battle for the environment, scientists here in the ice and a pioneering a new technique to reduce emissions. earth rise looks at new ways of preventing air pollution on al jazeera. we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. if the human suffering that we report time, we brave bullets and bomb, and we always include the views from all sites, ah, deadly clashes between rival armed groups erupt and libby as capital sparking fears of a return to civil war. ah, i'm how much of room this is algebra live from doha. also coming up the u. n. is set to launch an emergency appeal for $160000000.00 after floods submerged large parts of pakistan. the french president wraps up his trip to algeria, saying,

a new generation must bill ties with the former colony. and the united states look set to appoint a diplomat for the arctic region as russia and china. i strategic opportunities. ah, we begin in libya where at least 23 people have been killed and over 100 injured during intense battles and tripoli. it follows a build up of rival forces over the past week. after a dispute about who should govern. the violence is raising fears that the country could return to a civil war. alec traina has this report from tripoli. smoke in the skies of the capitol, holmes hospitals and businesses hit with heavy artillery. across several districts in tripoli. clashes erupted early saturday between rival armed groups,

the fighting occurred in densely populated areas and continued into the night. the cautious have been ongoing since last night. they stopped for a bit and then continues. many of the victims were ordinary people, tired, scared, emotionally, and physically drained. these people were trapped in their homes for hours before they were pulled out. city officials are calling for an end to the violence to the civil society. institutions in tripoli strongly condemned the armed classes in the city and hold the participation politics responsible for setting civilian, blood, intimidating, security, destroying, private and public property. there are 2 governments who claim to be in charge of the country. one recognised by the international community based in tripoli, the other drawing its power from the country. these has him as arise,

says the only way forward is for elections to be held. what day messing with an ad? yet it is the residence of tripoli who are paying the price. they are the victims. the population of tripoli is nearly 3000000 people and they don't want either government. they want to vote for whom they want empower elections. of the only solution. things have calmed down since the fighting began, but people here still fear that libya may be on the verge of a full scale conflict. now, trina al jazeera triplet, my can joins us now live from washington dc. good to see a mike. what kind of reaction are you hearing so far out of washington and from other actors in the international community? well, the u. s. ambassador to libya has issued a statement asking the parties to end their conflict, calling immediately for humanitarian corridors to be established and saying as well

that the country has to get back to the political process that had been in place until it fell apart in december. at the ambassador insisting that the only route to avoid this conflict is the un sponsored political process designed to lead to elections. now the un secretary general has also added his voice to those expressing concern. he's issued the statement calling on the parties to begin negotiating in their conflict. get back to the peace talks. we've also heard from neighboring countries to libby as such as egypt. as soon as here have all issued calls for. com asked for the opponents to move back from each other also with a message of concern from turkey, which has a military presence in tripoli itself, although it is not yet involved in the fighting. but we've also heard from the governments of the u. k. of the netherlands, so there's mounting concern internationally as the events,

st. tripoli unfold. and mike, it's obviously a very complicated situation on the ground there, and libya has been for a while now. are there concrete steps of the international community could take right now to help the escalate the situation? well, the u. s. state department, or 5 days ago was expressing concern about a looming crisis in tripoli. and one of the points it made was that the u. n. must move as quickly as possible to get a special representative back in libya to begin negotiating with the parties. now the un security council is due to meet on libya within the next few days. the whole issue of resuscitating that piece process is likely to be brought up again. but undermining all these attempts to end this conflict is that the conflict goes beyond what we are seeing at present within tripoli itself. it's a schism that is based on something that goes back to when mamma gadhafi was thrust

out of paula. and that is a schism between the east and the tripoli. a government in the west that is the government internationally recognized. but in the east, there's a quasi government which has set itself up as such. and these 2 parties, although there had been a truce in place for some 2 years, that underlies everything that is happening in libya today. and that is a schism between 2 powerful entities. and to get to they negotiated settlement, it's these entities that have to a get be because begin negotiating, not just the factions that are warring and triply itself. so it's a massive issue, a massive problem, and something that the u. n is certainly going to address and coming days. all right, that's how did your, as my can alive for us from washington d. c. thanks so much. mike. unprecedented flooding across pakistan has now killed more than 1000 people in less than 90 days. more than 30000000 people had been affected. the worst monsoon season on record has left nearly half of pakistan under

water in remote villages of send the province diseases spreading and anger is rising against the government as the bus robbie reports me over to you. so no space and body are covered in bug bites and lesion and sickness. in the aftermath of the floods, the discomfort too great for a 2 year old to comprehend. her family says she cries all night and that it will be mighty, i might have been children sick, look at her. they'll vomiting a lot and have diarrhea. doctors come from time to time and give medicine, but they don't seem like enough. some are getting better, but some are getting sick. health is limited to piecemeal local efforts for now. desperation leaving no room for decorum. those too small or too weak

to brave the crowd are left to console the tread. even volunteers admit whatever they are doing is not enough. indeed, we are both. there is a lot of need here. but as far as our capacity goes, the population of the entire region has come here. one person cannot do everything alone. displaced by the floods. people here have been living like this for weeks. still some say they are the lucky ones. in more remote areas, cut off and stranded people have nothing to do with the main problem. now local leaders say is draining standing water to prevent disease and give people away home . but the more immediate need is to keep them alive. to survive for these people living in the villages, they need dance. they need food items, and we are trying to make packages for the each families so that they can survive for a week. and then again, we give them another beggared next week. this is how we are planning to make sure

that the message is be patient. help is coming. but there have been protests and people are angry, that it has taken so long to address the aftermath of monsoon rains that have been pouring down for 2 months. plus, survivors are setting up, makes it camps, but many of them arrive to safer ground without even a tarp to hang over their heads there, living out in the open. the sun is going down. and this is how so many people across the province will sleep tonight. and more than likely many more nights to come. zane basra b o g 0. lord con district sind pakistan a neighboring afghanistan floods are causing widespread destruction to pan shear in the northeast is the latest province to be swamped by heavy rainfall. thousands of homes and farmland are destroyed. paula beneficial, say, 182 people have died. there are appealing for international health. was to come mo, mo,

more than 1000000 families need urgent aid from foreign countries, such as clothes, terms and food of yellow was rougher. the french president has ended his 3 day visit, while julia, with the signing of a joint declaration for a renewed partnership. emmanuel micron was aiming to heal relations with the former french colony after they soured last year. the key sticking points were migration, and frances colonial crimes. natasha butler has more from paris, a visit to the santa cruz chapel in the mediterranean port city of all, and a record shop famous for helping to launch my music. with a final stops on the french president's 3 day trip to algeria, aimed at improving relations. 60 years after algiers gained independence from paris . emanuel mac, raw and algerian president abdul magic tay, boone said, a new approach was needed after they signed a pact to improve ties level. the middle did more. we have the same stubbornness to

succeed together because we are both convinced that this relationship isn't a bilateral relation. like any other. it's profoundly close was our laws. you awesome. we will act together in many fields, not only in algeria and france in the interest of africa, which will always defend france is also close to africa. i think that this closeness will allow us to go very, very far. the leaders promised to create a joint commission of historians to examine the colonial period. my cross at france will increase the number of student fees as it grants algerians. he also urged, present a boon to do more to stop illegal migration to europe. no entity deals was signed during this visit, even though algeria is a major exporter of gas to the you and european powers are looking for tentative to russian gas. but the lease, they said the president macro wanted to keep the focus very much on improving relations. macro and good the algerian government. last year when he questioned

algeria existence of the nation before french occupation. but he's also done more than his predecessors to 4th france to face it's colonial past. he says, being born after algerian independence gives him a new perspective and that the future friendship. jeryn relations is in the hands of the new generation. natasha butler, al jazeera, paris frances, his name, 20 new cardinals, and a ceremony at the vatican. the appointments include more candidates from africa and asia, as the roman catholic church pushes to become more diverse and is ada marie reports . those cardinals will eventually play an important role in choosing the next pope . ah, in placing the ceremonial duke kept on the head of 20 new cardinals at the vatican, pope frances deepened his hold on the church. 16 of the new cardinals joined the ranks of those under 80, who will pick his eventual successor when he dies or retires. francis is now named

nearly 2 thirds of the eligible electors who will choose the next pope. one of the new cardinals is bishop robert mcelroy, a 68 year old progressive from san diego, california. by elevating this lesser known cleric, frances is passing over other high ranking clergy in the u. s. who said catholic politicians who support abortion rights should receive communion. mcelroy supports frances his work. i make the church more inclusive and i think it's important to reach out to groups of this what the po possess us to do, who have been marginalized to have been kept out of the mainstream. whether that be because of the lives of economics, or of the race, nationality or their gender, or of sexual orientation. many of the new cardinals come from the global south. an area of priority for francis, just for countries are now represented in this class of cardinals. for the 1st time,

mongolia, paraguay, singapore, and east timor. it is clearly francis church now more than ever. but that doesn't mean the next pope will be in his mold. if we look at the story of the catholic church conclave, so the moment when it po gets elected, are pretty much surprising. often, a reformer pope is elected from a pretty conservative conclave. as was the case, we spoke, frances ah, may be too early to say just who will follow. pope francis, but he's still doing what he can to increase the odds. it will be someone who has received his blessing. adarine al jazeera vatican city, still had on al jazeera. this beauty queen is the 1st and nearly a century to chase the missing one title without wearing makeup. we'll let you know if it paid off.

ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world camp is on its way to cattle hoop your travel package to day. every province in pakistan somehow, some way has been impacted by this flooding caused by the monsoon rains. here we are, and k p k province toward the northwest clogged roads with just all that water. and the good news is the rain. the monsoon rains are starting to fizz allowed in the indication is we'll get into a bit of a law until the middle of september. but for now on sunday, that rain still falling from his lombard to the horror of to india. we go and it's really the eastern side and southern sections that are blanketed in brain dry toward the west from new delhi, 2 when bye. but some showers may sneak into this state a ma, harass tra. now here we go toward the east. we've got heavy falls of rain for be har into the pradesh and the forecast on sunday. and next stop,

we're going to china finally some relief for the eastern gang. see river valley temperature is in shanghai, down to 29 degrees. it's because we've got these showers in storms and also a cool pool of air. jung joe just 19 degrees. you should be $31.00 for this sub the year. the other day we had so called gorilla downpours in tokyo. that's what locals call it when it's really to renshaw, rain, and still as some rain in the forecast for a tokyo on sunday. so it's kicked back. your temperature is a bit too high of just 26 degrees on sunday. that's a snapshot of your weather bye. for now, chatter airway official airline of the journey. which site is willing? chaos or control what there's a new forever, but we're mean for america and nato, as long as americans keep consuming prices are going to keep going up. why didn't joe biden see inflation coming? how did we get so much raw? the quizzical look at us politics, the bottom line. we know what's happening i region,

we know had them get to play. that others cannot. if those are things going on, the way that you held, the theory is what can make a difference. ah ah! you're watching, i'll da 0 reminder of our top stories this hour and libya at least $23.00 people have been killed and tripoli during battles between armed groups, backing rival administrations in the east and the west. the violence follows a build up of forces over the past week, jostling over who should take control of the capitol. unprecedented flooding across pakistan has now killed more than 1000 people since mid june. more than 30000000 people have been affected in what pakistan's climate minister has called ation,

monetary and disaster of epic proportions. the french president, emanuel micron has wrapped up his 3 day visit to algeria without an official apology for his country's colonial crimes. the 2 nations did agree to work together on energy security and a joint commission to examine their shared history. the shrinking of the arctic has opened no more maritime routes and large oil and mineral resources, and that's drawing rival powers, such as russia, china, and the u. s jostling for strategic influence. on friday, washington declared that it will name an ambassador at large for the arctic region . the nato secretary general during his visit to the arctic warned of russians increased military capacity. and china's growing interest in the region in stoughton burg met with justin trudeau, the prime minister of canada. one of the 8 arctic nations need those news to teach a concept identifies russia capabilities in the north also to teach the challenge

for the whole alarms. russia has set up a new arctic command. it has opened hundreds of new and former, so with era arctic and military sites, including airfields and deep water ports. russia is also use in the region as a testbed for many of its new and novel weapon systems. obviously, climate change is creating greater accessibility to the arctic and bringing with it real concerns and challenges around that. but as well, the ill fated unjustifiable decision of russia to append nearly 70 years of peace and stability of a rules based order by invading a peaceful neighbor has changed the way we need to look at the arctic. mark jacobson as a researcher,

the danish institute for international studies where he focuses on arctic diplomacy and security politics. he joins us on sky from nuke, greenland, thanks so much for being with us. mark. russia wants to be more involved in the arctic, and that's concerning the u. s. canada and nato. so here we have a situation where we see climate change not just impacting the environment, but also geo politics. right? yes, for sure. and we've seen it fall for some years, also try to to what is happening in ukraine now. as for the past 4 to 5 years, we have seen growing neutralization which you also show in and show, show just devoted this. so in russia, on the one hand, i'll increasing daniel terry capabilities and next player and news her based on the unsure of plants now they can actually reach this to let our base m. so that means that it becomes more important for the u. s. to protect us national security

against russia, because if you look at the globe on the top of the globe, if you sitting washington and the did the shortest route between washington and moscow goes by an off post that's wise, become a of more strategic importance to the to the us, and that is why we also see today that the important appointment of an u. s. and best at large for, for the arctic bounce. right. and mark, that's what i wanted to ask you about next because the u. s. has said it's going to create this position of arctic ambassador at large in order to step up diplomacy as russia and china increasing their presence in the arctics. i'm curious from your point of view, is this going to actually help with diplomacy? in the us is the last of the 8 arctic states, which, which did not until today have been an actual acting ambassador. so,

so what it does is that the live of all the 8 states, well, when they need that bilaterally are in the act council, which unfortunately is on is on ports right now. and so why, why you have regional military rumble? it's even more important to you also have to have a medic exchanges to avoid prevent that some misunderstandings of perhaps mine disputes turn into some, some major conflicts and get and get out of hand. so, but it's both the appointment of the article or the decision to have a u. s. and best that large for the arctic is both because of security, but also because of commercial interest. and also because of climate change was, which is a very important issue for the, for the biding administration. because the, the arctic is now warming 4 times faster than the global average. and so the region

is experienced both new risks, but also new opportunities. and so just to give you one example of some risk, if the inland ice sheet here in glee, greenland just outside my window, it vanished. it would cause a global sea level rise of 7 meters. so imagine what that could do to low line cities around the world. so it's not just about military, it's also about and commercial interests, but also to, to do something about the climate change which of the mo hartley in, in, in the arctic then as well. all right, that's mark jacob center researcher at the danish institute for international studies. thanks so much, ma'am. you welcome. there been a series of attacks in russian controlled crimea in recent weeks. members of the tar community fled the region when moscow to control and 2014. some are now living in ukraine, but they are determined to return home one day. care about has that story from

keith. oh, and the members of the grey, me in touch, our community gather every friday at this mosque just outside of ukraine's capital . keep. many of them have been living here since russia next crimea 8 years ago. no, we live here, but no child families still living there. he says people in crimea are struggling under russian occupation. what rush brings to the territory where they come? they bring nothing but crime, destroying mother cry. orphan children were so this in crimea were so this in syria, and now you see the trying to do this, including ukraine. in the past weeks there have been a series of attacks on the grey me and peninsula, even though ukraine has not acknowledged it's behind them. an attack on the saggy airbase destroyed a fighter jet from russia black c naval aviation. i further drone attack managed to

put russian ground forces on high alert. the attacks in grey me a show ukraine's capacity to strike russian targets deep behind the front line. press envelope me to fill and he says he will fight to recover all occupied territories, including crimea. crimean to tars were deported from the by the soviet union. in 1944 and thousands of them were forced in 2014 when russia occupied the peninsula. people here are hoping that when this voiceover may be able to return to the land, the reason, even though we may have not from crimea, he says you need more help to win the war. ukraine is a free people. it's not like russian people. we want to live independently. we don't want to be with russia and all we need from actually worked in congress. it's weapon. if it had the weapon, we will fire till the international community has repeatedly condemned the

annexation of i'm yes, yes, somebody to me let that. sheila says the peninsula plays a crucial role in the conflict in ukraine. fans russia use crimea is a military base and her president lansky as a say, said her 715 sales strikes a against ukraine from our crimea peninsula. it's a lot doors as a, as the war goes on, ukrainians insist they're fighting for their freedom fully for crimean satires. this is also about returning to where they belong very. so i'll just eat at, keep the argentine economy is battling inflation and a currency that's losing value against the us dollar. but while argentina struggles, its neighbors are getting a financial boost. daniel schwann law has this report from argentina's border with bolivia. these trucks have come from all over argentina,

that waiting to unload pretty much everything. food, clothes, shoes, medicines, and toiletries, and also to river them again. who do we sell to? it all goes to bolivia in the towns around here. people sometimes can't afford to buy, so we can't sell much in this area. how things are bad and the rest of argentina. but thank god, we're close to bolivia and we sell every day. she said, an army of 700 or so porters noticed like a heroes crosses the border every morning from bolivia to deliver to awaiting merchants. the members of a well organized cooperative, working with your thirties on both sides of the border store. it was like these used to be full of argent time produce for sale in bolivia. but now because of the problems in the argentine economy, it's the other way round with bolivians crossing the border in their thousands to buy everything that argentina can supply. what can't be bought legally is for a small price. transported through one of these 78 known clandestine crossing

points, dirt tracks, and hidden pals on the long, almost impossible to police border. not the any one is really trying to the americans that are on low god. i mean, if the contraband that's now benefiting argentine, traders is not a priority to priority stopping drugs coming in can fight the contraband. because if we did the term that exploded, we have got the benefit of social piece right now. everyone's doing okay, how much of the project ends up in markets like this one in jacquila? 7 kilometers. in bolivia, we're about 70 percent of its merchandise comes from argentina. attracting shoppers from far and wide odyssey market. there is a more now than before because the dollar in argentina is unstable. going down than up. sometimes you lose, but now we're winning because the urgent in best was expensive, which slows the price for us. inflation in argentina in july alone hit 7.4 percent

widely used, dollar black market pays more than twice the official rate. the countries had 3 economy ministers in just a few weeks of many a struggling but nor here her grandma rock is, will important underneath the way we've got work, which is important in this country. the moment, however, we live from day to day. things aren't as good right now as they were m to go because it's a constant rise and full of prices, the dollars up the dollars down. so it's hard to negotiate. you can't plan anything, but at least this work. it won't last, it can't last. it never does. latin american economies of victims, if boom, embossed communities like this one ebony flow with decision was taken thousands of kilometers away. but for now they're enjoying the good times. while they can, dan, you showing their al jazeera in salvador muscle and argentina's border with bolivia . and in argentina, thousands of supporters of vice president, christina fernandez,

de kirschner have clash with police in the capital. when are side us? the protest came 2 days after prosecutors called for a 12 year prison sentence, for alleged corruption and a ban on public office. when she was president, the demonstration took place outside the vice cur. the vice president's home in the up market neighbourhood of the capital. one day on sun though, i gideon bus was a model from the u. k. has made history by competing in a beauty pageant without makeup. she now has her sights on the miss england title. leah harding has her story. i mean, yeah, it's an industry known for glitz, glamour and lots of makeup media. thousands of women compete in beauty pageants every year. but for the 1st time in nearly a century of the miss england competition, one woman took to the cat walk with nothing on her face. i did, there was some nerves, but once you will in at one time did i just spoke, said beasley, my skin actually does help young women and.