travel to turkey with pegasus, and with direct flights to is stand bowl and drago. book your ticket now for a memorable holiday. c y p g. yes, for our best prices. ah . knowledge is here with every oh . delegates from russia and ukraine are meeting in istanbul and are expected to sign an agreement that would restart grain exports halted by the war.

ah. hello there, ms. darcy, hey, this is out there at life from durham. also coming up sri lanka, new cabinets, has been sworn in hours after security. voice is cracked down on an anti government protest camp in the capital. in beirut, intense heat sets or fires at the site of the 2020 explorers and the devastated the city plus emerald rentals in san marcos, california. with a story about how classic car owners are turning their vehicles to learn. ah, well, delegates have arrived in istanbul to sign an agreement involving russia, ukraine at turkey, and united nations. that's expected to re open ports in the black sea. un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, will oversee that agreement with turkish president,

russia. type order, one grain shipments have been stuck in ukraine since the war began. in february, you're watching live pictures now from istanbul, where that signing ceremony is due to take place with place to start about half an hour ago. but we do finally see some people walking into that room. this is being hosted by turkey, but has been facilitated by the u. n. and negotiations have been taking place for months. we have seen the russian defense minister arrive in the country alongside the ukrainian infrastructure minister, who is also present talks have been going on between both sides for as i said some time. and this is the moment to day that they are expected to sign some kind of deal. well, we will be getting more reaction out of ukraine shortly with allan fishery. he's a kid, but 1st let's go to send em castiano in is stan bull son and tell us a little bit more about the steel because it does appear that tacky is saying quite the big role here. well yes,

of course the seal has been will be sign on there, delayed the shopping of united nations about it. turkey is the facilitator here because turkey has been the only open channel washed out during this war tours declared by most of golf. and that's why both nato and the united nation have been happy that he was able to speak to both both leaders from moscow during this these negotiations. also, let's remind you a turkey host some meetings for the fire as well. so that's why after signing, as much as the sample that maybe there will be it will have the way for us for between 2 countries that have been fighting against each other earlier this year.

no one will be hearing that we are expecting the united nations and turkey and russia. and now they are establishing a joint control and coordination centers that will be watching a great exports from the claim to world markets. and of course, you will also pay the way for the russians ways that haven't been. thank haven't seen thank sion read you. the world markets you create and russia are the biggest grain for the if there is in the world. of course, turkey is happy to have contributed in such a successful the domestic process as is seen as a landmark achievement by the international community and hopes for more turkey has strong economic correlations with both you crate and russia and a but it's a nato country. it is always statement that to ankara is against the russian

aggression towards the crane. but it has never calls it said to put matic channels or economic channels, or was russia that by this way it has stayed out of the conflict. basically, the still will also will continue to help turkeys stay out of this conflict. as long as the war in ukraine continues, but many are expecting that the deal will help to ease highlander. the is the, the famine and the rising. if would prices in the world and did cinema casale, there, across that for us in istanbul, thanks so much then. and, well, let's take you back now into that room in istanbul, where we do expect that signing ceremony to take place any minute you're watching on your screens. now un secretary general antonio gutierrez, he is sitting there with russia type. i'm just president. they both and obviously very involved in getting this deal together. what do you do? we haven't seen the signatories actually encounter anything on the page yet,

but people are finally walking into the room back is it is not good. well, let's have a listen to what's happening right after it left for the signature. certainly, you know, all the documents, so you know which one you up with will be signed by ukraine. russia in the framework, so you crave are a no secretary general antonio curtis will be giving a speech your excellency, president, out of the one excellence his ladies and gentlemen. today there is a beacon on the black sea. the beacon of hope that beacon of possibility a beacon of relief in a world that needs it more than ever. i want to recognize and sank all those will

make it happen. thought hosts, but i didn't edit a one and the government of to your facility station and persistence have been essential through every step of this process. shock to secure that him. thank you very much. to the presentations of the russian federation and ukraine. you have overcome obstacles and put aside the differences to pay the way for the initiative that you will serve the common interests of all promoting welfare of humanity as being the driving force of these folks. the question has not been what is good for one side or the other. the focus has been or not methods most for the people of all worlds. and let there be no doubt these agreements for the walls. it will bring relief for developing countries on the edge of bankruptcy and

the most vulnerable people on the edge of famine. and to love federalized global food prices, which would already record levels even before the war and nightmare for developing countries. specifically, the initiative we just signed opens up best for significant volumes of commercial food export from city, ukrainian port in the black sea or that chevron or 6 and use me. the shipment, the grain and food stocks and markets will help bridge the global food supply get and reduce pressure on i prices excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, these agreement did not come easy. seems thor started. i mean, i like think that there is no solution to the global who is without including full global excess to grams, food products and russian food and fertilizers. today we took important steps to

achieve these objectives, but it has been a long growth in april. after being received by president edible one, i meant to be present for the present sill and ski to propose a plan for solutions. and we have been working every day since it took a mouth efforts and commitment by all sides and weeks of on the clock negotiations . the commitment and dedication are even more vital today. this initiative must be fully implemented because the well so desperately needs it to tackle the global for crisis. we count on the governments of to kia, to maintain its critical role going forward. and i made to plant the full commitment of united nations, will remain closely involved in working for the agreement success. ramping, epr, explain should be where is position to deliver on its commitments. i'm grateful for the work of the to you in the past forces that develop the parallel co. we don't

and coordinated approach. one led by martin graphics and the secretary general, 40 military affairs and including international maritime organization focused on the shipment of ukrainian gray. and so the black sea today, yet announcing the assemblies of a joint correlation center to monitor the implementation of the black sea initiative data for fled by rebecca green, spend the secretary internal home center, gone, facilitating the any bid excess to them for the lives of what is, you know, i think in the russian federation to global markets and the also resulted in an agreement, i at all sides to spare, no effort to implement their commitments. we must also spare no effort for peace. this is an unprecedented agreement between 2 parties engaged in blood the conflicts, but the conflict continues and people are dying every day,

and fighting is raging every day. the beacon of hope on the black sea is shining bright today. thanks to the collective efforts of so many in these trying times for the region and all globe left. that's beacon guy and the way toward is the human suffering and securing peace. thank you. we thank the secretary general of the united nations for his speech data on a plan shifted to get what you think were scarce trained pipe have on i would like to invite him to take in a president of turkey. he's excellency, president, are going to give a speech saying

that psychedelic book, unless you're a secretary general, distinguished members of parliament and distinguished members of the delegation, i extend you my most heartfelt greetings to see if it is where we are here in the stumble, the meeting point civilizations and continence going to take us to following the meeting, we carried out on the 29th of march, which was a turning point into discussions. we are here once again here on another historical date, and it gives me great pleasure to welcome you in a stumble. there is a matter which has been troubling the world for a long time. now. it will get in with that gives us pride to have been

credentialed steadily. a vehicle for solving the india food crisis, which is troubling the world again. katy kits in a new noun all in montana. billions of people are faced with the danger of what happened though, from africa to asia, and we, through disagreements will contribute to solving this problem was i'm not yet shannon jack. however, delegates of the product then by it's given all the job did in cleveland and your carrying out disagreement. it yes, the loss of initiatives you food due to the heat way fed wilson again. good. i have just shown the car would have caused an increase in food prices, but disagreements will overcome that grain nipple that and the big data. of course we didn't reach this point without great overcoming certain challenges. somebody in order to be able to achieve the exports of the grain from ukrainian ports. we have

carried outside intensive work together with the un and i lindell, members of the delegations. jenny, we have been in constant contact with india, representatives of russia and ukraine. it yatchuck listed both parties. emily, so another had expectations during this sensitive process really looked at my foreign minister and minister of defense have worked very hard during this time. his excellency antonio terrace secretary general of the u. n. and his team created a plan in the outsets, and this was truly commendable yet that he didn't get any daily de lacey that she couldn't. i would like to thank president sa lensky and president puts in for the leadership they displayed in this process. casey. net uni benefit, soon as a new clo of shipments will begin, and this will bring

a sigh of relief. jolly mother lester, like other june, should i say that is in debt. will probably cut it from the passage to the arrival if young at their destination ports in italy. you stumble the old stages of the process that i have now been eager upon that have been done. there will be a joints coordination center set up in. you stumbles where in stutter examinations will be carried out. please note that you the international community has also contributed a significant amount for this planet to have reached this successful point. now, they're shot approximately 4 months ago. once again, in istanbul, miss advocated me. so we hosted discussions between ukraine and russia. well, some will not progress was made during those meetings, cultish malady code, but it is regrettable. and that's the developments that followed that annual caused

an intensification of the clashes and the 2 young and cabled age. we have stated that no one could become a victim in this conflict, and it would cause more harm to the whole world. now it won't go to music, go to lou, should our letter and in the 5 months that have gone by economy. these statements that we have made, i have been confirmed, and it is regrettable. i thought it had offset it. thought, even as there is strife in economic terms, the number of people who have lost our lives has increased on jack would get the shots and people in the farthest corners of the world have been impacted adversely by these developments. now. my love, which are small that'd be done in j front. and if you knew how to do odd it is our desired that this conflict should be ended as soon as possible. if,

if it's not you will get this conflict is a cause for suffering of innocent lives will mistake other than but in any, almost this joint venture that we are carrying out. scott here, and he stumble, you will be a turning point for case. this is my sincere desire. yeah. it's in that whatever the developments on the field may be at the end of the day games, wars and it will be concluded, shall i round the diplomacy, tables in london most and through negotiations are really the tribune fell. none yet. out in the mid, any at all nation steps need to be taken to end the war for this is for the benefits of all humanity, a sense of civilization. go dean's as with certain responsibilities and we will act in accordingly. we shall do whatever is required from us as

neighbors to these countries. said him as long as you can. i hypnotist. pray for god's help and disregard to write it. as i conclude my words take up a she couldn't do it on booking. i would like to extend the old of you. my thanks for your efforts that tuning sound in higher lesson. and i hope you got any documents and agreements which will be signed today cuz it will bring bennett. she's that it has a met that said everyone has some to do that for the 1st come to the say, and i agree to again with the fact that we would like to thank his excellency president, add on for his remarks while you've been listening there to the opening of the signing ceremony in istanbul for a deal involving russia, ukraine tacky and the united nations to move ukrainian grain out of ports and to

try to ease a global freed crisis. now we've heard from both un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, and turkish present recipe. bowden and both men have described just how hard one this agreement has been. they've also announced the establishment of the joint coordination center to implement this deal. well, let's talk you through what we believe this agreement involves a joint control center is due to be set up in istanbul, which will shed your shipment's ukrainian vessels. we expect will guide the grain ships through mind waters in and out of port. russia apparently has also agreed not to attack any of the shipments as they move. and turkey with support from the united nations will inspect the ships to allow any russian fears of weapons smuggling. well, at this point, as we see people there gather to start signing some of these documents. let's also

bring in alan fisher. he has the view from keith allen just as we're watching people there start signing some of these documents as we were saying the last hour the ukrainians have really had plenty of caveats when it came to this dio. while late on thursday here and keith, there were people saying from the government that this wasn't yet a done deal. even though turkey in the united nations were saying that the words had been finalized than this signing was going to go ahead. then late last night in his normal address, president zaleski said there would be a deal signed in turkey that would benefit the country. but in the last couple of hours we've had from a senior adviser to the president's office who's tweeted out that it's very clear that ukraine has signed a deal with turkey and with the united nations and certainly not with russia. now they want to make sure that there will be no russians ships. she didn't ukrainian water, c, c, russia, as an aggressor and say that will not be allowed to be no russian inspectors in any

ukrainian ports. and they say that if there are any provide provocations that will be met with a military response almost immediately, they insist that if ships are to be searched then though that will happen in international waters. but the point they really want to make clear is this is nor any sort of deal between ukraine and russia. and even though these are the 1st substantial talks involving the 2 countries since march, this is aimed at getting the grain out of the ports and easing the global foot crisis. rather than laying the pathway to any sort of future talks between the 2 countries. and indeed we are now watching the ukrainians sign, the dell we just saw, and russian defense minister, sagacious showing her hold at his side of the agreement and now they're watching the ukrainians do their signing sammy just how quickly g. thank alan. could the ukrainians get export smoothing?

well there are they, they say that a could happen very quickly indeed, but that, that appears to be a real ambitious timeline. first of all. busy that our minds in the 3 ports that the ukrainians are in control. and so they would have to be navigated if not clear . and we know that the ukrainians are taking steps to do things like that. and they're also going to get mine hunters ships from the united kingdom. so the treaty navy, actually training a with the royal navy. the yuki is royal navy in scotland at recite, which is the base for the might hunters. so getting them in place could take some time, and then there's the problem, all of which vessels will come in and start moving the green. because if you add a shipping company and you tell your and shooter yet we're going into ukraine, they're bone to see. see that again because it is going to cost a lot more and insurance premiums because the ships are sailing into a war zone where there has no one to be minds. and also there is the possibility of

being hit from the sky. so that me, well slow up the number of people who want to move in, but the, the ukrainians, a desperate to get this moving one to help the global food crisis. that's obviously important. it will bring some money into the ukrainians as well. but the other thing is we are starting harvest season here. in fact, we were speaking to a farmer to day who has started his work on his field, preparing it for the harvest, and everything this in the silos up to 25000000 tons of green came from last year's harvest. and so if that isn't clear though, there's nowhere to put the grain from this year's harvest and that will cause a problem that could knock on. so they are very keen to get this great moving one to help the global economy and the global for crisis. but also giving them somewhere where they can store what comes from the fields in the coming months. allen fresh air that talking as either these pictures, expanding view funky and thank you very much. allan, well, you're watching pictures, live pictures from istanbul wet at signing sand. any has literally just taken place

and justin shot that there is the tac is present recipe, but a one that's bring in to them cause they only she's been watching this or so for us in istanbul. obviously in m talk, he has a really critical role in the implementation of this deal. exactly, a turkey has been the facilitator in this field, mediating between both crane and russia as it has strong economic and political relations with it. both sides also united nations, secretary general has mentioned that turkish presidents are gone, has been very persistent about this the at recently a couple of weeks ago, a turkey host with another meeting between the ukrainian and russian officials, a foreign ministers of both countries, trying to mediate for a true says walls, apparently it doesn't work, but at least 2 countries have agreed open,

impaling the way forward. they are grains and fertilizers to the world markets. actually, this is a common problem for both russia and ukraine. it 2 countries are the biggest grains producers in the world. they are supplying most of the countries. and the interruption of grants export to the world markets has schools, has caused some problems in inflated prices as well. and the united nations secretary general antonio, good terrorist has been warning the world for the last couple of months that at this it could end up with famine. and in 2022, we can see multiple famine incidents in several parts of the world. as there are some of changes in conflicts across the world, not only in ukraine, but also in syria, afghan is found. it's yoga and many other places. so at least now there is a quote that the seal will ease the food prices and will ease the famine and the hunger echo world. on the other hand, of course,

turkey as one of the biggest special features of this agreement, i hope that maybe it may pay a way for a truce between ukraine and russia and in the coming months. also this is, this is at the football game for prisons are gone, preparing for an election scheduled for 2023. also again of image a positive image among the international community and it's western allies. turkey has said away from the ukranian conflict, but it's made the country, it's a good looking cleaning principle but hasn't closed the doors with moscow. so many hope that as. a a also mentioned, this is a beacon of hope for the black sea. indeed, quite the diplomatic victory, not just one but also from antonio terra's and we'll be hearing from him live here on algebra at 16 gmc do. stay tuned for that and i'm for now. thanks very much.

now moving on and in sri lanka, security forces have rated the main anti government protest. canton colombo, just hours after running a bit from a single, with warning, this president protest to say they had planned to vacate that area by friday afternoon, from a thing that has threatened to crack down on what he calls the undemocratic demonstrators who toppled his predecessor. well, shortly after the protest fight was cleared, the nation went in and was sworn in as long as new prime minister. he is an ally, a former president. gotta buy a roger puck. so now a us house committee investigating the january 6 riots says that former president, donald trump, chose not to act as deadly violence unfolded on capitol hill to form the white house staffers have given evidence suggesting that trump initially dismissed calls to de escalate the situation. she returns the reports now from washington dc. the committee's focus was the 187 minutes between donald trump finishing his white

house speech to the followers he summoned on january the 6th, out of the ventral video message cooling on the writers to go home after they reached the capital in more evidences present the trump wanted to join the protest is to go into a heated argument with secret service agents who refused to take them. but now we got a suggestion about why they refused for security official who chose to remain anonymous . i don't know if you want to use the word insurrection, qu whatever. we all knew, that this would move from a normal democratic public event into something else. having been rebuffed, trump retired to the white house dining room where he remained for over 2 and a half hours. the cool logs blank for that time and the official white house photographer was prevented from entry. but fox news was displaying the unfolding chaos. a few kilometers away, witnesses, se trump made no effort to intervene during that time, but was well aware of what was unfolding. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day?

where are you aware of any phone call by the president united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no, you have any phone call by the president of the united states, the secretary of homeland security that day. i'm not aware that those in the white house growing more alarmed, desperate to get the president to do something. so with trump, children, his closest allies, the republican leadership in congress, even fox news hosts, but to no avail. on capitol hill members or the vice president security detail say they were terrified members of the b p detail at this time, we're starting to peer for their own lives. but instead from twitch is an attack against like pants that inflamed the crowd further, it looked like fuel being poured on the fire. donald trump's daughter, vanka, managed to get her father to agree to cool and support his quote to stay peaceful, but only after protracted negotiations. me that the president did not want to include any sort of mention of peace in that tweet by the pending committee. argue that only when it was clear that any attempt to stop the votes,

edification would fail, and the national guard was on its way, did donald trump speak? but even then, he refused to use the prepared statement. it was a land slide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. sure, i can't see it. and the next day is the address. the nation from still would not concede, but this election is now all congress has certified the results. i don't want to say the elections. i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the elections over. ok. the committees argument is the trump broke the oath of office by not acting on january the 6th, but even just fail to act. he chose not to act. i'm the committee will hold more hearings in september to make the argument a trump isn't fit to ever hold office again. she advertise the al jazeera washington ah.