it was west to plenty of heat around here, largely dry for western parts of the u. s. wet or whether there some cooler weather to coming into where british columbia got some rather wet weather for a time making its way to western parts of the caribbean. little clutches, storms are rumbling away here. elsewhere it really is a case of sunshine and showers will be a few showers to trinidad and tobago. one or 2 showers just around hispaniola where to where the grassy, making its way for the west. ah. on counting the cost, we ask what's the price of rebuilding you crave and who are going to be the financial $1.00 or is once the war is over? plus, hyperinflation is gripping zimbabwe examined the unorthodox ways people are trying to protect their assets. counting the cost on all to 0. ah,

a people's rebellion in should anchor forces, the president and prime minister to announce their resignations after protest to storm the homes furious. so the nation's worst economic crisis. ah, i'm terry jones to mrs. allen, is there a law also coming in japan votes in an upper house election where the ruling party is poised to get more support after the assassination of former partners that shins or other ah, rage against the government in argentina, where staggering inflation and amounting economic crisis brought the left and the right which on the streets and we meet the ukrainians, who endured the horrors of russia's war and survived.

ah, for months sri lankan, i've enjoyed a broken economy that's made living hard. and on saturday, furious protested in an unprecedented show of rage, of seemingly managed to bring the government down. for instance, got a virus and pack soon, the prime minister run a week on the singer, a both stepping down as a passable resign on wednesday. a spectacular fool for a family dentistry that dominated tr lankin politics for nearly 2 decades. we know finance is reports not from columbia. ah, it says the dd. when protested. see the president and his government would be fools to step down. and by the evening, came the announcement, a burying towel door at rack dana samson. he agreed to act according to the

agreement by party leaders and stepped down by because he wants a peaceful transfer of power that he has asked me to inform the people of his decision to step down on july 13th. the another mini been brought out to roger casa for an economic crisis. 7 fits, made life unbearable for many of the countries 22000000 people after breaking through their kids. yet another unprecedented moment, the demonstrators turned into the president official residence in columbia. inside, this is what it looked like. what the president was moved by he security team to an undisclosed location earlier that protested, ransacked his bedroom and took it on his bed. when in moments the presidential p once reserved to the country's top leaders, appeared more like a recreational center where we had to that may not allow my,

our government leaders must leave sri lanka. they can't govern the country properly . we have children and we're on the streets leaving our jobs because we believe in this cause. we love the country and we are suffering protested, charged the barricades outside the premise. his house, which the attorney sent from leis roger puts his political allies new. this is a crucial movement for their party. anger is rising, the government's handling of a diagonal crisis. the worst in 70 years. the frustration appears to have turned into a movement that can noun the bead noun in the end night the curfew. not a freeze on the distribution of fuel, nor host of alba, intimidation tactics were able to keep the 10s of thousands of people away from colombo to drive the president go to albert roger pox away. they say that

successive. a years of mismanagement, corruption and looting of the country's resources has brought the country to its knees. and they've had enough. michelle fernandez audra 0 colombo. well, gonna run with an a. roger is a senior research associate at overseas development institute in london. he joins us now from colombo, thanks for being with us here on al jazeera, now with the politics of this economic collapse it's, it's easy to lose sight of the plight of the people themselves. can you describe just how bad the situation is? so yesterday saw people who were hungry and living, essentially on one meal a day. and having spent a long time the better cuz maybe 3 nights, plus 3 my picture cues went in their frustrations on the government in power. and it's a timely reminder that corruption and mismanagement have political consequences.

the free lunch and economy has been undergoing something called speculation, which is a contraction, as well as 50 percent inflation. some of this is spot by the russia, ukraine conflict, and the timid recovery from the economic effects of covey but mismanagement, has been an important feature. for instance, the not darby roger, but the government announced tax cuts in 2019, which has devastated revenues just as the economy needed resources to fight the problem of covey. in addition, there was this dramatic switch from chemical to organic fertilizer. and then in the wrong advisors were given there were a lot of suggestion that we should not go to the international money to fund to help us div budgeting balance of payments crisis. and then there was corruption. that was any damage in the roger puts administration, and all of these issues have led to the dramatic events that we saw yesterday and

changes that may occur in the future or with those issues that he mentioned that whoever ends up in charge, what are the options to get the country out of this month. so the only solution for sri lanka, coming out of this economic crisis at least is an i am a program of some $3.00 to $4000000000.00. and this program was being discussed in colombo a few days ago by a 9 if team that k and that will involve tax rises. it involves controlling loss, making state on enterprises. it didn't really more high interest rates, essentially to stabilize the economy. the i'm, if program is allowing for expenditure to be kept at a reasonable level such that the poor will benefit from higher health and as well as food subsidies and things of that nature. we expect that this will have to be the centerpiece of a new government when its form. and we also hope that the international community will provide humanitarian assistance to the suffering children population. and this

will mean food a, it will mean feel it. it will mean also tutelage on taking this economy forward into the future. india has stepped in as a 1st responder and provided nearly $4000000000.00 in emergency assistance. and one hopes that they will work together with the i m f and the rest of the international community to help stabilize this re lankin economy and take it forward in the future. what interesting you mentioned into that because how much is india and china involved in a tug of war to gain the upper hand when it comes to influence over should i? so she left the strategic location in the middle of the indian ocean has meant that we have been the center of your politics. we are just off the coast of india at, but china has been an important invest a belgium road project. china has provided some $13200000000.00 in sri lanka over several decades. some of these certainly have been low return economic projects,

tainted with corruption which has also been an important factor in the downfall of the raja bucks administration. india has stepped in, in the last few weeks to help us with food in, with bridging finance with other issues. and i think india is possibly getting the upper hand. but it's actually the only country that has come forward to help us on a significant in the united states and also been influential in providing us with emergency assistance. and we hope that all of these countries will step into health sri lanka, come out of this digital crisis for the sake of the shannon can people and in terms of food, as you mentioned that to what extent is the war in ukraine with its impact on food prices and indeed the loss of tourism as well, playing a role in the shoreline cuz continuing woes. so food inflation has skyrocketed in sri lanka, a partly link to cost push factors from higher field prices and higher food prices . you remember, you got to create a big produces of wheat and energy,

and this has translated into she lanka and affected people on fixed incomes as well as the pool significantly. and this has been a very important factor. we also have a very poor distribution system from the agricultural hot lands in the country to the colombo and the other urban centers and 40 percent. most of us losses are there . so agriculture reform will have to be very, very important. similarly, we will have to look to growing more for food security, the essential feature of what we will have to do as well as the i met program in the future. let me ask you as a sure lankin, what do you feel about the dramatic events that you saw was quite surprised by the speed of change. yesterday we heard that there were large crowds converging on colombo and going to march the government. put a few in place the night before, and there were these pitch battles between the protesters as well as some security

forces. water cannon was used t, i guess it was quite shocking to see all of this in the center of colombo. one fact that the regime should have really gone earlier and allow the democratic process to take change along with an economic recovery program. i am somewhat optimistic about the longer there. many commentators who does the reason i'm optimistic is i believe the people actually got quite resilient and with political will and i'm a program and reforms such as food security. i think this country can eventually come out of this crisis. ok, we'll leave it there and kind of shun with no. roger, thank you for your time. live from columbia. thank you very much for having me. now polls have opened in elections for japan's, for house of parliament, 2 days off to form a prime minister. sions of ave was assassinated election to the less powerful upper house is usually seen as a referendum on the government. well michael pen is the owner of the shin,

get sudanese agency, he joins us on skype from tokyo, thanks for being on the programmer. what are the main issues that people are voting on that? well i think probably the, the main thing which will be get me the up or down. some is the leadership of the current prime minister for me. okay. shita. he came to power as you may recall late last year. and he did pass through one general election, but this is really kind of the 1st time that the japanese people have a chance to speak on whether or not they like the 1st 6 or 8 months of his administration. and whether or not they feel that the countries on the right track and generally speaking, his polls are quite high. but one thing which is dogging him is the rising inflation and cost of living as it as many in many nations of the world. indeed will this gives the prime minister that the mandate needed to push through his

agenda of more defense spending and possible constitutional reforms. well, if, if the results tonight are act or above expectations, then i think we can definitely say that q she's position will be secured for quite some time going forward. and, and honestly, in this respect, you know, the biggest threat to his position has been, she's all but so the fact that was killed a couple of days ago actually is another thing that may stabilize is we're human and a strange way. but the but as for whether or not this means that it goes forward towards constitutional revision and major security changes. it might because the ruling party which supports that will have a strong position in the diet. but kish kasheila himself is kind of a moderate. so it's not quite clear how much priority he will put on it. so that's

kind of a question mark whether or not it will immediately lead to constitutional revision efforts. and in another issue on monday us, so could you state antony blink and will make an unshared. you stop to pay his condolences to former prime minister sions, or what will be the political context for that? well, you know, sheen's obey is the central figure in japanese politics connecting tokyo and, and washington, he's really been at the heart of it for, let's say, the past decade. and so, you know, with his loss, it is not only kind of an earthquake here in, in japan, but it's an earthquake in washington as well because he was the, the person that they felt most comfortable dealing with. he is one who shared their views about security policy most tightly here in, in, in asia. so i think that the context will be, 1st of all, to show their respect to,

to obey who has a very high reputation, washington and also to service, reaffirm the links that to the us. japan alliance remain strong even with so with the death of obey bako pan of a, yet sion get c news agency. thank you very much for that today. thank you. was to the head heron al jazeera, big day for cause external at wimbledon will have a report on what was a thrilling tennis final and we visit the southern streets of an ancient libyan city that used to be filled with tourists. ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world camp is on its way to catherine. your travel package today. hello, welcome to another look at the international forecasts. we've got some rather heavy

rain coming into ne and parts of china over the next couple days. larry, a cloud here developing and that's going to feed some big down. pause up towards the beijing a little further south of that sliding over to watch a shanghai over the next day or 2. and it really peps up as we go on through monday . very heavy rain there. once again across the korean potential that we are likely to see some localized flooding as a result of that. and you can see how that wet weather makes its way right across into the heart of china. ahead of that, still a few showers in the forecast for japan, but i think her sheltered by the mountains tokyo larger dry temperatures here around 32 celsius temperatures, around 30 a celsius. therefore, shanghai further south southern parts of china shibel, ours, you drive at one or 2 showers, the heavier showers across indo china. they're set to continue. some rather heavy rain still continuing to into the philippines. eastern parts of indonesia still sing some rather wet weather, but for western areas over towards malaysia, which was a martyr. i think more in the way of sunshine than showers in

a setting more the way of rain than sunshine across a good part of south asia. more heavy downpours in the india falling out of seeing some heavy rain and still some heavy rain there too for pakistan. official airlines of the journey. traditional wrestling in san diego, has it been village festival now it's been national, male and female, who bought a larger, really big money out here. well, looks at this unifying cultural full i'd to way out to poverty synagogue wrestling with reality. on al jazeera lou.

ah, you're watching alex's here. i look at top stores the speaker of it should i because parliament says at present got to by roger pox a as agreed to resign on wednesday. really unprecedented protest demonstrates is stormed his official residence in the capital. columbus testers also set the prime minister's private residence on fire series, also resigning there's anger over food and fuel shortages have been ongoing for months. government has run out with foreign reserves needed the impulse argentina, as a government is also facing a rising tide of protest as it struggles to reigning rampant inflation. the testers form across the political divide held

a separate rallies in the capital of one of our is to denounce the government's handling of the economy. daniel schriner report aah, argentina. united facing its problems together. that was the message to the nation given by president alberto fernandez. speaking in the northern province of took a man with a declaration of independence, was made 206 years ago. grateful to not believe because there is no political future. if you don't build on and strengthen every day, the things that unite us over, ah, that is not the message being heard elsewhere in argentina, both left him right, rich and poor, marched here in bull osiris and across the country separately, demanding different things. but both unhappy with the government. what should have been a day of celebration in argentina has only served to show that the divisions in society here, here to my right in front of the government house is a protest calling for members of the current government to be prosecuted for

corruption on my left on the other side of the police, gordon are those of left when groups and social organization st augustine isn't not biased then for the international monetary bond, and instead alleviate poverty. these marches it from the shanty towns and other marginalized communities, low paid workers calling for the government to invest in jobs, schools and housing not to pay its crippling debt to the international monetary fund. not yet enough to imply that they should pay or pensioners for youngsters, education, health care for our families. instead we're paying the external day a fraudulent debt. all shantina is this year due to pay $19000000000.00 of its debt to the i, m f. these protests for more affluent neighborhoods accused the government of mismanagement corruption, reserving special anger for the former president and current vice president. christina fernandez, the kitch. now we are marching to get rid of this government. you can see how

divided argentinian sir christina moscow. the preston, moscow, they should all go. analysts predict that inflation lacy will be more than 70 percent poverty and unemployment or rising. the economy minister resigned last week and confidence in a divided government is waning. all this makes argentina vulnerable to the rising fuel and food prices. he too much of the rest of the world as those prices continue to rise. the divisions are li, like you to deepen, unusual and morale to 01 as iris. united nation says more than 12000000 ukrainians have been displaced by the russian invasion. many are starting to return and rebuild, but some never left. on fisher traveled north of the capital to the village of motion to meet a great grandmother who survived russia's assault. by sheltering in her basement, this village used to be home to around 800 people than the russians came. and there

was just one that he is or you can never left as others run for safety. she stayed when there was shelling, she hid in her basement for a month. the 72 year old slept here too with just her cat for company. oh it's saying air saying when there was heavy shelling the ground would shake and i would slightly open the door just to see if it was my house or somewhere else. when neighbors houses started to burn, i tried to put out the flames, but there was just too much land. she wasn't scared, she says, a voice told her she would be safe. the rustle that there, i saw 2 soldiers. i saw the yellow and blue stripes. i knew they were ukrainians, and i knew then i could come out to him and then i swear the devastation in motion is obvious, homes destroyed, ripped apart, and the fighting people are no returning with one charity on hand, giving basics to people who have lost everything we are providing medical support,

we're providing food support, baby food, children, food and also various toys for the kids. it seems simple, but at the other hand, they are very expensive for these people. for the people in the village, the rebuild may have started, but the danger is still here. the used to be able to use the forest any time they wanted, but they see there is no sealed off because that our minds there are no one knows where they are. some cried when they saw the shell of the place. they called home. but they are rebuilding, we have no choice, this is all the have. first room will all, everything we have go to was destroyed as usual. nothing left to me and we have to start again from scratch. it will take years to assume that he is or euchre is glad people are coming back. she says it's nice to see old faces. nice to no longer have to hide next to no longer have a war ridging on her doorstep. allan fisher,

i'll just either motion you cream in the u. k. more former cabinet ministers have declared their intention to replace boris johnson as prime minister such as java. it was health secretary until tuesday, last week. jeremy hunt was in charge of the foreign office on the johnston's predecessor, teresa made when they followed format chance of she soon act throwing his hat into the ring. pull, reese, ripples, mourning, mercy. how do you follow an act like boris johnson? that's what the contenders for the job of next, british prime minister, a trying to work out the side, whether richie soon act chancellor until last week and one of those his rebellion force johnson out looks like the front runner due. can he set the tone as he launched his bed with a re slick video nation? let me tell you a story. it details his indian grandparent's arrival in the u kate via east africa during the video is high on a motion team. perhaps to show his conservative party colleagues that he can relate

to voters. it's your stories that matter most. in the short term, it's the conservative party which will select the next leader, long term it's voters who will decide. some people, one big personality just like boys. other people are going to be looking for someone who can stand on the world stage to the conservative party. mpm and conservative party members will be thinking, who's best place to win dutch an election in 2 years time? whose personality can cut through to it, to an electra that's often here seen ers, pretty disgruntled and disenfranchised with u. k. politics after retie soon. ok. it's a list of increasingly unknown characters who are lining up to be leader. that could give the conservatives the problem of how to reach voters who are swayed just as much by bars. johnson's personality as they were by his politics. the among those confirmed our iraq war veteran tom took in heart and attorney general sewell at braverman. soon ac was heir apparent to johnson for a long time before his billionaire wife's status as

a non taxpayer cause problems from uncharged with handling the you. case finances. but johnson often proved adapted. moving on from the mistakes he made in power. soon i call hope he can do the same and replace his former boss, pull rece, aldi's, era, london. a water spring in the middle of the libyan deserts supported the city of good damage for thousands of years. tourists is to visit the way this syndrome spurt. years of conflict have left its ancient anyways empty. now ours efforts continue to create a lasting peace. this hope that more stable conditions will draw visitors back. i like china reports pharmaca novice in the beers northwest. the dumbness is nicknamed the pearl of the desert. it's crown jewel. this waist is called the thu, meaning head of the valley is believed to be more than 4000 years old. water tunnels, fed by the gl suv stretched throughout the city, have supplied houses,

moss and forms for centuries, a sleuth and a letter after the gusto was found, the city became an economic hub for caravan trade, connecting countries across africa rule. and it came under control of the roman and byzantine empires. but later islam flourish throughout north africa. this mosque is 1400 years old. the old city is one of 5 eunice, go world heritage sites and libya that are on its endangered list. clark act without adding an attempt to people have good armies, were surprised and have suffered greatly due to the unesco decision to enlist the old city to its endangered list. the cities economy relies on tourism, so we hope that unesco takes us off the list. so people feel safe to come and visit people here say thousands of foreign tourists used to come and visit. but the years long conflict and libya has had a devastating impact on the tourism sector. formerly a driving city,

it's narrow alley ways are now mostly deserted. but some domestic tourists, though, come, these men are from the 2 arctic tribe and visiting from o body. deep in libya's south filter, we were in a nearby village. so we decide to visit this historical city. as libyans, york city links our history to our present and future. it is when the honor to visit the city and to see our friends from good armies. it's beautiful to see that the local community is trying to preserve it to stop. for centuries, the dam is thrived, it's markets, and alleyways visited by people from around the world. but for more than a decade, conflict and libya has kept foreigners away. now people here hope their return if peace can be achieved in libya, and the pearl of the desert won't be forgotten. malik, trina al jazeera,

adamus eleanor rebecca has become the 1st player from kazakhstan to win a grand slam title by beating to niece in owns to burn a gripping at wimbledon tennis, final, santa hamish triple. ah, the biggest moment in her young career, 23 year old elaine on her back in a winning the wimbledon final to secure her maiden grand slam title a 1st for a player from kazakhstan, our super nurse before the my doing the match and them honestly happy that the thing is to be honest, because i have never failed something like this in, i just wanted to say big things to the crowd for the subordinate was a 1000000 ah, history was said to be made regardless of the outcome of this final with to in his years own stubborn aiming to become the 1st hour player to win and made

a title or bucking, i made another start. as jabber broke early in the 1st set and dominated the opening exchanges with her opponent struggling. deborah seized the opening, sat 63. i mean, the momentum of the match shifted quickly in the 2nd set. it was now are back in a hitting the important winners. a jabbers rising frustration was all too obvious. were back in our power her way through the set and took it 6 to the match was going to decider deciding so well, number 2 was unable to feedback the initiative and we're back in our held her nerve to become the youngest singles champion.