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a nationwide curfew is now in effect in sri lanka, or to security forces fired tear gas that protested in the capital colombo. thousands of people rallied outside the offices of prime minister renelle with from a singer to demand his resignation. he has been appointed acting president, protest as scale the walls or broke through the gates, steadfast and report on a momentous danger lanka. o people barwell will win. these protesters are chanting. they celebrated a small moment of victory when they heard resident got the by. if i drop box i had flat at soon after his early morning escape, the moon turned to anger. thousands of people march to the office of the man they fear could be roger box or successor. i'm in week on the singer. he's dandy in the power. i can mobilize them really and he got breast. oh boy, i was in the polar and no sense to me. that's the plan he's. i'm awesome. i, i'm please,

i am not coming to be born. you can get real freedom come in response. the prime minister declared a state of emergency saying he was now acting president, security forces in front of his office fire tear gas at protesters. doctrine for injured. this teacher needed treatment after being hit on the hat. he travelled 150 kilometers to join the demonstrations, saying the government has ruined the education system. i mean, it's very complex. he's really in my country. we want, when we were lucian, numbered security forces fail to disperse, the crowds. a couple of members of the security for like the riot police are now being chased away from the prime minister's office. this is our rule attacked by no change the way by the crowd. then leaving the

protesters managed to break through the gates of the prime minister's office and to go for the building. their celebration did not last long. they went to the residence of the parliamentary speaker to make sure the prime minister would step down. we were greeted by more protesters, blame both cards, boxer and weaker, missing effort. a dire states re longer is in bankrupt, hardly any fuel, and food shortages to lanka as a country. so it's, it's run by a few families for the kids who are out of the country to be should be changed for at least these, these major issues. if people resolution should ensure that a new political social age begins in sri lanka, until then they have power to remain on the streets and keep a close eye on what parliament which has the power to elect a new president. will this site in coming days,

steadfast and al jazeera columbus banal fernandez is also colombo. she says. police started firing tear gas without warning. the protested, standing outside the main junction that leads into the sri lankan parliament complex. have been t a guest once again. we were literally right on the edge of the crowd and there was an all mighty sort of movement of hundreds, if not thousands of youngsters, mainly who had essentially flocked to the parliament. this is looking towards all the developments they were told that parliament would convene on the 15th. it's almost to, you know, look towards that for tomorrow. but what happened was, when we drove into the area, the area was pretty much in complete darkness. electricity had been switched off, so all of these people were close to the barricades and, and, and wondering what was happening. and literally, with, with no warning, not that these people were pushing against the barricades,

we were right there. when all of a sudden there were key against volleys you did hear earlier in the day, there was almost a bucket load of into into canisters. it seems like the military has not drawn out because we did see within the short space of about 2 or 3 minutes, that there were at least 10 or 15 canisters let loose in all directions with the darkness. obviously as strategy, people have started running in all different directions. in autonation says, progress has been made on a deal to secure the export of ukrainian grain. it could go a long way to addressing the global food crisis. the agreement was made during talks in his temple and evolves, forming a coordination center to ensure the safety of supply routes you in texture general says the deal is a ray of hope for the world. but wounds piece in ukraine is still some way off, aren't diplomatic editor james phase, is that the united nations senior you and officials. so they now have a very substantive technical agreement on how the grain deal would work on issues

like inspections of the ships that would come in to odessa to get the grain out of ukraine on safety and security of the vessels and how they pass through the channel through the mind areas of the black sea, that's the technical agreement, but they've still got to get a final political agreement which will be signed in istanbul. despite that, the 2nd general of the u. n. is sounding positive in the world darkened by global prizes to they at lusts. we have a rate of hope, a ray of hope to ease human suffering and alleviate hunger on the world's array of hope to support developing countries and the most vulnerable people. array of hope to bring a measure that much needed stability to the global foot system. could you see from this further diplomacy potentially to end the war? these demonstrated debt. the parties are able to have

a constructive dialogue. and these is of course, very good news. but for peace, we still have a long way to go. if a deal is finally done, it's an important step in trying to alleviate the global food crisis. but you and officials warm that could take many months with many ships having to transport the backlog of grain that's trapped in ukraine. the ripple effects of a crisis like this can take a very long time then because it has more from istanbul on the role tech he is playing and talks. this is definitely a un project, a big project that has been initiated by the united nations. of course, turkey took an important role in this project as it has very strong political and economic a relations with both the ukraine and russia. at 1st, the full turkey provides most of its grains from both to ukraine and russia, and it hosts the largest coast in the, in the black sea. so basically turkey,

it is the currently given the situation between the western allies and russia. turkey is the only open channel who can talk to both countries on behalf of an international organization like the u. n. that's why turkey mediate mediated through this process. as far as i've known from the, the turkish officials so far, the most important topic has been a, the security and safety of the logistic group that is hoped to be open. and through this diplomatic and military agreement, that is going to be signed very soon. a turkish defense minister had just delivered his statement in his statements. he said that the meeting was held in a very positive atmosphere and both washes and ukrainians agreed upon. is some technical details including the establishment off a coordination center in

a stumble, and joint conte fools at the port exit, an arrival points and navigational safety own transfer routes. ukrainian officials in the eastern new hand, screeching se russian troops have destroyed food warehouses in the area. moscow claimed full control of landscape last week are too intense fighting footage on russian state tv shows what it says is the aftermath of ukrainian shelling in residential areas. russian forces have been focused on capturing all of the dumbass region, which encompasses lou hands and donates you and says they acosta. fertilizer has tripled since the beginning of the year. it's another knock on effect of russia's war in ukraine. both countries, a major exporters of fertilizer in kenya, farmers have been forced to scale back, which is threatening harvests, or which i, sir, has been meeting some of them in campbell county. l u n. g

here is worried. there's a shortage of fertilizer in kenya. he says a bag that used to cost $20.00 is now around 60. that's too expensive for many farmers here. the are going to go longer because there's nothing requested. there's no food in food. if there is no, no harvest in there in the guidance. so the are going to good go hunger very so there's going to be 5 me i in this place, one of his neighbors, frederick, we, rudy, is in trouble. his beans have failed. he says he couldn't afford fertilize on you sir. thunder court, i know a glimmer. i might have to give up on fleming them in the bucket. something i've done all my life to them, but it is not working. fertilizer, which provides a nutrients needed to help crops growth is in short supply around the world. several african countries depend on imports, which before the war used to come from russia and ukraine. food production is most

at risk in developing nations, where many farmers may not have the financial resources to deal with the crisis. in some countries, some farmers are use a mormon your to nurse day crops. ah, but farm is here say using only manion is not enough. the plants also need the potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen from fertilizers to grow bigger, foster and to produce more food. prices of animal feet are also rising. sometimes there is government subsidized fertilizer, but it's in short supply, vicious or crash. where this are prior of that all my to use. i don't a little air differently. we don't know how long committed and this is the, this tuition oliver. he don't know hollow. so we, i just bring to god that the, the shop and so that we come back to normal. it's frustrating for g here,

who's been farming for 30 years. he's his working, the land has never been. this hod had him a toss or al jazeera campbell county, kenya. coming up on the news off from london, the ever increasing cost of living u. s. inflation reaches a new full to year. hi. i'm the candidates that labor via the women who could b u. k. prime minister penny mordant stakes her claim to succeed boris johnson and his flooring that international raheem sterling, completes his big move from manchester city to chelsea. ah, joe biden has arrived in israel on the 1st leg of his 1st visit to the middle east as you as president. he was greeted in television by his ready prime minister. yeah, i la paid arden will also meet to passed in the leaders in the occupied westbank. he's been a steadfast supporter of israel for decades,

and is expected to face questions about the killing of palestinian american journalist sharing abruptly. kimberly how could report the purpose of u. s. president jo biden's trip to israel in saudi arabia is not entirely apparent, but just moments after landing in tel aviv biden made clear what he would not achieve. we'll discuss, mar, continued support. even though i know it's not in the near term to stage delusion, i remain the margin of the best way to ensure the future equal measure of freedom, prosperity, democracy for israelis and palestinians like this admission is likely to enrage palestinians as biden to set to meet with the head of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas on friday. palestinians are pushing for the us to reopen its consulate in occupied east jerusalem limits settlement expansion,

and press israel for accountability in the killing of al jazeera journalists, sharina abu ackley, who is a us citizen. such goals are a challenge with elections looming, future israeli leadership is uncertain on thursday, biden meets with caretaker prime minister yar lockheed and conservative hardliner, former leader benjamin netanyahu, who may be plotting a comeback that makes the white house aim of improving israeli saudi security ties to counter chinese, russian, and iranian influence in the region, much more difficult without him to call the u. s. administration. and it's president, want to visit the region with a motivation to create peace and stability. they should revise their foreign and regional policy with a look at public opinion across the region and change their behavior according to the realities on the ground level. one on biden is

a president under pressure and in need of a foreign policy when with low approval ratings, record high inflation and congressional elections in november biden's meeting with saudi leaders. later in the week, he hopes to convince them to pump more oil to bring down record fuel prices in the united states, joe biden strip comes out of an urgent need to address regional issues and a growing desire to make america's voice clear for what it is on that his administration to urgent need yes, scoring prices, inflation the urgent need are all eyes who are continuously uncomfortable with their eyes of the united states and looking for alternative is in our relationship . but we'll biden's seat to project american influence with his trip failure to accomplish any significant foreign policy achievement could backfire and underscore just the opposite. the declining presence and power in the middle east of the

united states. kimberly help hit al jazeera de ha, stephanie decker has more from western slim. it's the 1st visit of joe by an as u. s. president to the region. it's his 10th in total, and joe biden made it very clear in a short speech at ben curry, an airport that the 1st time he visited, the region was in 1973 in highlighting the strength of allegiance and friendship between himself for as an individual. but also between the americans and israel. interestingly enough, he never really mentioned the palestinians by name palace palestinian palestinians . he did say that even though it was a long way off far, he did admit those saying that the 2 state solution was the best way for but we do know also that report is were briefed on air force. one thing that there would be no announcement when it comes to revival of middle east peace talks. ah, now the u. s. president has a busy schedule on thursday. i'll be meeting with the interim prime minister,

yellow p to be meeting with these really present and 15 minutes we understand allocated to opposition leader benjamin netanyahu, that on friday morning, briefly he'll be in occupied east jerusalem. visiting the augusta victoria hospital there. we expect him to announce around a $100000000.00 in a to palestine hospitals in occupied his jerusalem. it's historic in the sense it's the 1st time a u. s. president is moving away from the old city in occupied is drew some but certainly palestinian feeling here is that the trip in terms of their role is really paying lip service. he will then move on to bethlehem in the occupied west bank meeting with palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, but really for less than 2 hours or so. the palestinians, of course, the trust has been eroded. they want accountability also when it comes to the killing of our college shooting, our black, claire, the family is still calling for accountability for justice. we do understand that the u. s. secretary of state anthony blinking had a conversation with the family on wednesday. but certainly the americans have made

it clear that this trip is not about the palestinian issue, but more about integrating israel into the region. which is what we can expect from president biden's trip. the top of the agenda is likely to be developing military cooperation between israel and arab neighbors. the us and israel c ron's growing influence as a threat and we'll make a short trip to the occupied westbank. it hasn't signaled if you'll broach israeli palestinian relations. his visit is at the time of growing anger from palestinian americans and those in the occupied territory about how they say washington silence is enabling israeli violations shooting that of algebra. journalist showing a workplace like you to be raised. i'm just international is calling on biden, to demand accountability for her, killing. an urge israel to end extra judicial killings. good, you know, via political commentator, unkindness to terrorists doesn't think biden's visit. what does she benefit?

by the end of the day, i'm afraid to say that he says, this is a triple a photo opportunity is this, is it shape which is quite holo days? really? nothing on the agenda. the main core issues are told to be, you know, mainly the, but it's been an issue. there will be some niceties, some photo unities is for sure, helps to establish some kind of image of the states man. but by the end of the day, few hours, the job i didn't leave here, it will be totally forgot. i took 3 attempts, but the united nations security council agreed on tuesday to extend the authorization across the board, a deliveries to people in syria. the only for 6 months on friday, russia, vito de resolution brought by western countries to extend the mandate by year a competing resolution put forward by russia seeking to extend the approval for

just 6 months, was also voted down. but on tuesday, norway and ireland introduced what was described as a compromise solution. again, offering 6 months approval. the u. s. the united kingdom and france abstained from that vote. the aide is a lifeline for those in rebel held areas in serious northwest, particularly the 1700000 people living in displacement camps. david miller and as president of the international rescue committee joins us live from new york by scott, thanks very much. due to being with us, i wonder if you could give us your reaction to the vote and what ended up being the case with this thanks very much for your interest in this very important issue of the syrian crisis remains both for the refugees and for those who are internally displaced inside the country. and for them, the cross border aid from turkey is indeed the lifeline that you described in your

introduction. it's a lifeline that's been well documented by the united nations. it's officials in its agencies, a lifeline for medical aid, a lifeline for educational and livelihoods, a support and a lifeline, which is a rights in international law. the u. n. has explained that the humanitarian situation on the ground in the north west, and i would add in the north east because there was previously a cross border crossing point from iraq into syria. those are well documented, humanitarian needs should be met by the most direct accessible route and that means cross border aid. obviously it's better that there's been a renewal for 6 months than that. there was no renewal at all, which is what the russian veto on friday threatened. but any one who believes that the humanitarian needs should be met in a humanitarian way robin eclipse away will be disappointed by the difficulties of getting this resolution through. and to what difference does it make to have

a 6 month window rather than that, the year extension will. it creates uncertainty. that's the simple. they is actually 6 month plus 6 months or they'll be a further resolution. in 6 months time, they'll be reports by the secretary general of the un and by other un agencies. so it's creating bureaucracy is creating uncertainty and what the people of the northwest, the serial believes the ball need is uncertainty. they are faced with quite crippling economic conditions. a we have international rescue committee teams on the ground to a local people recruited. assyrians are working for the benefit their own community . they're not political, they're independent humanity renee workers, and they need the support. the cross border aid of medical supplies, food et cetera, educational support is allowed to provide and it's an uncertainty that we could do without no, no russia had originally talked about chairman or colon call for so stepping up other routes. how, how likely is it that and that those routes would,

might be opened at any stage? and what were the difficulties be with him? what's a good point? the other routes are what are called cross line routes. cross border you understand means crossing international. ready from turkey and syria from iraq in syria cross line means cross conflict line. and what the secretary general of the u. n reported was that there have been 5 delivery sets across lions, 5 a in comparison to the 50000 lori's that have crossed since the beginning of the war and across the border basis. the 5 liberals, i think they had between $10.15 trucks each. so you can see it's 50000 deliveries since beginning of the war, cross border, maybe 50 to 70 truckloads across line. and so the difficulties of cross line are obviously the obstacles the conflict presents in the way of the delivery of humanitarian aid. and that's why cross border aid is not just essentially, it's a legal rights to humanitarian aid, and that's what's being denied by the difficulties and getting this resolution

through and how, how concerned to you about that the winter set in when, when is that when it's 6 months runs out, you enter into the winter, you well, that's a very good point. we know from last winter that the uncertainties that were created by the previous imposition of a renewal oh resolution made it difficult to plan effectively. it hindered the efforts of un agencies to support non governmental organizations like the international rescue committee, my own organization. and your point about the onset of winter is a vital one because of course, that just increases the pressure on the local population. it does mean that you will be filming some really quite horrific scenes in 5 months time when you cover the story again. and when the tension rises as to whether or not a russian veto is going to interfere with the continuation of the cross border aid . david milburn, thank you very much indeed for taking the time shot just now she's there. thank you very much. no haitian protest as have blocked roads in the

capitol, angered by a crippling fuel shortage brought about by gang violence. groups of motorcycle drive is blocked, intersections in puerto prince petrol stations across the country are closed after a major supplier shut down operations due to a turf war between rival gangs, 2 ships carrying imported fuel have been unable to unload and tankers and not delivering because of security concerns that violin would they gather every time they want to raise fuel prices. they alleged this yesterday. that's not true. bear stork. there's no need to cause pain to people if they are determined to raise oil prices and will set the country on fire. they will also disappear enough to probably last whatever market i'm telling all the people to keep their cars at home from tamara walker on the ambulances. the media and the red cross will be allowed to circulate. we need to carry out a revolution as the country can't keep on with this crisis order was in your state

of virginia. about 40 people are unaccounted for after a severe storm which brought heavy rain and flooding. search and rescue efforts are ongoing, and buchanan, county, and official say there are no confirmed fatalities yet. cars were swept away in flood waters, and many homes were damaged. the states governor glen youngin has declared a state of emergency. a cannon county sits at the borders of virginia, west virginia, and kentucky. was more still to come. this, our northern italy is history. making drought is a river running dry. will force food prices, sky high. thus he want her to have free then a 3rd jail term for the hong kong pro democracy activist, known as grandma one. and on the eve of the open championship, we hear from the world's best offers as they prepare to battle for the cleric jug.

ah, oh hello . then let's have a look at the weather across europe, and it's all about record breaking heat for the iberian peninsula as another heat wave sweets across both portugal and spain. we've had read a lot so much a portugal out in the very north of spain went on choose day, an all time temperature record was set and all those hot and dry conditions on helping wild fires that have broken out in portugal, spain and france, the teet here will continue temperatures on the up, they are going to come down across more northern areas we got unsettled and shower . the weather, sweeping scandinavia pushing off into the baltic states and western areas of russia . but there is still some fine weather to be found in the west with clear skies, with southern areas of england, france as well seeing some sunshine,

but we will see a dip in the temperature for paris. but there's some recovery to come on monday. look at that 36 very hot and sunny now for much of the mediterranean as we move to southern europe. well, to find in dry condition sunshine stretching all the way from greece across it, just a few showers up in the north and onwards to portugal. and spain, but we will see temperatures come down in places like boss loan. if we have a look at the 3 day 20 degrees on sunday. ah ah, the shake hammered a ward for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022. from february 15th, until august 15th this year, for more information go to w, w, w dot h t a dot q a slash

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reminder the top stories here now g 0, a nationwide curfew is now in effect and sri lanka, after demonstrations. thousands gathered at the offices of acting president renaud wicker, missing it demanding his resignation. united nation says progress has been made on a deal to secure the export of ukrainian grain could go a long way to addressing a global food crisis. the agreement was made during talks in istanbul, and of o swimming a coordination center to ensure the safety of supply moves. and joe biden has arrived at israel on his 1st visit to the middle east as us president promised to advance israel regional integration and also meet palestinian leaders in the occupied westbank. inflation in the u. s. has reached a new 40 year. hi, this is figures for consumer prices, sword by 9 point one percent bad last year with a cost a few housing and food or rising faster than the average income. my counterparts

from washington d. c. o major disease was sharply down and early trading on wall street as the market digested. the monthly report hope. supper reduction in the inflation rate dashed at. the prices continue to rise groceries by 12.2 percent over the year. rent by 5.8 percent. car prices have increased by 11.4 percent. and in the largest increase, the cost of ed trouble has risen by 34 percent. all these, it could be to, to american spending more as they emerged from the pandemic shut down. i'm feeling that i never seen this bad. i've been noticed in the household products have really shut up to the cell in, i mean, honestly like things that was like 199 you going out there like 6 bucks, you know and things, but you need it. good morning at a meeting of house. republicans, it's made clear, these figures will be the cudgel to be to democrats in november election. new

polling found that nearly 60 percent of americans say the federal government under democrats. one party rule is to blame for today's economic crisis. the latest statistics came just hours after president biden left on a trip to the mid east, but he's been quick to strike back in the statement saying that while the inflation reading is unacceptably high, it's also out of date, present, abide and says the data does not reflect the true impact of the decreases in gas prices over the last nearly 30 days. the price at the pump has dropped by some $0.40 a gallon since mid june. the president also argues that the report does not reflect the drop in cor inflation. a long term projection that excludes items, subject to palletized, price changes like food and energy. some experts agree, the data is confusing. we've got some fines that the labor market is incredibly

robust with a large increase in hiring. according to some surveys and a low unemployment rate. on the other hand, we have our other concerns debt. ah, the economy is slowing down based on slow economic growth. all eyes now and the federal reserve. but economist predicting that another increase in interest rates is inevitable. it's a double edged weapon, while designed to reduce inflation in the long term. in the short term, an interest hike is likely took hewlett. mike hannah al jazeera washington in the u. k. a conservative politicians have been voting for a replacement. the prime minister parish johnson, former chancellor as she soon act leads the 1st ballot. but the final when i went been asked until september 19 bubba reports from london. 8 ah, a sing along opposite parliament with some cabinet members competing to replace the prime minister following must resignations within conservative ranks. some are

wondering who's really running the country? yes, but inside the comments maurice johnson insisted he believing with no regrets. i'm it's a speaker. i'm also proud of the leadership that i have given and i will be leaving here. i will be meeting with my head how hon. we have a new child's low extent to the job for the primary. so wednesday afternoon and then told him to quit on thursday morning. ah, and the new education secretary, his junior ministers have literally been giving the middle finger to the public. yeah, it is truly the country's loss that they will only be in post for a few weeks. i cannot announce the result called the ballad held this afternoon on wednesday, initial voting by conservative m. p. 's narrowed the field of would be leaders to 6

names secured by our next prime minister. someone gaining momentum is penny mordant, a trade minister, and former defense secretary, she's far from a household maid, but tipters the party activists favorite with the next general election. all those opportunities and the vision that the british people had off leading the european union will not be real. we must win that election. i'm your best saw. i am the candidates that labor earlier but the newly appointed chancellor deems a hallway is eliminated, as well as form of foreign secretary charity hugs. the result of the final stage of voting among fewer than 200000 conservative members is expected by the 5th of september. so we're slightly closer to knowing who will be the next conservative party leader and hence prime minister. once we're down to the last 2 candidates, it's up to the party membership. most of them over the age of $5052.00 thirds of

them, men, whoever they choose, will face huge challenges, not only in reviving the policies, fortunes, but in dealing with multiple crises. this winter nadine barbara out is era. london . parts of europe have been sweltering under a summer heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius in some areas. hundreds of emergency workers in france are battling wildfires across the southwest . blazes spreading due to hot and windy conditions with around 7 square kilometers, already bent 6 water on their aircraft, being used to down the flames. thousands of residents and tourists have been told to evacuate and firefighters in spain, this western region of extra madura have been trying to contain a fire, burned up to 35 square meters of land. no homes have been damaged so far, but a few 100 people have been evacuated. 700 square meters of forest and spain has been so far this year wouldn't double the average of the last 10 years. other

extreme climate concerns to in italy, the countries north has been racked by the worst drought in 70 years. country law street declared a state of emergency in 5 regions. they are immuno romani up for you will even it's julia nobody. p amount and venator regents. it stems from droughts in both the pro river and eastern alpine basins. the po river, italy's longest river flows east across the north of the country, as level as dropped more than 7 meters below normal. its lowest point in a century of satellite images from the european space agency show how much the rivers frank in the past 2 years says having a devastating effect on produce or of all production is expected to be 20 to 30 percent down on last year. while importers of factoring in price rises of 50 percent or more for rizoto, rice and tomatoes. for me on this, we can speak to dr. junior faculty is a climate scientist author and honorary research associate at oxford university,

joins us from london. thanks so much for being with us. so northern italy was suffering particularly badly. how concerned should we be about that particular area? well, it's great to be with you and it's very concerning actually. and the situation is a bit of a canary in the mind for many of countries that are experiencing climate changes are 2 things that are happening. the 1st is that the climate of the country is changing. that's, you know, evidenced by the drought that we've seen hit the north of italy for the last several months. but then there's another thing that's happening because routes are created by nature. but scarcity, which is what's hitting the economy, is actually also created by man. and what we're seeing is the failure of the infrastructure in institutions that were set up to deal with water over the last century. we have a different climate now and the solutions that we used to have and used to rely on the work anymore. so even you talk to their infrastructure, what sort of changes are needed and for the on infrastructure side, well,

you see the particularly the poor river relies historically on the accumulation of snow in the winter, which would then release water as it melted over the course of the spring and the summer, as you probably know this last winter, almost any snow owners, no small, it's not all fell on the, on the outs and on the, at the mines. and because of that now there is very little water in the river. the way you deal with the edge, of course you have great storage capacity. see. but across the country doesn't have much storage capacity because it was used to relying on this sir, snow melts. so that's the sort of thing that we'll have to deal with in the future as building infrastructure. that's adjusted and dimensions to the kind of climate that we're heading towards. and in the meantime it, is there a suggestion that that is the need to look at what kind of and other countries need to look at the kind of crops they're growing and adapt to perhaps different crops. maybe that's right. i think there's a suite of things that starts with exactly that with understanding which kinds of agricultural system can actually thrive in these kinds of climate conditions. if it

is still water rich country, many ways it's just that the agricultural system is maladaptive to the regime that we heading towards. so one thing is changing crops you, you previously, we're talking about rice rice's are highly water intensive crop. it may be harder to grow and in the future, but it's not just about the crops and it's not just about the infrastructure. it's also about allocating water dynamically so that when there is less water like this year, demand adjusts right now we have straws, essentially metaphorical straw sucking water out of the river that are ignoring the fact that less rain came down early on. so we need a more dynamic way of dealing with the amount of wood that we have, you say dynamic. i mean, is that essentially saying that, you know, people can have to reduce their water usage? well, reduce also be able to, you know, trade licensing on them. for example, you know, today a farmers are given license to extract water. and they're given a certain volume water to extract regardless of much water, the reason the river. and once they have that license,

they can't pass it on to anybody else. and so for in a case like this where there's a severe drought, you might imagine that there are some cultivation that a high value that require more water than others. and you could imagine a system where people trade water move water from one cultivation to another to just this is not possible now. so we need the more flexible system to deal with more variable and, and less water and, and oversee weak little net kind of long term issues here. but in the short 10 that the forecast for to lease and studies is more heat in it. in the next week or 2 and just about about the kind of receipt receipt. i'm sure i got a that's also hi. how does that affect and attempts on land and, and, and continuing drought, well the situation is, is, is all around significant. now this is an extreme situation, but of course we've known this would happen for a long time. you know, any one event is hard to attribute, and this is a particularly new catastrophic one. but there is mina steady state trend towards high temperatures, both at sea and on land. and we know that the variability of rainfall will increase

. meaning that we'll have, you know, for a more intense rainstorms in some periods and more extensive periods of droughts like this one in other periods. and we've known this for, you know, 1520 years now up to now and include in this drought we've, we've treated all of these events as one time catastrophes unexpected events that have to be dealt in the regime of emergency. and that's what happened in the 5 regions that you mentioned at the beginning of this conversation. there's a regime of emergency and at that point, or you can really do is cut consumption and essentially try and reduce the amount of water that everybody needs. in order to ride through the summer, but the reality is that going forward, what needs to happen is a transformation of the agricultural system, a transformation of the infrastructure system, so that in the long term, the country is capable of dealing with greater variability. you know, there are countries, spain, for example, and others who have a great, a stock of infrastructure simply because they have been arid for longer. and

fortunately, now, italy is heading towards that direction. and it's important that people realize that this is not just a one time off. we're going to see more of this in the future. and so we have to prepare. there are ways of preparing, but we can't just treat them as emergencies. dr. julia locality. thank you. very much indeed for talking to somebody. thank you. the u. s. government has pledged to triple it funding for pacific pacific island nations. yes, vice president coming to harris made the announcement during the meeting of the regions need is in fiji and seen as the latest attempt to counter china's growing influence. when a report from soother, an empty chair at the table isn't the show of unity. pacific leaders wanted, at their 1st in person meeting in 3 years here, abbas decided to leave the group over. a dispute about who should lead the forum. it's been suggested that china was behind the decision after a period of increased diplomatic activity in the region. and it was in that light of geopolitical rivalry, that the u. s. stepped up with an unprecedented address at

a time when we see back seeking to undermine the rule, s or lima stand in the united states announced a funding boost for the pacific islands and a plan to open embassies and kiera boss and tongue at the prime minister of tongue, as says discussions about the embassy began, well before the recent publicity about china. but if a battle for influence is under way, it could be good for the region boys, sumptuous. most was of young a very happy that a lot of law. oh pardon. as noah pay more attention to the pacific and the issues that we face, australia and new zealand are the traditional power brokers in the region. the leaders of both have spoken of their concerns about security deals. china has been signing or trying to sign with some of the smaller pacific countries. australian prime minister, anthony albany, c and his new zealand counterpart, jacinta ra, done a both. here in suva,

with big delegations assigned that this pacific islands forum is being taken more seriously than ever before. presenting the smaller nations with a prime opportunity to capitalize a former prime minister of fiji and former leader of the forum. sit of any run booker has told al jazeera that australia and new zealand have taken the region for granted for too long. we felt that the association and all the assistance and corporation of every head in the ours was enough to, to keep the cohesion of the region. her. unfortunately, jo, everybody's eyes are opening up to. ah, what else dervish, on the final day of meetings, leaders will release a joint declaration that will address shared values, aspirations, and unity. but there's concern among some here that with increasing geopolitical competition. keeping this group united will become increasingly difficult. wayne hey, al jazeera soother,

a court in japan says former executives linked to the fukushima nuclear plant must pay $95000000000.00 in compensation for failing to prevent a disaster. the case was taken against them by shareholders. 3 of the fukushima plants nuclear actors went into meltdown. actress unami hit japan in march 2011 triggering the worst nuclear disaster since general. 20 chang has more content here . wednesday is decision that here at the tokyo district court does set an important precedent. the financial responsibility for the fukushima nuclear disaster lies not with the japanese government, with a tokyo electric power company. tapco. this decision is very complicated. the court has essentially ruled that a handful of former executives of tapco have to pay out $95000000000.00 us dollars in compensation. that enormous sum is clearly going to be appealed and appealed. are ongoing, already,

with decisions yet to be made by the supreme court. furthermore, this case was brought by shareholders of tapco not by the invited to individuals involved in the disaster. and so a decade on those who lost their land and livelihood in the fukushima disaster. still waiting to be fully compensated. veteran, hong kong activist. now his grandma wong has been jailed for 8 months is a 6 year old kid is guilty to charges of hon for assembly. she is one of more than 10000 people have been arrested during rallies, demanding political reform. adrian brown reports from another day, another hong kong activist on trial. this time an elderly woman whose often taunted police by waving the flag of britain, the former colonial power her grandma wong is the nickname she was given by protested during the unrest in 2019. she also stood out because of her age

66. wong whose real name is alexandra began demonstrating more than a decade ago since then. she's been arrested and imprisoned multiple times. he wants her truck free again. cathy then. ringback sandy hung 6 months ago, she was arrested again. one's already spent more than 6 months in custody. on wednesday, the magistrate convicted her of 2 charges of a legal assembly, sentencing her to 32 weeks in jail. that's almost 8 months. her 3rd jail term in almost as many years. one made headlines 3 years ago during the height of the pro democracy demonstrations when she vanished for 14 months. she was arrested by chinese police. after crossing the border a day earlier. another elderly protest, her who also once attracted attention, was sentenced to 9 months for attempted sedition. couso you is 75 and has

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