every time i travel there, whether it's east or west africa, people stop me and tell me how much we appreciate coverage. and our focus is not just on their suffering, but also on the more uplifted and inspiring story. people trust algebra to tell them what's happening in their community in a clear and unbiased. and as an african, i couldn't be more proud to be out of you know, ah, protesters and sri lanka, occupy the homes of the president and prime minister and say they're staying push until both leaders officially stepped down. ah, hello there, i'm the styles you take. this is al jazeera live from dough. also coming up to pans, ruling coalition came to sweeping majority in the upper house of parliament. just days after the assassination of former prime minister actions obey the un fails to

extend authorization for an aid corridor to rebel held syria, putting millions of people at risk and fight as rushed to save one of the u. s. as most iconic forests is wildfire and california double in size, ah, well, we begin and sri lanka, where protest as occupying the residence as of the president and prime minister have vowed that they will not leave until both leaders are out of office. public fury over the countries economic crisis reached a breaking point on saturday. demonstrated stormed the homes of president got the by roger boxer and prime minister ronelle victrum, a singer. both men say they will resign and opposition parties have meant to agree on a new government. when al fernandez reports now from the capital columbia. on sunday, relatives. com returned to sri lanka protested remained and the president official

residence making use of facilities normally reserved for the countries elite. a real carnival atmosphere here at the presidents, official residents. the great facade you see behind me, you notice the architecture, it goes back many, many decades. and this was the sight of that massive sea of people who overran this property. seeing the exit of president go to obey raj boxer on friday. and the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president's house is posing a real problem. those who are part of the protest campaign who are still trying to control some of the crowds are urging people to be careful. there is structural damage, obviously a very all property and just cannot handle. the sheer numbers are climbing up the staircase that has been structurally shoes. so that's posing a very real problem and the danger. and this obviously the swimming pool at the

president's house on the water looking very much. 2 worse for the wear, but those iconic pictures of people are diving into this right after the protesters essentially over ran this residence shall anchors 22000000 people have for months, been suffering the worst economic crisis. the nation has seen since independence in 1948. the summer heat, worsening electricity, blackouts, few of food and medical shortages and years of political corruption. newman help on the brook army are the greatest thing. the people and the youth of this country has ever done is to change this man away. he was expelled, chased away, he did not resign. as the protest swelled on saturday, present got up a roger boxer fled his overrun residence his whereabouts are unknown yet our duty actually langkow is he is no longer the president of sri lanka, long he has been expelled. by the citizens ish melancholy, therefore the is victorious moment dennis o vishal resignations from leaders for

a nation in rebellion. now, little more than formalities, this is going to be an extremely critical time to ensure those political stability, as well as economic stability at a time where there's also a law in order to see, to wish only wrapping. so if, while ends is not contained, these concern that this is going to deepen the crisis overseas remittances and tourism other main sources of revenue here after bomb attacks on churches and hotels in 2019. and then the quote with 19 vendor make bought dried up. the recent political turmoil has been a long time coming and is likely to be an equally long time to recover from. but for millions of sri lankan, it's not clear yet whether the shortages will end and prices come down. we know fernandez, audra 0 colombo, while hill on a carrier gamma is

a political economist and a scene electro at the university of jasper. and he says, the economic crisis there has united the country against the government. the economic situation has been quite harsh throughout the country as it has been in the north as well. but particularly for day wage labor counties even want neil a days now becoming difficult because there is no production happening in the rural economy. farmers are not able to cultivate because they don't have courtesy high fishermen. i'm not able to go to see. so this whole support for reggie change is island wide because people are feeling the pressure throughout the country. as soon as the president and prime minister reside the speak off, the house becomes an acting ah president. and then they would have to elect another president from among the parliamentarians. however, there's also been a call for abolishing the executive presidency, the concentration of so much power in one individual. so hopefully they will elect

someone with the agreement that is going to be a symbolic, a president until such time that constitutional changes can be brought all the parties that are not part of the government. and we're not with the raj boxes could hopefully form a national government. and even if it's minority government with the support of the people's movement, ah, govern the country for a period of time politically to bring about a political but also economic stability in terms of getting essential goods to the people. now moving on, an japan's ruling party in its coalition partner have won a 2 thirds majority in the upper house of parliament after sunday's elections there and paved the way for possible changes to the pacifist constitution, which would strengthen the country's military role on the global stage. and that was the goal of former prime minister, sions are abi, who was shot dead at a campaign event. on friday, florence re reports for japan as

a nation in morning after the assassination of its former leader shinto ave on friday. but for its governing liberal democratic party, a glimmer of good news after sunday's upper house elections. the l d. p has been the dominant party since the end of the 2nd world war and had a high approval rating. going into the vote. ave was a member of the lower house, and still wielded considerable influence as head of the l. d p largest faction. the results will help prime minister kisha consolidate power. the strong election showing will give him a chance to increase military spending, revising japan's pacifist constitution. one of our best unfulfilled ambitions is also likely to be on the cards. although analysts say amending the constitution will not be an easy process. and also when it auto follow from there,

it is still unclear how to amend the constitutional and which parts of it need to be amended. even in monks, those in support of the constitution amendment opinions very a lot of the can't be a quick change of the constitution. even any blocking 2 thirds of the seats can't do it. the japanese people vote on it and it is hard to pass. meanwhile, the suspect in abe's assassination has been handed over to prosecutors inara, where he will likely be detained and questioned before being charged. police have acknowledged, there were security flaws in friday's attack, and have promised a thorough investigation florence louis al jazeera. well, it's not bringing michael pen, he is the owner of the shin, get seniors agency, and he joins us now on skype for turkey. michael, thanks for joining us again on al jazeera, i recall that the last time they had a supermajority, i believe mister, obey couldn't get his constitutional changes through. do you think it will be different this time around? well, you're right. so actually the,

the ruling party together with the coalition partner committee to have had the super majority in both houses for during some time actually during all those premier ship. and even though he's a strong advocate for constitutional revision, he never really made a serious effort to do it. the reason was, is it just will take that we cause the spending of a lot of political capital. you know, it's not an issue that the public itself has any consensus on and so it's difficult prospect. so in order to change the constitution, you do not only 2 thirds in both houses, but then there needs to be a referendum that goes to the people in which a majority supports whatever the proposed revision is. and on that side, it's not never been clear that the japanese public would vote for. so the situation now. yes, that's the sort of the, within the ruling party, i think the, the momentum to try to change the constitution is, is stronger than it has been. but on the other hand,

one of the people who may be more somewhat leery about this is actually prime minister for me. ok she to himself because he's not from that wing that's been calling for the original concentration from the other wing, the moderate wing. so the question is, how much is he going to go along with the right wing of his party that wants this? and how much is he going to going to try to sort of divert it's so even though they have the super majority in the upper house, it's not at all clear that they can 1st of all agree upon a specific text. and that the prime minister is really going to push it will michael the in the meantime as the countries morning i see a probe is also being launched into security failures. this is really shaken the country. well yes, i mean, of course there were security police around the former prime minister. she's when a man approached him with a home, a shot gun and killed him. right. so this is the whole security police were supposed to be there to prevent this. and the fact that they didn't prevent it

means that there was obviously some kind of a security failure. so you know, there is an investigation and that will probably be several reviewers, i would guess whether or not policies need to change in this respect. you know, i do, i would think there would be some sort of within the bureaucracies of security, some changes, maybe some policies about putting out more security officers for prominent politicians and maybe trying to keep them out of, you know, more dangerous situations like that, that all bay was in i think that the stage will be premature to think that this is going to be a huge, massive social change. however, michael pen there, the owner, they should get seniors, agencies speaking to us from your always great to get your thoughts. michael, thanks for joining us again. thank you. now, moving on, an residence of syria's last rebel held enclave have lost access to vital aid. the un security council failed to extend authorization for cross border deliveries.

that deadline to extend un assistance through the bible, how a crossing on the ferry and tucker border has now officially passed on friday. russia vetoed a resolution to prolong aid shipments for another year. the un says more than 4600 trucks carrying most the food have taken a there this year, helping from 2400000 people. about 1700000 people are currently living in camps. more than half of them are children. since losing control of the enclave, the government has cut off basic services and attacked medical facilities and school. lucille, let's see on the russia pushed us to hints to hunger 1st and hate. and now they want to deny us the food a basket that bailey sustains us. behalf of the month during these very difficult times, russia is fighting with us over it. we completely refuse this veto. i am the mother of orphans, and i refused russia putting forward any plan to close. bob, i'll have a crossing. our society refuses it. when i spoke to kennedy, he's

a humanitarian worker, and also the coordinator. the voices for displaced syrians for and he says a scale of humanitarian need and northwest and syria is enormous. we're talking about cost water, people's thinking media just trucks moving from one country to another. while in reality, it's way bigger than that, we're talking about again, northwest area, the whole basic services like clean water, drinking water, education. this will be the whole health system is based on the response on the work of the organization and without a quest. and not only those servers will not be provided and i get, as you mentioned, as of now we have like acute doubts of how we are able to control. but again, it, it, on top of that it's, it's a whole mechanism when we have coordination and technical support from un agencies . for example, we are talking about vaccination vaccination. if you see the rachel in particular

was not involved through the cross water mechanism. we weren't able to respond to that. it's like one of these. it is a very accurate component of it, but the whole system is crucial for the, for the living of those 400000000 hostile i had here on al jazeera, a desperate search for survivors in easton ukraine. after a russian rocket attack, destroys an apartment building and the tradition that's become too expensive. many in afghanistan ah, with hello, it's very much a north south splitting the weather across the middle east at the moment. northern areas seeing the usual hot sunshine, dry and dusty condition before the south. a lot of cloud around the same flooding

into northern parts of a mon, recently cluster of storms rolling into southern parts of saudi arabia. that is likely to bring some localized flooding as it continues to drive its way further west was over the next few days. cool southwesterly. when's the monsoon? that's going to continue driving its way across southern parts of our mon, southern pakistan. lots of a heavy showers, 3 much of in the, at present, protect across the western got central part. like to see some flooding here. heavy rain to just popping up ramping up on the other side of the babin gold into myanmar northern paths of tide. nbc, i said from areas of india, western parts still seeing some very heavy rain or we could do some right into somebody can see a fair amount of cloud on the satellite picture. but not too much of that is rain bear. we are going to see one or 2 showers into somalia, not too much right left for kenya to west or whether it's further north. we see some wet weather. they're just coming into the fabric. hot is driving the wife of the west, which in the coming days south of the equator, much of africa stays dry,

fine and sunny with a few showers to the east. ah, the intelligent and playful alters are in high demand as pets in japan, but concerns a growing over the illegal smuggling and irresponsible breeding of these wild animals. 11 east investigate on all to 0. ah, we all jesse around with ah ah

ah, hello there, i'm this tells you tanda, that's remind you about top stories here. the south protest is entry longer have bound to occupy the official residences of the president and prime minister until both need as officially resign. the president has been blamed for an economic crisis which has left the country short of a central supplies. japan's ruling conservatives have won a 2 thirds majority in the upper house of parliament and paved the way for possible changes to the pacifist constitution, which would strengthen the country's military role. on the global stage. people in serious loft rebel held enclave in italy, province have lost access to vital aid. after the un security council failed to authorize deliveries or another yes, last week, russia vito to resonation extending shipments. now south africa's president has condemned 3 separate shootings that killed at least 21 people. calling them

unacceptable and worrying. the west incident was in a bar and sa wetso on the southern outskirts of johanna's bag. for other people were killed in a separate shooting as a tavern and the town of peter merits back. catalogue has harriann, has one overwhelming pain, as families are called to identify their relatives. it was after midnight when police say more than a dozen people were shot dead by gunmen in the bar knew johannesburg. bodies piled near the entrance. our victims who tried to run out and escape. what renewal is that? the assailants, the just inputs into ducks breeze. well, people who dreamed info from the shorter and only to their investigators have described the shooting as a massacre said ins as that a new one now possesses. the gun was to try it the act on it, on our communities,

and was to call upon communities to actually little indeed assist the police in bring in to book ed those a paper tray. does police say nothing was stolen from the business? now their focus turned on, catching those responsible, finding out why the victims were targeted. katia, lupus, of a young al jazeera. now a wild fire is threatening a grove of ancient trees, and one of america's most famous national parks. yosemite, pug officials say the fire has more than doubled in size in day rosin. jordan reports, ah, the washburn fire began in yosemite national park on thursday. officials say the fire threatens some 500 sequoia trees in an area called mariposa grove. and that includes the famous grizzly giant that some of the oldest trees that there are. there's trees that are 2000 years old. they're massive giants when you stand next

to them as fire fighters moved in some 1600 people at a nearby camp ground and community were told to lee. so far the washburn fire has burned. more than 280 hector's park. officials say they could close more of the national park if necessary. it looks a pretty scary and i, we were going full force on our suppression tactics. for now, visitors are cautiously proceeding with their vacations. it's definitely eerie. i'm but it doesn't make me want to turn around and want to keep going. sequoias have evolved to withstand fire, but they don't always escape. while players in the last 2 years have destroyed nearly 15000 sequoias, 20 percent of the 75000 estimated trees found in the american west. so far, park officials don't know when the washburn fire will be brought under control.

rosalyn jordan al jazeera. well meanwhile, the fast moving, while fi is also banning through thousands of hectic in the us state of utah, firefighters had been battling that blaze near the town of fillmore since friday. nearby properties have also been evacuated. and now portugal, as government has declared a state of heightened delight after one fire swept through central and northern parts of that country, thousands of fire fighters are battling those blazes and dozens of people have been injured. portugal is experiencing an intense heat wave at the moment with temperatures reaching more than 14 degrees celsius. while russian rockets have hit an apartment block in the eastern ukrainian town of chassis via killing, at least 15 people rescue work is fair. there are also more people still trapped in the rubble. russian ground forces are pushing to take control of the entire dynette screeching warehouse of yars located. alan fisher reports from keith. pre dawn

sky lit up is russian rockets falling chess? if you are an apartment block, torn apart, rescue workers knew the timing of the attack means most people would have been in bed. so they're moving debris by hand tunneling don't trying to find anyone still trapped in the building. look what have we done to them? what have our people done to hurt them? there was darkness, and then it all started. locals could only leucon helpless as the sets continued for neighbors. friends, relatives were with that you knew what the wall we ran to the basement. there were 3 heads the 1st somewhere in the kitchen. the 2nd i don't even remember. there was lightning. we ran towards the 2nd entrance and then straight into the basement. we sat there all night until this morning. hopefulness is the local governor says there may be many more people trapped than the rubble having lifting gear is on standby mo, 2, again with her one more conformational war crimes where the russian federation

they're targeting civilians everywhere, dance, religious and cities. it doesn't matter if they're on the front line or somewhere else. the person is chief of staff called it another terrorist attack by a terrorist country. and he demanded government's act to declare russia, a state sponsor of terrorism. the russians have repeatedly denied the target civilians to us senators have pushed the idea of designated russia, a state sponsor of terrorism, and they believed they could get almost unanimous support for it in the u. s. senate that would put russia in the same category as north korea, iran and syria, and the vote could fall in coming days. i'll a for sure, i'll just either keep on a russian rocket also struck another residential area in the eastern city of cock eve. and during at least 6 people a 12 year old cow is among the injured artillery attacks on ukraine. second biggest city have

intensified in recent weeks. all despite living under constant threat, some residents of de nets, cat found ways to enjoy life amid the ongoing war. ha, you can see that thousands of people gather to dance in the city. central part. many have been coming to this outdoor dance floor known as the cage since the city was part of the soviet union. and they're not letting war get in the way of their favorite pastime. people also gather to watch the dancers saying it brings them joy even as conflict rages on. not only if it has become a bit easier now, at least a little because of this war, they keep pounding away. dumping districts as a little boy, we have fun here and go home. i was there really positive, really cheerful, even with the war raging out the on the streets. they are full of life and joy. all south career has reported more potential rocket launchers from the north souls

military detected the trajectory as of what appears to be shots fired on sunday night. the sierra north korea has testified a range of missiles all a band under un security council resolutions and north macedonia. quest to join the european union is triggering more protests, thousands rallied in the streets of the capital sculpey on sunday. they're angry about a compromise formula that they say has been foisted on the government. jillian wolf has the story. oh enough is enough? yes, that's the message from these protesters on the streets for a 7th day. now, they're unhappy with some of the conditions in a proposal offered by french president emanuel micron for their country to begin its long awaited membership talks with the european union. i'm here to say no to her beloved people here because i didn't want somebody to the soil or a civilian political tensions have been on the rise with violent nightly protests

against the proposal. it would require north macedonia to change its constitution to recognizable gary minority protect minority rights, and banish hate. speech. demands made by bulgaria, ah, political leaders of north macedonia say the proposal is a reasonable compromise, accepting it neither as a historic triumph nor failure. but north macedonia ends don't agree. there's no way to stop. i renewed their maintenance through messaging north macedonia has been a candidate for e u membership for 17 years. the country received the green light to begin negotiations in 2020, but no date has yet been set it hope to 2017 agreement with greece, which ended a decades long name dispute would open the door for membership talks with the you

bubble. guerria stepped in using its veto powers as any you member state, to block its neighbor from joining both nations. i've been locked in a bitter dispute about history and identity for decades. insurance with mr. daniel . but no government was decided to ship 1000 to be most of all your well 1940 point and what the boat gold, green followers and groom group. also all good people who use them was for, for this country will this i do area. ah said that our language. oh really our name and we're here because we don't like them with the identity of the nation. these people refuse to compromise to move out to sierra now

religious ceremonies during the muslim festival of eat. ha ha. involved the sacrifice of an animal, but not to luxury. most afghans cannot afford this year. western sanctions on the taliban government have crippled the economy. allah to fear of what now from cobble . this is of on stones 1st, either love her under the tall lavonne and more than 20 years. it also comes at a time of international sanctions and struggling economy with millions of, of ons, out of work are being paid a fraction of what they want to. we're many are cutting back on their holiday expenses. mohammad now be a dried fruit seller and cobbles largest open air market says with the local currency losing its value. prices have gone up. so people are buying fewer items. he says dried fruit sellers have lost 60 to 70 percent of their business. this year . there has been a new all others who people are poor nowadays. we don't have enough sales this year . her discussion was alone went from 600 of guns to more than 1000 to kill her. did i say it's not just snacks,

though. families are also opting out of buying new clothes for the holiday way. the la ball, i had a taylor in the car, they paid one neighborhood says his orders have decreased 50 percent this year. oh, so my name is luke was he thought him, we have only these 2 sellers since the 2 eats traditionally, whatever people have or some they will spend on these 2 eats. but this year, a lot of people are struggling with some or even cutting back on the most important part of this iep purchasing animals for the ritual. sacrifice deal with you. ma, pope also has a job and a ministry, but he says his pay has been cut, pay more than 80 percent. he has managed by a cow and a sheep for his family, but he knows many more will not be able to do the same this year. either go to one, recorded one, your good or vito eyes made special by the sacrifice. so many people won't have a proper sense celebrating, eat a papa has this year more than ever. it's important to keep the poor in mind. this market is the centerpiece of the dialogue. ha celebration we seen this year is that

people can't afford to buy the animals that they use to. and the shepherds have also had to cut their prices to meet reduced demand. so again, what it's showing is that the sanctions, the aide cut back and the devaluation of the avalon he has affected every aspect of life. and i want a son right down to the eat celebration ali let the fee al jazeera cobble. ah hello. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines protest as and sri lanka have found to occupy the official residences of the president and prime minister until both leaders resign. the president has been blamed for an economic crisis which has left the country shorter food fuel and medicine. michelle fernandez has moved from columbia. the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the residence house is posing a real.