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other. frank dangerous lives. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from dough. i'll also coming up monsoon range, a seething across parts of pakistan. flooding kills $900.00 people in less than 90 days. mammals, military government arrests, the former british ambassadors, the u. k. imposes more sanctions on the country. i have been at the tremendous pressure to publish or not to publish. on the un human rights chief says she won't give into prussia as china, or opposes the release of her report. on the treatment of it's, we got community europe's biggest nuclear power plant is back on the line, ukraine's nuclear agency says it was cut off from the power grid after fires

damaged overhead electricity lines. russia took control of the separation plant in march, but it's run by ukrainian engineers. there are growing fears of a fighting of the facility, both sides of accused each other of shelling, the complex, the you and as called for the removal of all military forces immediately. and is urging for the international atomic energy agency to be allowed in. teresa bo has more what most people here are demanding right now is a 3rd party to visit that location to have access to get no children to know whether what type of damage has been going on. and that's why the united nations nuclear watch doc, the i am planning a visit in the next week. or there we've been hearing right now. it's not clear yet how that visit is going to happen. on one side, the russians are saying that that visit through should happen to moscow while the ukrainians are hoping that ukrainians and the united nations. i hoping that it will happen through ukraine and through the front line and will be able to access that

location. that's only when we will really know what's been going on have what he, sir ukrainians are saying is being held hostage by the russians at the took that here we are back in march, the stablished a military base rotten right in that area. ukrainian technicians are still working there and are and monitored by russian soldier, so that also generates lots of tension. so for most people right now, the most important thing is to get the i 8 to support asia. so, you know, the world can find out, ukraine can find out what is going on. let's bring in on a gunderson, he's the chief engineer of fair winds, associates, and as a former nuclear industry executive, it joins us live from charleston in south carolina on a good to have you with us. so there are these increasing calls for the u. n's nuclear watchdog, i e a to get in to zap arissa. what are the agencies inspectors capable of doing and what will their mission be if they even get into the blocked? well, thanks for having me on the i. e. a has no authority. but as you

said in the run up to this, the key is the world doesn't know what's going on inside that nuclear complex and the ukrainians don't know what's going on in that nuclear complex. so getting independent inspectors in, it's just the 1st step is understanding how degraded that power plant has become in the 3 months since the russians have captured an army. i mean, you know, the, the craniums had reported that the planted twice lost connection to the incoming backup electricity supply, causing the 2 remaining reactors to shut down temporarily. does this indicate on that at the very least the safety systems a still working well, this is a very dangerous situation. going to uranium adam split. these 2

pieces remained physically hot and for years and radioactively hot for centuries. so when the reactor shuts down, there's no new fission. but there's trillions of these little pieces of radioactive material that are still physically hot. so in the plant loses power, there still has to be a way of cooling it. and they're relying when they didn't have power on old russian diesels that were actually scheduled to be replace. just this year. i'm ukraine's president brother me, as the lensky said today, that we narrowly avoided some kind of radiation accident. some of the things that you are learning to that, but how close are we to the real possibility of some noble type nuclear disaster at zapper asia? well, the power line in and out if it were to be cut,

there's 2 diesels for each of the 6 power plants. now they're old and unreliable russian design. but if those true diesels runs, and if they continue to have diesel fuel, then this radioactive rubble can continue to be cool. but if the diesels fail and the power line is not connected, it would lead to of fukushima style disaster on it. just a final point you were hearing claims from ukraine that russia is trying to divert electricity from the plant to supply crimea. let me ask you, is that even possible? i mean, it's not as simple as just throwing a switch and steaming electricity. is it over the course of at least a year, they would have to build a new transmission line into the da boss or in the crimea. they just can't divert

that power at the flick of a switch. all right, i'm going to the grid really good to get your thoughts. thank you very much indeed for talking to out there. thank you. thanks for having me. now ukrainian officials, at least 25 people were killed in russian rocket attacks in the eastern city of champ line. on wednesday, some of the missiles landed in a residential area. others hit a train. russia claims the attack killed over 200 ukrainian troops and destroyed military equipment. out to zeros. de lacardo visited the site of the attack. a lot you saw about the hooked up look it up. the missile attack hit the train station and the resignation neighborhood. here in chapter a messiah landed in a place and completely flattened the house. the messiah tech also destroyed a number of lighter houses in the vicinity. while 2 children were killed in distress, national neighborhood and 4 others were injured. ukrainian, 30 said of messiah margaret. this area for miss has landed in the vicinity of the train station journalists were prevented from reaching their being as described as

a strategic area, as it is called didn't photograph record video during times of war. anybody here say that the damage to the house was huge. william not ended the train station, there's a hub through which other cultural products are being transported and to which the residents of this area can travel to rome and do you clean? 30 did not reveal died in 25 people were killed and others who were in the 30 didn't reveal either way. they were miniature personnel or civilians. it officials here have quoted the country, seeing in a speech that green will respond what has been described at his crimes against the grand pupil prison. sir, lindsey had also said that the russian attacks would prevent his country's authorities from doing their job and performing their duty would prevent ukrainian army from berkeley to restore the lands. russia had. okay. since february 24 shop i

looked on my thought a heavy rains are showing no sign of letting up in pakistan at least a 100000 homes have been destroyed since the downfalls began in june. authority say, nearly a 1000 people been killed and many more missing symbols, romping reports from karachi rainfall over the south of the country has been so severe. survivors describe what is happening in pakistan as the end of days. one government estimate says this monsoon season, there's been 500 percent more rain than the seasonal average suffering greatest in the southern send the province, the lucky ones who live through the storm. now wait out in the open on small tracts of land spared by the floods for now waiting for help. for more rain worries turn to disease, thirst, hunger cry. now can you, but what are we going to eat?

we are completely lost. i am very worried about our children. they have nothing to eat and nothing to where i'm telling you what that bonnie meant that we lost everything in the floods. there is water all around us and we are empty handed. don't get there. we don't have tense. no shelter, no food, and no one is here to help us. at 1st sight, it looks like a seaside waves crashing on a beach. but these are flooded fields and farms deep inland. last harvest destroyed crops, a food crisis is now inevitable. efforts to hold back the flood waters seemed no match for the extreme weather. countless community submerged some completely washed away. the rescue efforts are underway, but there is just too much need of living to one of them on the death of the word. we are at this point, ground 0, the front lines 16,

whether been focused on leaders or calling for help from the international community to deal with the floods. it's been one of the worst, if not the worst monsoon season to hit pockets on in recent memory. here in the provincial capital of karachi, it is perhaps easier to count the number of roads that have not experienced some kind of rain and flood damage. adding to the already miserable situation are swelling rivers in the north of the country. more water is expected to reach already flooded areas. in the next few days, the in basra of the old 0 karachi authorities in men law. the rest of the former british ambassador to the country. vicki bowman runs the min ma center responsible business. bowman and her husband were detained in the young, gone on wednesday, and charged with violating immigration laws. she served as ambassador from 2002 to

2006. tony cheng as more from bank we understand mrs. bowman, husband, celebrated artist, were arrested in their home on a wednesday evening and sat in the central area of yang gone. they've appear to have been detained on the immigration charges, although no clarification yet from the man morrow authorities. we understand the british embassy has said that it is offering concealer assistance to a british woman who has been detained. the. we also understand that that she is being held an insane prison. that is where high profile prisoners often related to political crimes held. it's the high security prison and yang gone. and i think that is an indication of the seriousness of this arrest. in addition to which we understand that there were attempts made to charm put a news blanket over the arrest while people tried to negotiate with these with me m

r o authorities. i think there was a feeling that if they could reach up to the higher echelons of the military gent, that they may have been a way to get a get through this. the fact that the news has now been released is possibly in any indication of the fact that this is very serious for mrs. bowman. and that those senior generals are already aware of her arrest, found getting you and human rights chief says she's preparing to use a long awaited report on beijing. treatment of the minority in china, michelle bachelor, told al jazeera the report will take a more detailed look into alleged rights abuses. and the chinese province of gen is the same kind of a findings that we arrange with that with the amount. of course, this will be an more deep in terms of the analysis that it's about patterns of human rights violations, reports of abby, tight attention i treatment. and we will,

in the, in the report the will go much more deeper on those with much more details and interviews with people who have been the victim of the situation. when only a chinese government sent a letter to vasily urging her office not to publish the report, but rec folk as more now from lunch, i will, it may not have come as much of a surprise necessarily if indeed it's true that china sent this letter to michelle bachelor urging her not to publish this report on shin jam, beijing's made no secrets of how it feels about this report on the foreign ministry last month called on the high commissioner's office to respect the concerns of the chinese people stand on the right side of history and also called on it to reject publishing this assessment based on what it called lies and false accusations. but the fact that 40 other states of supposedly supported china in this letter raises some very serious questions about how china is using its sway over the u. n and its approach on the ship jan. question and allegations of rights violations against

muslim minorities that has been accused of using its economic and political clouts and incessant lobbying to get countries to stand in line with its position on sion . janet, but you might also imagine that beijing is particularly nervous after this report that was published early this month by the u. n. special reporter on contemporary slavering saying that it was reasonable to conclude that there was forced labor inch and jang. and if this is included in the report that's coming out, it could have some very serious implications and could bolster a push for accountability against china. also to come here and i'll just err including a stumble, residence on to morning on. so some local officials, the slugs course have a into his biggest city and airline flight, something to see much better environment than i used to be. at least that's if you look on google or not coming up

with with here's your headlines for the americas. heather, thanks so much for joining him. we'll begin toward the bottom end of south america . the big story is those temperatures going up in a saucy, on 33 on friday, but we'll get even higher on saturday. 36 before it all comes crashing down on sunday. those wind shifts and some thunderstorms. we're down to 18 degrees. the winds off the atlantic giving us some showers for that east coast of brazil, the north east coast as well. but i got to get you to central america. it's really soggy. forecasts around tegucigalpa on friday. we see that rain fill in after the u . s. right now 1st it was texas, now there's been flash flooding in mississippi. we saw about a 2 months worth of rain in 24 hours. that leads to scenes like this and still the

threat of more flooding on friday. more southern areas, louisiana into the florida panhandle. truth be told it across the state of florida could certainly see some flooding, flash flood watches in play for the desert southwest, with some monsoon, downpours here and after western canada we go. the winds are shifting around, so could see some smoke from wildfires, billow into vancouver on friday. and that disturbs weather around the great lakes is moving further toward the east. so deteriorating conditions in places like new york on friday. ah, the every month you will have someone from home that'll say, oh please, i need my me for days with the economy and free full and children and spread around the world. how does the family survive in moderns improperly as to pull about 4 people new or used every responsibility to send money home?

plan just feel like i'm stretching myself. quickness transactions on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back to mind about top stories here. this how the russian occupied upper region nuclear power plant is now back on line, ukraine's nuclear agency says it was briefly disconnected from the power great after finance damaged overhead electricity lies. authorities in be in law, the rest of the former british ambassador to the country vicki bowman and her husband were detained in young. going on the wednesday, a charge of violating immigration and heavy rains and flash floods of devastated

large parts of pakistan, least a $100000.00 homes have been destroyed down post, begun in june for what you say in the a 1000 people can kill for floods of also brought chaos to the streets of turkeys. biggest city is stumble, rifle, soda reports lives brought to a standstill in turkey's largest city. police fellows created by heavy downpours. hesky that through the streets you stumbles most populated. this with a said you was among was the fact low lying and with poor drainage men of its roads and some residential areas were flooded. those less effect this struggle to clean up their homes. and what am i gonna do? it's enough, does my house i live there? whom of this end? enough is enough. despite forecast of heavy don't post. many people see little had been done to stop the fellows. in many parts of the city, drivers were left to commit on roads that looked like lakes. it is the turn time

this summer that torrential rains have flooded his tomboy. the city's population has grown nearly 3 falls in the last 3 decades. but critics say, planning and infrastructure have failed to keep off. europe's largest city has been hit by heavy rains once again, the government says that the mon spell it off is stumbled. that's controlled by the physician. didn't take proper measures despite warnings. but your position says the previous measures from beginning party living in west, in more than nice in the cities infrastructure. many of those affect the say, the blame game must end as solutions be found. risky, said that, o jazeera estoppel and go to the ruling party, holds a solid leader of its main rivals in the presidential and parliamentary elections. the countries election commission says around 97 percent of votes have been counted from wednesday's pole. the m p lays the head with 52 percent of the votes. the commission says the main opposition party unita has around 44 percent of the party

has dismissed the results as unreliable thousands of people escaping violence and bettina faso had fled to the northern gonna in recent weeks there seeking refuge there. but they had little access to shelter food and medicines. ever at boca reports from close to the ghana between a faster buddha group after group of refugees arriving in been seen some days and exhausted. others was treated and angry. in the past month, more than a 1000 people flee violence in booking of a saw have crossed the border. in boomer, commas husband was killed in an attack. in her hometown belly, eli. grandma ran the attackers, came to our house in the night. they locked me in the children in a room and shot my husband. i managed to escape in the morning with my children to this community age towns in northern gonna, i, hosting refugees for the government says it does not have enough funds to support

them. authorities brought food parcels by the run outs long ago with accommodation and shot supply. many families are forced to sleep in the open must arrived here, tired, hungry, and traumatized thus lim, tech support, members of their community to try to help where they can, but also have their own challenges. when it rings was key tools i caused on problem and waterborne diseases such as malaria, aqona, the closest clinic is 10 kilometers a wing aid agencies see die evaluating refugees needs before the stepping where people are crowded. there's a possibility of the transmission of diseases. so we're trying to at least alleviate that software for now. so that's a bit of them all as much a live one marble people we are thinking about. the eagle. we're thinking about elected to model as and groups in volcano for so increasingly target civilians, more people i expected to arrive here we operate now please pause. we would love our army pools and we also wouldn't put immigration there. we're going to put these

people there. so that the, the a shorter or no one comes in to our parties. for now, emer comma is safe a. she is grieving her husband and worrying about how to raise your 5 children alone. eva actually will come out or 0 boncey gonna for president, demand your macro is in algiers to mend relations between france and algeria. and he later read that memorial algerians who died fighting french colonizers during the 19 fifties and sixties ties between the 2 countries salad. last year after macro questioned algiers existence as a nation for the french occupation. natasha butler is falling with it from paris. while a visit beginning with the french present, am i no micron algerian president, a bill my dear to boon? having a meeting that going to discuss a number of regional issues and also discuss the so hell as well as of course,

the russia, ukraine war and the energy crisis. but the focus of this trip says the lisa is very much a reset of relations and you like, if you like, this is a way of trying to improve ties between frauds and algeria. now, jerry want independence from, from 6 years ago, bought relations between the 2 countries have always been a very strange person in my car. so need done a lot more than his pre assessments to try and face from his colonial party, set up a truth and reconciliation committee. for example. he also admitted, on behalf of fraud, some act for french police and military brutality, but still short of an apology for french occupation of algeria. that, of course, continues to upset many people in algeria as did micro comments last year. among them, the key to government is trying to report anti french sentiment. he also said that

perhaps algeria never existed before french occupation. nevertheless, michael had to retreat, retract some of those comments. algiers and paris both say they want to move ahead, open a new chapter if you like, and this is what this trip is all about. it's a symbol of a fresh start. cosello's prime minister has told down to 0 that russia is exploiting tensions with in kosovo and serbia to try to destabilize europe. the balkan neighbors are locked in a dispute of a car license plates and identity documents are de 0. as bernard smith spoke to alban cutty in the cost of and capital, christina i prime minister at smith casa, those prime minister insists he sticking to a september 1st deadline to enforce a repeatedly delayed law. very. it will require local serbs to switch their car license plates from serbian to cos event. it's a demonstration of sovereignty that comes with risks. knowing that serbia does not recognize our country, denies the crimes committed in the past and has 48 forward operation bases in

ground safety zone around on board. i think we should be vigilant. the ethnic cleansing of more than 800000 albanians from kosovo by serb majority yugoslav, forces in 1998 to 99 is the dark shadow over relations between the 2 sides, kosovo declared independence. 9 years later. finally, now the prime minister says he wants more backing from the european union and the u . s. as relations with serbia deteriorate, what i would ask from them is to be more active, more clear, and more firm on their stance towards belgrade. because of the links between belgrade and moscow are broad and deep and dangerous for the future. serbia's president says, christina, is trampling on the rights of the serb minority in kosovo. alexander boutique has

the backing of russian president vladimir putin. voltage says serbs working in cost of institutions will leave their jobs and as a deal is reached to and what he calls that persecution, i believe that firm. despotic president, putin has great interest in destabilizing europe. he once sir, to have coosaw state fail, he wants to sole that just does iraq and afghanistan were not so successful. international interventions, likewise caution wise, a temporary success. but sir, i am showing here with my government that cos always a double success is a success of nato intervention to stop sort of in genocide. and it is at the same time a success of combining economic development with qualitative democracy and voice from the e. u. and u. s. were in the ethnically divided cost in city of metro visa on thursday to head

off an escalation of tensions. they'll next head to belgrade. there's still no sign of a deal. bernard smith, al jazeera pristina casa a u. s. judge as over the release of the evidence that spark and f. b i search of donald trump's home, federal agents and to the former president florida state. on the 8th of august, the justice department has until friday to disclose parts of the affidavit. it used to gain approval for the search. at least 11 sets of classified documents were retrieved from property. a major rescue operation is continuing in mexico to save 10 trapped coal miners. they've been there for 3 weeks after tunnel will collapse, triggering a flash flood. latest incident, puts a spotlight on the industry's safety record. money. rapid reports from mexico's queen estate. a group of miners starting their day at a coal mine. enquire. wheeler, mexico? just 3 weeks ago, at a neighboring mind, 10 men were trapped when

a tunnel wall collapsed. authorities are still working to free them. the mind supervisor here tells us the recent accident just down the road is very much on his mind. a given with any of the thought of probable we know the work he has risks may thank gas, carbon monoxide, sofa flooding. there's also the risk of a collapse today. the men are heading 75 meters down, a vertical mine known in these parts as a procedure under ground, it's hot, confined, and the only light available comes from the lamps attached to the miners. helmets. by end of shift miners returned to the surface covered in coldest. it's hard work, put 36 year old pro hail you at a yano says it's just the way of life here over. but i hadn't as though it of i, we like the work many vis a boning to it. we often laugh. make jokes. have tom passes quickly under ground as

that is a set of wood on my the coal extracted from the more than 64 seat. those in the area feeds the insatiable appetite of the states coal fired power companies. while we la is the heartland of mexico's coal mining industry. while many of the men that we've spoken to here say they enjoy what they do for a living, there are also few other options for work in this part of the country. at least not ones that pay nearly as well as coal mining. but higher pay has also come at a high cost for local families. trinidad cantu's son crowd was killed in a mine explosion in 2006 along with 64 other minors. when she since become an activist seeking to improve working conditions for minors that danica mill, if they put a something needs to change because i had children saying they want to become minus when they grow up. and that horrifies me. every day we are losing our children to the mines and.