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woods this time at this year's open championship woods int he is on the final, hollis and andrews, as he missed the half way. ah, us president joe biden has just landed in jetta in saudi arabia, on the 1st ever flight by the american leader from israel to the kingdom biden will meet saudi king sal man and his hair crown prince mohammed then summoned over his today visit. the trip is seen as a chance to smooth relations frayed by biden's criticisms of saudi arabia during his 2020 presidential campaign on top of the president's agenda. engender will be getting a saudi arabia to pump more oil to bring down global prices. biden is also expected to discuss iran and efforts to prevent terran from acquiring nuclear weapons. it's

part of a wider drive for greater security corporation or biden is expected to make the pitch to reach ally does at a gulf corporation council meeting engender on saturday, which are in the snow. here in the studio is our white house correspondent. kimberly how can turn kimberly, when it comes to saudi arabia, then what really is the main purpose of this visit? the main purpose of this visit, the main purpose of this trip really was one thing. and one thing only in that was just talk to the saudi kingdom to get it to pump more oil to increase supply. and in turn for that to bring down the price of oil. and that would in turn lower the price of energy and fuel in the united states. because right now it's at a record high in the united states. americans are struggling to feel their vehicles tanks. and this is a problem for the president. that's why he's here,

but we have just heard from the white house press secretary, carrine jean pierre. she has been goggling as we call it on air force one. and she has said, don't expect any sort of bilateral announcement on oil. in fact, this was echoed by the national security advisor jake sullivan. they were speaking with reporters and they're saying that they are going to discuss this with the saudi king. they're going to discuss this with the crown prince. and this is going to be discussed with the g, c, c plus 3 and a energy, some of the movie taking place on saturday. so this is enormous. this is, this is the headline right now, is that the main reason the president is coming ultimately to try and, and get some sort of resolution in these oil prices is likely to not be resolved on this trip. that is a problem for this precedent. and given what you said, and how important is this for his domestic audience in the u. s. when you consider how much people are struggling with, with the cost of fuel prices,

this is going to be a problem for the precedent. you have to remember we are at 41 year highs in terms of inflation. 9 point one percent. it is higher than anyone predicted is higher on the white house expected. not only that the president left washington, and so he seen as being absent when americans are struggling. that is not a good look. add to that. not only is the president not addressing the problem in the eyes of some americans, but he's got congressional elections looming. so if he doesn't address this and it now appears, we've just heard that he's going to come back empty handed in terms of resolving this issue. americans are going to be increasingly frustrated. and for this president, the reason that's a problem is he has low approval ratings. his approval ratings right now are not much higher than another very unpopular president, donald trump, who was his predecessor. so he doesn't have much time to bring these ratings up.

given the fact that he has these congressional elections in november, his democratic party needs to keep control of congress if they are to continue his legislative agenda. okay, well let sir crossover too. were he, j crowded usa, former us assistant secretary of state. so he joins us from alexandra in virginia. thanks for being on the program with us. so we see these pictures coming, lied live from jetta. let me ask you 1st, then that historically u. s. presidents have found it difficult to balance what they need with what critics might say are human rights considerations. what would you say to that? no doubt, no. that presence of always had to balance real politic on the one hand and human rights. on the other of this visit is no different, as was just said,

this visit would not be happening, were not for the crisis in ukraine, and no doubt, you know, the president needs to find a way to reduce the economic uncertainty here at home. but also when you look abroad, this trip is very important to long term sustainment of the international effort to put pressure on russia. if we were going to continue to apply russia or sanctions against russia, then over tie of your energy prices need to come down and energy supply needs to go up. and you can't do that without the cooperation of saudi arabia and the other gulf countries. so to what extent do you think there are overlapping interests here? what kind of tone would you expect these meetings to actually have? there are absolutely overlapping interests. energy is one of this is always been at

one level, a transaction relationship where the gulf gets security. you know, the west of gets energy that's, that's still true. obviously, in the backdrop, there is on the one hand, you know what to do about iran, as the present lands in chicago. i think he still desires to restore the nuclear deal, but those negotiations appear to have stalled and, and the other is the, is not to under my under, under state the importance of, of this direct flight from jerusalem to shadow that he wants to continue the momentum you know, to more significantly integrate israel into the region, politically, economically, and militarily, when indeed, a lot of symbolism there, as you say, with that direct flight, i mean, will all the issues be on the table at these meetings such as the u. s. approach to

iran and russia absolutely are off on iran, it's, it's, you know, for example, you know, what can the region do to reduce tensions? there have been some, you know, direct talks of between regional leaders and iranian leaders, including by saudi arabia. i'm sure the president will encourage that as well. and the presence also mindful that, you know, while the united states has withdrawn a lot of troops, you know, from the region, he still has to reassure leaders that the united states has the regions back. not only you because that's a direct interest to the united states, but also to forestall geopolitical gains in the region by russia and china. when indeed, so won't move biden hope to take away from this trip. i think it's to reassure that, you know, while we've reduced our presence in the region, no,

no conflict in iraq has been greatly reduced united states as withdrawn from afghanistan. the united states still has a major security interest in the region. and we'll look for ways to continue to improve the regents capability. you know, to defend yourself with support, you know, from united states. i think he wants to, among other things, reassure the leaders of the united states still considers the middle east important even as it's it focuses a great deal of attention on the situation and russia and china. i mean, how difficult is it for the president biden to balance what he does internationally with his domestic audience they're, they're, they're, they're in separate. i mean, the president is, is that is the global leader of but obviously a home politics does play a role. and as was said, you know, and he has important mid term elections coming up. and that's going to set the tone

for the next 2 years. and also, you know, may be a driving factor in whether he seeks or reelection in 2024. so here he is the world's most powerful leader, but he's always looking at that through the context of a to them domestic political bands. and as we wait for the president to come off and for swan, i mean a direct flight to gender. how symbolic was that? it's very, very important, and i think it just under scores that, you know, joe, joe biden is making his 1st trip, you know, to the region as president. and the region has changed dramatically since he made his last trip to the region as vice president. and so i think this will be an opportunity for him to, to kind of take stock of that and, and that this will definitely shape your

u. s. policy for the next months and years has u. s. policy changed that much though over the years when you consider the successive trips to the region from different presidents there is this always great continuity? oh, you know, in terms of us interests in region, you know, what has changed since the united states as far fewer troops in harm's way today in the region that's, that's actually very important, you know, and, and the other is this aspect of normalization of relations. you know, with, with the region what's specific countries, and obviously that's where the interaction between joe biden, mohammed been saw mom will be vitally important, you know, to the extent that saudi arabia, you know, continues to inch towards a closer relationship, a more overt relationship with israel it will be mohammed been saw mom that ultimately makes that decision as to what the nature of the israeli saudi

relationship will be. ok, a p. j. crowley, a former u. s. assistant 2nd state. thank you very much for that. today, here on al jazeera, we're going to bring in our white house correspondent kimberly hallett again as we see, the president head meeting dignitaries, hair surge, or the live pictures for us. i mean, kimberly is not that long ago that he was pledging to make the kingdom a pariah. so how does he square that with what we can see here now? well, in fact, this is a question that was asked of the white house press. secretary crane john pierre. and she had a very straightforward answer. she said that this was a strategic decision by the president to make this trip that the president has always been very straightforward. and candid when it comes to discussing the issue of human rights and that this trip will be no different that the president will not shy away from bringing out these issues that he believes in direct diplomacy. but

at the same time, he also doesn't believe in discussing this in the press. and so any sort of difficult discussions she said will be held up behind closed doors. and so what she's talking about specifically is the uncomfortable conversation that could take place between the u. s. president and the saudi crown prince. muhammad been solomon given the fact that us intelligence, namely the cia has suggested in his report that he may have ordered the killing of the washington post journalists shamarka shoji, back in 2018. and so this is what the u. s. media has been heavily focused on are watching very carefully to see the interactions between the crown prince and also the u. s. president. ah, the white house is said that they are focused on meetings, not greetings, but still, will it be a handshake? will we even get to see it?

there's been a lot of speculation that this might even be hidden from the media. there's been a lot of vagueness about this and so there's a bit of uncertainty. what we can tell you though, again, is that when it comes to this relationship, this is one that goes back decades of the u. s. president has defended this. in fact, he did so in an editorial in the united states. he believes that there are a strategic value and he believes that that is what he is going to do is to reassert us interests at a vital time for security reasons that he is going not to disrupt policy. and that there may be some disruption as a result of this, an incident that i'm referring to. but at the same time he believes that the time now is not to recalibrate that relationship, but instead to get it on track. ok. kimberly how could to, for now thank you for that as we continue to see those pictures of the president. so over united states arriving in georgia there, he's expected to have

a bilateral meeting with king salmon been up to the says assailed at the uh, ssl, emerald palace, and then a participate in a working session with crown prince. mom had been sold on and saudi ministers of course, will bring you more on this as we get it here on of 0. now, before leaving for saudi arabia hasn't biden traveled to the occupied westbank. biden's promised aid for palestinian the hospitals. he told the palestine and president my food at bass at the time was not yet right to try to restart a peace process with the israelis. whether he reminded his hosts that he had been one of the earliest supporters of a 2 state solution. my commitment to that goal of a tuesday solution has not changed. and all these years to states along the 1967 lines were mutually agreed to swaps,

remained the best way to achieve equal measure of security, prosperity, freedom and democracy for the palestinians as well as israelis, palestine, and people deserve a state of her own that's independent sovereign viable and contiguous, you know, there must be a political horizon at the palestinian people can actually see where at least feel . we can allow the hopelessness cecile away the future that so many of worked toward for so long. so even if the ground is not right at this moment, to restart negotiations, united states and my administration will not give up on trying to bring the palestinians israelis and both sides closer together. or joining us now here in the studio in doha is our 0 as the senior political analyst, my one, the shower moment. let me ask you any in terms of his why the trip to the region.

there was very little political substance when it comes to the palestinian struggle, which many would say will describe as a form of apartheid. absolutely. in terms of palestine, he just strike to sweet talk his way out of ah, the but alice's that that exists there. ah, the also sweet talked his way with israelis, but there was much more substance. there is visit the israel while her is or is visit to the palestinian thirty's was, are more symbolic. it was a bit puzzling to me why he spoke so much about cancer. and very little about the health of the palestinian people in general and the cancerous occupation that they're under. but clearly there were a lot of sweet words, but very little action in the way of changing. what we call our partain apartheid means is systematic structural violence against the palestinians. they

in and day out. in fact that you mentioned the hospitals at one point he was confronted by a nurse who was calling for more dignity for palestinians. endor when he turned his head away in the what? because in fact he at he said before that he said, ask me questions, but only about hospitals. i think joe tends to confuse himself with jill. jill, his wife is the doctor. he's not a doctor. he's the president. he's not supposed to be answering questions about hospitals and cancer. he's supposed to be answering questions about the american policy that has failed the palestinians. over the past 50 years. he's supposed to be taken questions from our hospital staff if he will, about the health of the palestinian people and their dignity, not the dignity of patience. it's fine diggings of patience in hospitals are important. what about the dignity of the palestinian people? let me ask you this, sam in successive visits to the region from different us. preston spurts has

anything changed down years. what i think what's important is to look at the past 50 years. when the junior senator from delaware widen came to the region in 1973. that's 50 years ago. right. the 3 things, the 3 headlines where israel oil. busy and the cold war, what guess, what? 50 years later, 50 years later, several wars later, it is israel, oil and the cold war. which really goes a long way to on the line. a failure of sort, both for american policy, but also for the region. because the region to day, after decades of suffering from water and violence, it is still the home of some 3rd of the world's violent conflict. while the population of the region is only 5 percent of the world population. ok,

we'll have to leave it there. senior political analyst, marin boshoway, thank you very much and if it i found some more ahead on the news hour, including italian politics in chaos. after the prime minister tries to resign, the president tells him to stay at his post. thus interior book a spot at the women's world cup, details coming up in schools. ah, what shall anchor's prime minister granule wick rema singer has been sworn in as into in president after got a buyer. roger pack so resigned in the wake of mass protests against the state of the economy. the new president promised to restore law and order and establish a unity government wick, and the singer will hold the post until the successor to rach epoxy is elected.

that process will start when parliament convenes on saturday, one in a further blow to the badger packs of dennis t should. anchors top court has bard, the former prime minister may hinder roger packs and his brother that format finance minister basil manufacture from leaving the country without permission that for the next 2 weeks or 3 other. former officials will also be unable to travel on the nelnet. fernandez is in colombo for us now. so is shank as prime minister ronelle wicker missing it has been sworn in as acting president? somebody protested. didn't really want. so what's the mood on the ground? there's a little bit of a wait and see actually because the prime minister now acting president, i had said that and agreed with party leaders of parties across the board

represented in parliament that there would be a quick shift to the process of finding a replacement to present, got arbitrage boxer whose resignation essentially was verified a just a day ago. and because of that, people are waiting to see what will happen. they obviously did not want running the vicar missing her initially as prime minister. and now obviously having assumed the role of acting president, so both sides have been sort of talking, seeing that piece. the protest does have said they will continue what they started out, a sort of a clean sweep across the board. they initially started to go to go campaign, and that was targeted at the president a, his members of his family who are in government as well as all those they said that had roger lunk as to its knees run, a vicar missing her, was part of that grouping, serving as prime minister to fill in of the void van prime minister man the roger

pucks are resigned or was forced to resign by huge cause. so having said that, the people aren't very happy, but they're just waiting to see obviously over the next few days. to morrow, parliament will convene for the 1st time since that resignation. it's a sort of a largely symbolic, a gathering way. they will be told officially that the president has resigned that as an acting president. and then on the 19th, we have no munitions for the election of the president by parliamentarians and that secret ballot that will elect the replacement to go to be roger boxer on the 20th of july. and or he, we've got a number of a sort of contenders. if you liked, the opposition leader has been one. there's a former minister in the former government, dallas al harper, of mays, another. and the interesting thing is that the raj, a box a party, the s l p p r, just

a little while ago said that it would support ronald vicar missing her in that election for the president. so that is something of canton. i'm in now. how will people cope in the meantime then because they want immediate action when it comes to food and fuel and medicine. but that's not likely. is it whole? well, it's going to be a long haul. even a random vicar missing her repeatedly, right from day one. when he took over, as prime minister has been coming out regularly saying that things are not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination. his kept on drumming in the end to the people that these are some of the worst times they'll ever experience. now we did hear from the international monetary fund on thursday. that's when that resignation are present, gotta be roger pox and became official that they are looking forward to the resumption of a negotiations for

a bailout for sure lanka. they did say that they were in touch with some of the key officials on the technical negotiation side. those are continuing and that they hope for a speedy resolution once or all of this kind of political chaos settles down. so that's in hand. uh, we also had reports that show lanka is negotiating with china for up to $4000000000.00 in aid, as well as a currency swap and a credit line. so those things also in the pipelines and i'm sure there's also a lot of negotiations to try and look for bridge financing until such time that a bailout package is for thumbing until such time that all of that comes through. yes, the cost of living is through the roof inflation as we have been heading in recent weeks, touching 70 percent in the coming weeks. one economist has already gone on record as saying it's way above 130 percent. you can believe that when you go to do your

grocery shop and things are between 3 and 10 times their original cost. now fernandez in colombia live for us. thank you. well, let's take a closer look now at rhino wick, i'm a senior political past. he comes from want to shall anchors elite families and leads the oldest political party since 1993. he served as prime minister 6 times, but as not survived for full term even once the 73 year old was involved. last month's talks with the international monetary fund for bailout package and a new budget and made a spiraling economic crisis, but he does remain deeply unpopular among protested. now hundreds of them fought with security forces and occupied his office. on wednesday, i had on co, gama is a senior lecture at the university of jeff, the initial anchor. he says there will be further instability if we're grimacing, it continues as president. this is going to be completely unacceptable,

not just to the protestors, but the entire country, ronald grimacing. i was completely defeated in the last election. he could not even with his own parliamentary seat. and the party that he led, which had rule the country for many decades, was reduced to one seat, a proportionate presentation see to which he came into parliament. so that's likely to be another wave of protests. and not only that, a backlash against the liberals, he represents if he is made president, but he seems determined to hook or crook to become president. so as soon as he became acting a president, he has legitimize the military. he has even brought the board of investments and the independent bodies under the military has a way because he has no political base. he has no social base and is now relying on the military, which is very dangerous in terms of what that might mean to the participation went to freedom in this country. so on july 20,

unless better based on prevails on the poly meant to keep him out. we might be looking at for the political instead of going forward was still a head hair on al jazeera ah, a show of strength in iraq. my shit religiously, just weeks off, he directed more than 70 m piece to resign from palm with taiwan, holds its biggest civil defense exercise with an eye on china. and in sport, africa's the fastest man isn't a race against time ahead of the world athletics challenges. ah hello, they will start in the middle east and from the satellite image,

you can see there's more unsettled whether it's come for southern areas of the region. thanks to an area of low pressure, lingering of the gulf of a man that's going to bring some heavy fools to the likes of musket working its way further west over the weekend. i. the time we get to sunday, you can see that pulling in land. we are like to see flooding rains from this system as well as some pretty fierce thunderstorms all the way to choose day that temperature as well expected to drop well below the average. not some of that cloud cover is expected to stretch its way further north, across the u, a. e coming into katara and saudi arabia, that wet weather expected to work its way west over the days ahead. but for the north of this, for the likes of iraq, the temperature continues the climb for places like baghdad, 50 degrees celsius, we could cease and stand storms here. and speaking of sandstorms, we've seen some of those in morocco. the temperature here expected to continue to climb, not just here, but coastal areas for the wet weather. we have to head to nigeria, we are expecting some pretty fierce thunderstorms to bring to renshaw, rain,

and with that the chance of flooding. but further south of this, it's a much dryer picture across western areas. sunshine in cape town, ahead of a cool down come sunday. ah frank assessments, it sounds like you don't expect anything to change the problem in lebanon. it's actually structural lebanon needs, and you also contract in order for it to solve this problem in food opinions. it's not communities on the students can use the government. i was noticing in depth analysis of the days global headlines. this is going to be very hard to explain to the public that instead of pushing back, no, it's actually go to the members. inside story on al jazeera, al jazeera correspondence bring you the latest developments on the war in ukraine. cover what's happening on a daily basis. the medics here say he is incredibly lucky. those coming out across

the lines of no, no man's land where one of the few to gain access to this embattled town. they take us to their basement, where we find others sheltering from the shelling these evacuation. now the basic 3 day journey devastated buildings are now a grim reminder that the russians were here. ah ah ah you're watching al does he have a reminder of our top stories? she'll anchors that prime minister renelle. we could run a singer has been sworn in as interim president after got via raja pox that resigned wake of mass protests president promised to restore gordon order and

established the unity government. us present joe biden has arrived to his 1st official visit to saudi arabia. he previously pledged to make the king a pariah author killing of journalists from our shogi. hi oil prices on the rod. on the agenda biden earlier met the palestinian president, mockingly abbas of bethlehem. heat reiterated us support for 2 state solution, but said the time was not right to try to restart peace process with the israelis which i biden also visited. the august to victoria hospital and occupied east jerusalem. there he pledged an additional $100000000.00 to support palestine and health care services. i see wrapped up that he had an exchange with one of the hospital stuff. if you have a question about hospitals, where should you don't? i'll do it privately. i am american really seen in the just the visiting policy and i vote for legal i am a hit me or, or with yes, intensive care unit at the more profit was sleeping. thank you'll probably have or

what we need more justice, more dignity and thank you. thank you. thank you folks. appreciate very, very much. thank you. oh, well, nita abraham is in bethany hammond, spoke to the nurse. can you tell us, why did you ask that question? when he specifically said, i want you to talk about hospitals because i was more happy from his. we talked about money, he talked about to humanity best. as i knew in my cousins was retail, i saw the tough hovering over there, noticed doctors, the patient babies, and the company who came from garza, they talked about to humanity, but in reality, i couldn't see it. so many doesn't solve your problem. what do you want or you won't just place, i won't fear their belly steeped in be boys to their bells. ting and children to

the doctor to the nearest me. actually a came from bates a hold. there i am from with bank every day. pace difficulties in their chick boyd and that many times the ambulance bring their kids to my unit without combining without appearance. and they have to change the ambulance from plate yellow doors from blue to yellow and they didn't talk about this. they sent a few minutes to you, but i could, i couldn't see it. thank you so much shipped to san a year, but she is the hospital nurse. we've heard from talking to president biden earlier today and occupy these jerusalem. and as you hear many palestinians say that we're not looking for handouts, we're not looking for financial intensive. we're looking for an end to the israeli occupation, and it's measures and violations. united states is the biggest single donor to ukraine in its fights to hold off the russian invasion. it has given more than

$7000000000.00 worth of weapons and equipment so far. for ukraine, the small donations are almost as valuable as the big ones. and fisher reports that from keith equipment to on the front line of the ukrainian war drones medical kits. even mine detectors, all provided by crowd funding a charity and ukraine set up after the russian invasion of crimea in 2014 has raised millions of dollars. the phone to a former high profile presenter on ukrainian t v 2 are a goods and we have our own group. so, so be a connection between our society and army because it's really important for our soldiers that we carry about them. or they understand that they not long. and that it's not only a military case to the friends our country. the idea of quote, funding like this isn't new, it's been around since before the 1st world war. what is different is the technology with crypto currency and cash transfers. money can be in accounts within

seconds, from anywhere in the world frontline units fill in what they need online. the order is processed and st. more than a 1000000 donations have come in from all around the world. more than $34000000.00 ranging from big cash drops from wealthy individuals to pennies from pensioners. 9 year old tonya put the jenko, played checkers on the street. losers had to pay her. she raised $6000.00 ukrainian redna about $200.00. wow. wow. i was doing less in order to give to the armed forces of ukraine, so they will fight against the russians. so they kick them off our land. the charity now has about $200.00 volunteers around the country, experts in purchasing logistics technology. the ultimate goal to beat the russians, but the russians have been crowdfunding to figure suggest they've not been quite a successful. but the ukranian groups founder says, even when the ward is done,

his work will continue while we fight with russians 900 years. and they're the biggest idea as to how now awe is just to help for granting army to win. and after that, ah, to start to prepare for the next attack, not long the ukrainians believe they can get most equipment to the front line in a couple of days. easy. as long as the money continues to flow. allen fisher al jazeera keith and we're just going to take you out to live pictures here of her. there we go. president biden in, in cheddar with a fist hump there, as opposed to a handshake more on that her later as we get it. well, italy's at presidents has rejected the resignation of a prime minister, mario jogging after one of his coalition partners refused to back

a spending bill in parliament. druggie leads a unity government that's been thrown into crisis fund fivestar movements, refusal to support legislation to tackle the cost of living. italy has seen a lot of change at the top 6 prime ministers of held the post in the past decade, on average. their terms lasted about a year, except for one silvio berlusconi was prime minister 3 times spending 9 years in office, in rico letter was the shortest serving leader of the past 10 years lost in just 300 days. italy's week economy and unstable political system contributes to the frequent leadership changes, address areas. adam rainy is in a row with more or less. italian politics is usually quite chaotic. many here were hoping with mighty dragon the helm. it wouldn't be as catholic, and now it seems it just is. so to talk about this further what to expect, what comes next? we're joined now by historian john here. he also is

a political analyst and teaches politics at luis university in rome. thank you for joining us professor without to what can we expect in the next week? what are we going to see here between mario, that parliament and the president. and then we're going to see a class he keeps political game in political crazy, since he's very far into parliamentary regime where we are always of service kind of program optics around coalitions where you can have some political fall evolving and withdrawing. so it's, it's not, it's not a unique situation. we've seen that in the past. so nobody's really worried about the country. and mario druggie just resigned, but it was rejected, right? that the president did reject the resignation. he said, no, i don't accept it. and on wednesday, we're going to see a volt eventually in the parliament to, to see if there is still a majority. around the mario drive, the executive but plucked, i mean deals in between negotiation. i've started and something might pop up.

now tens of thousands of iraqis have gathered in baghdad for mass prayers cooled by influential shia cleric is smoking fears of further instability last month. more than 17 members of parliament affiliated to resign on its orders. the deepening months of political deadlock will not move, otherwise has more from back. as you can see here in the by gone, these are tens of thousands of supporters of the shia cleric and political leader looked at us suddenly. they have gathered from civil provinces across iraq here too, and saw that a city in about the dead to perform a congregation mass prayers. this is upon request from look to the southern himself, has been calling on his followers and supporters across iraq to come to baghdad. to perform this congregation at mazda at raves. now,

this is very special because it comes at the heart of a political unrest that, that is following their stale mates in iraq. and after 73 parliament, a members affiliated to look to the sort of who quitted from the parliament over a disagreement, whether at iranian backed parties over forming a new government. this is 9 months after the legislative elections in october last year. now, we have been talking to people here, followers these up worshipers. we have been telling us that you want to send several messages to day regional local messages at local messages, including that they're backing them up to the southern were supporting him in his at stance in his while they can fight against corruption and injustice. this also could be read as a kind of shore force. these numbers are meant according to many people here too.

so that looked at us so that as a political and religious leader has many people backing him in iraq. and if he's moving on in his fight against what they called, can corruption an injustice. then he has got a lot of supporters on the ground. now italy's longest river is drying up as the country face is sweltering temperatures and its worst drought in 70 years. the $650.00 corner to long river po supports about a 3rd of italy's agricultural production. heat wave has led the government to declare a state of emergency, as local farmers are struggling to cope. he comes after the region was hit by one of the driest winters in decades. hot weather and winds are causing wildfires to spread. in southwestern france, hundreds of firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire and protect several cities, thousands of tourists and people living close by have been forced to evacuate. and

in the u. k, the met offices issued a red extreme heat warning for a number of cities in england, wales. from sunday to tuesday. it comes ahead of a heat wave that could result in record breaking temperatures. next week. china has recorded its slowest economic growth since 2020 on the stump is being blamed on it's 0. tolerance can be 19 policy which is interrupted, industry and flattened consumers spending. adrian brown 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. heat, him being tinted the world's 2nd largest economy is slowing, and president changing pings 0 tolerance. cobit 19 campaign is being blamed. 30 months after it began, but in whew hand, 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 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 advise 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 townhouse 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 annual economic growth that this year china's lead us 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 think into recession. so that means chinese export markets could well collapse with millions of people confined to their homes. consumer confidence is flat. that's why inflations hovering at around 2 and a half percent low compared to the us and europe. the uncertain economic part 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. japan is one of the g 20 nations looking for solutions to global inflation.

for ireland nation is particularly vulnerable, as it relies heavily on imported fuel and food otters. tony china reports, there is optimism that japan is better prepared than most after dark in tokyo, a city with some of the most vibrant and expensive night life in the world. following several years of cobit 19 restrictions, the japanese capital is bouncing back, but even the people are now taking more chances with their health, they're also watching their wallets. we are peruvian restroom, so many people come here because they cannot go abroad. so it is something that he is or is a foreign food is kind of actually are very popular now. but even if they come more numbers there, they are not consuming the way they used before. britain, a conductor is signature. dish is civic che raw fish marinated in lime juice, a favorite among his customers. while domestic fish prices have remained relatively stable. limes imported from mexico have doubled in cost. although he's been holding

off that price hike will soon have to be passed on to dinah's. japan, like many western nations, has followed the lead of the united states in imposing economic sanctions on russia for its war in ukraine. even projects such as a sack helen, to natural gas joint venture, which it has refused to pull out of a now and a threat. russia recently took over the development and supplies which are essential to japan, could be cut to pans made a real effort to get on to renewables. but even here they still rely on fossil fuels that 88 percent of their primary energy sources. like everywhere else in the world pump prices of increased between 5 and 10 percent. in the last couple of months with years of pandemic restrictions expected to slow chinese production, it's neighbors could also suffer. but here japan's prospects look rather better as asian supply chains reorganize. they're using japanese technology to do so. always

the japan is being hurt by the incredible cost push inflation. japan is a big importer of energy, is a very big importer of food. and as a result of that, you know, the purchasing power of the people and you know, is under downward pressure. but japan is different from the rest of the world because it's got a very functioning and very effective government. japan has been a morning the former prime minister sions are abbe assassinated a week ago. but his legacy of a strong stable government and assertive fiscal policy could be the best defense the government has. in the face of rising global inflation, tony ching alto 0 took you. taiwan has conducted its largest civil defense exercise on record as tension with mainland china over its autonomy remains. hi, it's simulated natural disaster and what i'm scenarios to boost its civil defense response for its new report. ah, these look like scenes from

a movie or possibly a real life emergency situation. ah, but these are merely mock scenarios. part of taiwan testing it's readiness to respond to natural disasters and missile attacks. the drills have been modified to prepare emergency services and citizens for possible assault by china. dina, and there you go to set up a feature of the fios drill is we incorporated water scenarios of scenes from the russia ukraine war. and also similar to china's attacks on taiwan, not without the rushes invasion of ukraine has the taiwanese government were it that china could launch a similar assault in the future. chinese fighter jets have entered ty, one's air defense identification zones, multiple times at this year. and act taipei views as a military provocation. the to split during a civil war in 1949. the beijing seize the island as part of its territory to be

taken by force if necessary on. but on the you can fool, we keep strengthening our combat abilities in the hopes that we have the ability to defend ourselves and rescue others in case there comes a day that we are faced with the situation of war and go. a 1800 police officers, fire fighters and volunteers were involved in the simulation. later this month tie one more hold its annual hank, one military drills which involve life fire training. florence li al jazeera was to the head. heron al jazeera, some no schools are being shot on date 2 of golfs open championship. andy will happen. ah,

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ah, it's time for all the sports news now. let's cross over to andy, thank you. so much kerry well, an emotional tiger woods says failed to make the cut of the final major of the year . that's the open championship. the 100 and 53rd ition being played at the home of golf. st. andrews in scotland were selling a house one twice previously. the 15 time major champion won't be around most the final c rounds after finishing it 9 over par well short of the cut. and it could be the last on saga features. and one of his favorite causes the next one comes around what 230-2030 i, i don't know, 5, i'll be physically able to play by then. so it to me it from like this might have been my last spring open here at st. andrew's and the fans ovation and the warmth.

i was on an unbelievable feeling. i understand what it would, jack and arnold i had gone through in the past and i was kind of feeling that way and there at the end and just through just a collective warmth and an understanding they understand what golfs all about and what it takes to be an open champion, and i've been lucky enough, unfortunate to have one this twice here and it, it felt i felt very emotional just just because you know, i'd still know what my health is going to be like. i'm a little ticked. my mom are not playing the weekend because i i certainly did not play good enough to, to be around and i wish i would've, i would've played better which i, i had a little bit better break at the 1st. all you know yesterday and you know, maybe start off a little bit better,

but that's just kind of how it all went from there. you know, it just never really kind of materialized. i fought hard and unfortunately i just could never turn it around. i struggle with the green speeds again today and i could never hit the plus hard enough. i was leaving short again so consequently didn't make enough birdies. so quite a few place to finish the 2nd round, but the club house later is from a woman on dustin johnson. he didn't know in under the shooting of 5 of the power round of 67. today on the go, americans had a good come out swinging on behalf of the place. you've joined the break coil live series gucci at 7 on the part 2 rounds and says criticism of the saudi arabian but competition has brought those involved close together, shot the credentials of everyone speaks for themselves. and so it's, it's obviously cool for me to see other guys are out there playing well, we've got a lot of flack for what we've done here recently. and i think one thing that cannot be, question is the quality of players that are there. everybody feels like is against

us. and that's ok. but like said, it's kind of banded us together. i think now africa as fast as monford nomine. yala is in a race against time to compete at the world of letting championships, which is just got on the way in the united states. the kenyan board of his flight from kenya on thursday, just hours after his visits and the us is issued. he's one of the reported 375 cases. the have. these are issues with the classic. so say less than one percent of the athletes and officials heading to the event still had such problems. when y'all is the 3rd quickest, man in the world, this season, something that's clear to me as we know, baffled to do as much as we possibly can. and we've been doing this now for some months. and of course, you know, there are political complications as well about nations, you know, being able to travel and nations coming into the united states. so local,

it is complicated. nigeria have secure s for the next women's world cup. they beat cameron one nail in the quarter finals of the women's africa cup of nations in morocco, whether the defending champions will finish and for finishes. even this torment qualify, ultimately for next year global shooting south africa of also secure best for the next 2 years. well, cover what they were taking place on a trailer in new zealand by beach and as you will know, putting himself in the last for a couple of nation building. the competition fronts have reached the quarter finals of the women's euros. they be belgium, c one, securing helps vote in great day. but he had the friends back in front of that bozeman leveled early in the 1st hall. belgium will now need a convincing result because it's really excess. i have a chance of going through iceland looking to fall in the footsteps of many see me reach the quarter finals of a year. i was 6 years ago now, but they have to settle for draw this despite taking the lead in the 3rd minutes, our opponents gotten important equalized in the 2nd half despite the 11. so both

teams spilling with a chance of reaching the last 8 and them ought. midfielder, christine ericsson has completed his move to manchester. united erickson has signed a 3 year deal. after finishing his short term contract at brentford, he 30 year old has returned to football after having a pace maker like device fits it, following his cardiac arrest that last year's yours. okay, that is hey, sports is looking for and eat. thank you very much indeed. or that's it for me for this news out, but i'll be back in a moment with more holidays. events do stay with us on out. ah. to saudi a lot of them. why is one on the, how do you to visit with council a philistine with the,

from such for you to let in about the fisa yada, to kind of little sob isn't done well, i can go to shower in the cod. there's topics here that if wilson thought they're not ready, both on the left coffee, i'm working on the press on monday on the, in that a fee on the line. it's like a month to help out. yeah, i mean, for the shuttle in the country for control you. why do you know even before the book? mm. mm ah. and a phone counting, the cost of could jo, 5 is re engagement with saudi arabia helped to stabilize the oil market dependents

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