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i'm carry johnson. this is al jazeera well life and also coming up ah, sharing off their military might. russia and china take part in drills as tensions with the west saw a 3 days of morning in basrah. after 4 people are killed in fighting between rifle shot factions in iraq's southern city of basra . the un says china may have committed crimes against humanity, against mucus and other bi sleepers in groups in sion, janet provoking a furious response from beijing plus i'm seeing bas robbie and pakistan southern sin problems where people in towns like this are using mud walls and sandbags to hold back to flood waters

a team of you are an expert are assessing the safety of europe's largest nuclear power facility in ukraine. the i h. e. a chief file grossi has left the russian occupied parisha plant in southern ukraine. 5 others are staying back. their trip was delayed by hours due to shutting along the route. keith and moscow blame each other for the fighting. ukraine's nuclear agency says one of the 2 operational reactors has been shut down because of russian mortar attacks. theresa babies following developments from keith. in spite of the shelling and fighting that has been ongoing, the united nations nuclear watch ducting managed to make it to the plan. so the, in just the director of the a team on the ground said that they visited or that already visited several areas within the plant. and that team is going to remain in place until september 3rd, when they're going to evaluate several things among them. for example, that the safety systems are in place, how the condition of the ukrainian technicians that are working there,

and also the level of damage that has happened. let's not forget that just until a few days ago they were reports of several shells had floating, very, very close to where the new, the nuclear reactors are located, close to where the nuclear fuel is or their radiation away. so this is a major concern. they'll have to evaluate what's going on in the ground, and it was also a very intense stacy fighting and increasing fighting ukrainian officials say that this is rochelle way of terrorizing. the population of tara writing, the ukrainian workers, was russia a saying that ukraine tried to take back the plant using a special teams on the ground, something that ukraine's continues to deny. so, you know, this is not going to be over now. the i. e, a team is on the ground, evaluating the possible dangers of this place, but it's not something that is going to be rebuilt today. it been take them several days for them to find out what's exactly going on. russia's foreign minister

insists that the safety of the un mission has been taken into account. mean, lilian zullie are doing everything to ensure that the plant is safe. and for the i a mission there to carry out all of its plans. they say that they are not in a position to say who is in the wrong. of course, they would be shown all those traces left as a result of ukrainian bombardment as ukrainian sharing. we insisted that the mission must include experts and ballistics. so i hope we are going to find out, or rather we know everything, but i hope that the international community will get this opportunity to go to a show of growing military cooperation. russia and china are holding wargames the week long drills are taking place in bushes, far east, and the sea of japan or stock 2022 involves more than 50000 soldiers and thousands of weapons, including aircraft and warship. graham on web is a search fellow at the s. roger raton. in the school of international studies at young logical university. he says,

high between china and russia have grown stronger. i think it is a case of the proverbial i'll scratch my back and you scratch mine. and i think we saw this in terms of how things are played out over the course of this year. and we saw the cd, russian invasion of the korean and a chinese look the other way. i didn't really join the majority of the international community. ready and in pushing against that, and likewise buttons administration has also turned the other way when it came, when has come to the issues of taiwan question and china's concerns about foreign interference in, in this particular issue. so clearly there is a concert of thought going on between these 2 countries. and i think the military exercises clearly provided a clear strategic signal that they will walk rate and coordinate military affairs together. now of course, additional members joining into this exercise of countries like mongolia,

nicaragua, louse. i mean it's, it's, it's quite disconcerting because these countries were formally allies of the former soviet union coming on board in this enterprise. and it's a sign that russia is telling the world, and it's not alone, and it has, it has covered our friends that will recovery be chairman of russia, is that 2nd largest oil company has died of the falling from a hospital window according to the russian media reports i thought my gun off was being treated as a clinic in moscow. the lou coil chairman is one of several high level russian executive. both died in the last year. in july, a shipping a c over tice, the state energy company gas problem, was found, shot dead in his swimming pool rebels in ethiopia, northern to gray region that say e, c o p, and a tree, and forces have launched a major offensive against them. and the statements,

the to grow people's liberation front says the joint offensive is on multiple fronts. fighting between the government forces and the rebels resumed last week, after 5 month law, malcolm weather has more from nairobi now in neighboring can you send to the grand military forces is said that the federal government forces and ever trained forces of launched an attack in the northwest corner of the great province near the border with every tray says the town nevada is under a full from the tack that coming from full directions and the grain forces are holding their positions on the heavy shelling. the government hasn't responded ethiopian government hasn't responded directly to the claims that it has said that graham forces have intensified their attacks and the killing and displacing civilian restraining government hasn't responded to decide that there's been a sci fi for the last 5 months. that was broken last week when fighting resumed,

and it was initially concentrated around the southeast corner of the gray province to graham forces and claiming the northern front is opened as well. but it's not the impossible to verify any of the claims. access is heavily restricted, and there's an ongoing communication blackout in the grey provinces signer says a you and report on its treatment of wiggers is full of lies after months of delay and attempts by paging to block it. the un human rights office has released the findings of its investigation into alleged abuses of mostly mostly minorities. it says there is evidence to suggest that china may have committed crimes against humanity. rhetoric can be report. this is michelle bar chalets long awaited report is damning indictment of china's treatment of the weaker population. it found that wiggles and other mostly muslim groups held in detention camps have been subjected to torture, including forced medical treatment and sexual and gender based violence. bachelor

report with commission more than 3 years ago was due to be published last year. it was finally released 30 minutes before her term as un human rights chief ended. china has condemned the report. it says its policies in shing jang fight, what it calls terrorism. and provide wiggers with better economic opportunities each other to the full lead up. he will balk off the so called assessment is orchestrated and produced by the us and some western forces and is completely illegal and void. it is a patchwork of this information, but serves as a political tool for the u. s. and other western countries to using jang to contain china. this assessment based on anti china forces violates the mandates of the o. c. h. r. in the past bachelor's face, criticism for not being forthright about the persecution of the week of community.

her visit to china re may, was widely condemned as a whitewash with the u. s. state department, calling it a mistake human rights group. say her report is better late than never. this is a blueprint really for a member states, especially those who sit on the human rights council to adopt a resolution that creates an independent and international mechanism so that you can start investigating these crimes. and you can start identifying the perpetrators and prosecuting those perpetrators. hello. this is the latest of many reports, detaining human rights abuses against weakness. but this one carries the weight of the un and those campaigning for justice. hope it'll mark a turning point, victoria gate and be al jazeera, patrick falk is in beijing with more on the chinese government's reaction. or the theorist, the sponsor, come out of the foreign ministry and beijing today gives you a little bit of an idea. 1 all the pressure,

the office for the high commission of human rights was under not to publish this report spokesperson one when been said the quote, so called assessment was a legal null and void and said it violated the principles of objectivity. and if you read between the lines, it did sound very much as though this criticism was being directed specifically at michelle bachelor and accused her office of being an enforcer and accomplice of the u. s. but this angry reaction also gives you a bit of an idea of just how damaging beijing finds all of this. you know, a lot of the findings in this reports aren't exactly new, but this report carries the weights of the un, which does mean that countries and china and various international bodies are going to be under pressure to act accordingly. and you know, this response from china will be seen by many as an attempt to create an alternative narrative and to undermine the united nations human rights efforts. pakistan's army is on high alert for more floods in the south. every province in

the region has been devastated with sinned. the worst affected record that monsoon reigns have led to the deaths of about 1200 people. nearly a 1000000 homes have been damaged or destroyed since june un as new ones. they 160000000 dollar heal for emergency funding. same has ravi has this update from simple well, we've been talking for days about flood waters coming from the north in other areas . and coming down towards saying that we, we found where those waters have been stopped. people in this town of marian w district have been using sand and dirt, dirt at this point of time in the floods taking on a premium role in trying to hold back the flood waters. people are trucking in san filling up sandbags and warning people to stay away from these mud walls that have been built around the town to try to keep the water out of the town out from keep it from pouring into the town. no,

where i'm standing at street level is about 5 or 6 feet below the water line. let me show you where that is. you see the mud wall there behind me. and if you come up here, this is where the water level is and it goes on for a great distance. you can see everything is submerged. there are bits of road, there are a little high enough for people to be able to walk, to get to where they need to go into the distance, our residential areas, our villages, our shops are people's homes and businesses. and there are rescue operations happening here. there are police and emergency vehicles or military vehicles in boats, and what they are doing is trying to shout out where they can. they're taking boats into those areas to try to reach people that need help. just here, police are trying to call out to anyone in these buildings to see if anybody needs to be evacuated. this is still a very, very active, seen. and this water, it is unknown how long it will be standing here. but what people are hoping is that these, the sandbags, these dirt embankments,

these make shift dams that have been built by the people that live here. the hope is that this will be enough to keep the water at bay until it dries up until its pumped out. and people are being warned to stay away because the threat of more water coming, the threat of imminent breach and this water flowing through into the town and further on is still very real bill. ahead to here on our 01.3 trillion dollars potent releases in the report, the title was it for the east germany. reparations was the wife of nations, former prime minister, not your process is found guilty of corruption. ah . the journey has begun. the fee for world copies on its way to the castle book, your travel package today. your weather story begins right here,

right now in india. great to be with you. so the monsoon rains, they're losing their intensity a bit on friday, but some heavier periods of rain can be found across northern areas of india through karnataka state on friday. take you round the b a been gone. we do have some weather alerts in play for heavy rainfall around what spain goal into sicken state could see about a 100 to 200 millimeters of rain within a short period of time, keeping tabs on that super typhoon north of the philippine sea. but look at this on friday, the outer bands are going to impact lose on particularly northern areas. around log were just a short time ago. we had a tropical storm roll through there, but the bulk of the energy really east of taiwan same goes here. out of bands are going to bring some torrential rain for type pay. we're going to see those winds pick up as well. so on saturday, when gus of 60 kilometers per hour and things should dry off by early next week, monday with a height of 30 degrees. now for japan, we got this slug of rain really between the korean peninsula and japan's q shoe and

honju islands. but we're still going to get some thunder downpours in the forecast here on friday in time for the northeast of china, it's looking good full on sunshine for harbin with the high of 26 degrees. that's all i've got for you. see soon, cast away. official airline of the journey. we could the ocean. plain witness difference is what is changed? witnesses, happiness. witness? not witness. sunlight, witness the flood witness. last witness. charity witness, confusion. witness. clarity. witnessed family. i'm witness friends. witness the beginning. witness. the end witness. life witness. when al jazeera lou

the, me through it, i'll just have a reminder of our top stories. this a team of you and experts are assessing the safety of europe's largest nuclear power facility in ukraine. the chief file grossi has left the russian occupied separation in southern 5. others are staying on. their trip was delayed by hours, shutting along to even moscow. blame each other for the fight. russia and china are holding war, game show defense cooperation. the weeklong drills are taking place in russia far east tennessee of japan, involved more than $50000.00 troops and thousands of weapons and giving us human rights chief has released a report saying this evidence china's treatment of the week of minority amounts to

crimes against humanity. she rejected the study attempt to undermine its stability in iraq, at least 4 people have been killed in fighting between rival shot factions. funerals were held in the southern city, which will balance the gun on wednesday. pensions high off the medium of heather said he was withdrawing from politics. his supporters and iran backed forces engaged in heavy fighting in bagdad earlier this week. though search bar has more nor from bank. according to officials, there are 4 people have died so far as a result of those clashes that began to overnight in the northern part of basra. and what we understand is the armed wing of most other all southern movement that is known as sariah. salam has lost 2 of its members there, and then on the other side of this conflict to members of

a side i'll have that belongs to christ because all they have also lost 2 of their fighters. there. these 2 men have been in a war of wards online on twitter, a official affiliated with most other all souther has tweeted a warning to cause corvalle saying that to rein in his what he calls a disrespectful malicious and mad dog cause for solving himself who is the secretary general of this group, it's a group that is backed by iran, has also taken to twitter, urging his followers not to be upset by any insults hurled at him and not to react . he's also issued an order to close all their offices across the country. we've spoken to some of those members in back that as well. they're in the process of closing up all their offices belonging to aside a whole lot. he also treated a reference to most of all southern father saying nothing is important,

but faith. and this is certainly going to warrant a reaction from federal souther himself in the coming hours likely. and he said that he doesn't want this to be spread any further. he's trying to de escalate the situation that is unfolding and bus routes. israel supreme court has rejected an appeal. barney's rowley man convicted of a killing of a palestinian family in 2015 judges ruled a miram and lee l. a. carried out what they called a shocking and deeply disturbing crime in dubai and occupied westbank with the o was convicted in 2020 of 3 counts of murder and 2 counts of attempted murder. the aston attack killed 3 members of the town shape family, including an 18 month old baby. a 4 year old was the only survivor with severe burns, the wife of malaysia's former prime minister nyja bra. zach has been convicted of corruption. she's been sentenced to 10 years in prison and find $216000000.00. a

week ago, her husband began serving a jail term also for corruption from st. louis reports, not from one of them. when rosemont, so was the 1st lady of malaysia, she was heavily criticized for her lavish lifestyle, from designer hand bags too expensive jewelry. but the true extent of her taste for the finer things in life only became clear when her husband nat geo plaza lost an election in 2018. after an investigation into allegations of corruption, the couple were eventually charged. police seized hundreds of boxes of jewelry handbags in cash, valued at more than a quarter of a $1000000000.00. on thursday, she was convicted of soliciting a bribe of nearly $42000000.00 and accepting one and a half 1000000 to help her company secure a project to build solar panels for schools. she's been sentenced to 10 years in prison and find $216000000.00,

but remains on bail pending her appeal. yes, we have. we were noticed or new appeal, the fine and the deals and the 3rd weeds of bengal. alright, has been suspended and she's released on earlier bill enforced by thought. so outlined, very lot is able to go back home and be with the family to like just last week, her husband began serving a 12 year prison term after losing his spinal appeal in one of several corruption trans. the u. s. justice department alleges a 4 and a half $1000000000.00 were stolen from the malaysian state investment fund, one empty b, and that around a $1000000000.00 from that went to nudging. prosecutors also said some of the money financed a hollywood blockbuster the wall street. although the charges against the production company were late had dropped the then us attorney general had described the case

as cryptography at its worst. the scandal played a part in the defeat of the governing party. i'm new in 2018. this is not the on the lawsuit against ross mar months or she faces 17 other charges of money laundering and tax evasion for illegally receiving more than $1.00 and a half $1000000.00 in a separate case. which means her legal troubles are far from over. florence lee al jazeera kuala lumpur. the international monetary fund has reached an agreement with shall anchor to provide around $2900000000.00 in emergency financing. as a country faces its worst economic crisis since independence, the deal will only go through them if it should. anchor meets a number of conditions and often and as reports from colombia, it was an announcement newspeak, delincia lanka had been waiting for. i am half staff and the authorities have reached staff level agreement to support sri lanka, us economic policies with

a 48 month arrangement under the so called extended fund facility, off about $2900000000.00 us dollars. shalanda asked for, i miss help in march of the economy face collapse and it ran out of money for food, medicine, cooking, gas and fuel. tens of thousands of she lumpkins were forced to kill flir essentials . the crisis led to months of protest, their force, former prime minister, mind the raj boxer to resign, and his brother, president boot albert, to flee the country. news of an agreement on a bailout has brought a sense of relief to many here in shall anchor. at some observers see, it may be premature to celebrate, we stand ready to a, put this agreement to our management and then to our if management approves it to then put it forward to the executive board. as soon as these are conditions that i

mentioned are satisfied. so we, we do need to wait out for these are conditions to take place. the main condition is for sheila had to come up with a workable plan to pay back the money it owes the i m f is also asked for increased taxes and end to subsidize electricity and fuel and stringent efforts to stamp out corruption. the government has already begun implementing some of those reforms through an interim budget. hi dami, internet v me a paper tax management must play an important role in increasing revenue, including increasing tax collection, tax compliance and preventing tax evasion. i propose making it mandatory for everyone over 18 years to register with the inland revenue department, the respect of their annual income and tax holidays. $2900000000.00 from the i m. f will make a huge difference to assure lanka. but in order to secure those funds,

it must come up with a proper plan of how it will pay. it mountainous depth for the people of felucca that gone come fast enough. manip fernandez, ojo 0 colombo, the leader of poland, governing party, says his country will be demanding $1.00 trillion dollars in world war 2, reparations from germany. well, the figure follows the release of a report on the costs of nazi germany is occupation from 1939 to $945.00 at a start. sikowski is a member of the european parliament and the former polish foreign minister. he thinks the court, reparations, from the governing party, is a political move. nazi germany committed unspeakable crimes in poland, up to $6000000.00 per citizens, dead and up to half of our economy, destroyed. but at pulse done the reparations that were decided upon by, by the pictures of the 2nd world war assigned to poland,

15 percent of the soviet reparations claims. and we were cheated out of most of that. so you could actually argue that it's the success of the state of the soviet union that owes us those reparations populist leadership here in poland is it knows full well that legally. it's almost impossible to move this agenda forward. but they have a policy of attacking ally in germany, and it seems to play well in some parts of the right wing electric, germany. ally in nature is a most important economic partner with whom we have a trade surplus. and, and i personally think that at a time when to choose armies are trying to conquer ukraine. when we have an actual

present danger in the east is not the best time to be picking fights with our western friends and alex. now serena williams retirement is on hold after she won her 2nd straight tennis match the us open. the 40 year old is expected to hang up her racket at the end of the tournament, but she beat the well number 2 to reach round 3. david stacks has the action. oh, well, yeah. serena williams walked out, what could easily have been the last batch of her career. she's 123 grand slams, but he's currently ranked outside the top 600. the american was up against the world number 2, and that can to vote for produce some trademark shots to make her mark in the acne set. she eventually took it on a tie break and the record crowd of nearly $30000.00 started to believe things were a lot quieter though when her estonian opponent hit back in a 2nd set comfortably taking it 6 games to to but somehow serena found

a higher level in the decider against a play at 14 years her junior, she showed the fighting spirit but still live at so much success. so she turned pro as a 14 year old in 1995. and if the 2 hours 27 minutes from court, she wanted 6 to to progress around 3 is the 1st time in over year that serena has posted back to back winds at least a little and they will see the necklace in a 2nd. i thought, oh my goodness, i got to get my best effort to this to me. and so i really, i just wanted to just keep trying and see what i, what i can do and just do my best. and i was really excited to be honest. friends without tickets in new york were able to watch a big screens outside happy that the serena show will go on for now at least

it was excellent. i've done it before and she can do it again and i think she's really proving to hear that. she still got it. you know, this is a pretty racist country. i think so pretty about was all these people sharing her a full the tournament? not many gave serena a chance of winning a record equaling 24 grand slam. but now the perfect hollywood ending might just be on the cards. mixed up, she faces the unseated australian. i let none of the folks out there. ah.