and portugal are also battling wildfires, and at least one person has died. there is a drought in spain. water reserves have shrunk more than 20 percent this year because all he beside ourselves. but how we going to wind up either we see a lack of water or a desert. why, it's not so much for us, but for our children and grandchildren when the conditions have made it impossible for barley and wheat farmers to take full advantage of the rising cost of cereals. than that though, what i'm thinking when the benefit there would be a loss of 30 to 40 percent and in some areas of the province of light, we're talking about 607080 percent loss meteorologist. say climate change is making both drought and heat waves. more frequent spaniards aren't expected to get much relief from the high temperatures until sunday. natasha n a. l da 0. ah,

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2 topics that have been dominating the headlines, a spiraling crisis since re lanka, and in the u. k. the stunning fall of prime minister boards, johnson, and the race to succeed him. and these are 2 huge stories. i know all of you in our audience, have a lot of thoughts on so chat with us on youtube, and i'll bring your comments and questions into the program. let's start 1st in sri lanka, an island nation in the worst crisis since independence is under a state of emergency on become less savvy. i've been informed by the president that since the president is out of the country, his appointed prime minister renelle looked from a single under clause $37.00 to $1.00 of the constitution to carry out his duty through an argument that there was no way the president could stay in the country. he has been in hiding all this time, so he will have to live out of the country. but just because he has left doesn't mean the struggle is over. i mean, if he has robbed, then the struggle will continue until all is confiscated. as protesters will we

have to say is that he is not going to escape just because he's left the country about, well, me the man i see the sense i feel that these are our historical assets. we must safeguard them. it would be a good thing or steps taken to preserve these. it is a good thing. people are allowed to come in and see because we will not be able to see what's in here. otherwise. erica, worried about a non been in many sri lanka, is a rapidly moving story. but for now, the prime minister is the acting president of the country. and protesters remain passionate that new leadership is needed to pull the country out of the economic and political chaos. here to unpack the story is the tireless michelle, fernandez al jazeera correspondent in sri lanka. ah, i manella, i want to ask you, i mean, he's expected the president, i should say to travel to singapore it's, it's quite a mess he's left behind and you know, i'm wondering, do you anticipate firstly that he will resign after our landing and singapore as,

as many are hoping are expecting him to well, given the sort of a rise in full of the roger boxes and the kind of different strategies if adopted. there is no saying what he'll do in terms of that resignation. for example, when, when everybody was asking when he would resign, if he would resign through the speaker, he made a statement giving the 13th of july deadline the wednesday. and they came and went. and no one has seen that resignation is yet. so there were reports, you know, he fled the country to the motives inability jet. and then we heard during the course of the day that from the mall davis, he was flying to singapore, potentially not his final destination. that again, there's a lot of speculation over the way exactly, he added, but one sort of is waiting to see what exactly he hopes to do. there are those who

think that he's using the resignation as a sort of a bargaining chip until he gets to his final destination. because man, bear in mind that as president, there is a certain clue of presidential immunity and the moment that is lost, then he does open himself to prosecution or detention on certain charges or whatever it is that is left wide open. so obviously there are reasons and strategies behind this decision. certainly that makes a lot of sense. and, you know, we of course know that the source of this anger that has been boiling is really about, you know, high levels of corruption, that economic situation in the country. and protesters are, you know, remaining in the streets and in the palace. and when they broke through those gates, a lot of them were quite shocked by just the level of opulence and luxury. one resident shared her thoughts have a listen amino we ended the premises and now we just came out and asked me,

what is the a lot of stuff that has been going on inside. i mean, a lot of my people have been suffering for so many days, and all along of a silicone for us is on mr. gordon. garage box, jack. i'd been doing a lot. judy is nice. so he had all of it is necessary for a common man in our country while the rest of us suffering. so people are waiting and basic lines manella for basic. good. not basic lines i should say. and lines for basic goods are being rationed. this anger is, do you anticipate that there could be more violence or more unrest? what needs to happen now to stabilize the situation? basically the sort of vacuum that's been left by all of this uncertainty, the president a sensually of 1st going underground. when those protestors over and his official residence, nobody knew what his intentions were, then we had the announcement over resignation. but then again the days come and

gone and we still don't have a resignation. in the meantime, a, you have the prime minister that go to essentially appointed to replace his brother my him, the roger pucks himself a candidate that according to the people has no legitimacy or credibility. he's a man running become a senior very, as you politician with a great amount of political expedients, but someone who was voted out of parliament. this is a guy that president go to roger pucks abroad in yes, very well accepted, very energized, educated, and a goodridge rappel with the international community with western nations. but at the same time for the people of this country, they have very clearly spoken and said they don't want him. so with all this background, you know, they do not want to be taken for right again. i mean,

that's what i hear across the board when we get onto the street. that for a long time that the people of this country have sort of literally being the claim they, they say they've been cheated, they've been dropped. the countries been dropped by politicians because not only have the mismanage, the economy. corruption has been rampant. right. so they've really been, you know, lining their own pockets at the expense of the country. yeah. and you know, you know, when we talk about about that disparity, i mean, you know, the stakes are so high we heard in early july, the energy manage it minister said that 3 lanka has less than a days worth a few left. and these sorts of alarm bells. i mean, i'm wondering why you haven't covered this on the ground. we've heard multiple reports of civilians crashing with police tear gas of course has been used a you know, what can you share with us about what might happen? and in the absence of, you know, not just the resignation, but uh,

real clear leadership. and in the coming weeks from an economic perspective, do you anticipate the violence to increase? well, one certainly hope not because to be really honest. when this campaign started, the go go, the go to go home campaign as they called it, which was very much a sort of a grass rude reaction to the country. literally facing such a bad economic crisis and prison go to be roger boxer was the sort of point, man, that was the target of all the anger at that stage 3 monk of, you know, in protest outside the presidential, secretary of the presidential office. what people were angry about was that one of this had been, you know, known that it could have been prevented. we have economists, we have opposition with people in parliament who for almost a year and

a half. and some even longer than that, have been wanting should have been warning the leadership that we were on a pot to a very, very dangerous place. particularly when president of roger poxel, one that overwhelming victory in 2019 and he had a few months to go for a general election. one of the things he did was lashed taxes by a huge amount and that at that stage, you know, there were huge alarm bells that were wrong by economists. they said this is a disaster waiting to happen. they didn't, they didn't listen. there was a ban on chemical fertilizer, so a lot of things that people said weren't the best interests of the country, but they went ahead nonetheless. and i think that's where the anger lies. that this did not need to happen. but in addition to maybe pure arrogant and pick handedness,

not listening to people who knew this subject, that the allowed this to happen. but also one key point is that there also has been an issue of bad luck to be frank with, you know, from 2019 the bomb attacks. the easter bowman tax, which had tourism, followed by the pandemic. obviously that really brought tourism to his knees and great that you've obviously had all those economic indicators, really sort of a setback and with the base management and corruption it with a recipe for disaster. and you know, when we talk about what might be coming next, there was a time when i think there were 2 brothers to nephew is you know, many, many members of the same family in government at the same time. and i'm curious, you know, those tax issues you were discussing leading to the fuel crisis. they've done, tried to make certain efforts, as you said, to change the work week, for example, to 4 days. but it hasn't worked. so we'll leave probably say it was too late as you

say, so, so will these protests lead to bigger changes in how the country is run? let's take a look and then i want to get your thoughts on that mental ah, there's also been a call body dependency. the concentration of so much in one individual. so hopefully they really like someone with the agreement that is going to be a symbolic vision until such time that institutional changes can be brought for them to abolish things. because the presidency now from a macro perspective, just so you know, one of the comments in are you to section is asking, what is their true desire. i believe it should be a new ruling, of course that there needs to be a departure from the past. is that realistic in the coming months?

well, the signs are and this is what again is angering people so much. if you look at the changes that prison go top, where roger pox had tried to pass off as he's respond to these protests and demands name to step down. essentially was the same or people just with a different sort of recording. and that's what they're angry about. even with prime minister on the vicar missing, and the cabinet he brought in, it was the same old faces. and this is what she lunk, and want to get away from the sea. they talk about system change. they talk about the need to overhaul this mindset. this sort of corruption that they've seen for decades. some people say that ever since independence for more than 70 years, that the people of this country have just had the same. still the same sort of the same person but package differently. and that those politicians

have just been bleeding the country dial dry lining their own pocket. and you know, when we talk about the international monetary fund and others who have been supporting other lenders, you know, sri lanka, being part of the problem is we've identified as a how much they've borrowed. so moving forward, i mean, do you think that the opposition is going to be able to co last they've cor last against an enemy, but actually be able to support each other to lead 3 lanka out of the economic lea? well, she'll anchor certainly has the knowledge, the specialism, the skills, not just within the country itself. but we have a huge resource of people who serve in other countries who work in other countries who are willing to help. but most of these people have a little bit of a sort of a hands off approach because in the last few years they haven't really had

a much response when they have i the offered to help. busy or the help has been taken just to sort of patch things up. and you know, the same old thing has continued. so the international monetary fund itself has issued a statement about shall anchor saying they hope that they'll be quick resolution of the ongoing issues. so that they can get back to negotiations for a bailout, for sure. i mean, our appreciate you bring them out. one last point, very quickly. if you may, a lot of people on youtube asking us, we hear about what's happening in the capital, the protests, what's happening in other parts of the country. anything worthy? well, even in russia lanka, all in other parts of the country, other than the sort of capital and sort of major urban centers, people are struggling because that that whole issue of the chemical fertilizers been, i hit the farmers, the agriculture community in

a huge way. so their income levels have also suffered by a great, great deal. and this is something that is really affecting people. the cost of living across the boards is going through the roof. and people are really finding it difficult to make ends meet. whether that's in the capitol or elsewhere, certainly, and time is of the essence, as always. thank you, man. now for your time today, you can follow all the updates to the sri lanka story on al jazeera. now from one political crisis to another. we had to the u. k, where a power vacuum has several members of the conservative party racing to the top of its leadership. someone has to grip that conservative em pays, aiming to whittle down a wide field of candidates to just to buy next thursday. then over the rest of july and august, the parties to 100000 members. we'll choose the next leader and prime minister, i'm and it's a time schedule. but they want all this done by early september of

a so wide open race. and ultimately, the conservative party can be worried about the, the blue and blue attacks. i think that doesn't look good to be wider electorates like them. they're going to want to try and shorten that as much as they can. and it looks like she's cigna. he is the front runner, and he is a man to catch lots to discuss today we're joined by kevin crag. he is political communications specialist and a former labor counselor. kevin, thank you so much for being with us. i want to start by just kind of asking you the obvious question are the names are being dwindled down in terms of the context for tory leadership. what's the latest? it's a fast moving us story. it's a very fast moving story. today's been a historic day in british politics because we now have a reduced number of candidates. we have to clarify 6 candidates remaining, and i think realistically only for those 6 of a chance of winning richey soon. that is a leading the way. but it's really historic, actually because previously and i've worked in around politics for 25 years in this

country, you always knew who was going to win a leadership context, whether it's a conservative party or labor, you knew, right? you knew with data net, you do not know what's going to happen. and on monday, this coming monday in the u. k. this final 6 candidates will be whittle down to 2. and then those to go to the 200000 conservative party members who will be effectively to sell, i think for the 65000000 of the rest of us and, and crazy time. and so we don't know what's gonna happen. and you're saying that's different than times past. i'm curious. do we know who is leading it seems amongst the politicians that richie soon i can certainly the most popular, but perhaps amongst the public. that's not necessarily true. who do you think? oh, would you put your money on while i've been telling people for, for some days now, if i the favorites i think to win this contest is

a politician called penny mordant, currently, a 2nd in the race to day off to the m p 's vote. but she is the problem that richie soon at kaz is that yes, he's leading amongst members of parliament, westminster. but he is no in near the top of what the conservative members take. so westminster corridors today are full of negotiations. and plots is richie's team, which has got the most number of people in it. he's very well resourced, and he will be trying to get a candid or in the last 2 that he feels uncomfortable that he's going to bates. and i understand that penny more on his pitching herself as sort of a team player. and perhaps we can discuss that more her chances. but, but sticking to our former finance minister richie sooner or is he sure that, you know, he has plans that he's saying he's going to get the u. k. out of the economic hall and talking about the taxes but, but our british citizens ready are even able to be more patient as inflation

continues to go up and costs are rising. i mean, let's, let's listen to what he said. and i want to come back to our kevin i have the plan to steer our economy through these headwinds. we need a return to traditional conservative economic values, and that means honesty and responsibility, not fairytales, it is not credible to promise lots more spending and lower taxes. i had to make some of the most difficult choices of my life as chancellor in particular, how to deal with our debt and boring off to cove it. i have never hidden away from those. i certainly won't pretend. now, the choices i made and the things i voted for was somehow not necessary and walls that may be politically inconvenient for me. it is also the truth. as is the fact

that once we've gripped inflation, i will get the tax burden down. it is a question of when not if so, kevin, he's, you know, certainly proved himself as the 1st to quit. the cabinet may be odd that might make him seem like a more viable candidate. but there's also a lot of controversy about his wife, his relationship with her dodging taxes perhaps. or what can you share with us about how significant that is? well, it, it is significant because in the u. k, we've had, you know, the boyish johnson premier ship, his one i would characterize as a hugely missed opportunity for him. huge parliamentary majority. and he's a road to trust a loss and he's lost the confidence of his colleagues. now richie has his own problems, as you've alluded to, he's an extremely wealthy guy and, and,

and his family's very wealthy at, on that shouldn't be any barriers public office. i believe that, but the conservative party are thinking strategically, the british public law countries across the world, the al jazeera viewers have heard the british public is tired, people are struggling to pay their bills every month in the u. k. this year, over 2000000 people of defaulted on one form of bail, whether it's utilities, credit cards, whatever. i'd richie that wasn't a bad clip we just showed from him there, but actually, he's not universally popular with his own policy. they think that he is a little bit right. he like to close to labor. well, the members, he's not, he's not going to win. you know, in the next british liter, clearly faced as a daunting series of tasks ahead of him as you said, you know, oh or her, forgive me of course, most certainly, no, i appreciate that. but, but you know, we have a comment. let me, let me share it with you. it's from andrew ryan on youtube saying it will be hard to replace someone with boris is correct. uh huh. but they will essentially have

the same politics referring to whoever's as to come next. and, you know, because he mentions are prime minister boys johnson, i'm on wednesday during questions in parliament, boris johnson address the issue of his leaving are being forced to leave. take a look and it's certainly true. it's certainly true that i leave not at the time of my choosing. i absolutely true. i'm proud of the fantastic team that has been involved in nationally and internationally. i'm. it's a speaker. i'm also proud of the leadership that i have given. i will be meeting with my head held high. his head held high. do you do you by it, kevin?

ah, let i'm. i'm going to try and be the professional political advisor. we are to clients pale. emma, i don't buy that, boris johnson is a very tarnished brand and he's doing everything behind the scenes. he can to stop richie soon winning because he's properly unhappy with the row that richie soon not had in his downfall. so let's, let's look behind that. p r there, there's a lot of very divisive conflict with my rent conservative party, and they, they need to think very carefully because labor has its most impressive leader for years. and so he saw, but at an on that know, kevin, i want to stop you because i'm curious i, we've heard penny more on say that the conservative party had lost its sense of self. and she also vowed to return this kind of value system of small state low tax, personal responsibility. do you think the boy johnson's legacy will continue beyond his, his time as prime minister? no. and again, it's that i'm not making a political point. i say it's a point of,

of advice and counsel that i give to clients. currently he will not have a very significant legacy above the fact that he did a good job with ukraine. it's a wasted opportunity because he's one of the few british prime ministers and we've had quite a few in recent years. he's not leave and because of policy, he's leaving because his own character personality, deceased is an integrity. ultimately his own party lost faith in it. you'll be out as a reviewer. there is, is right, that, that will be a similar policy agenda and by a british politics, sorry, just say it's personality and character. i christmas are really important. and kevin, very quickly, johnson is facing cause to leave downing street. i think before to september 6th, is that likely? is that accurate? i i, i think he should, but in reality it's actually not far now. it's 7 weeks or so. i think he'll end up staying in office because i think the conservative party will have i off to mondays,

6 becoming too candidates. but i think i will go to a vote with those 2 racier penny, who it, who had when and, and not face off. but you had it here 1st. ok, richie is going to face pen. my router are a, she's going to wait, right? we're, we're running out of time, you know that it's going to be that maybe we don't know who's going to win, kevin, but thank you for sharing your insights with us. remember at home, if you have a story making news in your part of the world, you can always tweet us at a stream. see you next time. ah, african countries have struggled to reclaim many of the artifacts taken by european colonizers. and this is our experience of our identity. in the final part of this new series, museums and collectors,

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