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i'm how much of room this is al jazeera ly from door ha. also coming up a race against time to hold back the water in disaster hit pakistan as some areas in the south brace for more flux the last day of campaigning in chile, a head of a vote on a new constitution on sunday will be live in santiago poland seeks $1.00 trillion dollars from germany and compensation for the nazi occupation during the 2nd world. ah, the head of the u. n's, atomic watchdog has warned that the physical integrity of europe's largest nuclear power plant has been violated. raphael grossi and his team have finally had a chance to inspect this up. what each year complex in ukraine keven moscow had both accused each other of attacking the plant and risking nuclear catastrophe,

that isabel reports from ukraine's capital. aah! renewed fighting around the sap! what eats yeah. nuclear power plant in the city of in order that did not prevent the un nuclear watchdog team from crossing the front lines. ah, in spite of the dangers, the team led by the international atomic energy directors i filed with osi moved ahead to begin the match, expected visit. douglas, he said he was able to inspect vital equipment. i worry, i worried i warry and i will continue to be worried about the plant until we have a situation which is more stable, which is more predictable. it is obvious that that, that plant and that physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times by chance. by deliberation. moscow says keep sent a sabotage, steam to try to recover europe's largest nuclear power plant that's been under russian control since march. first of all,

rosen milan at 6 20 am to teams of ukrainians saboteurs. 60 men stroke. you 7 speed boats attempted to land banks of the co hope go water reservoir. some 3 kilometers, little fees to the supper is your nuclear power plant. he denies all accusations and says moscow is trying to manipulate the visit, carried out attacks around the city, to terrorize the population, and the ukrainian employees inside the plant. their well being is a major concern for ukrainian officials. keith says one of its reactors had to be shut down because of the shelling on thursday, and it warn't about the possibility of a meltdown if the plant goes offline completely. the visit is expected to last for a few days until the un team on the ground can evaluate the dangers on site. the situation around the nuclear power plant has had authorities here in keep on the edge as hoping russia will demilitarized the area. but russia has already said it has no plans to remove its troops any time soon. that is how i'll defeat active.

edwin lyman is director of nuclear power safety if the union of concerned scientists. he joins us from washington dc. good to have you with us, edwin. despite all the volatility on the ground, the inspectors have arrived to the plant from your vantage point, how dangerous is the situation now and how concerned must the i ab? unfortunately, the situation seems as dangerous as ever. it's very disappointing that the 2 warring sides were unable to create the conditions where this i 18 to travel to the planet without being exposed to a mortar, fire, and machine gun fire. and that doesn't really bode well for any potential for creating a demilitarized zone around the plant that would have any real permanence or effectiveness. so it, it's discouraging t at all right. it,

despite all the dangers you just talked about, despite the fact that you are discouraged over all, are you in any way encouraged by the fact that the i e t i 8 team actually arrived there on the ground and you feel that they will be able to accomplish enough to truly the escalate the situation get things under control. yes, i think this mission is very important. i just to have the ability of a 3rd party, relatively impartial group assessing what's going on was very important. unfortunately, a, the, a main part of the mission only seemed to have lasted a few hours. there are a, about 5 of i, e, a inspectors still there for a few days. and there may be an enduring presence after that. but to really get a sense of all the potential damage in the state of the equipment and the state of mind of the workers there that seem really needed to be there longer and to have

more expansive inspection. and if we could look a little bit more specifically at some of the dangers that are at play here for the plant, i'm do the attacks posed a problem for the reactors themselves. or is it other parts of the plans that are more at risk right now? well, the, the reactors themselves are under reinforced concrete containment building. so they have some level of protection, but they are vulnerable to it, to damage to other parts of the plans that are not as well. protected primarily the off site on a power source as well as the emergency onside power sources. these are not as well protected as we've seen the off site power has gone down a few times already in recent weeks. a forcing some of the reactors to shut down, and a nuclear power plants are vulnerable if they don't have access to reliable

a stable off site power. so that, that is the ager concern. also, you have impacts that could potentially cause indirect damage to other parts of the plant leading to a loss of cooling and, and the melting and edwin, i know that you've spoken a quite a bit this evening about how dire the situation remains. from your perspective, what are the chances right now that things could get much worse? well, unless this mission helps to focus international attention and on a, primarily what russia's doing, which is using this plant as a military shield and provide a really focus is pressure on russia to stand down. i, i'm afraid things will get worse in that they're not getting more stable as i a director general grocery pointed out,

or you need to have stability and predictability. if you are an operating nuclear power plant safely, and that's exactly what they do not have right now in the middle of worlds. so the international community needs to keep pressing a 2 and russia or 2. 0, stop it's it's use of this planet in, in a military campaign. all right, edwin lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the union of concerned scientists. thanks so much for joining us. thank you. in a show of growing military cooperation, russia and china are holding war games. the week long drills are taking place in rushes, far east, and the sea of japan. more than 50000 troops are taking part the chairman of russia 2nd largest oil company has died after falling from a hospital window according to russian media reports. travel magazine was being treated at a clinic in moscow. his company, luke oil,

was one of the few companies to call for an end to the ongoing conflict and ukraine . by gov is one of several high level russian executives who have died in just the last year. southern pakistan is bracing for even more floods as a surge of water heads down the in this river record monsoon rains are melting. glaciers have triggered the worst flooding disaster in pakistan's history. it's now thought that a 3rd of the country is covered by flood water. as an area, the size of the united kingdom, more than a 1000000 homes have been destroyed or badly damaged. so far more than 1200 people have been confirmed dead. and another 6000000 are in desperate need of helps. the long term effects are set to be bleak, 80 percent of the country's livestock had been killed and a huge amount of crops have been wiped away. same as robbie has this update from the southern pakistan's and province. 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 to 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. know 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, 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. well, 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 it's 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. the chinese city of chung do is in lockdown after reporting $157.00 locally transmitted cases of covey. 19 millions of residents are

being tested. the lockdown will initially last for 4 days, but may be extended. chang to is the largest chinese city to go into lockdown since shanghai lifted its restrictions in may. china has adopted a so called 0 coded policy and recent months. china has reacted with fury after a un reports that crack down on mostly muslim ethnic groups in the changing region may amount to crimes against humanity. the report on wiggers and other minorities was released by the u. n. st. top human rights official laid on wednesday. and he wiggers who fled to turkey fear the report will be ignored by the international community. katya lopez, what a yawn reports. this shopping is symbol has been a refuge for mac harem, since she and her daughter left northwest china 5 years ago. her husband and 2 other children were left behind in ching yank. she hasn't heard from them since she fears a you and report that condemns china's treatment of wiggers and other muslim minorities

will largely go ignored. shame that best sell all that. oh, it's been 5 years of as living hair. china has killed our young people and left our children orphaned. the united nations isn't doing enough. michelle, that she'll let release the report. 13 minutes before her term as you and human rights chief ended. it found that weavers and other mostly muslim groups and detention camps have been subjected to torture, including force, medical treatment, and sexual and gender based violence would could have known though us if this is not a case of turks away gisele muslims, or jose, this is the case of humanity, we're not calling for china to stop just because the wages and any person with the hash. and brian must know that this is wrong. the boxes on china has denied any abuses. it says is policies inching, young fight what it calls terrorism and provide to wiggers with better economic opportunities each other to the so called assessment is orchestrated and produced

by the u. s. and some western forces and is completely illegal and void by jazz fable. countless stories of torture and separation are shared within the weaker community of do salaam says he hasn't heard from his brother in 5 years and the more of a bill, a bit of this report should have come out earlier that this isn't something that can be put on hold, when a group is being destroyed, it's not appropriate for humanity just to watch for a couple of years in a bit. the report recommends the chinese government take steps to release, whether it's detained in training centers, prisons or detention facilities. the weaker community hopes for the same, but fears their cars will largely be ignored at home and abroad. katya little miss of the young al jazeera still had on al jazeera, mexico's president is giving his state of the union speech will be alive in the capital to find out why he still popular despite

a series of setbacks and violence between rival she, i, factions in iraq has now spread to the city of boston. ah hello, welcome to look at the international forecast and we'll start with an update on our super t i phone. you can see that cold aly marked eye on the storm matters has a very well organized system. and it's not moving too far to quickly winds at the moment of around 270. so 250 kilometers per hour. some very, very strong winds on a super typhoon here. those winds will ease of a touch over the next few days, but it is gonna remain a very intense storm stuck in a very similar position. we have rain stuck in a similar position across the northern parts of the region here extending between

the korean peninsula and japan. that's going to bring some very heavy right in here over the next few days. possibility of some fatima less focus on our storm. it's moving a little further southwards and west was at present, and it will pull its way further north is as we go on through the next few day. so, staying in a similar position for the next day or 2, we're looking at some very heavy rain coming through here, particularly affecting taiwan across the southern japanese islands as it gradually, much is a little further north. it's over the next couple of days. so this will cause problems as we go through the next day or so. every showers turn into northern parts of the philippines over the next day or so with a good scattering showers, for se asia. ah, it was meant to be there day. you just hear the car is going our quick quickly, quickly put a tragic attack. stunned the world and the u. s. president. a guy came in and whispered something into the presence ear. what it he just hated for the school

children present, the events of september, the 11th defined the world. they grew up in just a huge moment. these are their stories. 911 kids witness. on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching on the 0, a reminder of our top stories. this our, the head of the humans nuclear watchdog has warned that the physical integrity of europe's largest nuclear power plant has been violated because of the war in ukraine. raphael grossi and his team finally got a chance to inspect as up what he, she, a plant on thursday. southern pakistan is bracing for even more floods as

a surge of water heads down the in this river record monsoon rains and melting glaciers have triggered floods that have killed nearly 1200 people since june. the chinese city of chain do is in lockdown after reporting. 157 locally transmitted cases of coven 19. it's the largest city in the country to go into lockdown since shanghai lifted its restrictions and make a federal judge has deferred a ruling on whether to appoint what's known as a special master. to review documents that the f b i seized from former us president donald trump. it's the latest stage and the dispute that erupted after trumps more a lago residence was searched last month. the justice department is investigating how documents were taken out of the white house. mexico's president is making his 4th state of the union address. andras manuel lopez abra daughter is still popular . even though inflation. is it a 21 year high? is also an increase in drug related violence on while right below is with us now

live from mexico city. many, despite a catalogue of problems, president lopez, oprah door seems eager to tout his achievements, right? very eager to help us achieve meant, as we expected. there were over a dozen different policy advances that the president was very keen to outlined and boast about not least of which were advances on education and health care on infrastructure and even on reducing the levels of violence that plagued many parts of the country. one of the parts are one of the places and topics that the president seemed most keen to speak about was infrastructure. he was touting the completion of a recently completed project. he's just here in mexico city of a brand new airport. he was touting the ongoing efforts to finish a infrastructure project in the south of the country, but in maya or the my in train. this is a massive rail project that it promises to bring jobs to some of the poorest states

in the country. the president touted as well as strength and relationship with the united states under the u. s. m. c, a. it's a trade agreement between the united states, canada, and mexico. even referring at one point to president biden. as a friend, the president lope is also spoke about investments in universal health care, universal access to education, pensions for the elderly, here in mexico. but all of this, of course, playing out under a backdrop of worsening inflation. a sluggish economy and violence here in the country. these home a homicide rate that just persist nationwide. and many mexico, of course, is grappling with a stagnant economy, worse thing, inflation and spiraling violence. what 2 mexicans really make of the lopez over the presidency? well in terms of the speech itself, we don't really get the sense that very many people were paying it very close

attention to this 4th state of the union address that has probably more to do with the fact that the president speaks every day in the morning in a press conference, so there wasn't really an expectation that there be very many surprises here. but again, despite a sluggish economy, despite we're seeing inflation, despite what many have seen as an inadequate response to the pandemic. president lopez over the other continues to enjoy an approval rating of about 60 percent as high as 62 percent according to some of the most recent pulling. a lot of that approval has everything to do with this ongoing rhetoric or radical rhetoric that the president has maintained since the very beginning of his presidency. that his government is a government for that that wants to improve the living conditions for the poorest people in mexico that wants to improve the living conditions for the elderly, for indigenous communities in mexico. focusing heavily, again on universal health court health care on pensions for the elderly on universal access to education. this is a message that very clearly resonates with

a majority of people here in the country where president look is over, there seems to fall short or has certainly lost a lot of ground is on the matter of violence. the homicide rate across the country remains frighteningly high. the president spoke about mexico being a place where freedom of speech is guaranteed. it's kind of a hard pill to swallow. for many journalists here in the country already just so far. this year 15 journalists have been murdered. that's already twice as many as in all of 2021. a recent study found that violence against women and family size has seen a significant rise over the last few years. and the presidents strategy to combat attacks from cartels that seem to be occurring more frequently in more parts of the country seems to be more boots on the ground. he's how did the efforts by the nash to guard a security force that he created, where there is now upwards of 115000 service men and women. that security experts

have say, have served to do little more than to further militarize. the country security forces a strategy that security experts here in mexico and abroad have overwhelmingly rejected as being a sustainable solution to the crisis of violence that mexico continues to face. all right, that tells you 0 as manuel up a little live for us from mexico city. thanks so much man. it's the last day of campaigning for a chilly as constitutional referendum, which will be held on sunday. the promise to re draft the constitution followed violent protests against inequality. in 2019, and october 20 2078 percent of julian's voted in favor of getting a new constitution to replace the one from 1980. the final version of the new document was written by especially elected assembly and presented in july in trying to gender equality indigenous rights and environmental protections. but recent polling has consistently indicated a majority will choose to rejected, but around 16 percent remain undecided. the referendum comes against

a backdrop of public approval of president gabriella burridge inflation has soared and violent crime has increased. a latin america editor, lucy newman, has more. this is the end of the final day for campaigning, and this is the approved rally where we are at right now. you can see there are a lot of people here to not actually starting for another hour or so. but there are thousands and thousands of people here who believe that their lives will benefit. but if you look at it, take it literally, everybody in the country should benefit, except perhaps the very, very small one percent of the richest segment of the population, which would have to pay higher taxes, which would have more restrictions, for example, on environmental damage for mining and coal, and, and a whole series of economic activities that right now do cause economy damage. this is the 1st constitution in the world. in fact, that recognizes that there is

a problem with the environment and with climate change. and so it addresses that as well as pensions. the state will basically have to guarantee health education, pensions, and also a life a decent to what they call a dignified life, from people from cradle to grave. that is a major switch for chile, a country that until now has perhaps the most free market economy of latin america . if not the world. 3 days of mourning have been declared in iraq, southern city of basra, following violence between shiite rival armed groups. 4 people were killed and 10 others wounded on thursday. i mowed otherwise, had reports from but that, oh, i knew this is the aftermath of fighting between shad groups in the center of bossa i militants affiliated to influence shall lead it looked at a sudden exchange. it fired with a splinter group, backed by you're on both sides,

suffered the casualties on bill cyber since, you know, even at night on people started to gather here, are you more intense gunfire went on chicken machine, guns, 80 aircraft weapons, and no one even the children was screaming me much people were afraid in the homes are cause break apart. all the houses. he were impacted by gunfire. that's all i did. i mean, there was firing, woke up terrified me. the area here had become a frontline. what you got is our witness basra. turned into more so like this car was impacted it burned, this one broke apart. oh, dear shop, burned, even our homes were hit, our children kept screaming level thus, le is iraq's main oil producing hobby. and this escalation in violence, fullest plaiting in baghdad. on monday, the political crises pitts, full wars of the powerful shad political leaders looked at

a souther against mostly iran aligned parties and parliamentary groups. others supporters emerged as the biggest party in parliament in elections in october but weren't able to form a government. you like, has had, they can't take a government ever since in baghdad. the supreme court has postponed rolling on a petition wide to buy. so that is movement until next wednesday, it demands the dissolution of parliament, an early elections. but this agreement between the political rivals goes beyond that ma'am, without through a heads, elysium above that rebels in ethiopia, northern tig or i regions say ethiopian, and eritrea and forces have launched a major offensive against them in a statement, the to gray people's liberation front says the joint offensive is on multiple fronts. fighting between government forces and the rebels resumed last week, after a 5 month love. poland says it will be demanding $1.00 trillion dollars in world

war 2, reparations from germany. the figure follows the release of a report on the costs of the nazi occupation of poland from 939 to 945, poland right. when governments, as the country has not been fully compensated, dominic cane reports from berlin. when german forces attacked, poland in 1939 adore hitler said he was writing historic wrongs done to his country . the war he started would leave the continent in ruins and kill tens of millions of people. few suffered more than the poles. one in 6 of them died under german occupation. nearly 2 thirds of their industry was destroyed. more than 3 quarters of their infrastructure was ruined. now the modern polish state believes the modern german state should pay. yes, awesome. above the poverty, 1.3 trillion years is a very serious sum. but considering payment of his kind of compensation is spread

over decades. it's a somewhat german economy can perfectly overcome about being crushed. the compensation pay to france for the 1st world war damages stopped any 10 years ago, right? it's of, it's summer's, quite realistic now, but not to modern german eyes. successive governments of said a deal in 1953, between the communist governments in warsaw and berlin waved poland claim for compensation. the present polish government says its predecessor was forced by the soviets to make the offer, and so it should not count. in one sense, germany has already lost much around a quarter of its territory, was annexed by the usaa and poland after the war. millions of people who had lived there were evicted at accepting the loss of this territory was key to bringing about german reunification after the cold war. be by there are some who say the current polish government may be using the reparations argument to make political

capital at home for you john nick structure. so something like 83 percent of their supporters want this to happen. elections are coming up next year. and having run out of other issues and definitely wanting to distract from inflation and that fuel shortages and other problems that poland is facing. in recent times, democratic germany has tried hard to right the wrongs done by nazi germany, building monuments to the many millions who were murdered and expressing determination never to repeat the sins of the past. but also arguing that the time for compensating the countries that were invaded and occupied is over dominant came al jazeera berlin. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories they had of the u. s. nuclear watchdog has warned that the physical.