2021 before returning to barcelona.