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hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up can years, rolla or dingo challenge is the result of the presidential vote. just days after the election commission declared william bruce are the winner. the u. s. and south korea begin their biggest joint and military drills in years. plus i've had to call him to washington dc. we're monkey pox vaccine clinics like this one are popping up across the country. but is it too little, too late? ah, welcome to the program. we begin in pakistan where former prime minister him ron khan, is facing terrorism charges. after being accused of making threats against the police and judiciary and medical raeleen. borders have gathered outside his home in

islamabad, warning of mass protests if he's arrested these. lemme bed high court has granted con protective bal until dang. he lost no confidence large back in april binding a struggling economy. his popularity has searched his latest rallies, have drawn and tens of thousands of people in the action because no, no, no, no, no, no one that we present on monday, before least we'll have to pass over before they can arrest him. i believe they cannot do, it is impossible. i think that is all media hide. the police are not even capable of reaching here. it has become the mission of our lives. criminal hider is outside him run cons, residence in islamabad with more on those challenges. there was

a lot of apprehension that he would be extra late last night or in the early odd of the morning and that i've got from hundreds of bits of board to come to a residence which is situated on the outskirts of islam about you're familiar with funding, it's residences on our head office now he's a 100 of the party leaders who have been arriving from a cross country supporter that rarely given the fact that despite being a working day, many people left up. but now he had been able to get a pre eric, veiled from the summer body. i caught him, lord of god will have to be before the i did get it going on. the 25th grade will be important to see where they will be den or not, but the fact that he had tremendous the board. in fact, iran con support was raining until that was of no gone present against them.

correlation of 13 bar dude, outer den. and despite dash and popularity skyrocketed, the opposition of god, richard been ruling for the past few months. i've been unable to come to grips with buckets on worsening economic crisis. inflation is over 40 percent people are fed up and on i'd been able to garner support their growth that their white canyon presidential candidate, riley dingo has filed a challenge with the supreme court against the results of the country's race in selection. the former prime minister was narrowly defeated in this month of ours. he says the results are flawed and should be declared null and void can use electrical commission declared his rival william bruce, i'm the winner with 50.5 percent of the vote. or dingo got 48.8 percent, but for the 7 commissioners who over saw the polls refuse to endorse them. web is live for us in the hello the malcolm. what's next in the process

right now. sure. while ago brought everything arrived here at the course of the crowd of a supporter to deliver the petition. and with me, one of the lawyers on his team in the company's name. james ringo. please, can you tell us what exactly are your complaints with this election? we got several complaints on their body, some of the i and the nature of complaints of commission of criminal offenses on the election offenses by the president of the level commission. what are those criminal offenses by the campus and they are for jury over election documents. there was that interference with the integrity of the technology that was used in the elections. there was also folks you cation of results, which you uploaded into the networks the rope rated by the electrical machine. and

he is seeking them to adjust the result of change the results. are you seeking a ribbon of the select? we are seeking several orders and it will be upon the court to make that determination. or if they order on of we are prepared. but we think there was no proper count, and if the county, if there's a proper count that is supervise the court, the result we are very sure it will image that rayleigh model, dingo, on the election. and to that extent, we are prayed that he be declared to be the president duly elected president, though to public opinion, and in the case of a re run, what would be your conditions for even conditions re run. the commission cannot function the way it tastes a fast and foremost. i do not think the chairman can preside over a fair, incredible election. so our condition a precedent is that it should be removed from presiding over the affairs of the

commissioner. and secondly, we want a ne, been enabling an environment we created which will ensure that the system can operate efficiently and that those will preside over the elections in tom's o'clock's in thompson, returning officers, donald presiding officers. i do it in accordance with the law. thank you. very much that was james, a wrangler who's one of the legal team of riley dingo who's petitioning the results of kenny's election that was announced one week again while we're waiting to see those results. thank you very much. we update malcolm where black for us in nairobi the us and south korea are carrying out their largest joint drills in the 10s of thousands of troops. so taking part in the wake, long live fi exercises which involve a craft war ships and tanks. south korea president has promised to strengthen

deterrence against north korea. lodge on german and penny. i guess wars today are quite different from those in the past. the enemies will certainly conduct cyber attacks on national information and communication infrastructure and attack key industrial basis such as ports, airports, and nuclear power plants, high tech, industrial facilities including semiconductors, and major raw material supply chains to neutralize our ability to wage war. this exercise will be a starting point for the government to reorganize its emergency preparedness in line with the changing war patterns she from. so robin bride has more on the scale of those exercises. it involves literally hundreds of thousands of personnel, both military and also as civilian. they run through to the 1st of september. there is a very large civil defense element to these exercises with whole government departments and preparing for emergencies and so on, alongside the military units of both south korea and the united states. now the

exercises happen in 2 phases. first of all, there is a simulated attack from the north. that is how the south korea would, would survive an attack from the north. and then the 2nd phase, which is basically a counter offensive against the north, from south korea, alongside us allies. now for the past few years, these exercises have not been held here on such a scale in part that been because of the pandemic. but largely it has been because there has been a liberal administration here that's trying to be pursuing dialogue with north korea. and this was thought to get in the way of that, but there is now a conservative administration here president june. so kill telling cabinet members monday that he wants to see security in south korea returning to a state of being water tight as he described it. that the only way you can guarantee preparedness and readiness is to hold the kind of exercises on the scale

of a full blown conflict. hence the, these exercises being held, involving a literally thousands of units. i'm personnel, both military and civilian the the ladies of the u. s. u. k. france and germany say attacks close to ukraine's is apparition. nuclear plant must stop. ukrainian. officials say city need, the complex was shells that started a large fire and cut power to about 3000 people. keep accuses moscow of turning the facility into a military base. frances russian president vladimir putin has a great to allow the un nuclear watchdog to inspect the facility. meanwhile, the southern ukrainian city of mich alive has been heavily bombarded since russia's invasion began back in february. more than 6000 residential buildings and 66 medical facilities are reported to have been destroyed. at least 300 educational

sites have been damaged, as well as 131 cultural institutions. many people don't have gas power or water. al jazeera is to raise a boat. this report from nikolai, the, it's become my daily routine, waiting for drinking water in the city of nicole live in southern ukraine. do that cloud has water in the taps is contaminated, so why not also bombs, the destroying us? the water pump was attacked near her sown, so without water. now, there's dirty water in the taps. we can't use it to cook food, only to wash our fate and use it flush 6 months ago. right? and forces tried to capture me call life. the queen and army managed to repel their attacks and pushed them out of the city. but people like alexander hope of keena continue to struggle. me as you will. i won't go anywhere. this is our land. we will stay here with us was not the who am

i i thought that because of my age i was going to have a nice life but know every day there's shelling but it's not just the water. thousands have been for the area. little more about what roman bullshit of house was destroyed by 2 russian rockets. his family have left the country that he says he had to stay with. all men are fighting age. i've been to leave the country at the thought you are so bad attack before, but no one expected that this area would be targeted. it's not clear what they aim for. could be the factory behind, but you see they target people, residential areas all and there's no guarantee. russia won't try to take her city once again. rockets continue to be fired. on the 5th, you're reducing homes of schools and health care facilities. this used to be the tomato ology area of this hospital. and as you can see, it was completely destroyed. authority say that around 10000 buildings in the city

have been damaged by the shelling ah, the streets look empty except for barricades meat of tires. a chill how the city is ready to resist. a russian occupation. authorities are struggling to restore electricity and gas supplies before winter, or ticket my mother while the russians will not pull back. they won't stop here. however, as of today, we have everything in order to face them. we will meet them and fight them with what we want you up. while the fighting goes on in the southern and eastern parts of the country, millions have managed to escape. but many others are reluctant to leave. it's their home, they say, and i need to remain here is greater than the constant dangers a face. it is, i will, i'll just see that nikolai ukraine still ahead on al jazeera, devastating floods in shad reduce thousands of homes to rabble and more rain is on

the way how cutting down trees actually helps protect forests in mexico? ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world camp is on its way to cattle. your travel package to the torrential rain coming for the philippines. main island of lose aren't hey everyone. here's the details. all has to do with this tropical storm cutting across the island. so the darker the color here, the more intense the rain is falling. now if we go to china, some storms rumbling down to the gang see river valley. so that's going to drop down temperatures in shanghai in the days to come, but still above the august temperature average. and while japan, so kado island has just been getting pelted with rain as of late that all moved

away from the far northeast of china. we're, we've got much commer weather in store here. after india there has been flooding in ulta pradesh states had just copious amounts of rain had been dumped here. this all had to do with a monsoon or depression. and we see it swirling around raja stan and gutter out on tuesday. this is going to move into bacchus don, is about the 3rd monsoon depression and just as many weeks. so here's the forecast on tuesday. we see that rain and upper syn province. let's put this a day forward on wednesday. is pretty much gonna stall out in this area, upper sim province, eastern baluchistan and southern portions of punjab province. meantime, look at cobble 19 degrees. you've got several days of rain to go in areas where we've already seen some flooding. take care. we'll see you soon. ah, visual airline of the journey to years held captive by i saw a life altering experience for any victim more so when 2 years is half

of your life time a 4 year old jersey, the boys struggles to recover from the trauma of abuse and the witnessing of unspeakable atrocities. i meds, childhood, a witness documentary on a just either. oh a hello you want to 0? i'm emily angry. he's a reminder about top stories this alum pakistan prime minister in ron khan is facing terrorism charges. days after criticizing the police and judiciary supporters have gathered outside his dilemma at home,

the court has granted con protective bail canyon presidential candidate rylon is challenging the result of this month's election at supreme court. the former prime minister was narrowly basin by rival william and the u. s. m. south career carrying out their largest joint and military drills in years. so says the drills are starting point to reorganize its emergency preparedness. the governor of the us state of indiana has held talks with the president of ty, one amid heightened attentions with china. eric holcombe is leading a food american delegation to visit time pay this month, us how speak and nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation also visited the island. that angered badging, which considers taiwan its own territory. its president sy, in when called for more economic cooperation with the us, taiwan is vital to the global semiconductor supply chain high. and you know,

the high one is willing and able to strengthen cooperation with democratic partners in building sustainable supply chains for democracy, chips. and together we can safeguard our common values and create even greater prosperity because we share so many common values and interests and goals. there are more opportunities ahead of us than i think there ever have been before for us to continue to strengthen and cultivate and nurture. this relationship. as our economies grow and grow together, we will continue to seek to build strategic partnerships with you. emergency crews in iraq have recovered at 2 more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed shrine. a landslide cause part of the shrine, new kabbalah to caving on saturday. and the 7 people have been killed. floods and lance lives in northern and eastern india have killed at least 50 people

in the past 3 days. heavy rain that battered hundreds of villages triggering flash floods that swept away homes and destroyed bridges. most victims from the state of human child pradesh, depths have also been reported in the rock hand and deja, where fountains of people have been displaced. and in southern pakistan, hundreds of people have fled. their homes is heavy. rain caused unprecedented flood levels. rescue workers helped villages onto boats in punjab province. since mid june, severe floods in the region have destroyed roads and submerged more than 9000 horns . at least 22 people have been killed in heavy rain and floods in chad. more than a 1000 homes have been destroyed there and health services disrupted with more wet weather expected. many people feel the challenges ahead. heber morgan reports from and jemina known. den geraldine is still trying to pick up belongings from the

rubble of her damage. home. a mother of 5, she says heavy rains in chats capital in jemina forest, her and her family to seek shelter when their roof and walls collapsed. ya damn idaho rattle buck hancock, ari i was in the market and it started raining heavily. then i got a call from my neighbors that my house was destroyed. luckily, my children were not home. i came back to find the situation like this one murder case for. at least 22 people have been killed by rains and floods and dozens of us injured since the thought of the season, according to the united nations, across the country, over a 1000 homes have been destroyed. many people here said they have not seen this much rain and destruction before, according to the you and environmental agency. chad is one of the country's most affected by climate change, and those likely to suffer as a result are the vulnerable communities. the floods have left many with no access

to clean water. this is one of the main hospitals in india, mana, now it's surrounded by flood water and murder. the last 2 in and my d. willa rouge because of the floods. patients can't come to the hospital. there is no transport. we only received severe cases that are brought here by ambulances. but many of those who are state can't come. medical services have also been disrupted, amid concerns of what's up on diseases, a place in, i'm a sub the dean. listen, willa mac. we only have 2 departments working from the children's department and the surgery department number or the other department has stopped working because of the water in the hospital. and the rains are expected to continue until october . and the fear is that until then, more homes will be destroyed, more lives lost. he bill morgan, al jazeera jemina. the u. s. is reporting more than $14000.00 confirmed monkey pumps infections. that's an increase of 30 percent ingest awake white house

officials of trying to secure an additional 2000000 doses of the vaccine petticoat hy and explains how people are coping with the rise in infection. so my name is matt, monkey pox the sucks and you don't want it all across social media. monkey pox, patients are posted warning. this is a painful, debilitating disease that you don't want to get. i was in so much pain right now. the vast majority of cases are in men who have sex with other men. it's rarely fatal, but activists in the gay community have mobilized. i'm very confident that we can get ahead of it before the massive outbreak, given the communities fortitude and they are resilient. and also learning from the mistakes of cove it and there is a vaccine. the cdc says it should be administered in 2 doses 20 days apart. but

there's not nearly enough of it that the nation critics like these are now popping up across the country. or critics say the by the ministration was very slow and more important, leaving hundreds and thousands of doses of the vaccine that the us already own in europe. so now officials are trying to stretch the vaccine by administering it in a different way. they're hoping to get 5 doses out of one vial, but there could be a problem with that. it's totally unclear that anything i read on the science, if the degree of protection is identical to what the original proposal is. restriction which is to get to full dose is not goldstraw, says he was turned away from getting his 2nd shot. he believes it's a problem of supply. the d. c. health department claims, the biden administration. what we end up getting is 12000 doses. had we got 12000 files and vaccine would have been some 60000 doses that we would have had. the monkey pox virus has spread quickly in the united states. the 1st case was reported

in may. the cdc says there are now more than $14000.00 confirmed cases. the by the administration says they are working to secure millions more vaccine doses. but health experts say that creates other issues really need to be partnering with our global partners and colleagues around the world to make sure the vaccines aren't just made available to high income countries like you asked and, and, and europe. but also that, you know, it's just, it's pretty alarming and disgusting that now there are still no vaccines made available on accounting of africa. the maker of the vaccine says it will take months to expand its production capabilities. but experts say the window to contain a broader outbreak could already be closing. patty calhane al jazeera washington millions of students in the philippines are returning to school up to one of the world's longest locked downs of the pandemic. children have been studying at home for more than 2 years. barnaby lo has more from manila, i had a weaker community class in the manila so,

but these children are learning how to read. it's a skilled that by global standards should have been mastered by the age of 10. but kimber shawnee, who is in the 4th grade, were still struggles to read in his date of filipino. all, mom who was english is an even greater challenge will do it. they go home or you know, in numbers are equally difficult for the 6 day. oh, maybe these children have been attending class remotely since the coven 19 pandemic began in 2020 aust. restrictions were only lifted this year. i think united be

convenient models are busy with work with jewels at home. they may not have enough time to to, to their kids, which is a huge part of distance learning. well with the result is a further setback in the quality of education. not only for the philippines, but for most low in middle income countries. the quality of learning among filipino school kids was already poor in pre pandemic times. in 2019 only around 30 percent could read simple texts or understand a simple story by the age of 10. international aid agencies say that number has now dropped to less than 20 percent. on monday schools open for in person classes for the 1st time in 2 years, covered 19 is still very much concerned with temperature checks, face match, and regular hand washing the norm. but the education department apologise that the bigger problem is learning deficiency. we have a program, it's called every child is able to read. so. ready that's an after school program

that we are launching with the help of credited tutors and teachers. so that would be good sort of a focus on the literacy skills. ready our children, the government homestead, pursuing face to face classes will improve the quality of education to better quip these children in an increasingly competitive world. oh, barnaby low al jazeera manila singer boys d criminalizing gaze, sex repealing a colonial era long. the city state is known for its conservative values, but there have been growing calls for the legislation to be abolished. the change does not affect singapore. is that legal definition of marriage between a man and a woman? communities in central mexico, i using a historic but unconventional technique to save thousands of trays. and mal wrap alone has the story from the amana alco forest

o trees from a forest in central mexico or being harvested for timber. the images don't exactly evoke a sense of conservation either, but several communities who reside near the outskirts of this forest have found that sustainable timber harvest and land protection go hand in hand is approach. i'm in thought. what can they do? this harvest generates economy gains for the community, which are distributed in percentages for social projects, and most importantly, for deforestation, and creating conservation brigades to protect against forest fires, such as the pine trees being hauled away or taken to a sawmill. here the sale of wood has brought steady income to almost a dozen communities known as a heedless under mexican agrarian law. and he, those have communal ownership over the force and are entrusted with protecting it on say, he got one historian, he says young 11, a heroes,

a part of our organization. they all abide by the rules of forestry management, which determine precisely how much would can be extracted annually. with the rainy season underway, reforestation efforts are in full swing and the mexican government is providing assistance in the form of pine saplings. it's a model of sustainability that's existed in mexico for hundreds of years. roscoe, many other adult, been there available scale me, or when a community sees the force of their livelihood. they have an incentive to preserve it and protected from fires, illegal logging and carrying for the biodiversity inside the forest community investment in eco tourism has also brought jobs to the region. there are concerns, however, that many here don't feel safe speaking to reporters about on camera. especially given the encroachment by criminal groups known for illegally exploiting agricultural lands and forests. illegal logging continues to be

a big problem in some parts of the country, but here in central mexico community management of natural resources has proven to be an effective way of protecting forest and promoting sustainable development. more than 30 percent of mexico is covered by forests and dedicated conservation efforts are crucial for their survival. at least this force counts on the full time stewardship of its human guardians. monroe up a little al jazeera mexico's amen. alco forest. hundreds of women have been posting videos of themselves partying in support of finland's prime minister. the women from finland in denmark shade clicks themselves, dancing with their friends, along with the hash tag solidarity with phantom finish leda. santa marin has been criticized over lake video that show her having fun with friends. marin has taken a drug test to disprove allegations she took banned substances.