time we get to friday, it is an improving picture, will have the temperature start to improve, but it does remain rather wet with those storms sitting stagnant li over those central states of the southern u. s. elsewhere for western areas, the heat continues to build for the likes of seattle western areas of canada and along much of the west coast of the u. s. it's a similar story for the east coast. those storms have shifted off out to sea, leaving hot and humid conditions in places like new york city and washington dc. but it is a very wet story across the u. s. gulf coast, as it is for western areas of mexico. tropical moisture moving in, bringing some heavier falls to the west coast that show ever, ah, ah, quiet streets and occur few in khaki,

ukraine gets sent to markets independence. they him, if he is russia could intensify its attacks. any potential damage is operation is suicidal. the un urges russia and ukraine to protect europe, launches nuclear plant, warning the fighting is increasing danger of a disaster. ah, are you watching al jazeera life from doha with need for lee back people? also a head, a caught in thailand is said to hand down a ruling that will decide if the prime minister can remain in power. ah, full military honors, as brazil's president welcomes the inbound heart of a portuguese emperor. critics accuse him of playing politics as russia's energy war with europe gets worse. it's cold gas was causing a crisis. poland,

i'm andrew simmons. and because of it's at all explaining why shocks us standing in line for days on end, outside the coal mines, we begin in ukraine as it commemorates 31 years since the end of soviet rule. but this, he has independence day celebrations, or strikingly different countries on edge after warnings. russia may ramp up its attacks, streets are empty in the northeast, in city of car keys, where strict curfew is in place. authorities in the capital key have banned mass gatherings for the whole week. a day coincides with 6 months since the russian invasion began. and the u. s. has warned moscow is planning to strike civilian infrastructure in the coming days. but as algiers theresa ball reports from keith, sammy crane, they're still finding ways to mark the occasion. it's national flag day in ukraine,

president follow the military lens. he attended a ceremony to honor the symbol of the fight against the nation. cities across the east and south had been occupied by russia. ukraine is fighting to get them back. new calling there was an emergency. we will never recognize someone's callers or, nor land and in our skies were always ready to the fin, or blue and yellow flag. i asked now to commemorate heroes who give their lives for those scholars with a moment of silence. olivia ah ukrainian also marking 31 years of independence from soviet rule. the government has displayed russian tanks and armored vehicles that have been destroyed during the past 6 months. ukraine and official se moscow had been hoping to hold a military parade in central key to celebrate its victory. but this is what we got instead. veda, bucklin is confident, her country will prevail. we pray every single moment for the word to be over with

even our army, and we're sure it's going to be over with our week 3, but it just depends on the time ukraine. he's on high alert. president lensky says, let me pull the floating pressure falls, and us intelligence agencies have warned. russia may be planning strikes against government buildings or civilian infrastructure. keep as far from the front line and as only rarely been hit by russian missiles since your queen in forces managed to push russian soldiers out of the city. back in march, but or 40, they are cautious or have bending public gatherings and are asking people to take the air raid sirens very seriously. since february, thousands of people have been displaced, enjoyed and killed boucher. you've got reminder of the atrocities russian forces committed in their attempt to take the capitals by then. but he says he's still helping to bury the remains found in mass graves across the town. he had to move to

the queue. i think that neither i, nor anyone who lives in ukraine who witnessed the war, can understand what happened. so now we are surviving on adrenalin. but after everything that's happened, i'm worried that the off demand will last decades. 6 months on ukrainians are fighting for survival against an enemy that is unwilling to retreat. that is i will, i will just see down keep yvonne a claim push him yard. fay is a ukrainian m p. she says, while the war has been devastating, people remain hopeful and determined. yes, the situation is not easy, but some of the regains and liberation of our territories that we've succeeded to have definitely inspire us. there is more national unity and national resolve to ensure that we are pushing the enemy out of the of the country. and i want to people who i've talked to will have actually gone to reset the street to main

street of key of with this destroyed russian ammunition russian equipment are saying that this gives them additional additional hope that we will prevail. and therefore, they are celebrating predominantly in homes, predominantly with their families, but with a lot of hearts and a lot of hope for the future. not only survival, but living, living on and developing and prospering as a country or a cell will not give up if, unless and will not stop unless it will be stopped. and that's why it depends not only on the resolve of our armed forces and training of out of our armed forces and resolve our society. but also on the support that we need to sustainably receive from our western partners. and from those who believe in law, who believe in international international law, in values in our,

in independence and territorial integrity as, as the basic rights of the, of the nations and countries. their reports ration by separatists in mary, a ball of repairing to hold a trial for ukrainian prisoners of war. hotels show cages being built at the chamber, monica where the trial is expected to be held. russia supreme court declared the valve regiment a terry scoop earlier this month. ukrainian president voted museum and he has warned any trial would end negotiations of moscow. the us has expressed concern about the potential trial. there are 4 tools and there's video footage in the media and social media showing cages being built in the variable philharmonic hall really massive cages. and the apparently the idea is to to restrain the prisoners of war during proceedings in these cages. this is not acceptable. this is

humiliating as well to the prisoners of war, and it adds to our concerns about how they are being treated and whether the presumption of innocence is being upheld. the construction of these cages coupled with statements made by high level russian officials, calling these people terrorists than not sees and war criminals before any trials has even taken place is deeply worried. and top you and officials have again raised concerns about the danger at the russian occupies operation nuclear plant in ukraine. the calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops and the demilitarization of the area. the security council held an emergency meeting to discuss fighting near the facility. ukraine reported further shelling at the plant on both saturday and sunday, which damage stream for structure, the head of the u. n's atomic watched on save a team is expected to travel to the side within days. if talks with russia are successful, agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the parisha as purely civilian

infrastructure and to ensure the safety of the area. we must be clear that any potential damage to the plant or any other nuclear facilities in ukraine, leading to a possible nuclear incident, would have catastrophic consequences. not only for the immediate vicinity, but for the region and beyond. the paraphrase, the secretary general blunt warning. any potential damage does operation is suicidal. hodge affairs christian salome has been following developments from un headquarters in new york. well, the united nations has called on both sides to refrain from any military activity in the vicinity of the plant and to withdraw troops from the area. they say that the tension and the competing narratives is exactly why the united nations in international monitors need to get in there, or they're calling for access for

a team of investigators from the international atomic energy agency to get in. and russia and ukraine both say they want that as well. russia says they've been on board for a visit from the i. e a to the site since june. ukraine says that i just earlier today, their foreign minister was in touch with the i. e a. this is the ukranian ambassador, speaking at the meeting earlier, saying that things are progressing and logistics are being worked out. and also that ukraine would like to see a permanent presence of the i. e, a at the site until they can regain control of it. now preparations for this mission, according to the un, are in fact ongoing and the i. e, a director general, raphael mariano grossi made a statement earlier today saying that he does expect that mission to be possible in the next couple of days. if these final issues can be worked out,

what those final issues are, are a bit vague from all of the parties concerned, but everybody says they want it. i and everybody's hoping it'll happen in the next couple of days. in other world news, a caught in thailand is set to handle a ruling that will decide if the prime minister can remain in power. have been protests in the capital bangkok ahead of a course decision calling full prime minister fry, you channel, checked to sit down. he took power in a qu in 2014 opponent say he should step down on wednesday when his 8 year term is up. as bringing tony chang was in bangkok for his 21st give us the background to this case and what the expectation is today. well, general prayer came to power in a military coup in 2014, and he was then cemented as prime minister by royal decree, and has ruled effectively ever since. as so, when in 2017,

a new constitution which was what was put in place, which was promoted by the military. there was clause in there that said a prime minister can only serve for an 8 year term that came up at midnight last night. and the opposition parties who submitted this put petition to the constitutional court say that he should now step down. he served his term and a replacement must be put in place. now they, the constitutional court has a number of options. they could dismiss him by accepting the petition. they can suspend him while they make a consideration or they can take it under consideration while he remains in place. so there are many variables that are in place. i think the opposition are trying their luck somewhat. this is a constitutional court which is very much favored the military government. but i think it does illustrate that his position is somewhat tenuous and is rather surprising that given this was a military promoted constitution that he is currently in this situation. i and he's

already survived for no comfort insults in 2019 his faith street protest. what, what is at stake exactly here with this ab ruling today? well, the no confidence roads. i think a fairly standard. those are sort of built into the tie system as part of the normal checks and balances. but we have seen very large protests on the street of toner and in 2020 a large youth movement came up, which started very much in opposition to the prime minister. there have also been all sorts of internal. it has been also to internal politic him within the leading party defections. so his position is not as certainly as strong as it was. but the really big picture here is that the jockeying that's starting to take place before the elections that should a, which is scheduled to take place next year. and i think this is probably the opening salvo from the opposition coalition,

as they look ahead to those elections. they know that general prayer is not particularly popular. there's a feeling that this government both before a since the last election, but before that as well. a government which really took power through a military coup, has mismanaged certain issues alike. the coverage shut down like the economy currently with ramp and inflation rates here in thailand. and i think they're really trying to push into the public sphere. the notion that this is a prime minister, the public should think about getting read off pretty soon. tony, thank you for that update. tony chang live in bangkok and still ahead on al jazeera a former. oh, former detective pleads guilty to her role in the killing of brianna taylor, a case that sponsor protests about racial injustice in awe.

he has begun the full world copies on its way to the castle. travel package to the hello there. it's still a story of relentless, dangerous heat, across parts of east asia. in particular, for china that's been battling a heat wave for more than 2 months. and that's cause levels in its largest fresh water lake it to decline the satellite, shows that the klein over 10 years. now we've seen red alerts for the past 12 days, extreme heat continuing, but we are going to the temperatures start to come down as wet or whether it works its way in. we've got a tropical storm that's going to edge into coastal areas on wednesday bringing torrential rain and strong winds to the lights of hong kong. see that temperature dip by about 5 degrees by thursday. it will start to work its way into the southwest of china. at the end of the week, we'll see temperatures come down as well across more central and eastern areas.

that's as the finger of rain that's rolling across the korean peninsula and into western japan shifts its way further south. if we have a look at the 3 date for shanghai rain on friday, the temperature will continue to decrease. bringing some relief now was removed to south asia. the floods continue in southern areas of pakistan. that's things to a monsoon depression that's continuing to work its way further north and west. i saw officially outline of the journey new voices heating up the airway la. those can you listen to us? we can't really hear what i really think in their own country shifting power of a case. the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do you happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative. australians went to the pole with those images front of mine is a wall. it's very much going for, it's out in the media as well as on the battlefield. they're listening post.

dissect the media on al jazeera. we're ah, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. reminder of our top stories. ukraine is set to hold muted independence. the celebrations after warnings. russia may ramp up its attacks as strict curfews in place in the northeastern city of khaki and authorities in the capital key of bond mass gatherings for the whole week. the un security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss fighting near the russian occupies operation nuclear plant in ukraine. they're calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops and the demilitarization of the area and occult in thailand is

said to ham, down a ruling that will decide if the prime minister can remain in power. every protest in the capital bank call ahead of the course decision calling for priority to step down. now in the u. s, a former police officers pleaded guilty for a role in the death of brianna taylor, a black woman, shot and killed during a police raid. taylor was killed in her home in 2020 a death sponsor protests over racial injustice and police brutality. across the u. s. federal investigators c. kelly. good lead. conspired to create a cover story and added aligned to the search warrant. shebra tansy has more. kelly, good luck now has pled guilty to falsify the arrest warrant that convinced a judge to, to, to allow it to go ahead and then conspiring to cover up what she did with the other officer. it thought that she will be giving evidence against 2 of the other offices who have been charged by the department of justice. and those are 3 offices and challenge with a bureaucratic side of the raid. another office has been charged with excessive

force. this is the officer who basically stood outside brianna taylor's apartment, just shooting wildly into the apartment. despite the fact we could see anything that we're blinds down on a block out. but he was just firing away with it with his guns. he's going to be charged with excessive force. again, he was acquitted on that charge in the state court already though once. but we should also remember them that this leaves the 2 officers who are actually inside brianna taylor tennis apartment who bust him. they claim that they announced themselves brown, tennis boyfriend, was the being said, said they did not. they're the ones who actually 510, yes, many shots inside the apartment, 6 with which hit brown until one of which killed them there. haven't been charged with anything. so it's clearly welcomed that people have been charged by the federal government constitutional crimes. but this is clearly fatal all out of state level. but, but certainly it's still being looked at at least something moving forward that the people are slowly perhaps beginning to be held accountable for,

for the us official se, yvonne has dropped some key demands as far as negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. that's according to us media, but have on has denied backing down from any of its conditions. our white house correspondent, kimberly hock it has more. it's been widely reported in the u. s. media that iran has dropped, at least one of its main demands, that demand, its insistence, that international inspectors close the investigation of its nuclear program essentially that iran was to weighing the presence of traces of uranium at 3 undeclared sites. now the reason the united states is hopeful that iran may have dropped this demand is that this would allow for the revival of the 2015 agreement, one that former president donald trump, abandoned in 2018 and current president joe biden is seeking to revive. now what

we can tell you is that al jazeera has confirmed that iran has a very different view. in fact, an advisor to the iranian negotiating team tells al jazeera that the claims being made in u. s. media reports are false, still. the washington side through the u. s. state department is saying that even if these hurdles are overcome gaps remain and so finalizing this deal could take a little longer. still, this is coming at a very precarious time, given the fact that there are reports that are run now has enough uranium enriched to make a number of possible nuclear weapons. italian fall right nita georgia maloney has launch her campaign to become its 1st female prime minister bologna whose brothers of italy, parties ahead in the polls, criticize the european union's energy strategy. she told a crowd of supporters chi high prices of force businesses and families on to their

knees. ex, my snap connection was cold after time. most jeremiah donkeys coalition government class families in poland are bracing for a tough winter countries facing widespread coal shortages after russian imports of fuel were banned. unlike the rest of europe, poland relies on coal rather than the gas for power and heating al jazeera andrew simmons traveled to cut of it. say to see how people are preparing for the cold months ahead. poland prides itself on its potential for being totally independent of russia for its energy needs. but there's a problem. it's a shortage of coal, not gas, like the rest of europe. rough, our roars coal seller is normally stocked up for winter by now. but he can't find any coal to buy, and if he could, he'd pay almost 4 times what he used to use them an golden again, i'm not a minor orange urologist, but the coal is right here beneath our feet. and i've been trying to buy it for 3

months with 0 results, an average. he's right, this region is rich with coal, but polish production is limited. and the government has banned imported coal from russia, even though it's cheaper and more suitable for domestic use. we didn't invest in nuclear power yet out. we cannot rely on natural gas. so all we have is gold when it comes to the heating sector. this tuition is even worse because we were heavily dependent on russian co, poland burns, a lot of coal, 87 percent of the total for households across the european union. coal mines surrounded by cues of trucks can't meet the demand. and if people knew the level of profiteering going on, they be even more alarmed. there's a reason that truck drove us from all over poland or spending days on end and cues like these. it's because the loads may be small, but the profits are big. drivers are known to make at least a 100 percent profit from

a coal yard dealer who will then raise the price by at least another 100 percent. this driver admits the 2nd old will suffer for the nearby stock. what the government should do is get pension as a special allowance on coal delivered to their door, and it's sick. i don't want to profit from human misery, but that's how it is. the government says an annual coal allowance of around $630.00 a year will help. and ministers say companies are importing coal ahead of the coming winter polish companies are now importing call from other countries from columbia, indonesia, south africa, and replacing with that does the quantities of called and we're coming from ocean. it's a bit of a different logistics. so it creates challenges, but right across poland, people like this homeowner feel the government isn't doing enough. andrew simmons al jazeera cats of id, sir, poland, in lebanon, a large block of the port structured damage in the bay route explosion. 2 years ago

has collapsed is referred time storage facilities at the port have crumbled. in the past, month, this time 8 storage silos were brought down. the port explosion in 2020 killed more than 200 people. a fire has been burning since july as rotting grain fermented in the summer heat. i thought of it though it did it, but we're demanding the government to put out this far in the salo that have been burning for a month. and 16 days. i don't know why we are pushing them to do their jobs, and that was their job is to put out the fire, the solos of falling one off to the other due to the negligence. voted daniel, i been dead, done. been angry. it feels like my house is bleeding, my heart is pouring frustration as a lebanese woman. i'm frustrated at what is happening in my country. i'm frustrated by this big crime until now. they've been laughing at us and not telling us the truth on why what's happening and they lebanese no, i don't see them as lebanese. pakistan's prime minister has begun

a 2 day visit to cotton. shabbas sharif hopes to generate trade and investment to help alleviate the country's economic crisis. the visit comes ahead of is meeting with the international monetary fund next week, or some been jobs report, some doha, facing a desperate economy pocket funds prime minister in color looking for investment in various aspects with a high power delegation with us to discuss it is the federal minister for maritime affairs. mr. pennsylvania. why are you? thank you very much for being with this up. now. the situation is dire economically, in pakistan, the money that was supposed to come in has not come through. your government has been in charge for almost a quarter. now. what have you achieved and why you ahead and i believe we have achieved a lot in terms of fiscal responsibility in terms of some stability. otherwise, the sentiment will start buckets on going north dice when it comes to economic and financial terms. secondly,

some sanity in policy there's well pockets on curbed import. so on the luxury items focused on in bullet more and more tax on people's port gift access. and it's still, we are looking for other revenues at 1st or 3rd and other nations are concerned. we know that pakistan has been in partnership with them since long. our deal with i'm if on the card we have already given them our letter of intent. so we are pretty much sure about got it, and other countries will be facilitating bucks on, along with the deal. now what do we want here? we want business styles more. you know, the box on is energy dependent on others elegy of well and b, m l and last comment had the long term contracts for them. unfortunately in 3 and a half years or so, since 2018, there was no agreement on l. n. g. now we are not only looking for the elegy extension,

but to construction of an elegy terminal at or off in the ministry which i looked for that had been in opportunity of building new container terminals to handle clean cargo at karachi portraits. somehow it was shot down into 2021. after picking this up and i could share with you about your terminals and karate bork, trust talking very aggressively. and soon we are going to conclude that brazilian president, tradable somehow has how the cannon fired salute to welcome the preserved heart of the countries for his emperor embalmed organ of don pedro. the 1st is on loan for brazil, $200.00 anniversary of independence on september 7th. address broke away from portugal in 1822 and ask his heart, returned to the city of auto after his death and will be on public plate in brazil during the celebrations, oliver sancho is associate professor of international relations at d. j to leo vargas foundation. he says,

present boss narrowest courting voters who are no town shake about the past. usually, actually, this has not been a politicize the fair because the monarchy is really not something that is so the visible period in brazil's public debate. however, now there's been somewhat of an odd the lions between those who had just told you about the military dictatorship between the 1964 in 1085. and those were actually monica who would like the monarchy to return. and both of these groups in a way and us tells it sort of a mythic past of stability and believes that things used to be more stable and just better in the past than they are today. and i think that the president, in a way is using this moment to say that he is the candidate of stability of continuity. it's quite a turbulent moment right now with

a very unstable economic situation, but certainly movements in the polls most and that has been violating recently due to increased public spending. and i think he's certainly using this moment to project himself as a statesman and somebody who would like to project us stability. so i think particularly. busy those who have a sense that, you know, things used to be better in the past and who disliked the volatility inherent to democracy could certainly be attracted to the kind of muse on saying the kind of show that the president is putting on. is there any archaeologist archeologist say the honest a lavish 1200 old is stayed in the desert south. the discovery in the time of the hot days back to the earliest period in the 8th or 9th century. the structure features for wings, one of which is elaborately decorated with marble, hallways and stone flower floors. experts believe the structure shows what life looks like.