is only 4 months to go to the world cup and the clock is ticking as teams and fans prepare a cat. so a 2022. we'll have updates from different regions across the globe. this month. the focus is on africa. can senegal mountain challenge for the tropi to winning the africa cup of nations? will be cameroon. gona, to nicea or moral cope. it's the alicia join us for the world. yo countdown on al jazeera ah, receiving eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet. on al jazeera ah, shall anchor's parliament votes for the new president as the island reels with economic and political turmoil. ah,

i'm all about this, and this is all. does he rely from doe hob, also coming up, houses burn on the edge of london as the european heat wave heads north and britain records its highest ever temperature. in the u. s. a. texas wilde far is still growing nearly a 3rd of all americans a being want to stay out of the heat and award winning iranian filmmaker, jaffa, pano, he's ordered to serve a 6 year prison sentence. he's the 3rd movie director to be jailed there this month . ah, shlang his parliament as holding a vote to choose the next president that of 3 candidates in the running. the session comes a week after mass protests over a crumbling economy forced former president got a biology pucks at to flee the top contender acting president. ronald wicked, i'm a singer, is a roger pucks, a favorite,

but many voters say they don't want him. well, michelle fernandez is joining us now from the capital colombo. this whole process. i think manella takes about a couple of hours. what's going to be happening? isn't that secret ballot that was scheduled for today has gotten under way and the reason that it's expected it will take a couple of hours is that every single member of parliament, the 225 or the confirmed sort of attendance to day, we'll have to go and physically fill a ballot paper and cast their vote. so by the time each one is called on, they go, they take the ballot paper from the 2nd to general. there are 2 boots basically that has been set up in the center of the chamber and the 2nd general, any staff are very close the parliament in his to take the ballot. ah, he's the secret, general signatures on the reverse, the they mark their preference and then they put it in the ballad box. so this is

going to take a bit of a process. we heard as the wording got underway, the speaker was the 1st award. then the acting president and, and some of the impedes now so far there's approximately 12 or 15 that have cost. there was a, by the time 225. it's going to be a little while yet. we mentioned before the, we've seen her a couple of weeks of fermi in terms protests with regard to the be economy. but there's also a strong feeling about ronald wicker. i'm a singer, isn't it? well, because a lot of people are not keen on him getting into power this is a frustration among the people because obviously they keep saying look, democracy as much as ronald vicar missing her, has been sort of stressing that everything must happen within a democratic framework. according to the constitution, ah, that the will of the people

a must be reflected obviously. and if you look at the fact that run a victim missing of us voted out of parliament at the last election, he was unable or not even able to secure his own parliamentary seat. but his united national party, the oldest political party in this country, was unable to secure a single elected seat. the only seat that they got, and that is the way that running the vicar missing her, entered parliament almost by the back door. i. some analysts describe it is on a technicality with the one seat allocated to the party on the nationalist. so because of that, we've seen protest across all of these weeks, the 3 months. it was not just about ronald, but about the government. but also about him. you have present, got up in roger parks resigning but even now the very real prospect that run is becoming a might a send to the highest office in the land or to survey the current presidential term is something that's very concerning for people. they say it's just an irony that

a man who has no mandate or who did not get any woods in terms of securing that parliamentary seat has a very real possibility of taking that our office. and that's why i just outside parliament one of the access road, you can see a barricade set up just a, just behind me there's a huge amount of security become missing, obviously taking no chances as well. bringing in a state of emergency b that will allow arrest detention or essentially a quelling of public descent. yeah, analogy room pointing out. this is gonna take a couple of hours. of course we're gonna be checking in with you as you're going to be following that for us over the next couple of hours or so. but for now, thank you very much. indeed. it organizations in lanka, say 2 and a half 1000000 children don't have enough food and a humanitarian crisis is coming. save the children as find half of all, shall i can families can't feed their children properly or put them through school . step boston reports in the central city of candy. i mean, it's not going to look,

i don't know. what does kia get about the past 4 years? they've barely seen the inside of their schools. first, it was crawford, but now it's political and economic crisis. keeping school shocked. most of the time, i mean a history teacher, but that money can travel 120 kilometers to colombo last week to protest against the country's leaders. he was injured when police tried to disperse protests, us with tear gas and water cannons. and i want students to be educated as a good citizen, father and teacher. i want school system to be improved by that. that's why i took the st. him already. he uses a classroom inside his house to prepare students for the exam. so despite school closures, but it's hard to study if there's not enough to eat sense and economic crisis, prices have gone through the mail. you can only use one or 2 meals a day, 8 over the se from see many children latency and the be nourished. only one of you

find the party bus 3 daughters is receiving an education. the single mother owns one mobile phone. so eldest uses it for online classes, her to youngers were forced to drop out of school. giovanni, earn money by making containers for paint, to get picked up because of the economic crisis, it's very difficult for us. we only eat twice a day. i can't feed my daughter's breakfast because i don't have enough money to buy food. i also can't afford to stock up on food and have to see what i can buy on a daily basis. it's very difficult living with 3 children now. her eldest daughter, 3 to become an accountant aid organizations fear one 4th of all 3 lumpkins are at the brink of malnutrition that already and that we are assuming it's about $6000000.00 people already in that that crisis level and what will happen? $6000000.00 is almost one 4th of the population. so that is

a huge worry for us. what will happen to sri lanka and this large population is next 3 to 6 months with a concern she had by be di monica was ready to go back to colombo to protest if a new president and his government do not improve the situation quickly. fastened al jazeera in canada. in europe, the heat wave continues to fuel wildfires and stretch emergency services as well as smash temperature records. the u. k. record it, it's highest ever a temperature on tuesday. getting above 40 degrees celsius for the 1st time. now these 34 places have exceeded the previous national record. london massively con, has asked people not to have barbecues because there's been a huge surgeon fires across the british capital. every $1700.00 firefighters a battling to contain to massive places in the south west of france. authority say a man has been arrested, suspected of deliberately starting fires,

for as far as laws are broken out in italy near the great capital athens. more than $35.00 continued to burn in spain, which is only 10 days in debates heat wave, almost the entire countries on high alert for wildfires. despite a slight drop in temperatures full rece reports from the u. k, where health warnings are in place, but not everyone can escape heat flames and gulf homes near london. shortly after the case, reco temperature was smashed, the london fibre gate declared a major incident with blazes breaking out across the capital and across the u. k. or the london barbara guide in particular is dealing with a number of large sky which didn't spread right, cross the capital and assisting partners in the home counties as well. so all of the emergency services back to london and our home counties are under significant pressure at them. i will via ravaged trees along this road in kent. the danger though it was not just from the flames. health warnings were issued to protect

vulnerable groups such as the elderly and young children at risk from dehydration, heat, exhaustion, and heat stroke. but with temperature is likely to peak more frequently. emergency dr. caveat cooler subaru, nathan says it is the poor who will bear the brunt of a halter. britain. this is a public health emergency. and so this climate crisis that we're talking about is this abstract thing in the future. if you live in poor quality housing, you know, the housing stock that we have in the case to cold in the winter, it's too hot in the summer. it's those who live in poor quality housing, working class, and racialized communities that are most likely to suffer overheating within the houses. these, the people in the shop end of the climate crisis is the economic crisis, and least responsible for those 2 things as well. in the london district of bermondsey 72 year old francis stone was trying to keep cool on her balcony, a respite from the heat inside her council flap. i'm not mad a girl. you should have known care and regards to the but some bay. we

don't get that sunday we after, but what you got now is the, hey, it'll get every time. it's that he'll only degrade mankey if they not to stand it be a blessing. elsewhere, youngsters enjoyed the weather. the light aside of a worrying picture for a country that was once wet and cold. the reco temperatures in the u. k. have brought with them a host of problems from wildfires to pressures on the transport system and on the health of a population. not used to these conditions with climate scientists saying that the worst is yet to come. the country may have to learn to adapt as quickly as possible . paul reese, al jazeera london for areas north of the greek capital, athens had been evacuated as flames have swept across them. hundreds of people have been told to leave their homes because a large forest fire has been found by high winds. at least 15 aircraft and 9 helicopters are trying to put out the fires. thus everybody's got more from dorothy

and greece. the town behind me is called draft me. it is home to about 3500 people. and as of a few hours ago this afternoon, the local officials have evacuated the entire population saying it is too dangerous for them to stay behind. as you can see, the fires that are really a gaining more momentum, as the winds are very strong in this area. this is a very mountainous area. we're about at 30 kilometers north east of the center of the capitol, athens. and since we arrived here a few hours ago, this fire, we could see from the airport as well. this is of course, something the local people here are very much used to this time of year. and the local officials have said that they are trying their best to fight these while fires that have started as since the a summer season began. but it's ongoing, the fights, it will continue, and they're hoping that they will be able to manage the situation before it gets

out of control. still ahead on al jazeera, we're going to tell you why the leaders of russia, iran and turkey have been talking about grain into hong and has 3 left and the race to become the you case, next prime minister. ah hello, i'm still some writing the forecast for amman over the next dial. so if i put a cloud showing up on the satellite pitch, they're pushing into southern parts of the way. so you might just catch a sponsor to of rain coming through hess and live the shares. wanted to shout to just around the southern end of the a red sea here. and there are temperatures struggling to get around. $37.00 celsius financial brace is gonna be a little more humid over the next day or so, but temperature should pick up to around $43.00 degrees. once again as we go

through the 1st i 50 celsius in that's as plenty hot enough. the temperature is around 30 degrees theft. beirut had also for jerusalem, largely dry across at eastern side of the mediterranean lodge. dry to southern parts of mediterranean, right into north africa. settled in sunny, easily waste, pumping, some good showers across the equatorial belts of africa pushing up into the c. l. some. where to weather coming into southern parts of molly, see some lively showers. cool. some localized flooding here. that wet weather, making its way all the way up towards the gambia even so some love you down. pause here. not too many showers to cause southern parts of africa where we will see some on shore showers just coming in to tans. they're welcome showers. they're in to kenya on a to showers, to the far north and south africa with the new voice, the heating up the airway. lot of can you listen to actually with, kimberly here, but i really think in your own country shifting palate, a case,

the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do you happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative. australians went to the pole with those images front of mine is a war that it's very much going for, it's out in the media as well as on the battlefield. they're listening page to dissect the media on al jazeera lou. ah, they want to go to 01 of our top stories this, our shlang has parliaments holding a boat to shoes. the next president. the secret ballot comes a week after mos protests over economic crisis. forced former leader. gotta buy

a raj, a pucks or to flee the country. fires have been breaking out across london as the u . k recorded its highest temperature reaching more than 40 degrees celsius for the 1st time. london may i, city con, says the fire brigade is under immense pressure and wild fondant. fires are also burning across europe. as the continent struggles with record temperatures in spain, dozens of villages have been evacuated, and at least 2 people have died in a mortal province. heat alerts have been issued in more than 20 states in the us. more than 100000000 people have enough to keep cool. and that's nearly a 3rd of the population. wildfires in texas for hundreds out of their homes. officials expect the fire to continue growing because of the high temperatures and dry conditions where us president joe biden is expected to speak about climate change. she held her tansy as the latest from washington dc. it's such an interesting microcosm of everything we've come to expect from the bite and

ministration. we'd been hearing conflicting reports throughout the day that he would declare a climate imagine. so he would use a visit to what was once a coal fired plot, which, which has now been turned into some sort of offshore wind facility to make, make a declaration and the, the u. s. face to the climate emergency. and this is a sort of gear project thing with, but it's also a very dramatic thing if it's something that allows the president to move to expedite the cut red table in various areas to increase funding to various areas that will help combat climate change. but as the day wore on, we had, i'm finally going to confirm the prospect that he won't be actually declaring a climate emergency. also, he may, may talk about some, some other executive actions that, that he might take in the meantime. the temperatures keep going up and the u. s. is nowhere near to meeting any of the promises biden made about its international climate obligations. i think maybe that that maybe maybe 25 percent on track of, of the climate obligations will be met if biden keeps on like this. but even that's

probably generous. greens president sacked the deputy head of state security is just 2 days since let me see suspended the head of security as well as the prosecutor general. the president says they failed to root on spies working for let me put in the government. lawson forces have launched missiles strikes at targets across ukraine, including one of the la cities in the dumbass region controlled by cave. at least one person's been killed in the eastern city of commer, tolorisk, and several have been injured. ukraine and officials say crown matters has become a main target for russia, and they're expecting more shelling. and in nearby michel, i of farmers have helped firefighters hose down a burning wheat field of cranes, military alleges crops due for harvest or being destroyed by rushing shelling. he was repeatedly accused moscow trying to provoke a global food crisis by hitting infrastructure and agricultural targets. president vladimir putin says he's willing to allow shipments of ukrainian grain,

but he says, you'll only do it if restrictions on russian grain are removed. valley approved and held talks and to run with the runs president abraham icy and turkish liter legit tie up to one. now those discussions were meant to focus on syria, but they were overshadowed by the effects of the war in ukraine. russell said reports from to hong russian president vladimir put his 1st face to face meeting with me to lee there. since russia's invasion of ukraine in february put in and took his president jeff type ad one were in iran's capital to run, to discuss a un back proposal to resume exports of ukrainian grain through the black sea to help ease the global foot crisis. if you have problem, they did 0 issue. you know, i want to thank you for your efforts in mediation, providing a forum for negotiation on foot problems on the problem of grain export by the black sea was we move forward under your mediation. not all the problems have been resolved yet, but it's already good that there is a movement on his 2nd international trip since the start of the war in ukraine put

in also mat, running present. abraham bracy who hosted the trilateral summit. both russia and iran are among the most sanctioned countries in the world. and the 2 nations are now seeking to boost economy corporation. is that has over at this level of business and trade between the 2 countries is definitely none of considering the existing capacities for then it can go to a higher level. we think we can reach $30000000000.00, which is 3 times more than the current number on me just before put his visit. russian energy giant cost rome and iran's national oil companies signed a memorandum of understanding worth $40000000000.00 to develop a gas field around kish island or in the gold was actually if so, mean at the summit is a part of our standard format. and mechanism that was established 5 years ago between russia, turkey and iran, 2 and the 11th the war in syria. ah, what russia and iran are the main beckers of the syrian government, led by,

by cheryl a set. turkey has effectively supported to sit in opposition. since 2016 took, he has also launched 3 major military operations inside syria against kurdish arm group y p g. and isis and anchor says preparations are now on the way to conduct a 4th operation into syria to create a 30 kilometer deep securities on a plan that both russia and iran or pause. but the turkish president did not back down me legal end names because we are determined to drive out the st is of evil from syria that threatened our national security gonna, as us, donna guarantors o expectation from the russian federation. and iran is to support turkey in this fight. comalla, despite is all 3 present, said the austin. a peace process has been effective in setting up a foundation for peace in syria. russia has withdrawn most of his forces from syria after the war began in ukraine. now, syria is increasingly becoming

a source of tension between turkey and iran, as they both have a significant military presence in the country. the next round of the trilateral summit under our standard format will be held in moscow. but the fragile balance between these 3 countries could possibly be disturbed in case of a military operation into syria on as they can find a diplomatic solution to the crisis, russell said that of 0, tara, he claimed early in filmmaker jennifer from the penalty has been told by a court, he must serve a 6 year jail sentence. originally handed down and 2010. for now, he had been accused of supporting anti government demonstrations. it was arrested last week after we went to the prosecutor's office to inquire about 2 filmmakers had been detained. mohammed russell of an must, the fire alarm mad would arrested now to the use social media to condemn. the government's response to protests are solid is research director at the national iranian american council. she says these arrests are part of a government crackdown and people regarded as dissidence. it's the volume with

which we're seeing it is actually even unusual for your on of course you're on, is an authoritarian state. it's a state in which the iranians themselves have been repressed in many different ways . but over the course of the last several years, as economic and domestic pressure had increase, you also see an increased crackdown coming from the top down from the iranian authorities and security forces. whether it be a protest that they meet with deadly force, which we saw in november of 2019 whether it be increased arrests of dissidence. one of the things to keep in mind is while artists have come under increased pressure and attacks this, these particular arrest coincided with that of most have a touch of inches. in iranian political figures to someone who served under the hot time he read under the hot tammy administration. so it's not, it's not one group, it's really a crackdown on any form of dissidents within the state. i certainly think that external pressure has something to do with what we're seeing happened. this is in

fact, you know, proponents of diplomacy, those who wanted your audience civil society to thrive, argued for years that these, the sanctions pressure, the pressure that externally being put on iran, namely ordinary iranians. not the iranian government will create this kind of pressure from within, which will then create a crackdown from above. that's what we've seen, not only in the case of iran, but really in any situation where you see domestic pressure. what the iranian authorities have shown is that their number one priority is not their citizens. it's not the people of the country. it is sustaining their own power and they are willing to take any measure to do so. we're out of tremendous largest opposition parties appeared in court accused, or money laundering russia on her. she was the speaker of parliament until it was dissolved last year by president har side who's been accused of a paragraph. the court hearing comes days before the controversial referendum and a new constitution, which would greatly expand the president's powers to sought the toxic chemical

methanol may have caused the deaths of $21.00 teenagers at a bar in east london and south africa last month. that so it was present in the bodies of all of them, investigations continue into whether the levels of methanol detected what enough to kill the young people who would age between 13 and 17 math and alls, a poisonous form of alcohol. and it isn't fit for human consumption. conservative politicians in britain are edging closer to choosing their next leader who also be the next u. k. prime minister. they're going to vote on widen state on the final 2 candidates equality is minister, can be bad. knock has been eliminated from the contest. former chancellor wishes so next company on top after the latest round of voting. john hall has more from london. while we're almost there really, by wednesday afternoon, we'll know who the final 2 candidates to go through to that vote by the membership of the conservative party. but for the moment the m p. still having their say, i'll just take you through the results, the re sooner because you mentioned that the former chancellor,

he resigned just before barn boris johnson himself. did. he's been the favorite of the piece throughout. he is still in the lead will be it only increasing his tallied by $3218.00. just one vote short of the threshold required to guarantee his place in the final run off. although he's all but assured of getting that he will get there in the rather uncomfortable knowledge though, that this afternoon, a brand new opinion polish was released among conservative party members taken in the last 24 hours showing that richie sooner would lose in the run off to any one of the other candidates, kennedy, but not a big figure on the right of the party, as you say, has been knocked out, leaving lives. trust the foreign secretary, the other big figure on the right of the party, the sort of john sony in continuity candidate if you like. in 3rd place, she's up 15 votes showing there is some momentum behind this truck. so the rather less well known quantity in 2nd place of penny morton, international trade minister,

she perhaps the only change candidate in the race so far. the big question for wednesday's ballot is which of those 2 trust board will make it through to face ratio, sumac. in the final and whether can be by knock, supporters on the right will fall in behind list trust. pushing the foreign secretary over the line. they are traveling industry decided to focus on the future of clean flying. the bi annual farnborough air show in the u. k. but a, the ation is still recovering from the covert pandemic which grounded many planes re challenge reports. the gulf between vision and reality rarely yawns as wide as at trade shows that farm bra and travelers, green high tech hassle, free in the real world. q stretch baggage piles up and pilot strike that farm bureau. boris johnson is a top gun in an hour. a f typhoon in the real world, his angry policy has just given the british prime minister, the boot scolded for speed and safety engineer for

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and these are turbulent times for the industry for talent out 0 to farmer asher. twitters one. the 1st round in this legal battle against ill on mosque the social media platform. once a forced a billionaire to complete a $44000000000.00 buyout deal after he walked away from his bed earlier this month . lawyers from mosque had been pushing to have the trial delayed until february next year. but a judge agreed to fast track the process with proceeding set to start in october. the video streaming service, netflix, it says it's lost nearly a 1000000 subscribers between april and june. that a lot fewer than the 2000000. they had thought they might lose. but it's still the largest quarterly losses subscribers in the companies 25 year history. competition from other streaming services and soaring inflation are being blamed. ah.