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the u. s. justice department charges an iranian man with plotting to kill former national security adviser, john bolton. ah, hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera ny from doha. also coming up. russia is accused of stealing electricity from ukraine by connecting a nuclear power plant to crimea. sierra leone imposes a nationwide curfew. often anti government protests turned deadly on time to rebuild homeless families and gaza piece their lives together. after the latest round of israel yesterday. ah, the u. s. justice department says it's charged a man. it describes as a member of iran's revolutionary god and accuses him of involvement in a plot to murder, a senior adviser to the trumpet administration. the target of the alleged

assassination was full at national security adviser, john bolton shampoo, saw if he's wanted by the fbi i in connection with the case. prosecutor say the scheme was probably of italy ation for the american strike and january 2020 but killed the head of barons elite couldn't force gossum solem audit. we face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes who seek to reach beyond their own borders. to commit acts of repression including inside the united states. this is an especially appalling example of the government of iran, perpetrating, egregious acts of transnational violence in violation of u. s. laws and our national sovereignty. well, iranian foreign ministry says the charge is the baseless and politically motivated . it accuses the us of making allegations without providing evidence. my car has more from washington d. c. o. the justice department has outlined an elaborate and lengthy murder for hire plot which began some 18 months ago. when sharon puts up,

the allegedly contacted somebody within the united states and persuaded him to act as essentially a murder for hire promising some $300000.00. should he kill john bolton now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f. b, i, informant. so he informed the authorities, the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that the also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike pay for my direct b, c i a and a former foreign secretary is saying that it was my palm pale. who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promise. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that the software is still at large. he's still being hunted down though

these charges have been laid against. and so who exactly is john bolton? well, the 73 year old served as national security advisor, the former us president donald trump. bolton back trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. the deal would have ease sanctions against iran if it curve its nuclear program. he pushed the campaign of maximum pressure against cassandra honeys, government, but he eventually fell out with the white house report suggested he was fired off the trunk. consider lifting some sanctions against iran for glen. carl is a former intelligence officer at the c i. he explained what may have motivated the alleged plot. this would be, was going to be the iranian, or one of the iranian responses to the american killing of the revolutionary guards chief, so romani, general. so the money. i think the iranians were pretty clear at the time that the americans killed the money that they were. as i recall, they're working retaliate or responded at

a time in place of the method of their own choosing. so to kill the president would be or try would be a lot higher, ranked and dramatically more provocative than someone in the cabinet. and bolton was the security advisor, a known hawk on around very hostile to the iranian regime. as is my on peo who was secretary. ready of state or possibly director, ca, he was either both, i'm not sure which one of the time he was. and so that would seem to be reasonable commensurate ranking kind of response to get someone hostile to a ran who would have been involved in the operation to have sold him on a killed and to make a statement short of actually targeting the present

the ukraine, their affairs over the fate of europe, the biggest nuclear power plant, ukrainian officials say russia is preparing to connect the supper is a facility with crimea, which is annexed in 2014. the plans come under attack several times over the past week. john engine imports from the ukraine and capital keith ian petro coat and says ukraine separation, nuclear plant faces a serious danger of radioactive meltdown. he says, he believes the russian military occupying the plant is shelling it to disconnect it from the ukrainian power grid and reconnect it to a power system in russian controlled crimea. taking all the power with it. they have already cut 3 of the 4 connections to the ukranian grid, he says, and if they sever the 4th, that poses a serious nuclear risk is orisco. pho, loosen the external power through the plug. and it is dangerous because the vill

burnwell blackout mold as of it was thornton diesel generator sung the if they stop zone, you will have black mountain of nuclear coral reactors. he's asking for the plant to be declared a demilitarized zone monitored by the international atomic energy agency, out of control of the russian army. the foreign ministers of the g 7 group of industrialized nations agree. they say it's russia's presence of that plant that is endangering it, and they've issued a statement demanding that russia leave and turn over control to ukrainian authorities. the russians in turn blamed the ukrainians for putting the plant at risk by firing on the facility. britton's defense ministry predicts the invasion is about to enter a new phase with the heaviest, fighting shifting 350 kilometers to the frontline that stretches from zap arissa to her son nearby in battle scarred mc alive. residents have emerged from

a 54 hour curfew. they've come out to queue up for water and food in a region that's been the target of russian bomb since the invasion began in february. ludmilla steve gay is among the thousands of displaced people evacuating ships. shing cova village near her son. now under russian control, the daily bombardment is taking its toll. i'm here for years and a federal budget that, of course, people are afraid, but every one is hoping that they will not reach us and things will get better. but many houses in our village are destroyed and people have died. there are a 150000 people in the city in the red cross is all need some kind of help. john henderson, al jazeera keith, what european union member states are having to tighten their belts when it comes to electricity. you countries impose new sanctions on the wednesday, meaning they can no longer in port russian coal. some government announced that in caps on power consumption. dominic came reports from berlin. this coal being

unloaded in the german town of linebarger is from russia party, one of the last consignments to germany before the embargo took hold. until recently, much of the energy used in germany came from russian fossil fuels. but now its coal is banned, its oil is soon to follow, and far less of its gas is being piped here than was planned. meaning across the country, much of industry is having to contemplate buying fossil fuels from elsewhere. i think there will be only a temporal return of the coal fired power plants to the market. so this is a non, not a long term solution. this is the solution for the next 3, maybe 4 years, which is a significant contribution to solving the gas problem. or the security of supply problem, but it is not sustainable long term perspective. the difficulties of the german government is that many of its leaders has spent much of their political lives

looking to phase out fossil fuels. and yet they now find themselves having to buy them in on a short term basis. in the opinion, we see how dependent we are on energy imports from all over the world. and in this case, especially from russia, it's important to know that we in germany have technical abilities that are realistic and produce economically functioning jobs and economic value, which can help us free ourselves from this dependency and defend our own sovereignty. cats. but saying that and doing that are 2 different things because very many power stations and industries have based their plans on an uninterrupted delivery of coal. and more often gas, such as here, the hood is a new minion foundry involved towel where rising gas prices mean managers are having to change their working practices. almost nicky. so i hope the starting up a found, we like this hitting up, the furnace is very energy intensive. so shutting it down in the evening or i

haven't. and then hitting it up again in the morning, is crazily expensive? that's why we now either run it around the clock in 3 ships. we'll shut it off completely. the company that runs this power station decided to get out of a dependency on russian coal. soon after the war and ukraine began, that country took longer to follow suit, but has now done so, as it must be said, has the e u. but getting out of a dependence on russian gas is proving much more difficult. dominant cane al jazeera berlin, known as imposed a nation wide curfew in response to violent anti government. protests officials say several people have been killed, including members of the security. $40000.00 people are protesting across the country over the rising cost of living. that calling on the president julius might be to sit down here the fortified to get to disperse, demonstrated in the capital free town. well, sorry for the honor is the editor in chief of the global times in free town. he

says, the protest movement appears to be lead us because edition in the country is that. com has to be told because they call you miss a lead call. few that has been imposed across the country phone for the local to 7 him to move money. the most money across the country when bonnie please the. ready code to i've got can people, and we understand now that people have to do for the clear coat explanation for the start of the put it on the done that already. hi. coastal giving you an employment that you got from. so would you put this what, what is astonishing, the leader that is needing the sport that nobody has called for the

sheep of all the does she all that will just now kenyans are awaiting the outcome of tuesdays presidential poll. the electoral commission is indicated when a could be announced on thursday, both front runners, william rudo and ron, i didn't say very confident of victory. how much of the reports now from dingo stronghold to move in western canyon? ha into soon reloading a stronghold, his supporters wait to find out if he will be kenya's mixed president. tuesday's election was the 5th time or dingo ran for the top job. and this time, the veteran opposition leader has the backing of outgoing leader. looking at a here in western kenya. his supporters seem confident there was a really good to go. yeah, i know that we looked on british on my president when

i was done. oh, the middle of a dingo main rival deputy president william rita is also competent of winning. he portrays himself as the champion of the poor. a man who rose from humble beginning, mannequins, won't change. that means a transformation of their lives are under the router will be that kind of a possum. if you pull you winch the elections is time that will towed despite some logistical and technical challenges. tuesday's polls would largely peaceful but turn out was lower than some previous elections. king, i has a history of election violence with the rival politicians refusing to accept the results and accusations afford, well that contains my to voted along tribal lines. for most people have economy was the big issue. they want the next leader to address the high cost of living, unemployment, and corruption. the final result from the electoral commission is expected in days

. the winning candidate must get 50 percent plus one vote. otherwise, it will be a lot harder. matessa al jazeera, he soon can come for a short break here now to 0. when we come back, running dry and devastating drought is revealing. some of europe's oldest secrets, cherry was once considered latin america, se for his country now, which facing a crime, wait, will tell you why. morning. ah i once again, there's more rain in the forecast for kentucky. we have got a fair bit of cloud slipping further southwards and east wits across the u. s. i, which was the appalachians tucked in behind this weather system here. and there's that where to weather just pushes up towards the eastern seaboard. if you don't

pause into the deep south, we could see some localized flooding. hey, wanted to shout up towards the midwest as well as some parts of canada. the see little bits and pieces of right. so plenty of rainfall just around the does it southwest the monsoon rain still continuing to bring some useful rainfall in here. farther west. it is generally try temperatures around $22.00 celsius san francisco, warmer than that, sir in seattle and warm steel. as we go on into friday by friday, we are going to see that wet weather around the eastern side of the country, slipping out of the way. still some wet weather that down towards the south. though having set that wet weather across sierra caribbean, particularly into the a western side of the caribbean, not too bad for the olives. ashley, or the way of sunshine, van showers here, but the wet weather will continue to effect panama, nicaragua, costa rica, pushing up across honduras, some lively showers into guatemala, and that wet weather, stretching across a good part of southern mexico. ah,

the important thing if you are walking around in beirut was noticed to be in the line of fire from the holiday fall off. we heard gunshots. i was the 1st one to flee the hotter. the battle lasted 3 days and 3 nights and there were no prisoners at the in control holiday in and you controller the region around. and that's why it was such a bloody battle. an icon of conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil war bay route holiday in war house on al jazeera lou. ah,

welcome back. a quick reminder, the top stories here at this hour, the u. s. justice department says it's charged a man for plotting to kill former national security adviser, john bolton. it describes him as a member of the wrongs revolutionary. god wrong, says the accusations the basis ukraine says russia is marrying to connect paula from his upper region nuclear plant to crimea, which must have annexed in 2014 plant. us commander talked several times over the past week. on some european countries on setting power consumption camps, they cut back on russian energy sources. few countries stopped importing, rushing coal from wednesday and some a warning they may face black house. now once again, palestinians are trying to rebuild their lives. israel's 3 day attack on garza has caused more destruction even as communities tried to recover from last year's war. natasha gonna report from gossip. the phones rang in this garza neighbourhood saturday morning with warnings from israeli intelligence to evacuate in what people

say felt like only moments. 6 apartment buildings were destroyed or damaged about it and call for live for my 4 year old son wakes up when he has any sound thinking . it's an ast right and he clings to me. it makes me frustrated because my children are scared. my life has become miserable and it is nothing left in our hands. come on. oh malik shem. alex says, she can't even dig out a shirt from the rubble for her 2 young son. the family is homeless, but will have to find money to pay the mortgage on the apartment and find a new place to live. since 2000 the 8. there have been 5 wars or attacks in the gaza strip. the longest was in 2014 and lasted 51 days. after the war, dozens of countries met and planned to raise $5000000000.00 to rebuild garza but not even half. that money was actually donated. the biggest donors cut our gave

more than a $1000000000.00 in aid, saudi arabia, half a $1000000000.00. the united states, the united arab emirates, and kuwait each gave $200000000.00. these photo showed the before and after of some reconstruction projects. after last years is really error strikes. cutter and egypt committed a $1000000000.00 total. to help garza rebuild again, but with no time frame garza's, ministry of public works and housing says it needs millions of dollars. now to provide housing for 2200 families, will you feel the as little as putting some obstacles and the way of the donors that the 130 construction processed to be slow. over the years even wants reliable air of allies have stopped offering funding. and with many humanitarian crises, globally, donor fatigue has set in israel, ester, occupying power. they have

a real responsibility to, to, to, to, to take care of the situation there, but in a long term, long and awful, for china. and also for the huge majority of the international community, what concerns us, it's not we can not simply look at the specific situation in the pissed piecemeal to way some in the international community may continue to spend billions of dollars rebuilding gaza after each war or attack but palestinians wonder when the world will see that it's more prudent to invest in peace. natasha name al jazeera, gaza for you. as president donald trump has refused to answer questions under oath in new york, trump appeared at the attorney general's office as part of a long running investigation in his real estate business dealings. the case

involves claims that the trump organization misled banks and tax authorities. yosemite of state anthony blinking is in rwanda for the last top of a tool that included a visit to neighboring democratic republic of congo. lincoln was in kinshasa on tuesday, where he said he was concerned about reports. rolanda has been supporting an armed group in the region cut and sawyer reports. and aunt group calling itself am 23, has been advancing to goma in east and democratic republic of congo. it's rebels have been fighting the congo his army for about 2 months. un experts say they have evidence. wonder is barking the rebels there. wand and government has denied this. hundreds of people in some areas have fled from their homes in reset days, india, immigrant rottweiler, displaced of the entity, 3 corrupted of village. we are afraid of them when they are fighting. they do not differentiate between soldiers and civilians. we do not want to day here. this

latest conflict is just one of many in the east of the country as if creo could be . so when the u. s. secretary of state, antonio blinkin visited kinshasa security martyrs dominated the talks. we are returned by credible reports. that was why the supporter 43. 0 oh yes. the reason. so at least $323.00. he's also due to hold talks with wand and president paul coggan, me visa, democratic republic of congo, and rhonda, have hide years of tensions with both sides, accusing each other for finding rebellions, not giving us you again wanted her in reality, the us was the 1st country to be concerned about role one does support for m $23.00 . angola has been trying to broke a piece between the 2 countries, but a resent piece still did not come things blinkin will complete his 3 nation toys on

thursday. he also visited south africa. honestly say the us wants to increase diplomacy to count a rash he has growing influence on the african continent. katherine sali, alta 0 climate experts. a warning that extreme weather will become the new normal in europe. the continents in the grip of its most severe drought in decades affecting farmers freight and the industrial sector. it's also revealing some secrets from the past. some of the egg reports a parched plot starved of greenery. this is no desert. it is, in fact a reservoir run dry so much so that it's uncovered a medieval bridge that was lost when the area was flooded. and it's not the only place that has revealed historical ruins. the shallow river bed of the when the air reservoir reveals the ruins of an ancient village, while the water that once covered them continues to evaporate,

and record break in temperatures. is the motion when you're back to palermo, this a call when your this is a particularly dry year or a very complicated year that confirms what climate change scenarios have been. making evidence for a very long time in countries in which we live with periods of extended drought, sometimes combined with torrential rains and floods stretched over the same huddled logical year. this is dramatic with the extreme heat, likely to continue into autumn. spain's meteorological services say it will strain europe's largest network of damned reservoirs combined with droughts in other countries, creating problems across the continent. by looking at becoming go the next, the theme answer we, we ceased de la varieties co dry condition, all her of it west. that nice sentra you doctor as well as the the you. okay, so this is with income audra. all single more concerned the just the d. o. before because of the coming gun few days. even in germany in areas that were devastated

by flooding in 2021. lack of rain is wreaking havoc on the country's main waterway . the rhine lowering water levels have cool shipping disruptions on the river, a major root for products ranging from grain to chemicals, to coal. and it has a knock on effect on the economy, which is already bracing itself for recession and energy shortages later in the year. this is the worst drought with hit europe in decades. some say it's the worst in hundreds of years. the results already forecast to be devastating for the continent and an environmental warning for governments to act now, before it's too late. sunny diagonal al jazeera, an intense summer heat, and a fierce drought of sparked major wildfire, and southwest france, around $6000.00 hectares of pine forest, had been destroyed. hundreds of fire fighters. i tried to contain the flames for

the fires. now moving quickly towards a major motorway that links the city of bordeaux with neighboring spain, thousands of people been forced to leave their homes. objects also, campbell, our 1st objective in this fight is to save human life, but we have no victim and so forth. and that is why preventative evacuations have been carried out since yesterday evening and will continue to day. so based on that north korea's libra kim jones suffered with a high fever during the countries cove at 19 outbreak that according to his sister, she's also blame the epidemic on propaganda. leaflets dropped by south korea. sol has dismissed those claims. as groundless. on thursday, kim declared victory in the country's battle with carnivores. johnny is trying to deal with a crime wave. it was once considered the safest country in latin america until a few months ago. the latest figures showed that's all changed. our latin america editors here newman reports on the capital, santiago garcia le carrasco still can't believe that her son in law 50 year old

real estate broker estefan regaled me was stabbed to death for no apparent reason. while walking home, this c c t v, camera captures regaled may rushing past while holding his neck. seconds later he collapsed of camera, his juggler, veins slit to venezuela and 25. and 15 years old, who recently crossed into chile illegally from neighboring bolivia, have confessed less aquanda. when will the authorities control who enters chile? i'm afraid now when i walk past a foreigner because i don't know if it's a criminal lawyer. but murder rate in chile has gone up an astonishing 30 percent in the last 6 months alone. it also statistics show the vast majority of crimes are committed by chileans. but that undocumented foreigners with criminal records account for a higher percentage of the murders. if they went again, may was stabbed just a few blocks from the presidential palace, but it was no isolated incident. just a few days later,

another 3 people were stab along alameda. this is santiago's most emblematic avenue, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. prosecutor say that in the last 5 years, drug traffickers and members of the field, venezuelan criminal organisation at agood train have focused in on chile taking advantage of the largely uncontrolled northern border. yoder that was introduced the governor of the port city of alika where they've reportedly set up base, says international gangs or using criminal methods unseen before in chile. not that i mean the that the only one always use it. it's not just murder, but also torture signs of chopping people in pieces or burying victims alive. the international criminals who belong mainly to venezuela's, a rug or train gang you. it's expanded. it's to mind to columbia, ecuador, brazil, peru, and no chilly. but it's not just imported criminal methods that are spreading very

young, mainly gillian delinquents are in snaring drivers even in crowded tunnels. in broad daylight cars theft has increased 68 percent in the last 5 months. so has widespread trafficking of people and guns and drug traffic in low income neighborhoods. all this in what until recently was considered the safest country in latin america. not put on capacity or think, went by the input. we didn't manage to see what was happening in time when the problem was incubating slowly. step by step on. now it's finally exploded. facilitated by the pandemic. criminals have lost fear of the state because they no longer believe we're able to confront them. you get off the chief prosecutor for complex crimes, as it will take a major investment in money. more sophisticated forms of law enforcement stronger border controls and more police training to ensure that this crime wave is not here to stay. to see a human al jazeera santiago.