hard 15, pisces species not endangered. yeah, there's no any percent of australia to have a whole, so is now 9. i'd have one in the national pilot, special ecologist will, the so called brumby horse is gone saying they decimating a pristine environment, including the habitats of endangered nature of animals. but holes activists on lobbying hard to keep them arguing that their communities, lifestyle, and cultural identity is under threat. ah, the you are secretary of state and the russian foreign minister discuss ukraine. taiwan and the possible prisoner swap in their 1st phone calls since the ukraine war began with.

i'm darn jordan, this is al jazeera alive from dough. are also coming up. ukraine says, grain ships have been loaded and all ready to sail. bringing hopes of relief to a global food shortage after an agreement with russia a week ago, a state of emergency has been extended in a part of today where armed indigenous groups have declared rule against the states plus every like. every thing is going, oh wow, is good line. search and rescue efforts are underway in kentucky where torrential rains have swept away homes. at least 25 people a day. ah . but you are a secretary of state on russia's foreign minister, had spoken for the 1st time since russia began its war against ukraine. in february, anthony blinkin says, he told saga lab rove the world expects moscow to honor its pledge to let grain shipment safety. leave your cranium ports. lab robust head sanctions on russia were

partially responsible for the global food crisis. he also said that western arm supplies to ukraine prolonging the war. russian jordan has more from the us state department. russia's invasion of ukraine on february 24th essentially sealed the very tense relationship between the u. s. 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 ongoing a battles inside ukrainian territory and that the u. s. was prepared to hold russia accountable if it tried to expand its military mission and others. i also made clear to foreign minister 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 accepted. the world will not recognize annexations. we will impose additional giving costs on russia if it moves forward with plans. also continue to stand with ukraine. antony blinkin is about to embark on a 2 week long trip that will take him to africa and south east asia. but he will expect to love 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. but toby gatty was a former special assistant to president bill clinton. she accuses moscow of not being interested in negotiating on many issues. after 20 years of 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 long war and for a reduced standard of living. 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 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 a, 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 crane 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. meanwhile, ships and ukraine's black seaports have been loaded with grain and are ready to set sail, hoping to ease a worsening global food shortage under deal guaranteed by the u. n. and turkey, russia and ukraine have agreed to release the much needed exports. john henry has mono from the 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. you crane hopes that soon it will again be feeding the world season. alamo. but really, 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, or 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. 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 sir,

i was i thought the ports of a distance 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 shift through war time water, the ukrainian military says russian forces have leveled to school in crumbs tours in the east, while the russian defense ministry says a ukrainian missiles struck a prison in oliva in the dumbass killing. dozens of people keeps, as 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 marry a pole for weeks. john hendrick, al jazeera,

odessa ukraine. legislation to ban some types of semi automatic weapons as been passed by the democrat controlled us house of representatives. yeas are 270. the now there are $213.00. the dell but it's like to store when it gets to the senate where 10 republican votes and needed the national rifle association, the n r a has condemned the bill as an assault on freedom and civil liberties. a state of emergency has been declared in the us state of kentucky where severe flooding as killed at least 25 people that include 4 children from one family who has swept away. gabriel is on the ripples the appellation 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. every, like, every thing is going to love it. go and i was like, well this apartment, to vocal with me. and i just like i'd rather be in the woods than the inside. the flash flooding is so severe. even rescuers were shocked by what they were dealing with. probably 95 percent of the people in this area here lost everything, houses, cars, animals. it's, it's heartbreaking. it really is, 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 meteorologists know what's causing it. the type of offense that had 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 the search and rescue phase of this storm. official say the death toll is likely to climb. gabriel's anto al

jazeera millions of people could be affected by the worst drought in 4 decades in parts of the horn of africa agencies or warning of a humanitarian disaster. as crops fail and entire villages go hungry. leaders, according for a coordinated regional response ahead of the you and climate conference in november, catherine saw ripples. this is a new com for internally displaced people in the somali capital walker 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. taylor will unlock any mason but we left our home and lived in hard conditions. just the other day. my daughter died of missiles 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 few p a g booty, and kenya. a combination of armed conflicts, rising global food and fuel prices has wasn't the impact of the extreme weather on poor communities. so what is the on the front line or a j con market? the 2nd was honorable county, for leaders from the region, our meeting to coordinate. i had of a broader un climate summit in november, governments from the region one to bring this to the attention of the negotiators across 27, the climate negotiations happening in channel folk. and today they adopted a historic situation. 2 baths 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 also to come here now does air including cool, so that you ends next human rights g to take a strongest arms against abuse is being carried out by some governments and how the heat wave that swept across the western mediterranean threatening marine life and ecosystems martin ah with the summer storms continue and they are big producing city flooding from las vegas across to st. louis, missouri. and the line is just going to be for the science which is so significant

flooding in easton, kentucky. the worse for a very long time, and it's not as so the end of it, these storms are drifting slowly sized in the fall. concert went as would be the same place that gets his, again, line still goes towards i suppose, nor knocking. so we're in to missouri again and property will end up in tennessee, but the light is that just should drifting south into what is still hot weather, the real hot weather, the heat wave warning weather, which isn't there all time is from the north west. leaving the contiguous us down towards the caribbean, that line of blue days coming, the smaller holidays, if you like, of the caribbean, and we got big chows forecasts for the came niles, probably your companies and the pacific coasted mexico continues be pounded by big showers as active front on its way through south america, which by saturday is gone off shore. it's just that line that rio saw a bit of a drop in touch. the real drop was in paraguay down to about 14 visits. come up a little bit in the sunshine and below all that in argentina and most to chill

a apart from a globe stone. patagonia looks good. ah . from the world's most populated region. in den and untold stories, macross asia and the pacific. to discover the current events with diverse cultures and conflicting politics. one 0, one east. on al jazeera. ah

ah, welcome back. a picture might about top stories here on al jazeera. the u. s. secretary of state has urged his russian counterpart to let grain shipments safety leave ukrainian pours under deal signed last week. it was the 1st time as me blinking. and so again, nub had spoken since the russian invasion on ships and ukraine's black see ports now loaded with grain and ready to sail. but a signal is needed from turkey and the un before they can leave. the number of people killed in floods and eastern kentucky has now risen to 25. the u. s. national guard and state police have been using helicopters and both to rescue dozens of people from homes and vehicles. now campaign as a cooling on the un security general to choose a new human rights chief, willing to take a stronger stance against powerful governments. human rights advocates accuse outgoing commissioner michelle bachelor of not being outspoken enough about abuse

is in some countries including china. our diplomatic at the james bay says 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 chile herself, once 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 opt 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, may get utterly ineffective. i selecting a quiet diplomat. aren't now gutierrez in askance out, in contrast, as on his predecessors coffee and was very outspoken in speaking, accumulating even banking mood, vision. you're 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 bryant, i fear that he's going to choose a high commissioner who's collect, share, who's going to share his reticence about using the only 20 hi commissioner has, which is public reporting in public combination? regardless of who e. p 3, it'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 norwegian prime minister erna 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 time commissioner is supposed to be appointed by the secretary general approved here in the general assembly. and then take up the 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 process apologized a former anyway, students of canada's residential school for what he said was the evil committed against them. many were forced from their families stripped of their culture and faced abuse of bands of catholic priests. the head of the catholic church are so forgiveness, while in canada as far northern territory, have none of it on the final leg of what he's called a pilgrimage of penance. till as congress is extend that they state of emergency in

the iraq in a region armed indigenous groups of declared war against the state and big business under demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands. and self determination. it's a stern test for president gabrielle boris. just months into his 1st term, a latin america editor. listen human reports from santiago. intriguing. this is 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 bought each. let me offer seneca club. i 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. the conservatives voted in favor of allowing the army to patrol alongside militarized police in the rest of region. but several left wing deputies from body 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 come, the oldest, my put resistance group took responsibility for the new attack laboratory and we're thrive in 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 amid an uproar back tracked, seen as another example of flip flopping on the part of the western hemispheres.

youngest president, if the mac, the fmla versus the government of a young generation of millennials in their learning to manage a complex state apparatus and a country that some patient with many problems. this is a year for learning the ropes a year of transition. the hope is that 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, brazil's government has granted permission for a highway that cuts through the amazon rain forest to be fully paved. president j both narrow had pledged to seal the road that runs from an hour to port value. only half of the highways paved and becomes impossible during the rainy season,

environmental se ceiling the road would allow illegal loggers and lam grabbers to access remote areas of the rain forest more easily. a recent study found the project would result in a 5 fold rise and deforestation by 2030 argentina's farmers are being accused of depriving the nation of much needed export dollars by withholding soil beams worth billions. farmers are refusing to sell their harvest because of high taxes on exports and currency controls with levies higher due to the strong us dollar argentinian taxes mean farmers earned only around a quarter of what those in neighboring countries get for their soybeans. a crisis has forced argentina to devalue the pay, so as the government battled 60 percent inflation and with low foreign currency reserve environmental say opening up the world's 2nd largest rain forest drilling could be catastrophic for ecosystems. but that hasn't stopped. 30 oil and gas blocked being put up for auction in democratic republic of congo. many of those are

an errors which a home to protected and endangered species. i'm a t as a referrals to until after the tubing and pals of oil a controversial move by the democratic republic of congo. d i. c is a new destiny of investments, of will and gas companies. it's auctioning of oil and gas development rights to 30 blocks of peak land, tropical forest in the congo facing law. come to the i see the president insists this does not mean as government is back tracking on. commitments made at law says, you ain't climate senate. 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 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 lay cable lake tango nika. one is an a co so

reason alongside the albertine grabbin 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, dr. story more than 15 bid on ton of carbon, and that is about 3 year of image under your over mission of the entire planet. doc means any oil extradition in this area would be carbon bombed objects. it will be exposed, and the humanity won't be the same anymore. those in favor of drilling, say, fossil fuel production would boost development in one of the well to poorest countries . thomas wanted on 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. now scientists are warning that a marine heat wave in the western mediterranean may have severe, long term effects. nonprofit organization, myrtle ocean, international says the sea surface temperature is up to 5 degrees celsius hotter than normal. with a heat wave started in the like korean sea between corsica and italy in may by july and gulf, the belly, eric islands, sardinia and the tyranny and seas. while a warmer water may suit beach go or scientist say it's bad news for marine life. a recent study found the mediterranean recorded 5 years of mass mortality events between 201520. 19 scientists say changing water temperatures are causing some species to relocate. transforming marine ecosystems. well fernando by arrows and

marine biologist. he says many species of sea life just can't cope with the increase in temperature. the water then becomes warm. air is in the 1st layer, so the heat arrives from the sun, it penetrates in the water. and that is a layer of water that these hot there and the depth of these layer increases when the temperatures become too high. and so they cause negative conditions to the species that they're not adapted to warm temperatures and death leave deeper than the usually warmed up. waters in the summer. these opens the door to tropical species because these increasing temperatures have not only in the mediterranean yet also in the tropics. and the species that are adapted to high temperatures cannot withstand the temperatures that now are present in the tropics

. and so they move into the mediterranean, not me, and miles, military has been accused of using fighter planes to fire unguarded weapons and civilian areas. that's according to a report by a group of independent investigators me and my witness says the ginger, using the jets to target arm groups opposed to loss. he has qu, tony chain reports a fight, a jet screams along the border in northern thailand at the end of june. it's happened several times this year. and children know the drill, hiding in shelters until the skies a clear. but the jets are aiming the gums into 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 opposing its rule out through underground light. one day jack come, ah, we get a hides. i don't really care about

a that is and they really in place is that. 6 me place and they just bomb everywhere. they just suit the rock at that and everywhere the gesture, the mash and galle everywhere. ah, the attacks have been relentless and there's little 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. every web app lay attack incur any they use that, that new blue collar when. yeah, one betting the yank, 130, the russian to see to jet, who sometimes described as a trainer that has full attack capabilities. the initial fleet was ordered before the coo, but according to a report by independent investigators me and my witness. another delivery is arrived since the military took over housed in these newly constructed hangers,

using social media and geo location. the report alleges these planes have been deployed in civilian areas are firing unguided, serbian rockets, the 80 mean m. your ammunition is usually hits, which means high explosive anti pang. when it comes to 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 in 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, now lottery fevers gripping the us where the mega millions jack pumps has grown to more than $1200000000.00. they've been long queues to buy tickets for the countries . 3rd biggest prize ever. if no one gets the jackpot this time it's expected a grow to a stag.