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the speak up to lancaster, parliament confirms the president got to buy a roger packs his resignation has been accepted. ah, hello, i'm down. jordan, this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up china's economic growth. slow shopping to 0.4 percent as widespread locked downs hit industrial activity. i'm consumer spending host indonesia calls on g 20 finance ministers to find common ground to have a catastrophe for low income countries facing soaring food and fuel prices. and us present joe biden signs of decoration with israel, aimed at preventing iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. ah to speak up so long as parliament has confirmed that president go to buy a raja acts as resignation has been accepted. roger paxton had sent a letter on thursday announcing he was stepping down but it had to be authenticated

. he's now in singapore, off to fleeing to the mold eaves on wednesday, under pressure from mounting demonstrations against his presidency protest. us want a new government and the countries deep economic crisis will steadfast and joins us live now from the shoreline can capital colombo step. so the speaker has officially announced that roger packs has resignation, has been accepted, talk us through what more he had to say, ah, blah, there, pretty dramatic week here in this for a long kind, which i gotta buy a bunch of barks. i left the country basically in a political limbo. his resignation is now official. it has been announced by the speaker. he also announced the proceedings. what are gonna happen next? of course, this means that quite ungrateful downfall of the voucher box of family he was going to buy. it was the last of his family to step down. during this said term moral political turmoil caused. so vice economic,

so the family was blamed for getting the country into bankruptcy in the last couple of months was affected by the crisis worldwide food crisis. but also the fact that makes but also blamed. he was blamed for serious mismanagement. so now he is in singapore, he's flat on wednesday morning in the early hours of the morning. he went to the movies and now he is in the singapore. so he resides from a sing for. but that's just the beginning for a lot of people here of this whole process, the parliament speaker has now announced that parliament will complete. on saturday, they have to elect a new prime minister because the currents, the previous prime minister, who is now the acting president, will be sworn in as the interim president, somewhere today. and then they need a new prime minister, which will start the process will start in parliament tomorrow with nominations coming in. that might be a vote as well. and they also will start the process to have this unity government

that they have been calling for, to make sure that all the parties on the are on the same page to handle this serious crisis. the country is going through. and then in a week from now, according to the speaker, new presidents will be voted in by parliament. i'm step. so what is all of this now mean for the protest, this chaotic situation on the streets? the well of course we have seen that unbelievable scenes here. the hundreds of thousands of protesters on last weekend the day a storm to a government building, the presidential residency, his secretary up here behind me, also the prime minister's office. but the moon has not changed since got the body shop box of flats, the country and there was huge clash. police has been firing a lot of the gas at protest. 2 days ago, there were several dozens of injuries. professors have now decided to take

a step back. they want to see where this process is going. we have just spoken to one of the protest lead us. so to say, he says that he, they all want to see the process and parliament evolving now. and they will watch this very carefully because they also say we have 2 demands, go to buy out your bucks, i should resign and also the prime minister. now to he's going to be the interim president become a thing he has to step down as well. and that's not happening, that hasn't happened, and they don't see that happening anytime soon. they say only 50 percent of our demand and not being met. life in columbus that thank you. go to buy a roger, thanks as resignation. marks the end of a turban and presidency that lasted nearly 4 years. it could also put an end to the roger box, a family's multi generational present. centrelink and politics. natasha named looked back at the rise ram full of one of shall anchors,

most controversial leaders. 2 0, the images of protestors lounging in the pool cooking in the kitchen and making themselves at home in the presidential palace. mark the unforgettable and humiliating end to go to buy a raja pack says short lived tenure. a sri lankan president elected in november 2019. he quickly govern the country into a state of destitution and desperation. by the time protesters forced him to resign, the nation had plummeted into an economic crisis with no easy solutions in sight. i leave them a while ago than with another did i think that we have told the most powerful president in the world to go home. we have come year, breathing tear gas, water, cannons, and bloodshed. the protesters have already released a list of demands. they are not requests, these are the people's demands. it was

a stunning reversal of fortunes for roger baxa and his powerful political family. now, he was a 3rd generation politician. his father was a member of parliament and a cabinet minister. his brother served 2 terms as president 2 other brothers also served in the government. russia packs, his supporters credited him with helping to end a 26 year civil war. between the majority in a lease dominated government and the minority tamil tigers. wanted an independent state. and estimated 100000 people were killed. roger packs a rose through the military ranks and served during the beginning of the war. then he emigrated to the united states and worked as an i t specialist and manager of a convenience store. but in 2005, he returned to his homeland to ensure his brother melinda won

a bid to become president roger pox that became the defense minister. and his goal was to end the civil war in 2006, he survived a suicide attack by the tamil tigers. the u. n. accused both sides of committee war crimes. human rights groups accused roger, pac saw a disappearing opposition. activists and journalists, and to 2015, interpol accused him of engaging and corrupt practices to obtain military hardware . he denied all the allegations. but what roger pox i cannot deny is his economic policies and allegations of corruption led to dire shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. whatever good will the island nation of 22000000 once had for him and the roger pox, a dynasty is now long gone. natasha name al jazeera,

so let's bring him brovana fonseca. she's a senior research at the center for policy alternatives and georgia live now from colombo. a good job you with us again a so president roger boxes, resignation is now official. how significant is this on the difference is again to make on the streets if any what he's extremely significant. this is one of the most puzzling do we do as in boy store sri lanka. and under his watch, we saw authoritarianism, men increase repression and corruption, and he refused to leave the office, the spine, months of peaceful protest, calling and demanding for his resignation. so he's fall and he's racing nation, is unprecedented at a time where we've not had a executive president here in the country like this, and then in exile sent me a letter of resignation. sidestream insignificant as you're reporting to kinda the

protest as the mind is not just by his stress ignition. it's also for the recognition of the now actually precedent. ronnie lee promising her and also for system change. these demands have been there for some time ago. so the purpose test will likely continue on you mentioned ronna, witnessing that he were hearing could be sworn in as acting president behind closed doors in the next few hours or so this could happen. but as you say, protest was want him to resign. so that's like a to for the anger, the demonstrators as me. yes, and the whole point is that he can continue to keep this office is going to raise even more wallet to the teen sri lanka. so we need to see a solution which can suffice to be both pressing thanks to protesters and ensure days of peaceful transition of power. now next week, parliament will have an election that is already provided for. so it's very

important the democratic process. these are allowed to happen and parliament chooses the next president by granular incriminating a continuing in office as acting president. he's not going to solve the median problems. how do you see them this political instability playing out? i mean, ordinary people in sri lanka still don't have enough food out of in a few basic amenities. i mean, this crisis won't end overnight just because of the politics. exactly. i mean the economic crisis is mammogram. it's an unprecedented time in sri lanka, and many people are suffering not having food for gas. i mean that this is long. so whoever clicks on this position and forms an injury in government, he's going to have a mammoth task. but it is also critical that whoever forms government also has the trust and confidence of the people serrano premises is not the person who has that confidence by the people. so it's very important that what is formed and hey

happens through a democratic process, listens to the voices of the people is what has been achieved today, only because the people have spoken. so this is something we cannot eat, no, whatever. we just are put in place, but on the let me get up just a final thought from you. i mean, this is a spectacular fall from grace for the roger packs identity in show lanka is the end of the line for their political future. could they come back? well, the raj that's is extremely hot. you late in certain sections of society in sri lanka, even in these crises, we need to recognize that and they have come back from electoral defeat before. so i one right off the right boxes, that this thing tack you las vegas tack you live for, for the right to part of the family. and specifically for good. have a roger baxter. it's going to take a while for them to build back where they were,

but i won't write them off in sri lankan politics, anything but on the forensic a really good to get your thoughts on me. thanks very much and the thank you. thank you. now china's economic growth has slowed sharply as a 0 carbon policy and widespread locked downs hurt industrial activity, and consumer spending. second quarter g d p grew just 0.4 percent compared to the same quarter last year. economists warned the government's full year growth target to 5.5 percent is not achievable. agent bound reports from hong kong. for more than 2 decades, china's economy has been the dependable engine for global economic growth. but that engine is starting to splutter. he can, he can see that the world's 2nd largest economy is slowing and president changing pings 0 tolerance cove at 19 campaign is being blamed. 30 months after it began, but in whoo, han, last month he signaled that it was

a price worth paying. given the low vaccination rate, no country in the world is able to get it down to 0. so how is china going to be able to do that, particularly with its low vaccination? right? it seems a very toy odom earlier this year. business activity and shanghai was brought to a standstill for weeks creating calles and food shortages. now the business and logistics hub is struggling to contain another outbreak with households advised to stuck up on 2 weeks of food and medicine. while many countries are trying to live with cove at 19, along with its multiple supp variance, china, it seems, will not be joining that list anytime soon. and so for now, the economy remain stuck in a stop stop pattern. this week the government has released another batch of economic and trade statistics, but they don't necessarily reflect what's really happening to the economy. says one skeptical analyst, i think as a, as the reference as

a reference. but like all of fishes, the physics we, analysts can help trying to figure how it correctly in terms of that. i think that the key the think of the does matter though is the one for and you'll economic growth. that this year, china's leaders set at 5.5 percent. i think that's going to be very hard to achieve because there are so many headwinds. at the moment we have inflation taking off around the world. maybe the world economy might sink into recession. so that means a chinese export markets could well collapse with millions of people confined to their homes. consumer confidence is flat. that's why inflations hovering around 2 and a half percent low compared to the us and europe. the uncertain economic path is unfolding in a politically sensitive year after the 20th party congress in november, president, she expects to secure an historic 3rd term. adrian brown al jazeera hong kong.

let's come here now. does air including russian missiles hit a city and central ukraine killing at least $22.00 people, including jewel monroe springs. ah hello. they will have a look at africa in a moment, the 1st to the middle east and it's hot, it's dry. and a little bit dusty. we've got gusty winds blowing down iraq into saudi arabia, kicking up a sandstorm or 2, but it does look relatively quiet, much quiet down in the south, just a bit of popcorn cloud lingering around if you showers into yemen, anna, man. but we are watching a swirling area of low pressure this expected to work its way into eastern areas of oman. secondly, by the time we get into monday, now the heat dominates across northern north western areas of africa,

places like morocco and algeria, but of dust been kicked up as well. so horace, sand from those blustery winds was however, across the central band of f. we are seeing some fierce thunderstorms rolling across the likes of molly, as well as chad in the days to come. by the time we get to saturday, it will be nigeria that sees some of that torrential rain. now further south of this is much dryer across western areas of southern africa. we are seeing a trail of showers, pull in the likes of mozambique touching into zimbabwe. but further south of this, you can see that clear skies things aren't going to change. however, for cape town, we have got a cold front bringing in rain, certainly by monday. ah, al jazeera world meets full remarkable bows. new women survives after. those closest to them were taken away,

never to return some of the 8000 muslin men and boys killed in the cerebral neat so massacre. 27 years ago haunt filter comes 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 to your mind about top stories this hour, the speak up sure. and because parliament is confirmed, the president got to buy a raja paxis resignation has been accepted. roger pox is now in singapore to fling to the movies on wednesday under pressure. the mounting demonstration is over an unprecedented economic crisis. china's economic growth has slowed sharply with the

2nd quarter. g, d p increasing just 0.4 percent compared to the same quarter. last year, economy has gone to pressure due to with 0 current policy and widespread locked down. let's speak to andrew leon. he's an international and independent china strategist to join us live now via skype from hong kong. andrew, good job, back with us. i mean analysts, i predicted that china's g d p for cost of i think is around 5.5 percent. it was extremely ambitious and never really achievable much trouble if china's economy really well, according to the world bank, it's all cost. i'm definitely point by the question. i bet it would be $4.00 according to well i'm and then this year 2022 at best about something like 2 percent. so the reason is that because all these factors you mention that there is the

a team that makes the bigger the support dynamic 0 part of strategy plus a lot of external uncertainties. group sample the ukraine or with advisors, and they should affecting as well why and a trade war, technology war and 360 degrees back by the united states. china as a competitor for a play. yeah, but andrew, many people say that china 0 co policy is pretty much so conflicted that much impact did this happen on output and consumer spending? do you think? well, this is a supply better change

a lot now, and it also affects the quality people on the street and obviously with the whole kind of various other sectors inequality an equally effective including construction. and so, and so i think that there is a better understanding of the sample and it's 0 strategy is not absolute. 0 is b for trends early action early i. ringback so thank you. thank you. and to mention a while almost back a couple eventually, but it ok, let's look at the big picture for a 2nd. and i mean, rising global inflation and a drop in consumer spending means fewer exports, but china, i want it is beijing about this gloomy economic outlook and the possibility of even

global recession. i think that the gain, it's relatively, i know, even if i learn what the bank is, that is on demand is a very strong o. s for the company that bought united states and the trade. ready that all is going on. i looked at it in 2021 last year, export from china to the united states. actually please find somebody like 20 percent and the export to the rest of the world. so you have a whole whole of for the best interest actually last year and also the beginning of this year. so this suggests inside us all right. as straight as this as the center of the pool and swipe a j remade was and just

a final thought you, i mean china would be having its 20th party congress in november president. she expects to secure an historic 3rd term as president is the uncertain economic picture like the overshadow that congress do you think? overshadow it. ah, but it won't erase it because there's no go though other competitor to see the bank . in fact, this kind of wish to secure the co, ah, is that they do, i mean he had data seated, you know, for shame debug limit on, at last year 2 years ago. and he backed up during this time, no competitor or would be successful. ah, what see anyway, i get back the e concentration of power ensure that tara. ready behavior musta r o z a. our odd in china on campus that eat falls out. realize it's charted 3 ah, why am okay in the middle,

the st. angela really good to get your thoughts. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. 100 now global food crisis, soaring inflation and a gloomy economic outlook are the focus of g 20 meetings in bali where finance chiefs, for most of the world's largest economies are holding talks. jessica washington report in bonnie's resort district of new said, do a finance ministers from gee 20 countries are preparing to discuss a troubling issue. state of the global economy. i made soaring food and energy costs. us treasury secretary, janet yellen, once russia to be held accountable. it's troubling to see how the war is contributing to higher energy costs. food insecurity and hunger for the most vulnerable globally, yellen will use the meeting hosted by indonesia to push for a designated price on russian oil aimed at pressuring moscow to rent its invasions

. it will also aid in maintaining the global supply of oil, helping put downward pressure on prices for consumers and america and globally. economic impact of the war in crane has sent commodity prices soaring people all over the world are battling with the rising cost of living. a result of high inflation supply chain disruptions had been aggravated by the war. in the midst of a gloomy global economic outlook, indonesia has stressed the need for unity in the lead up to these meetings, president joker were dodo want. millions of lives are at stake. it governments can find solutions to the ongoing food crisis. the u. n. development program has found more than 70000000 people have been plunged into poverty since the war began . among those struggling is jakarta based small business owner 50 on. she's been the sole bread winner since her husband lost his job last year. now ballooning

expenses mean she's struggling to keep her laundry business open and her family fed . that's how long that there were rising prices are making life so difficult. everything keeps going up and price. analysts say low income households have been hit particularly hard 1st by the pandemic. and now with mounting inflation. this inflation aah can also push of people who weren't in the poverty line and not being able to afford some of the their basic needs as well. the international monetary fund is projecting a further downgrade in its next global economic forecasts. a prediction that will no doubt be weighing on the minds of delegates at the g 20 meeting. jessica washington al jazeera bonnie and host indonesia is calling on july 20 finance ministers to find common ground. javert catastrophe for low income countries. fuels

hot dis, i'm floating around the world and we are seeing this is have a huge political and social implication in st. america gotten our battle a quiet daughter and elsewhere. these thought big is due to the high gas prices. is really, really an issue that is threatening our recovery. the world is in the middle of nova energy crisis. the war as well as come under the price increase, could worsen the global inflation spike and increased further social instability . a russian astride has killed at least 23 people in one of ukraine's largest city has been it's yeah. many of us were injured as missiles hit, residential buildings and businesses. alan fisher reports from keith, a desperate dash to save a life, pulled from the debris after

a russian missile strike in the toner v needs. so it was mid morning when 3 explosions ripped through an office building and to residential blocks. the area was packed. the number of dead and injured significant president vladimir zalinski called it an act of terrorism junior. could a russian rockets hit our city vinegar, a typical peaceful city. cruise missiles hid civilian buildings, destroyed residential blocks, a medical center. and there is a fire, cause were on fire trams. this is a particular criminal act of russian terror. it cannot be done by humans. there barbarians if the ukrainian claims are correct and what was fired with caliber cruise missiles from a submarine that adds to their allegation, that civilians are being deliberately targeted. because these messages are known to be incredibly accurate. rarely straying more than 4 meters away from the intended target. the attack came just hours after ukraine's foreign minister renewed calls

for a special tribunal to investigate, alleged russian war crimes. speaking to a meeting of europe's judicial authorities, the metro caliber says there should be coordination with existing agencies. we have heard a number of reservations since day 1st floated in the early march. most of them expressed concern that this effort could replace existing international courts and through the laws 1st weakening them. i want to clearly illiterate. we did not have any such intention. countries at the ukraine accountability conference agreed the investigation into the war could take years. but say it's important, any one responsible for any atrocities must be held to account. russia denies it is committed war crimes during what it calls, special military operations in ukraine. alan fisher al jazeera heave. the u. s. is welcome. the saudi arabia's decision to open its air space to all civilian carriers, including flights to and from israel,

as comes ahead of jo biden's visit to saudi arabia when earlier in israel biden. and is ready, prime minister yale appeared, signed a non binding declaration to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. biden also restated the u. s. position on a 2 state solution for israel and palestine. you'll meet palestinian president, muffled abbas in the occupied west bank in the coming hours before traveling to saudi arabia. molly's transitional government has ordered the temporary suspension of troop rotations by the un peacekeeping missions, citing security reasons. the suspensions expect to the last until it talks are held to coordinate a new agreement. the move comes after marley's government arrested. 49 ivory and soldiers on sunday. the ledges the soldiers were mercenaries looking to trouble the government. yeah, rico says the troops were hired by a private company to support the union's peacekeeping mission.