that threatens to spiral out of control. now specialist police squads run by women, a trying to reverse the trend and bring the perpetrators to justice. but can be overcome years of macho culture and in different, behind the scenes with the fem aside detected on a jessina. ah, al jazeera a with samuel ah, the u. s. secretary state in the russian foreign minister discuss ukraine. taiwan and a possible prisoner swapped in their 1st phone calls from the ukraine wolf began. ah,

hello, i'm darned, jordan, this is al jazeera la you from de of are also coming up. ukraine says grain ships have been loaded and are ready to sail, bringing hopes of relief to a global food shortage. after agreement the russia a week ago, every day on like, every thing is going. now love is good line. search and rescue efforts are underway in kentucky where torrential rain has swept away homes at least 25 people a day. and a state of emergency has been extended in a pot of chili, where armed indigenous groups of declared rule against the state. ah, but you are 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 sir gay, lab rove the world expects moscow to honor its pledge to let grain shipment safely

leave ukrainian ports. lab, rob said sanctions on russia where partly responsible for the global food crisis. he also said that western om shipments to ukraine are prolonging the war. rosen, jordan has more from the us state department. russia's invasion of ukraine on february 24th essentially sealed the very tense relationship between the us and russia. the secretary of state antony blanket 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 the further annexation of ukrainian territory. indeed, the foreign ministers onwards about replacing democratically elected ukrainian government as well as being part of their ongoing plans. those plans would never be

separated. 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 warren ukraine, but on the fate of americans who have been detained. they are 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, toby getty was a former special assistant to president bill clinton. she accuses moscow of not being interested in negotiating on many issues after 20 years have 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. middle ships and ukraine's black seaports have been loaded with grain and already to set sail, hoping to ease a worsening global food shortage under deal guaranteed by the united nations on turkey. russia and ukraine have agreed to release the much needed exports from henry as 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 it 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 years, wheat, corn and sunflower seeds, 25000000 tons of grain from last season, had been stuck in storage. silos it 3 black c 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 pip 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 event. thir was the 3rd the puerto for this is 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. this makes it possible to day 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 olden eve and don bass, killing dozens of people, keeps as vance disinformation 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 and merrier pole for weeks. john henderson, al jazeera,

odessa ukraine. well, hunter, celeste is from ukrainian prison, that they security think tank. she says moscow has been using the negotiations to reopen a debt of ports of a chance to prepare for other attacks. first of all, our biggest simpson region is the fast you the black sea and we need to grade the land that soft close to the see. the 2nd use that is the excess to wear russians because you why the novel forces too often. why the tell them eastern part of you, but also the 1st wall that isn't working was because the on the breaking the finance people. and unfortunately, within the last month to have more and more evidence of the people who are leading of a way to from those territories that we would have the same, the suckers as we also notice on the north of the country life themselves. and that's why you bring an armed forces. understanding both is to teach it and moral responsibility to liberate the land. of course, in march, for example,

you heard the statement of people and a politician that you would like to return back to the 24th of february. so deal with occupies crania, and parts of the boss and the dish asian with all those massacres that we saw with all very start up to the land and the really work like that room daily. more and more, you can hear that everything thought and inquiry needs to call them for you to finish it. meaning that you're breaking involved and pray me. the choose is probably somewhere in between. we understand the reality. we are not required. i just will, i just will fighting. we're creating the life of people. but at the same time, you can see just the news of today. and that is again feeling of the prisoners of war that he's the new cases shouting civilians in the future. i'll make a lie when it will just a box full, no special military objects. you saw the news from saturday when the force of all that the show for the grain at birth was targeted by the washington duration. when

you hear the news, you understand that it is very dangerous just to people. russians have on the table when she asian because they don't care about the figures. she says they just demonstrate them as the show was that all probably we'll see it. it will give us additional time to prepare our for this, you have a full and relaxation theory for our courses. we 1st need to understand that russians really ready for any type of distribution that they are ready to leave all with territory. and. 6 to make our people free, our, the why. now all the statement just about humiliation when it is the positions wanted to see if not the reality. former us 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 lives series event is being held less than 75 kilometers and where the world trade center once stood, christian salumi reports and the bed minster 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 turned up. bread eagle since father was killed, that if it were not for the kingdom he poured, those hijackers would've had a 0 percent chance of success. and we, that's our goal is to educate the world. remember, 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 st. launching 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 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,

saudi arabia and had been friends of mine for a long time. that they've invested in many american companies. they own big percentages of many, many american companies, and they're 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 strata lost her husband. tom in the world trade center says she is equally disturbed by it didn't show biden's recent interaction with crown prince mohammed bin 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 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 cars shoji has called the event a revolting attempt to whitewash the kingdoms image. kristin salumi al jazeera bed minster. new jersey is ready forces of shot dead, a 16 year old palestinian boy and the occupied west bank. i'm shut up. aaliyah was killed in a village near ramallah. he was demonstrating against attacks by settlers in the area as waiting. soldiers opened fire scuffles broke out between palestinian protests and settlers. the military says it was trying to protect motorists some dispersed, the crown of these 5 demonstrators were injured. a state of emergency has been declared in the us state of kentucky where severe floods of fuel, at least 25 people that include 4 children from one family, was swept away capitalism. that 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, everything is going. oh love is good line. i'll lock out on this apartment to buckle with me in like i'd rather be in the inside the apartment. the flash flooding is so severe, even rescuers were shocked by what they were dealing with. probably 95 percent of people in his area, 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 tour the hardest to areas elsewhere in america, overnight monsoon range in las vegas flood waters seen coming through the roof. 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. you said a bent 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 this search and rescue phase of this storm. official say the death toll is likely to climb. gabriel's ando al jazeera millions of people could be affected by the worst drought and for decades, and parts of the horn of africa agencies or warning of a humanitarian disaster. as crops fail and entire villages go hungry. leaders are calling for a coordinated regional response at the you and climate conference in november, govern saw 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 mohammed. 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 medicine, but we left our home and live 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 . if european djibouti 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 is the on the front line or the j con market. the 2nd was honorable county 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

or crop $27.00, the climate negotiations happening in china. and today they adopted a historic for corrosion to that effect, but will be brought to to the negotiators barker, the comp mohammad does not need to be reminded about the devastating effects of climate change he's less concerned about. the decisions leaders make at their summits and more worried by where his next meal will come from. catherine, sorry, i'll jazeera i shall break here now to 0. when we come back, putting a price on media coverage. why? the latest scheme by the u. k. routing party is being denounced as undemocratic and a u. s. court rules that live in wall or leave a half talk can be soon. the war crimes an expert judicial killings mornings ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your

travel package today rightly extraordinary, out of character, out of season wet weather has almost finished for most, but hasn't entirely gone away. in iran, there are still unusually heavy showers for july. most places aren't dry in july. this part of the world, of course, if you get a, sharon q wait, that'll be unprecedented. the average rain falling q 8 in july is 0. there are a few showers, so possible in the heart, a saudi arabia. that's not quite when usually every now again, that does happen on sunday you think looks fine, but the shadow already developing and again, iran is the focus but not entirely capturing the lot of rain because just on the inside the saturday, possibly catching bowery heavy shower developed once more, at this time of year, everywhere north of stella should be effectively hot, dusty and dry. we don't see shout. this is an unusual situation which continues into monday. now. iraq didn't really joined in except maybe the far southeast. it's

still hot, dry and us to hear you on shore breeches keeping things a little bit us was not hot for alexandria and 11 time coast was about 30 in jerusalem. that's jump away and say, just an enhancement in what is seasonal rain but still causing fuddy light to repeat the flooding in sudan and sat down and even ethiopia official. and i know the john talked to al jazeera. we ask for the rebound, because his clearly coming at a high cost for airlines and the industry, what's going wrong. we listen, you were part of the armstrong in the 1970 s. if you have any regret, know, we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that on al jazeera. what's most important to me is talking to people, understanding what they're going through here. it just, either we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. ah,

ah ah, welcome back, a quick reminder about top stories here at this hour. the u. s. secretary of state has urged his russian counterpart to let green shipments safety lead ukrainian ports under a deal sign last week. it was a 1st time antony blink and on saga loud robe, had spoken since the russian invasion on ships and ukraine's black see ports now loaded with grain and ready to set sail. but a signal is needed from turkey and the united nations before they can me. a number of people killed in the floods of eastern kentucky has now risen to 25. the u. s. national guard and state police have been using helicopters and boats to rescue dozens of people from their homes and vehicles. now a judge in the u. s. as rule that civil lawsuit brought against libyan warlord leaf

after can be heard in federal court after he was a us citizen, as accused of war crimes and extra judicial killings. he's been fighting to take over the country and is hoping to run in libya as long delayed presidential elections. political hand reports from alexandria in virginia. i leave for half that it is liable for years. these acted as representing families, killed and injured in libya, have been coming to this u. s. court house. trying to convince a judge that caliph a half hour should be held civilly liable for what his forces have done in libya. and on friday, the judge agreed saying he is financially responsible for torture. an extra judicial killings, half dark, didn't testify in his own defense. but those 2 in described indiscriminate crimes against civilians, including the bombing of a hospital, they bombed and when this, this libyan job a person he attempted to run into the building and save people from the building. and he was hit by another, another bob that though was shelled over the hospital on and he ended up dying. ah,

you know, these are the common folks, though suing also hope this impacts his political future in libya. the says 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 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 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. particle hame, al jazeera alexandra virginia. the un mission to f galveston has condemned a grenade attack at a cricket match in campbell that wounded 13 spectators. explosion happened general

domestic li game of the capitals international cricket stadium, a mattress. and shortly after the blast has been no claim or responsibility. so jealous, congress has extended a state of emergency in the arcadia region, armed indigenous groups. they have declared war against the state and big business and are demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands and self determination. it's a stern test for president gabrielle burrage, just month and to his 1st term. a latin america editor las in human reports from santiago, michigan. this is the aftermath of the latest attack against chiles. multi $1000000000.00 forestry industry by an indigenous map put a rebel group in the south central part of the country from furlough interference. congress is approval of the government 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. le personify obama got that. i think though the same people who are highly placed in

government today and who not only attacked the previous government strategy but voted against all the extensions of a state of emergency last year. have 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 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 pulcher resistance group, took responsibility for the new attack laboratory. and later if you, 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 mechanism were, this is 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 morita is learning the hard way that we can siding his convictions and his electro promises with the need to make pragmatic decisions. is a delicate juggling act. lucy and human al jazeera santiago. argentina's farmers are being accused of damaging the nation's economy by withholding soybeans

worth billions of us dollars to avoid higher taxes. farmers are refusing to sell their harvest because of high levies on exports and currency controls, which of saw due to the stronger us dollar argentinian taxes mean farmers and only around a quarter of what those in neighboring countries get for their soybeans. the crisis is forced argentina to devalue the pay, so as a government struggles with 60 percent inflation and low foreign currency reserves . but u. k. is conservative parties being accused of jeopardizing free speech by introducing fees for the media to attend its annual conference under simmons reports from birmingham. ah, birmingham is bustling as it hosts, the commonwealth games demand for tickets is at an all time high. not so exciting though, is disturbing, caused by tickets for an altogether different event. here at the international convention center. it's the conservative party conference due in october. and all

journalists have to have tickets costing up to $1500.00 each. people here don't think that's right. says i, the conservatives to me, i think it's wrong, democratically and morally. but you know what? it won't that one of these 2 politicians richie sooner cool is trust will have won a party leadership election and become prime minister in september that makes the conference even more newsworthy, but in accessible say, some journalists, it is unprecedented charging media to access their party conferences, it is effectively stopping a lot of people from going and therefore it is a rate lock in, in the u. k. democracy. so what's the fuss about? the conservative party is charging a $150.00 for journalist tickets booked early from august. the 1st they increase to a $1000.00 and the week before the conference, they're up to $1500.00. the labor opposition party tickets are $6.00,

which it says is a voluntary carbon offset charge. and that isn't just the scale of the cost that's causing consternation. a joint statement put out by media and free speech organizations along with the n u j. the journalists union in the u. k. says that it causes a precedent to be set and other countries in the world could use financial barriers in order to prevent media scrutiny of political decision making. so should people be worried about the media having to pay for access to their elected politicians at a cost direct influence a different subject altogether or what do you say? i'm not going that that is the, the conservative party to run. but i'm absolutely clear the democratic principle here is all the politicians available to an accountable to the public. and the answer is yes. must or is johnson is on the way out. while controversy over how his party goes about fundraising remains. his spokespeople same media ticketing needs

to cover things like security checks and accreditation. critic say it's a tax on democracy. andrew simmons, how jazeera berman now, as european governments prepare for what could be a difficult winter. spain's prime minister has come up with a novel way to save energy better. sanchez is urging office workers to ditch their ties. he says, if people feel more comfortable values, less air conditioning, spain is set to adopt a series of energy saving measures from monday. as the e. u tries to become less reliant on russian gas. now lottery fever is gripping the u. s. where the mega millions jackpot 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 jack bought this time, it's expected a grow to a whopping $1700000000.00. but of course the odds are winning are extremely slim. there's more chance of being struck by lightning or getting.