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ukrainian forces step off the counter offensive in the south to retake the city of kirsten. ah. hello. can bell? this is al jazeera law from dull hoff also coming up tensions about tie wall. net, a to al cole, between the us and chinese presidents. they agree to meet face to face. the wall bank says no new financing for sri lanka until the economy has stabilized. and violent protests calling for an end to minute trouble in guinea, bring the capital to a standstill. ah, ukrainian voices save our troops on the front line as stepping up a counter offensive and curse hall southern region fell to russia in the early days

of the war. but ukraine wants to recapture it. a strategic bridge is now out of action after ukrainian forces hate it with long range rockets. keith says it targeted 5 russian strongholds around the city on thursday. another 3 bridges across the denito river, having damaged recent weeks, making it harder for russia to supply its forces. john hanson is in the port city of odessa, with more on the situation in her home. in her son that counter offensive is gaining strength. that is a, according to british intelligence, you did have that bridge strike that was designed to cut the city off and isolate russian troops in that area. and we've heard below mirrors lens give ukrainian president say that it was a main goal for the ukranian army to take back harrison. that was a strategic point from which the russian military has been launching many of its operations. so the idea of isolating it is strategic in order to try to retain or to gain back bits of that area. and there have been members of the underground also

active there were told by ukrainian officials that russian police officer was killed. that is part of an effort the russians have made in these towns. they've taken to sort of rush defiant, the issue russian i. d, 's. they ban the trading of the currency here in ukraine, the river, and require people to use roubles in the don best region in eastern ukraine. ukrainian officials have warned residence to leave. they say, if they don't leave, they risk having power, water, food, medicine, heat and communications cut off. and we also learned a little more about what happened at a hotel in back moot in eastern ukraine. we, there was a strike on that hotel according to ukrainian officials. that was a russian strike earlier. we reported that there was one dad, that number is now increased to 4. jeffrey edmonds as a senior analyst focusing on russian military policy at cna,

a non profit research and analysis organization. he says, ukraine's counter offensive comes at a difficult time for russia. i think right now we're seeing a very interesting part of this conflict wherein ukrainian forces might be in a position to actually retake territory that they lost this out. i think the russians are worried about that and the russians have a difficult operational decision ahead of them. how much do they pull from the east, where they're really trying to make more progress, you know, reinforce the south so they don't lose territory. and you know, don't, but i think still remains the russian priority. whereas the south remains ukraine prairie. so both sides have, have rather challenging operational decision to make us to where they deploy their forces. i think they're very optimistic and i would say amazon in the west are also not dismissive of the fact that that you might be able to do this really depends on 2 weaknesses in the russian military, one of logistics, the russians have been horrible. and just at the beginning, and he's new long range artillery systems are only vassar begun that problem. and 2nd is the russians have a severe man,

parent equipment problem that's not easy to fix. i wouldn't just the idea that the russian military is getting to a point where it's exhausted. that's us. i mean, most of those cat and piece were actually lost in the 1st several weeks. and that staggering, that is not something you quickly recover from. even if russia were to declare some national mobilization or something like that, this isn't something you fix quickly. i think the craniums are going to be in a position before the russians can fix the problem. they'll actually be in a position to take some territory back us president joe biden and chinese president . she ping spoke for 2 hours on thursday and what's being described as a 10th phone call president. she warned joe biden not to play with fire of a co on us. how speaking nancy pelosi is room to be planning a visit, i think says it's part of chime is territory. the us president raised allegations of genocide and force labor of time this week, and muslims by there is not reported to have talked about removing us power from chinese goods. boss accused beijing of unfair trade practices that hom,

american work, is measuring based journalist patrick fox explains the 2 countries positions on taiwan well, judging by the read out from both sides, it appears that a lot of time was dedicated to talking about taiwan as had been expected, and you have to imagine the both sides will be relatively satisfied that they were able to engage on the topic and speak frankly, at the same time without things going off the rails. and that these heights intentions president, she's paying importantly said the basing was resolutely opposed to what it sees as external interference and warning that those who play with fire will get burned. but when you look beyond on that fiery rhetoric, which is very much target to china, is domestic audience, it does really pinpoint what the key differences and the read out from the chinese side. that said that the one china principal was the bedrock for sino us relations, which it really isn't. president biden, in the discussion also talked about the us being committed to the one china policy,

which essentially means that acknowledges that there is any one china, but it doesn't necessarily see that beijing is the soul. that jet emits governments of china including taiwan. so that is the key difference. the reader also says the u. s. should on the one china principle. so it's not only about not one thing. visits from us. officials to taiwan or american lawmakers having close relationships with taiwanese officials. but it's also essentially calling on the us the shifting policy altogether on taiwan. well, bank says it won't give, shall anchor financial assistance until it puts economic reforms in place. the country has been plunged into a deep financial crisis since 2019 shall anchors. new president, ronald klemmer. singer has promised to get the country back on track. after protests forced his predecessor to resign and often and as his life for us now in colombo min l. so what does this mean are for the country which desperately needs

financial aid? but basically it reminds you long cur, that that is one avenue where the door is closed in terms of seeking finances until it gets its economic house in order. now the world bank basically saying that there will be no new financing for shalon co funding in the in terms of loans or anything new that the world bank will allocate until such time that tra lanka gets it's a macro economic situation under control. they have talked about, obviously the need for is huge structural reform, as well as addressing the root causes of the problem that has led sri lanka into this economic crisis. now those obviously need to be addressed before the world bank will come forward, will come forward with new financing. however,

so far since april this year, the world bank has provided something like a $160000000.00, but this is from reaper post funds. or what that means is that funding that had been allocated to sherlock of various ongoing projects have been agreed with the government and provided parts of those funds towards medicine to it's cooking gas and towards other essentials. which obviously sri lanka can't afford because of the crippling foreign currency crisis. and the fact that he can't afford the food medicine of fuel and cooking. so that's is tuition where the world bank is concerned. now, critics of the new president is still trying to make themselves heard. what's happening that behind you? and so i'm hearing that basically the protest village that was created many months ago outside the president's office, initially under the banner,

go to go home village. now obviously we've seen the exit of president go to our b roger boxer. but many of the protesters continued, i was saying that it was not just that roger boxer, but even those that he had brought in under the guise of a new government that it was the same more faces. or even the man who sits in the presidential seat. now what the protest her say is that he has no credibility that he does not have the confidence of the people given the fact that he was voted out of parliament at the last general election. so things had gone quiet after that violent and that major crack down at, at dawn at 1 am in the morning literally or within ours, after run over grimacing, had took oats as president. and there has been a sort of a crack down a rounding up of those seen as protest leaders. there was one guy who was literally manhandled or for a play. and while he was waiting to catch a flight to the middle east,

best was kind of only delayed after passengers started questioning the c id who had come to arrest him demanded to see a warrant. after a long delay that produced a warrant that had been obtained, another guy who was leaving a protest on a bus was man handled by 6 men in civilian clothes. i was going to have a problem. there are technical issue with me now that was mal fernandez in colombo, of the family of ounces. their gentle assuring of our claim has made an impassioned plea for us politicians to support an independent investigation and to have to have the support of 80 members of congress. she returns the reports from washington, d. c. my name is lena barkley and shooting was my aunt capitol hill was the latest stop for the brother, niece and nephew of slain al jazeera report, serene blackledge. as i keep up, the pressure on the bike did ministration to open an independent investigation into a killing. this is the very least the by the administration must do. they cannot

rely on israel's word. war criminals cannot investigate their own crime. tv was my little sister. the family members also renewed the call for a meeting with president biden after he refused. during his recent trip to the occupied territories, a us citizen, a prominent journalist, beloved by millions of people, was killed by a highly trained israeli soldier. president biden was 10 minutes away. he never came to see us an ag members of congress who joined the family and cooling for an independent investigation. she was trying to tell us through her journalism what was happening now. we owe her for memory and her family. an outcome of what happened to her? i'm so sorry. co family and i'm embarrassed or when the murders where is really uniforms, there's complete silence. this is bigger than one person or one country. this is about our values as americans. on tuesday the family met with us secretary of state

and we blink him. afterwards he tweeted that he expressed his deepest condolences and a commitment to pursue accountability for sharina. quite tragic killing. but the family said he made no commitment to an independent investigation. the next stop for the blocked as will be the department of justice. the family says it's not my even aware of the u. s. history of shielding israel from accountability for the killing of palestinians or us citizens. but it says it has to try and stop the cycle that leads israeli soldiers to feel that they can kill at will she ever time? see al jazeera washington still ahead on al jazeera, why? there's tension at the un security council about who should lead its diplomatic efforts in libya, the report from the italian island of lamb producer, which has been overwhelmed by a certain migrants and refugees. ah,

the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book, your travel package to day. now the heart of europe's turn rather cloudy again. this cloud didn't do sing very much in the way of rain and will thunderstorms, but it's clean. there for some reason is coming up against this area of high pressure to settle. still giving dry weather poland declared a drought. and that's a fairly common theme. i've said around this hot start the summer. this looks like things have cool down. the blue represents rain. there's plenty of light is shout, they're running through the heart of you're not getting that far south, it's still remaining hot a long way. so this is significant rate on its way through poland. so probably welcome. but look at the drop in temperatures. zach goes through warsaw down to 16 degrees that pretty cold. really. this is on sunday. so this part of europe is seeing some welcome brain and dropping down in temperature, further west, sort of the opposite with the exception of maybe the british isles. good part of frowns is warming up again if you pick up the forecasts with

a forecast. for example, paris is got up to 30 that we take you to next week 303335 starter, rec, open well above the average. so the western heat wave is rebuilding in africa. we had seen some significant flooding from very active bunches of thunderstorms running from the ethiopian hobbins slowly westwards during friday that slide it to be the case. i think in molly, i'm not sure you've morsa on saturday kat official airline of the journey light and robust debates. a lot of folks when they hear the word refugee think stranger, they think other law literally stuck in these camps. it's regardless of your range, the way you're coming from. you said give everybody safety from global issues to those that need to be heard. human rights and land defenders and brazil, they live in a circumstance of permanent violence and intimidation. the st. claire, a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. ah,

ah, ah, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder about top stories. this l. ukrainian forces, say their troops on the front line, a stepping off a counter offensive, and careful. keith says it targeted 5 russian strongholds around the city on thursday, as well as a strategic bridge. the u. s. and chinese presidents have talked for more than 2 hours and what's been described as a tense on coal teaching thing as well. joe biden, not to as he put it, play with fire when it comes to taiwan. well, bank says it won't give, shall anchor assistance until it implements economic reforms. the country has been mine to the financial crisis since 2019. you, presidents and all the grandma singer has promised to get the economy back on track

. a protest, a has been killed and guineas capital during demonstrations against the military rule. this is anger because no date has been confirmed for elections out. last year's co op rankoff reports protested, thought guinea would quickly return to civilian rule. when they back to military coup against president out of candy last year. now they say they've been duped, said manifesto so many people. this protest is revenge against this regime. we thought the crew was a change, but no, it's just a change of facade. i support the f n d c. i supported in everything that it's doing. after taking power, the military promised a 3, a transition back to civilian rural. protest to say that's too long. and the west african regional block a class agrees. you did a quote actually. i was in conner,

cree with the president of the commission of vehicle, was to make the military john to understand the decision of the summit of heads of state that the transition cannot exceed 24 months. oh, the national front for the defense of the constitution or f n d. c. the coalition of political parties and civil society organizations founded in 2019. it led a wave of protest appears in contest plan to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term. now it's demonstrating against the military who confesses that developed around a cooling september of 2021 is no longer there. that civil society and operation parties are determined to have his c. and if the hotel doesn't open up a more inclusive, more consultative, more transparent decision process, then we could be in real trouble in guinea can agree. the military hunter has fan

protests, but these demonstrators aren't listening. barbara al jazeera french president, emanuel corn has met saudi crown. prince. mom had been sol, man at the least a palace, france, and other european countries are trying to secure alternative sources of energy to reduce their dependence on russian oil and gas. it's been sol man's at 1st official visit to the e. u since jealous demarcus shockey was murdered at saudi consulate. in a stumble in 2018. the un security council is deadlocked on who should lead its diplomatic efforts and libya. the current special advisors, stephanie williams, is scheduled to leave a post at the end of the month. shifting government alliance is end of year have spots renewed violence and diplomatic etta james space reports from un headquarters in new york. for the 1st time in a row, the un mission in libya and smell has been extended by just 3 months. the 3 african members of the security council was so angered that in protest they abstained.

during the vote, it's not the only blow to the u. n. in libya, stephanie williams, who's been leading the un mission, is finally stepping down back in 2020 inches, secured an agreement between the parties to have elections, elections that have never taken place. she's wanted to step down from her post for months, but has been persuaded to stay by the un secretary general. i want to thank her for her extraordinary efforts to broker an agreement on the constitutional framework for elections. we wish her well in her future endeavors and call on the leaders of the house of representatives and the high state council to work constructively toward a goal toward the goal. miss williams sought to advance and we support the efforts of the secretariat and council members in their discussions to find a new candidate someone who can effectively lead and smell and facilitate the necessary dialogue among libby and leaders towards persistent piece. months ago,

the un secretary general has identified the person he wanted to take over the un mission in libya, and that was sabri book, a doom, the former algerian foreign minister. but his appointment was blocked by one member of the security council. the united arab emirates, italy is scrambling to relocate thousands of refugees and migrants on the mediterranean island of land, producer after a surgeon arrivals of a crowning at the reception center. as adding to the trauma, people have been true. as natasha name reports, they survived the perils of the mediterranean. but once they reached the shores of lampa, do so many migrants refugees, that asylum seekers see a europe that isn't quite what they'd imagined. oh, this is the welcome center. in recent days, it's reached more than 6 times its capacity. people sleep on the ground surrounded by human waste and garbage. there are no showers,

the stench is overpowering. it's not gonna be there too, and very, very bad. so, but it's taken this syrian refugee 3 years to reach europe. he paid a smuggler $3500.00 for a boat ride to lap a do so one of the closest european destinations on the route from north africa i was leaving but my back broken. i have to go to little before the recent wave of arrivals, the government says more than 34000 asylum seekers had reached italy this year. in the last 10 days, hundreds of migrants have been arriving daily. the authorities can't keep pace. any dining room table him at dense and may go down, this is not a migrant emergency. usually welcome to 100000 ukrainians and we didn't have an

emergency. why don't we treating these people in a humane way? save the children says there are 300 minors in the center. many are low. he said can, can he said, oh, not bad with that seal. we are trying to ensure they know they rights offered them psychological support for they trauma and the create a space for them to play. the children express their feelings by painting and they homes and crowded bots. people drowning and sharks. this voyage is often one of loss, violence and pain. having made it this far, these people are hoping their journey is almost over and they'll soon be able to start the lies. they've long envisioned in europe. natasha game, l. jazeera, lumper, usa, italy. an official inquiry is now taking place in hong kong. off the members of a boy band were injured during a concert band mirror was performing at the hong kong coliseum, when

a giant green fell onto the stage to hers and one. is it a serious condition? the series of shows has been plagued by technical faults and questions over 60. latest figures in the us indicate the gross domestic product or g d p has trunk for the 2nd quarter in a row, g d, p is a measure of the value of all goods and services produced by country. it's one measure use to judge how an economy is doing. my kind of has more from washington dc. it's a crippling time for american consumers, the inflation rate hovering around for decade, high of 9 percent. the base interest at which money is lent increased for times this year already. and now the news that the g d p i frank for the 2nd quarter. another blow to national confidence, although president bided insist, the economy will recover and there is no recession. both chairman power and many of the significant banking

personnel and economists say we're not recessive, the bite and administration points to the fact that employment is rising at an unprecedented rate with over 2 and a half 1000000. new jobs created this year alone, as clear evidence that it's doing a good job and opinion echoed by the treasury secretary. most common. and most americans have a similar definition of recession. substantial job losses and mass layoffs. businesses shutting down. private sector activities, slowing considerably. family budgets under immense strain in some a broad based weakening of our economy. that is not what we're seeing right now. that many republicans in a divided congress seeing a political opportunity. well aware that should the november elections take place

in the shadow of a recession. it would be devastating for the administration impala. this economy is not working well in our economists are going to argue about whether we're in recession or not. but those are academic debate. in order to be politicize the term . it's an independent body which decides whether or not a recession is under way. the national bureau of economic research consists of 8 economists who gather and examine all relevant data and then make an independent determination. polls indicate that some 50 percent of the u. s. population believes the recession has already begun, despite what the president says are going to be a lot of chatter today on wall street and among pundents about whether we are in a recession and in a meeting with president biden. a number of chief executive officers agree there is no recession pointing to the notable absence of the most historically reliable sign

of a downturn. a half point rise in the unemployment rate averaged over several months . by kinda august 0, washington floods in the us state of kentucky have killed at least 8 people, but that number is expected to rise. the governor has issued a status emergency and says the destruction could take several years to repair. tens of thousands of homes without power and more rain is forecast. in a word, this event is devastating. and i do believe it will end up being one of the most significant deadly floods that we have had. i expect double digit deaths in this flooding. that's something that we rarely say. it's going to take time as the come in and us and talk about in a little bit. we have more rain tonight and some areas, and we're going to need people to take some steps to keep them safe. otherwise, even the total that we expect could grow. a rare dinosaur skeleton has sold it

auction in new york for more than $6000000.00. scientific and sand about the ethics of such sales. i fear they could lose access to research the perfectly preserved bonds. gabriel elizondo has mo, from new york. it's a dinosaur called gore cancerous, and it roamed earth more than 79000000 years ago. the dinosaur founded 2018 is a particularly rare find. it's made up of $79.00 bones, perfectly preserved from the giant school to the details and the vertebrae and the tail, not one bone is out of place. there are only 20 known fragments of this animal that exist anywhere in the world. almost all of them were found in canada, where it is believed the giant predator lived. but this one was unearthed on private land in the state of montana in the united states. but the fact it was found in the u. s. and not canada makes it even more rare. and why it sold for

$6100000.00 to an anonymous buyer at an auction in new york on thursday, canada. and like many other countries as a strict restriction on fossils being exported from the country to a dinosaur like this would not be allowed out of canada because it was found in the us. that means we can actually sell it. and that is part of what makes it this dinosaur so rare. while the sale of this dinosaur was for over $6000000.00, it's not the most expensive dinosaur ever sold. that title will go to a tyrant, a source rex. it's over over $31000000.00 in 2020 another dinosaur sold for more than $12000000.00. and well, that might be a good thing for the buyers and even the auction houses. it's not necessarily a good thing for science. there's worry about the ethics of all of this many paley and, oh, just say they're concerned that dinosaurs specimens in private hands means that

they potentially are no longer available for research. there are not very many specimens of gorgeous or is all the others are in museums and one more being sold you might say, oh, well, it's only one, but if there's only a few, right, that's a lot of information that we lose and you say, well why are you losing it? well, for one, you have no guarantee that whoever buys it is going to allow access to scientists. the new owner will not only get the dinosaur, but now be able to give it a name. gabriel is on do. i'll just either do your sign to say they don't know how to control a virus that killed 3 young elephants at a zoo in switzerland. zookeeper, say the calls died from a form of herpes infection, results and internal bleeding and organ failure which causes death within days. the thing is with this virus is not a lot we can do. there is a method with giving.