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protest is intro lanka, storm the home of the president as anger grows against rising inflation amongst of shortages president go to buy a raja parkside supposedly fled to demonstrate as posted videos of themselves inside his residence, taking a dip in the pool. ah, hello, i'm adrian. this is al jazeera life and also coming up in the mosque, pulls the plug, a $44000000000.00 plan to buy twitter for the company says that it will suit and make sure the deal goes through this tribute to pay that your parents assassinated former leadership obey police acknowledge that was a security lapse plus i, gabriel's on to along the anacostia river in washington, dc, or scientists. are you sing muscles to help make this river help hear that story

coming up? ah, we begin with breaking news from trial anchor where protest is in the capital colombo of storm. the official residence of president go to buy a raja parkson, demanding his resignation there, protesting against the monks, long economic crisis and widespread shortages. the prime minister's office says the political party leaders a set to meet for an emergency session to address the situation. will some of the protest us who occupied the president's home been taking advantage of its facilities, including up to for the swimming pool at the historic building. the president was taken to safety earlier. his whereabouts are unknown. in w, the 1st protest of also made their way into what appears to be the president's bedroom, which showed themselves rummaging through crossing teaching. sophie's home a bit,

al jazeera is my now farmed as reports. now, from colombo president, go tabi, roger pox and his government had been put on notice that if he didn't go that the whole of sri lanka would take to the streets that would come and basically sit in until they saw his exit. as you can see behind me, the crowd, i mean, essentially in the father sends the president as they get there. it. but tens of thousands of people is dreaming in to colombo in any way they can on our drive. here we saw dozens of people on foot with backpacks living around colombo, even people who had been walking from out of colombo were also hearing that trains, which had been a sort of haunted up people, storm railway stations, and literally forced to have a employees to put trains on the tracks and bring them into colombo and the one thing they see that they are taking that country back. today's the independent stay

for me. been born in this nation, not mine in 48, because to day we have thought far freedom from the tyranny from the scoundrels, from the bleak gods, from the rascal, the rooms, and the glee, the politicians who have run our nation below ground 0. and this is exactly what the government tried so hard to prevent. the thousands of people converging on the capital to urge the president and his government to go. they brought in a curfew, they had to remove it the next day. they essentially wanted the distribution of fuel. what have a little stocks were available were frozen. i essentially transport public's transport was stopped, but people were not giving up. and if you look at the far background, the sherlock and flag flying high, the raj, a boxer regime, the government of go toby roger box and his browser brother prison mine the roger

boxer was so sort of keen and strong to talk about nationalism. but the people here see, this is the true spirit of sri lankan and they want their country back. on the want to pox, a family has dominated politics, central anchor for 20 years. behind the roger parks, the current president brother came to power as president in 2005 and let the country for 10 years. he appointed his 3 brothers. as government ministers go to bio roger parks, won the presidency in 2019, and immediately appointed. his brother, by hinder as prime minister mander was replaced by real wit, grammar singer, in may, when angry protest has carried torches and showed up at the same gates of the presidential residence, they now stormed demonstrations, accused the brothers of cronyism, corruption of economic policies. but of course, the current crisis. jam pereira is executive director of the national peace council of short anchor out a columnist for the island newspaper. he joins us now. live from columbia. john,

i understand that you were outside the president, sir official residence a little earlier. what did you make of what was going on there? what was the mood the mood was actually quite exuberant. i mean there was a sense that people wanted a change. they want to change and they wanted to get there and there is no division between them. so much so and, and that was a sense of security also among them because they brought the young children, i saw little children walking children carrying on that pair and shoulders and being brought there. i saw all the people coming with walking sticks to that place . crowded, and finally i went up to a point where i couldn't move anymore. and then i came back and why did they come back? because my wife wants to go and i came back so i can meet with kids. and my wife now is going, this is setting out to go there. so it's, it's, it's a family affair. it people, all the people wanting and it's,

and also it's remarkable that he does happen non while and keep fighting and like non violence. and now people that walk to pay the president's house and not only the president. so now the book, the prime minister, official residence to because they want not only the president to go, they want the prime minister to vote. they want the government to go. it is very ironic, you know, that the government that came to public on the basis of nationalism on the basis of the ethnic majority nationalism, they have been pushed out. now, all the people already done and all ethnic communities uniting together so that this is what gives me some hope of the future. but of course it's an uncertain future because we don't know what is next in store for us. we think it's going to be and all the party government, a small party government for short time to get to this terrible crisis. we have coming to between no land dissipated. we would have upper middle income country. now we have fallen to death. i mean,

we have quarter than all our neighbors now. and so we have, we have what we want to have government out of that. and we want the international community to support that. i missed. and i say unto jahan, you mentioned that this has been a non violent protest today. a family affairs, as you, you described it earlier, tear gas was used against some of the protest has, but the police or the security forces appear very much to have stood back. what, what do you make of that? and, and do you think that this, these protests are going to lead to the changes that the people are demanding yet because because i mean 100 percent peaceful in the sense that the security forces also it's their duty to protect state property. they had to protect the president's house from being taken over by people. so they fired together an unfortunate, very tragically one person. they also fired into the crowd. i mean, i literally, i and one person has died. it's very tragic. but, and by and large,

it has been peaceful and the, and the military also, they have realized, they realized that they could not hold off this mass of people. that is better coming in. that's why did they didn't, i mean they've been hiding by the t a guessing, but been that fear they didn't fire very much into the crowd at then. it's something like there is an example of a policeman who put his helmet down in join that the code. and so i'm also with that with the struggle. you gotta be all the suffering and a poor soul goes hours. so the families know what suffering they're going through. yeah. so the jan that, that the raja packs the family as we set up an accused of cronyism corruption and economic policies. that of course, that, that the current crisis, all they fully to blame for the people's grievances here is the fact that is the true anchor is in such an economic mess right now, purely down to the way in which it's government has governed.

but i mean of is, the answer will be no to that. but the garage of the family paid that has been a very big role because they were actually beloved by the majority, who saw them as being truly representative of them. of being of loving the nation, loving the st. helen nation higher leaving the war against hammers, meaning that war and their talk that, that they leave the sing at the same kind of people which will identify them so that the people of the country. but now they find that they have been betrayed because they find that the people they place so much faith in heaven raw the country and that that's what they think. because they believe that they are the people who have been charged for the last 3 years. and he's in these 3 as that the country has pacific the city point, of course the fall was coming in the, in the making previous governments to respond to. but, but it is, there are the boxes who are in charge when everything collapsed and so dabbing

blame. and in fact, under them there was a lot of corruption, there, lot of concentration of power. the 1st said that this high, low seat ride to pop ministers, but in the, in the government, they control 70 percent of the budget. so those things also dads also trust in the, in the feeling of people that this family, this family, that they love so much has actually let them down very badly. jack, good to talk too many, thanks to being with us once again. sure. i'm proud of that in colombo. ellen mosque has concern that he's terminating his $44000000000.00 takeover of twitter. now the social media company says that it will su, tesla seo. so make sure that the agreement goes through cutty lopez, hot ion reports. a $44000000000.00 deal to buy, twitter is now off the table. the richest man in the world. elan must says he's terminating the contract 3 months after locking in the agreement. he accuses the

company of failing to provide information about fake accounts on the platform, and whether they make up fewer than 5 percent of users. twitters board chair says it kept its end of the contract and is planning to sue. i think twitter probably would prevail in this. i would think simply because there are, there is a deal now he must, can get out by paying a $1000000000.00 fine or a $1000000000.00 pets, but sorry, fine. a $1000000000.00 penalty. and my guess is that that's what he's trying to prevent is not having to make that 1000000000 dollar payment for many, the focus male turns to stocks and whether twitter and tesla will take a hit or the message. what is the must just get back to focus on passing space acts because twitter from the beginning just really been a distraction. it's been overhang of soc mosques bid to take over twitter stuart controversy back in april critics. we're concerned the tesla, c, e o would promote misinformation on the popular social media site,

especially on matters related to politics and health. musk said the acquisition was about stopping censorship and offending freedom of speech. analysts say the billionaire may have experienced buyer's remorse. here is try to walk away and the weight is contracts are structured, it's very difficult for buyers to walk away. they're there. these contracts are drafted with a hot to, to provide a high degree of certainty for the sellers. now terminating the $44000000000.00 contract will have to play out on the legal front. and social media will surely have plenty to say about it. katya lucas of the yan. i'll just hear if the chief of police and the japanese city of not are where the former private sessions are obey was fascinated on friday. says he can't deny there were problems with his security ave was shot while speaking at a political campaign event. police are investigating if the gunman named us 41 year old tom sawyer yamagata,

acted alone. florence louis reports young and old. they've come to pay their respects to former prime minister sions. obey gunned down at this very corner of nora city, just the day before. mourners have laid flowers, beverages, and written tributes. thanking, ave, for his service. what i got on when you ha, i'm really shocked because i thought ave would continue his efforts to make the country better. my child's name includes the 10 kuni, which represents the beautiful nation built by abbe a motorcade carrying abe's left a hospital, inara. his wife, a key was seated in one of the vehicles. his body was brought back to his home in tokyo, where a crowd of mourners, including friends and colleagues, had gathered ave, who was still a lawmaker in the warehouse, had been campaigning,

inara for the upper house election on sunday when he was gunned down. police say a 41 year old former navy officer has admitted to shooting abbey, telling them he was disgruntled with a specific organization he believed ave to be a part of the assassination has shocked japan, a nation with strict gun ownership laws and low crime rate. abbe, japan's longest serving prime minister was a highly popular and highly controversial figure who tried to chart a bold way for it, for japan, economically and diplomatically. a born strategy sinker, always tried to look beyond japan's horizon in order to broaden japan's diplomatic horizon. in an age, when our gigantic neighbor is growing very much rapidly, personally,

he is warm, and the friendship once orgy lasts eternally. i'm not exaggerating. he remembers people once met, he wouldn't forget doubts his personal charm. tributes has poured in from around the world. the un security council held a moment of silence and us president joe biden has ordered us flags to be flown at half mast. and night vigil will be held on monday, and our base funeral will take place on tuesday to be attended by close friends. florence lee al jazeera still come here on out a 0 tense encounter in barley, the us and chinese foreign ministers try to put their relations back on track. ah,

the journey has begun. the free for world camp is on its way to catherine book. your travel package to day hello, the storm clouds are gathering across the northern parts of china at the moment, particularly towards the northeast. but bolger cloud starting to slide its way in here, and it will turn very, very unsettle over the next few days with the likelihood of some localized, if not flash, flooding coming in, just around the region. here he went down to wal shanghai, we could say some a where to whether it's been very hot. recently 37 celsius in shanghai on sunday, shot to some showers there into japan as we go through the next day or so. there's that where to where the sliding outs of the yellow sea across the korean peninsula, as we go on into monday, more by the come back in behind, southern parts of china will be largely dry. now south asia, it's a case of being a large, he wet, actually the monsoon,

very active at the moment. some big down. pause. right about western side of are in the are pushing up the western gats all the way through mom by some very heavy right into our central air as well. tim garner could see some flooding once again, some lively showers up to water north pakistan. certainly in the mix as well, could also see some localized lighting coming in here, over the next day or so on the other side of the arabian sea. whether here, southern parts of the arabian peninsula sing, some larvae downpours re left a man, and even the u. e, official outline of the journey. how and why did who didn't become so obsessed with this law, we were giving them a tool to hold corrupt individuals and human rights abusers accountable. very when i read this deal apart, if they take the white house of 2025, what is the world hearing what we're talking about vi american? today we take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line.

investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera with oh hello. yes, this is ok. let's remind you of might use the south protests us in this one, i can capital colombo of storm, the official residence of president, go to fly, rush. alexa de monte his resignation. the angry about the mum sloane economic crisis in the country of widespread shortages, halo mosque is concerned that he's terminating his $44000000000.00 takeover of twitter. the tesla ceo's legal team says the company breached the deal, but twitter says it will sue mosque to enforce the agreement of the police,

chief of the japanese city of thought are where the former prime minister sions obey was assassinated on friday. says he can't deny that will problems with all based security. he was shot and killed while giving a campaign speech era secretary of state anthony blinkin has spoken about his meeting with china's foreign minister at wang iep. they met despite tension between the western china at the g 20 foreign ministers meeting in bali. i conveyed the deep concerns of the united states regarding beijing is increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity toward taiwan. and the vital importance of maintaining peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and i relate our concerns about the repression of freedom in hong kong. forced labor, the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in tibet, the genocide inch and job. now, none of these are easy topics, but the united states cease always to be consistent voice on human rights, environmental freedoms, not to stand against china or any other country, but to help advance piece security and human dignity by jing hasn't condemned

russia's invasion of ukraine on just days before the g 20 meeting its side, a so called, no limits partnership with moscow. after the meeting with lincoln, when he said the 2 countries need to get their relationship back on track. i to reverse about china and 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 to 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's in 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. the u. s. president aside an executive order to help protect women's access to abortion and contraception. joe biden criticized what he called on out of control supreme court . which recently overturn roe vs wade. the landmark ruling, the guaranteed,

the constitutional right to an abortion across the u. s. l 0 is my county reports for washington. the new measures today. the presidents lasted the supreme court's recent decision, striking down at the 3 year old ruling guaranteeing women a constitutional right to an abortion. and this was not a decision driven by the constitution. in spite of those justice is a majority said, this was not a decision. and driven by history, opinion polls indicate the majority of americans agree with the president on this. i respected pew poll, indicating 62 percent insist that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. despite this, at least 9 states that ban devotion with more than a dozen states expected to do so. in coming weeks blanked 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 challenge is, go out and vote for god sake, there's an election november 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, patients, and providers. including setting up mo bile clinics near the borders of states restricting abortion access. another 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. russia has vetoed a resolution of the un security council that sought to extend a deliveries to syrians and the last rebel controlled northwestern region. the u. n . is warning the closing the corridor through the babel howard crossing could be catastrophic or diplomatic as a james base report now from the un. i paid for tv severe acute my humor, as things stand. this may end up being the la shipment of humanitarian aid, food and medicine from turkey into northwest syria. i think he 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, vito 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 fault. 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. tease 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. this is about more than security council theater and drama. it's about millions of syrians, their lives at risk from starvation or lack of medical treatment. james bay's al jazeera at the united nations. siri as president per sharla, sad, has visited the heavily damaged northern province of aleppo for the 1st time since

war broke out in the country. 11 years ago, he saw the partial relaunch of a power plant. as well as a water pumping station. the conflict is estimated to have killed up to half a 1000000 people and left millions of others displaced. canada's largest mobile and internet provider has suffered a major outage affecting bank. katie m's at emergency service hotlines. people in toronto swarmed places that still had functioning. why fi rogers telecommunication says that it's working to resolve the nation wide problem. the company is the mobile carrier for nearly 11000000 canadians and has a stake in everything from ice hockey to cable television. i ventured out, i spent a moment ago, think of a cob, his starbucks. ha, but $75.00 people hanging out year. everybody on their bones. and it dawned on me that obviously it's not just me or my system or might or my building because i thought maybe was just my building that there's a problem with service. and everybody said that yeah, it's

a nationwide problem. washington dc has one of the most polluted rivers in the u. s . and has had so for quite some time, scientists are trying to change. that's the anacostia river is being brought back to life with a little help from shellfish al jazeera gabriel elizondo reports. it's a body of water that was so polluted for so long. it was often referred to as america's forgotten river. but thanks to a slow and steady cleanup effort to anacostia river has improved to the point where aquatic life can actually be seen swimming in its waters. again, this is the clarified that within the water. and now the continued improvement of the washington dc river ris with the fresh water muscle and the part clam port snail like show fish excluding water. marine biologist from the anacostia watershed society, have released over 26000 native muscles into the river. they act as sort of

a natural vacuum cleaner. to cleanse the water muscles are, are filter filter feeders. so they help clean the water. one muscle of the size of the muscle we were collecting today can filter between 10 to 20 gallons of water a day. so when you add up the numbers in a year, that's a lot of water that they can filter. now the muscles filter the equivalent of $106.00, a limping sized swimming pools of water every year. this is what they filtered in less than 2 hours, but propagating muscles and reintroducing them to the river has had a dual impact, clean the river, and help keep them from going extinct in the united states. we need to work to conserve muscles because greater than 70 percent of them are listed as endangered. threaten or are just like conservation concern. and there's like 300 species of

fresh water muscle in the united states. so when you think of like 70 percent of that 300 species, they are great risk help. in many ways, these muscles are coming home because before this river got so polluted, it killed most of them off there more than 80 different types of muscle species that lived here. it was in 2018 biologist started reintroducing them in an experimental project. and it appears to be working for a once polluted river now on its way back to being healthy, thanks in large part to a most unlikely shellfish. gabriel is on doe al jazeera washington muslin pilgrims a mocking the 1st day of eat at her in mecca la this is expanded how she is drawing to a close.