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china is foreign minister says the united states will never stop. it's a re unification with taiwan. and the white house summons a beijing's ambassador while china holds its biggest military exercise and ne, taiwan ah, hello, i'm emily and gwen. this is al jazeera alive from dough house that coming up here is around the forces launch a strikes on gaza. several people are killed or injured. hundreds of thousands of iraqis supporting. she laid emerald tata alice sat together outside parliament for a mass pray. as a political deadlock deepened and dozens of opposition,

politicians are detained in the india during protest against inflation and unemployment. ah, we begin with breaking news out of gaza, where these riley military has launched, strikes against several targets. the operation follows days of tension after the arrest of a senior palestinian leader of the group islamic jihad una l. siad joins us live now from gaza. i believe she's on the phone. you know, what more can you tell us about this attack? yes, emily. so basically these really strike some because it's trip the different to key to talk to certainly really we know that we're in the middle of the yes, tensions and tracks in warning messages between the policy and site and really

sites with will to know that there are strong mediation going on, and suddenly israel strikes take place and actually different locations at the same time. there was a type of thing in the tower, in the one residential to residential in one of 3 central apartments in beth tower . it was tardy permit. so at the same time there was the targeting in the northern part of the strip and in the salt of park trip. d until now. 6 2 people have died and other numbers have been injured. they have all arrived to ship and brigade, their northern commander, casey, and job id is the person who has been a subsidy in that apartment toward the pink. you know, we mention that this comes after the arrest of a senior palestinian can you give us a context into what led up to this attack?

true last week at the side, the who is also a leader in is blind, had was arrested in gene after he's really fortunate in that junior refugee camp and arrest id. he was. 9 injured as the space in pictures, append islamic jihad back to time has been asking for it. they need you to release id, but there were no records from that. he's really fight until we know that he's really court said that they have detention for another 8 days to complete his interrogation. then is one you had to condition for the threats and warning bearing high alert and ready for any escalation in case any danger is

subjected to the life of the study. and also who is another one? she had a prisoner who is tamed under mistreated tension. he's been on hunger strike for over 146 days now. and his condition is severely dangerous. it's like you had to condition as the conditions for quite a call to return between the fighting groups and you trail we've seen quickly. if all of me is all looking up, the events where the really side for closure on the really cities in the south and that adjustment to the gulf strip, there is few. there people are not allowed to come in or out. the borders of the gothic strip couldn't understand them. and eric checkpoint has been completely

closed for 4 days now in a row. not allowing people like allowing goods or any materials to enter because it's trip. as many ations were taking place through these days to not escalate the conditions right there. so that we cannot point ourselves in another round of escalation between the really 4 and the policy and the quite the group. and so these tribes, half talking to the erupted human, we've been looking at some pitches of people on the ground. they're clearly angry and distressed. what's the mood like? what has the moon bain like over the last couple of days? and what's it like at the moment? in gaza in the past couple of days as we have been witnessing the closure of the crossings and knowing that the power, the so power. thank you. god. so might actually shut down if you will not intrude

in the coming hours or the coming days. d we were very surprised, but today the allowed truck fuel about 4 trucks. if you were to enter it in 23 to get him up, was kind of cropping just for the power to hey, running considered a very optimistic move. we thought that this is the beginning of a call that people hearing dodson now know that beginning of such phrase, an assassination strategy. and that israel meant with leaders. but the policy you're fighting for very much is a dangerous strategy that might actually cause a wider, complicated escalation. it might even take days now that will correspond to as things develop. that was human. alas, i it. on the fine day for us live it from garza moving on now. the tensions arising

between the united states and china in the bank of house is begun. nancy pelosi visit to taiwan. that trip has infuriated china. it's carrying out its biggest ever military exercises in the seas around taiwan. and at the ozzy and foreign ministers meeting in cambodia by jan washington have been trading strong way from for the georgia. this reckless move seriously undermines china's sovereignty and seriously interferes in china's internal affairs. and it seriously violates the u. s. commitment made to the chinese side and it seriously undermines the stability of the taiwan straits. so it's only natural that china makes a firm response. our position is very just and reasonable and our actions by the chinese side is very firm and consistent. and we've seen our stand as open professional and according to the international law and international norms. these provocative actions are

a significant escalation. we've seen how beijing has attempted to change the status quan, taiwan for some time. for example, more than doubling the number of aircraft flown over the center line that separates china and taiwan with past 2 years, pursuing economic or political interference. cyber attacks against taiwan. now, they've taken dangerous acts to a new level. united states is conveyed to the p r c consistently and repeatedly that we do not speak and will not provoke a crisis. florence louis has more from the eyes on conference with chinese foreign minister, one e address, the media. he was very, very firm in his remarks, not only in defending china's actions in the taiwan straits, but really also criticizing the u. s. his actions saying that what u. s was doing was really essentially meddling in china's internal affairs. now

this is the point that we've heard of the chinese officials make in the last few days. the china also defending its actions, saying that what it's doing is merely protecting its territorial integrity and saying that this is what the chinese population expects of the chinese government in protecting the sovereignty. and he says, there is nothing or no one on this earth that can stop the reunification of time. one. now really seeing both sides the u. s. and china not only reiterating their positions for really hardening their stance. early on friday we heard anthony blink and say, china's actions are threat flagrantly provocative. and he also said that, you know, what china's doing in the taiwan strait is not justified. he said it's a significant escalation. it is disproportionate and it's extreme to really these 2 countries already starting at very different points and it doesn't seem like they are. i mean the meetings have ended,

they've not held dialogue with each other. they've already said they wouldn't. but we're really clearly seeing the tensions in the taiwan strait or spilling over to events in on him. mike, hannah has more from washington dc on the latest us reaction. well, the white house to summon the chinese ambassador here in dc to the white house, to protest against what they described as china's extreme provocation. he has seen the breed by white house personnel in terms of conveying to us is anger at the chinese actions. it particularly over the straits of ty, one, there has been a quick reaction here to the latest action by china. but us stated all along that the speakers visit to taiwan in no way reflected any change in us policy. we heard that again from the secretary of state, tony lincoln in cambodia in the course of the morning that the u. s. policy remains one. china. it hasn't changed in any way whatsoever. the u. s. had also foreseen

these chinese actions in the wake up. the speakers the days ago, we were briefed by the national security council advisor, who said that this is precisely what china was going to do, respond with a show of force. and this is precisely what we've seen in recent hours and days. let's take a closer look now at the tension around taiwan, which says several chinese naval boats and a craft cross the so called maybe in line on friday morning. it's a halfway point from the mainland to taiwan. not recognized by bank ging, china has been carrying out live fire drills and the zones around the island type. i says it won't respond. what equals provocations, even though the drills overlap with areas it claims. china has also fired long range missiles in areas surrounding tie. one, japan is staging to stop saying 5 ballistic missiles landed in it's exclusive economic zone. and japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with china calling the incident unprecedented. that says us

how speaking nancy pelosi is concluding to asia in japan where she defended her decision to visit time. one after meeting prime minister from your cache to pelosi said, china won't be allowed to isolate tie one. she also promised merican solidarity with the entire region. plenty more head on al jazeera, including ukraine's president criticizes amnesty international. it accused his forces in putting civilians in harms way and recalled hayden prolonged a dry spell. res fees about the future of water supplies for british famine? ah, he has begun the full world copies on its way to cattle. hoop your travel package

today. here's your weather in a minute 15, thanks for joining in. so tens of millions of americans are under heat alerts, says we had to wear that east coast of the u. s. is temperatures cross at 30 degrees threshold, showers in storms objecting, a lot of humidity into the atmosphere. and i gotta tell you, these storms will do little to stop out the heat. the u. s. state of kentucky, widespread flash flood watches in play with this rain rolling through. that's certainly not good news as the state tries to recover from that last round of deadly flooding, flood, flash flood watches in play for that southeast corner of california, right across nevada. we've got some big monsoon or storms here and for the west, suns out for western canada the pacific northwest. so portland, you may hit 30 degrees on friday. central america. we've got a wave of rain running across the yucatan peninsula, but i think it's gonna stay dry and can coon, with the height 30 degrees and top band of south america, that persistent rain for the pacific coast of columbia over the past 24 hours. some

spots getting about 75 millimeters of brain. this vigorous system knocked down the temperature and porto laker, but the bulk of that activity out toward the south atlantic. and while look at real digital harold 35 degrees, that's about 10 above average. data official airline of the june. the is news, as it breaks, the company will walk on monday, wonder controversial constitutional rep around them, which is why they are expected to both present caused by you or talk with detail coverage. but cost of fertilizer has more than doubled the season. that's largely due to the warren you crave from around the world. all of these cows are effected with foot and mouth. disease fe a dairy cattle, but then milk production has dropped by more than 70 percent. ah

ah ha, you're watching out a 0. i'm emily ang, when he's a reminder of our top stories this, our israel has launched away. those a strikes on garza killing 2 people, including a senior member of these la mc g. had group operation follows days of tension after the rest of one of the group to late is beijing's foreign minister has defended it, chinese and military drills and the tie one stride saying they're in line with the international law. one e says the show of mind is needed to maintain china's international integrity. while the white house is summoned, the chinese ambassador to protest against the exercises that would launch. this waking response hat responds to how speaking nancy pelosi is visits in taiwan,

which china claims as its own supporters of iraq's, she and political late mechana l santa have observed friday praise in a square inside. baghdad screams on his fellows have been occupying parliament, which is inside that fortified area for several days. satta gave protest is until friday to leave the parliament building, but told them to continue this season outside. they are opposed to the nomination of arrival, politician as prime minister mahmoud to abdel what head has moved from baghdad. some of the worshippers hooper home of the machine, aside the friday players called for by their leaders so. so there are some of them are and returning to their home cities, their province is in central and southern iraq. and the others are joining their to lease in an open sit in that has been a stage it for days now in and around and in front of the headquarters of the apartment. now these protests of the picture to day and the friday prayer has

regulated the demands of the supporters by a cook confirming that these protest as will continue the city until their demands are met. that they want to remove all the corrupt politicians from a state institution. of course, they mean the deliver politicians. there are parliamentary odors, the low makers, with the parliamentary block affiliated with iran, called the coordination net framework. now, despite calls for negotiation schools for reconciliation out by local and international institutions, including the latest, the united nations that support the mission for a rock. as the head of the mission met was a sudden a himself in his home town in, in the jeff and she has been go to dennis class hot bed of the nami has been quoted

by iraqi media that the visit was good. meanwhile, some other politicians on the other side have been stating that the agree with father suggested that he's opening the apartment and holding elections as a way out of this political loc, including the head of coordination framework headed. i'm ready for the mobile edition forces for yard. but the question now is how election could be conducted and which elections law? because many petitions include the framework are calling for what defined or amending the elections law take as president read her time. bird wine is in the russian city of thought, she talked with president vladimir purge, and he said he hopes to open a different page in ties to a disgusting turkeys role in the assumption of grain exports from ukraine's port on

the black sea. they're also talking trade and energy. they plan to sign an agreement to boost economic ties. and speaking of those grain shipments, 3 more cargo ships have left ukrainian ports on the black sea. they're carrying a total of about $58000.00 tons of porn. one is headed to island and other to b, u. k. and a said to turkey, all 3 will be inspected off the coast. me stumble as part of the grain export to broken by the you and in turkey, ukraine's economy minister says the deal should now be extended to cover more than just grain. meanwhile, ukraine's president has strongly criticized amnesty international after it accused his forces of endangering civilians in a report. the human rights group listed incidents in 19 towns and cities where it says ukrainian troops setup balances in residential areas, putting civilians at risk. but a lot of the landscape rejected. the findings accusing amnesty if shifting

responsibility from the aggressor to the victim and the head of and miss dees ukraine's office says she disagreed with the report and alleged they were excluded from discussions. now my, you know, mobile do, maybe there is no condition even hypothetically under which any russians strike on your crime becomes justified aggression against our state is unprovoked, invasive and terrorist union. if someone makes a report in which the victim and the aggressor are supposedly equalized in some way, some dates are about the victim is analyzed and the aggressive actions at the same time are ignored. then this cannot be tolerated. blaze in india have detained dozens of opposition. politicians during a protest about the rising cost of food and fuel congress party leaders were trying to march on the residents of the prime minister and the president. they blame taxes from major increases in the cost of staples, such as rice and milk. police also detained hundreds of congress supporters to stop

them joining the protest. and that spiraling inflation has prompted the indian central bank to raise its key lending right by half a percentage point. it's the 3rd increase in the past 4 months, a full in the rupees value, ease making, fuel food, and medicine, more expensive. have me? metal has more from the deli this is the latest effort to come ramp and inflation in india. what the r b i there is, a bank of india which is in the central bank is done. it has increased important lending rate, which basically means that the cost of borrowing money has gone up. the home loans, personal lows, education loan, 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 ropey has become more volatile,

and the ended stock market as well, has become more volatile. now the i b, i admit that in the best case scenario, inflation will still be at about 6.7 percent for the rest of the yeah, the inflation is also a big political issue in india over the last 2 weeks in our position talking have things demanding a debate over price wise and a latest lieu of taxes imposed by the government opposition parties have also been so testing inside the parliament. as far as the common man, the ordinary citizen is concerned. they are really suffering. we have been covering the issue for many weeks and months now and the moon on the sea is that income have stagnated. there is rampant unemployment in india, but expensive have gone up and especially basic necessities like food and fuel,

have become so expensive. many people aren't able to afford them. you as president joe biden, $740000000000.00 economic package is one step closer to fruition. after gaining the support of a k democratic democrat, rather than it is kristin cinema approved a revised version of the well known as the inflation reduction act. much of the money will come from tax reforms including a new 15 percent minimum tax on large corporations. it will also say health care costs slashed and 5 for climate change. republicans referred to the bill as a tax and spending scree still in the us and for people have been critically injured. answering struck by lightning in washington. d saying they were at left high at park directly outside the white house, complex secret service officers witness the incident and ran to help all for the victim sustained,

life threatening when a large fire has broken out around a german police, munitions storage size, in a popular forest in western berlin, the fiber gave say the blaze is now under control, but officials have urged people to stay away from the gronvold forests. police are investigating is dominic came reports. this is about as close as we can get to the nerve center of operations to deal with the fire that has being here in this part of berlin, in the glue nevada area since thursday morning. the thing that matters most here for the 5 services is dealing with the unexploded ordinance that is still at the center of where the fire started and emergency services have been briefing the meteor difficulties they've been facing have this to say my go back because we have a big excuses over the 1000 meter radius. that's important to know that risk from

flying debris is a danger of munitions or explosives, effect of a heat detonating and blotting every free the area of this. again, it's important to stress that so far at least this fire has not caught any civilian casualties, whatever. and the property around the far as well they haven't been endangered in so far as the courses as this plays are concerned, school, those have not been established yet. what caused the explosives to detonate the way that they detonated. and then the other questions about the relative safety of having explosive stored in the middle of a forest full. those questions are yet to be on the bus far at least the feeling coming from the emergency services is it's fine is under control. and it's now about damping down what blazes remain. the french prime minister has warned the countries facing its most severe drought on record. elizabeth born when i announced

the activation of a government crisis unit to respond with a forecast suggest an extreme, hey wife, could continue for the next 15 days. the crisis unit will coordinate measures such as bringing drinking water to hard hit air is some parts of southern england have introduced to ban on using hose peims to water gardens, claim cars or fuel it swimming pools record high summit temperatures and prolonged dry weather. have seen many water sources running lower that putting enormous strain on farms across the u. k. the government is stopped short of declaring an official draft pull credit brennan reports from suffolk. the sandy soil of the suffolk, brooklyn's is perfect for root crops, like potatoes and carrots and onions, these potatoes just in for one of britain's high and supermarket. the irrigation required, especially on this soil, is on his mind boggling this. some other use than 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 this not only myself, but the 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 their careers, 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 holds 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, 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 kate strategic asset. so it might be that there's a lot of waterfalls in the east that has to be pumped into some of the reservoirs in the, in the west. it's, it's, it's the ability to do so, to think on a b light on our fee to move water around to the best effect. or to make sure that

we've got enough strategic supplies to meet all of our demands as we move forward. when it comes to the impact of water scarcity, the you case, farmers are like 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. all. brennan, al jazeera suffolk, at least 13 people have been killed in a fire and a night club in thailand. place in chambery, province, se of the capital bank, huck. say 40 other people were injured. that fire at the mountain bay, then you started around 1 in the morning. the cause is now being investigated. south career is one step closer to the moon after launching its 1st luna or better by ah lansing off on space exit.