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israel and palestinian fighters exchange fire. just before a truce in garza 3 days of attacks. have left 40 for palestinians dead including 15 children. ah, i'm wrong about this, and this is all your life. and doha also coming up the bill as amended is past hundreds of billions of dollars to battle climate change in boost health care. b. u . s. senate says yes to a sweeping funding package in a big win for president. joe, by please leave your luck with a problem. and i'll be as far 7 left as president is sworn in before 5 thousands of cheering supporters. involvement off is fire still burn at

a cuban oil plant. after lightning strikes at least 17 firefighters and missing. ah, the 1st few hours of fragile seas fire and garza appear to be holding up to the last minute. rockets were still being fired into the sky. it's hoped to land the deadliest escalation in violence since the 11th day war in 2021. this is far between israel and the on group known as palestinian islamic jihad, or p i. j was mediated by egypt was held from united nations and cotton. since israel began its attack on 544 palestinians, including 15 children have been killed, is really government said it's been targeting members of the p i. j. but palestinian officials say at least a 3rd of those who died have been civilians to senior leaders of the on group have been killed. if he or j retaliated by firing hundreds of rockets into israel,

most were shot down or blown up. speaking from telegram, the secretary general of the palestinian islamic jihad explained its demands. in the seas, fine negotiation, the islamic jihad lays down, it's a condition. so number one to unite all the palestinians. secondly, imposed on on the enemy to release our brother who has been on hunger strike, halle louder. and there has also put another additional condition wishes to release shift by some al sadi that article name reports from west jerusalem. as far as israel is concerned, this operation is over. it is saying that the military said a short time ago that it used helicopter's fighter jets and arm drones were among the tools that used to target is summit you had across the gaza strip. it has

thanks egypt for its role in mediating the cease fire, but says if attacks continue into israel, it will not hesitate to quote, act forcefully and says it will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that the daily lives of israelis will not be disrupted earlier this evening, the prime minister. yeah. your la peed went to the central military base in tel aviv to assess the situation. he had said earlier that the objectives of the so called operation breaking dawn had been fulfilled and that there was no need for the operation to continue. what were these objectives from the israeli strategic mindset? the objective was to neutralize islamic jihad with most, if not all of the senior leadership being killed, as well as the feeling that a kind of divide had been created between is found that she had and hamas, which governs garza with hamas remaining on the sidelines. there was

a concern that if this operation was protracted and the death toll continued to rise, that perhaps hamas might enter the fray. it appears for now that that has not happened . so co loses joining us not alive from a garza and natasha saying, bear that as far as israel's concerned. this operation is over. how are people in gaza reacting to this? hello, we are standing here in the main one in one of the main junctions in gaza. city, well known as sa, so money cars here, it's thought by us and they were asking us and like double checking is that true as doc they're going to be holding? or are those rail is going to open the crossings? you know, the, the regular questions, a logical questions that every everyone in garza is asking. they also asking about the electricity, because garza has been thinking in darkness for the 2nd day since the power

stations thought. and because of the shortage, a shortage of fuel for needed for operating at the power station. so for one hour and a half of of coldness indicates that such or this cease fire is still holding. now the even local government offices, or public offices also announced that they will re open their doors for public universities also announced that they will open open their doors, that they closed earlier. because because of the escalation for, they will open their doors for students. also the municipality of garza and other municipalities. busy also the announced that they will deploy on send their equipment to remove the bill and try to do the initial assessment for

the destruction. i specifically, the houses that were destroyed either completely or partially in the latest escalation suffer. we heard from the secretary general of palestinian. i started to hide just a moment ago. it sounds like they had very specific demands that they were making in these truce negotiations. look, this cease fire agreement should have been reached like 24 hours ago. but there were 2 i disputed points on 2 demands by islamic judge from islam ejected gyptian amid yet that is the 1st one. is that they were they asked for guarantees from de gyptian and mediators that they will help and releasing those let me jihad, the official that was arrested and jeanene. but some al sadi until they got that

guarantees or according to is let me check the officials. they accepted the seats via the 2nd demand, also doc, as let me jihad, asked the gibbons to make prussia on days where you live, to move the palestinian prisoner who is in a hunger strike for more than a 120 days to move home to where to the hospitals to, to get the proper medical treatment says his health is deteriorated. so once they got the approval or the confirmation by the options that they will help in releasing side, the unmoving, allow the hunger signing prison on to the hospital. they accepted the c's via suffer. thank you very much indeed. suffered alkaloid, talking to us from gossum, will cut out for a ministry, says it supports the mediation efforts to stop the violence that had one. and they did it kind of a body because of this renewed aggression. the guitar role was again,

as it always is through contacts made by the guitar, ministry of foreign affairs, headed by his excellency, the minister of foreign affairs in deputy prime minister with the various parties with the palestinian factions in gaza with the relevant international parties. and with the israeli party, with the aim to stop this aggression and stop the continuous bloodshed, in fact, could tar supports the various international efforts in the framework of reaching the truce. that took place today. on the i believe it is the director of electronic intifada. good to have you with us on alta 0. how fragile do you think this truth is? well, how many times by sat in this chair having the same discussion with you on one of your colleagues, this keeps happening. i palestinians in garza, obviously relieved that the bombs have stopped but 44 people, a dad including 15 children, hundreds injured,

and people and gaza don't get to go back to anything like normal because they're still living on the israel seed. that is a form of silent violence against every man, woman and child in god's, at 24 hours a day, $365.00, busy, 15 years. so unfortunately it's fragile. this is going to happen again. i can't tell you if it's going to be in a day a week, a month or a. yeah. but it's going to keep happening because israel enjoys total impunity for its crimes against the palestinian people. not just impunity, but full and active support. remember, it was bombing gaza with weapons provided by the united states by the european union, by canada, who all stood by israel. and these are the same countries that the sending billions of dollars of weapons to ukraine,

supposedly to resist occupation and invasion. but here they are helping israel perpetrate, occupation invasion and tara, against a civilian population. so sadly, it is fraudulent, it is going to happen again until that changes. one of the things that perhaps was it was different to, to some of the cases that we've seen in the past was that this timeline, there's really a thought he was saying that they perceived there was a potential threat as opposed to actually giving evidence of an actual threat before it carried out to the bombing attacks, which this timeline were aimed at targets within severe in areas we saw the civilian casualties. isn't a suggestion that israel given the fact you are talking about immunity or impunity there? do you think that israel is changing the goalpost very slightly, and this could lead to attacks which are knocked back out, backed up by any evidence of any perceived threat, but can be just done by israel at any given moment when his israel ever provided

evidence for these so called threats one israel in may, 2021. bombed the as yet offices bomb to the associated press offices. was there any legitimate threat that israel provide any evidence of a threat? it never does. and it never has to because it's enjoyed the full support of the so called international community, the same people who lecture us, day and night about human rights and the rules based the international order. so there's nothing new here. israel kills that much. does it bombs, it destroys, with on the, on the flimsiest of pre text, with no pretext? remember, that is readily does routinely call these regular massacres. if palestinians mowing the lawn, the idea being that the natives remember that palestinians have gotten the vast majority of refugees. ethnically cleansed from that lines and watches now so called

israel in order to give the message to the idea to the natives that you know, there's no point resisting. you have to mow the lawn periodically. you have to massacre them, kill a bunch of them. so they get the message that they should just surrender and accept that fate. this is the logic of israel. this is the logic of zionism, frankly, and it's fully supported by the united states, the european union, canada, i'm sadly now, you know, it pains me to say a number of arab regimes that have fully normalized, that ties with this, frankly, murderous regime. i want to ask you about the influence in the role of hamas in this a what? there was a lot of speculation about what i thought point. how much could all would choose to get involved in this conflict, which may have taken it to yet another level, but how much of course, which runs garza has been trying to rebuild guys a since they actually were talking about last year. if it appears to remain

reluctant to get involved, do you think that that will send a message to israel with regard to the nature of the attacks and the number of attacks that it can carry out? i think that's the israeli spin israeli spin, is that oh, you know how mass didn't get involved because they were, you know, to schedule, they didn't want to suffer what israel would do to gaza. nobody in garza wants to be bombed by israel. nobody wants to war. israel launched this war, not palestinians. and that's always the case. i think the calculation by mass and by islamic jihad was to respond to israel's attack, to its unprovoked attack on gaza, and to, to escalate if necessary. i think, you know, it would have been, i'm terrible for him, us to stay out of the war. if i'm,

if you had not succeeded in getting israel into a position where it would agree to a cease fire. so i think how much would have joined the battle if it had to, but nobody, you know, palestinians are not itching for, but with this real is israel, who imposes on palestinians the need to resist. and i think how much would have had to, i think the popular demand for him as to defend to palestinians would have been a irresistible had this continued even for another day. as all was really interesting to get your views in this alley. i've been on that. thank you very much indeed for your time, sir. thank you so much. the you, a sentence pasta sweeping, $430000000000.00 climate tax and health care package, and a major victory for you as president joe biden. the vote was split down the middle with vice president, common harris, casting her ballot to secure the when $370000000000.00 will go towards climate

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for friday. rosalind jordan l. jazeera washington. columbia is 1st of a left as president, has been sworn into office in front of thousands of supporters in vulgar time coast of petro promise to reshape the deeply polarized country with a long list of social and economic reforms. the former m 900 movement rebel defeated business magnets, rodolfo hernandez in june. petro says he's going to reopen diplomatic relations with venezuela. the also says, is going to deal with climate change by leaving colombia as oil and cold reserves in the ground. well, let's go live now to our santa rosa, in bogota. talk us through what was happening in the swearing in ceremony. first of all, one of the sons yes, rob. it has been a day of excitement hoped and truly a great expectations for the supporters of gustavo pharaoh, whose c as the government in a sad ministration. is that through turning point in columbia country that has been

long, ruled by conservative policies and consider consecutive conservative governments . tens of thousands of colombians had flooded the streets of downtown bogota. this was a 1st floor of swearing in ceremony in the country, and the ceremony itself was filled with symbolism starting with the 1st order the order made by annually at the new president of columbia, gustavo paid that all who i sent to the revert to the decision by outgoing president, the van duke not to allow the presence of this word of the latin american liberator as human believer at the ceremonies, said pedro called on the presidential guard that at to bring the sword in front of him for his speech. a speech in where in which he called for a unity,

he said that he will defend the constitution and also said that dialogue will be his that matter. the end that he will do everything in his power to reach national agreement set to move forward that the many reforms the said that this can 3 and needs 1st and foremost, to respond to the basic economics and social needs of many columbia answer. he also called the on the military to help in this process. he said that the he will also try to reach total peace in the country, calling for a new piece negotiation with the remaining. i'm groups, they jaelyn and also to start a dialog aware that adds rac trafficking groups that are parade in many parts of the country is a very, very ambitious program in a one that the people here are expecting eagerly expecting to start working get.

and they're hoping that it will fulfill the promise is of reducing inequality and there and making it more equal country if we're all colombians, alexander, thank you very much. he, as you been speaking, we've just been watching low pictures of gustavo petro, signing various documents and counter signing others as part of the swearing in process of subsequent to that. but for now, alexandra amputee, thank you very much. deed. while thousands of argentinians have marched through the capital demand, better paying jobs, the rally in the deeply catholic country took place in the day of the patron saint of work and bread. since a panel, demonstrators waved banners and sign sing piece bread and work as they marched through. don't tell me what to say. it is argentina's battled high inflation for decades. a huge foreign dance, putting more strain and an already fragile economy. cuba her started bringing in a large fire at olive oil depot under control with help of specialist crews from

veg, mexico, and venezuela. the blaze of a storage facility in the city of baton says, was caused by a lightning strike. at least one person's died or more than a 120 people have been injured. 16 firefighters, i said to be missing, will add augustine's joining us. lie live from much kansas in the north of cuba. just bring us up to date with the latest on this fire. well, just starting with what you were saying about the firefighters. we've been interviewing 556 today, who's been risking and unfortunately losing their lives, fighting against this inferno and on the stories they were telling the interviews they said were really hiring. just by chance, we include one fireman who was between 2 of those time finding their agent to have exploded. he was between both of them 2 days ago with his colleagues trying to douse a 2nd. thank so that didn't catch fire when the 1st tank exploded on just moment before it exploded. a colleague of it said, ron,

most firefighters managed to get away. he managed to grab onto the hose, he'd been using the hose down the tongue and was pulled about 40 meters along the grounds on just by the skin of his c manage to survive. when he turned round, he saw incineration on fire engines. and how does to be said, frankly, there's his colleagues, so huge amount of respect i feel for these 5 factors, of course with other people in the thompson, just that i said again, the fax and the gratitude people feel is huge in terms of the file. yes, it looks like it's getting on under control. i was reporting to you a few hours ago and 2 times so raging pretty much like is just as big as it was earlier on, but it's only coming out of one tank now because thanks to humanitarian efforts from mexico and venezuela, both both of whom have sent firefighters, but more importantly, they've sent knology, they sent equipment, they've sent a special phone, put out these industrial places with you,

but simply doesn't have enough folks. i'm that has been the secret of how and how they've managed to be able to push it out. however, the situation still remain so you can see the wind is blowing that way, and that's the way the when people wanted the blood because that's going on with the bank. so if that go to this crisis, could get even worse from the government that, that managing to maintain the temperature low by spraying what's on the tank that's fingers crossed here in cuba. so that the capitalism and doesn't get even worse. this is the biggest power plant in the whole country, just the kilometer away from the site. and thank you very much. indeed, obviously we as the process goes on to try and continue to bring it under control will be checking in with you. but for now at augustine in baton says thank you very much. ukraine has accused russia of, again, sharing europe's largest nuclear power plant, who suffered asia, the head of the u. n. atomic watch dog has worn damage to the separation of plant, could cause a nuclear disaster. now fire grosse as cold and all parties to show restraint or

run the factory. he says, rushing forces, damage 3 radiation sensors on saturday night, at least one worker was injured. is up any supply was captured by russian forces in march, but it's still won by ukrainian technicians. john henry has more fun. keep on the situation. the company that owns that plant, a ukrainian company says a nuclear disaster was narrowly averted when it was hit just today that what was hit with an area with spent nuclear fuel rods, which are left in the open air to cool off. well, they're radioactive. and so that area was struck, but apparently not breached. so no disaster day, but the head of the i a says that he's very concerned about the situation there. he would like to send in an international team to secure that facility, which as you mentioned, was controlled by the russians behind the russian lines, but operated by ukrainians who have been ordered to continue operating the plant

essentially at gunpoint. so it's a really dicey situation there. use that shell today. a worker was wounded and the company says it was pure luck that something really major didn't happen when it was struck today. the interesting thing here is that we really don't know who struck it. the president of ukraine validity, as a lensky says that it was russia. he wants an international investigation, and he wants tougher sanctions on russia because this threatened to be a nuclear disaster, not just for ukraine, but for all of europe. the problem is getting people in there and trying to get the permission of the russians to actually do that. so it's a particularly dicey situation with no end in sight in a country where in turnover we've had a nuclear disaster before a green state emergency services release video showing the aftermath of shelling in the southern port city of mac, ally of it's not known. if there were any casualties in the attack on saturday,

ukraine state security service, it ain to man accused of planning strikes on ship building infrastructure in mid july of russia denies targeting civilians and what it describes as a special military operation. in ukraine. china's military has saved a 4th day of drills in the air and sea around tie. one le defense ministry in taipei says, 66 chinese aircraft and 40 warships have been detected in and around the taiwan strait. china began conducting the military and naval exercises earlier. this week after taiwan hosted us house speaker, nancy pelosi are i'm 10 ships from both china. anti one of sailed close to each other in the taiwan strait with some chinese vessels reported across the median line. kenyans had to the pulls on tuesday to vote in a closely fought presidential election. the 2 front runners will adina and william brutal are promising to tackle widespread corruption. but critics say their roles and previous governments hit by scandals,

cast doubt on their credibility. welcome web reports from nairobi. this new highway running through nairobi is the most expensive road per kilometer ever built in kenya. it's initial cost of nearly $600000000.00 rose by about a 3rd with little explanation given by the government. anti corruption activists is just the latest overpriced infrastructure project, enriching corrupt politicians. most road uses a still stuck in traffic on the old road, unable to afford the toes and motorbike taxi drivers like duncan, a callo aren't allowed to use it. the government as well, all getting out of very much bigger. what the problem kenyan did you to vote in general elections on tuesday? the empty graft commission recommended 241 candidates be disqualified from running because of corruption. but almost all of them have been allowed to run and it has

been always questions about where he got his wealth corruption scandals of the subject to many of patrick as far as political cartoons is often drawn. both of the main contenders for president former prime minister royal over dinner and deputy president william retail will been kind implicated. and i've been part of this system that has been looting from kenyans for a long time. one of the reasons why can you develop sort of what a calling pace you know, and it would be running in a lot of our resources actually not spent on ourselves this spend on, on the crop and petition. when roy dingo was prime minister, some of his family members were implicated in scandal of stolen a subsidy. do you think setting is supported? he's the one who can point to the main candidate of corruption

and both of them. denial port. okay. now william root over school days may subsidies as agriculture minister. he's so promising to fight corruption. he's been deputy president to the last 9 years during which to be se corruption has balloon as have borrowing to funded china lend money to build a new highway. one of several costly infrastructure projects built by the government of router and outgoing president who kenyatta, when the present administration was, was elected for every $100.00 of tax collections. debts obviously was 20 d. it's close to $56.00. and now that can continue. because then it means that they didn't sufficient money. luckily, pay for the public's services or more bordering is going to take place. meanwhile, candidates are promising to tackle this flooring cost of living that things may get worse before they get better. your m f ones can you to end.