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a radiation spell. ah ha, i'm money inside. this is out there and life. and i also coming up m ron calling suppose is gather outside is house is the form of pakistani prime. minnesota is set to appear in court wrongs. prime minister, threatened to quits of political conflict, continues to descend into violence on mikhail gorbachev. the last president of the soviet union and the mano helped, and the cold war, dies the age of 90. 1 of to weeks this negotiations, investigations from the un nuclear watchdog finally on their way to the russian occupied stop. patricia power plant in ukraine, the i. e. a team left. keep. early on wednesday morning, ukraine and russia have accused each other of shelling around the largest nuclear

facility. if it's kind in europe, it's rates, fear is a possible radiation lake with us. you know, we have a very, very important task there to perform to with their health study license application as much as we can. i am really very conscious the relevance of these moment, but we are ready to use rate, so we will be reporting back to the mission. we're going to be spending a few days there to reason bo has more from keith. while there have been reports of a shilling around all the sub, for a nuclear power plant, it's

a broad area. and what has happened there? if you can explain it, it's like the, the nuclear power plant is located in a town that's called inaudible that and on the other side of the river, even area that's controlled by ukrainian forces. so shelling has been ongoing on the, on the other side of the river, we've heard that at least 2 different type of explosion happened in the city of nico pool that is currently and there ukrainian control that the several people were injured there. and that's the location where the a team is heading, you know, the, it's the road that they will be taking is undisclosed. ukrainian officials are saying that russian forces have been shilling all around the area where the a team is expected to pass by. so, you know, there's like a big security issues surrounding this whole operation. it's not clear yet, which roads are going to go, or where they're going to stay where they're going to stay in nickel, which is the area that's controlled by ukrainians or in america. that's where the plant is located and that is currently under russian control. and that's where they

have established a base, right, where the nuclear power plant is located. so, you know, there's lots of intrigue about how this operation is going to be in place. it's very, very interesting. however, what they're going to have to be doing once they arrive there control the damage that has been cost in the plant, talk to you cranes, technicians who are under control of russian soldiers. and we're handling the every day operations off the plans. and of course the assist safety systems are in place . you know, lots of concern around that area in ukraine with a history of the turnover disaster, for example, about what could happen if something went wrong. hundreds of supporters of pakistan's, former prime minister moran calling have gathered outside his home ahead of his school to parents. in islamabad. com has been challenged with contempt of court. he's also facing challenges on the pakistan's anti terrorism act. prosecutors say he threatened police offices and a judge involved in the arrest of one of his aides. if convicted, he could face

a 6 month prison to him and be disqualified from running for office. come all high to is in islam a bud with more on the charges against him. wrong con, there are 2 cases. today's case pertains to a contempt of court case and this because the because of the remarks that he had made it public rally. now the former prime minister m ron con, claimed through his, at tor ne dad, there was a misconception that the judge who did not approve all who, sorry, a proved d, a reminder of one of the staff officers of the former prime minister, mister gale, who am ron said, had been tortured, that he was not aware that this was not an executive magistrate working on behalf of the federal government. but at your dish, an officer now he will be appearing before this court in a contempt charge,

the god of the remark he made against that particular judge. also, tomorrow he is going to appear before the anti terrorism court. the federal government had to for charges against them saying that he had criticized and undermined the on the police said that security forces and a judge. and therefore, this was done to amount to an act of terror. today of god, he will be appearing before the court, decoded likely to all came to possibly render an apology, end up on the court hedge bargain. on that after an apology or an admission that there was a mistake, they have been indian politician breski operations for the millions affected by flooding and pakistan are expanding on the helicopters have arrived in parts of the country that have been cut off a day's tens of thousands of people, a stranded un has launched an appeal for

a $160000000.00. monsoon rains have submerged a 3rd of the country so far more than a 1000 people have died. the u. s. justice department says it has evidence that form a president. donald trump's team was hiding classified files at his florida home. it also says his team was obstructing investigation into whether he illegally removed top secret documents from the white house. and a court finding on tuesday government lawyers say it was that evidence that prompted the search of trumps mar logged at residence at the beginning of august. more than $320.00 classified documents have now been found that trump says the such was politically motivated. wrongs can take a prime minister says he will resign if the political crisis and unrest in the country continues. must suffer academy address the nation after 2 days a violent protest in bagdad heavily fortified green zone. the chaos ended when

powerful, she on political lead, mcdonald solder, ordered his supporters to withdraw. on tuesday, he said that he, people were killed and hundreds wounded. the protest were sparks by sutter announcing that he was quitting politics will hug the laguna on thy wool. that if they want to continue to create disputes and complications are not to listen to the source of reason that i will make a moral decision. but i am proceed to leave my post in accordance to the rocky constitution. that's an appropriate time. why do people or country iraq is bleeding on has been bleeding for a long time? a lot such a coast. t dawson jibari has been following developments from baghdad. it's unclear how serious those threats are that are made by the current iraqi prime minister must have all called me who himself has been in the position since

may of 2020. he was also appointed as a caretaker prime minister, but the political people in this country has just continued. and he, in that speech seem very, very frustrated and tired from the ongoing political crisis that has been dragging on and now which very violent days and the over the past 48 hours here at the iraqi prime minister said that as the to ality of the state and non state needs and he also said that the arms that have been used against the iraqi people should be used to protect them. he said that he was willing to step aside if these disputes between the various factions would don't come to an end. you just seem to be saying that he's not really able to carry out his duties with all this political in fighting that is ongoing, as well as a violence that has crew been created as a result of it. what would happen if he does choose to leave office is that the

president would be in charge of the country and then the president would have a 15 day period to appoint another caretaker prime minister who would take over that position until the next elections are held in this country, former soviet leader and mikhail gorbachev has died at the age of 91. he played a crucial role in ending the cold war. he initiated economic reforms and he made it easier for people to criticize their leaders. but he was deposed in a curry which eventually spout the collapse of the ussr victoria kate and b looks back on his life. back to me, i me call gorbachev. change the to says, 20th century history. his legacy though is valued more by some than by others. in the west, he is revered as a great statesman, a nobel peace prize winner, who played a decisive role in ending the cold war to many russians. he's the man who allowed the soviet empire to collapse,

exposing millions to hardship and humiliation his legacy is that he allowed, or the peaceful collapse of the soviet union. it did not use massive, forced to keep eastern europe ah, in the empire. and with that, he deserves credit, but it is not that this was sung came in, trying to undermine the system. he tried to reform as a young man. gorbachev studied law at moscow state university. he went on to forge a career in the communist party, eventually becoming its general secretary and leader of the soviet union. but the command economy gorbachev inherited was failing and there was shortages of food and consumer goods. which of try to fix things with glass, most and perestroika reforms that were to revolutionize the soviet system where the horse should you lady that we made more enterprise, more democracy, more organisation and more discipline. then we will be able to bring perestroika up

to full speed and give new impetus to developing socialism. fascinating. his leadership also led to a revolution in relations with the west, face to face with us president ronald reagan. gorbachev signed a treaty, eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons curbing the nuclear arms race. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war. soon, the berlin wall fell, and after a failed qu, by hard line. as in moscow, the soviet union itself was dissolved a gorbachev. resigned cmo clarissa in this situation, which follows the establishment of the commonwealth of independent states for i hear by cease to act as the president of the soviet you know, you. so you did most not was not present in the esl, awarded the nobel peace prize in 1990 gorbachev remained in the public eye watching democratic progress erode and relations with the west deteriorate. well, right now, the present russians are ibm are booked in trying with military

force to rebuild the soviet union to reintegrated through forceful means kind of undo the gorbachev legacy, michigan. i talk the united nations secretary general antonio, the terrorist says the world's most, the towering global leader russian president vladimir putin has expressed his deepest condolences, who which off with his famous crimson birthmark, with one of the most recognizable figures of 20th century politics. and one of its most influential still ahead on al jazeera, a nation divided. why the trial, if a former president has bought thousands onto the streets of argent tina, and why a man who held people hostage at bay were buying his joint purchases? ah

quite the temperature divide. we've got going on across parts trailers out back there. thank you so much for joining in. so on thursday. alice at 14 degrees but look at birds vill at 22 and we've got some showers in this. don't let me take out to the weekend. there's 2 areas of disturbed weather. we're watching the 1st off to w a, a frontal system that's going to generate some showers and also bless 3 winds. and then this flood of rain around brisbin could give us the renewed threat of flooding . so we'll continue to keep tabs on that. ok back to the here and now for new zealand, weather alerts in play for rain and win for the south island. but the most of the action here is contained toward the southern, out of to southeast asia. it's our usual spattering of rain and thunderstorms, but look toward north of the philippine sea. let's go there. we've got

a super typhoon. so at its worst, we had wing us up to $260.00 sustained winds, 260 kilometers per hour that made it equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. now here's where the super typhoon is on thursday, east of taiwan, but it's going to join up with a tropical depression. so by friday could see the outer bans giving us some torrential downpours in type pay in those winds will pick up as well as the snapshot of your weather. we'll see you soon. take care. ah. with newly

hulu. ah ah ha. you're watching al jazeera and mind if off top stories. this, our investigators from the un nuclear watchdog are on their way to the russian occupied operators. your power plot in ukraine, you quite in russia have accused each other of shelling around the nuclear facility, raising fees of a possible disaster. support is a form of pakistani prime minister ron calling have gathered outside his house and it shows approved ahead of his school to parents college. been charged with contempt of court. iraqi prime minister,

most of our academy says he will resign at political crisis in unrest. continue his comments, follow 2 days of bonnet protests in bagdad shit. lead with total thought or is announcement he is quitting politics. now russia has shot down the nord stream, one pipeline at less than 2 weeks. notice sizing, planned maintenance. it is the main length, delivering gas to germany and the rest of western europe. russia has significantly reduced the gas exports through the pipeline in recent months. dominic cain reports rudest off. this is the port dover compressor turn and only a st. petersburg, where gas meant for german markets is ready for delivery. and yet in these pictures, excess gas is being burned off. which is odd because for months the volume of gas sent to germany via the gnawed stream one network has been cut. and for the next 3

days, nothing will come through it. part of planned maintenance, says gas problem, part of president vladimir putin. politicking says germany on gets we are literally paying a price. the stoppages have been bandied about him, talk shows, and political speeches as a rhetorical possibility over the summer in zone. but it's not rhetoric, it's a bitter reality. is bitter abruptly trained that which is why ministers have spent months trying to find gas from other sources. feedback for any part of the german government's coping strategy depends on installations like this one, a gas storage facility at looters, doff outside berlin. here it's already almost 95 per cent full and 95 percent capacity is the target. the german government has set to be reached by the 1st of november, but storage of gas is only one aspect of the solution. one analyst says in the short term, every one is being urged to use as little gas as possible. reduce demand in

industry and households where you can and not only industrial processes, but also when and in heats and heating systems, but also when it comes to electricity, man, that's precisely why the government at the moment is trying to in carts all consumers, all sectors to reduce demand because that's what can bring down on the consumption . in theory, full gas storage will only cover german needs for a few winter months, which is why the government has been building new liquefied natural gas terminals on its north sea coast. so that the ellen g shipment it's been buying in can help cover any shortfall in the coldest months early next year, covering german needs in the longer term involves breaking with russian fossil fuels for ever. dominant cane al jazeera looters, doff. tenured supreme court has begun hearing presidential candidate, rollo dingus challenge to the election results. it will sit until september,

the 4th, i think as rival william retired was declared, the winner would just over 50 percent of the vote. 4 of the 7 electoral commissioners refused to endorse the results. and angus, as the outcome is flawed and should be declared null and void. malcolm web has more from nairobi on the arguments. the supreme court will consider could have identified 9 areas that 9 questions that they want to answer over the coming days of the hearing. and they include whether or not the electoral commission database and online system was hack. riley were doing and his team led to the team working for william roots main. rival hacked into the system and changed the results. retail team denied the court wants to try and establish whether or not that's true . another area that they want to look at royal is coalition of also alleged. this is a discrepancy between the number of vote cost for the president. the vote in the other

election for members of parliament, senators and local government a significant, significantly larger number of cost for the presidential paul could be seen as evidence of violence. stuffing said area that a question or a concluding question that they said they want to on the if indeed, william roots, i did in fact get more than 50 percent of the vote per the result that was announced by the chair of the electoral commission. and if the irregularities significant enough to nullify the election, in which case the court can order a re run, the constitution says that that has to take place within 60 days has been another asked strike in mikella, the capital of ethiopia as northern to guy region. the number of casualties from the assault which happened near hospital is not clear. on friday, unicef accuse be in europe in force of attacking akin to govern. government denied

the saying it was targeting rebel positions. i think between the government and to grand rebels resume last week after 5 month non. the taliban has set all fireworks in the afghan capital come to celebrate the departure of the last u. s. soldiers. one year ago, the government has declared wednesday of public holiday. president joe biden withdrew the last u. s. forces after 20 year war that kill tens of thousands of afghans and more than 2000 american troops. the taliban is struggling with political isolation on a growing humanitarian crisis. the former president and current vice president of argentina, christina fernandez de kirshner, is on trial accused of corruption verdict as g later this year. but supporters have responded angrily to prosecutors calls to jail her. danesh wagner reports from

winners. aries, the former president and current vice president of argentina. christina fernandez, the kitchener is on trial. in the case of dividing the nation, the prosecution say she led one of the biggest corruption syndicates in the country's history. she calls it a political which aunt empties that it was on the flexion. this trial started with this fiction. there was recounted by the prosecutors over 5 days. during those 5 days. i listened to those accusation that were not accusations to wear a fiction, a script, a very bad one. besides being false. yes, it does, but it is always he got sick on daily. the prosecution is cooling for a 12 year prison sentence, and the lifetime ban on the vice president holding public office is one opposition . politician. even demanded her execution. in response, as supporters took to the streets outside her apartment in one osiris, please controlled by the opposition lead. city government responded aggressively

provoking strong criticism from the national government, including the president, alberto fernandez. the supporters now keep with the vigil outside the home. on the 3rd able to read oh and i left visible and when you put one of our main political leaders on trial in such a weak case, you undermine democracy and a lot of blood has got spilled to win our democracy for them. okay. i mean it, she did so much the schools, the city metro gave foot to the poor equipped to universities and gave her wage to housewives. christina fernandez, the kitchen that divides opinion like no other. but this trial is about much more than whether she is guilty or not guilty. it's about how many argentine see the future of the trouble country. so think that he's a former president, the wife of a former president. and now argentina's vice president with a kitchenette has been around for long enough to have made plenty of friends and a lot of enemies. her opponent to you, the former president,

the symbolic of the corruption who's blighted argentina for generations. they want to prevent her standing again for president in next year's elections. a sunday i thought he got out of him saying it will be historic for argentina, but it's the 1st summer female president convicted for a fully proven corruption crime that it serve as an example for all of you all. now if we don't find it, it gives us hope that we still have justice margin tina, and this has only just begun. verdict on christina kitchener and the 12 other accused is expectedly to this year. whenever the outcome, argentine will be divided by the increasingly bitter conflict that one, the al jazeera, what osiris people in lebanon have protested against the draft lol, they say, will make it harder to access their money from their bank accounts. authorities have strictly limited foreign currency. it's all since 2019 economy is plummeted in

the pastor years, in one of the wells worse financial crises, banks are unable to give people their savings because of a shortage of dollars. and mismanagement of funds for the capital controls law is a prerequisite for lebanon to qualify for an international monetary, fun, bailout, such steam that found the wreckage of the migrant buy it off the coast of lebanon, says it's unable to bring it to the surface bodies that remain inside the sunken vessel also couldn't be retrieved, said ohana reports from tripoli and north lebanon. for months on survivors are reliving the pain of losing family members at sea. they were hoping to make it to europe, but their boat was intercepted by the army off the coast of northern lebanon, in circumstances disputed till to day. no mclearnen had of our goal is to know who is responsible for sinking the boat. we still don't know. there have been

contradictory statements. the army said the boat wasn't hurt. if the captain of the submarine said it was heard from the front. a few days ago, a privately funded search team located the wreckage more than 450 meters beneath the surface. the army says it was overloaded and collided with the navy vessel while trying to get away. survivors say otherwise, they're not alone. sharlena the army vessel, hit the front of our boat. water started to come in. and at 1st we didn't realize the boat of sinking. i saw a sailor twice telling them to hit the front of our boat. the captain of the submarine reported signs of damage at the front of the boat, but says his team didn't have the capabilities to retrieve the vessel which is partly buried under silt. on the sea bed, mac, a bomb han, or they were killed in cold blood. we want a transparent investigation and if they were serious about the truth, they would bring the boat up. relatives of the more than 30 people missing or not

only asking for justice. what they killed my daughter at least give me her bones. this is all i want now, so i can pray at her. grave on the search team says it found somebody's near and inside the shipwreck, but they were badly decayed. the tragedy in april wasn't the 1st for lebanon in september, 2020 a migrant boat drifted at sea for days without food or water before it was found, 4 people died including a child. then like now families of the victims blamed the authorities saying they haven't even been told if any of the remains were recovered. i don't, these are my children. i one thing, it's more up to the authorities. what happens? these are my children not days, but the search team has ended its mission, providing no closure to grieving families. then there, osha, 0, tripoli, north of lebanon. in governance to you as a state of mississippi as to clad

a state of emergency in the regional capital jackson. people that don't have clean drinking rosa after the treatment plant was overwhelmed by flounce. john henry reports the water in mississippi's largest city is undrinkable. do not drink the water to be clear. please do not drink the water. a 150000 residents of jackson, the state capital, cannot drink the water cannot reliably shower flush their toilets or battle their cities fires. governor tate reeves on tuesday declared a state of emergency one with no end in sight. i can't give you a timeframe as to when we will be pushing out of safe drinking water. days of torrential rains have swollen. the pearl river mixing sewage and drinking water and overwhelming the city's main water treatment plant, causing it to fail with the city unable to afford the repairs. the state is offering emergency funding. this gets into quite possibly the billions of dollars.

and so that is far beyond the city of jackson's reach to be able to accomplish that . on our longtime jackson resident bernard smith saw it coming and stocked up. i will try to stop go on war to supplies because this stuff that don't bolt in any instances when you know you and i song where this happens, you don't just all of a sudden you add to your supply. they always tell me, i can't bite you if the bird jackson's population is largely black of quarter live in poverty, is one of many us cities, suffering water supply problems. and until it can restore its water treatment plant and feel its aging pipes residence will have to make do with boiled water bottled water and plenty of patients. john henderson al jazeera ah.