among some of the structures remaining from that hero remnants from other ears as well are found here, the tripoli, history is overshadowed by a turbulent recent path and a grim reality. ah. m. o. a droughts is declared for parts of england does. temperatures continue to soar and millions suffer from the lack of rainfall.

ah, you're watching al jazeera life from a headquarters in del hind data you navigate. also coming up, france tries to contain a major inferno as the use us 20. 22 is the worst year on record for pollution from wildfires in south western europe. former u. s. president donald trump says he won't to oppose the release of the f. b. i warrants used to search his florida home. and supporters of iraq is shied. leader mal for the saw that are back and large numbers outside parliament, demanding early elections. ah hello, extreme dry weather conditions across europe are hampering trade and raising concerned about food supplies. a drought has now been declared a clar across large parts of england. 9 up last 12 months had been dryer than

normal across the u. k. as a whole. the national farmers union is warning that up to half of the potato keratin onion harvests are expected to fail. over in germany, larger ships and barges can no longer pass parts of the ryan river. that's because of the low water levels. cargo owners are having to pay for multiple shipments to get their goods delivered because vessels are sailing with reduced loads. and then franz wildfires of forest 10000 people from their homes, the e u satellite monitoring service as blazes and from spain and portugal have already made 2020 to a record year for wildfires in south west europe. where we challenge has more from south west london. this is usually one of london's a lacy, that kind of green islands in the middle of the concrete jungle and look at it at the moment. you can see how dry and parts to is. this isn't ready grass anymore. this is basically straw where i'm standing is usually right on the edge of rush me

upon. it is much reduce the moments this water level as it was a couple of months ago. well, you can follow me and i'll show you how far is now have to walk in goods. i think 15 meters also towards the rubber disgruntled ducks and geese. they're not very happy about it. this is happening all over the country basically. ponds like this drawing up resume was drawing up. i was out reporting a month ago or so on the day where he's reco sets in england, where the temperature smashing $340.00 degrees. since that time there's been only this, the barest smattering of rain. there is a drought announced the cross much of this country. what it means is that it gives the water company's license to start putting in restrictive measures measures that would stop people say, yeah, sort of taking particularly long showers or, you know,

water that gardens, that kind of thing. some parts of the country already have made these announcements . yorkshire water has announced its 1st hose pipe band in 27 years. that's going to be coming in on the 26th of august that you've got south eastern southern and welsh water companies. they are also announcing restrictions as well and there are absolutely going to be more of these coming. dominic cane is and berlin with more on those shallow waters in the rhine. the main consent in germany and so far as these temperatures are concerned and rivers will, it's the rhine river and let's be clear. it's not just germany, which is affected by the level of the rhine, switzerland, france, germany luxemburg, the netherlands. they all have a role to play in working at what is happening with the rhine. what matters in one sense is that he's now so much lower than it has been in recent months that certain

types of ships can no longer apply their trade along this very large waterway. to give you an example, certain tankers of liquids like liquid gas and that sort of thing. and now charging 5 and a half times more money per ton, the transport and they were back in june. and the thing to say here is because they're so much less water physically in the river, it means that the depths that the river should have 4 ships to pass down. well, they're not the same depths anymore. so now companies who are transporting particular goods are having to, to transport perhaps 2 or 3 boats because the one but they would use which could be fully load laden, cannot be there is already been a record number of wildfires across south west europe including france, spain, and portugal this year, the use satellite monitoring services fires in front of sent carbon pollution there to its highest level since records began. emergency crews are battling

a fire in your own region, which is destroyed more than 7000. hector is a forest. more firefighters and equipment from 60 you nations arrived on thursday to help furnace smith has more from sharon, from authorities here in the air on say that the fire has been contained overnight . within a 40 kilometer her emitter firefighters have come from across europe. these guys have just arrived from romania, but there are also greeks, austrians, germans, under the polish firefighters. here in total, across france, this year, 57200 pack tears of land has been burned in wild fires. it's 6 times the full year average in the last sort of 16 years or so. the authority say we're here today a little the fire is contained because extreme temperatures expected again, anything in to the high thirty's, maybe even 40 degrees c. i don't know how the weather will affect the fire and

expect it to be dry again for the next few days. the land is tin, the ground sparks very easily, and that's why the extreme temperatures are increasing. the ferocity and frequency of these fights. the rainy season continues to take its toll in so done with tens of thousands of people affected. at least 51 people have died and flash floods across the country. many families have lost all their possessions and fear things will only get worse, but more rain expected in coming days. hipaa morgan reports from barber, a county has been devastated by the flooding. machinery hammer is still searching for what he can salvage from his home. it collapsed on tuesday after flash floods in mccaleb in northern sedan server. now state. it's the result of days of heavy rains in the region and rainwater from the east, overflowing streams in the town. this. ready i had, i show the rain started in the morning, it stopped raining for hours and then while we were opening the streams for water

to pass, floods hit us. it didn't stop till the next morning. the rain was as usually just flow through the stream, but this time it went over it and no barrier or stream was able to stop it. this year's home was one of more than 1700 homes destroyed by the floods in mccain uptown alone. more than 3000 homes were damaged in barbara county. in what many hearsay has been the worst destruction. 15 of the law shows us what remains of his once large family home, where rooms warm stood now only rubber remain the order. you know, there were 2 bedrooms there, another 2 on the other side and a kitchen there. the water came, i'm in less than an hour. the houses collapsed. we didn't even have a chance to take out anything because we were busy making sure that people got out alive. some have left their home to seek shelter after losing nearly everything. but many others have stayed behind. the destruction has left families out in the open. many if they wait here until the end of the season to build their home. but

that may take some time because lorine for the coming days. and there are concerns about what's on diseases. the rain and flood waters have damage to it systems and it's hard to find drinking water in some parts of the town. lay. melina wave, she, there is no access to clean drinking water or to a health clinic. my daughter is now sick in attent nearby. while we'll try to solve which what we can, but there is no medical treatment available. at least 15 people have been killed as a result of heavy rains and flash floods around. for those who survived say they're not sure how they'll be able to rebuild their lives after losing so much, he will morgan onto 0. barbara county ribbon. allstate, former us president donald trump says he won't oppose the publication of the war, and that allowed the f b i to search his home. the u. s. attorney general says he personally made the decision to search from florida state on monday. mary garland has off a federal court to release the warrant, calling it

a matter of public interest. mohammed val reports, he's described the f. b i search of his florida state of an american unwarranted and unnecessary and breaking. but donald trump says he's encouraging the release of the warrant, even though it was drawn up by what he describes as radical, left democrats and possible future political opponents. the request unsealed the warrant is a rare move by the us justice department. good afternoon and according to the attorney general, that's because trump himself disclosed the search. i personally approve the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, that apartment does not take such a decision lightly where possible in a standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search, and to narrowly scope, any search that is undertaken. if the motion is granted, the water will be made public and could reveal what investigators were looking for

. it's report that he connected to allegations the former president removed sensitive files from the white house set once usually remains last fight during offending investigation. let's say the public interest is mounting along with the violent responses from some of the far away supporters, claiming that things may have been planted by the f b. i. and extraordinary allegation that matter what the circumstances out with donald trump, no matter what he has done, he is always able to present himself as the victim. on thursday, an armed man tried to breach and f b. i field office assistant he, he was shot and killed in a stand off with the police pulse on trump social media platform from an account bearing the suspects name mentioned the attempt to storm the f. b, i office and encouraged others to prepare for war. the man is also believe to have been part of the january 6th attack on the capital one does. your still had on al

jazeera, we visit the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, where survivors are warning it could happen again. plus, i'm john holly, edinburgh, with a world famous fringes back from pandemic hibernation. only to confront a brand new crisis. the spiraling cost of performing ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world camp is on its way to cat hoop your travel package to death. let's go with your weather forecasts for asia. so we had warned about this in karachi and it delivered look at this rain wind swept rain where the windshield wipers go and full blast. i think we're going to see a repeat of this on saturday. here's why we got this disturbance in the arabian sea

. so that's chucking rain into karachi right across in a province. so actually from jacob bad rate through to new washer. i think that's where we're going to see the heaviest downpours on saturday. now for india, once again we've got something that's getting going in the bay had been gall, that's wip in rain, around all sides, a weather alerts in play for both of disha and westbank. all states certainly the risk of seen some flooding there. now for china, it's looking like this, still rain locked in to the pearl river valleys. so some showers for hong kong at 31 degrees and look at this heat across the yang super verbally. yep. shanghai we've got in for 40 on saturday and another burst of rain to go for flood hit areas of sol. so that's certainly not good news. a tropical storm on our hands. it's going to run rate into eastern portions of honju. this is gonna dump a lot of rain for tokyo, so the teams thinking about 60 millimeters of rain but not just the rain. the winds will be a factor, his wall gusting to about 65 kilometers per hour on saturday. i'm going to leave you here. i'll see you soon. i saw official airline

life and robust debates. a lot of folks when they hear the word refugees think stranger, they think other law latrice stuck in these camps. it's regardless of your range the way you're coming from. and he said, give everybody safety from global issues to those that need to be on human rights and land defenders and brazil. they live in a circumstance of permanent violence and intimidation. the street where a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera with the me. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera this hour. the u. k. government has

declared a drought in parts of england. it's seen the driest july since 1935. some regions have already announced water restrictions, banning people from watering lawns or washing cars. fires in from spain and portugal have already made 2020 to record year for wildfires and so forth. europe, the use satellite monitoring service says fires in france are sent carbon pollution there to its highest level since records began. the former us president donald trump says he would welcome the release of the f. b. i war and used to search this florida home. the attorney general has off the federal court to unseal the document, saying it's in the public interest. supporters and opponents of influential shy leader, the 3rd that are rallying and iraq's capital earlier mosse prayers took place near parliament and baghdad fortified green zone. for the 2nd week in a row and saw that has urged supporters to keep up their demand for political

reform. after months of deadlock, at the end of july, foes into people's storm, the parliament building and occupied it for several days before they had is joining us from just outside the green zone where the counter protest, the 2nd place right now in the mood. so said that rivals protesting what message are they sending out the will these are the supposed to go through iranian parliamentary block known as the court making framework. that is you can see and hear the chanting of the court. they can pay more for their money, either put more but alright, we do apologize. we are having technical issues with the who's reporting from baghdad. he's at a counter protest where the opponents of the influential she,

leader, most of the others are holding rally right now near the parliament building. we will bring you all the latest lines out of baghdad as and when we get them we will tell you about sir leo. and because com has returned to the country after days of nationwide anti government demonstrations, there's been anger about the rising cost of living. the protestors demanded president, julius mazda bio should step down at least 27 people have been killed, including security personnel. the government has imposed a nationwide curfew. i did re says more from the capitol free town. on a regular day, the streets of free town would be chalked with human and view killer traffic. that traffic is currently scanty. this has to do with a fear is expressed by several unions. a lot of them are keeping of the streets and even away from the markets, hearing that things could erupt once again. now shops that are supposed to reopen

have not actually operating. i'm not actually operating at maximum capacity. i look afraid of staying home, fearing that opening their shops will result into losses when the violence or when does violence. europe. now the government tries to address all of these concerns by members raced by villa street just over the past few days by trying to reduce the costs of petrol, a petrol stations. now some of these petrol stations are refusing to sell to members of the public simply because they will lose of the prizes being set by the government. remember, this is a country that has not fully recovered from the civil war. the boiler crisis and like many other african countries that are dependent on import, this is a country that is struggling to find enough food to feed it. now whether or not the government will be able to address these challenges in the next few days. it's difficult to say for the time being, but people are watching close me out. the government tries to assuage the feelings

and concerns of the audience and keep the peace. kenyans are still waiting to find out who their next president will be 2 days after they took to the polls. for the 1st time, results from each polling station have been made available online as they're counted in a bid to avoid claims of rigging. and that scene supporters of both front runners counting alongside the electoral commission and confidence in their candidate. welcome, what reports in the capital, my robi, the tallying of can use electron results is tense. the last 3 polls were disputed, and 2 of them resulted in violence. in many places, trades at a standstill, making things even harder for millions of informal workers already struggling because of soaring food and fuel prices will not be no business right now because most of our customers are holding back and waiting for the voters. seeing decreasing li, convinced by politicians,

promises to relieve economic woes turn out was about 65 percent compared to nearly 80 percent in the last election 5 years ago. in that pole, the electronic voting system was criticized for being a take. the supreme court ruled there were irregularities in a transmission of data. it didn't know the election an order to rerun this time. the results forms from every polling station were made available online from the moment that they were transmitted electronically to here. italy center in nairobi and while the hard copies of being brought here, anyone can download the images, print them off entirely up the results rights groups. hope that means it will be harder to rick the election an easier to prove any rigging in court. the 1st time political parties have been allowed to run their own tally centers. this one's run by the coalition of deputy president william retail. he's one of the 2 main contenders, because he had a dog in this fight. what did he done or collision?

and we have all figured, we know how fight of couldn't does that. we cannot do the declaration. it's a management level to, to compare the to, to media companies are running tally centers to like this one, depending on which constituencies account 1st. some show a lead for rito and others for his main opponent, form of prime minister royal everything rights creep say they're worried about a flurry of false claims of victory and miss information on social media out on the street. supporters of those rylon and retail, convinced their candidate is about to win. now because we are seeing the percentage is showing that available are doing the winning. let us live for the last one. everyone's waiting to find out who will be declared the winner. and if the candidates and their supporters will accept the results, malcolm web al jazeera nairobi can. yeah. the un nuclear watchdog says military

action around the ukrainian nuclear plants must stop immediately. russia and ukraine are blaming each other for the shelling of the upper reach a plant. ukraine says it's ready for a possible evacuation. in the event of a nuclear catastrophe. ukraine is home to the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster. the 1986 turnover meltdown killed hundreds of people and spread radioactive contamination over much of europe. survivors of that disaster are urging extreme caution around the upper reach a site john hender and reports from chernobyl. the path to the true noble power plant is barren, overgrown and lonesome. this amusement park nearby was due to open 5 days after the 1986 nuclear meltdown whose name is now synonymous with disaster. it never did. 36 years later, radiation levels are still well above normal. in some places that high,

the soccer soccer. the reading is about 16 times normal inside explosion. ravage react number 4 now shrouded by a large container. radiation levels remain high. vladimir ver bitsy still at your noble engineer, rushed to the plant the day of the meltdown. but they're all again. when i got there, i was expecting to see the reactor. what i saw was the crater led by the closure and onions with his apparition, nuclear plant taking fire repeatedly in frontline fighting and southern ukraine. local say it could pose in even greater danger. your prob, you could give to no b, e butcher, and see a few. i worked at an oboe and i witnessed the tragic consequences of the explosion that parisha could be 234 times bigger, mentionable. and i'm very worried about that. believe it or not, this is the center of the town of cricket. that's the cultural building behind me.

on the day after the meltdown at your noble, all 50000 residence were evacuated, and not a soul has lived here since. now nature his reclaim the landscape on which privet was built. the president of the company that owns his apparition plant says russian forces have placed trucks and explosives inside turbine holds near the reactor and are firing from the plants ground. russia blames ukraine for the strikes on the plan does not or no later as, and they continue is this way. unlike turnover, vladimir forbid ski says zapper asia is europe's biggest nuclear plant, and it lies in a heavily populated region, but doesn't receive with it. but this does up, this won't happen in russia, the west to appeal the consequences, bulgaria, romania, moldova, and poland. he hopes both russia and ukraine have learned the lessons of journal. so the land that surrounds upper region doesn't also become

a nuclear waste land for decades to come. john henderson al jazeera, the true noble exclusion zone. ukraine newly released satellite images appear to show destroyed russian warplanes at an airbase in crimea. something moscow has strongly denied ukraine says 9 planes were destroyed in a series of explosions. this week. the images suggests at least 7 fighter jets were blown up. russian officials say the blas may have been caused by a careless smoker. a viral infection has killed thousands of cattle in india. some states have been the transport of livestock and canceled the animal fares in response to the outbreak. probably montague reports from j poor the big shed is disinfected every few hours. at least a dozen cows. a quarantine here, sick from a virus can disease. this rehab center and the state of roger pon is home to nearly

1700 animals. many are infected. authority said the 1st potted symptoms 2 months ago. at iaapa, she had the hydro, you'll be exit and you get a lot of calls from the city. some have been in accident, even though you see it in garbage on the streets abroad. we check for symptoms when they're right. even those without symptoms are kept to be from a heard for weeks, and he, lumpy skin disease is spread mostly by flies and mosquitoes. lumps like b start appearing on the skin. animals become weak and get fever. it's spreading fast. pounds of animals have died across india. most of them are kaos. rogers. state is the worst effected. the disease emerged in zambia a century ago. in recent fossil asia have reported cases here in india it regularly infected sheep and go. this is the 1st time that thousands of capital have got the

disease. the lottery baby suddenly owns 15 cows, like millions of others, their livelihood depends on cattle. she says she hasn't let them out in weeks. the model will cut. if they fall sick, it will impact the milk. we can also fall sick and our incomes will also fall on top of that. the treatment will cost us a lot of money. officials say that testing animals regularly, the gold box vaccine is been given across india. but some districts are reporting a shortage of medicines and doctors, mid production has also reduced in some areas. i'm actually going to be depend, you found the body bama depend a lot of capital. use them in field and for milk. low mill production, the economy and the incomes. we want the government to promise them free medicines will feel wet that checking on the capital and the treatment is free. even here, the government is funding the treatment. ah roger sounds government is asking for

donations to help fund the treatment efficiency, the plan to vaccinate as many animals to prevent future outbreaks. pardon him at the odyssey ra, jeopardy in west, in india. the edinburgh fringe festival attract acts from around the world and gives virtually unknown performance a chance to hit the big time. but a sharp rise and costs for accommodation and venue just threatening the very essence of the annual gathering from edinburgh. joan, a whole report till mayhew has brought working cost grid to the stages of the edinburgh fringe for a decade. this friday was the hardest for me to afford. they ever come after the french said 2012. but even if you go to the cost of living crisis, and if you don't know what the cost of living crisis is, kind of like, like a local waited see call to the recession. it's kind of like

a spin off to the credit crunch. the rising cost of everything from performance space to accommodation means his days here may be numbered. so you do. so. is this a place russell? should we be here? do you want to? you can help us get here. when you ask that question, you do think, am i going to be in a chip for anti slunk, tom who pay that way and often lose money in the process. the promise of being discovered that one of the world's best known arts festivals is fading with the times. with half my life in immigrant exile spent in home is no place on one of 2 shows by her on board scottish. and george this year, she explores her creative roots a 30 year veteran of the fridge. she says, minority voices are also being squeezed out. what seems to happen is that the narrowing of the type who stories that we hear in theater because of the type of people who are doing it, the lack of diversity amongst the people who are being centered. and so,

theater is going to become irrelevant to those audiences that come from those communities the survival of the edinburgh festival, and the fringe in particular, after a near death experience of the last couple of years demonstrates that come rain or shine, or pandemic. the show must go on, but the wider cost of living crisis is speeding into a cost of performing crisis with the scene at risk of being diminished forever. the life of a fringe known can be in the mouth experience audience is, are increasingly drawn to big name productions, while the vital voices of diversity are drowned out the fringe, as he was some say, he's no longer about money. looks at the hopelessness of young lives. earning poverty wages, i think we may not seem like much, but not all i want to show was.