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a storm the presidential palace. ah. hello them, norah kyle to says al jazeera alive from dough also coming up. august on says the countries worst floods in decades could cost more than $10000000.00. and ukraine launches a counter offensive to retail russian control costs on. but moscow has the attack has failed. ah, a political crisis in iraq has erupted into violence off the pa fo shaneeda mac cutter. all solder announced he was quitting fun on politics. gunfire and explosions rocked back dad's high security green zone with heavy fighting between rival shiite factions. at least 20 p has been killed and hundreds injured and the

was fighting the rocky capital has seen and he is atoria. jason b begins al coverage when he comes in. cale seabag dad's heavily fortified green i the wible, she eyed factions targeting each other through the fighting escalated late on monday night after a day of violence and political turmoil. 3, where it is broke out of the shiite cleric, montero said, announced he was quitting frontline politics. his supporters broke in to the presidential palace, which houses the prime minister's office. o many, even taking to the palace pool laqueena along our demands are to dissolve

parliament and to hold the corrupt to account. and we say my master looked to the old solder, your pride is under your feet and will sacrifice for you with stories, hours one afternoon, he can take a prime minister miss stefan academy holsted cabinet sessions until further notice . but derek's political life was already in limbo. this being dedlock for almost a year, but tad are all set. his party won the largest share of seats in elections last october. it wasn't enough to secure a majority and sat hasn't been able to form a government of his choosing. he told his m. p 's to resign in june, and his supporters have been protesting since july, some even briefly occupied parliament. they won't new elections without the participation of a ran backed groups. now and i won't be a law boyd, this is in iraqi revolution. iraq should be returned to people i. this is not the

1st time sad as announced his retirement from politics. many have dismissed it as a loss to gain leverage over his rivals. already several protested have been killed and hundreds wounded. and it's feared, said his latest please could lead to yet more instability. victoria gay to be al jazeera or cross bonded like one of the law had to is in baghdad and sent this report earlier would now very close to the green zone. were the clashes, is it continuing give between armored brigades affiliated to the southern, on the one hand? and on the other hand, military units, they say the so the support of the say that the, the, the army groups shooting at them are affiliated to the popular mobilization courses . we cannot independently verify that what we know for certain that the kids take

care of prime minister almost doubled, call me earlier. wanna security forces not to use live? bullets again is to protest us. there have been sniper shots coming from on top of the building. if you can it, if you, if you, if just heard this explosion, we've been hearing explosions several explosions. many people here say that probably most rockets or rocketed problems, a grenades fires in the area in and around the green zone. the situations remains very tense. as you know that it's ironic because of the green zone, which is the battle fields. now between the arrival of factions has been heavily fortified area that is home to government offices and international diplomatic commissions, including the u. s. embassy and the, the embassy of the, the u. k. out of those doors jabari of inter on with more and how the iranian government is reacting to the violence in baghdad. where we heard from officials in

iran who have advised their citizens not to travel to iraq. they have also cancelled all flights to iraq and the result of the instability they've ongoing in that country. there's a travel advisory, tall new citizens to avoid travel to the country. they've also closed all the land border crossing between iraq and on. of course the 2 countries are neighbors and they share a very long border that stretches about 1300 kilometers. and we also heard from the foreign ministry fordson a little earlier this evening. and he said that the great new government leave that there is no political impacts that iraq can't solve itself. and that's the iranians are recommending that iraq and pursue a solution to political misunderstandings that they are having on its constitution

. which is interesting, of course, because one of the main issues that is the core of the dispute between the southern supporters and the government is the constitution itself. and the laws that i've been put in place about the system of government that they have. and without all sada has been a prominent figure in iran. keep politics for a long time. his satirist movement is one of the most powerful factions with hundreds of thousands of supporters, that she neither rose to prominence off to the end of sadam. hussein leadership in 2003, he's against any foreign interference in rocky politics. he demanded the departure of a rogue american troops and opposes ron's influence. albert wolf is a research associate at johns hopkins university, and he says it's highly unlikely that that is actually retiring from politics. frankly, i think this is solder, being solder. i do believe that this is,

i wouldn't call it a start per se, but i do believe that he is, he's jockey for leverage. and in this current crisis pass to actually have the same exact result. date. you know, he's not, you know, and one of the things it's pushing him is that he has not been able to get a prime minister of is choosing the coordination. one of the things that you can band with that support nation framework nominate someone who weighs, quote, unquote, independent from missouri out molecule. that's one thing that and the 2nd thing is, is that, you know, he's resisting, you know, in the us and of rainy. and so these are a couple of the things that are pushing, but these are tactics that is used in 2000 the break. i don't believe that he's retiring. that's and i know that he's also said he's going on

a hunger strike. so, you know, solder is one of the few the only figure in the iraqi public sphere, some and hundreds of thousands of people onto the, onto the streets literal, literally. so i think the, i think you're in for, as you mentioned in question another election, i think that the. ready election will probably result in a very similar result lashed to action and probably with, you know, low voter turnout with lower voter turnout than the last 2 pakistan is planning ministers has the initial economic losses from widespread floods could be more than $10000000000.00. a sonic ball says it will take 5 years to rebuild and recover the reins of killed more than 1100 people. since gene government is wanting of food shows just because of how many crops have been lost. and if you had

a cup to have been deployed to help those stranded and remote areas come on haida, is in swats one of the worst effected areas in pakistan. and he sent us this report . i read, i'm finding right now. you can see all these draw. now these are all 4 brought by that raging daughter and had our grinding effect. in fact played red, i'm standing, what shops and building. there is no time left of the door. we have one of the residents are broad toward our job where the family run their doctor drug. i need doctor edwards to one of the more frightening experience that he had ever been here. i've got that now going to show us it's out and tell us about the damage that happened here wanted as it so ago. but it was to him when the water came into our home, many buildings close by, wiped out. there was

a bridge that too is gone. we left the just lots on our backs, but everything else is right at the family and we're lucky to be able to get out. he of course, has gone back to retrieve whatever valuable belongings that may still be left. you can say that a box containing personnel, a bag bag, bedding. and if you're on the corner where the cab virginia traditional cap and the area, some boys family members are still busy. this is exactly what happened to the extremely lucky, but there are unfortunate people who lost everything. the child is just good enough to ship about 30 to 40 homes were totally destroyed. here people are seeking refuse in the mos in school. many horton here were destroyed the, the large have a key role than bridget. and although international aid maybe

a driving it is going to be difficult to start to get to places where it is needed most or than $100000.00 people have been moved to safety after heavy rains cause flooding and southwest china, the west head areas were devastated by heat wave, for most of the summer, more rain is forecast for parts of such one province and chunking city. hatchet, fog has the details will of the last couple of weeks chunks you really has been suffering under this intense heat wave which has caused bush fires. it's cause power outages, crops and livestock have really been struggling as well. so this really is a dramatic change in weather conditions. temperatures have gone from daily highs about 40 degrees celsius right down to the mid twenties. and there's also been this rain for which began on sunday and is still ongoing. and as you can see, it's really helped to replenish the yangtze river right behind me. just

a few days ago. parts of this river had dried up so much you could walk half way across it. but the concern now for a thought is, is the threat of possible flooding. one of the things the heat wave did, is it really bates the soil around this region and has caused it to clack and loosen and that increases the possibility of natural disasters. so authorities have issued a flood alert, warning, they've evacuated more than 100000 people to safe grounds. and rain is expected to persist in some parts of southwestern china over the next 10 days. so it does look as though there is going to be further weather related uncertainty in the days ahead. cilla had hair on out his era homeless and in desperate, desperate need of help to ensure wayne obliterates villages and crops and eastern to dawn. and, ah, its biggest street party is back after

a 2 year pause due to the pandemic. ah, with it's a dangerous heat wave for the levant. we'll talk more about that in a sec. thank you so much for joining in. here's a wider picture of the middle east on tuesday, plenty of hot sunshine to go around windsor shifting in the gulf. so that's going to pump in the humidity even more in the days to come off to off gone histone in pakistan. the monsoon rains were in a law right now, so not much action going on. say for a few showers in sin providence. around could archie with a high 33 degrees. ok promised you we talk about that heat through the la van. so people trying to keep cool, whatever way they can you got these trucks going around sprained people with water? not a bad idea when you consider the temperature is paint the colors on dark or the red, the higher the temperature, amman for that 2nd 3rd day,

you could hit 40 degrees and this is an extended period of heat. central africa, our biggest birth of rain, release sudan, right into south sudan. not too far away from juba on tuesday with the high 31 degrees. and for south africa, the vigorous system here is really wicked up those winds around quite zulu natal. i think we'll see wind gusts about 6065 kilometers per hour, and these are southerly wind. so look what it's ton to the temperature and my put so 19 degrees just the other day. you are in the thirty's. so big change indeed that sharp the see later the place the arab world life to lecture was artist activists where ideas sparked and history has made america to use tyra to have 0 world tells the story of for iconic cafes and their role in eric society as

part of creativity. debate at the same secrets. era cafe on our jazz ita. lou. ah. hello again. you're watching al jazeera, his reminder of our top stories this hour. at least 20 people have been killed following gum, foreign explosions and back dodge green zone. the area houses, government offices, and foreign embassies. the violence comes off to pop up shortly. demo, outside or announced, he was quitting politics. and some of his followers of strong iraq's government palace. hundreds were injured as security forces tried to drive protesters out of

the complex challenges the prime minister's office. floods in pakistan of that to the death of more than 1100 people since june and cause major economic losses. countries calling for international aid, who's ukraine has launched a counter offensive against russian forces in the south in an effort to re take the castle region. the government in cave says its troops have broken through russian defences in several parts of the front line, near the city of curse on forcing its units to retreat. but russia says the advance failed to a new crane suffered heavy losses. thousands of people have been leaving the region to escape the fighting. it seems on the you a nuclear watchdog is on its way to inspect you cleanser per each a power plant. shelling near the sites as drawn, international concern, and the head of the atomic international atomic energy agency says their mission is to protect the security and safety of europe largest nuclear facility,

which russian forces have taken over to his oppo reports from keith. these are iodine pills, men to protect the fire, a gland in case of a nuclear disaster. they're being distributed around the sep, what heats your region? ukraine, close to europe, largest nuclear power plant are now since our district is location within 50 kilometers rates from the nuclear power plant. in the area of possible radiation exposure, we distributing id and tablets to paypal, mainly those on to 40. it's happening as the un nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency is about to inspect the support. it's your power plant or for the facilities hockey by the way, russia and the fighting nearby has intensified in the past few days. level global of the i. e. a team is due to assess any damage from the recent shelling. evaluate the conditions in which staff are working and the terming the functionality of

safety and security systems. people here at ukraine's state nuclear power company are waiting anxiously for the visit of the yay, yay, they're not wholly waiting to get news of what's happening inside the plant, but they're also hoping they'll be able to convince russia to withdraw from the area. russia says it is ukraine that's shelling the area in an attempt to re take control of the plant. oh, but the head of ukraine's nuclear company told al jazeera, this is not the case. the bro calls or rules which exist in nuclear safety, radiation safety, and physical, so filtered in mccloud, they broke everything. if normal mission has come and 0 normal works, but we'll go and see all this evidence zoellner resolved from this mission should be just get away from here. there's also concern about the safety of ukrainian technicians working inside the plant, about 200 for 100 people. right now. we are captured by russians and the actually

retreated badly in this so facilities they actually captured before in the town of america. durham created reason, the prism of from certain we do not know what happened with some people even for we do not know anything about them. full force or demand, for example already. for now, the fighting goes on in the southern and eastern ukraine, as forces from the 2 sides try to gain control of vital cities across the front line. but at the moment, or lies around the i. e, a visit, and what it can achieve there is i will, i'll just see that give over 10000 people have been evacuated from the indian city . very nasty. as the ganges river floods low lying areas and south rain has brought the water is dangerous levels. emerging dozens of villages in the region furnace is one of the oldest and have 2 cities in the world. and his henderson's holiest sight

. sidney's authority say 99 people have been killed in the torrential rains and flash floods of the past few weeks. they've won the country's eastern rivers, have reached dangerous levels and could burst their banks at any moment, ma'am, at val reports from carton homeless and in desperate need of health. 36 villages in eastern sudan have been inundated by water. and the threat from floods isn't over yet. the torrential rains began more than 5 weeks ago. and gash, a seasonal river near the city of casela, has reached unprecedented levels and threatens to spill into surrounding areas. so that now lola, i'm not on, i mean i'm on august la gosh, loadings. our biggest problems. we've been asking for a bridge to be built in this area since 2017. but authorities never responded to our demands. local authorities say several people have lost their lives in this

area so far. 15000 homes have been completely or partly damaged. swathes of agricultural land have been destroyed. thousands of families have lost their livelihoods. while i'm glad of shallow another for the open, he continues to rain and people have lost their homes. now they need shelters. mosquito nets insecticides with us and will be casado. authorities are appealing for humanitarian help. i'm not a little bizarre to the head of the, almost a lot of that that the people who've been affected were already among the poorest in this area. so we would like to ask good hearted people in organizations to intervene and bring more help. several countries including katara and saudi arabia have already responded. large shipments of 8 have been sent by air and are being distributed. but logistics issues are delaying the operation. many of the affected areas are remote and happy, impossible to reach,

because the roads have been cut off by floods. the 14 states across to then need immediate help. the deadly floods have caused extensive damage to property, especially in the states of called the van da, for under 0 and white mile, with a few more weeks of the wet season, remaining fears, amounting. but the situation for those already affected might go from bad to worse, hammered by jazeera cotton. at least 14 people have been shot dead and madagascar. p. police opened fire on a crowd of protesters. hundreds of villages armed with machetes and knives, descended on the police station in a congo. angry about the kidnapping of an albino child. please say demonstrations, tried to force their way into the station to attack for suspects, arrested in connection with the crime. one person has been killed in protests

across hazy hunters took to the streets of the castle, port her prince and other cities to demand the resignation of the prime minister ariel on re a blame him for high cost of living and widespread violence. i to day we took to the streets again to claim our rights, the police force just to kill us. as you can see all the gus pods have been fired. i. we will not stop protesting until arial, all he resigns because things have become more complicated under his government. we don't have purchasing power. inflation is about 31 percent. this is the 1st time we're experiencing something like this in this country. and girl as governing party and president jour lorenzo has been declared the winner of last week's presidential and parliamentary elections. m. p. a lay under president lorenzo won nearly 52 percent of debates. fancy opposition received around 44 percent. he's promised dialogue after a hotly contested vote. the ruling party has been in power for nearly 50 years

since the country gained independence. in 1975, an investigation in may and mar has uncovered more evidence of widespread abuses against opponents of the military cou. a right script says it's documented more than $200.00 cases of soldiers destroying entire villages and a warning. the total change report contains some images that view as may find distressing. smoke rises from a residential compound and shim phone tang and central man, man. the fires have been burning some more than a week. elsewhere in the village, the child remains of vehicles and the human skeleton burn so badly. only the torso remains villages alleged soldiers arrived on the afternoon of the 11th of august, searching for rebel fighters. they stayed in this buddhist monastery for 3 days, killing and burning. anything that moved this man whose identity we've obscured, survived, but many didn't do much on that day. so many people were injured or killed,

shot on the spot. many other people died when they fired artillery and they killed the castle, horses and dogs. in the fields outside the carcasses of livestock decompose in the sun for the community, everything has gone. the village of 10 flung in western chin state was the sight of fierce resistance in september, the june to responded by shilling it than burning down more than a 150 homes. survivors fled across the border into india. the human rights group, mamma witness has been documenting these incidents more than $200.00 in less than a year. it says across the north and the west kind of stand on proof. the military dish was responsible. we need hard evidence and were able to identify that a number of times insignificant circumstances such as the presence of me and my military con boys at the same time, in the same location as when the villages were being but to the ground. that's the

off significantly strong evidence, despite these well documented atrocities, diplomatic efforts to engage the gent to pursue. a recent visit by the us, special envoy went ahead just a day after uncensored. she was sentenced to an additional 6 years in jail. and those interventions have failed to stop attacks like this. children hiding from aerial bombardment, an army at war with its own people. tony cheng elgin's or un humanitarian chief as appeals, the international donors to a store, a to afghanistan, martin griffith sworn. the country is facing multiple crises, including a dia, economic situation, drought, and deepening poverty. he was speaking during a special session to discuss the situation in afghanistan. close to 19000000 people are facing acute levels of food insecurity. including 6000000 people at risk of

famine. more than half of the population, some 24000000 people need humanitarian assistance and an estimated 3000000 children are acutely mom nourished. they conclude over 1000000 children estimated to be suffering from the most severe life threatening form of malnutrition without specialized treatment. these children could die. europe's biggest street party is underway in london for the 1st time in 3 years. more than a 1000000 people are expected to join. the crowds of notting hill carnival is usually held every august but took place online for the past 2 years. because of the pandemic. so the guy again has more. ah, it's loud. it's raucous, and it's back. the notting hill carnival reclaimed its place is one of london's most renowned festivities. it's

a celebration of afro caribbean culture. started as a children's event by local communities to ease racial tensions in london during the 19 sixty's. the carnival has come to embody the city's diversity after being forced online as a result of the pandemic. it's a welcome return for those who missed it. oh my go, i agree with 3 as with on everyone. honestly. i'm adrian. i'm happy that good like it. oh, i good. i love you, mr. man. yes, overdo. right. do you agree, miss? so yes, overdue man. happy. but it's not only the pandemic that's had an effect inflation and the rising price of goods from sequins to fibers have put pressure on creatives who play a crucial part in making the flamboyant costumes economical situation. now,

every been doesn't have money. i don't want to spend money because they're not sure what they're going to meet. so there is a lot of issue the wrong. this is what we call going on the road in our after 2 years hi. organizes that it has been a challenge to bring together europe's largest street party. nevertheless, that back and it's time now to celebrate all the efforts of the organizations and the people who are taking part where people have been working so hard to over the year looking forward to this. if the costumes, the plan in the organization of all is a huge, as you can imagine, a huge organizational cost to pull on one of the most iconic community like festivals on the planet. a welcome return for a well loved street party. sunday guy. yeah go out to sarah london. ah.