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i'm how much of room this is alger alive from door ha. also coming up. thousands of people rally in argentina's capital, backing democracy after an assassination attempt on the vice president. the ewan's nuclear watchdog warns fighting around ukraine's upper asia power plants still poses a grave risk. now experts will be base at the facility permanently. the space tourism boom masses and pending artemus launches, providing an injection of cash from tourists on americas space coast. ah true long as disgraced. former president is back home, less than 2 months after he fled during the nation's worst economic crisis since independence go to by roger poxel was blamed for pushing sri lanka towards financial disaster. the government ran out of foreign reserves and was unable to pay for imports, leading to shortages. roger boxer returned early on saturday,

flying in from bangkok he had left following unprecedented protests. but now fernandez has more from colombo. the return of the former president go, toby, roger, parks has happened very quickly. no one expected him to return. or when he literally fled the country on a military jet just a few weeks ago. now that obviously was the peak of the public protests that had lasted for many, many months under the bat banner, go to go home as 3 angry and frustrated people are sort of took their frustration and their anger's. it's built out on the streets. they blamed the former president for the state of the country, had fallen into, obviously, in its worst economic crisis since independence. now that overrunning of the presidential residents with the president inside at the stage, and then him being evacuated to safety. all sort of calvin entered in him, making

a very quick exit from the country. but since then, obviously he's been in 3 different countries. are seeking or his options are in many, many others as well. and it just seems that he was checked mated at every turn. the countries that did horsed him, obviously these were temporary stairs. there was no talk of political asylum or anything like that. but the last place he was in thailand, the authorities we here had told him that he should confine himself indoors because there were security risks of him going out. so on his return, i hate, which was confirmed by the public security minister to me when he was at the v. i p lounge of the airport on arrival there. he said he was very relaxed now. good, albert roger potter has moved into an official and provided government bungalow, obviously his right as a former head of state. and what his options are in the coming days and months will

remain to be seen. his obviously relinquished office. but he is a very much part of the roger pock sir, a clan, and the family, and they haven't given up as far as we're hearing in terms of politics. mary, mary m young as executive director of the u. s. council on sri lanka, she joins us from washington. d. c. good to have you with us, miriam. many involved in the protest movement in sri lanka would like to see mister roger pox are held accountable for mismanagement of the country. from your vantage point, is it likely that legal cases will be filed against mister roger boxer? is there going to be an effort to hold him accountable? well within sri lanka, certainly there will be no attack to hold him accountable because the current president ronald whit premise singer came into power basically saying he was agreeing that he would would protect. i'll go to buy

a roger coxa and so that's something of the agreement that they have. and because his party, the s o t p is still in power very much in power. there is really no, there's no hope that i would see in, in the, near or far future where he would be held accountable. we live in sri lanka and miriam, how is mister roger pox return? going to play out in sri lanka, in the days and weeks ahead, do you think we're going to see more protests, or is that gonna depend mainly on if he stays out of public view? well, we will have to see how he goes forward in and whether he decides to stay quiet and work behind the scenes and, and make sure that he and all of his family members stay safe or whether he actually tries to, to come back in some way i think that the, the, the protesters are going to wait and then give some time to the government to see

whether this very recently assigned agreement with the i m f, will actually change things on the ground will improve the economic situation. but they are very angry about him having returned and they want elections. and that's not something that this government is free to give them any time soon, miriam, you mentioned the economic situation. i want to ask you about that because for loc, as an extreme financial turmoil, the country has reached a preliminary agreement with the international monetary fund for a loan of around $2900000000.00. of course, that's still going to require final approval. if it is finalized, how much will this help? and where does things stand overall right now is for long as economy. so it's going to take some time before that agreement goes into effect in before we actually see any results at the moment. b and some of the

a she you try suits in terms so lack of fuel our lack of cooking gas. some of that has it baited a bit and some international aid has arrived. so we may not be at the absolute worst crisis point that we were earlier. however, things are still extremely bad, and the mound nutrition among children is the worst right now. yeah. any country in south asia, so they're very much, not out of the woods. all right, mary. i'm young, executive director of the u. s. council on sri lanka. thanks so much for joining us . thank you. the usa department has approved a potential $1100000000.00 arm sale to taiwan. the package includes anti ship missiles and radar systems. tension has been high since you as how speaker nancy pelosi visited the island last month on think china to conduct military drills around taiwan. china claims the island as part of its territory. a rally to defend

democracy has been held in the argentinian capital. after a man attempted to shoot argentina's vice president, while she was greeting supporters at her home in finance, iris, a suspect is now in custody. christina fernandez, the curtain are ducked as soon as she saw the pistol and the man was grabbed by some of her supporters. the president declared friday a national holiday to show solidarity with her. natalia casala has more from winter situs. they did not save, i'm ration. i mean, we've been here for more than 3 hours and the way the bus you're coming in to the square here in front of the house because i was hoping house as they say, i came shot when the news was known. but this gallery has been building up for quite some time in the context of a triumph that the vice president is facing for an edge rupture supposed to be one

thing to come together massively. they come now, i mean this is the next reason i much bigger reason having her life so close to have been ended by these attack. so yes, the motion so high, but it's also relief for them. the fact that he didn't succeed, so have made a mixed feelings if you wish, shock and relief the the head of the u. n's, atomic watchdog says he's worried about ukraine's operation nuclear power plant. and the 2 of his inspectors will stay at the site permanently from now on. rafael grossi has just returned from visit the facility. it was captured by russian forces in february, and has become a focus of deep concern with fears. nearby shelling could cause a nuclear disaster. gabrielle elizondo reports from keith. the head of the united nations international atomic energy agency has arrived to vienna following his

visit to ukraine's besieged separation nuclear power plant and had this to say, i was able to see myself and i my team at impact hold. i markings on, on buildings, off of them. so we need that the physical off the passing has been violated, not was but said federal. raphael grossi flatly denied that russia who occupy the power plant, denied him the right to move freely, saying he was given full access by the russians to the site, and was able to inspect everything he requested to see. he also confirmed his agency would keep 2 staff members at the plant permanently and at the i. e. a would issue a full report in the next week on their findings. earlier on friday,

moscow again accused ukraine of showing the power plant, but reserved judgment on the i. e. a mission, good touched, should we positively view the fact that despite all problems and difficulties caused by the ukrainian sides productive actions, the mission has reached the site and started work. you're aware that the team will stay at the site and continue working. that's why it's still too early to assess hooks. but what's most important is our mission is that the mission is expected to assess the plants condition and nuclear security. ukraine contended the visit was staged, managed by russia. key accused russia of intimidating ukrainian nuclear plant workers. i 8 yay! inspectors were accompanied by a man in a suit later identified as a russian adviser to ross, to tom the russian nuclear agency. that's further evidence for ukrainians. but the factors were not able to work freely at the plant without russian interference,

as gross. he suggested in his press conference, ogrinas or will of said, le dulles shook demilitarization of the territory of the station is the goal. and it is bad that we have not yet heard the appropriate messages from the i. e. a, despite the fact that we talked about it with mr. grossi during our meeting in key . if it was the key security point of our agreements, it was outlined clearly demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers in its clear ukraine. once the nuclear power plant to be demilitarized and russian troops to leave immediately. but the i. e a doesn't even have the means to enforce that. it also doesn't have the mandate to determine who's responsible for the showing. it's a complicated situation and very volatile and changing, seemingly not day by day, but our, by our gabriel's ando. how does it keep wealthy economies that form the g 7 group of nations have agreed to set a price cap on russian oil,

hoping it will hit moscow's ability to fund the war and ukraine. g 7, finance ministers also hope the cap on crude oil and petroleum products will help produce global energy prices. they say they will revisit the price as necessary. russia has responded saying it will stop selling oil, the countries that agree to a price limit. and later, russia's gas prom announced that it will not resume gas flow through the north stream, one pipeline to germany. after a 3 day shut down. the company says an oil leak was detected and repairs are needed . but the european commission says the move is under fallacious pretenses and confirms rushes unreliability as a supplier. still ahead on al jazeera, the you in is about to name a news special representative to libya with the libya national unity government isn't too happy about the intended pick. a new revelations about what exactly was founded. former us president donald trump's estate. when the f b,

i searched it last month. ah ah, hello, it's very much an east west split across so the u. s. sat the moment we have got some very heavy right across eastern parts. it stays bone dry, parched, and extremely hot. so dangerous, he continuing across so western areas of the us, thursday temperature, got to $53.00 celsius in death valley, california. and you can see how that heat does stay in place as we go right through the weekend. all the way into labor day. could even see that record temperature getting lifted somewhat further as we go on through the next couple of days. so no sign of any a meaningful rainfall across that western side of the us fire burning across here. and we are going to see it staying dry over the next few days, one or 2 showers over toward certain parts of texas by the state. that was

a south as where the intense rank continues and that slides, right, the way up through the tennessee valley, pushing up into that eastern side of canada when windy weather here continued to make its way further. east was a long chain of storms. as we go on through sunday, joining up the somewhat weather that we have a cross parts of mexico, we got quite a rush of showers into our central some parts of mexico, much of central america, seeing some very lively down pause. not too bad across the caribbean, but this tropical system for the east. ah, ah, ah, ah

. lou. lou, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories this out. too long as disgraced. former president is back home, less than 2 months after he fled during the nations worst economic crisis since independence got to buy a roger pox. it was blamed for pushing sri lanka towards financial disaster. supporters of argentine, as vice president gathered in buenos itis after christina, fernandez to kirschner survived an assassination attempt outside her home. a man

pointed a pistol at her at point blank range, but the gun did not fire the head of the you went, atomic watchdog who's just returned from ukraine's operation nuclear power plant says to members from this team will now be stationed there permanently. there are fears any continued shelling in the vicinity could cause a nuclear disaster. first, president manuel micron has ordered all nuclear power plants in the country to be restarted before winter. they'll be used to reduce pressure on the electricity grid and help tackle rising energy prices. natasha butler has more from paris for several months. more than half of france is 50 sakes, nuclear reactors have been shot for maintenance work, but they will be restarted in the coming weeks in time for winter, said frances energy minister, after a special cabinet meeting to discuss the energy crisis conduit actor. what that 30 to react. desert a holt, including some because of corrosion under restrictions and others for usual

maintenance. adf has committed to re start or react. as by this winter, we're following this situation very closely with weekly briefings on we're careful that this timeline is fulfilled. france is one of europe's top energy exporters and relies on nuclear power for 70 percent of its energy needs. but the shut reactors of pushed up french power prices and fueled concerned that france would not produce enough power for itself, or it's european neighbors, as they wind themselves off russian gas. but pioneer rache says that in addition to restarting the reactors, frances made other contingency plans. look without m auntie sheep, the government has been anticipating the situation for several months. we have secured out gusts dogs, they are currently at 92 percent. and so we can now say that we have almost achieved al gold. 2 months in advance. the french president emanuel my car,

had called the emergency cabinet meeting. michael has repeatedly said that people in france must be prepared to face a difficult winter massage. a butler al jazeera, paris f b. i. agents who searched former us president donald trump's home last month found dozens of empty folders marked as classified that according to a newly released court document that gave a detailed inventory of the $33.00 boxes recovered. they include 18 top secret government documents, $54.00 classified as secret, and another $31.00 deemed confidential. $48.00 empty folders with classified banners were also collected along with more than $10000.00 government documents without classification. there are also 42 empty folders marked returned to staff, along with 25 books. particle hand has more from washington dc. just to take a step back here, let's go over what happened. so the trump lawyers went to

a judge and a couple of weeks after the f. b, i searched mar largo, and they said they wanted a special master. basically that's an outside party to review the documents. what a lot of legal experts said that didn't make much sense because they waited so long . government agents told the court, look, we've already read everything and it allowed the justice department which doesn't give press conferences on ongoing cases. it allowed them to basically make the argument of why they did that search in great detail and you just went over the huge numbers of classified top secret documents that they were found. now, one of the things i think that stood out most in this affidavit is that the justice department said this process is part of an ongoing process in active criminal investigation. so when the search 1st happened, some people wondered, well, was this, the justice department is trying to get those classified documents back to where they belong? but no, the justice department here is saying this is an active criminal investigation

hinting that there could be some arrests. so you went over the numbers, one of the things that's going to be the most striking is those $48.00 empty folders with classified marking. so when you have a classified government document, it doesn't just sit there by itself. it goes into a color coded folder. so that you know exactly what level of classification there is. so what was supposed to be in those folders that's can be a big question. perhaps they're able to match it with some of the loose classified documents they found. but it's going to, if they can't, they're going to be the question of where are those other classify documents. this could lead to further searches of the president's property. hundreds of people gathered in liberia's capital for an anti government demonstration. members of the opposition and civil society activists rallied against what they describe as endemic corruption in president george way as administration. nicholas hawk reports from the capital one roof o in liberia's capital monrovia,

a march to sweep corruption out of the country. hundreds of people gathered with brooms in their hands for a small protest against a big problem. corruption is everywhere, says esther thompson. she says she has to pay bribes to get her children in school to get money out of her bank account, or even to get a job. but it's even worse in government, in the house of senate, in the house of representatives, in governments. that's where corruption is. in august 3, senior figures of where as government were suspended after the us treasury imposed sanctions against them. the president's chief of staff is accused of corruption and directing warlords to threaten political rivals. the managing director of the port authority is accused of funnelling money into private accounts. and the state solicitor general is accused of shielding, suspected criminals, blocking investigations into government corruption, his wife, and we empathy government denies any wrong doing that. those sanctions will not because of the government was not targeted at the president. so if people are using

these things to gain political relevance, well we, in a democracy all citizens i allowed to protest and do as they feel. but the truth is that we've done more as a government than any other administration in trying to fight graph in the public space. these protestors are marching not towards the presidential palace of parliament, but towards the u. s embassy there, hoping the u. s. could do what their government has failed to arrest and prosecute those stealing public funds. hundreds, not thousands of people came out to demonstrate against corruption. not the numbers that organizers had hope for, but they say they have the backing of the liberian people. it's just that there is here in this country, the culture of fear when it comes to speaking against job really corruption. if dilemma worked as an auditor at the la erin revenue authority, in october 2020, she was found dead in her car state. investigators concluded miss lama died of

suffocation. an accident says the government, a cover up says lamas widower, there was a stiff sponsored murder. because my wife was a vest to getty taxes into 2 more 25000000000 you as elo paid through the commercial bank. i supposed to be deposited at central bank and i believe, but i've read it, but people a hard it already falling miss lamas, death president went past several bills and parliament, a witness protection act to protect those who expose corruption. a code of conduct for government officials and a fast track court to prosecute people accused of taking bribes. but organizers of the mart say that's not enough. they're calling for a change of political culture to sweep the country clean of dirty politics, that governance and corruption. nicholas hong al jazeera monrovia, liberia libby as national unity government is unhappy with the un chiefs pick to

take over the next special representative to libya. un secretary general antonio gutierrez, and tends to appoint senegalese diplomat of july by philly to head the un mission in libya. our diplomatic editor james bayes has more from the united nations. the un mission in libya has been without a permanent lead us since november last year. and that's because of divisions in the security council. a number of names were mentioned, but they couldn't find agreement on those names. now the 2nd general is proposing a former senegalese minister and un official abdulla battery to be the new leader of the smell, the mediator between the parties in libya. but there is an objection, this time from the government of national unity in tripoli. this is a letter from libby as basset to the united nations objecting to the appointment. he says the government of national unity is astounded by the set appointment. now

that's very strong language in diplomatic circles, so it's a difficult position for the secretary general what his office say for now not much . we have nothing to say. and so we hear back from the counsel, but doesn't mean that the new special representative when he starts his job is where already going to be undermined, because he's supposed to be mediator between the parties and the government and tripoli. say that i want him a lot can happen between now and whenever we have a new s r s g. so we don't want a predetermine will happen between now and then. the situation in libya is only getting worse with clashes in the last week. if he does take up the job, mister badly will have to quickly build trust and try and get past the route of his appointment. thousands of people have again taken to the streets of baghdad to demand regime change in iraq. the group is calling for reform and an into a political deadlock that's dragged on for months and prompted to weeks of protests bible. she had groups have been at a stalemate when it comes to forming a new government. violence flared earlier this week when powerful she had leader by

the other declared he was quitting politics. a palestinian man has been killed by israeli forces in the occupied westbank. israel says the man was shot after he stabbed and wounded and israeli soldier at an army post near a jewish settlement. the palestinian health ministry said it had been informed of the death of a young man, and that is really forces have not released his remains. iran says its navy pulled 2 unmanned american c drones out of the red sea, iranian se television aired this footage. it says came from the deck of an iranian navy destroyer. the destroyers crew later tossed the 2 sail drone explorers overboard to american vessels and u. s. navy helicopters are believed to have responded to the incident they had of pakistan's largest charity as warning of the threat of famine after devastating floods destroyed crops and livestock, or then $1200.00 people are now known to have died in pakistan's worst ever flooding disaster. survivors are facing waterborne diseases. the southern province

of sinned is bracing for further flooding next week. focused on blames climate change for the recent heavy monsoon reams the triggered the floods. death valley in the u. s. state of california has recorded what's believe to be the hottest ever september day on the planet. the temperature, the temperature reached 53 degrees celsius in the town of furnace creek on thursday . it surpassed the previous september record of $52.00 degrees, death valley and the movie desert is one of the hottest places in the world. it recorded the earth's highest temperature in 1913 on saturday. nasa's most powerful rocket ever is due to blast off to the moon after the 1st attempt was thwarted by engine issues. earlier this week, the artemus one mission is expected to lay the groundwork for a man to mission to the moon by 2025. after that, nasa has its site set on mars. alan fisher reports from titusville florida, inspired by the wards of john kennedy then the president of the united states. america started the space race,

the intention to put the 1st man on the moon. there were many apollo missions. and finally, in 1969 mil armstrong became the 1st astronaut cassette foot on the lunar surface. there were many, many more astronauts after him, all of them touching the very edges of the heavens. and now the plan is for america to go back to the moon, but not just for the moon sake itself. this time to establish a base and head to mars. and beyond. we were in the space race, we fully thought that the russians were going to go to the moon and had they gone to the main 1st, who knew what could have happened in so that that space race ignited our passion to get till apollo and it but at the same time it ignited all the science that was discovered from just that that one mission, basically apollo 11, where we walked on the moon. and here is optimist, one on the launch pad,

the count don't underway. the intention is it will blast off from kennedy space center here in florida on saturday afternoon. now they already had to abandon one launch. that was because they discovered a faulty gauge. they think they've sorted the problem. so now everything is on schedule for the launch. optimist, one should take off when it's 40 to day mission, including a lunar orbit. and there will be numerous tests as well to see if this really will take people back to the moon for the 1st time in more than 50 years. ah, this is andrew 0 and these are the top stories tree long as disgraced. former president is back home, less than 2 months after he fled during the nations worst economic crisis since independence got a virus or parks or was blamed for pushing sri lanka towards financial disaster. the government ran out of foreign reserves and was unable to pay for.