to sierra witness fusion, witness clarity, witness, family and witness. friends. witness the beginning. witness. the end witness. life witness on al jazeera. in just under a year's time catalyst al bait stadium will house the opening match of the 2022 world cup. the official opening of the stadium came on day one of the arab cup, but many fans were already counting down to the big kickoff. next, november c, u. r. o, a 1022 as this tournament unfolds over the coming days, it will play a key role. organize is getting ready to host the middle east's. biggest ever sporting event next year. and for the cats are national teams. they get used to playing in fronts of expected home crowds now hoping to convince both the fans and themselves. so they really all ready to take on the world. ah,

the us and russian foreign ministers speak for the 1st time since moscow invaded you, cried moscow. and keith, accuse each other of attacking a jail in dannetta, killing dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. ah, i don't hold. this is al jazeera live from london, also coming in time villages go hungry as conflict. the pandemic and rising food and fuel prices worse than the impact of climate change on the horn of africa. and permission is granted to pave a major highway through the present in amazon, the move the threatens to further increased deforestation. ah,

the u. s. secretary of state and russia's foreign minister have spoken for the 1st time since russia invaded ukraine in february. in the phone call, antony blinkin says he told sir gay law for all the world expects russia to honor its commitment to let grange shipment safely leave ukrainian ports. love rob said sanctions on russia. were party to blame for the global food crisis, and that weapon supplies to ukraine or prolonging the war. lincoln also warned rusher of consequences if it tries to annex more regions of ukraine. i also make clear to form is deliver off that. in light of recent statements coming from the kremlin about their plans to proceed with the further annexation of ukrainian territory. indeed, foreign ministers onwards replacing democratically elected ukrainian government as well as being part of their ongoing plans. those plans would ever be certain. the

world will not recognize accusations. we will impose additional significant costs on russia if it moves forward with plans. rosalyn, jordan in washington, dc has more now on that phone call. all you had antony blank in the u. s. secretary of state, stressing to russia that it needs to find a way to end the war in ukraine, and that it needs to find a way to commit to allowing ukrainian grain exports to leave that country so that it can't, they can be delivered worldwide on their part of the russians were saying that basically the current crisis is essentially the u. s. is fault. according to other foreign ministry survey, lobrado, told antony blinking. that part of the reason why the war is going on so long is because of the west determination to give the ukrainian military weapons. you also heard from survey law of rob, according to the foreign ministry, that the situation with the grain exports was also

a part of the u. s. imposing sanctions on russia, harming it's economy and where the 2 men also apparently disagreed, was on what to do about a u. s. proposal to essentially engage in a prisoner swap. the u. s. want the 2 people that considers long, fully detained. among others, the w and b, a star, brittany greiner, and the former marine who was convicted of espionage, paul leland to be released. and in many news reports of the suggestion is that the u. s. would release early the russian arms merchant, victor, boot of the wall on mister blank and made it clear that he wants the russians to take this proposal. seriously. the response from sergey love. rob, according to his, a foreign ministry, was that this sort of discussion needs to happen through quiet diplomacy and not in the public. not through leaks to the media. ships filled with ukrainian grain,

a loaded up and ready to go at flexi ports. president blowed him as the lensky and the g. 7. ambassadors to his country visited a court near odessa to witness the final preparations. russia and ukraine reached a deal a week ago to resume exports, and alleviated global food shortage from odessa in southern ukraine. john 100 reports the 1st ships long delayed by war are laden with ukrainian grain and ready to course through a new shipping lane designed to be safe from the conflict around it. ukraine hopes that soon it will again be feeding the world. ceasing mal m a but a lily madam, we sent all the signal so our partners, the you and, and turkey and our military has guaranteed the security situation. as farmers continue to harvest this year's wheat, corn and sunflower seeds, 25000000 tons of grain from last season had been stuck in storage. silos it 3 black,

see ports. until now. the 1st trips are a test run. after that, more ships will lead from the ports of odessa churn a more skin piv denny, in the coming days. if all goes well. the u. s. ambassador, joining her group of 7 colleagues in odessa says they are united in a simple task to get this grain to the people who need it to hungry people around the world. and also to shine a spotlight on the fact that it's very important for russia to live up to its commitments until allow this grain to be explored in o leg. bring back the deputy mayor of odessa says the port is a lifeline to a world struggling to avert a global food crisis. finish. and then there was the port of the distance, the oxygen ukraine needs to breed. it's not only for deaths, we understand the grain is a strategic role material for the entire world. this makes it possible today in

ukraine for us to continue fighting and defend our independence. across ukraine strikes from both sides are a reminder of the danger of sending ships, 3 war time waters. the ukrainian military says, russian forces have leveled to school in chroma tours in the east. while the russian defense ministry says a ukrainian missile struck a prison in all and even in the dawn bass, killing dozens of people keeps as vance dis, information from the kremlin. and that it was actually russian forces who carried out the attack. the prisoners of war inside the facility were from the as of battalion, which became synonymous with ukrainian strength when it's fighters held off russian forces in merrier pole for weeks. john henry and al jazeera odessa ukraine. these national committee of the red cross is asking for access to the site of the prison where that misses, strike killed, ukrainian prisoners of war. it's offered to help evacuate survivors and donate

medical supplies protective equipment and forensic material. it says a top priority is helping the wounded and dealing with bodies in a dignified manner. officials say they've been in touch with families of those affected ukraine's presidents, as the deaths of the prisoners shows, there should be clear, legal recognition that russia is a state sponsor of terrorism. army officials of accused the wagner group of being behind the attack. i think just all local bonita retorted, zaleski or ballistic. we emphasize that the explosions and olive care which led to the death of the new crimean defenders. we are a deliberate provocation and an undeniable act of terrorism by the occupying forces . according to the information of the main directorate of intelligence of the ministry of defense of ukraine, it was carried out by mercenaries when a wagner private military company, under the personal command of the nominal owner of the private military company, the organization and execution of the terrorist attack were not coordinated with

the leadership of the ministry defense of the russian federation. at the main purpose of the terrorist attack, lee was to hide the facts of total embezzlement, of funding, store, allocated for the maintenance of ukrainian prisoners of war, exact, ah, large swathes of the horn of africa, or in the midst of the regions, worst drought in 4 decades aid agencies, a warning of a humanitarian disaster that could affect millions of people as crops fail and entire villages go hungry. leaders are calling for a coordinated regional response ahead of the you and climate conference in november, catherine sawyer reports. this is a new comp for internally displaced people in the somali capital walk issue. most of this families are from louis shabbily, which is on the brink of a farming mohamad. hussein is worried about his son. the little boy doesn't have

anything to eat. and some of the other children have missiles, ona can imagine, but we left our home and live in hat conditions just the other day. my daughter day of measles and why my son is sick and is getting worse. we lost everything in the drought. for rainy seasons, half filled in the horn of africa, humanitarian groups estimate more than 18000000 people are going hungry in somalia, a fuel p, a g booty, and kenya. a combination of armed conflicts, rising global food and fuel prices has was in the impact of the extreme weather on poor communities. so is the on the front line or a j con market. the 2nd was honorable county, in terms of leaders from the region our meeting to

coordinate i had of a broader un climate summit in november, government from the region one to bring this to the attention of the negotiators. a crop 27, the climate negotiations happening in china. and today they've adopted a historic figuration. 2 baths. that will be brought to to the negotiators barker, the comp mohammad does not need to be reminded about the devastating effects of climate change. his less concerned about the decisions leaders make at their summits and more worried by where his next meal will come from. catherine soy. i'll jazeera firefighters in turkey, are battling ablaze that's threatening a residential area on the south west coast. the fire spread to a hotel that's also used as a tourism training center. no one was hurt. the authorities say strong winds and high temperatures of finding flames. closer to homes in the seaside town of camella, near maurice scientist say human induced climate change is making heat waves more

likely and more severe or still to come this half hour. torrential, rain and flash flooding kill 16 people in the state of kentucky. min miles military as accused of bombing civilians in its fight with groups. supposing last 2 years, ah, a notable winter front just come through western australia winds were up, tempt to drop rapidly. hopefully some useful rain comes out of it for the rest of the state. and percy's cold breeze continued to soft about 16 degrees. the rain is a good shot, lie on its way to adelaide and eventually western victoria. i think during sunday,

much of it slipped south towards tasmania, but there's no cold in there to give a bit of snow for the tory now. just see that showing up here and run across to the australian capital territory as well as the new zealand will give you. good news, but you're not going to get it. weddington goes 2nd wet day. the wind direction has changed by the end of it. the sun might be trying to h to shine, which is done to most the time in south island on sunday. se asia, a good part of java is dry because it's line here. but anyway, know of that, and you could see showers, all thunderstorms, big ones like embodied even briefing singapore, back in call lumper as well. we had seen a back off of the rain into men mar, but i think it's coming back then. same is true in thailand and in cambodia, southern vietnam and the philippines. as for the monsoon rains, the ship sells rather more vigorously in the south of india, but the still most concentrated in the off with the

on counting the cost, the european central bank raises interest rates to rain in inflation. good wising borrowing costs and political turmoil was italy's death book. the e you agree to cup natural gas? you said winter will that help to averse an energy crisis? counting the cost on al jazeera, under comfort reporting, i worked with exclusive stories explosive results, al jazeera investigations. ah ah, welcome back. the top stores on al jazeera,

the u. s. and russia's top diplomats of disgust grain shipments from ukraine in their 1st telephone calls since russia invaded ukraine in february. keeps says it's ready to dispatch the 1st shipments of grain from its black sea ports, but he's waiting for the go ahead from the u. n. and turkey. meanwhile, ukraine and russia have accused each other of striking a prison in the dawn bass. at least, 40 prisoners of war were killed. most of them from the as all battalion which defended the city of maria po before it fell to russia. lead us from the horn of africa. i've met to discuss a coordinated regional response to the regions, worst drought in for decades. agencies a warning of a humanitarian disaster that could affect millions of people as crops fail and entire villages go. the governor of the state of kentucky has declared a state of emergency after 16 people died in flash flooding. days of torrential

rain hit, they hit the appalachian mountain region in the east of the state, where rescue and recovery efforts are continuing. gabriel elizondo reports the appalachian region of eastern kentucky is under water. several days of rainfall have caused rivers to overflow their banks and entire towns to barely remain above water lines. the area got 2 months worth of rainfall in the matter of just 2 days. with recovery and rescue efforts ongoing. in some areas, the flood waters have not even crested yet. for those residents who did survived the storm, they told stories of horror. everything is going like, every thing is going. oh, love is good. i'll like apartment to buckle with me in like i'd rather be in the when the inside the apartment,

the flash flooding is so severe. even rescuers were shocked by what they were dealing with. probably 95 percent of the people in his area here loved oversight, houses, gars animals. it's, it's heartbreaking to really use these 4 siblings were all swept away in the flood waters. they drowned and their bodies have all been recovered. the governor who declared a state of emergency on friday to are the hardest to areas elsewhere in america. overnight monsoon range and las vegas flood waters seen coming through the roof of at least one of the cities famous casinos. there was also flooding in west virginia, and hundreds were rescued from flood waters in missouri. while parts of america are soaking wet, other parts are melting. it all comes after the north east of the us saw unseasonably and dangerous record high heat. earlier this month and meteorologist

know what's causing it. these type of events that have been occurring over the last couple of weeks across the country are directly attributable to climate change. these are big signals, extreme, he, heavy downpours that hearken back to the changes in our atmosphere because of the additional carbon because of the warming. in kentucky cleanup will mostly have to wait because they're still in this search and rescue phase of this storm. official say the death toll is likely to climb gabriel as anto algae is either a judge in the us as rule that libyan warlord halle for half star is civilly liable to actions for actions. his forces have taken in libya after who's a us citizen is accused of war crimes and extra judicial killings. he's been fighting to take over the country and he's hoping to run in libby as long stoled presidential elections. patty co. haine reports now from alexandria. virginia. a

lever is liable for years. these activists representing families killed and injured in libya, have been coming to this us courthouse trying to convince a judge that calissa hoster should be held civilly liable. brought his forces have done in libya, and on friday the judge agreed saying he is financially responsible for torture and extra judicial killings have to ours, didn't testify in his own defense. but those doing described indiscriminate crimes against civilians, including the bombing of a hospital. they bombed and when this, this libyan person, he attempted to run into the building and save people from the building. and he was hit by another, another bomb that was shelled over the hospital and he ended up dying. you know, these are the common folk, though suing also hope this impacts his political future in libya, the message that is being sent is that how can you allow

a criminal who has committed egregious crimes and who is being held responsible in front, a fair court. you know, for his crimes, how can you even have the, the notion that this man can stand in an election after has not been convicted of a crime, but the lawyers hope it will still be costly. it's rumoured, he has made hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps more around the world. up next, the judge will decide what he'll pay for what she's now said he's done. then they'll begin the difficult task of trying to find his assets. and season political have al jazeera alexandra virginia. the world bank says it won't give sri lanka financial assistance until it puts economic reforms in place. the country has been mod, in a deep financial crisis since 2019 the bank says it needs to address the route structural causes that lead to the crisis. sir lang, his new president, brand new we crew missing, has promised to get the economy back on track after protests forced his predecessor

to resign. with promising us government has kept a state of emergency in place, but as men, l fernandez explains now from colombo people are still protesting and at least 3 protest organizers have been arrested. the groves might be smaller, that one we've seen in recent months, but no less vocal. the banner says renelle must take responsibility for this crack down. and people here from civil society representatives of the protest groups saying that the government has no right to launch this violent crack down on the protesters and pick them off one by one, arresting them for essentially voicing their opposition. people now see the proto site does the site of bender that us previously plus the production site that gave people college j. b berg profession people came together late and i was,

i was a site where everybody could talk completely, but now it is the fight up here. and the government is painting that. and it's quite clear that the government in no means wants protest to build up again, as you can see behind me, a protest says have taken a seat. ah, they've all um, sort of started this silent demonstration. they've said they're not going to be violent, but they're just making their voices heard over here. you can see the huge are band of are police of security, the army on the other side that police, their special task force commanders. the protest as have been told to stick to the protest grounds on the other side. and it's quite clear, as i said, that this is to prevent any sort of big gatherings or crowds getting together and coming close to what this struggle was against. initially, the government of got our b, roger boxer, and now that of run

a vicar missing her men, mas military is accused of using fighter planes to far unguided munitions in civilian areas. that's according to a report by a group of independent investigators. tony tony chang, reports a find a jet screams along the border in northern thailand. the end of june has happened several times this year. and children know the drill, hiding in shelters until the skies a clear. but the jets are aiming their guns to myanmar. ah, blue conflict on the border is decades old. the air war is new. since last she has qu, the gender is deployed, attack helicopters, and fighter jets against armed rebels, the posing its rule. out through underground light. one day jack, come, ah, we get a hides. i don't really care about a that. is that a liam place,

or is that. 6 me place that they just bought everywhere. they just suit the rock at that and everywhere the gesture, the mashing guy like everywhere. ah, the attacks have been relentless and there's little the rebels can do there like machine guns and small arms and no match for the aerial bombardment. and there's one plane, they fear more than any other error, air play, attack, incur any they used at that new blue collar, when yeah, 130, the yak, 130. the russian to see to jeff was sometimes described as a trainer. that has full attack capabilities. the initial fleet has ordered before the coo but according to a report by independent investigators me and my witness. another delivery as arrived since the military took over housed in these newly constructed hangers, using social media and geo location, the report ledges these planes have been deployed in civilian areas,

firing unguided, serbian rockets, the 80 mean m. your ammunition is usually hits, which means high explosive anti pang when he canceled the possibility of aiming this an ordinance precisely to target. it's not really accurate. naturally, these people were fleeing ariel and artillery attacks on the eastern town of lake a go and december. since then, more than a 1000000 people have been displaced from their homes across myanmar, their greatest fear attack from the skies. tony ching al jazeera, brazil's environmental authority, has given permission for a major highway to be paved through the center of the amazon rain forest threatening to increase deforestation. president, jaya bull scenario had pledged to re pave the b r 319 and 870 kilometer highway that runs from monopoly to port velo. originally built in the 1900

seventy's. it's now in a state of disrepair, environmentalist, se repaving. the road will allow illegal loggers and land grapples to access remote areas of the rain forest more easily. a recent study found the pro, the project would result in a 5 fold increase in deforestation by 2030. the equivalent of an area larger than the u. s. state of florida. meanwhile, there are warnings of catastrophic consequences in the world's 2nd biggest rain forest. if it's opened up to drilling in the democratic republic of congo, her matessa reports the major potential tubing of a controversial move by the democratic republic of congo. the i see the new to the nation of investments for oil and gas companies. it's auctioning of oil and gas development right, to 30 blocks of land, tropical forests in the congo based. welcome to the i see. the president insists this does not mean us government is back tracking or commitments made at le,

his us climate summit. i would like to reassure partners, determination to carrot exploration, using modern technology that protects the environment, the foreigner and the flora, and preserves the ecosystems any logical balance. the congo basin covers 530000000 hector's in central africa and his home to 70 percent of the continents forests. some of the blocks, the dia, congo plant to develop are located on lake cable. lake tango nika. one is an acosta reason alongside the albertine gray. been in the east african rift valley. either plots or in the veranda, national park home to protected mountain gorillas and other endangered species. environmentalists and climate activists or drilling in these areas could be catastrophic. we're talking about a very small, good ecosystem quoting plan that you're storing more than 50 bid on ton of carbon, and that is about 3 year of image under your over mission of the entire planet.

that means any all extradition in this area would be carbon bombed objects. it will be exposed, and humanity won't be the same anymore. those in favor of drilling, se fossil fuel production would boost development in one of the world's poorest countries. and this is the moment in which we're trying to promote our resources. the democratic republic of congo is a potentially rich country. but at the moment it remains just potential. the government estimates they are $22000000000.00 barrels of crude reserves and is targeting production of $200000.00 barrels per day. but critics say there is no guarantee the wealth will benefit the congolese people harder matessa algebra. a controversial saudi funded golf tournament is underway in the us state of new jersey. many people who lost loved ones in the september 11th attacks are outraged . the event is taking place on a course owned by donald trump. al jazeera chris,

kristen salumi reports, no. the trump national golf club in bed minster, new jersey is hosting the live golf series bankrolled by the sovereign well fond of saudi arabia. the tournament has sparked outreach and among those who lost family members in the 911 attacks were standing here in the back yard of were 750 people were killed. bred eagle since father was killed, that if it were not for the kingdom he port, those hijackers would've had a 0 percent chance of success. and we, that's our goal is to educate the world. family members have accused donald trump and the pro golfers who are participating of taking blood money. my 2 brothers were murdered on 9 the i live every st. launching an ad to remind them that 15 of the 911 hijackers were saudi citizens when they say recently declassified documents show. the hijackers had help from the saudi government. something the kingdom has denied. tromp has expressed sympathy for the families,

but no regrets about hosting the event. well, i've known these people for a long time. no. saudi arabia had been friends of mine for a long time. they've invested in many american companies. they own big percentages of many, many american companies, and frankly, what they're doing for golf is so great. what they're doing for the players is so great. the salaries are going to go way up. the former president has promoted the live series with its huge payouts for players as an alternative to the pga of america, which yanked its 2022 championship from his bed minster course after the january 6 capital attack. terry strada lost her husband tom in the world trade center says she's equally disturbed by president joe biden's recent interaction with crown prince mohammad. been salman. it was disgraceful. it was painful to watch such a you know, such an nonchalant way of meeting him when we were trying to get our point across. you need to have a really serious conversation with.