for your hero, applying a flag, but in the occupied west bank reading, the palestinian flag could get you shot or arrested after the also ports of the $900.00 ninety's between the palestine liberation organization and israel, the bottom of the palestinian blacklisted. but on the ground it's becoming much harder to express any type of support for the palestinian call. one day there are no palestinian flag. the next best to reach are filled with it's a day the flight to your net by young men who are not even born with these railey government for the day, or the palestinian flag it ah you and nuclear inspectors travel to is that where we sure to check the ukraine, your nuclear plot for damage off to weeks of shelling via by this as russia shut

some major gas pipeline to europe again, saying it needs 3 days of maintenance. ah, funny bulk. this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up flood survivors, scramble for aid in pakistan as waters recede, but fears of waterborne diseases grow. families grieve in baghdad after 2 days of violence over iraq's ongoing political deadlock. and justice officials say classified document said donald trump's florida home will likely conceal to obstruct an f. b. i. investigation. ah, united nations inspectors have arrived in the southern ukrainian city of zap

parisha flo on a mission to prevent an accident at your abs. largest nuclear power site there, which is under russian control, the team travel to ukraine after weeks of shelling in the vicinity of the power plant raising fears of a radiation leak, theresa bow reports from keith. ah, it took around 8 hours. are these international atomic energy agency team members to which they somebody terry jen? their plan is to evaluate conditions inside europe's largest nuclear power plant for a few days. while we are a team of experienced people, i brief here are the best and the brightest safeguards in safety security. and we will have a really good idea, you know, figure out what's going on. how long shelling in the past weeks has raised concerns or the conditions inside the plant. it's a difficult task, as they will have to evaluate the potential damage. the conditions of the personnel and weather safety systems are in place. this room will go go back into my,

he's an expert on nuclear disaster and he says that even though there's a body, t and nuclear power plant is nearly indestructible. there are many things that could go wrong. another, it can be destroyed probably only if it's a shorter, very special purpose was very powerful munition. so it's going to be damaged simply because of some occasional bumble rockets it falls nearby. the visit is taking place as you quine. staging a counter offensive in the south trying to begin what precedent follow the medical and he says, is the liberation of territory is occupied by russia? ukraine says it for says, have destroyed several ammunition people and all major bridges are we allow russian troops across the dinner for river. everyone here knows that this is going to be a long fight, but almost everyone is convinced that ukraine would prevail, armament armor. but let me call your friends, it is

a major challenge and ukraine has bravery to make up for the weapons. it lack of fancy is quite the challenge and seeing it's quite difficult. complicated seem you need to orchestrate the application of a lot of manpower, a lot of equipment. so you need to do it to, to have an effect. you need to, to breach the technical depth of defense. say you need to do more follow national on you need to interdicted the russian possible. russian counter moves still. as i said, chances are quite higher. ukraine's government continues to demand more weapons for me to western allies to push it's offensive. soldiers on the front lines i fighting to defend the country. i believe the time has come to regain the territory. they have lost several feet. keep. well fierce battles have been reported as ukrainian troops continue their push to retake the southern her son region, which russia seized at the start of the war. smoke from shelling was seen in mid

july of which is slightly north of her song. ukraine announced on monday that its ground forces had gone on the offensive in the south. bolstered by donated western weapons, ukraine's military have been striking russian supply lines and ammunition sites. the bare of the eastern city of crime, a tourist, says a russian long range rocket at a residential area earlier damaging. at least 9 apartment blocks, no vests or injuries have been reported. ukrainian officials are working to evacuate residence from areas and the eastern battle ground region of dun yeske, as well as other frontline areas. russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilian infrastructure. this might evidence its missiles have hit many residential areas across the country. you foreign ministers of agree to suspend the visa deal with russia, making it harder and more expensive for russian citizens to visit countries in the european union. member states were to divide it to agree on a blanket ban, is estimated more than 1000000 russian citizens of enter the block,

mostly food land border crossings. since the beginning of the ukraine conflict, the use foreign policy chief joseph burrell, says suspending. the visa deal will have a real impact on knowledge wash, partially suspended for a special collect use groups of people, ratios and river nurse. and now which fully suspended it means it will significantly reduce their number of new visas. issue by d, u members h e o difficult to be longer. russia has again shut down all stream one pipeline this time for 3 days. citing planned maintenance is the main link, delivering gas to germany and the rest of western europe. the closure is mosque as latest move to significantly reduce gas exports. in retaliation for sanctions imposed over the war and ukraine. dominic cane reports from rudolph district, just west of the capital berlin. this is the bought over 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 nord stream, one network has been cut. and for the next 3 days, nothing will come through it. part of planned maintenance, says gas prom, part of president vladimir putin politic ng says, germany on gets we are literally paying a price. these stoppages have been bandied about in talk shows and political speeches as a rhetorical possibility over the summer is on, but it's not rhetoric, it's a better reality for me. this is a bit of abruptly trend that which is why ministers have spent months trying to find gas from other sources. feedback from the 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 and cards on consumers all sectors to reduce the man 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 shipments 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. ah, in other news, pakistan's army is on high alert for more floods in the south of the country. the indus river has been swelling for weeks, threatening another wave of flooding. rescuers have spread out to some of the worst affected places where millions are waiting for help or the 1100 people have died in the flooding, which has left a 3rd of the country under water from the village a per on or a bad and sin province zane bas ravi reports the . this is the faith of hunger. to describe what is happening here as desperation. trivializes the extent of the suffering the we spoke the 1st on as she was headed

into the fray. she says she had no choice. and who do go now? oh, how does have fallen down? don't have changed. we can't shade our children from the sun. houses have been submerged. i swear to god. there is nothing. when our belongings have been washed away, we pull our children sick. they are just sitting senior army officers leading this relief operation. tell us their orders are use a light touch, help everyone. but making sure the weakest in the crowd, women, children, the sick and elderly don't get pushed to the back of the law. often requires for the the armies arrived at this village. this much needed humanitarian supplies food mostly. and there's been a scramble at the supply truck because people here know that there is not enough for everyone. but they are still the lucky ones here across the way where the road

has been completely washed away. or people cut off from other villages and they are just hoping that someone is able to swim some supplies over to them. who is the most deserving? who should go 1st? seems to be an impossible decision. i know we, but if anybody, my gentlemen, there is no reason to worry, god willing it will and we'll get something. okay, but calmly wait, your turn, and every one will get help. reassurances bring peace, but only briefly when i am up as the trucks begin to empty, panic returns and people jump the queue once again. that survivors say not to do so is to choose death. i mean, if you don't, good food will just a dirt and die. what else can you do? i don't have any bread. i don't have any water. all the children are starving.

bringing order to the chaos caused by floods is an unenviable task. and one that has only just begun. zane basra, the l. g 0 per ana, about village sind pakistan or the w h o as res, concern over the spread of waterborne diseases in pakistan. some doctors had initially said they were mostly seeing patients traumatized by the flooding, but they're now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections, and other waterborne symptoms. as for the government to deploy further medical teams, officials are also scrambling to provide clean drinking water to survive as still to come this half hour. well lead is remember the last soviet union leader mikhail gorbachev as a towering statesman at his death receives a cool response in russia. and the toma tina is back for a 2 year break. revel is relish in return of the festival billed as the world's biggest food fight. ah,

here's your forecast for the 1st day of september across europe and africa. so 1st day of meteorology, co fall and you can certainly see the difference. temperatures have lowered, we've got all these storms across the balkans. more storms are also enveloping across italy as well. take a look at the temperature and book rest for the 1st time since august 15th, you've got a daytime high, a below 30 degrees in your temperatures will slip back even more periods of rain on friday, but you'll dry off on saturday. now there's spot, we've seen some cooler air, it's across scandinavia. got that wind coming out of the north. so stock home, just a high of 15 degrees for you on thursday of 2 iberia. it's fairly dry here. a few showers across northern areas spain. but other than that, looking good and off to the other side of the mediterranean, now still disturbed whether brown is stumble with the high of 29 degrees. keep in

that heat though, a 4 areas of levant, including aleppo, with the high up 40 degrees across africa. torrential downpours moving out of gonna ivory coast. it's going to be a washout of a day in bama co. as we slipped toward the south wind still a factor across that northern cape province. the western cape is wal bit more calm though. for kazoo luna towel with the high of 20 degrees in durban. enjoy the 1st day of september. see later, ah, it's time for a memorable holiday with pegasus. it's time for turkey. set sail for new discovery, enjoy. have new experiences. hit the shops, make wonderful memories. travel to turkey with pegasus, and with direct lights to istanbul, and tried to book your ticket now for

a memorable holiday. c y p. yes, for our best prices. lou ah, mind are the top stories here now just aram, united nations. inspectors of arrived in the ukrainian city of zapper asia, which is home to europe's largest nuclear power plant. they'll be checking the safety of the russian controlled plant once they gain access, which is expected to be on thursday. e u foreign ministers of agree to suspend a visa deal with russia, making it harder and more expensive for russian citizens to visit countries in the block. the decision came as russia again shut the main pipeline, supplying gas to europe. and pakistan's army is on high alert for more floods in

the south of the country, where the indus river is swelling. rescue as have spread out to some of the worst affected places where millions of desperate for home western leaders have paid tribute to mikhail gorbachev. the last leader of the soviet union, remembering him as a towering statesman who helped and the cold war. but his death received a cool response in russia. the country is engage in a warrant with ukraine to regain some of the power a loss when gorbachev presided over the union's collapse. he died of the age of 91 in moscow hospital after 2 years of serious illness and re simmons reports back to me. at 54 years old mikhail gorbachev became the youngest leave, rue, the soviet union, and he was to be the last few would doubt that he changed the course of 20th century history. although he's revered and respected, more in the west than in modern russia. one of his biggest achievements was signing

a disarmament treaty with you as president ronald reagan, but took out a whole class of nuclear weapons. it earned him a nobel peace prize. joe biden cited this achievement in his tribute describing gorbachev as a man of remarkable vision. he said the result was a safer world and greater freedom from millions of people. antonia guitarist the un secretary general, said the world has lost a towering global leader. committed multi naturalists, and tireless advocate for peace. the you commission president ursula vander lion said gorbachev played a crucial role to end the cold war and bring down the iron curtain. it opened the way for a free europe. vladimir putin said gorbachev had a huge impact on the course of world history. he deeply understood reforms were necessary and strove to offer solutions. many russians see him as the man who stood by is the soviet union disintegrated. his legacy is dead. he allowed,

or the peaceful collapse of the soviet union. it did not use massive force 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. gorbachev used perestroika or restructuring to reform, a stagnant economy that had seen people shorter food and consumer goods. and he use glass mills openness and freedom of speech that led to parts of the eastern block wising up against communism. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war, one state after the other broke away anglo merkel, former german chancellor spoke in her tribute of the fear in east germany with expectation the tanks would roll in, but quite the contrary. wasn't long before the berlin wall came down

yet now 30 years on with rushes, invasion of ukraine comes the danger of further east west conflict on a horse london, devil to ship president, put in russia. hundreds president, digging new trenches in europe and have started a horrible war in ukraine. it's now we think and mikhail gorbachev and realized what he did for our country and all of europe. gorbachev held as a man of peace has died. it's only when his country, his every engage in war. andrew simmons, al jazeera and sudan protest her has been killed after being hit by a tig canister and run over by a security force vehicle in the capital cartoon. demonstrators were marching against loss, his military coup and demanding return to full civilian rule. the military seized power from a transitional, civilian led government last year. since then, anti military process have been held in several cities almost every week. funerals

are being held for some of those killed during this weeks violence in the iraqi capital baghdad. the demonstration started on monday when influential she at leader mc tada outsider said he was leaving politics banded on tuesday when he ordered his supporters to leave the green zone. dalso jabari has more from baghdad. i. this is the cause, the political rivalry in iraq, dozens of people came to pay their respects to the family of were somebody. for nearly a decade, the 38 year old had been part of psoriasis along the armed wing of she had politician marked out there also. others movement after southern announced yet again on monday that he's retiring from politics. his forces fought with shiite rivals supporting the iran back coordination framework and iraqi security for hours in the capitol, where sam's eldest son alleys, 15 years old, he has won a 4 and was, and wife is pregnant with their 5th child. was sam's brother,

a boss says his brother was killed by a sniper, who shot him through an eye issue with any more to our own. we believe in the orders of mac, todd ro, sauder, to reform the slaves. he's the only man who can save the state, but it's a pussy hogan. the coordination framework have gone too far. we offered the mouse 73 seats and parliament and told them to form the government, but they failed. kind of a many hearsay events of this past week. as a reminder of how much they need souther to remain in politics was sam was a member of sir. i, a salam, the on the wing of southern movements. his older brother says his death only reinforces their relief and dedication to move to other else, other who they believe is in done with politics just yet. on the other side of town, those from the other side of this conflict laid their victims to rest. those been carried here were members of the popular mobilization forces. she eyed our groups

that are now part of the government's military. the prime minister destination following the end of the violence on tuesday evening. with a warning. we'll have the men who know and i want to see if they want to continue to create disputes and complications or 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. it's an appropriate time. oh, this political upheaval is not new here, but sees like this are in the heavily fortified green zone area. and as quickly as they began, they ended, when souther told his followers to stop the bloodshed and leave that highlights the immense power he still has despite claims of retirement. and many are wondering how he will use it next door. such a bari al jazeera, backed out tens of thousands of healthcare workers in garza who've been protesting against israeli controls. they say the restrictions imposed on policy,

impatient seeking treatment outside garza is costing lives ambulances lined up at the nearest hospital in the north of the strip. just this month for palestinians died after israel prevented them from leaving garza to receive treatment. the u. s . justice department says it has evidence. former president donald trump's team was hiding classified files at his florida home. it also says his advisors were obstructing an investigation into whether he illegally removed top secret documents from the white house. alan fisher reports. it's a remarkable photo document recovered by the f b i from it's read on the florida home of former president, donald trump some marked in bright red or yellow top secret. and if you look closely, others mark h. c. s highly classified papers which could have details on american spies or secret human sources. the august 8th read came after repeated efforts by the authorities to have trumps tim returned documents taken when he left the white

house. trump's lawyers claimed they had made a diligent search and they had nothing that needed to be returned, but the rate uncovered more than a 100 classified documents. not just in the storage area at mont illegal, but in the ex president's desk, the filing stating that government records were likely concealed and removed and that efforts were taken to obstruct the government's investigation. the idea that he didn't know he was holding on to classified information and they were sitting in his desk in his office, not just in the storage room. it's very hard to make the argument on true social, the ex president social media channel. he offered up a line of defense terrible the way the f, b i during the rate of motto lago through documents hop hoshevely all over the floor. perhaps pretending it was me that did it. and then started taking pictures of them for the public to see thought they wanted them kept secret. lucky i declassified. but while running for president in 2016,

he attacked hillary clinton's handling of sensitive documents, insisting no one was above the law. my administration. i'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. some of what was recovered from on a logo was so sensitive, according to the court filing, even the f b, i counter intelligence personnel and d o g attorney's conducting the review, required additional clearance before they were permitted to review certain documents. trump's team, her father request for a special master and independent set of eyes, saying the f. b. i seized documents to which they had no legal right. but the department of justice says all the documents have now been reviewed that none need to be returned because it belong to the government not to one individual. and that donald trump never declassified them. and that is what could put the ex president on his team at legal jeopardy. alan fisher al jazeera,

at the department of justice in washington. the final campaign event of the u. k. conservative leadership contest is taking place in london with foreign secretary list trust. the favorite to replace boris johnson and the cost of living crisis has been the main issue for both contenders list trust and former chancellor richey soon act of health. several events across the country in recent weeks. about 880000 conservative party members must submit their ballots by friday with a new leader announced on monday. okay, when the dean barber's here in the studio for more on this, the deemed clearly as i mentioned there, there's one story dominated the headlines of the u. k. is now the cost of living crisis. but what the main differences between trust and soon as if any, were there are clear differences. and so i think they've had to come out because have been such pressure on them to give us a bit more detail about how they plan to help people with the cost of living crisis . and specifically this 80 percent rise in the energy price cap, which were hip people in their pockets come october with hugely increased gas and

electricity bills. so m richey, soon egg has distance himself from trust. he says that she is divorced from reality . when she talks about cutting taxes to help people or deal with their bills, he says that this won't really help the least the most sorry disadvantage. because for example, the poorest people in britain don't pay income tax if they're on a state benefit, certain state benefits or so he has said victim, his priority is cutting inflation. he said that the right thing to do is not maxing out the country's credit card. and he said that margaret thatcher knew that. so that's a direct appeal to the tory heartlands. these are members who number perhaps, 160000 or so who will be choosing the next prime minister by this friday. this trust is also a reference to or rather her supporters to night have reference margaret thatcher. she herself, has made a quite a lot of her support for boys johnson saying that he will actually go down on one

of the country's best prime ministers. so link herself to the johnson premier ship of co soon next scene as somebody who stuck the knife in with his resignation that in the reader is wembley, arena tonight. so it was quite a spectacle, quite american style, if you like, with rock music introducing the, the candidates, he went down, he got the biggest reception, but that's just london list. trust is the clear favorite around the country with the conservative membership. she's saying that she will be the person to, to, to lead the public through this cost of living crisis. sumac has actually paid tribute to her in the last couple of hours, but they're helping some quite sharp words in the other hustings. and this is the twelth. don't forget. so i thought 12 how things several tv debates very briefly day. but what happens next? well, we will have a new name on monday of who will be the next prime minister. and then on tuesday, boris johnson will go with his successor to meet the queen in balmoral in scotland

and then the new prime minister will make their 1st speeches prime minister outside 10 downing street. now just on wednesday, the leaders of the conservatives in scotland and wales urged both candidates to do more to specify how they're going to turn around the economy and help people through this winter crisis. now, boys, johnson has insisted that it's clear whoever wins will actually come up with an improved package, but so far in the hustings, they'll be no detail. they say we need to react to the situation when we're in office, but as a comma from around the country for them to hurry up and do so. a clamor in dina dean. bob, many thanks. spain's world famous annual tomato fight, known as latin matina has returned to the streets of been all oh, tourists and locals cheered as trucks loaded with tons of right. tomatoes drove through the town with $20000.00 participants hurled the fruits at each other. turning the

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