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welcome to the news or we begin in baghdad were hundreds of protest does have stormed the rocky parliament for a 2nd time. this week, please 5, take out the crowds in the circle green zone. more than 125 people have been injured. that protesting against the nomination of mohammed shipped out to donny as prime minister saturdays parliamentary session at which stood on knees. nomination was expected to be formally announced, has now been postponed. baghdad, high security, green zone, where the protests are taking place as the political heart of the city. the parliament is located inside the green zone. along with other government offices, mahmoud does what had joined us now as our correspondent in bagdad of the following events on the ground and joins us from our bureau. i mean, you've actually been at the heart of those protests and all those many people going into the greens and describe the situation for us today.

will it? it has been chaotic. it has been violent. and her once again, once again the, they achieved their plan. they the there now occupying that quarter of the parliament for the 2nd time in 4 days. the 1st time was on wednesday, but they were instructed by their leader mocked other sellers to leave. but today they after clashes with a security force that resulted in $125.00 injuries, according to the health ministry, including 15 soldiers, supporters of mark that the solder are now in full control of the headquarters of their parents. but what is neil this time is that they're not, they're not planning to leave unless and until as they say that the demands are met . what are the demands their demands are. they do not want the parliament to accept

more how much he, i sued any who has been nominated by or the pro iranian parliamentary block, known as the coordination framework as prime minister. why? why is that? because they believe they believe that she are so, danny is eric liquor of her naughty america, the former prime minister, north america, whom they accuse of corruption. in fact, many of them accused him of ruining the country for to turn mis when he was a prime minister. now, the protest as also have gone further to the wanted to store them. also there a supreme, the headquarters of the supreme judiciary council, but they were instructed by one of the aides of hammock that a souther at the last moment to back off and keep it peaceful and keep it or quiet. but despite all these calls from politicians to keep it peaceful, to refrain from violence, but yet it has been very chaotic. it has been disorganized,

and they have been chanting to have been chanting again. it's to the coordination framework. they have been chanting against a normal mackey. and again, she has to danny, and they have been chanting in favor of their leader to the other day they moved more concrete blocks from the way leading or the street leading to the green zone. in many, many areas. not only in front of the, of the ministry of planning, but also in some other direction. the situation remains very tense. betty tends to have been the, have been the, have been walking around the rooms of the headquarters of the parliament. and they do not want to leave, as they said, until the demands of met will continue to follow what they're doing now in parliament. those are like pictures the minute up. go ahead. thank you. let's take a look back at what's led to this unrest. lady, 10 month after national elections,

iraq has failed to full a new government and not sealed tensions between supporters of the influential shia cleric metallic asada and a pro radian group name. the coordination framework is lead to a power struggle and a political deadlock, even though both sides are sheer. now, the recent protest supporters appeared to be sending a warning to others adversaries after iran by parties. nominated a rival politician to the position of prime minister jose. her dad is a visiting fellow at european council on foreign relations. he joins me now from baghdad. good have you with us on the program. so let's just begin with the satirist block. they resigned from parliament and now southern says he won't negotiate with crooks was withdrawing parliamentary m p 's as as a way of debating and talking to other politicians, a miscalculation wallace. you play by the rules and it's

a miscalculation to give up. 73 m p 's. but as we see and looked at aside the anesthesia tactics, this is the 2nd time the storm that green zone and parliament. and so for ham and maybe it was the best option to, to show that he doesn't necessarily need to play by the rules and that he's flexing his muscles once again by showing his ability to gather, gathered support in the streets. oh, while he gives the impression that he is popular amongst the masses for our international viewers, i asked this question to a contributor to al jazeera last week. and she told me that he holds a very small percentage of support nationally. and that when turn out is low in an election, that percentage ends up being a very large majority of seats. so he's really not as popular as he he perhaps thinks he is or is he nationally? no, i agree with that analysis because while his support base is the loudest,

he actually received less individual votes in 2021 than he did in 2018. but because the voter turnout was less, he was able to win more seats and parliament and 2021 than he did in 2018. so on an individual basis, he's receiving less votes and the votes in 2021 were less than a 1000000 people. and as you know, the iraqi population is just over 40000000. so it is important to keep those numbers in mind when analyzing the situation. i mean, nobody wants to see a clash of political ideology, but why are we seeing counter demonstrations from the other larger political blocks? what we started to see that today after the 2nd storming of the parliament this week, the coronation payment put out a statement calling for their supporters to do counter demonstration. but we have to keep in mind the situation is very delicate and a lot of political parties are the teeth. and that this could escalades. so maybe

there play there, they're holding themselves back, which is the smartest thing to do. but it's a question of how, how far is the willing to push his political rivals? i mean, he says that he's a nationalist that doesn't want to see foreign influence, either from iran or from western nations. this is a sort of a popular rallying cry, but is he really that neutral? it is, it is a popular rallying cry, but the side that it's movement, like every other political party, whether they're, she has sidney or curtis. they have relations with iran. hahn is the neighbor of the dodd they share the longest border with them. one of the oldest borders in the world. and it's just a fact of reality that you're on is a powerful neighbor that is influential both. but that doesn't mean the side to this or any different from the other political parties. so it's a bit misleading to call the coordination framework the and i'm back law compiler meant. and by this moment the n p l block, are we looking at a long term stalemate here or do you think there is

a solution to the impasse that we're seeing? certainly in the parliament? well, it depends on what solution most decide that wants to the want a solution for forming the next government. then he should have stayed in parliament with the 73 m. p. 's and worked out a coalition to do so. or did he want to overhaul the system and, and bring in the new constitution? it's not quite clear what to decide that want. interesting times ahead hums, i had this thing seller, european counseling for relations. thanks so much for joining us from baghdad. stella had hear all the news. a state of emergency is declared in kentucky after flood sleeve at least 25 people dead. but francis calls the treatment of indigenous peoples in canada, genocide at the end of his sick state. all the great game with a glove on the bands for this major league baseball player, molnar and sport later,

ah, no 16 ships loaded with ukrainian grain are ready to depart from odessa for the 1st time since russia invaded in february. more we some call is being harvested while the war continued, but that doesn't come without the same problems. these pictures show feels better in cathedral near the front lines. farmers are accusing russia of shelling the area . let's talk to john henderson, who's been following events for sir, with the issue of those grading shipments. we've been waiting a very long time. so any developments, john? no, those ships are still in the harbor, were still waiting for the go ahead. were told, the 16 or 17 ships have been loaded up with grain and that they are ready to go as soon as they get the okay. but there are a lot of complex issues that are involved with that. we'll get into that in a 2nd. i also wanted to mention that the secretary general of the united nations to

a spokesman said that they will look into. they are willing to send a team of experts to look into prison strike that happened yesterday. that was at olin k, eastern ukraine. the russians have blamed the ukrainians for striking that prison. the ukrainians have said it's matter. the president of ukraine is said that that was simply a russian fabrication that he said the russians struck that prison, killing about 50 people. and so there will be an investigation into whether there was an external strike on that prison or an internal strike. both sides of called for an international investigation of the united nations says it is willing to send it in a team of experts. and of course, there's the red cross, which might look into that as well as further shipping. i have an expert here who can talk a little more about that. are there, can you give me your full name? oh, also need savage. all right, and he's a maritime expert and he can tell us

a little bit about what all those issues are that are delaying this shipment. so let me ask you arthur m, 1st of all what, what are the big issues that are delaying this shipment, or at least for those of us who are, are, are looking at it from the outside. it seems to be delaying. i think to be delaying because 24 hours past. so since the, let's say official ceremony or we're launching this initiative over green the expert. yesterday in g 7, ambassador a st. together with the president of ukraine. i made it a let say opening this route in public enter. also there was a message sher, e yesterday in the afternoon, closer to the evening. that sir, the ship will sell away the 1st ship would sail away just after receiving a positive for signal from the united nations. so of course,

this is all kept to in secret. this is not in public. and so we just cross fingers . and we are looking for what, sir, to, to news from the port. i would say that, so for your brain, it's of why it's vital topic. it's very important term for your brain to stay on the map of the world's top exporters. it's not only about the feeding of people in north africa, nor been countries. it's so much about sir, are staying alive for in some providing some income for the economy freight. it's important that a lot of people may come back to their working places. seeing beagle that supports, and sir coming back to normal as say, a day to day their life. even when we could go the professionals here, specialists here. we're discussing these you. uh huh. although most important

concerns about this initiative and probably the, the, the biggest concern was so security, maritime security and technical security. it, sir bout. yep. correct. a man is that is, is security in the sense that making sure those ships don't get struck in a while. they're traveling through a war zone. it's, it's not, it's not only about that. it's also about sir. opening no entrances, or do we have cranium force? and let's say not, not to allow the troy young m course scheme, or we know with, from the history to, to, to happen is not to allow or ration navies or come in and into gradient ports. it seems that so by the, the text of ag, from the text of the agreement, we see that there are certain guarantees provided by the united nations and turkey

. we don't know the details but probably. busy are these are the sides who guarantee that sir, no, navy fleets from russia? is it peering here? but on the other side, it's all about security is and safety of the ship, all the crew of, of everybody who is engaged into the transportation. all right, i want to thank you arthur, nick savage. he's a maritime expert who has been following the shipments of grain and we're all waiting to see when those shipments take off or we're back with you later in the news. i thanks very much, john. 100 there in odessa, russian foreign minister psychological says western arm supplies to ukraine, prolonging the war. and that followed his call with you as secretary of state anthony blinking 1st time the 2 of spoken in 5 months. former special assistant to president bill clinton, toby gattey's, as russia isn't interested in negotiating on many issues after 20 years of

a more or less open russia. we now have a russian, 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 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 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 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 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 russian energy produce a gas problem says it's stopped as applying neighboring lot to with gas. but the company accused of violating conditions for gus withdrawal, but didn't specify which conditions. earlier, a lot to confirm that it would pick up from in euro's or the rubles russia will say, cut off supplies to poland, gary, a fiddle, and on the netherlands as well as denmark, when they refuse to pay the local currency house for about 5 years of a tank the military base on the small if you have him daughter, the armed group, which is linked to al qaeda, says it's killed more than a 100 ethiopian troops. however,

the government says its soldiers killed dozens of fighters who tried to infiltrate the base. several algebra attacks had been reported in recent weeks raising concerns about regional stability. well, during this time you'll get to has more from out of the somali state government has been supported by the european courses trying to fight with bob. there was a story that came out saying that 150 bob elise, members have been killed. but throughout the week and even earlier this month, there has been different kind of claim and counter claim of victims and with 3 and so on. enough for the u. n. w p to. 2 start removing some of its employees. the somali region is one of the ask where it has a comp that's taking care of thousands. so if you open displeased people, and this goes to show you that this conflict really moving forward,

i'll show bob was claiming that they have been killing or winning the bottle so far . but this is the 1st time that the fuel inside or the region outside the somali regional government forces really. 3 clean this money victims or this money killing. and in a way to stop show bob from advancing to the capital of the somali region and far beyond millions of people could be affected by the worst drought in 4 decades. and parts of the horn of africa agencies, the warning of a humanitarian disaster, those crops fail and entire villages go hungry. leaders are calling for a coordinated regional response ahead of the you and climate conference in november, katherine saw has more this is a new comp for internally displaced people in the somali capital. what issue most of this families are from lewis sher belly, which is on the brink of a famine. muhammad hussein is worried about his son. the little boy doesn't have

anything to eat. and some of the other children have missiles another animation, but we left our home and live in hard 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 haunt of africa, humanitarian groups estimate more than 18000000 people are going hungry in somalia, a few appear 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 a 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 are 27, the climate negotiations happening in sharma folk. and today they've adopted a historic figuration. 2 baths, that will be brought to the negotiators back at a 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 till, as congress as extend to the state of emergency in the arrow china region. indigenous groups of declared war against the state and big business. they're demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands. and self determination is it asked for prison. gabriel barrett to whose just months interest 1st term. our latin

america? absolutely. a newman has moved from santiago, michigan. 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 with bernard or 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 body. each that we represent over got a bit of it 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. 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 puncture resistant group took responsibility for the new attack, labriola 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, backtracked seen as another example of flip flopping on the part of the western hemispheres. youngest president, if the next fmla, 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 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 reconciling 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 highway that cuts through the amazon rain forest to be fully paved. because the drive also north, the pledge, the upgrade, the 900 kilometer stretch that links balance to porterville of it is unsealed and becomes impassable in the rainy season of rental se paving the road will also allow the illegal loggers unless grubbers checks estimates. areas of the rain forest more easily. a recent study found that the project would result in the fivefold rise in deforestation by 2030,

the equivalent of an area larger than the u. s. state of florida. call us, nobody is an assistant scientist whose work focuses on the amazon. he says the project could lead to even more roads. the state governor of the state on us where this wrote will cover most of the slang has announced that as soon as the roll roll is paid, the state of amazon is we built 2 east west roads, calvary areas all protected with forest areas, conservation units, areas with indigenous resource, so that will make deforestation explode in that state. that's the state largest amount rate for us in the brazil as well as soon as there is open a rolled, then the legal leg grabby becomes exponential. and then

all the other organized crime will act together in this ego land. grabbing my 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 a place on a different planet because it will be completely control by organized crime. but frances is called the treatment of indigenous peoples in canada as residential schools, genocide. the head of the roman catholic church spoke to reporters before the flying back to italy. he delivered an official apology on canadian soil to the indigenous people who were abused residential schools, most of which were run by the catholic church. you're all set up, you know, it's true that i did not use the word because i didn't think of it, but i described genocide. i apologized. i asked for forgiveness for this work,

which was genocide. i condemn this, taking children away and trying to change their culture, their minds change their traditions, race and an entire culture is genocide is a technical word that i did not use it because i did not think of it that you can say that i said it was a genocide that the wait time for the other know his rob now is the least 2 days since we had the unusual, very heavy rain in parts of the middle east. that really shouldn't see it in july, which i was a case in point even yesterday. these were the pictures. there's rain still on the grounds flood zone. the grounds of course, is still damaged to repair. now that hasn't been much rain since and no more than a trace. i wouldn't expect that been either the cloud move further north. it's built still been streaming across country that should be dry. bahrain had a trace of rain as average is 0 as well, but it's settling down a bit more like normal. now see rainy inside that. so getting some showers as big as they were. there's been flooding the around all the way from terran down towards the south coast and clue. the rochelle is breaking out or likely to break out on

the inside of saudi arabia. but if i take you in to sunday, the same development will re develop more showers in iran running up right up towards the southern caucasus. but they're not extreme anymore. and it's not surprising to find big ones in pakistan. that's been the case this year and has been flooding to boot. the picture on monday still sees some cloud and some showers in places that should be dry. but the concentration is really moving further and further away such that by the time you get to choose day, we probably talking about flash flooding in some mountains. oh, saudi arabia. well, still a head here on the knees, hal, coals full the woods. next human rights chief to take a strongest stand against abuses being carried out by some governments. and in sport will show you the rider whose tightened grip on the other jazzy in the women's sho defaults. ah

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oh, i was about to walk to the news with lisa hill. robin in doha has been like people have been injured in baghdad to please take the protests to still be iraqi positive supporters of shia cleric looked at the southern trying to block a political rival for being named prime minister. also 16 ships loaded with grain are waiting to leave us. the port ukrainian farmers are harvesting more in the middle of russian shelling, tens of millions of tons of grain juice, big sported under a deal truck last week. meanwhile,

ukraine and russia to each other. i was talking a prison in dumbass, killing the 50 inmates lester from the battalion which defended the city of paul for we fell to russia for more than 400 migrants and refugees have just bought from a humanitarian ship in toronto, italy, the vessel which is operated by the charity c, watch rescued the group from the mediterranean in full separate operations last week. activists appealed for several days sufficient to dock in italy as passengers swelter in temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius. now the number of migrants refugees heading to europe is rising fast. there has been an 84 percent increase compared to last year with nearly $115000.00 irregular entries so far. the number of people crossing the eastern mediterranean has more than double from a year ago, and most of the migrants will not root. and jerry and kong lease also,

ryan crossings along the central mediterranean router, also by 23 percent. it's most often used by people whose journeys began in bangladesh, egypt, and to nicea any route that seen a drop in crossings is the western one from morocco to spain. 21 percent few migrants have used a compared to last year, and those crossings are usually made by algerian, syrians, and moroccans. that increase is being politicized ahead of italy. snap elections in september. natasha gonna report how and how the arrivals are influencing voters inland producer. the aquamarine waters of the mediterranean, surrounded by craggy cliffs, keep luring tourists to these codes. however, vacationers aren't the reason the small italian island has made headlines in recent years. in 2013368 migrants and refugees died. when an overcrowded boat capsized near land producer,

it was one of the worst ship racks in modern european history. francesco verandas, father was fishing with a friend when he heard cries for help. he rescued a dozen people and became a national hero. reloads empty, and the people tinkled migrant. so criminals don't understand what he means to suffer for something in forget that they're worse than earth exploited the same africa. they came from after people protested the days when asylum seekers arrived and roamed the narrow streets are long gone. now their presence is invisible to most prompting one woman to accuse our crew of spreading misinformation. if rewards attributed the gandhi english to one the church, one archer, there is a problem. when the sea is very calm, like to day, we see at least 1500 people arriving each week. they are immediately transferred to syllis. he was somewhere else. oh yes, we don't see them on the island yet the migrant welcome center is overflowing

the uptake and arrivals coincides with the collapse of prime minister mario dry geese coalition government. this month he announced his resignation twice. far right and populous parties, torpedo draggy government, and are expected to prevail in snap elections. on september 25th, the majority, siblings come from one of the oldest families on land by do so, make a living selling produce out of a truck in the city center. within your bro, all of us, when we should vote for the far right and give them an opportunity to run the country before we say the and no good. currently migrants are coming here every day without any rules. florida hopes italians won't allow far right and populous candidates to scape goat migrants. almost a decade later, his father has remained in contact with some of the people he rescued, and he says the sadness in their eyes remains. natasha. your name al jazeera lampa,

do sir. italy campaign is a calling all the un secretary general to choose a new human rights chief, willing to take his strongest stands against powerful governments. heroes advocates accused aren't going commissioner me shall bashfully for not being outspoken enough about abuses in some countries, including china. all diplomatic editor james base is 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 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 leave 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 near 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 that 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, anna was very outspoken in speaking even banking, mood kitchen. you are not the most outspoken individual, but in the end of his voice and the terrace 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 2. 0 hi, commissioner has, which is public reporting and public combination, 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 norwegian prime minister ern soleberg and cornwall, caring 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 ty 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. should i do enjoy going from cape town to the senior research fellow at

the institute for global dialogue. it's a south african think tank i missed. i do that could have you with us on al jazeera, just your initial thoughts, considering what we just heard from james, about the type of character that might take that position. somebody who's more in line with the secretary general, or somebody who's more outspoken your initial thoughts a good day and good day to the view as i think it is going to be a very difficult of a tenuous one. because as you listen to the insert and what james was saying is that it's quite a highly contested position. and of course, the current sector she general of the un wants to also ensure that the u. n. system is stabilized. it's been in a, in a tamaya state in a sense that you've got these tensions unveiling themselves and playing out with regard to china versus the other p 3 members of britain, the u. s. in france. questions around whether or not the human rights commission is compromising itself within the u. n. ecosystem in taking

a much more lighter stance to want china's out positioning and the issue of the of the minority groups in the ogre region. and one important. yeah, i think it's gonna be that kind of engagement because remember, china's also permanent member of the school counselor. so it's going to be watching this with a keen eye in terms of how it's interpreting this kind of approach to the position of the in coming a head off the un human rights commission. and i think what the head of the human rights, what she said is that they want to see much more activism and a much more engaging and a much more public approach to this whole question of china and the human rights question. but the china is one element certainly, but when it comes to michelle bachelor, i mean, is it a fair assessment that she was tough on some areas a week or the other? she was tough on me. i'm all, for example, she did actually a condone the military coup. she did condoned them on the treatment of the ringa. yet she thought quiet diplomacy was the way to go with china. we were to discuss

china that the next in coming a human rights chief has to you might say, walk a very fine line considering the ground realities right now. have also changed as well. hadn't they, with ukraine, russia war with those siding with the west and those siding with russia? there are countries around the world who have these conflicts, ongoing india, pakistan for example. you know that that is a political hot bed at any time of the day. absolutely, and i think is going to be and in a position that you have to find where the common ground, as you rightly point out, you have to take either a uniform stance across the board with regard to these hotspots. and these areas that have now moved into serious conflict in terms of the ones that you cited, but also in terms of dealing with ones that have been muted because they don't actually want to be discussed. or want to actually have that discussion because of geopolitical and geostrategic interest. just looking at the situation in palestine,

for example, looking at the situation in part of africa. where you actually want to start thinking about what is the value of human rights within the protocol of the good governance framework. but also in terms of the multilateral system. and how do we calibrate that whole good governance approach to international store norms and standards, but also the universal practices of human rights. so i think the incoming director of that of the human rights council is going to be one that has to find the balance in those. and right now the balance is really, really difficult to find because we are seeing this, this approach where we have to be gotten into taking particular stances and approaches. what type of character, dear thing the incoming human rights chief has to have. be very strong, metal being able to actually do their job without necessarily being influenced by the dynamics on the ground as well as by the power dynamics of the bigger actors

within the u. n. ecosystem. and in particular, the kind of balance that you see in the security council, but also not allowing the narrative to inform what the real day to day job is. and that's going to be difficult to find that balance because you do global civil society groups, global international groups, advocacy groups, etc. who will push and pursue and try and make sure that the issue of human rights is placed front and center. but again, the question is, how do you create, you know, warmer t, you don't necessarily pick or you don't necessarily choose one over the other, but you actually apply it in a manner where it's applied in the content, in the contextual analysis that you apply the same standards, the same norms, the same values, and this is where the politics of the interstate system and the politics. all of diplomacy is going to be critical whether you put a quite diplomacy or you quote out countries. because once you start doing that, then you go to basic, you find a way that you remain a political and you actually use the value proposition of what human rights is all

about. it interesting choice when it happens. ash initial id joining us from south africa. thank you so much. well, we saw rog give a weather report on the gulf and let's expand about because there's also flooding in iran. you mentioned not to at least 56 people have died in flash floods. and that's devastated more than a dozen provinces. several people were killed in, alongside in town. ron was more than 30, died in 2 villages. north of the capital search and rescue operations are continuing with fears that death toll could rise. non emergency has been declared in the us state of kentucky where at least 25 people have died and severe floods. amongst victims of 4 children from one family he was swept away. gabriel was under his will. 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 line. i'll like, i don't want as apartment to buckle with me in like under other me, in the inside the apartment, the flash flooding is so severe. even rescuers were shocked by what they were dealing with. probably 95 percent people in this area here, lovers. i houses gars animals it's, it's heartbreaking to really use these 4 siblings. we're 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 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 judge in the us as rule that civil lawsuits brought against libyan ward cleaver, have to can be heard in federal courts have to he's a us citizen, is accused of war crimes and extra judicial killings he's fighting to take control of libya wants to run in the long delayed presidential election. particle have reports, 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. brought his forces of 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 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 sees him. political have

al jazeera alexandra virginia legislation to ban some semi automatic weapons as being passed by the democratic controlled us. house of representatives are 207 and a 213. the bill is pat. it's not going to stall where they go to the senate 10 republican votes needed. the proposed legislation follows a series of mass shootings. the national rifle association condemned the bill as the salt on freedom and civil liberties. australia's prime minister has published the draft wording of the question. he plans to put to a referendum and a bit to amend the constitution. the changes would recognise indigenous minorities and make it mandatory for the government to consult aboriginal people on decisions that impact their lives. brings out to the albany or step close to fulfilling a campaign promise. now he said his government hold a referendum on

a voice in parliament for indigenous australians by 2020 fine fun to make. this is i reform, i believe every is driving kenyan brice from all walks of life in every part of the country, from every bite and background and tradition. because it speaks to values that we all share and then restrict decency in scrawny, your voice, will they, i, national attainment. it will be above politics. a unit by a strand moment though, taking a short break here on the knees are but will have monies straight after the break. stay with us. august on al jazeera, kenya, braces for a tightly contested votes. as the country goes to the poles and the elections that

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ah, folk about because european governments prefer for what could be a difficult winter. spain's prime minister has come up with an unusual way to save energy hetero. sanchez is urging office workers to ditch their ties. he says if people feel more comfortable, well, use less air conditioning. spain is that to adopt a series of energy saving measures from monday as the book tries to become less reliant on russian gas. she moves study, i've given him, if he, i'd like you all to know that i'm not wearing a tie. this means we can all say from an energy point of view, and i have asked ministers all public officials. and i would like to ask the private sector to but that they haven't already done so. so not to wear a tie when it is necessary because that way we will be confronting the energy

saving that is so important in our country. up in the hope was bought by his driver . thank he is the hell we start with golf and phil mickelson, who's heckled on the sea while competing in the live tournament, hosted by donald trump in new jersey. here's what happens. a 3 day event is the latest in the live series backed by saudi arabia, which is divided the world of gulf in recent months. that occasion of this tournament and its links to trump has drawn a wide criticism. kristin, silly me reports. the trump national golf club in bed minster, new jersey is hosting the live golf series bankrolled by the sovereign wealth fund of sorry, arabia the tournament has sparked outreach among those who lost family. members in the 911 attacks was standing here in the back yard were 750 people were turned up. bread eagle since father was killed, if it were not for the kingdom support, 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. will 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 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 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 she is 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 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. kristen salumi al jazeera bed minster, new jersey joining a golf may have cost hanrick's sense in the european ryder cup captain. save it is dave the controversial series. couldn't have gone much better. the 2016 open jump in his 8 buddies, and just the one buggy to take a share. believe that the,

the paul, the sweet versus the best place. yes. benson is joined at the top of the leaderboard by fellow major. when patrick reads the pat a one shot clip, the field winner, this event takes time, a full $1000000.00 in prize money. the players who remain on the pga tour or inaction in detroit to canada's tailor pender and leads the way at the rocket mortgage classic on 15 on the fall. that's only one shot. clear of this man, american tony. now, at the hop waste age and the 2nd day in a row with a hole in one resubmit cd with the on the this time is a coming at the 15 poll. and that helped in just about make the costs are just $2.00 stages left in the women's total france and marianna last has increased her lead that try to one stage 6 to move 30 seconds clear. at the top of the founding, it was a 2nd stage when if the week a form i live pick out multiple well champion alice,

she comes through the final couple of days in the mountains chill out. a yellow jazz each collection from the right to the track, cycling at the commonwealth games of failure dominated the opening day with 3 gold medals in the valley drive, including the women's $4015.00 came off on top in the pool as well. there were 2 or 3 and podiums in the men's, $400.00 re self and women's $200.00 free australia also won the 1st women's cricket match to be played at any commonwealth game. while champion beacon viet by 3 in the sequence, it as in major league baseball and iron judge, just become the 1st player to reach a 40 home runs this season. he hit 2 for the new york yankees and they went over the royal this one for him because i need a 12 choir in history hit the homeless and then with the bases loaded, he smashed another for a glance lamp which took him to force he wanted that got the crowd bouncing there, he'll say, did this earlier in the game. somehow pulling off

a dawning catch to deny royal's butter and de melendez a home run of his own. that is all your sport for now. pizza. we'll have another update for you. elizabeth lisa, thanks very much and of course you for the old war stories on the website is al jazeera dot com. i'll be back with more news on the other side of the break, but until live on gem of me and all of the news. our team here at our headquarters in doha. thanks very much for your time. and your company. ah. the latest news as it breaks the country will work on monday. one are controversial constitutional rep, random, which is widely expected to both present slaves. portraits with detailed coverage. the cost of fertilizer has more than doubled the season. that's largely due to the warren you crave from around the world. all these cows are infected with foot and mouth disease. they are dairy cattle,

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