for scientists, the evidence is irrefutable, with america's climate change, denial stubbornly mistrust of the fact. despite soaring temperatures, raging wild fires and shrinking water reserves the world's largest economy, it still splits alongside theological lines. so can it ever reach consensus to avoid catastrophe? climate wars ought to on a jazeera, unprompted, and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center announces era. ah, saying good bye to the soviet union's last leda mikhail gorbachev is said to be buried without state on us. ah,

until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming out, a petrol tanka has exploded in southwest nigeria, causing widespread damage. there's no information yet on casualties. hundreds of thousands really in argentina and supportive democracy after an assassination attempts on the vice president and nest as most powerful rocket if it is on the launch pad for its 2nd attempt to head, to the moon's orders. ah, russians have been paying their respects to the soviet union's last later ahead of his burial and moscow, mikhail gorbachev will be lied to rest. later on saturday, the kremlin says president vladimir potent will not attend the hunting has the story. thousands have lined the streets of moscow to bid farewell to the last

leader of the soviet union. mikhail gorbachev was credited with changing the course of the 20th century by ending the cold war. president vladimir putin has paid his respects, but is not attending the funeral. other western leaders are not attending either. the kremlin has been so far quite respectful of, of li issues. because gore, which was not received at a strong need and fujen wants to and appears to be and, and, and betrays himself as a strong leader. ah, forgot about your gorbachev was often respected and revered, more in the west than at home in russia renewal this when did you just kind of stuff that a mona more that highlighted in this television advert from the 1999 about you all out. unfortunately, what about you did not make russia bottom of the west because the west didn't want

that to happen. war but you're certainly wanted it to happen. he went on to win a nobel peace prize after signing a disarmament treaty with us president ronald reagan. removing a host of nuclear weapons, joe biden sided this achievement in his tribute, saying the result was a safer world and greater freedom for millions of people. the treaty was the beginning of the end of the cold war, one state after another broke away from the soviet union. and it wasn't long before the berlin wall fell, failed. instant later came a failed qu by hardliners in moscow, the soviet union itself was dissolved, and gorbachev resigned and can yet now more than 30 years later, with russia's invasion of ukraine, comes the danger of a new cold war. sullen, awful slant unstable to ship president putin, russia, hundreds president, digging new trenches in europe and have started

a horrible warren ukraine. it's now we think in mikhail gorbachev and realized what he did for our country and all of europe vison. gorbachev died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital after 2 years of serious illness. and while he was hailed as a man of peace, he has left at a time of war. leah harding al jazeera, at least 10 buildings have been destroyed after a petrol tanka exploded, an ogen state and southwest and nigeria. people posted the aftermath of the blast on social media. it's not yet clear if there are deaths or injuries. alarm at address isn't a boucher with the lightest for us. i'm into what more do we know at the stage? what right now, emergency workers are sitting through the rubble. try to find out exactly what happened and one emergency worker said they are trying to assess the situation.

accidents like the social, frequent in nigeria. but what is unusual about this is that previously we've seen several people that dozens, in fact, when tank has sort of derail a fall of the road or have an accident and feel their conference. people rushed to scope, the petrol, especially at this time why some parts of nigeria really struggling with high price of petrol and shortages even now. accidents like this are frequent in the past few years because of obvious reasons, africa, the biggest producer of oil, is unable to refine most of its petroleum products. so eating ports, most of them. it 40 finery have been idle for a very long time. so the pipelines into connecting these refineries with. busy depos across the country, which by the way, what frequently vandalized by people were trying to steal all from them, have not be able to deliver these products to substations across the country,

assimilating the real network what you're supposed to deliver petrol and petroleum products and bulk is not sufficient enough, or it's not widespread does not cover a lot of grounds in part of nigeria, so it's limited. as a result, these tankers tens and tens of thousands of them are being used on delegated roads to deliver petroleum and products across the country. and because of the reckless driving we see on the german high was sometimes these accidents happen so frequent and people die. what the authorities are unable to explain of the moment is that 10 houses have been destroyed. what happened to the occupants of these houses? a people and people are praying that people are living in those houses and those areas might have escaped early in the fall before damage was done. so that's the situation right now in or would state where this accident happen. um, address in a boucher for us. thank you. ah

brushes. energy giant gas problem says it will not resume gas delivery through the old stream, one pipeline to germany after 3 days shut down. the company says an oil leak was detected and repairs are needed. the european commission says the move is under fallacious pretenses and shows russia is an unreliable supply. i guess problem says it will now ship natural gas to europe through ukraine. gas prompt decision came hours off to g. 7 nations agree to say to price cap on russian oil in an if it to hurt moscow's war if it's in ukraine. finance ministers from the world's richest economies also have a cap on crude oil and petroleum products. will help reduce the global energy process. russia has responded saying it will stop selling oil to countries that agree to price limits of france. french president emmanuel mccall has

ordered all nuclear power plants in the country to be restarted before winter. the move will reduce pressure on the electricity grid and help tackle rising energy prices in europe because of the war and new crime. natasha butler reports 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. condo, hector, from that 32, react, desert holt, including some because of corrosion under restrictions, and others for usual maintenance. adf has committed to race, start all reactors by this winter. we are 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 concern 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, francis made other contingency plans, louisiana monte ship. the government has been anticipating the situation for several months. we have secured our gus dogs, they are currently at 92 percent. and so we can now say that we have almost achieved our goal. 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. miss asher butler al jazeera paris, sure lank, his former president, his back home after he flew from unprecedented protests in july. go to buy

a raja park so returned early on saturday from bangkok and was greeted by ministers and politicians on his arrival. he was blamed for pushing the nation towards financial disaster, whose government ran out of foreign cash reserves and was unable to pay for imports, leading to widespread shortages. at least 18 people have been killed by suspected the elisha bomb fighters in somalis, huron region. the de group targets into a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid on friday night rescue was attempting to reach the area encountered land mines house. bob has carried out several attacks against the federal government in recent weeks. hundreds of thousands of people and argentina has come out on the streets in defense of democracy. it follows and attempted assassination of the vice president, christina fernandez, the kitchener, a man pointed to a loaded gun at her on thursday night spots. it didn't go off monica. yon the key

of reports from bono, saudis, ah, crowns marching to the beat of drums in the center of when a site is old in young, defending argentina's democracy in condemning thursday's assassination attempt against vice president. christina said none this the kiersten it no doubt. gibson. when we'd ave, what happened on thursday was very serious. all democratic rules were broken. we cannot accept political violence. that's where there are so many people here is that there will be of no, this government has been under a series of attacks from strong economic lobbies opposition parties and also the judiciary system, which is working for them because of what i mean. i am here to defend democracy and the vice president, but also video shows the moment the vice president was being confronted by her assailant while reading supporters outside her home on thursday night 35 year old fit and, and on that as a bag one kid pointed a loaded gun to her face,

but apparently it was jammed and she escaped unharmed. can he didn't have been a money sickle neither. christina is alive because of some technical reason. we have yet to confirm. the gun with 5 bullets was not fired or although the trigger was pulled by obese, have out of you had the aggressor, a brazilian born man, living in argentina since 1993 is in prison. his house was rated and 100 bullets were found. he had already been arrested in 2001 for carrying a knife. argentine authorities are investigating the reasons behind the attempt. the president, alberto said, man, this billing the hate speech in argentina, and decreed a national holiday on friday. so argentines could take to the streets and unite against violence. world leaders condemn the attack, including right wing brazilian president. j bowles, fernando who was stabbed during his 2018 campaign and is now running for reelection

. while the assassination attempt has raised all sorts of questions about the lack of security surrounding politicians in argentina, political experts say the timing will likely benefit the vice president. the out boring of support in sympathy has given for none. this a boost at a time when she needs that most. the former president is being accused of fraudulently awarding public works contracts while she governed argentina between 20072015. prosecutors have asked for 12 year prison sentence in a lifetime ban from politics, but that is unlikely to happen. christina hernandez, the kitchenette is also the president of the senate and has parliamentary immunity . she could only be convicted if she loses her seat. in the 2023 elections, monica, and i give al jazeera when a site is. the still ahead on al jazeera,

the new life in the world, destroys pakistan's, devastating floods of forcing pregnant women and girls to give birth and shelters also. ah, how indian plans to address the problem of unfinished homes with billions of dollars? ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book. your travel package to day. hello will i start with chicken up on the progress of our typhoon. here we go. this is him nor making its way just to the east of a ty pay. and you can see, i will v shape on this sir track. i say it's, it's been moving across a similar area for the past few hours, and it slowly makes his way a little further northwards over the next few hours. so this is sunday's pitcher at

where to where the still affecting a good part of eastern and more than taiwan move it further. you grew islands into the east china sea. unless so while the system just making his way across the korean peninsula. while these 2 will gather together, was he go on through monday, monday. see where to whether pushing across the far east of china. still some very heavy right across the korean peninsula. and then these to join up bringing flooding, rain into south korea. big concern there. so we don't have to keep close eye on the system. thankfully it does sweep through. it does gather pace. so the heavy rain shouldn't last too long, but it is still there through tuesday, going on in to where to stay clear whether grassy coming back in behind places i've got some clearer weather in pakistan. lodge he try and find here over the next few days. northern parts could catch one or 2 showers, central and northern parts of india, also seeing some lavish hours longer spells of bray pushing into bangladesh with showers for the western gas. cats are airway official airline of the journey. ah

ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories. the solid russians have been paying their respects to the last leader of the soviet union. the calico, which often will be laid to rest in the coming hours in moscow. the kremlin says president vladimir putin will not attend. at least 10 buildings have been destroyed after a pickle tank exploded, an ogen state and southwest in nigeria. it's believe the truck over turned off to the drive. a loss control is not clear yet. if there are deaths or injuries, hundreds of thousands have marched in argentina in defense of democracy. they took to the streets a day after the vice president, christina fernanda stay kitchena,

survived an assassination attempt. a final preparations underway for the launch of the ottoman one mission to the moon's orbit. but these are life pictures of the rockets where the launch to rec, tick, even the go to refuel the rocket to hit the launch lighter on saturday. the 1st attempt failed because of the engine problems earlier this week. ellen fisher is near the launch site in florida. inspired by the wards of john kennedy then the president of the united states. america started this space race the intention to put the 1st man on the moon. there were many apollo missions and finally in 1969, neil 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 had 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 was that space race ignited our passion to get till apollo ann. 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 our to miss 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 that launch. optimist, one should take off on it's $42.00 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. we are thomas mission launches scheduled to take place and around 7 hours time and has a 2 hour launch window for the mission will be powered by the mess of space launch system at 98 meters tall. it's the most powerful brock it ever built will be a ryan capture sits on top of the is l is and will take astronauts deep to space for time flight american will be on board. but in future missions, the capture will take 4 astronauts to the moon, including the 1st woman and the 1st person of color. well, let's hear more from baldwin and engineer working on the optimist program. arguments. one mission is very important to ryan for a cruise safety because it represents really the combination of years and years of effort by multiple teams to illustrate what it would be like for human be in that

capsule going through the mission phases. it's important to integrate all the systems because individually we develop, we design, we test, we analyze to make sure that they can all the parts of the vehicle can withstand the environments. but you need to run a flight test without crew 1st to fully appreciate and understand quantify characterize those environments before you expose humans. in this type of the mission, thief space presents a number of challenges to human safety. it goes outside of the safety of our lower orbit and our atmosphere, which means not only do you have to sustain the vibration acceleration of exiting earth's atmosphere, but then you have to deal with things like radiation through the van allen belts and through deep space. all to return and come back into earth that miss fear again . go through yet another series of accelerations and vibrations,

and eventually grasp the vehicle and get to safety on a recovery ship. the head of pakistan's largest charity is warning of the threat of famine. after the recent monsoon, ryans destroyed crops and livestock. more than 1200 people are known to have died in the worst flooding and decades. many are at risk of horrible diseases. the southern province of sins is bracing for even more flooding. a millions of people have been displaced by the worst floods in pakistan's history. among them a thousands of pregnant women with no access to material facilities. the very best robert has met some of them taking refuge in a vacant government building in the city of sacre and send province. a woman poised to bring new life into a world stricken by calamity. families weighed down by poverty so extreme. it is a burden carried from birth. no, i don't have anything,

no money nor axes to adopt nothing. i don't have any support. i could die. my baby could die. i don't have any money or a doctor. i don't have anything. nothing, no food drink, no medicine, not even a pill for the pain home either is do any time now and has been suffering for days . the twin brothers are and must say. now, 10 days old came with the last wave of monsoon rains. their mother fled baluchistan province with them in her belly. but the floods followed their father is still their roads cut off and they have no way home. i'm on the line, but i have big hopes for them in my house. but look at these kids, what conditions they ruined sitting here hungry, no bed lying here in the hate. oh! she needs help. she says her children need help. ah, displaced by floods and seeking shelter. survivors occupied this government apartment complex in the city of supper. in every room,

a story of survival and suffering. the city doesn't want them there and turned off power and water. it is hot and miserable. some tell us it feels like a prison. instead of receiving help, they say they've been accused of occupying this place illegally and are being forced back onto the district. we've been speaking to the families in, there's about 5000 people living in this block of government class. he's been displaced from their homes by the flood. they come from all over the province as well as bullets son province. and they're telling us if they don't want to stay here, they want to go back home, but they don't have any homes to go back to. this is no place for children, but more are on the way. roxanna is 9 months pregnant. soon there will be another mouth to feed. when i ask her if she is worried, she smiles here alone. why would i be sad?

she says children are a happiness, a blessing. she's optimistic, not every day will be the same and conditions will improve. but her smile fades. oh, when her son asks for cold water is in basra, the old de 0 sucker sand pakistan. the us state department has approved a potential arm sale to tie one with $1100000000.00. the package includes anti ship, imbeciles and rider systems tension has been high since u. s. house speaking, nancy pelosi visited the island last month, prompting china to conduct military drills around taiwan. china claims the island as part of its territory. the u. s. deal will still have to be approved by congress petrik falk has more from beijing while the ones have come as much as of rise that sir beijing reacted. angry to this of elements of the chinese embassy in washington said that it would severely harm china. us relations and peace and stability in the

taiwan straits and said that it would take legitimate and necessary counter measures. the u. s. dance on taiwan is meant to be one of the strategic ambiguity, but this will have sent a very clear signal once again to beijing that washington is prepared to back the island. and the timing is significant. despite the fact, the present biden said that the package had been under consideration for some time with it being announced. so close to this period of height intentions in the wake of nancy pelosi visit. it does demonstrate to china that so the u. s. won't be cowed by it's acts of military aggression or attempts to change the status quo. it is worth noting, but since august 3rd, they've been an average of 10 chinese military aircraft crossing the median line every single day. and an, let's say that this is an attempt to shrink the buffer zone as part of its cognitive warfare, but also to give time one less time to react in the events of a chinese attack. but all of this really goes to say that the stakes are getting

increasingly higher. hundreds of thousands of homebuyers in india have been waiting for years to move into their apartments. the suburbs of new delhi have a huge concentration of unfinished residential towers. there are allegations of corruption and some property developers have filed for bankruptcy. pathname at all, hers been to northern in northern india to find out why reduced to rubble in just 12 seconds. the culmination of a long legal battle to have these apartment blocks declared illegal in your supreme court, ordered the demolition. it also found that authorities colluded with the developer, but i feel like this is the way it was really important because this sure that got option should be it ordained that miss billing was the living example of corruption . so it had to go engineer, see, it would take 3 months to clear the $80000.00 tons of debris. the court has ordered

the developer to refund the owners with interest. this case has put the spotlight on hundreds of thousands of bias. caught up in long legal battles. one property consult an estimate that are about a quarter of a 1000000, incomplete homes. what more than $20000000000.00 in and around new delhi, most of them are in this suburb. neither. this development was planned for more than 60000 residents. the video, the book ashy, ship that invested in a property for his retirement. it, he has on construction has barely begun. so i bought this property in 2014 thinking that i will get the position by 1617, to the max. and this will add on to my existing income. so then this will add under my exiting and go whatever launch i have begun for my house and all so i can set them off the government pass laws to protect buyers in 2016. but enforcement remains week before that there was pretty little regulation on the way they

functioned. so the industry is actually habituated to functioning in a certain way in which they can ignore almost everything or their can circumvent almost heavy long. it's not the death of law or enough would say galatians the developer has refunded most bias. it says it has lost more than $60000000.00 and his file for bankruptcy. many hope this case would deter developers and authorities from breaking the law bathroom if that al jazeera no ada india. serena williams has said she wants to be remembered as a fighter after bringing the curtain down on her 27 year tennis korea at the us open, the tennis icon was knocked out on the 3rd round in new york, ending her hopes for a 24th grand slam title far ismael has more after more than a 1000 single matches during a career spanning close to 3 decades. serena williams is hanging up her rack.

her defeat in the 3rd round at the us open to i let him land, bitch breeze to an end 27 years on quartz everyone. this is on my side so many my god again. oh god, it was my deserve and everything. so i'm really worried. he still admitted the tears she left the door slightly open for a potential return or any chance to reconsider. i don't think so, but you never know. i don't know watching fans in new york. we're also unwilling to accept this really what's the, an issue that the height of her career and she's, you know, at 40 years old,

you know, so one of the world's greatest math with her dad of an era in, or to tell me your name again. i'm venus, i'm serena, serena and her sister venus trans santana's. their life story was turned into a movie. former 1st lady, michelle obama is among those who have tweeted her. congratulations, basketball star, le bron change. your go a me which you go for the sport of tennis which you've done for women. and what you've done was just the category of sport, piri. um, is unprecedented. serina is 40 now but one her 1st major at the age of 17 was open in 1999. she went on to win $23.00 grand slams in total a record in the open era along with 4 olympic gold medals.