where this goes, unfortunately it's going to spill into kentucky's flipping to arkansas than at the same time. we've got a lot of rain for louisiana now remnants leftovers of what was hurricane frank are going to inject moisture into the atmosphere for california. and that at the same time we've got mon sooner moisture, so flood, watch him play for parts of california and a huge swath of nevada. it's down for the pacific northwest, western canada and we've got some big storms not too far away from edmonton. it was just a few days ago we had that big hill storm. north of calgary central america, really concentrated rain, hundreds, nicaragua, coast rica and panama now will pick up the store. it's what the top end of south america. br assistant rain for that pacific coast of columbia, and we've got a vigorous system fleming into port to a laker that's going to drop the temperature. we've got weather alerts in play for both the rain and the wind. that's it. c, as in cat way, official airline of the journey with

this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm emily anguish. this is the news al alive from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. china launch is. it's biggest evan military drills in the seas. ne, tie one hours after you as how speaking nancy pelosi left the islands. the bank of england announces its biggest interest right high can 27 years. and predicts an economic recession buying in for the u. k. by the end of the year. a un panel says this solid evidence for a wanton forces, attacks soldiers inside democratic republic of congo, and 8 at the m $23.00 rebel group. clos signs that coral in australia's great barrier rate is recovering faster than predicted in school to verdicts,

and the brittany granted drunk trial is expected. later on thursday, closing arguments have been made with russian prosecutors asking for a 9 and a half year prison sentence for the american basketball style. ah, we begin this news hour in the taiwan straits where the chinese military has been conducting live fire drills just a day after you s house big a. nancy pelosi ended the controversial trip to typing the drills. they're happening around the island. taiwan says chinese naval ships and military aircraft have made several incursions into its territorial waters as senior chinese diplomat described, policies, trip, and manic, irresponsible, and irrational. the drills are focused in 6 exclusion zones that surround taiwan, 3 of the zones overlap areas. as you can see, ty once is a part of its territorial waters in some places just 20 kilometers on shore. drills

include at long range live ammunition shooting into taiwan straits. china has warned all vessels to avoid the area for 72 hours. nearly half a global container, flate passes through this waterway every year. shit, english in koli callaghan jim king, who them. so what we are taking and we will be taking our necessary and a timely response and counter measures which have been fully thought through and seriously assessed. and that they are aimed at protecting our sovereignty and the security. they are in line with international law and domestic laws. they are a wanting to the provocative us and also aimed at protecting regional stability and the piece that i went straight. patrick fog has more on pages reaction from the chinese capital. john is foreign ministry said today that it was compelled to wax in self defense and all the action that was being taken was targeted at taiwan separatist forces state media reporter just after noon that long range live firing

drills were being carried out in 6 exclusion zone. surrounding taiwan and its population of 23000000 people and their precision strikes have been conducted and achieved the expected results. there's also lots upon verified video that circulating on social media, showing rockets being fired from china in the direction of taiwan. it's. i want also said that had to chase away the air craft as well as a war ships that had crossed over the median line. this is an unofficial board which is generally seen to prevents any possible mishaps from either side. amis did say that they expected the reaction to be greater than anything that we've seen in recent years. but china says the us is the provocateur and urged it to immediately recognize the one china principal for the sake of security in the region. let's bring india good pollen,

who is the international editor of ty one plus. she joins us on skype from that time. pay to be a thanks so much for being on this news. ella. taiwan has said, china has unilaterally damaged the stability of the indo pacific region. how else is it? reacted, and what else is it said that's right. and the. a president's office has also said that china is upsetting the status quo, and that status quo is the agreement kept that agreement, that china and taiwan habits mean themself while trying to maintain that i want as part of its territory. taiwan does not declare independence, but carry on with its own government as a country and its own right. and so now the leadership, you're, is saying, china is putting that agreement at risk also try once. leadership is saying that china, with these exercises have infringed upon the international freedom of navigation, saying that essentially blockaded taiwan by with these military exercises. in fact,

the ministry of defense has called on flight routes and shipping routes to be changed or for companies to find alternate routes and travelers to 5 different ways to get in and out of pie one. and this is likely to have a huge impact on the global supply chain, given the importance of this tie wants trade in the shipping and the travel are of goods across the world. and also, of course, the government here is calling on china to restrain itself. and think rationally and has also emphasized that taiwan will not stand back and i'm not sure from defending itself. and it's very clearly said in the past few days, ever seen this most re exercises were announced that it will defend itself if it's property in any way. it's at right now. people here in taiwan are taking it in their stride. if you go down on the street here, it's pretty much business as usual, but there is

a sense of caution and there is an understanding that this is happening. and once again i want is coming under that specter of what could possibly lead to conflict. you know, the number one app download at the moment here in the capital is the police app for the location of bomb shelters and other shelters. one has about 4000. the capital has about $4000.00 of those across the city, usually in car parts. and underneath the buildings, and it is indicative that people are very clearly and very consciously making sure that they know where those are. but the general feeling here is not that china will invade the feeling is, and the concern is that there will be some kind of a miscalculation in these exercises that could lead to conflict. while we appreciate that update to be a good pollen that thank you very much for that live for us in to pay that's bringing richard white now. who is the defense analyst?

the global consultancy. we have strength, he's in washington, d. c, and joins us live. thanks so much for being on the program. so we've seen an escalation from china in the form of military drills. we've heard about ty, one's reaction. what form will china's next move likely take? do you think so far? we have seen cyber attacks on key government ministries and the so the, such as the airport where, how speaker plus he landed. we've seen some limited economic sanctions cutting back on the purchase. some bakery items, for example, from the taiwanese by the mainland. and now are seen these large scale military exercises. but the ambassadors from china to several european countries yesterday were in pine, there be something else coming as well. i think that will probably be more economic

sanctions. there may also be sanctions on the members of congress who went with pelosi, but they would be, for example, and tree ban and not allowing them to hold an actual assets in china. something you know, the kind of sanctions are pretty common these days by country. richard, what about militarily, washington as shine is commitment to defending and asia pacific ally? will we say anything militarily? i think we're seeing it now. i think you know, this, this is not the most aggressive thing that the p l a could do, but it's pretty expensive. i mean, worse, they're basically showing us that the chinese navy and air force now has the capacity turn for the blockade around taiwan and sprang good economically, cut off its imports of food and fuel and other necessities. and the u. s. would

have to use military force to break that blockade. so i think this is a, it's a fairly firm military response or not impeding on how many aerospace are attacking targets in taiwan. but posing a blockade if it were to formerly be declared as an act of war, which it had of the war and ukraine impact his current sweat of escalation in terms of resources and precedence. that's what people been pondering pretty much this year. so the thinking was, the initial fear was the impression full scale invasion of ukraine, which was unexpected by many could lead to a seminal larry lee unexpected attack by the mainland on taiwan. soon,

most people would think it would be a few years off. but now, since the war is dragged on, the russian moderate campaign has not been successful. the thinking is, conversely, that this will induce caution that the chinese government wouldn't risk and what's likely to risk an attack because of the possibility of having the same kind of stale made economic sanctions and so on that the west has been imposing on ukraine. but we really don't know. i mean, i think the probably the p l a probably going to rehearse and tactics during the struggles to see how it can avoid some of the mistakes that russians have been making in ukraine. how might washington react if the she was on the other for if china was trying to contain the u. s. as the us some would say, is trying to contain china? well, it's not officially us policy to contain china and it's not really possible. given

the and massive economic presence of china, unlike the former soviet union, where there was a policy of containment and the u. s. is trying to as secretary and blank and justice secretary state blank. anthony blank and fed up and this summer in trying to create an environment around china not try and change its governmental regime, but to create a security inviting around it that would encourage the, the chinese to behave more responsibly and discourage them for behaving more aggressively. so it says kind of shaping and hedging strategy that the us of the feeling to try and not, not a containment strategy. while we appreciate your insights in this dynamic situation, which is why it's a defense analyst at the global consultancy, where he strikes. thank you very much. any more head on his knees, our, including a new economy minister and that's his measures to sack lunch in tennis, trampled finances. and the nfl wants to increase their suspension given to the

shown watson for sexual misconduct. more than a little later coming up and spoke with jemma. ah, the bank of england is projecting the u. k. economy will slip into recession by the end of the year. its height 20 inches right by half a percentage point. it's biggest jump since 1995. the movies ain't it. calming the canes, worst inflation in 40 years. central banks around the world have been pushing uprights to curb spending and bring down prices. let's bring in angie simmons who's laugh for us in london. hello there, andrew, what the people the u. k. face with this economy filing the way that it is well, they face a serious cutbacks in the standard of living. there's no doubt about that. aside

from this, sir, increase in the interest rates, which is the highest for 27 years, the highest rise in 27 years. there is a warning of this recession of prediction, if you will, that it will start in the last 3 months of this year. go right the way through 2023 . and the still will be a problem at the beginning of 2024. now this is on a par with the 2008 financial crisis for the u. k. a, however, it's shallow of, of that crisis is more in line with what happened to the $99.00 juice, another recession there. what will happen for people in the u. k? well, they're going to find that the wages aren't keeping pace with the cost of living. that's already the case. now we're seeing lots of industrial disputes because of that that will continue. the real killer blow though is the cost of energy, and that's to the russian war against ukraine having a major effect. let's just take a look at the

a system that works in the u. k. to cap energy bills. annual figures are going up from 2 or a half 1000 us $1.00 to $4200.00. so some of this sudden increased on energy bills. colossal it costs more than a $120.00 to fill up the average fuel tank of the moment. that is another major area. furthermore, that there is a whole question mark about how people can really afford food bills across the u. k. so this is for a developed country, a serious crisis. yes. has sent me having a flow and effect on has how bills and how does all this effect. they consider a conservative leadership election. we think prime minister, i'm coming well it, it, it could change the game or potentially it, we're looking at only a short time before the up the party faithful. the conservative party members are

all out in the sticks, make their vote for one of 2. people wishes to knock at the former chancellor. all is trust. the current foreign secretary. now trust is in the lead on opinion polls up to 30 percent. she takes the view that sir, that have to be tax cuts to really fuel economy. that's the way she has been addressing various debates, which have been very nasty and very vicious. in fact. now richie sooner who have been in the early days of the of, of the challenge since far as johnson resigned had been in the lead a re, she soon arc has played more careful. he's made some u turns on taxes. and he basically has warned every step of the way that the foreign secretary is simply not doing the right thing. she's talking about sweetness with poison in the middle of the pills, so to speak. and so he wishes re sooner is back his mutations in promising some

gods, but not until the crisis is over. the landmark has changed completely in terms of what they face a when one of them becomes a prime minister. we appreciate the update as always, entry simmons lat for us in london. thank you. i containers, government is struggling to rein in soaring inflation and financial instability. their president, alberto fernandez, is hoping a new economy minister will be able to turn around the country's finances. theresa bow reports on what the appointment means for one of latin, america's largest economies, member of the equator, police. he's the 3rd economy minister in a month. he never said he'll massa faces the difficult task of tackling argentina's economic crisis. hello to see hoarder. he says, season politician who plays a crucial role in the ruling parent. his coalition formed by precedent, albert at the for madness and vice president, christina fernandez. the kirschner in the, with the name of your friend this i, we are tucker. so we have several issues to resolve and we need to work towards resolving them. there is no magic solution and it won't happen over night. or we

need to tackle inflation, loss of income, lack of stability, and problems that working people face. if you can call miss massey, i will be in charge of the ministry of economy agricultural production and will implement measures that will reduce the fiscal deficit, increase exports and promotion. i grew industry oil and gas exploitation and the knowledge economy le argentine is in the middle of an economic crisis with inflation close to 70 percent a year. groups were presenting, being formal sector, have been taken to the streets on a weekly basis, to demand more government assistance. they middle class says high inflation and exchange rate controls make it difficult to make ends meet. many have lost hope. if we can agree with you and i don't think anything is going to change because there's no in the government, you don't know who rules. it's a disaster. the economic situation is uncertainty about everything. thank you so

much. i was told to carry out the tough but necessary reforms to reduce i didn't tina going inflation way, but also to rebuild this country for dec ravaged research. but his biggest challenge will be to restore the faith and credibility in the government of president has got a phone number. but there are no guarantees that must, i won't say stuff o position from his own powerful vice president christina coach. nor would we challenge many of precedent about the fundamentalist economic policies, including a $40000000000.00 agreement with the i, m f. b. there is any economies. he says the government needs to do much more if they've been here longer than that on to control inflation. you need an independent central bank and a government that cannot touch it. that's how you fight inflation. and that's how countries in the region do it except are, are there is an ideological debate and i had a slight inflation on how to carry out the necessary forms to improve the economic situation. remember where many believe said here, matthew,

known locally as the super minister, has enough authority to start fixing argentina's economy. and for now, he seems to have more power than the president. it is, i will. i'll just see them when a site is and un report his sand. what he calls solid evidence that we're wanton troops have been supporting and fighting with the m 23 rebel group in the democratic republic of congo. there are a want and government has previously denied accusations by the congolese government that it supports the group. the report comes just awake after the un headquarters in gama was stoned by protested. who accused pace, capers of not doing enough to protect them from the n 23 rebels. for more in this, let's bring in camberley. mister mussa volley. he is with the center for research on the congo, and he joins asked by skype from across in ghana. kimberly, thanks so much for being on this news. our. i just want to go back to basics to start with. who is the m 23 group and why are they so dangerous?

the anthony 3 is a road militia of that as being a backbone, but not just now about for decades. but is more schrall in northern them did they used to have before was they were course she and the p u for the f r c d. and saw, but it's a concept of rubber malicious backbone, but to so if one was interested we call go to getting these reports every now and then where you showed that one is supporting the web, bruce or no actual sticker. so right now we are talking about gram can the 3 levels to morrow may be talking about another acronym, but surely the ss of london, but really shows well operating in the congo meeting in our resources, this person population a cause and killings. what claiming that they have, are there some glimpse in chicago in terms of the political space and saw so

despite there were wanting government claims that it does not support the m 23 group. this report by independent experts is said no, that is the case. so why is that so significant? but in 2012 we had the same situation. the m 23 when they had to cover the cd of go mad. there were many recalls that came up identifying that one days behind the am 20 to rebels run the order says, i mean the evidence of the june report that was published. i thought that he was already damaged. right? because the you and group of experts in june show are drawn for our images as the satellites are information to let us know that the run than the fest force is collaborating with the m 20 through rebels. the forces olive randazzo saying the same, i mean one of course is going to continue to deny, but the question is beyond the run that to day. if we know that there is emission establish in the congo or what should do not initially do or should run the us

international partners do. because on one hand you see that the they international partners are continuing to support b. r to support randa. in the case of the united states, of there is a senator, senator melendez, who's looking into how it will use pressure in the united states to evolve aids, to our, the military in rhonda rest of us on the u. s. i'm on the u. k side, you know, seeing the sam now the u. k. has our flesh out to give, ron, they $150000000.00 for refugees that they are trying to process in run. so this is not no longer a question of which evidence to provide based more so how do we hold one of the caliber and we know how to hold it accountable is by it's international partner to put sanctions, to put pressure on them. and in 2012, the pressure that the foods actually helped the united states, scandinavian countries,

the african development bank. all we felt eights around that, that we saw run the stopping the support of the n 23. and thus will we calling for now? not for their international partners to use the same aggressive diplomacy by using 2012, which was at which consisted, and we lauding financially to the government to run until they are partner for peace. if you do not do such things, we continue to see one day involved in the d r. c. every now and it. how confident are you that action will actually be taken? as a very difficult question, but you asking? i think what we seeing on the ground in the d r c is that the commodities people are very tired of are the scarf, it is taken over 2 decades. many as commodities have died and they express their frustration. have you seen that there been many protests against the un forces the comedies population is asking for. ready you and forces of underscore to leave the darcy,

or the comedies people left with treasure. are all the qualities governments are to stop all diplomatic ties. we've run. so for the internationally, so very difficult above what is clear of the qualities population. i a, some shipping from picking the matters into their own hands, the landing allies. and i hope that the world and particularly the african union, will listen to the voice of the communities. people particular the prison or synagogue who's heading to african union. the sheer that the wheel or the comb with these people is that on one hells we must have a peaceful continent. and the shewn. ready handled the african you're super sure why not to be stakeholder congo now is a member of the east africa community, the members state of the east african community. she also put pressure on that in unstable convo does not help east africa community a on peaceful congo does not also help the whole and to african consummate to go to

the next stage of his development. while we really appreciate your insights and breaking down for us can bally move severely there. there were say, i were searching at the center for research on the congo. thanks for your time. police in south africa have arrested more than $120.00 suspects after the gang rape of age women, northwest of johannesburg. the women were with a film crew filming of music video when they were attacked. most of the accused are also facing charges related to possession of firearms and illegal mining to mila has more from khaki. sir, south africa, the situation year in khaki. so in the west side of town is what is quite volatile . i just behind us is a large group of community members. we've also seen a sales team. people the needs to be illegal minus as amazon, as, as they're known here. they say not only are they mining illegally at disused mind

sharps trying to find gold, but they're all so according to the people who are terrorizing the community, they accused these illegal minors of killing people in the area of raping women. here. people here say they're not safe and now they've come out and you see a number of police vehicles. they've had to use stun grenades and tear gas to try and disperse people. but a lot of these community members have come out. they say they've had enough, and because police, according to them, are not doing enough. they are taking matters into their own hands. there's been renewed fighting between armenian, the allied forces and the as by johnny military along the dispute, not gonna carry back region care back forces say by last to finance one as a by johnny soldier was also killed. armenia and azerbaijan had been locked in a decades old dispute for the territory you're gonna carry back is mostly controlled by ethnic armenians, but as a by janet seized parts of it after a 20,

after a conflict, rather in 20. 20 would you roof if you get us us on august 3rd, members of a legal armenian armed groups in the territory of azerbaijan, where the peacekeeping contingent of the russian federation is temporarily stationed, grossly violated the provisions of the november 10 2020 statement and committed an act of terrorism, sabotage was against the units of the as a by john ami rushes defense ministry has responded to the violence in a statement. it says the situation is aggravated the sci fi regime was violated by the armed forces of azerbaijan. it went on to say, the command of the russian paced keeping forth with the representatives of azerbaijan and mania, taking measures to stabilize the situation in a change of pace. it's now time for the whether he's jeff or for parts of the middle east temperatures in some spots are running about 10 degrees above average.

have one. here's the details on friday, so blocked at 52 degrees q weight at 50. that's while above where you should be for this time, you're going to tell you, i think there's the very real risk of seen some flooding in demons, capital sun out with these bursts of rain, your rate through to the he jazz mountains. now i want to take you through the gulf states. the winds are going to shift around south for the house. so that's going to ramp up your temperature to $41.00 degrees. this is a day forward on saturday, and there's that flooding. rain potential on either side of the red sea as it carries through on saturday. the rain starting to wind down for portions of pockets done. we do have some bursts of rain to be found, but the bulk of the energy will stay toward the northwest of india. next, stop or go into turkey. we've got just a mix. the sun in cloud through it's stumble, 30 degrees, some showers across turkeys, black seacoast, but nothing major. central africa looks like this. of course, we've had that flooding and eastern uganda, especially around late victoria. but these bursts of rain coming off the ethiopian

highlands. and just moving further toward the west, and as we check in on south africa, hate now plenty of sun cape town, looking good. with the high of 15 on friday season, still ahead on al jazeera, iraq's powerful. she laid emerald tata alyssa colson, new elections, and figures. support is to keep up their protest at baghdad, parliament warning social media platforms in kenya, spreading height, speech, and use information ahead of a general election coming up and spoke with dick jemma to museum on shebra. no since the quarter finals in san jose ah ah.

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ah hello. you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily angry and he's a reminder about top stories this hour. the chinese military has run live ammunition drills and anti one straight a day off to us. how speak and nancy pelosi left high pain, china 5 ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets and warships. while ty, one's government says the island won't be intimidated by military exercises. and have demanded by james stopped the jewels. taiwan says chinese naval ships and military aircraft have entered what it considers its territorial waters. chinese tiny chang has more on the days developments a day after leaving type a. u. s. house speaker, nancy pelosi, but the speaker of south korea's national assembly. and so she appeared on bothered by the controversy, sparked by her visit to taiwan,

and spoke warmly of the military and economic relationship between south korea and the united states. a relationship that began from urgency and security many years ago has become the warmest of friendships but pelosi left troubled waters in her wake. chinese military helicopters, fly over the taiwan strait of pink turn in southern china. at the start of life fire exercises that effectively surround the island. chinese state t. v. broadcast video of missiles far from the mainland into target areas close to territorial waters. taiwan claims as its own, with its pointed jets in the air in combined exercises designed to show china, is in complete control. caribbean mutual. the purpose is to show that the people's liberation army is capable of controlling the taiwan island. a great to turn to talents, independence secession as forces none, the less china's foreign ministry lamed escalating tensions firmly on the united

states. you why did you go? yeah, if these countries really cared about peace and stability in the taiwan strait, they should have persuaded the united states not to engage in dangerous, reckless and irresponsible provocations against china before policies visit to taiwan. they pretended to be deaf and silent, but now they jumped out to criticise china's just actions exposing their hypocrisy and ugliness we. china's life fire exercises are expected to continue for the next few days. possibly even until early next week. by that time, nancy pelosi will be back in the united states, but the impact of her visit to taiwan will be felt here. for some time to come, tony ching al jazeera to one's defense ministry says it's used flat to drive away drones flying over one of its islands, close to the mainland china. the incident happened in the strides between taiwan and china. there are a number of taiwanese islands close to the mainland,

anti one. let's take a look. can mon is the set of islands overflowing, by the drawings. in the 1950s. it was shalt by china. the u. s. considered using nuclear weapons to protect it. she you is part of the can min islands, that's the chinese mainland in the back of the photo. they're china's warn ships to avoid the area for 72 hours because of poor flexion. men. half the world's annual shipping goes through this area. earlier i spoke to when he song, who is a specialist in china, taiwan relations with the astronomy and national universities. taiwan studies program, he believes by james and military drills are an attempt to legitimize. ty pays claim of autonomy, that part of the world near our straight account for more than half the war was maritime commerce for investment is certainly very critical of the land of communication. chuck point way, which is also wides, raising

a lot of interest and concern, but other countries in the region. at this point though, i think the fact that china designates its areas for me to read real in this particular way, we may potentially be buying the reassurance. however, ironically miss down, because from me the way i read it, these, that china is doing the mystery thriller in those areas trio which overlap with paro towers territorial waters. precisely because china is more about diplomatic message, was more so than preparing for the next round of major material offensive. and their way to think about it is that they are trying to counter the people mad. the method of native below is trip to taiwan. the largest allows the being such a senior official be the name i want to somehow have lead to my sister and strengthens how and claim to be

a sole run state actor. and so china now is trying to counter that, you're showing, no one is not a sovereign state actor. i'm going to show you by saying, i'm going to do me a treat grills in taiwan territorial waters. i'm going to ban maritime shipping, doing all throughout. how was tara waters as well? just to show that one does not have true autonomy to govern those places. and therefore, it's going to be like the maids and weak and poems claim to its own autonomy, self governance, iraq's influential. she, a politician will, toddler al serra is demanding an early election. he says dialogue with political rivals has proven to be futile. santa delivered a televised address urging supporters to continue sitting at parliament until their demands, and meant that as block one, the most fate to matthew's parliamentary election. but it's been political deadlock ever since that support is mostly part of the sheer community which make up the

majority of iraq population. while sony's make up nearly 40 percent from baghdad, dosage of our reports on how those who don't support santa a coping with the crisis. this is a city divided not just by the tigris river, but also by its political loyalties. iraq hasn't had a functioning government for 9 months. it's affected every aspect of life for millions of people here. some of those are part of the minority sunni's who mainly live in the central neighbourhood of the capital, known as at the mia. 33 year old mustafah assad says his shop has been badly affected by the recent demonstrations and political upheaval. that's why the autumn has 3 quarters of people are not buying anything here. the streets are empty. it reminds me of the days of the curfew during the pandemic. it's very bad. 80 percent of the businesses have been affected. he says he stopped voting

a long time ago because he no longer believes in the political system or it's politicians. those sentiments are not confined to those in the capital. many come from different regions to find work in the northern province of our bill, which is home to iraq's kurdish minority. they are also feeling the effects of what they say is an ineffective central government in baghdad. on the commonwealth and out the holly and i came here from cur cooked work. as a taxi driver, the situation in baghdad is scary, especially after 9 months or so with no government formed. this has a direct effect on the economy. there were lots of people here from baghdad also because of the security situation there in the situation in iraq is miserable. people are afraid to buy new stuff. they don't know what will happen in the future . the country is going towards the unknown political parties just believe in quotas . i have a family of 5 and wish i could go abroad. back on the streets of the capital. signs of neglect and lack of public spending are visible. despite the state making huge

profits through oil sales, 11500000000 dollars last month alone, no budget was pass this year. meaning most of the surplus cannot be spent on those who need it most. this is the, at the me, a neighborhood in eastern baghdad and just across the river. west of here is the push. i'm going to share area of the mia. the latest crisis is group, yet again, it is the people who suffer the most when there's political division and unrest, even if it's resolved, it's unlikely to do the law for the country to buy out 0 back nato secretary general. yes, stolen big says russia cannot be allowed to win the war in ukraine, and the lines must prevent the conflict from spreading members have been increasing defense spending since the russian invasion, germany is gearing up to become the world's 3rd largest military spent after the u

. s. and china vast and has the story from berlin. the, the german army looks like it's fully equipped and ready for battle in this recruitment video. but a parliament we report suggests soldiers are lacking heavy equipment, body backpacks, and even warm on the where we don't have enough tanks. we don't have enough whistles. we don't have enough lanes to be able to even secure the own country. none not even to support our friends in securing europe at the last need to summit in madrid, chancellor love shall sat, germany can fulfill the requirements to defend the alliance from what i described as a direct threat from russia. natal wants to expand its high readiness forces from 40002300000 the thunder moving 100000000 through the bond, the special fund of 100000000000 euros for investment in the armed forces is a very important signal that we are facing up to the challenges of the new security

situation get it. it's a lot of money, but it's money. the armed forces need to make up for what we've collected for years . as part of the $102000000000.00 package, germany is planning to buy f $35.00 fighter jets and related equipment for $8400000000.00 from the us. but the head of the armed forces reserve a say the number of troops should be doubled to 350000 as well. and to build up the struck truth again to have a new focus on territorial defense and toast nation support that needs already time to build up the structures you say more than 5 years to have these 5 homeland regimen. so then we have a structure to speed up. the process, patrick, sense book argues conscription needs to be reinstated. it's been called a turning point in history decades opposite a feed of nazi germany. and the end of the cold war, germany is gearing up to become a military power again. and while the majority in parliament has supported the

expansion, also those who warned against growing militarism quit takes point out germany is already the world 7th largest military by the way, the defense budget increasing more than 55 percent in the past 8 years. they say the problem is efficiency, not money is the capacity for a conventional war. in the european natal member states doubles that of russia is already deterrence. and so like this kind of are spending, it's not gonna going to lead to a more peaceful world on the country. it's gonna escalate a global ours rates. despite these warnings, germany says it's committed to being an important natal partner in the heart of europe. auto nations can rely on. fasten al jazeera berlin estrella, his great barrier. rafe has set a new record for coral recovery in raising ease. lodge slaves of the race have been killed off by warming waters,

which experts think is down to climate change report by the sterling institute of maureen sciences found 2 thirds of the wave has the largest amount of car cover in 36 years in the north. it grew from 13 percent in 2017 to 36 percent you covered in the central part has increased to a similar degree. the southern region lost some carl cover though due to a crown of thorns staff fish outbreak ceased as feed on and the plate refilled. in karo scientist say despite its resilience the race remains vulnerable to bleaching . earlier i spoke to poll hardesty, who is the chief executive officer at the sterling institute of marine science. he says, despite the positive developments, climate change is still a huge threat. the southern reef decrease was relatively small and it was because of an outbreak of kind of foreign starfish, which is a natural predator which can get out of control when certain conditions allow. but

i think more importantly, what we're really saying here is that while there's good news, there's also some not good news in this report. and while the coral cover is similar to what it was in the 1980s, people should not believe in any way that that means that the conditions on the reef are the same as they were in the 1980s. nothing could be further from the truth. and the reason is because the reef is now subject in any given year to potentially devastating bleaching events cause not by solar radiation specifically, but by warming oceans and ocean heat raves, driven by climate change. that's the number one threat to the reef. we had a bleaching event this year, and luckily it didn't last quite long enough for the corals to die. so a little bit of heat, they can go white, they bleach. but if it goes to long, then mortality occurs, they die. and this year we were very lucky just as it was reaching that threshold

was walking the tight rope conditions got a little bit better. but in any given year now, the rece could be subject to some pretty severe bleaching events. and so while there's good news, we certainly can't see being really vigilant and doing everything we can to protect the reef in the future rights campaign is in kenya. say social media has been used to promote false information and tight speech ahead of next week's presidential election. malcolm web for ports from nairobi can use electro commission, has started trucking ballot papers to polling stations. warehouse in the capital, nairobi, writes groups say the democratic process faces the sinister and hidden thread on social media. dungan with doom has used digital tools to document coordinated misinformation, campaigns on facebook, twitter, and take told him next team and you've got, you know,

doctor recording and what we like to call information warfare where people lead recording ideas of each other and leaking them. you've got a very clear attempt at entitlement and hits which and just usage of hateful rhetoric and visual image to you to try and sort of ramp up people's emotions. my do i do some of the content images and videos from 2007, when more than a 1000 people were killed in violence that followed that yes vote. the electoral commission says this time it's on track to hold a free and fair election, preparing the materials and running the poll. is this part of it? but it was after the election 15 years ago. it disputed results led to waves of ethnic targeted violence. and role of social media exploded in the ways in which he used to misuse the develop live rights group. the concerned in the event

of a disputed result, worried about what kind of messages political leaders might send to their supported house, on the campaign trail candidate to talking less about this new city. more about policy that in past elections, including how to tackle the flooring prices of food and fuel. deputy president william retail is one of 2 main contenders for the presidency. his main rival is form a prime minister right over dinner. those candid it's campaign team deny spreading the problematic social media content, but both say the other side could be doing it. business. the social media companies is blooming in kenya, who writes group say they're not doing nearly enough to monitor and remove dangerous content. the government agency responsible for preventing interacting conflict has said facebook could be suspended in kenya. if it doesn't act by time

we are calling out of specific entities because a b p did lead. they're not abiding by what they're supposed to abide by. they have the capacity, they have the means to do it in a capacity to do it. thus, although out of the wheel to do it for we have given the value motivation, lego aid, what as opposed to the government has since said, facebook won't be suspended. it's owner matter says it's taken extensive steps to remove hate speech, including automatic detection and content monitoring tames for rights groups. so these measures don't go far enough. malcolm web al jazeera nairobi kenya. oh is coming up after the break, including the perfect day both to this baseball lane santiago, gemma will have all the details. ah

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ah ah ah, it's time for he's jim and you've got the latest news out of russia on the basketball of brittany granite. yes, absolutely. russian. the prosecutors off the court to sentence the basketball saw $29.00 and a half years in prison. going to have been back in court for closing arguments in her trial were made to the verdict expected in the next hour. the 2, so i'm going to pick champion has been detained for nearly 6 months off. the vague cartridges containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage out of moscow apples. as she awaits her fate greiner spoke on camera for the 1st time since being arrested. back in february. i want to say that i have no intent on breaking any russian law. no intent conspire or plan to commit this crime. i know

everybody keeps talking about local pond in politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. they should take into account all the document, all the character for everybody that i sent in on my behalf. i made an honest mistake, and i hope that in your ruin in my why i have the nfl is taking a tough penalty for quarterback to show watson for violating the leagues personal conduct policy. earlier this week, watson received a 6 game suspension from an independent ruling following an investigation by the nfl office. 2 dozen women complained of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, but the league isn't satisfied with the sanction, and they will appeal. amazon generation could get even messier because the players association may see the nfl for appealing of the suspension. watson recently settled over one of 24 seats filed by the massage therapist,

but denies any wrongdoing. reading through what the judge said, i guess from a legal perspective, in a precedent perspective, it makes sense. one thing i will say is the fact that the nfl has the personal conduct policy is something that allows a suspension to happen without it. there could be no suspension period, so i mean, it's better than nothing, but when you look at the damage that watson has been done, i don't think that it's enough. we're way beyond the point of, you know, we're not, this isn't like something like ok, we should take time to build up to the correct amount of punishment for something like this. like it needs to be done. a group of live golf players including a phil mickelson bryson da schon, but i have filed an anti trust lawsuit against the p. j tool. is legal fight could ultimately to find the rules of where players can compete. the fee j to has suspended those who've joined the saudi arabia back lives. there is the president and owner of italian football club, and napoli says he'll avoid signing african football is if they're committed to

playing in the nations cup. already rented is frustrated about losing african players mid season to play out the biannual annual continental competition last season. cameron midfielder andre frank xander and geese and sort of goals that kind of do cool about a missed 6 games. but actually, while on africa and juicy, we spoke to nicholas betsy, a lecturer at the university of bologna. he covers issues of racism in italian football. he doesn't expect that renters will face any repercussions for his comments. the debate st seems to arrive, but you need to be more from the you k, yet other than the immediate. so you said how is that issue that he's coming from outside the rather than from italy? and because to be fair equally especially in january when the africa coupled nation has played that was it among the supporters that kind of.

busy let's say a lot of supporters said that that player had believe a play to do and i missed the game then why bennett got one day and the copper novelty supporters were also proud before anybody. but me seeing a lot of games for anybody perspective, sort of like the idea of football, sadie, and let's say now i remind you that it's been about the salad for an off about the global perspective is something significant. nick kerry says he's treating every match as crucial after he was unable to gain any world ranking points that we put in that mentality is paying off. so far. as the australian came through his 2nd round, much of the city opened in washington, korea, speaking american as tommy pool at 6364. you faces at raleigh palka for placed in the final session, feet high, but who catch suffered

a shock exits. he was knocked out constraints that surround see by fins m a reservoir re on the job. i was back on court for the 1st time since losing the wimbledon final. she was up against madison keys in san jose, california. after taking a close fuss sets that she needs in a breeze through the 2nd 61 to reach her 10th quarter find the via 2nd feeder pilot . the dosa is also 3. she rallied back from 53 down in the decider to be american. qualify. elizabeth malik. she's the daughter of 45 grand champion, cova, but i so faces coca, golf, or naming. so i chose to come alone here to the gentleman with my team. i want to challenge myself to push myself to do better, you know, and again, more confidence on my own. i want to take the full credit for this much. but i'm pretty happy that i'm doing well. obviously, my, my team is follow me from geneva, but it's

a nice step that you're going to up and for the rest of the major league baseball teams have paid tribute to the legendary broadcast the vin scholarly who died on tuesday at the age of 94 scholarly spent 67 years cooling games for the dodges, and on wednesday, teams across the league held a moment of silence. calling retired from the microphone to 6 years ago, off to serving as the longest broadcast it with a single team in sports history. sandy, i apologize unveiled that knew that line up against colorado included one so. so who received a standing ovation? brandon drury also delighted his new fans hitting a home run on his 1st pitch with the bases loaded. a san diego beat rocky that $91.00 at the commonwealth games. elaine thompson hara was left, jumping for joy after victory in the 100 meters final. the jamaican lived up to her

billing as favorites to win gold the 5 time and and pick champion, crossing the line with a time of 10.95 seconds. the triumph was slight consolation for her bronze medal at the recent world championships. that competition in eugene was memorable for the wrong reasons for kenya's of ferdinand amandola. of these a delay meant the arrived just hours before his 1st heat and was eliminated in the semi's. but africa's fastest man is now the 100 meters, a commonwealth champion coming home and 10.02 seconds for his 1st global title. that is all your sports from even our pizza. we'll have another update later. incredible time. thank you very much for the update gemma that's it from may emily anguish for this musician. but don't go anywhere. we'll have more news in just a moment. stay with us. ah, august on al jazeera,

a year after the taliban took over special coverage of the current situation in afghanistan. the listening post examines and dissects the wealth media, how they operate, the stories they cover up to 5 years on the since me, on mars, muslim minority were forced from the country. we look at the play of the rocking. i'll just say we're world showcase is the best documentary from across the network, including a new 3 part series, the sixty's in the arab world. as protest continue following the swearing in the new president could sri lanka as economic and political crisis lead to humanitarian 1 august, which is the era no place. and so i gone with press retreated with the car about a media hub and vital vantage point. during the 1st truly televised war from the roof. we could see the regulation at the american embassy, where the most iconic images of the conflict and vietnam were transmitted to the

world. this was the front row sheet to the final stages of the war, saigon, caravel war hotels. on all jazz here, we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. if the human suffering that we report, we brave bullets and bomb and we always include the views from our sites, new voices heating up the airway. lot of can you listen? actually, we can't really hear what i really think in your own country shifting power of a case, the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do you happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative. australians went to the poa with those images front of mine is a war that very much came forth out in the media as well as on the battlefield there. listening page. dissect the media on al jazeera ah.