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sir, lunk is acting president, orders the army to restore order after protest as storm is office calling for his resignation. ah, floods. oh robin you're watching of, is there a life my headquarters here in doha also coming up? joe biden meets israeli leaders on his 1st presidential trip to the middle east. and you and says it's close to a deal that would restart. grey next falls from ukrainian force and rising food and fuel prices in the us push inflation to afford decades high ah, bottom to the breaker, we began in sri lanka were a nationwide curfew has ended following unprecedented demonstrations in the capitol . the countries in battle be the got, the biology boxer has sled the country and ordered prime minister annella wicker m

a singer to replace him. but protest has defied a state of emergency installed with chromos anker's office, that demanding both leaders stepped down immediately in the face of a worse thing. economic crisis stepped bass and reports. oh no people power will. when these protestors are chanting, they celebrated a small moment of victory when they heard president gotta buy a jap bucks. i had flat, but soon after his early morning escape, the mood turned to anger. thousands of people march to the office of the man they fear could be roger pucks asked successor daniel become a singer. he can gain the power, i can mobilize them really. how did he go past outdoor progressed as when we can throw in the planner and no offense? we come back. that's the plan. he's a master mine and please i am asking for the community. dorn, ga speaker. medina. he's not be just re learning. read on come in response to prime

minister declared a state of emergency saying he was now the acting president. security forces in front of his office, fire, tear gas at protest. us dozens were injured. this teacher needed treatment after being hit on the hat. he travelled 150 kilometers to joined the demonstrations saying the government has ruined the education system. i mean, it's very cunning pox. he's her re in my country. we won't be, no, we're are, we will lose her. me out, numbered security forces failed to disperse, to crowds. a couple of members of her security forces. what looks like the riot police are now being chased away from the primary with our room attacks. my dear again. they are now chased away by the crowd there. leaving protesters managed to break through the gates of the prime minister's office and took over 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 and were greeted by more t a gas put us us, blame both roger packs and we chromosomes. effort a dia stays free lunch is in bankrupt, hardly any fuel. and food shortages lanka, as a country. so it's, it's run by a few families for 7. the kids who are out of the country to be, should be changed for at least these, these major shifts if people revolution should ensure that a new political, social age begins. in sri lanka, until then they have power to remain on the streets and keep close eye on what parliament, which has the power to elect a new president. well, this site in coming days, steadfast and al jazeera, colombo wilson and this is in columbus. she has the latest release because leadership fall out. and after a tense d, with a lot of stand off and clashes

a tear gas gallo, a, we've had a gas notification that basically says president, gotta be a roger boxer, has appointed prime minister runner vicar, missing her as acting president to discharge the duties and functions of the office of the president because he is unable to exercise these duties as he is away from the country. now that does not refer in any way to the resignation that everybody was expecting of present gotta be roger boxer on the 13th of july a. but this gives run, a vicar missing her, essentially the authority that he has been appointed by the president. now the all party leaders did have a meeting and emergency meeting with the speaker of parliament earlier where all of them knew nanny mostly said that prime minister run over commencing her must step down. in fact, they went as far as to tell the speaker that if he doesn't,

that the president must ensure that he sac serrano vicar missing her before the president submits his resignation. so all of this seems to be very carefully choreographed or not exactly a sort of in keeping with what had been promised or indicated to the people to the speaker. but we've had a d, as i said, of clashes of tear gas again, just her. oh this evening we had a sort of protested outside parliament, a complete 3 for all people were running helter skelter, among dozens of tear gas canisters being fired into the crowd. people are being battened. oh baton, charge a barricades being pushed down. so a lot of tension still, and even the fact that run over grimacing has been given the authority. there are still a lot of unhappy people, as with the fact that he is assuming authority right now. joe biden has arrived in

israel on the 1st leg of his 1st visit to the middle east as us president. i was greeted in televi buys, ready prime minister ya, la, pete. but we'll also meet with palestinian deed is in the occupied west bank. now he's been a steadfast supporter of israel for decades and is expected to face questions about the killing of palestinian american gen. the serene apple clay could be help get husband. ah, the purpose of us president joe 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 my continued support. even though i know it's not in the near term interstate solution, i remains in my view, the best way to insure 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, my router boss on friday, palestinians are pushing for the u. s. 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, like 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, the urgent need. yes, oil prices, inflation the urgent need are all eyes who are continuously uncomfortable with

their eyes of the united states and are looking for alternative. well, we'll biden's seat to project american influence with his trip as 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 to ha, getting levy as a political commentator and called mr. tourette's. he says he doesn't believe barton's visit will achieve anything. by the end of the day, i'm afraid to say that he says, this is a triple or photo pl. 2 days. this is a trip which is quite hollow. there's 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 them to establish some kind of image of a state man. but by the end of the day, few hours, the job by then will leave here. it will be totally forgot. ukrainian officials in the eastern hunts regions a russian troops have destroyed food warehouses in the area. moscow claim full control of the hands last week after intense fighting footage on russian state television shows what it says is the aftermath of ukrainian shalley in residential areas. russian forces have been focused on country all of the dumbass region which encompasses the hands, antoinette, sk, united nations, as progress has been made on a deal to secure the export of ukrainian grain. that could go a long way to addressing the global food crisis. the agreement was made during talks mr. bull and evolve, forming a coordination center to ensure the safety of supply routes are diplomatic. added to james bayes has more from 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 his stumble. despite that, the 2nd general of the u. n. is sounding positive in the world darkened by global prizes to they at last we have a ray 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. a day of hope to bring immersion of much needed stability to the global foot system. could you see from this further diplomacy potentially to end the war? these demonstrated depth. 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 un officials war 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. the armed forces have been deployed outside the headquarters of libya's national oil corporation. after it's chairman refused to accept the government's decision. to sack him must the fall saint gala says the prime minister abdul hamid at the base mandate has expired and he has no authority to dismiss him . witnesses a forces outside the corporation are aligned to the prime minister. libby as political crisis, has removed nearly a 1000000 barrels per day from the market. this year while still had here on al

jazeera, former u. k. chancellor ritchie sooner tops the 1st round of the conservative party leadership race to replace outgoing prime minister boris johnson. also, the u. s. looks to gain the upper hand over china in the battle to influence in the pacific. the stories after the break with the journey has begun the fee for world copies on its way to qatar. whoop, your travel package today. hello there. let's look to east asia, it's all about severe thunderstorms and extreme heat. here we've got those seasonal rains pulling out further east, the line of really heavy rain, affecting shangdorf in china. once again where we already have seen flooding. we could see more of that. the korean peninsula seen some wet weather as well. and by the time we get into friday, it will be southern areas of japan that once again,

get a drenching but a lot about whether working its way up into the north. so we are expecting a wet, we tend for tokyo, that's going to get wet in shanghai. we've had temperatures on the up p a well above the average, dangerous heat, even record breaking. by the time we get into the we can, that is going to cool as the what, where the comes in scattered thunderstorms by saturday. no. as we move to south asia, the monsoon rains are in full swing for much of the region, particularly for india, that west coast sing, drenching down. pause now my roster has already seen a month and a half worth of rain. we could see more of that. we've got red alerts out stretching from good to wrap down to kong can and go extending across most central areas. the heavy rain is expected to reach here, push up into new delhi and effect southern areas of pakistan. by the time we get into friday, i saw air with al jazeera

world meets full remarkable bozeman women. survivors. after those closest to them were taken away, never to return some of the 8000 muslin men and boys killed in the cerebral neat some massacre. 27 years ago. heartfelt accounts from those left behind trying to move on from the pain of the past. women who refused to die on out to 0. ah ah, welcome back here what? geology 0 lisa l. robin and dave hall, a reminder of all the top stories a nationwide curfew is evidence for lanka. it was brought home by

a massive protest against the country's leadership. thousands of gathered at the offices of the prime minister, re neal with from a single demanding his resignation. joe biden was arrived at his royal on his 1st visit to the middle east as u. s. president. these promised to advance israel's regional integration, but we'll also meet palestinian leaders in the occupied west bank. and the united nation 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, missed on bold eyeballs forming a coordination center to ensure the safety of supply routes. inflation in the u. s. has reached a new fortier high latest figures show that consumer price is sold by 9 point one percent compared to last year. with the cost of fuel, housing, and food all rising faster than the average income. mike hannah has moved from washington d. c. all major indices were 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 up by 12.2 percent over the year. rent by 5.8 percent. car prices have increased by 11.4 percent. and the largest increase the cost of air travel has risen by 34 percent. all these the foot beated to americans spending more as they emerge from the pandemic shut down. i'm filling it full. i never seen this back. i've been noticing the household products have really shut up to the cell. and i mean, honestly like things that was like 199. you go and now they're like 6 bucks, you know and things. but you need it. good morning at a meeting of house republicans, it's made clear that these speakers will be the cudgel to be to democrats, and the november election. new polling found that nearly 60 percent of americans

say the federal government under democrat one party rule is to blame for today's economic crisis. the, the latest statistics came just ours, up the president invited 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. president biden says the data does not reflect the true impact up 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 volatile 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 other concerns that the economy is slowing down based on the flow economic growth all eyes now in the federal reserve. but economists 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 type is likely to fuel. it might kinda just sierra washington, a video from inside the texas school or bus shooting took place in may, has been released. it appears to show a slow police respond sort of sparked anger amongst the victims families. now survivors of march, the us capital calling for more gun control legislation. particle have report. i a march on capitol hill, demanding the guns, the killed their loved ones are ban flores, his heiress is here. she wants you to remember her daughter jackie killed at her

school in you've all the texas really just just a few words i going to be here forever. but just in case you assess the she sometimes had that little attitude that you know, she, if she knew she believed in something that she was going to fight. she can now see for herself how police responded to her daughter being shot media outlets release in 4 minutes, a security camera footage the edited out the sounds of the children screaming you can clearly see the police arrived 2 minutes after the shooting started. a few approached the classroom door but run away less than a minute later, after shot fires. as the minutes ticked by the shooting continued, the police stand and watch one hand sanitizer. eventually,

a small army of police arrived with both her shield body armor, an automatic weapon, the russian, and killed the gunman. after 75 minutes of waiting, one way, this tape is going to change. the debate is after mass shootings. we often hear republicans say, what's needed for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. this video shows didn't work and evolving. says ours is enraged. the world can see this video before she could. she doesn't know that she'll ever watch it, but she will live with the unbearable question of what her daughter was experiencing for the 75 minute shot. but alive. my daughter, we don't know exactly when she was shot. i'm assuming it was at the very beginning . she was from 111. i don't know, she was shot. i think it was at the beginning, but she survived 77 minutes. she didn't tell you.

she died at the so i don't know. i don't know. i i don't know, but there's a possibility of they have breached that room. my daughter might have, might have survived along with there's quite a bit of others that had non threatening injuries and just bled to death. there is one more thing she would like the world to know about her 9 year old little girl, jackie had heard of gold. she was always looking to help somebody else thought of others before herself. a quality, apparently not on display. here. petty gl haine. al jazeera washington. the us government has pledged to triple its funding for pacific island nations. us vice president campbell harris made the announcement during a meeting of the regions leaders in fiji. it seen as the latest step to counter

china's growing influence. white, hey, reports are from super 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 think back seeking to undermine the rule as or lima and united. the united states announced a funding boost for the pacific islands and a plan to open embassies and carabas and tongue of 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, thought,

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 rod. turn 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 be association and all the assistance of corporation a we've had in the past was enough to to keep the cohesion of the region.

a. unfortunately, jo, everybody's eyes are opening up to, ah, what else there is 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. the protest is in haiti have blocked roads and the capital potter prince. the angry about a critical fuel shortage brought on by a crumbling economy and rampant gang violence. groups of motorcycle drivers blocked into sections in the capital. 2 ships carrying imported fuel have been unable to unload and tank is not delivering because of security concerns. that violin, what they gather every time they want to raise fuel prices village the scarcity, that's not true. i know this stock is no need to cause pain to people,

not they will not be able to do so. i'm only if they are determined to raise oil prices. we will fit the country on fire and they will all disappear and have to probably last whatever matter. i am telling all the people to keep the car at home from tamara, early ambulances, the media, and that, that caused to be allowed to. so believe we need to carry out the revolution of the country, cannot keep on. hundreds of emergency workers in france are battling wildfires across the south west though the blaze is spread due to the heart and windy conditions. about 27 square kilometers, all ready burned. 6 water bama aircraft are being used to dance the flames of the residents and toys have been told to evacuate. part of europe are also experiencing a heat wave with temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius and so barriers and firefighters in spain are working to contain the fire that burned up to 35 square kilometers of land. no hope to be damaged so far, but a few 100 people have been evacuated. already say recent conditions have been favorable to fire fighting efforts, but the blaze continues to pose

a danger to life and property. 700 square kilometers of forest in spain has been so far this year, more than double the average of the last 10 years. in the u. k. conservative politicians have been voting for a replacement of prime minister boris johnson. the former chancellor was she soon ack leads the 1st ballads, but the final winter won't be announced until september that he baba reports from the british capital. aah. 8 a sing along opposite parliament with some cabinet members competing to replace the prime minister, following must resignations within conservative ranks summer wandering. who's really running the country? yes, but inside the commons, boris 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 . i will be meeting with my head held high.

we have a new child's. lo accepted a job from the prime minister on wednesday afternoon and then told him to quit on thursday morning. ah, and the new education secretary, his judy and ministers have literally been giving the middle finger to the public. ah, it is truly the country's loss that they will only be in post for a few weeks. i cannot announce the result of the ballot held this afternoon on wednesday. initial voting by conservative m p. 's narrowed. the field of would be leaders to 6 names are next prime minister, someone gaining momentum is penny mordred, a trade minister and former defense secretary. she's far from a household name, but tipters, the party activists favorite with the next general election. all those opportunities and the vision that the british people had off leading european union will not be

me. we must, we not election. i'm your best saw. i'm the candidate labor but the newly appointed joncelyn deems or how we eliminated as well as form of foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. the results of the final stage of voting among fewer than 200000 conservative members is expected by the 5th of september. so it's 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 the men, whoever they choose, will face huge challenges, not only in reviving the policies fortunes, but in dealing with multiple crises. this winter. nadine, bob, i just era london and you follow the stories on our website is updated throughout the day at al jazeera dot com.