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jess. longest river running dry off to china's most intense hate wave in 60 is puts farm lands and factories at risk. and on dominant kane and cologne, where one of western europe, largest rivers, water levels, are running dangerously low. ah, a low on sammy's a band. this is al jazeera live from dell hall. so coming up, fire to weapons depot in russia, near the ukrainian border. and a number of explosions reported near a major airbase and crimea. crank down on street gangs in el salvador. the government extends emergency measures by another month. and a look at how the war, new crane is fishing, south korea's booming weapons industry to invest more in drone technology.

ah, now countries around the globe or in the grips of intense summer heat waves, the world's biggest and mightiest rivers are drying up parts of europe from france to italy and germany rivers. a slowing to a trickle bats killing, harvest, halting marine traffic, and hurting factories and industries. millions of livelihoods are at stake and in the world's 2nd largest economy, china, asia is longest river is also shrinking as well after a heat wave that lasted more than 2 months. the longest since records began. patrick falk reports from cha ching, one of the hardest hit regions. it's faint for being one of china's furnace cities with the longest summers and hottest temperatures. but in the last couple of months, the heat in the southwestern city of cha ching has been oppressive even by its own standards. mercury levels have frequently talked 40 degrees celsius and had an all

time record high of 45 degrees. earlier this week, paula: yes. what is hell? i'm melting. many tourists come to cha, ching, to marvel at its sites. darling river might be what's most i catching now. it's a major tributary that meets the yen see further south, and it's dried up so much. people can walk half way across it. again, i'm definitely worried it could effect residence and face that need to use the water. for classes of warned the dry spell could last well into september. authorities have begun discharging water from the 3 gorges dam to replenish the yanks in its offshoots. but normal floes could still be months away. here in the city, people are cooling off wherever possible. this library converted out of an old air raid shelter has become a popular hang at a breeze circulates through the funnel shaped space, making it an ideal hide away when it's especially hot,

more people come. but elsewhere, it's hard to escape the effects of this heat wave and the draft that come with it. a short drive south of the city is long gin village with insufficient irrigation crops here a dying. well, this here shows pretty clearly why crops are struggling. the water for this field behind us has receded about 20 meters away from the crops and what's been left behind is just this bone dry layer of mud report say more than 350000 people in rural chunking are suffering because of a shorter journey to supplies many of them like one man, we spoke to our elderly and can't do much to fix the problem. because they use a more irrigation systems. you have to buy pipes and machine. you said you have to spend the money and it's not worth it because the stuff was already dried and died . like, what's the point of water in if it's already dead? and with many scientists saying hot a days as

a result of global warming are here to stay days here for the people of long ging could be numbered. patrick bach, al jazeera, chunking, china, and in europe, one of the most important rivers for farming industry and commerce is threatening to run dry. the rhine river flows through 6 european countries. it's a key war to way for transporting coal, iron and other natural resources. dominic cane reports from coal on how germany's coal supply is now the threat. it could almost be a picture postcard of the rhine goods barges chug up and down the river while children explore the pebbles on the bank. and yet a closer look shows something else for in most summers, much of this area would be submerged. but months of high temperatures and little or no rainfall have changed things. or we see right now with

a low or water levels in rivers is the new normal or it's even worse of the new normal will be even more extreme. we have seen a global temperature increase of 1.2 degrees on global average right now seen from overhead. the situation is clear, this satellite image of nearby dusseldorf shows the river. now, this one how it was in the same place, 12 months ago, if the science of what's happening is clear, the practical application of it is causing problems for many different companies, the shipping ones in particular, because they look at the ryan as it is now and have real concerns about how deep it is and how easily they can navigators. and crucially how much each of their vessels can carry. for one or 3rd, one ships bringing salt here from high up on usually carry almost 2200 tons. now they're arriving with $600.00 tons and that shows the less water,

the less cargo on the ships. and in this year of war in ukraine, there is another drawback with russian coal now embargoed across the e. u. many companies have paid to ship a non russian alternative via the rhine instead. but as the demand has risen, so the water levels to allow it to be delivered have dwindled. right now, most shipping companies are concentrating on the near future with autumn just weeks away. they expect its cooler, wetter weather to replenish the fine. but some scientists say that too could bring danger if it starts to rain as on touchstone, dr. saws, the water can not infiltrate into the soil. and sir, we diety a gets off his run off into the water. it runs out of the system of catchment and a producer, surf sad flesh shreds as we know from, from california. for example, the rhine has run dryer in summer before, but not often. it will have to rain

a lot to return the river to its more normal state. and let's go live now to dominic. he joins us from cologne. so 1st of all, how bad is it? look there? the thing that really strikes anyone coming to cologne and indeed pretty much all major german cities that are along the rhine. dusseldorf, you heard and my report there, sammy, is the rhine is really much dryer. it has really receded away from the banks, the side of the river that i'm on right now. and there's no question that the ships that are trying to pass along the length of the river really have difficulty. we know that they're having to transport far fewer tonnage than they would want to. we know that that is impacting upon the suppliers, coal steel, iron, those sorts of things. and we know that there have been problems of other kinds. so

some ships of devout developed mechanical faults causing traffic jams as it were to build up on the rhine and as yet still no really appreciable levels of rainfall to replenish the runners i was referring to in that report. so it may well be the case that the shipping companies are saying, okay, well we're in mid, mid to late august. autumn is not that far away, but it is still a few for weeks or so away. and no really heavy rainfall is predicted any time soon . and it's not just germany or just the rhine, is it take us through all the parts of europe, which are also getting a bit scorched now? yeah, well if you look at the, if you were to have a satellite image as it were, all western europe, central europe, indeed you would see pretty much the same pattern right across the board where there has been this very high temperature this period of very high temperatures not match rainfall at all. you see the same sorts of things,

dried up river beds and you hear the complaints that ships can't pass and that the companies that would use those ships having real difficulty and it means it has that knock on effect. that idea that these waterways which are being used to transport the sorts of things. but we all use in different ways while they're not being able to. and so again, we come back to this situation that europe is confronted with a reality at least this year. that this summer has been so dry, the rivers are then drying up and there appears to be no obvious solution. so you hear ships like the one behind me right now chugging along. and then you say to yourself, while they're transporting a fraction of what they would normally be transporting. and we've noticed that the few days that we've been here in western germany, each ship that goes by as much less than it would want to on board. i think so much dominant came there to the latest developments on the war and ukraine now as fighting continues along. ukraine's eastern and southern front lines,

our reports of at least 4 explosions near russian air base, north of so vast appalling crimea. there have been a number of explosions and fires that military bases and weapons, dep hose in the russian annexed region. in the past few weeks, russia has blamed at least one of those on saboteurs. inside russia, 2 villages were evacuated near the ukrainian border after a fire and ammunition demco happened in the battle. god region in the south maximilian has is a fellow at the foreign policy research institute. he says ukraine has been deliberately k, g, about who's been targeting russian installations in crimea, ukrainian and reasons for not taking claims or responsibility for all these incidents. but they've become increasingly cheeky. i guess you can say about with their comments, particularly about the strikes in crimea. crimea, of course,

is the sovereign territory of ukraine legally by russia 8 years ago. but the morale of this is very important for the inside the finally years. and despite advances and use them in the south, they are now able to carry out the facts and symbolically very important part of the russians having detailed the extent of the damages. but these incidents frequently targeted russian emissions and tried to disrupt the russian supply line . the real and there is to be a cranium to be able to weaken the russian position, could potentially have taken out a number of russian plans. and last, tuesday strike at the saki air base and in crimea with the intent of making it easier for them to launch a counter offensive north of the new river. re taking the occupied portions of nikolai, a region and of the region, but one of ukrainians to do that. even after these attacks still remains to be seen, there might rack the forces to, to push those advantages on the ground. securing europe's largest nuclear power

plant has been one of the issues that dominated talks between leaders of ukraine, turkey and the un secretary general on 1st day in live. if the walls impact on global food prices also discussed, to raise a bow reports, yet a just for you. but on the, in that i'm a high level meeting in living to talk about the war and its impact around the world, fretted and follow the military lensky meeting with turkish president, left i of at the one and the un secretary general antonio terrace. discussing the importance of continuing to exploit a queen in grain to the well through a humanitarian corridor. also the situation on the ground that the nuclear power plant is separate, yet still a major concern occupied by russian forces since march and with fighting. now increasing fears of a major nuclear incident, military equipment, but so now she withdrawn from the lands. further, the climate of forces or equipment of the sides must be avoided. the area needs to

be live at us. and we must feel it as it is, every potential damage he's up. what is your is suicide? the presence of griffin, an adult one here in levine. he seen by many as a new opportunity for progress, a key player in getting the site to strike the landmark dylan, green export air de one use his 1st visit to levine to repeat the need for continually diplomacy, chosen social any. it's in that i personally believe that the war will come to an end at the negotiating table was it all comes down to finding the fastest and easiest way to the negotiating table. ah, interested in miss sir president polanski, welcome turkey support, but we stated his position and talks at this point. that villainy myra. she's jupiter, i see was i sure there is no trust towards the russian federation. i believe that in this diplomatic window there is russian weaponry. that's why i'm surprised to

hear that they'd be ready for some kind of these people that kill rape every day. should cruise missiles on to our peaceful cities and infrastructure can not want peace. that's why, 1st of all, they must withdraw their troops from our territory and only done as fighting continues to rate in ukraine, southern and eastern regions. civilians continue to die in what keith says. i targeted russian attacks on residential areas. it's been almost 6 months since the war began, and thousands of people continued to be evacuated, injured and killed, and at white, crucial to find a way to a cease fire to prevent further loss of life. that is how i yeah. theda levy. ukraine still had now just sarah. indonesia reduces the prison sentence of one of the men behind the bodily boma tag which killed more than 200 people, angering australia. the u. s. pressures israel for more information on its res. again,

in the in charity group in the occupied west bank. ah, ah. unfortunately it's more bad news to deliver for nelson. this is the scene of flooding here in the port city on the south island of new zealand with a tropical stream of moister here. so that just rang it out over this area. looks like it's starting to die down as we head toward saturday peter out a bit, but you can tell it's is tropical air, right? look at some these temperatures gets been 21 degrees, so not only record rainfall, but also record temperatures in some cases as well. okay, for australia looking pretty good with one hiccup toward the southeast. we'll talk more about that in a sec. but 1st, the good stuff per that 20 degrees fall on sunshine. i've got to remember we got

those wildfires burning towards the top and so i promise you we will get back to the se. it looks like this, some showers in the zone and cooler air filtering into tasmania. so hobart, just 11 degrees that's below average for this to be gear and or china, it's a wash out. we've got feet of rain into not only this area but also hong kong and high nan, so pretty much from hanoi to hoops him in city. i to bangkok is a very soggy forecast here. and we're also seen that rain leave the korean peninsula and push into japan areas where we've already been soaked with rain. that trap they will see soon, bye. ah. ah

. lou. ah, you're watching, i'll just talk to recap all headlines now. 2 villages have been evacuated in russia near the ukranian border after a fire at the nominations depot. it comes off to a multiple bloss were reported in russian controlled crimea. that's a military airport, high temperatures and minimal rainfall, causing transportation problems along one of your most important rivers. low water levels in the river right now,

making it difficult to navigate more costly to move congo asia is longest. river is also shrinking in the face of a record breaking heat waves. it's lost in more than 2 months. searing temperatures around the yangtze river basin o. withering away crops in the fields. the us state department says it's concerned about israel crank down on palestinian rights groups. the occupied west bank is ready forces shot down several organizations after rating their offices on thursday . the government says it's part of efforts to combat, won't it calls terrorism? we have conveyed the message that there must be a very high bar to take action against civil society organizations are really partners in turn, have conveyed back to what's that they have met that high bar. that is, that is why and that is why that is why we are going to carefully review the

information that they have pledged to provide. we will form a conclusion on the basis of that information. the palestinian l sorrows. he says the groups targeted os humanitarian institutions. natasha when i'm reports from west jerusalem. and uh huh. hold on to her is really soldiers ran through the doors of darkened offices, rifled through documents and confiscated property in ramallah. 7 non governmental organizations were rated, including those serving palestinian women and children, and providing legal assistance on their way out. the soldiers seal doors and declared the office is closed. employee said these are humanitarian organizations helping palestinians living under israeli occupation. are we going to take a water leak? realty, a frome are due to playing polar. a lot of unity is coming from denito foldable

long looking a little. and also it comes from our people, you know, on this comes from the victims. you put a few new victims. this is, you know, what a legitimacy, the israeli defense minister, designated the non governmental institutions as terrorist organizations. israel says they are tied to the popular front for the liberation of palestine, which it also deems a terrorist organization. the government accuses these groups of operating under false pretenses of providing humanitarian assistance when in fact, they're helping recruit fighters raising money and engaging in fraud. the palestinian prime minister says some of the organizations targeted have been in existence before the arab israeli war of 1967. don, i was we'll continue to fund. we will continue to help these as situations as long as they are what pinged within did. but as the numbers and the odd, we have license them this up with the reports on annual basis. the u. n. condemned

the rates and called on israel to immediately reverse its decision. it's an or what long term effect the rates will have on the ability of the organizations to operate . employee say the only thing illegal here is he is really rate. they're cleaning up and they, they'll continue their mission to serve the palestinian people. natasha can a l g 0 was jerusalem. we have gotten taliban supreme leader as condemned wednesday to tackle a cobble mosque killed. $32.00 people, people to law on their reportedly spoke to the gathering of more than 2 and a half 1000 officials. some of the half the meeting was held to mark the 1st anniversary of the tale bonds rule is rare. public appearance follows a string of bomb attacks across the country. though a protest in the indian capital after 11 hindu men convicted of raping

a pregnant muslim woman were released from prison. the victim was attacked during religious rod. you're out in 2000 then to the woman 3 year old daughter was murdered during the violence amend received life sentences were released on remission by a prison advisory committee. the attack took place when indian prime minister under mowdy was good. your aunt's chief minister, australia is prime minister, says he's upset about ended easiest decision to cut the prison sentence of the bomb maker in the body attack nearly 20 years ago. my protect 20 years sentence has been reduced by a total of 2 years. it could be released on parole ahead of the 21st 3 of the bombings in october, $202.00 people were killed in the attack. 88 were astray. the in this will have a devastating impact on the families. they are going through a trauma. in memory of their last love, once we lost $88.00,

a straight lines in that terrorist attack, and it was a barbara attack. young people lost their lives so many people lost their lives. so it's not to see id i. there are thousands of people who've been impacted by this, and certainly the strong and government will be conveying diplomatically very clearly our view of this, which is a spur, the reduction in sentence they have been reductions before in the past. of the original sentence of this person. this is the north korea as leader has rejected. south korea is offer of economic aid in return for halting it's nuclear weapons program. kimmy john called the proposal the height of absurdity. comparing the south korean president to a barking dog who should shut his mouth. north korea launched to cruise missiles on wednesday. the south has held military drills and cooperation with the u. s. head

of the biggest joint exercises in year scheduled for next week. a man at free hardware exhibition in south korea capital has been showing off the latest in drone technology. countries, alms industry is emerge, says the largest exporter in the world, helped in part by the war and ukraine. rob mcbride reports from sol. it's some of the latest military drone technology that's transforming the way war risk falls from stealthy surveillance high above the battlefield, to sudden precision attacks down to it. they're used by both sides in the war in ukraine has increased interest globally thrown on. we have seen drones been widely used in ukraine, which shows data say city is increasing. so i think the market is getting bigger and bigger at high tech weapon making. it's supported by south korea as advanced manufacturing. just as it's precision and heavy engineering have helped it become

a leading supplier now benefiting from the war in ukraine. south korea, the war provides both opportunity, but also risk is stopped short of supplying weapons directly to ukraine for fear of angering. russia which exert influence over north korea, but the war has also increased demand from east european nations who want to buy ever more nato standard equipment. south korea has used its alliance with us and friendly ties with nato to position itself as a supplier of choice. signing its biggest ever single arms deal with poland for tanks, self propelled guns and fighter jets to replace equipment that poland sent to ukraine . cookie. and i thought john, john, good, i'm going through the nato summit. we exported the k to tank the canine howard here and f, a 50 jack to poland, achieving our biggest ever arms sail. last year,

south korea's military exports set a record of more than $7000000000.00. a figured that is already eclipsed by sales this year. thanks in part, to fighting thousands of kilometers away in eastern europe. robert bride al jazeera soul. a city in new zealand that's been hit by a major flooding could take years to recover. according to the maya, will further evacuations in the city of nelson on friday, off the $75.00 centimeters of rain fell in the span of just 3 days. the subs have damaged roads and facilities, and people have been asked to conserve water for land line damage. the local reservoir, brazil president j at both scenario is grabbed a heckler outside his home. just days after launching his re election campaign he tried to snatch the phone of the man who was filming himself while calling the

president. a coward critics have often signed to both scenarios temper as a problem. paul suggest he's trailing former friends and looted the silver head of october election. pharmacies and mexico say the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 was a state crime in the past administration, bears responsibility. they've also called the original inquiry ordered by then present, and they keep in and yet so a cover on human rights official also made a rather acknowledgement the students unlikely all their their disappearance from the southwest and city of a guar, sparks international outrage checked the collusion and participation of authorities from different government levels with local policeman from equality cooler, we'd stuco and typical cocoa has been fully confirmed. and of course, with the guerrero, you need those crime organization carrying out the disappearance of the youngsters

. salvador government, as extended sweeping emergency measures, used to crack down on powerful street gangs for another month. they were 1st announced in march and have been criticized by bright fruits. but the public seems to embrace them as john holmes explains. hello, el salvador has been living under estate, the murphy mency for almost 5 months to tackle the countries ramp and gang via this week. it was extended further. the 50000 people have so far been detained. that's just on the 2 percent. the countries labor force president neighbor kelly, cause the more terrorists i, under the emergency measures those detainees haven't got the right to a lawyer, ought to be informed why they've been arrested human rights groups say that many a process in mass hearings in which evidence isn't usually presented freeness as a husband's among my husband was working and i didn't find out he was detained

until 10 pm care provider. congress, dominated by the ruling party, overwhelmingly, voted measures to continue in those with the president of the door. and his government will do everything that is required to guarantee that these 50000 members have been captured and that it will not put a foot inside the communities. and why not? the state of exception is widely popular among an electro exhausted and traumatized by decades of predatory gang. an association of bus companies has said that extortion among its members who's dropped by 95 percent and the president, the architect of the crackdown regularly tweets of the countries seeing days of 0 mud is as a result of it. good. at what price? amnesty international says dozens of people have died in custody. and on the past, crackdowns, the gangs of simply re emerged again at the end. but i couldn't,