it takes time focus and attention away from the things that our people want us to be working on together. so that was one of the cases that i also made today with the chinese foreign minister, the russian foreign minister and all of our colleagues from us. yup. with regard to trait, we put forward as you know, the end of the civic economic framework. and it's gotten an extremely positive response for more than a dozen countries that have signed on to the founding members. and it remains an open, inclusive process. and i expect that other countries will join in and what i path as the acronym goes, focuses on, on our economic areas that are going to be critical to the 21st century economy. for example, the digital trade, for example, secure supply chains. for example, governance, combating corruption of which are, are absolutely vital to, to trade and investment. moving forward. trade facilitation is also

a part of that. the response has been extremely positive and we're now in the process of really building it together with all of the founding member, shaping the different pillars of the pacific economic framework. with regard to, to brittany reiner into default, we'll in a few things on that. i think 1st, we've all seen the sentencing conviction of brittany grinder to 9 years in prison. and that further compounds the injustice that's being done to her. and her wrongful detention. it puts a spotlight on our very should be concerned with rushes, legal system, and the russian governments use of wrongful detention to advance its own agenda. using individuals as political ponce same goes for paul. we want we put forward as you know, a substantial proposal that russia sit in gauge with us. and what foreign minister

live off said this morning and said publicly, is that they are prepared to engage through the channels we've established to do just that. and we'll be pursuing that we'll take a final question from seraph sworn cambodia. thank you. my name is ralph from campbell news. i have a question about the election up to the community election, the opposite doable. su by the ruling party as the and the c. and so what do you think about this and what is your expect isn't about the camden lesson next year. thank you. one of the things. thank you. what are the things that that i share with the prime minister and other cambodian interlocutors is our expectation. and i think more important the expectation to cambodian people that elections in cambodia will be free and fair and genuinely participatory so that

everyone in cambodia can be represented in the elections. and depending on their outcome and governance, our purpose is not to be for any individual or any party, not at all. as i said earlier, it's about the process. making sure that there is a genuinely democratic process when it comes to cambodia selection. that's what we're looking to, that's what i share with the prime. it's thank you. thank you. thanks everyone. your child is there, and there is the u. s. secretary state ancy, blinking finishing his press conference in compound the condo, cambodian capital of the i see, and meeting ga, dealing with a number of issues. a top of the agenda obviously was the current situation across

at ty, wallace bring in florence louis, who's following the i c. n conference there in cambodia. the secretary of state very clear, really on his position when it comes to supporting taiwan, but also not trying to aggravate china too much. absolutely. now he made the same point that he's making over the last few days, and that is nancy pelosi you as how speakers visit to time one really does not change u. s. policy on taiwan that the u. s. does recognize the one china policy and that the, the, the visit really does not signal any change in that. but he was very clear in calling china's action in taiwan straight, an escalation, you know, he talked about how the response in taiwan straight is disproportionate, is extreme and it's escalate. re, he said that china had used hello, sees visit as a pretext to increase its military activity. and he said this was not only,

not something that the u. s. wanted, this was also something that regional neighbors do not want to see happen. now, earlier at the east asia summit as well, he made that point. he achieved, he said china's actions in the taiwan strait a flagrantly provocative. and he said china were seeking to intimidate, not only ty, one, but also its neighbors. and he talked not just about the military exercises that china is carrying out a wrong tie one. but he also talked about the it's use of economic coercion is use of cyber warfare. he said, all these were an escalation on china's part and he's urging china to take a step back and he said, whatever differences that the mainland has, hi, one, they have to be resolved peacefully, peacefully. and that is something that normally the china, china, is that something that something that not only the u. s. a seeking but also other countries in the region and around the world. he also made it very clear that while the russian foreign minister had visited me and mom in the last few days,

it sort of contradicted us eons efforts to try and find a peaceful way of bringing me on my back into the democratic process. he wants to highlight that, didn't he, and also rushes involved with the absolutely, in fact this is something that aunt in has been working on. you know, austin agreed to auntie and lead a piece plan. and that was agreed to by the military genta in april of last year. this was a 5 point piece plan. but young my has been accused of not implementing any part of the piece plan. and that is why the foreign minister from young man hasn't been invited to these summits in on pen myanmar, was asked to send and non political representative instead. and they have declined . non asi members are quite clear in saying that they are disappointed at monmouth . they are disappointed that the piece line isn't working and they know they realize that there needs to be another way forward. they need to revisit that.

what's not clear is how they're going to do that. but of course, complicating matters is ready the level of support that man was getting from the authoritarian powers, china as well as russia. and as you mentioned, china made that very russia made that very pointed show of support by having its foreign minister visit ne p door them young my capital and meet with june to lead at minimal length. just before he was due to arrive in a non pen, but the u. s. is very firm that it supports yon mos. he's full return to piece it's supports myanmar returning back to democracy and it also called on the international community not to give recognition to a proposed election that is going to be held next year close to the force of the us in conference infinite pentacles we coming back to you throughout the day for more analysis. thank you. japan says 5 ballistic missiles fired by china landed in it's exclusive economic zone,

calling the incident unprecedented picture has lost a diplomatic protest. us house speaker nancy pelosi, as we've mentioned, his concluding her talk of asia in japan where she defended her decision to visit tie one after meeting prime minister from jo casita pelosi said to china won't be allowed to isolate taiwan. she also promised american solidarity with the entire region. they may try to keep taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate taiwan by preventing us to travel there. we've had high level visit senators in the spring, a bipartisan way, continuing visits, and we will not allow them to isolate taiwan. they are not doing our travel schedule. our representation here is not about changing the status quo here and in asia change status quo. taiwan. well,

india central bank has raised its key lending rate by half a percentage point in an effort to cub spiraling inflation is the 3rd increase in the last 4 months that economists say, it won't be the last this year. a fall in the repeat, the value is making fuel food and medicine more expensive. the government says the war ukraine is partly to blame the cost to correspond bobby middle, who's in the indian capital. first it was the u. s. and then the united kingdom and india is interest rates go up. and while the things the public holding its breath as to what may happen in the future of the reserve bank really moles over its future bullet re policy. yes, this is the latest effort to cub rampant inflation in india or the r b i. the reserve bank of india, which is in the us central bank is done. it has increased important lending rates, which basically means that the cost of borrowing money has gone up. so home loans,

personal lows, education loans, all of those will now be impacted. inflation in india is at about 7 percent. if you focus on just in food inflation, it's even higher. and i know that has to do with what's happening globally. prices of food have risen internationally. the engine rupee has become more volatile and the stock market as well has become more volatile. now the r b, i admit that in the best case scenario, inflation will still be at about 6.7 percent for the rest of the year. now, inflation is also a big political issue in india over the last few weeks in the us opposition. parties have been demanding a debate over price rise and a latest lieu of taxes imposed by the government opposition. parties have also been protesting inside the parliament. as far as the common man,

the ordinary citizen is concerned. they are really suffering. we have been covering this issue for many weeks and months now. and the moon on the street is that incomes have stagnated. there is rampant unemployment in india, but expenses have gone up and specially basic necessities like food and fuel have become so expensive. many people aren't able to afford them. probably middle in new delhi, thanks very much for the update. while staying in the region, supporters of pakistan's, former prime minister among comp have been demonstrating against the election commission in islamabad. now that angry about its ruling that cons party received a legal funding from foreign sol says, no confidence. so to naples, fullest con, from the prime minister's post come, all honda has moved from the pakistani capital 1000 of the board, judge of debug it. don daley again. gov with him, ron ron bardy,

have been wise to add vol care in it some abad nunez. df 9 bob dev blocked up protesting against the election commission of budget gone. they want a resignation of the election commissioner and data fraud had ripped up a political dom. we're going to get a few days ago, the election commission of budget donnette rule that enron hans party had received funds from old would be that did were prohibited fund. i hit body of fraud continued domain dane. that day i have nothing to hide that most of the people named by the election commission of budget don, i'll bug it done, it didn't overseas, and a political goal made. now developing or what did, or if you are protesting just because of the and construct if then on at that i behavior health alexson edition of august on and that you listen to me that is in the 2nd that isn't on the roger. ah, just because of his buys,

this statement i regarding pakistan, they dickens of odd hum jagow when who day we have gathered here against the election commission that we do not accept referred to as they have me to a wrong decision. a government of god did granger jake gave to the maximum. they warned doug and ron found that we did while divided parties are to be banned, but this will end up again and a gorgeous and buggy. donnie gordon brought that been super active when it comes to politic gotta deadlock and trying to give you that one day budget on cannot afford to continue political instability of god. the government in power now in the lines of bardeen. but they have failed to game their guide of inflation and are becoming more and more unpopular. and i did also approved by the fact that the budget dante are weeping with 3 and one job. and they did the gun be more powerful,

proven, and a good a humiliating defeat for the government ally the lighted states as declared a public health emergency to deal with a monkey pox outbreak. the number of reported cases is said to be doubling every week that this declaration means more money and facilities will be available to fight the virus. but there are concerns that vaccines are running out. there are more than 6600 monkey pox infections in the us. aaron sorel is director of the elizabeth on griffin bio safety program at georgetown university. she says there's a need for greater education about the virus. i think one of the big things that we need as a public health community and as just a general community, is to think about risk communication for exposure. it needs to be clear and it needs to be nonstandard typing. and so while this outbreak began in men who predominantly have sex with men, it and it spread from there,

it could have easily broken down any type of population of individuals. right now it is not time to panic, but it's for education and awareness. so this is a pathogen that we have been able to do research on, we have the vaccines, we do have kind of measures antivirals that are effective. the pros, i, i guess i could say to this virus is that there's a longer incubation period. so when we identify cases, we can treat them and identify close contacts and, and vaccinate those individual. so we can actually really continue to spread much more effectively than something like cobra that transmits very, very quickly the kid, the cases themselves are self limiting. so typically people recover within 2 to 4 weeks. and really the, the key here is preventing transmission to more even vulnerable populations, those that are immunocompromised, pregnant women and children. and so that the key here is really being able to increase our ability to openly reports and detect cases how point of care testing

at health care facilities. and that is going to be a rate limiting step. i think both here in the us and abroad. and being able then to get the proper treatment to those indeed, latest figures in the locker kingdom show 1800000 people are suffering from what's known as long coded or post covered symptoms. medical experts, a government must make the same effort to combat the long term illness as they did to find the original outbreak. so you're going to report the pandemic that change the world, and it's still affecting hundreds of millions of lives. get out of those who recovered from infection, a number to come to another phenomenon. post cove, it syndrome like the majority of those diagnosed with long covert shanie right, wasn't hospitalized yet 2 years on a lack of understanding about post covered syndrome has left him dealing with

a condition that impacts his daily life. there are no effect of treatment for the the illness itself. or doctors can try and do his target specific symptoms, but most of the symptoms they have no treatment is also the lack of understanding around the condition. and doctors have very little insight into what he on the line dr. is off for a personal perspective, dealing with post code syndrome has been a very frustrating experience. it's debilitating and also extremely unpredictable. and even though the relapse is become part of day to day life, it doesn't make it any easier to deal with a so many of us can confirm while research is, are at the forefront of trying to find a treatment. they say that there needs to be a drastic rethink and how will deal with this on a societal level. rob book nellis is a physiotherapist helping patients with long cove it and is himself living with the

condition. he has seen a rapid rise in those seeking help and knows how it's affecting those who are trying to return to normal life to their employment, only to relapse through the effort. they can do things and just the things are going to take a tour on them. it's really about getting people to ease back from the intensity of doing whether it's walking different patterns and saw that there may be work in 2 days a week, but via experts in the field. i know peter accordingly, so the not having the financial hurt cuz lots of people of fearing been really struggling financially. no grassroots groups have also been crucial journalist nor injure meals, set up a podcast the long cope. it's sessions for patients desperate for support. it's now being used by health practitioners as a source of information. you know, we're looking at one and 5 according to the cdc people developing a prescript syndrome that is a massive cohort or long private community there advocation for themselves.

meanwhile, the increasing numbers are requiring defined strategies like those put in place at the start of the pandemic to deal with post cobit syndrome or those affected wait for an officer to this mass, disabling event. funny guy. yeah, go out to 0, london. 3 more cargo ships. loaded with grain have left ukrainian ports on the black sea. now they are carrying a total of about $58000.00 tons of coal. one is headed to island, another to the united kingdom and the 3rd to turkey. all 3 will be inspected off the coast, near stumble, as part of the green export deal broken by the u and in turkey. ukraine economy minister says the deal should now be extended to cover more than just grains. well, you and is preparing to send a fact finding mission to a prison complex and ukraine's don bus region, which was shell last friday, at least 50 prisoners of war were killed. both russia and ukraine,

accuse each other of attacking the facility. the prison was holding members of ukraine as a regiment which had defended the city of murray. a pulse drawn 100 reports from keith for uli a fetish shook time stands still. she spoke to her husband are sydney, as he was about to surrender to russian forces after he was ordered to abandon the last post and mariel. the famed as our regiment had held the city for months in a steel plant. in one of the wars most dramatic standoff. i spending my husband there when as a regiment was surrounded, actually she called me and the people who is at service him to kate. but it was not at that time because they were on the back of bombs. he called again, briefly twice from all any of the prison in eastern ukraine. then last friday, the prison erupted in flames, killing more than 50 soldiers. russia said it was

a ukrainian missile strike. ukraine said russia blew up the prison to hide the torture of ukraine's most legendary fighting force. do you know he's a lot and definitely no, because i can only 1000. he's not in the list of that soldiers which was posted by russians bought this as least this not verified by, by ukrainian government. so i know i'm wondering actually me on thursday in key. the families of the as of regiment called for their release on the site and says, mary poll, the last stand to be as a regiment in yula is here together with the other families asking for them to come home.

russia has declared the as our regiment, a terrorist organization, russia who use the regiments early association with far right groups. and the use of allegedly nazi related symbols is justification for what it calls the di, not suffocation of ukraine current and former as of fighters. reject that assertion or he of the will absorb russia might as well part of their mythology. part of their propaganda is out the nice about nazis from myself, that i should put up a gun. they bought dena certification as a reason for so called military ation, falls apart for the families of, as of the battle is now there's to carry on. they were fighting for us and they were fighting for us during this year. they were defending us. and now we have to do the same thing. now we have to defend them, and we have to save them until her husband returns for eula,

fed issue. the battle of mary. a bull never ends. john henderson, al jazeera keith, the russian foreign melissa a lover of says moscow was ready to discuss prisoner exchanges with washington through diplomatic channels. the commons day after a russian court sentenced american basketball for brittany griner to 9 years in prison, possessing and smuggling drugs. us secretary said anthea blink, and has responded saying that america will be pursuing a swap of greiner and fellow american poll whelan, the russian army. victor, victor bowed record high, some temperatures and prolonged dry weather in the u. k. putting enormous strain on farmers, but the government has stopped short of declaring an official drought. pope brandon has more from the county of suffolk, the sandy soil of the suffolk, brooklyn's is perfect for root crops, like potatoes, and carrots and onions, these potatoes, dest, into one of britain's high and supermarket. the irrigation required,

especially on this soil, is on his mind boggling this summer. the youth and estate is using 22000000 gallons of water every week. that's enough to feel more than 40 olympic sized swimming pool . it's unprecedented. i'm an incredibly worried there's not only myself with a number of farmers in certainly in this area in east anglia that haven't seen conditions such as this ever before in there. you know, there korea is, the danger that people have run out of water to irrigate their crops is real. this is one of these states to reservoir us when it's full, it hold 18000000 gallons of water. in practical terms, it's currently empty. the last 2 centimeters of water to shallow to be pumped out. the head of the u. k. environment agency is warning that the gap between the increased demand for water and the availability of it is closing fast. it's a scenario he's described as the jaws of death and without urgent action. the crossing point at which demand exceeds availability is just 20 years away. july's

record heat wave has now abated, but the long term prognosis is alarming. official data projects that by 2050, some of britain's most vulnerable rivers could have up to 80 percent less water. and some a temperatures might be more than 7 degrees hotter than now. we know what climate change is likely to bring to this country. we also know we've got a growing population and we've got demographic change. we say collectively, resulting in more demand for water. we can put in place mechanisms to manage those pressures the sooner we do it, the easier will be to push those choices back. but if we don't take action, and that's definitely coming mechanism such as fitting thousands more domestic water meters and putting water efficiency ratings on household appliances. the national farmers union wants water to be regarded as a u. k strategic asset. so it might be that there's a lot of waterfalls in the east that has to be connected to the some of the reservoirs in the, in the west. it's, it's, it's the ability to do so,

to think on out the light on our fee to move water around to the best effect, to make sure that we've got enough strategic supplies to meet all of our demands as we move forwards. when it comes to the impact of water scarcity, the you case farmers alike the canary in the coal mine. and when they are as worried as they are now, it's a signal that the whole country needs to be concerned. full brennan, al jazeera, suffolk, the go. this, those main domestic cricket lee has concluded in cobble. the competition has been around for nearly a decade. but this was the 1st one since the taliban takeover at last year. david stokes reports the curious seems like this, if in all too rare enough gonna stand recently after 2 and a half weeks of competition with this being a tigers who came out on top and the speak either cricket league, the tournament with scrap last year in the wake of the us withdrawal from the country. but while women's cricket remained suspended, the taliban has allowed the men's game to start up again. nothing did have what is

happiness here? most afghans who faced lots of challenges still come to motivate the players. coming back in july, midway through the tournament, there was an explosion during one of the games in cobble injuring for spectators. the game was able to be completed, but it was a start reminder of the dangers, the africans face on a daily basis. how did i already have one? i'm sorry, i want to tell those who oppose this tournament that you can't break again. we are all one. and when those people see this crowd, it's a big slab to their face and show the unity of all. i've got a, over the past 2 decades sports, particularly cricket had been the rec, consistently positive stories to come out of afghanistan. the men's national team set to tow island this month. both several players considered among the world's best. but at the latter category of on a cricket is the only game in afghanistan we're,

we're ranked in the warm stop turn. and some of our all rounders and bolos are in the top 3 is the individual rankings. we've achieved all of this pretty quickly, and around 20 years i can make sanctions of lead to humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. with the international rescue committee, his wound could lead to more death than 20 years of war. despite this, thousands of people turned out to watch 32 games of cricket. a game loved by many and bringing much needed hope during and certain times. they did stokes algae 0. as you can follow that all of our stories on our website is al jazeera dot com. it's updated throughout the day will continue to follow events across the asia pacific and annex bulletin, which is in a few moments time. so to stay with us here on al jazeera ah august on al jazeera,

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