on its way through south america, which by saturday is gone all sure. it's just that line that rio saw a bit of a drop in touch. the real drop was in power. go down to about 14 visits. come up a little bit in the sunshine and below will that in argentina, i'm most chilly apart from a group that started earlier. looks good. ah . a diverse range of stories from across the globe, from the perspective of and networks journalists on al jazeera. ah, the u. s. secretary of stays on the russian foreign minister, discuss a ukraine, taiwan and the prisoner exchange. their 1st phone call since the warn ukraine began . ah,

hello there uninstalled the attain, this is al 0 live from doha. also coming up. you green says the 1st ships of grain have been loaded and are ready to sail, bringing hopes of relief to a global freed shortage. u. s. court rules libyan warlord held for half does trial on war crimes. charges can go ahead. every like, every thing is a good. oh is good wine. and search and rescue efforts are underway in kentucky where torrential rains have swept way home. at least 25 people are dead. aah! now the u. s. secretary of state and rushes. foreign minister have spoken for the 1st time since russia invaded ukraine back in february, and to me, blinkin says he told sag lover of the wild, expect moscow to honor its commit,

and to let green shipments safely leave ukrainian ports. lab rav said sanctions on russia party to blame for their global freed crisis, and that weapons applies to ukraine were prolonging the wool. rosalind children has worn out from the us state department, rushes invasion of ukraine on february 24th, essentially sealed the very tense relationship between the us and russia. the secretary of state antony blank and made it plain to his counterpart. sergey love rav, that the u. s. wants to see russia back away from it's all going a battles inside ukrainian territory and that the u. s. was prepared to hold russia accountable if it tried to expand its military mission. i also made clear to form is to lever off that in light of recent statements coming from the kremlin about their plans to proceed with further annexation of ukrainian territory. indeed, the foreign ministers onwards about replacing a democratically elected ukrainian government,

as well as being part of their ongoing plans. those plans would never be such. the world will not recognize annexations. we will impose additional giving cost on russia if it moves forward with plans. also continue to stand with ukraine. antony blanket is about to embark on a 2 week long trip that will take him to africa and southeast asia. but he will expect to run focus very closely. not just on the war in ukraine, but on the fate of americans who have been detained there wrongfully. in washington's view, it's a complicated situation. but the priority is to both try to in the war and to bring americans home. well, aspect to toby, gassy, she was a special assistant, the u. s. president on russia, ukraine, and the raisins states during akin to the administration. she says on most issues at moscow, somebody isn't interested in negotiating after 20 years, have

a more or less open russia. we now have arrested, it's closing that's becoming much more totalitarian in its treatment of its own people and sees the west as an enemy. and in fact, is preparing its population for a long war and for a reduced standard of living are all in the name of the glory of the russian state . but russia is expecting isolation and is preparing for it. and i think that the war in ukraine is a perfect example of that. where their view is, they have certain goals and they would like to achieve those goals and on. they're really not interested in whether we accept their definition of what ukraine should look like. or whether it should exist at all. so it's a really difficult situation because each side is suspicious of the other side. doesn't believe that there is on any point in negotiating on some of these issues.

i mean, this is amazing. if you think about of our secretary state and the russian foreign minister have not spoken since the beginning of the ukraine war because they don't think there's any point. and there probably isn't because the fighting is going to go on. it'll go on all summer, all autumn, and in the winter, that's when probably negotiations will start while ships in ukraine's black see ports are loaded with grain and ready to leave under a deal guaranteed by the united nations and tacky ross. and you can have agreed to release the mux needed exports to ease a western food shortage. john henry has one from the ukranian port city of odessa. 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 season. alamo, but in the late madam,

we sent all the signal sar, 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 at 3 black c ports. until now. the 1st trips for a test run after that more ships will leave from the ports of odessa, czerny morris can 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 exporting. oh, like bring back the deputy mayor of odessa says the port is a lifeline to

a world struggling to avert a global food crisis. porpoise finish and then there was little thought are the ports of the deceased, the oxygen ukraine needs to breathe. it's not only for disa, we understand the grain is a strategic role material for the entire world with this makes it possible to day in ukraine for us to continue fighting and defend our independence across ukraine, strikes from both sides or a reminder of the danger of sending ships through war time water. the ukrainian military says russian forces have leveled a school in chroma tours in the east while the russian defense ministry says a ukrainian missiles struck a prison and olen eva in the dumbass killing. dozens of people keeps says, that's 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 its fighters held off. russian

forces and merrier po for weeks. john henderson, al jazeera, odessa ukraine. moving on at least 4 people have been shot dead and several wounded and guineas capitol during a 2nd day of protest against military rule. ah, more than a 100 people have reportedly been arrested, demonstrated to say the ruling gentile, which stage decree last year isn't moving quickly enough to restore civilian rule. earlier security forces were seen moving bodies from a hospital and preventing families from seeing them. protest organizes said l, suspend demonstrations for one week afterwards. nobody eco s of a to mediate. now judge in the u. s. has rule, but civil lawsuits brought against libyan war on kelly for half the can be had in federal courts. hafta who is a u. s. citizen is accused of war crimes and extra judicial killings. he's been fighting to take over the country and is hoping to run and libby as long delayed presidential elections. patrick hall hand reports from alexandria in virginia 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 for his forces have done in libya. and on friday, the judge agreed saying he is financially responsible for torture. an 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 crime 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 hafta 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. busy 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. now campaigners are calling on the un secretary general to choose a new human rights chief, willing to criticize powerful governments and follow his criticism of outgoing commission and michelle vasily not being more outspoken about abuses in some countries, including china, diplomat to get it to a james base has more for 4 years, she served as the world's top human rights official. when michelle bachelor was

appointed in 2018 human rights groups, hope the 2 time president of chilly herself wants a political prisoner in her home country would bring real clout to the role. and we need to continue working strongly. so every one, man, women, and children are able to live in a life that is safe and peaceful as everybody wants. instead bachelor's face criticism for not being forthright on human rights abuses, particularly concerning the persecution of the weaker community in china report she commissioned on the situation the the start of her term has still not been published. and her visit to china in may, was widely condemned as a whitewash with the u. s. state department, calling it a mistake human rights groups. worry that the un secretary general antonio terrace, who will choose the next human rights commissioner, will again ought for a candidate who worked largely behind the scenes rather than very publicly calling out all abuses. i am deeply concerned. the 2nd general terrorist is gone. you

completely undermine the high commissioner's house. make an ongoing, in fact is i selecting a quiet diplomat, aren't now gutierrez, in the stands out in contrast, as on his predecessors coffee and was very outspoken speaking about human rights. even banking, move asian. it are not the most outspoken individual but in the and out his voice. and the terrorist has been very reluctant to criticize particular governments unless their whole body prize. i fear that he's gonna choose a high commissioner who's collect, share, who's going to share his reticence about using the only 2. 0 hi commissioner has, which is public reporting in public condemnation, regardless of who e p. s. diplomat say, an official little known outside the un who's worked for guitarists for decades. volcker turk is probably the front runner for the job to other candidates, the former which in prime minister earns soleberg and cornwall kang,

who was foreign minister of south korea, have higher public profiles, but they're also known to have a quiet diplomacy. over public advocacy. time is running short, the next high commissioner is supposed to be appointed by the secretary general approved here in the general assembly. and then take up that post by the 1st of september. leading human rights groups are unhappy. they've offered the input to the office of the secretary general, but so far they say they've been rebuffed. james bayes al jazeera at the united nations still had yet all now does in 911 families and survivors and protests as a saudi back to golf tournament. teeth are at donald trump's new jersey cause loss and indigenous rebellion and south with the leadership. and she lays young president ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book,

your travel package. today we have a name to circulation. it's not going to amount to much, it will never be a typhoon. it will barely be a revolving storm to be honest, but it's to identifiable as a cluster of thunderstorms. most of the wet weather is on the eastern side. all this, the, although this thing as a circulation might influence eastern china and produce some heavy, rainy shanghai. the heaviest is likely to be a little bit further north, east towards south korea. and that line, of course, extending against the smaller islands of japan. this is consistent with the increase in the matter cloud and light is rain in eastern southern china taking away what was really heat wave conditions temperature coming. daniel bits in towards the average human to goes up. of course, beijing is dry all this time or less pot from the old light shower, the heavier showers to st. louis or the philippines, particular southern philippines and northern. so the way seen borneo singapore might get away the dryer day on sunday that on saturday it's still pretty much dry

. i have to say in java, the monsoon rain is still in the north big shells from pakistan across to the northeast of india. but an increase down the western gaps you'll notice of fairly heavy rain, which has been missing. just recently, the continuation on sunday is much the same, almost a repeat performance. but sudden pakistan looks dry. cats are official ally of the join a sanctuary for journalists. it was a war and shelter for civilian refugees. were scattered into the garden during cambodian bloody sash off flooring us to leave and shop name. we returning back from the carrier rouge had taken anything of value out of the hotel, cambodia. let them know a new episode of war, hotels on old jersey. oh

ah. hello there, i'm miss darcy attainder. let's remind you about top stories here. the sally, the secretary of state, has urged his russian counterpart at let grain shipments safely, leave ukrainian ports under a deal signed last week. it was the 1st time and need been can and sag elaborate had spoken since the russian invasion. meanwhile ships in ukraine's black seaports are loaded with grain and ready to set sail. but a signal is needed some turkey and the united nations, before they can be a judge in the us has ruled that civil lawsuits brought against living. moral belief have done can be had in federal courts after who is a us citizen is accused of war crimes. and extra judicial killing. now, former

u. s. president donald trump has defended hosting a saudi backed golf tournament at one of his courses after a backlash from families of 911 victims. the controversial live series of ent is being held less than 75 kilometers from where the wild trade sent at once stood. kristin sending me reports now from the betterments to course in new jersey. the trump national golf club in bed minster, new jersey is hosting the live golf series bankrolled by the sovereign wealth fund 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 were 750 people were killed. brett ego, since father was killed that if it were not for the kingdom kids or those hijackers would 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 where i live every sing watching and add 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 is 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 are 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, who lost her husband tom in the world trade center says equally disturbed by

president jo biden's recent interaction with crown prince mohammed been sa, mom. 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 him about september 11th and he blew it. 911 families aren't the only ones outraged by the saudi backed golf tournament. the national press club pointing to the killing of journalist jamal cuz shoji has called the event a revolting attempt to whitewash the kingdom's image. kristin salumi al jazeera bed minster, new jersey. the un mission to afghanistan has condemned a grenade attack at a cricket match and cobble that wounded. 13 spectators. explosion happened during a domestic league game at the capital of international cricket stadium, the match resume shortly, though after the blast, there's been no claim of responsibility. while sri lanka,

new president renelle vick from a singer and his team have resume discussions with the international monetary fund . and so that the talks will lead to a bailout. earlier the while bank said it wouldn't help sri lanka until economic reforms are in place. the country has been in a deep financial crisis since 2019 and is struggling to pay for imports of basic goods. brazil and spain have reported the fast monkey pox related death outside of africa in the current outbreak. the brazilian victim was a 41 year old man who also suffered from firma and a weakened immune system. spanish authorities have not released details of the person who died there. the world health organization has declared the rapid d spreading outbreak, a global health emergency. while environmentalists say opening up the world's 2nd largest rain forest drilling could be catastrophic for the ecosystem. but that hasn't stopped fatty oil and gas blogs being put up for auction and democratic republic of congo. many of those i in areas harm to protected and endangered

species. hurry matessa reports to me to bring in bows of oil. a controversial move by the democratic republic of congo, d r. c is a new destination of investments for oil and gas companies. it's auctioning of oil and gas development rights to 30 blocks of peak land, tropical forest in the congo basin. welcome to the i see. the president insists this does not mean as government is backtracking on commitments made at loss is un climate summit. i would like to reassure partners afford determination to carrot exploration, using modern technology that protects the environment, the foreigner and the flora, and preserves the ecosystems and ecological balance. the congo basin covers $530000000.00 hector's in central africa, and is home to 70 percent of the continents forests. some of the blocks, the dia, congo plant to develop are located on lay keeble lake tank nika. one is an acosta

reason alongside the albertine grey been in the east african rift valley. either plots or in the foreign guy, national park home to protected mountain gorillas and other endangered species. environmentalists in climate activists or drilling in these areas could be catastrophic. we're talking about a very small, good ecosystem, quoting 15 that you're storing more than 50 be don't ton of carbon. and that is about 3 year of image under your over mission of the entire planet. doc means any oil expectation in this area would be carbon bombed objects. it will be exposed and humanity won't be to stem any more. those in favor of drilling, say, fossil fuel production would boost development in one of the world poorest countries. 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 could it say there is no guarantee the wealth will benefit the congolese people harder motto algebra. her residence in the u. s. state of kentucky have spoken of their desperation as they escaped their flooded horns. for children from one family were swept away. there among the 25 confirm dead. so fall. a state of emergency has been declared as the water levels continue to rise. cable, as under 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 survive the

storm, they told stories of horror. everything is going like, everything is going. oh love is good line. i'll lock out all this apartment to buckle with me in like i'd rather be in with 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 the, sorry, her 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 in 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 meteor ologist know what's causing it. the 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 parking back to the changes in our atmosphere because of the additional carbon because of the warming. in kentucky cleanup, we'll mostly have to wait because they're still in this search and rescue phase of this storm. officials say the death toll is likely to climb gabriel as anto al jazeera all. meanwhile, brazil governance has granted permission for highway that cuts through the amazon

rain for us to be fully paved. presidential able scenario had pledged to seal the b r 319 that runs from announced to porter value. only half of the highway is now paved and becomes impossible in the rainy season, environmental se ceiling the road will allow illegal loggers and land gravis. access remote areas of the rain forest more easily. a recent study found the project would result in a 5 fold increase and deforestation by 20 bessy will call us no brazen system. scientists, university of south palo whose work mostly focuses on the amazon. he says the project could lead to the construction of even more roads. the state governor of the state on us where this wrote will cover most of its length has announced that as soon as the rope is road is paid. the state of amazon as we built, 2 east west roads,

calvary areas all protected with forests areas with conservation units, areas with indigenous resource. so that will make deforestation explodes in that state. that's the state largest amount of rain forest in the brazilian amazon. as soon as there is opening a rolled, then the legal leg grabbing becomes exponential. and then all the other organized crime will act together. and this is legal and grabbing mining fishing wildlife trafficking and also drug trafficking, exploding the amazon and with the roads. it will become almost not a place on earth. it will be placed on a different planet, because it will be completely control by organized crime. attila is,

congress has extended a state of emergency. and the volatile r o'conny region armed indigenous groups there have declared war against capitalist interests and the state. it's testing the leadership of present gabrielle bar. it's just months into his fast tom and latin america. editor lucio newman reports now from santiago including his as the aftermath of the latest attack against chiles, multi $1000000000.00 forestry industry by an indigenous my put a rebel group in the south central part of the country for an hour to fear on congress is approval of the government's request for yet another extension of a state of emergency in the albany. a region wasn't surprising, but it's come with a high dose of ridicule against left wing president gabrielle bowditch. that we represent a pharaoh, but got a bit of it though, the same people who are highly placed in government to day and who not only attacked the previous government strategy, but voted against all the extensions of a state of emergency. last year, had the nerve to come here to ask us for the 4th time to approve the same measure.

conservatives voted in favor of allowing the army to patrol alongside militarized police in the rest of region. but several left wing deputies from glory to his own coalition, especially the communist party voted against the measure. they accused the president of betraying his electoral promise to promote dialogue and not use force . earlier the spokesman of cam, the oldest my poacher resistance group, took responsibility for the new attack. labriola were thrive issue. our priority is to channel violence towards well directed acts of sabotage towards supplies and machinery. the government said it would not press charges against the indigenous leader, but on need an uproar back tracked seen as another example of flip flopping on the part of the western hemispheres. youngest president, if the some well this is the government of

a young generation of millennials in their learning to manage a complex state apparatus at a country that some patient with many problems. this is a year for learning the ropes a year of transition. the hope is the body to has been in office for less than 5 months, will learn the rope soon without losing the confidence of those who elected him. every new president has to come face to face with the reality that being in the opposition is easier than being in office. president, gabrielle burridge is learning the hard way that we can siding his convictions and his electoral promises with the need to make pragmatic decisions. is a delicate juggling act. lucy and human al jazeera santiago. ah, hello, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the u. s. secretary of state has urged his russian counterpart to let the grain shipments.