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many of them children. ah, lo i'm, i am the mozy in london. you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. rescuers dig through the rubble by hand after an explosion. fuel by fireworks, has through buildings in the armenian capital. in france, rivers run dry and fields go on, watered as the country experiences is, was drought since records began and in sierra leone landscapes gone by tragedy. 5 years on survivors. remember those who died in a massive mud side on the outskirts of free town. ah oh wow. do begin with breaking news this hour from syria where they've been

explosions reported in the port city of tar two's state media says israel attacked targets in the area and these were intercepted by syrian ad defenses. there are also reports that israeli fighter jets launched missiles towards syria from lebanese as space. tar tooth is. we're a cargo ship carrying grain exports from ukraine is due to arrive shortly. we've also been following developments in egypt. this, our investigators are looking into the possibility of an electrical fault being behind one of the country's worst fires in recent years. at least $41.00 people died when the fire broke out during a sunday service in a cairo church. many of them were children. same bas ravi has more. the dozens dead and dozens injured after a fire cause to stampede among worshippers at

a cop to christian church in the egyptian city of diesel. the, the incident happened as thousands gathered for morning most at the abusive theme. church were not very, i saw people jumping from the floor, suffocation suffocation. all of them did so many did, and there are children. we didn't know how to get to them. we didn't know who some this is or whose daughter that is this possible. jesus sits at the southern edge of the greater cairo area. one of the most densely populated places in the world. dilapidated infrastructure means accidental fires are common, made more likely due to the record high temperatures across the region. some of the fire and others to feed church thought to have been caused by a faulty air conditioner. but we started to see from the outside that the smoke was getting bigger and people were wanting to jump from the upper floor of the building of the church to the next one. then we went inside and found the children and we started to take the bodies out. in the aftermath of the incident,

the president of the photo cc announced the mobilization of quote, all states services to ensure that all measures are taken. the prosecutor's office has also opened an investigation. where can i conveyed the president's condolences and my condolences to the religious leaders of the church, the families of the dead and injured people? we need them to know that we're standing with them and standing by them. some of the injured were firefighters, the blaze blocked in exit trapping churchgoers and causing the stamp. pete, according to eye witnesses, most of those killed were children zane bus robbie algebra. rescue work as it's searching for people trapped under rubble after a blast refill market. in the armenian capital yerevan, at least one person was killed and dozens injured. the building had been used to still fire wax high force. it has this dye a major fire in

a busy market about to get much worse. the building local say, had been used to store fireworks on a clear sunny day. this peam of smoke was visible across the armenian capital. emergency crews were soon battling to extinguish the flames. volunteers using debris to clear more of it. from the sight, survivors carefully brought to safety. i like fireworks and smoke everything shattered in a 2nd. their warehouses technical rooms. it's like fireworks fireworks, fireworks. everything happened in one minute. people could not get out of the stores. the mayor's office in yerevan said, an unknown number of people had been left trapped under the rubble. the sheer scale of this disaster becoming clear to all as desperate rescue efforts continued. let's spend utter shock. this is the 1st time in my memory that such an explosion. such

a tragedy has happened in the capital city, and everybody is glued. turn it to social media networks and to the news to try and find out what's happening. rescuers have been hampered by more firework explosions, as crews tried to make the area safe. ah, by late afternoon, heavy vehicles were clearing parts of the blast zone or elsewhere rescue as were using their hands to search for any one trapped and stood alive. hurry, faucet al jazeera. ah, ah, frances, enduring it dry a summer since records began with most the country now facing water restrictions crops, a withering and nuclear power plants are operating at reduce capacity. rivers are running dry out. there has been, it's miss reports now from to lose in the country southwest. i was recently have

you, i've never seen the river as low as this stuff, and marty tells me he's a fisheries officer. in a normal year, the level of the garage here would be above our heads, the river cuts through to lose its the cities life blood providing drinking water, irrigating farmland, and cooling a nuclear plant. stefan has had to take fish out of the river and put them into special tanks because the water is too warm to come to give us compared to video. it's complicated, everything is connected. there will be less snow in the mountains. the glaciers will melt sooner. this year there has been much less snow, so less water in the mountain lakes. so pumping of the lakes is lower to keep the water longer. over 3 weeks, 40 percent of the water held in reserve and hydro electric dams, in the pyrenees mountains has been released into the koran to keep it flowing. just heat waves in europe are increasing at a faster rate than almost anywhere else on the planet. and global warming increases,

but likelihood of drought drawing out, soils and vegetation lie even for a minimum. so some to me you may couple for the whole company. so we need 60 millimeters of rainfall to be able to replace the soil. crystal comp, n j tells me the forecast is the 3 millimeters this week. it's not enough. know the corn harvest across france is expected to be 18 and a half percent lower this year. than last that already a global shortage because of the war in ukraine. even the sunflower of turned away from the scorching sun where there is access to water, there isn't enough to go around. crystal says she'll lose more than 30 percent of a crop this year. soon, apostrophe is among gold. if we don't get enough water in this region, there will be no viable agriculture. even today, the cattle farmers here have no grass on their fields. to day we on a land where it's crucial to develop irrigation. if only to be able to achieve

minimum profitability, francis worst route since records began in 1958 has affected so many aspects of how people live here. oh i thing we, when we, when would look we, we love train good cake and we reward because there is not enough waterfall for the fulton in july rainfall across france was down 84 percent compared to normal. according to the french weather service. the summer isn't over yet. bernard smith al jazeera to lose southwest france. oh, there are warnings that war to levels on the rhine river, which stretches from switzerland to the netherlands, could reach a critically low point to one of europe's most important trade routes with container ships. usually winding their way around its approximately 1200 kilometer of looping bands. the rhine is so low now that commercial shipping is unsustainable, making increasingly difficult to transport goods as drought and an energy crisis

grip europe. experts, a levels at one of the river's main bottlenecks at the german town of cub of fall into about 40 centimeters as levels of forecast to fall even further. now officials say a large fire ne, spain has grown rapidly forcing the evacuation of a villages and 1500 people forest fire in. that'll go said province developed a 50 kilometer perimeter in less than 24 hours. hundreds of fire fighters working to protect homes and put out the flames authorities. he said the outlook for controlling the fire depends on the weather with strong gusty winds. for comfort on sunday, 8 people including a baby, was shot and injured in occupied the east jerusalem early on sunday morning. release, a suspect has turned himself in and confessed to the attack. natasha name now reports the calm of the old city in the middle of the night shifted

to the chaos of an attack on sunday. police say a man ambushed a bus in a parking lot. you're the western wall at about 1 30 in the morning to be below tight. i see. morning til you say, wilson bleeding. the driver says he tried to pull away, but was unable to because the wheelchair ramp was lowered, employee room of 2 of the wounded are in a serious condition. a pregnant woman in her thirties with an abdominal injury is still in the operating, grew a very complex injury and a man in his sixties with injuries to the neck and had also a gunshot wound and is now in the intensive care unit. a 6 hour manhunt followed police cordoned off the area, set up, jack points to search people and cars and rated homes in still won. the palestinian neighbourhood has previously been the site of violent protests against illegal

demolitions of homes, with allegations that the israelis are pushing out families. police say i 24 year old palestinian man eventually turned himself in and confessed, came into barb forgivable. did this is alone attacker, a resident of the city with a criminal record must. there is one conclusion from this event, as from the previous events, whether homes, the citizens of israel, will have nowhere to run. who will hunt them down? and we will deal with them with full force of the long amass which controls the gaza strip. and the arm grew palestinian islamic. she had praised the attack saying it's a continuation of palestinian resistance to the israeli occupation. the attack happened one week after egypt negotiated a ceasefire between israel and the a slam mc g had. on august 5th, israeli military launched a 3 day operation against the group in gaza, killing nearly 50 palestinians,

including 17 children. there have been concerns the cease fire would collapse because this limit jihad is lobbying for the release of 2 prisoners, israeli interim prime minister. yeah, year le pete promised to restore calm and security to jerusalem. sunday's attack is a reminder that it's virtually impossible to ensure that it will last. natasha named el jazeera, occupied east jerusalem. still i had for you on the program, family outings the per and even dance parties and keys all while the country is at war. been called the new normal and risking their lives to demand democracy. a string of executions fails to determine me and mar, protested ah,

there are science. the heat is finally starting to break across england. can't wait to share the details with ya. hey everyone. so let's hop right into at the extreme heat warning has been dropped for england and wales as well as temperatures fallen below 30 degrees. we've got some fender down ports for the islands of ireland and britain. more showers may sneak into london. here's the 3 day forecast. more clouds floating in that's for sure. on monday there's those showers. maybe even some thunderstorms for you as well. that's going to kick back your temperature to 23, which is where you should be for this something you're thunderstorms, rumbling across the box for a straight on mondays. so it's stumble. your temperature is knocked back a bit as well to 27 degrees. then we've got these waves of atlantic re moving west to east so largely unsettled across europe. we can find some bigger downpours toward eastern poland, southwest ukraine, and central portions of romania dry for spain in portugal and breezy. i should say for the valley, eric says while abuse at 32 degrees, that's

a big drop in your temperatures. and off to africa we go, there's been a lot of rain for nigeria and we see that just pulsing its way further toward the west. and now, as we dip toward the south, some big ways off the eastern cape, providence of south africa could exceed 5 meters season. ah, we are a generation of scared people, but very ambitious, very, you'd make 2 very pet food and i'm very good, but soon you've been made to be competent. more right now, but it's known for long. you will soon filled the sim higgs. we feel every day from today's home colon, uganda, 3 women, grub, who would get back to the front line after this. do your future children on a job? 0. was

a welcome back watching algebra live from london. main stories now and explosions have been reported in the syrian port, city of tattoos. syrian state media says that israel attacked targets in the area. they were intercepted by syrian ad defenses. there are also reports that is righty, fight jazz staunched missiles towards syria, from lebanese as base. serious military says 3 soldiers have been killed. investigators looking into the possibility an electrical fault was behind one of egypt was fired in recent years. at least $41.00 people died when the fire broke out during a sunday service at cairo church. many with children and rescue workers

is searching for people trapped under rubble of tro, blah, strip through a mafia to the all me capital yerevan. at least one person was killed and dozens injured, building has been used for fireworks. and all this is a following grain is being loaded onto the 1st united nations charted vessel in ukraine. it's the 1st aid cargo bound. 3rd drought affected east africa since roches invasion in february, more than 16 merchant vessels of left ukraine in the past 2 weeks after a deal was broken by the un and turkey, along with russia and ukraine. the you and humanitarian coordinator and ukraine is saying that the shipment will bring believe to drought hit regions this shipment and w b will say more about it is the 1st that we hope many shipments to come to countries that are suffering great difficulties. there are at least 5 who are already in famine like conditions and another 20 that are on the what we call the watch list

for famine. so these shipments are going to be hugely important to those population . but it is important the 1st of all, because i 1st with always the brave come on the mo warden mouth, stay in for the old. it was all them a few brain, m rim. it's those cheap which will be above of what united nation with program and while fighting continues on the eastern and southern france of ukraine in the capital as a sense of a new normal al jazeera john hendrick. has that story now from keith. ah, in key there is a defiant celebration. residents are out unafraid and active. call it the new

normal months ago, people hidden bomb shelters fearing the russian invasion, but ukraine's troops pushed them back. and now the battle lines are far away. to normal life slowly coming back to cave. we're open right now, much more restaurants. go fer it, sir. the business colon baggins this slowly starting to war, but her it's illusion. blue sky, sunshine, summer and the we have no forget the scuffle. congress come at us, east or key if it's hell. his big basel, we're our buttress. defend our country. ha. the city's famous opera house is open, but no one has forgotten that this is a country at war, and not far off. we are not a caregiver should be under, shall we never day we're not like you dunbar somewhere. so me. yeah,

no, like we're not scared that tourist from the other parts of ukraine have returned to their capital. is my, me a war zone, but it doesn't have to feel like wine, and that's the point. these people are out despite the occupation is difficult as it is the residence of keeps a life goes on. it had to flee to other counties because it was too scary to stay in ukraine. but though i'm back and it's still spooky every day when we have air res. so everson has changed, but we need to move forward and to leave. ah, for the youth of key the rave parties downtown, go on. though they now started 5 p. m, in order to end in time for curfew. ah, amid the fog of war, the celebration, the defiant insistence on living,

something like normal life continues. john henderson, al jazeera keith, the agent for a kind offer some on wished he says his injuries are severe, but that his condition is improving and that he's on the road to recovery. on sunday, the author was taken off a ventilator nearly 2 days after being stamped while on stage at an event in york state, a man charged over the attack pleaded not guilty to attempted. murder has been remanded in custody. hardy matar is accused of stabbing, wished he several times in the neck and the stomach. now pakistan is mocking. 75 years of independence. a ceremony was held in karachi a memorial for the country sound. and mohammed ali, gena, british colonial rule, ended in 1947 with the petition of india, and the formation of pakistan, comma hider is in a whore, and has more on the independent celebrations that people are gross. buggers gone

out in a festive mood. they're wonderful. get their problems. they said one day read the whole nature and come together. despite the political differences, they can all make difficulties and various crises that are built by their country. it was at the stroke of midnight 75 years ago that this became an independent nation for the muslim, the occasion was celebrated writ fireworks display across the country. a 31 gun salute and a federal cabra girl, or 21 gun salute and a provincial gap, or drove all around the country that people have come out in large numbers. redid families are where the national flag and of god reading their badges. some of them even dressed in green and white regions of august on the national colored go to murder. indeed job, or learn more people like to forget their problems,

particularly when it comes to independence day. the buckets on a prime minister, barsha dave hoisting the flag in the federal cabra girl, was just hard to do rekey, celebrating the 75th anniversary of buck stones, independence. i congratulate all pakistani within and outside the country from the core of my heart. and in the meantime, member on con, rallying border in a lodge, you're bought in the city over the hall, which was does a pretty good not just a broad day, but also it celebration. committed budget on 75th golden jubilee. the country of gods cannot baseball, political uncertainty, but independent days and occasion for everyone to come together. now survivors of fairly own devastating mudslide remembering those who died 5 years ago, memorials have been taking place across the country. the dissolves happen on the

outskirts of the capital free town of the days of torrential rains in august 2017. i'm going to address is in mar tomo with thousands of people lost their homes. we funding here at pentagon park the one of the communities affected by the much slide down is the ravine where water and debrief flowed from the more to make sure the look mountain along with bodies that washed this way right into the atlantic ocean. so a lot of people are trying to see whether they can reorganize their lives. unfortunately, they are unable to succeed at the moment. they are saying that things are becoming more and more precarious, especially people living on the hill side. now if i move out of the way, you can see a lot of buildings coming up on this hill, which shouldn't be the case. 5 years ago, 4 years ago. i remember very well when president might be or came into office, he gave orders that no building,

no development should take place in this particular area. but what you see here is a growing number of houses coming up simply because people are really, really desperate. that is huge land to go around. instead of going farther away from the city where their means of livelihood lies, they will rather take the risk of relocating onto the hillsides and exports are telling us this is another disaster waiting to help when he's not about it. but when it will happen now to me and more, the democratically elected form leader unsung suit. she is expected to testify in court this week and his series of corruption and election for cases. this as there are more and more cause for me and miles and military leaders to be held to account . after the recent execution of political activists. tony chang reports the another flash smith, protesting against the recent executions on the streets of young gone mas biggest

city. the court, they risk being jailed was the demonstrate to say the executions had made their opposition to military rule, even stronger. and one day the generals will face justice. blow your mind anything it's gone, we should hold the photo to into leaders and a military accountable for what they have done, no exception for anything. that's what people strongly belief now for the families of the executed men. the anguish continues. these pro military protest it came to denounced german, you known as co, jimmy outside his house after his execution. his wife scene with him in this family video is fled the home, but she told l deserve from a hidden location. the international community must do more than just condemning the execution. i'd like to emphasize the importance of impact in diplomacy. not just talking about a topic in diplomacy, condemnation, and urging do not work,

especially in the case of our country mamma. while there was much condemnation of the executions at a recent meeting of southeast asian foreign ministers, there was little talk of measures against me and mas, military. others are taking a more proactive approach. i will chris gunner's new co jimmy when he was a student activist. and it worked with him after his release from prison. now he's trying to bring a criminal case against the gender in the turkish judicial system. so the johns can run, but they can't hide. there will be accountability against them just as there was against the war criminals in the balkans. it took years and years from a loss of which and character managed to end up in the hey, but they did up and they did end up in the hague. we imap house accountability cases, criminal cases against the john to all around the world at the international court of justice in the hague man. mars already in the door. in late july, the court dismissed objections saying that a case brought by the gambia for genocide against the ringer,

ethnic minority can proceed. although the trial may take years, the wheels of justice are in motion. tony chang al jazeera. now stories about identity and belonging are always plentiful at the edinburgh arts festival. and this year is no different. the war in ukraine is providing a rich new stream of material for performers at the french, as john hall discovered look. but it is made sense of what the identity is an edinburgh festival perennial with shows up plenty about migration and refugees, safety and belonging is never more so than in a year of war. someone comes along to sort it all, i'm you know, who did he give me a call?

when you think of russia imperial delusion cast a shadow across the post soviet optic in night lands a psychological thriller about russia and the rise of let me put in what happened decades later, rushes invasion of ukraine is the fabric of check ukrainian circus, some dance act boom, a show of youthful resilience in the face of adversity. it goes beyond its explosion of young gunners. also, they have a lot of tradition in, in the show check and they bring in traditions pretty much it's about like all freedom their journey tales across landed borders of discovery and self awareness. the ultimate audience journey though, is simply deciding what to watch in a bewildering sea of choice. then you come across a guy who's a british irish palestinian working doctor, who is also a comedian and

a clown. my dream is to be able to make a show that will make anyone anywhere in the wild laugh. that's really what i want to i kind of want to do, explore my own identity a little bit, and that identity is very complicated. you want to see a show was a, for me able to 1st hand experience of how you bring the, the differences in the people who make up this country ah, the letter j. i don't think it's unique to the people being british. i think it's just, um, something that people are familiar with and that's to be expected. and so my job is to bridge that gap and to, to sort of say, hey guys, come, come on this journey with me. i know it's an unfamiliar. i know it's a big difference, but come on this journey with me. it'll be worth it was joe no hold l g 0, edinburgh ah.