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thousands of on tenens are out on the streets to voice their anger against the rising cost of living. and dozens of villages are washed away by massive flooding in sudan, which has killed more than a 100. ah, israel and turkey are restoring full diplomatic ties. after years of discord, both countries will be reappointing. there are baset, as the turkish foreign minister says, that despite the move turkey would not be abandoning its support for the palestinians. russell said it has more now on the stumble the breakthrough announced in it to be it from his ride to prime minister. yet, la pete at defined a moment for the 2 states that used to cooperate in military and other spheres, but who over 10 years had become estranged. and the turkish water minister mode of shoulder was quick to confirm the development. it is fled in normal,

less messy conason that up among the steps we plan to normalize relations. there was also the re appointment of respect of ambassadors. if you remember, we made a statement in the news conference we held with mister leopard that we started work on the employment of ama. that's your positive step came from israel as the result of these efforts, sentence turkey. we also decided to appoint them passage to israel to tel aviv nations between the 2 companies, sword, after israel attacked garza in 2008, killing more than a 1000 palestinians. but it was the gun floating rate in 2010, that fully severed ties between the 2 camps. rarely can affect the flotilla, which was carrying humanity and 8 for gaza in international waters killing 9 turkey citizens. since then, diplomatic ties had been virtually nonexistent when i guess in one year there will be a presidential election here in turkey. but it inflation at more than 70 percent on going to want to attract investors from regional countries. there are security

challenges to in syria and the eastern mediterranean basin, turkey, these israel as a strong player, and what israel turkey is seen as a balancing power in a region threatened by iran. the final push to man relations started last year in march is rarely present. isaac has august, turkey and math turkish president project type out 12 months later, took his foot, administer social visit, the tel aviv. the final major stepped over normalization of relations was when he's ready. prime minister gala pitt visited on cra in june. it was during that 3 that the 2 sides agreed on a roadmap to fully restored a diplomatic ties. however took you also made it clear that it will not compromise when it comes to supporting the palestinian cause has the answer to him is give it . we have always said we will continue to defend the rights of palestine. jerusalem and garza. and it's important that our messages can buy directly at the ambassador's level intel of eve. that's

a port for palestinians remains assassins. and even with the full restoration of diplomatic ties, is likely to remain a contentious difference between the 2 companies. this was out of that oh to 0 stumble, algebra senior political analyst model. one bizarre has more now on the diplomatic force. yuki has always had relations with israel since its establishment, back in 1948. when president ardon did was sent out relations in order to punish is right for which miss treatments of the postings did. once or twice, he walked away on his re the residence and douglas and so on, so forth. so really maintains pressure on israel and so forth. in front of spine, but turkish national interests of course come 1st. and now that they are saying, look, we will try to do both. again, we will do a balancing act. we will normalize or re normalize relations with. well,

at the same time, use those diplomatic relations where there's a support of protest. this is definitely one of those transformations, if you would, in the regional and international wyant's where countries that were once upon a dime, hyper loyal to one or other superpower in the end of bipolar. already after the end of the cold war. and then the end of you and you live at the, after the united states blunders in the middle east. we found ourselves in multi polar world and multiple in the middle east with your long turkey. so you're a, be agent is another staying all important tools. so i think countries moved away from the hyper loyalty to hybrid relations whereby they are hedging their bets. they are doing a balancing act of sort,

whereby they maintain open relations with more than one regional power with more than one global power. that's how you explain, for example, u e e n d r u e. russia with the china relations, even though so the american relations remain in 3 major us pharmacy chains of in order to pay $650000000.00 to, to counties in the state of ohio to address the damage inflicted by the opioid epidemic. a court found pharmacy jane cbs walmart than walgreen's help create a public nuisance by over supplying addictive painkillers. many of which found their way on to the black market. the pharmacy said they will appeal to verdict, rather than jordan as more from washington. what officials in lake county and in trumbull county, both east of cleveland, argued in federal court. they said between 20122016 more than 1400000000 opioid pills were prescribed to people living in those 2

counties. in other words, $400.00 pills per each resident. they said that amount of medicine, obviously led and very quickly would to a devastating opioid epidemic in their communities. and they said that combined they sped, nearly 2 and a half $1000000000.00 trying to respond to the crisis, not just from a law enforcement perspective, but from a healthcare perspective. and so they sued these 3 major retailers, walgreens, walmart, and cbs saying that they needed to take responsibility because the pills came through their pharmacies. a federal judge on wednesday said that while the $2400000000.00 amount of was a he thought over the top, he did say the counties did need some sort of compensation. that's where we get the $650000000.00. that amount has to be paid out over the next 15 years of

a good chunk of at nearly $88000000.00 needs to be put into an immediate child trust. this is just one of about 4000 law suits that have been brought against retailers against job pharmaceutical companies and against our distributors. at least 10 people have been killed in a powerful explosion that a semi mosque in northern cobble. the blast happened during evening prayers on wednesday. please say the mom was among the victims cobbles, emergency hospital says, is treating at least 27 patients, including a 7 year old child is not yet known what caused the explosion? iraq's can't take a prime minister as hell talks with representatives from major political parties, but the group that supports the influential she, i need a mac that a santa is boycotting the discussions. santa has demanded. the judiciary dissolved parliament in old elections to break the political deadlock movement up the wide as more now from the rocky capital. in an attempt to,

in the political deadlock in iraq k to take her prime minister invited the representatives of political factions in order to reach common ground in order to end the political crisis in iraq. meanwhile, at the southwest movement, and i said earlier that they're not planning to attend that meeting. meanwhile, supporters of she at lee that looked at a souther continue there, sitting in front of the headquarters of the parliament, sitting up dozens of tents. and they say they are not planning to leave the eddie until the demands are met. their demands include, the poem, be dissolved nearly elections be held as a way out of this political crisis mean doubt. meanwhile, supporters of their arrival parliamentary look affiliated to iran, known as the coordination framework, continued their sit in need about the dad's greens on setting up also dozens of tents. and they say that protesting against what they consider the occupation of the problem. it caused by supporters of chatty that knocked out a soda. meanwhile,

the supreme court in baghdad has adjourned it until the end of this month. a plea that was submitted by a southern affiliated lawmakers, as well as other independent lawmakers requesting the parliament be dissolved and italy elections beheld as a way out of the current political impasse. members of argentina's trade unions of marched in the 10s of thousands protesting against the rising cost of living. many of them are demanding businesses do more to keep prices down. donald chandler ports from when his irish inflation hicks, every one but the greatest impact is felt by workers, especially those on lower wages. all of argentina's main trade unions representing teachers construction and health workers. truck drivers and civil servants marched on congress to support the government. and to demand restraint, businesses, this set price is locally super liberal memo classical. one of the main problems is

the hyperinflation we have been experiencing for some time. now, we are against paying the international monetary fund, which is reflected in the lack of jobs. there are no jobs, wages are not enough, permanent price increases. that's why argentine workers are on the streets today. inflation in argentina in july it's 7.4 percent. it's projected to reach around 100 percent for the year. inflation is an indicator of a weak economy. argentina's is a victim of crippling foreign debt. and like the rest of the world, the pandemic, and the rising cost of fuel and flour caused by the war in ukraine. these margin, the high rear from the province of jack, go in the far north, the larger theda they cut, roll over the country because inflation, his work is the hardest thing, the value of their wages. the really thing week my, we, my mom, get him off the beetle, the government on choose day cut subsidies for household fuel and water bills saying it would re focus on those most in need. however, with prices rising weekly,

those needs a growing, the latest official figures. sure more than one 3rd of arch inclines living in poverty. grandma, i say my daughter we are suffering from inflation and a pair so has collapsed against a dollar. so it's tough, but we have got work. we are not protesting. we just wanted the government to see what we need. our her, establish on the lawyer the book is, is supporting the government and it's right to make things better. we're not asking them for anything. we're supporting them. others are running out of patience with the government on the pressure to find solutions to a problem. this blighted argentina for many years. daniel, find their al jazeera, one of iris, at least 26 people have been killed and dozens injured in forest fires in north eastern algeria. most of the deaths when eltoff, near the border of tennessee firefighters and helicopters are trying to contain

about 45 more than 250 people and forced to leave her lots more. so to come here and i'll just hear including drivers in serious capital, struggle to make ends meet us. fuel costs are a lot of control and is another conflict brewing in the balkans haters. chief holes crisis talks with serbia and customer warner students. ah, richard, he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle. brook your travel package to the hello. there was got in the middle east and it's feeling rather hot and humid for many of the gulf states that says, temperatures have dropped across the region for places like guitar, as well as southern areas of saudi arabia. it's looking a little unsettled thanks to some blustery winds blowing about, kicking up a lot of that dust and causing hazy sunshine. we see some showers continue across

the south west, the saudi arabia, edging into western areas of yemen. we could see more flooding as that rain intensifies on friday and that joins up with the bands of rain pulling across central parts of africa, heavier for, for southern sudan into chad as well. and my jury, which has seen flooding, but we are seeing the very heavy rain effect western parts of africa martini, at the gambia and synagogue, expecting to see some heavy falls as that easterly wave pulls its way out to the west. heavy falls as well for southern areas of malia and my jury again on friday as we move move further south. this is a much dryer picture, but it is looking rather cold for southern areas. we're going to see a bit of a dramatic drop in temperatures, not just for south africa, but for botswana, an namibia. and that's thanks to a cold front that's blowing its way from west to east. what been the temperature rather dramatically in vend hook, but there will be some recovery on sunday kat saw airway official airline of the

journey debating the issues of the day frog use as always, dan criminalized around though boundaries of rights. these are just number their people, their families, and our friends, and our community members on air or online at jewel voice. this made it to, we don't believe in dialogue. political crisis must vsoft with a political solution as climate change progress is there some people who are in places that they're just going to have to made? there's no recognition about what we're ready facing the street. oh, now j 0 with a walking back of her mind about top stories here. this our israel and turkey are restoring full diplomatic ties. after years of strained relations. they'll be

reappointing ambassadors, but turkey is foreign minister said it would not have found that its support for the palestinians. 3 major u. s. pharmacy chains of an order to pay $650000000.00 to $2.00 counties in the state of ohio. a court found that pharmacy is run by c vs walmart than walgreen's. help create a public nuisance by over supplying addicted painkillers and thousands of people in argentina. i've been demonstrating against the rising cost of living. trade unions are demanding higher wages as well as unemployment and poverty benefits. argentina has one of the world's highest inflation rates, but also feeding the pinch off people in syria. years of civil war have crippled economy and now the government's been forced to increase fuel prices. jillian wolf reports mohammed makes a living selling charcoal, a single taxi fair and serious capital damascus cost the same as her daily income. so she carries out our errands across the city on foot. i live in fun mitzvah

collodion. i have a daughter working towards her high school certificate, one of the main reason she failed her class was because of transport. when she registered at a school that she would walk, if she couldn't catch public transportation, she couldn't find any. she would need a taxi, which i cannot afford on armando, could that up? she says people miss city have stopped socializing because of the sparling fuel costs taxi and many bus drivers and serious struggle to make a living during a decade of conflict. and now with a certain energy prices around the world, it's becoming tougher. 2 weeks ago, authorities more than double the cost subsidized petro viewable. does it stress whole, but have high blood pressure? and i've had 2 strokes, but i want to live. i don't want to bake. it's difficult for me to beg lama, even though bigger mike, more money now dies begging is more profitable than the many of us. in the 11 years

since the war in syria began, its local currency has collapsed to barely one per cent of its pre war value. and that fleeting little hope for its people. chilling wolf, al jazeera kenya's president elect william router, was again calling for unity and says, he's ready to get down to the business of governing. he held a media conference in which he said, people have chosen their leaders. can his electoral commission says router 150.4 percent of the vote, but his opponent, reino, dingo, is disputing that result saying you'll challenge it in court. awe on tv, squeeze people over from us. okay. say we listened to you guys. we want to know when the body of your commitment is going to begin and i really want

to know that the expectation of them are huge. and that all we do not have to do that. it wouldn't be any time. malcom way has more now from nairobi. it was talking mostly about what they want to do when it from when they take office good. he was very much forget about when speaking with a lot of confidence that that would happen. but it was on tuesday afternoon. right . we're doing rejected those results and said that him in his coalition would do everything they could legally and constitutionally to get those results overturned . now the constitution give petition is 7 days after the announcement of the result . there were just 5 days left to file a petition to the supreme court waiting to find out. if ryder we're doing is immune coalition, or if other rights groups will file petitions in it, it can be expected at this stage for at least any politically motivated petitioners to keep that card close to that chest. when this happened last time, 5 years ago,

following the election, then riley were doing it was at the time leading the opposition. he challenged the election results in court. the petition was submitted right to the last hour before that deadline was met. likely so that lawyers given maximum time to gather evidence and minimum time for any responding to prepare. so we'll be watching over the next few days to see if anyone will be finding a petition up to the deadline, which will come on monday. and there's an air of uncertainty and write a dingo stronghold in consumer in western kenya, tara mckesson, articles after days of uncertainty, things seem to be getting back to normal in consumer rollo dingus from hold businesses that are closed have now re open to supported, expect him to go to court, but they have mixed feelings about the way forward putting to me a it was it was not stolen. route or maybe warren,

but the 50 percent the maybe did not achieve, i think or less induct. let go and should lead, talk to you to move on. normally should just move away. really one piece and one things to get on. you can just stay with the court. or what will, what will court. all can you can do for now is wait and see how the process plays out. it could be valid thing of lawyers collecting the evidence to take the court if he goes to court. and people are wondering what kind of evidence that we have. it isn't enough to overturn the results. yes until monday to approach the court times military has displayed is most advanced, janet and ran nighttime demonstration missile equipped f sixteens took off from an ad based on the wednesday show. a 4th follows china's unprecedented military drills around the island facing state, days of air and sea exercises in the taiwan straits. early this month,

in response to visits by senior us the governor of ukraine's cottage regions says russian shilling has killed at least 6 people and injured several others in our residential district. early on a wednesday, at least 4 people were injured in strikes, made the southern port city of odessa missiles also hit the coastal town of taco destroying several buildings. atoka is an important link between odessa region and the rest of ukraine. and russia's military has started rebuilding. one of the most heavily bummed residential areas in the occupied city of mario poll says the 1st 2 billings of a new complex should be completed by september. matter, you, paul was almost completely destroyed by shilling during the 1st few months of the wall. once home to more than 400000 people, the population is now estimated to be in just the 10s of thousands ukrainian authorities. and as apparitions have joined nuclear disaster response drills, the exercise is not taking place after several incidents of shilling at europe's

biggest nuclear power plant cave and moscow blame each other for tax on the russian control facility. ukraine's energy minister says his government's extremely worried about the safety of the site. of course we are concerned that's for sure and that this is the issue with the that the situation from the when they start throwing from of the piece of august, it's changed dramatically. and of course we're content, that's why we're here. that's why we grade this group. that's why we wolfe in the everyday communication with and we speak to our international partner. nato says it will boost peacekeeping numbers in the balkans as tensions rise between serbia and kosovo. the alliance of chief un stilton berg as hell crisis talked with both leaders to trying to avert fresh conflict in the region. relations have been strained since the end of july and kosovo, declared that serbian identity documents and con number plates would not be valid. the said minority in kosovo reacted by putting up road blocks and firing guns into the air. the you will host read direct talks between the 2 leaders on thursday,

how to zeros, augment storage as more from brussels, nato secretary general leon salzberg said in brussels that they are peacekeeping mission impossible. k 4 is ready to intervene. if stability between serbia and possible is it 3 southern they're kept talks to be president of serbia, alexander, voltage and kosovo. prime minister all be in court. the on a recent pages between 2 western balkan neighbors and the day before their upcoming talks in your facility to dialogue. so be our president said that he and possible prime minister disagree on almost everything, but that peace and stability were crucially important. lay the strangers were 3 years late in july, i had a customer intention to implement a law making all surfaces equal the serbs to use cost of our car plates. also, people from serbia anther impossible would have to care breach. do not, you should exit entry documents, which would be used as an id during their stay. these move to get the local serbs

who put up our old blocks and sounded air raid sirens, fully fated. the several gunshots have been reported, console for thorn implementations of the low for one month, and therapy every move. they're all books, but that asians have stayed. you expressed a great concern over de grove inflammatory authority. so both sides and cold war to jim courtney to work on the escalation in order to find a mutually agreeable solution for the normalization of the relations of serbia and its former province that declared independence in 2008. meanwhile, germany's deploying troops to the e. u. peacekeeping mission in bosnia and herzegovina for the 1st time in a decade, there are grain concerns of the worn ukraine could spread to the balkans. the countries hundreds of kilometers in the front line. but there are fears that and increasingly bold bosnian serbs shepherdess movement is being supported by russia. scientists are warning the ongoing drought in europe could be the worst in 500

years. while fires in southern parts of the continent are still devastating large areas, but is not in barber reports. extreme rainfall is also causing chaos. ah, my flight is retreating briefly in southeast, in spain there trying to stop the flames from reaching houses in the valley. the able area near valencia, the huge 5 again. when lightning struck it the weekend fueled by strong winds. it's forced hundreds of people from their homes. what are so far this year, spain had almost $400.00 wildfires and they've already destroyed more than 3 times the area consumed by flames. in 2021. they've been fueled by heat waves and drought conditions that scientists attribute to climate change. in germany, the drought means you can see so called hunger stones at various sections of the river right. centuries ago they were placed on dry river beds and marched to warm

future generations. their exposure could signal famine. over in france, the country's longest river, the la looks like this. record drought has cut the river flow to a trickle, meaning in places, people could almost walk from one shore to the other. and then my son atrista semi place parish renamed hash out. it makes me sad because i grew up here and i've never seen it like that before. we could go to the water holes over there with the children and fish. scientists are wanting that low river levels across france are assigned that can't be ignored, clearly shows ma comanche key it on once it and any other climate change is underway. it's undeniable, and that compels us to re think our rules for sharing water resources. we must understand that we're all affected. water is a common good way, and every one of us will have to rethink our behavior over here, where the rain has finally arrived. like here in paris, it's badly needed,

but europe's having to get used to heavy downpours. travelers on the metro had to contend with flooded stations, metty or false reported that one months worth of rain fell in the space of an hour at scotch the banquet. oh and the sky also opened in london with parts of the u. k . capitol experiencing flash flooding. thunderstorms are expected in england and wales, and with a dry soil, almost impenetrable. in areas people are being wants to watch out for further flooding. nadine barbara al jazeera, heavy rains and flooding of till that these 200 people in sedan, dozens of villages have been destroyed. the government says the floods of cause more damage and the state can handle on his ears. he morgan has more furniture here . some item fare and had the alley is trying to collect what he can from his home. it was damaged and left submerged by heavy rains and torrential floods in a manner again. in sedans, da, 0, state law market, lashara, blah. you hi la,

you. hi, we now don't have any food or water. the floods came in the middle of the not well, i was working on a night shift to be able to provide food from our family. similar damage and destruction can be seen in houses around the village. more than 700 homes were destroyed in over 50 villages in edmond again, the district has been declared a disaster zone. abraham use of family was one of more than 3000 affected by the floods in the region. maria hush, it got added, added. the water came in tor, down the front walls. they then entered the rooms and we moved away as they started collapsing around us. all these houses have collapsed, turn on more. and when i go is now largely sub married homes are not the only places affected. farm lands have also been devastated by floods threatening the harvest season. around november. already nearly a 3rd of to dance $43000000.00 people are short of food and prices have increased in the past month. government officials say the scale of damage in almanac. it is

unprecedented. local number 2. okay. and then on the we were expecting the damage should be less. so we were surprised by the amount of destruction the flood season usually causes damage with that. but what we have seen this year is beyond the state's ability to respond. many people are now waiting for help, but with mortar and shall rains forecast and flood expected. they're worried, it may come to late, hip morgan, alta 0. ah tough. a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera, israel and turkey are restoring full diplomatic ties. after years of strain relations, there'll be reappointing their ambassadors, but turkey's foreign minister said it would not abandon its support for the palestinians. he did in the appointment of ambassadors is also important for the development of bilateral relations. on the other hand, as we have always said, we.